Li Mu has indeed stolen Boss Ma's limelight several times, and Boss Ma has been breathless. The launch time of Letao has been delayed again and again, but having said that, Li Mu definitely did not intend to target him this time.
This time it was because eBay, the financial backer, had urgent needs that it made the press conference so hasty. With such a big deal, to be honest, how could Li Mu even care about what Boss Ma was doing.
In other words, Boss Ma’s Letao can only sell tens of millions of dollars at most. PayPal’s current sales are 435 million U.S. dollars, and it may be 4.35 billion U.S. dollars in ten years. In front of such a large market, it is nothing.
But Boss Ma doesn’t think so. He doesn’t know that there is actually a financial backer like eBay behind Li Mu. He only knows that Li Mu wants to hold a controlling stake. So in this case, Li Mu can hold a press conference whenever he wants, but suddenly he has to hold a press conference at If you do it today, it is very likely that you knew your actions in advance and did it on purpose.
Boss Ma is so angry that he will start the promotion of major media at eight o'clock tonight. This is written in the contract with the major media. The entire promotion rhythm has been set and cannot be changed. If Li Mu makes a big mistake today When news comes, hundreds of media will rush to report it and attract the attention of a large number of viewers, then your own promotion effect will be greatly reduced.
In fact, I have only done a dozen TV media, print media, and offline promotion in no more than 20 cities. The influence cannot be compared to the rhythm promoted by domestic and foreign media like Li Mu.
William Young from Amazon has always been at odds with Boss Ma. However, he is not as powerful as the local snake. Boss Ma tied up Li Guoqing and the two of them to deal with him, so that he was particularly passive in Letao.
When William Yang received the news, he immediately came to Boss Ma's office and criticized Boss Ma: "I told you, Jack! You must increase investment in publicity! The result is good for you, you have to be timid." If Li Mu makes another big news today, the effect of your eight-day promotion plan will be greatly reduced for at least the first three days!"
Boss Ma glared at him angrily and said in a bad tone: "Mr. Yang, even if I spend all the money on promotion, I may not be able to cover all the media invited by Li Mu for today's press conference. I am destined to be unable to compete with the opponent. Next, we should be glad that we didn’t invest enough, otherwise the losses would be even worse!”
William Yang chuckled and said, "Whatever you say, I don't want to discuss with you who is right and who is wrong. You have promised to protect eight million users in eight days. I only want to see the results!"
Boss Ma said coldly: "You can only see the result. If you are not satisfied with the final result, you can apply to Amazon to return to the United States."
"You..." Yang William heard what Boss Ma meant. He was saying that he only deserves to know the result, and Amazon only deserves to know the result. But no matter what the result is, neither he nor Amazon can affect him, because Amazon has no say in Letao. .
The angry William Yang also knew that there was no point in continuing to fight with him. He could only wait until he failed before attacking again, so he cursed Boss Ma in his heart and left his office bitterly.
After William Yang left, Boss Ma weakly sat back on his chair, leaned back instinctively, found the most relaxing point, closed his eyes and let out a long sigh.
Needless to say, it can be guessed that Li Mu will dominate the domestic media and the country's attention today, and Letao's media promotion happens to start tonight, which is indeed a big blow to him.
But Boss Ma knows very well that this time, all the rhythms have been set. Letao is like a heavily loaded train, carrying himself and the expectations of the entire Alibaba, carrying SoftBank’s huge capital, and also carrying With the capital of Amazon and Dangdang.com.
Once this heavy-loaded train speeds up, it will be impossible to stop, so Boss Ma must be mentally prepared for it.
Lu Zhaoxi knocked on the door and came in. Seeing Boss Ma's tired look, he hesitated for a moment and said to Boss Ma: "Mr. Ma, the website is undergoing final testing. Do you want to take a look?"
Boss Ma said: "Isn't it six o'clock in the afternoon? I'll watch it later, I'm not in the mood now."
Lu Zhaoxi nodded and said, "Then if you have any opinions after reading, let me know. I'll go out first."
Boss Ma hummed, but when Lu Zhaoxi opened the door and was about to leave, he stopped him and asked, "Have any of my media friends gone to the Makino Technology press conference?"
Lu Zhaoxi said, "I'm not sure yet. I'll call and ask."
Boss Ma nodded and said: "Ask, if there is any, ask the other party to help keep an eye on it. If there is any substantial progress, send a message immediately. We need to know what Li Mu is going to announce today as soon as possible, and then we can evaluate it." Let’s look at the influence of his press conference.”
Lu Zhaoxi immediately said: "Then I will ask now. If there is any, let them give us feedback as soon as possible."
"Well, go ahead!"
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At this time, Li Mu, who was far away in Yanjing, was sitting in his office, signing a contract with Zheng Xigui, the representative sent by eBay.
