Before today's meal, Zhao Xianliang had only two indicators to measure Li Mu: age and wealth.
Li Mu is very young. Correspondingly, at his age, it is indeed remarkable to be able to earn such a high net worth. However, Zhao Xianliang always feels that Li Mu is engaged in the Internet, and this industry itself has a huge bubble. , is not as strong as the industry. It is said to be worth over 10 billion, but when it comes time to realize it, it may be difficult to say.
Entrepreneurs are different. Entrepreneurs' net worth is basically real. They not only have heavy-asset operations, but also have a large amount of real estate. Their families are big and their businesses are big. On the other hand, Internet entrepreneurs, today a company is valued at one billion, and its founder A person owns 50% of the shares. According to the book data, this person is worth 500 million, but the 500 million is basically a concept, not cash. As soon as the concept is shattered and the company goes bankrupt, the value of 500 million may be increased overnight. Collapsed to only 1%.
At this point, Zhao Xianliang still has some underlying sense of superiority, until today.
Li Mu's eloquent talk allowed Zhao Xianliang to see the height of this young man's thoughts and strategies, and made him realize that what really made Li Mu awesome was not his extremely advantageous age and huge net worth, but his thoughts.
Zhao Xianliang admitted from the bottom of his heart that no matter what kind of prejudice he had against Li Mu, Li Mu's ideological level was a level higher than his own. This level was limited by his thinking model, vision, three views and human nature. It was an essential difference. Just like brick-concrete and steel-concrete, the difference should not be too big.
Buildings in the brick-concrete model are already in danger of being built up to ten stories. This is the maximum height of this level. It is basically impossible to break through it. However, buildings in the steel-concrete model can build skyscrapers with hundreds of stories. , the gap between the two is comparable to Yunni.
With this level of understanding, Zhao Xianliang's attitude toward Li Mu became much better, and the two became quite friendly when drinking. This made Xie Yun and Zhao Ziqiu, mother and daughter, particularly happy. From time to time, they raised their glasses and asked them to toast together. It seemed that I hope the two of them can drink more.
At this moment, at the door of Hangxuanju, two Buick business cars stopped at the door one after the other. The waiter at the door hurriedly stepped forward and opened the door. Boss Ma, who was particularly lean, stepped out of the business car at the front. After getting out, as soon as his feet stood on the ground, he turned around quickly and said respectfully in English: "Mr. Sun, please."
At this time, a middle-aged man who was only about 1.5 meters tall walked out of the car. This middle-aged man was slightly fatter and his hairline had seriously receded, revealing a huge and shiny forehead.
This middle-aged man also had an Asian face. He looked up at the gate of Hangxuanju, which was full of ancient Jiangnan color, and then looked sideways at the sparkling West Lake behind him. He spoke in fluent English with an admiring look on his face. Boss Ma said: "Jack, the environment here is really unique! It's right on the shore of the famous West Lake."
Boss Ma nodded repeatedly and introduced: "Although this place doesn't look inconspicuous or luxurious, it is the best hotel in Hangzhou. The private room I booked is on the third floor next to the lake. You can eat and drink at the same time. Enjoy the night view of West Lake.
Although the domestic tourism industry was not developed in 2002, as one of the earliest tourist attractions to be developed, the various decorations of the West Lake attractions in Hangzhou have been particularly perfect at this time. There are night cruise boats on the lake and colorful boats on the shore. The lights are bright, so the night view is still very good. In addition, it is already autumn, the weather is slightly cooler at night, and the lakeside is even cooler, which is the best place to see the night view of West Lake.
The short middle-aged man was particularly happy when he heard this. He nodded and said, "I really like this place. If you still hold the West Lake Sword Contest next year, I will definitely come to participate!"
Boss Ma smiled and said: "Mr. Sun, you can come to this year's West Lake Sword Discussion. I think many Chinese Internet people are very eager to meet you."
The short middle-aged man waved his hand and said with a smile: "The second half of this year is particularly critical for SoftBank. I may not have time to come to China."
Boss Ma nodded. At this time, the other entourage members had also got off the car. Boss Ma said to the short middle-aged man: "Mr. Sun, let's go in!"
"Okay! Please go first!"
Boss Ma said hurriedly: "No, no, no, please go first."
The short middle-aged man smiled helplessly: "Then let's go together!"
Boss Ma hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "That's fine!"
After that, the two walked into the gate of Hangxuanju side by side.
This short middle-aged man is not from China. He is Sun Zhengyi, the famous founder of Softbank in later generations, a legendary Japanese businessman.
Sun Zhengyi flew to Shanghai from Tokyo, Japan last night, and took a special bus to Hangzhou this morning. He came to Hangzhou this time to meet the Chinese Internet people in whom he invested tens of millions of dollars, and who was accompanying him at this time. Boss Ma beside him.
It can also be said that Sun Zhengyi came to China this time just to meet Boss Ma. In October 1999, Sun Zhengyi met with Boss Ma for six minutes and decided to invest a huge sum of US$20 million in Alibaba, which he founded. At that time, it was a major event that caused a sensation in China’s Internet industry.
At that time, Sun Zhengyi was extremely optimistic about the development of Boss Ma and Alibaba, and Boss Ma did not live up to his optimism in the next two years or so. The scale of the platform became larger and larger, and the development potential continued to double.
However, this rapid development momentum immediately fell into a dilemma after Li Mu founded Taobao.
In fact, Boss Ma's B2B platform has not been impacted by Li Mu and Taobao. However, because Boss Ma's strategic planning has already covered the 2C business, Li Mu actually impacted Boss Ma's future.
In the eyes of Boss Ma, the current Alibaba is just a sapling less than one meter high, but he firmly believes that Alibaba will become a towering tree in the future. However, as luck would have it, Li Mu ran A house with a height of three meters was built on top of the sapling of Alibaba. Although it has no impact for the time being, people with a slightly longer-term perspective will immediately realize the huge sense of crisis, because Li Mu killed Alibaba in one fell swoop. The future of this small sapling is blocked and can only grow up to three meters. For an ambitious person like Boss Ma, this is simply more infuriating than killing him.
That's why he tried every means to start a war with Li Mu in advance. While developing his own C2C platform, he acquired logistics companies and blocked the transportation of Taobao packages. His original intention was to dig holes in the foundation of Li Mu's house, hoping to remove Li Mu as himself. The huge shackles on future development have been shattered.
Unfortunately, this plan failed completely.
In order to support him in starting a war with Li Mu in advance, Sun Zhengyi invested tens of millions of dollars in financing for Alibaba some time ago. However, this money has been poured in, and no actual results have been seen until now. The acquisition of a logistics company is a matter of relocation. It shot itself in the foot, and although Letao has been developed long ago, under Li Mu's huge influence, it has not dared to go online, so the entire Alibaba has fallen into a stalemate.
The saplings are growing very fast, and it will not take long in the future to exceed the three-meter height limit. No one knows whether Li Mu will further reduce this height in the future, so Boss Ma is anxious, and Sun Zhengyi is also anxious. When he comes this time, In fact, I just want to know more about the current situation of Alibaba.
Throughout the whole day today, Sun Zhengyi basically made the current situation clear in Alibaba. To be honest, he was very disappointed and had huge doubts about the future of Alibaba, because he truly realized that, This is not because Boss Ma’s abilities are limited, but because his opponent is too strong. He is equivalent to betting on Isoroku Yamamoto, but the opponent is not the U.S. Navy that just experienced the heavy damage at Pearl Harbor, but a completely modern U.S. Navy. .
With the current strength of Taobao, the resources behind Li Mu and the support capabilities of other platforms, it is basically an era away from Boss Ma. Boss Ma has almost no chance of winning, unless a miracle occurs, or Boss Ma finds Li Mu’s destiny. , one hit will kill, otherwise Boss Ma would have no chance of winning.
However, although he was disappointed with Alibaba and no longer optimistic about Alibaba's future, he knew very well that he could not show this emotion. He wanted to take advantage of Boss Ma before he burned the money in his hand. Before finishing, give him some encouragement, tell him not to be timid and just do it. It doesn't matter if he can't do it, and you will give him support.
But if Alibaba really loses, will he give support to Boss Ma? No, of course not.
Sun Zhengyi has already made up his mind. If Boss Ma’s Letao fails to break through, he will no longer give any investment to Alibaba, forcing Boss Ma to give up the 2C business and concentrate on the B2B business that already has a certain foundation. Although it is limited It's only three meters high, but a three-meter sapling still has some value. It doesn't matter if it doesn't grow into a towering tree. Under the eaves of three meters, it can grow into a fruit tree and continue to bring harvests. I'm afraid that this sapling won't be known. Awesome, if you have to break through the reinforced concrete ceiling, you will only end up dead.
The two entered Hangxuanju together. Sun Zhengyi's face was red and he seemed to be in a particularly good mood. This was his skill. This skill gave Boss Ma next to him a reassurance. In his opinion, Sun Zhengyi seemed to be very optimistic. As long as he is not disappointed with himself and Ali, he can boldly look for opportunities to fight Li Mu again.
The manager of Hangxuanju had long known that Boss Ma had booked a private room tonight. As soon as Boss Ma entered the door, he greeted him with extra enthusiasm and said, "Oh, Mr. Ma, I haven't seen you for a long time. Why are you here today?" Come here empty?"
Although Boss Ma is not considered a rich man now, he is indeed well-known in Hangzhou. He is a leader of the Internet in Hangzhou and a guest of the Hangzhou City Government and Provincial Government. Therefore, in the eyes of this manager, Boss Ma is absolutely distinguished guests.
Boss Ma was also very familiar with the manager. He smiled slightly, put the five fingers of his right hand together and gestured towards Sun Zhengyi with his palm, and said, "Today I am entertaining distinguished guests from Japan. Can you keep the private room I reserved for me?"
The manager nodded hurriedly and said, "Keep it. I'll accompany you guys up there."
As he said that, the manager waved his hand to the waiter who had led the way before, indicating that he should step aside and serve himself.
When going upstairs, the manager who was leading the way suddenly remembered something and turned to Boss Ma and said: "By the way, Mr. Ma, today is a special coincidence. Mr. Zhao from Zhongliang Trading Group is also having a banquet here, just across the street from you." Box.”
Boss Ma raised his eyebrows and said in surprise: "Mr. Zhao is here too? What a coincidence. I have to go over and bother him later. If it's convenient for you, ask him for me later. If possible, I'll go over and visit." .”
Thanks to everyone, we actually ranked No. 1 on the daily sales list for a whole day. During the day, I was subconsciously worried about whether we would be caught up. Later I realized, damn, we will catch up tomorrow, hahaha. I’m very satisfied to have been able to go on for one day! thank you all! thanks, thanks!
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