The loan agreement between Makino Technology and eBay has been signed. Zheng Xigui exchanged the contract with Li Mu and said to Li Mu with a smile: "Mr. Li, after I go back today, I will have someone scan the contract and send it back to the United States. After the U.S. headquarters confirms it, within two to three days The payment is now complete.”
Li Mu laughed, stretched out his hand to shake Zheng Xigui's hand, and said, "I hope eBay and Makino Technology can go hand in hand and create brilliance in the future."
Zheng Xigui nodded and said with a smile: "At the press conference later, after we both sign the contract and cooperate sincerely, we will definitely be able to create greater brilliance!"
Saying that, Zheng Xigui added: "This is not only a matter between our two companies, but also a major event shared by China Internet and American Internet. This should be the first real cooperation between Chinese Internet companies and American Internet companies, and it is Such a large-scale cooperation will definitely add a lot to each other!”
Although Zheng Xigui's words were a bit exaggerated and grandiose, the content of what he said was not exaggerated at all. Internet companies in China and the United States have never had such in-depth cooperation, and no Chinese Internet company can invest in one. Li Mu, a well-known Internet company in the United States, has definitely set a precedent.
Before Li Mu, the Chinese Internet was very much like the revolutionaries of the late Qing Dynasty in China. Some came back to revolution with Japanese money, some came to revolution with American money, and some came to revolution with Russian money. The development of cities also requires overseas capital to provide start-up funds. Under such circumstances, how can Chinese revolutionaries have the ability to go overseas.
But Li Mu is different. Li Mu founded Makino Technology and Taobao.com and has yet to receive a single penny of investment from overseas capital. Even if there are plans to obtain US capital for the C round of financing, with Li Mu’s current strength, he has completely surpassed the "you" Sponsor my revolution” stage.
Now the fundamental reason why Li Mu is looking for American capital for the C round is: I will be at your door soon, and I need to find a powerful local chaebol to cooperate with me internally and externally, so that I can get twice the result with half the effort.
Li Mu said to Zheng Xigui: "It is rare that the person in charge sent by eBay to China is Mr. Zheng, a Chinese native. In the future, we must maintain close contact with each other in terms of cooperation and communication between the two companies."
Zheng Xigui nodded hurriedly: "Of course! I will come to bother you, Mr. Li, every now and then."
As he said that, Zheng Xigui remembered something again and said to Li Mu: "By the way, Mr. Li, Ms. Whitman, the CEO of our headquarters, has something that she would like me to convey to you in person."
Li Mu then said, "Please tell me."
Zheng Xigui said: "What Ms. Whitman means is that there will be no direct business conflict between eBay and Taobao in the future. We also hope that we can maintain this misaligned development in the domestic market while sincerely cooperating in overseas markets."
Li Mu immediately understood. Meg Whitman was expressing her position to him, hoping to eliminate competition. In the future, eBay and YY's cooperation on PayPal, as well as mutual cooperation in overseas markets, will naturally have many benefits. This is a good thing, but the situation in the domestic market is special, because Meg Whitman knows that Li Mu not only owns Makino Technology, but also Taobao.
Taobao's positioning is B2C and C2C e-commerce, which is very different from eBay's model. In Meg Whitman's view, eBay will naturally not get involved in Taobao's business in the future, but it does not want eBay to be a baby. After being crushed by Li Mu, we are good partners in overseas markets and there is no reason to fight in China.
Li Mu felt that Meg Whitman had given him a lot of benefits this time. The loan of 435 million US dollars alone had solved many problems. Although Meg Whitman was also forced by the situation, this situation Li Mu has to bear some responsibility, and he has to give Meg Whitman some special benefits.
So Li Mu said to Zheng Xigui: "Mr. Zheng, please convey this to Ms. Whitman. As a partner, I will not let Taobao get involved in eBay's current business line. Don't worry about this."
Zheng Xigui felt relieved, this couldn't be better.
The cooperation between eBay and Makino Technology is a standard dual-track cooperation. The Chinese market is one line, and the markets outside China are another line. The two lines adopt completely different cooperation strategies.
In the Chinese market, the two parties do not pursue cooperation, but only seek to be clear-cut and not touch each other. However, in the overseas market, the two parties must be tightly tied together, cooperate in depth, and jointly conquer cities and territories in overseas markets.
The two had just finished chatting about business, when Lin Qingya knocked on the door and came in, saying to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, Mr. Musk is here. We and the execution company are going to let the media friends in in half an hour. Do you have anything else to say?" "
Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "Are you ready for travel expenses, gifts, drinks, and snacks?"
Lin Qingya smiled and said: "Of course these have been prepared a long time ago."
Li Mu nodded, spread his arms over the back of the sofa, crossed his legs, and said domineeringly: "In this way, you will pay the media friends in advance the fares in advance, and then give them a break, and tell them about Makino Technology this time We want to make world-class news!”
(End of chapter)