Jack Ma feels like he has lost weight recently!
Now the storm has finally calmed down and I can feel comfortable for a while.
As a result, a bigger storm is coming!
"Damn BC executives, they are so unreliable!"
Jack Ma angrily yelled: "And Xingyi Technology is really difficult to deal with!"
For a moment, Jack Ma felt regretful and fully understood Li Yan's pain.
"If I had known this, I wouldn't have provoked Xingyi Technology!"
"But unfortunately, it's too late!"
Xingyi Technology and Wang Yi are completely the most difficult opponents to deal with.
Vice President Mo Yi also had a complicated look on his face, sighing in his heart: ‘If I had known this, why bother in the beginning’!
But such words cannot be said.
"Then how do we deal with this wave of public opinion crisis?" Mo Yi asked: "Should we continue to deal with it coldly?"
Jackma thought for a while and sighed: "That's all we have to do."
"If it's crisis public relations, it doesn't mean much. After all, those bastard executives have sold us, and there are emails for internal communication. It's considered a real hammer!"
Liu Quanxin, the person in charge of Alipay, was a little unwilling: "We can refuse to admit it until we die, but then it will just be talk."
Jack Ma shook his head:
"Not good. I'm worried that Xingyi Technology has more than one backer. If we refuse to admit it, Xingyi Technology turns around and exposes a second overseas media... Then we will be completely finished!"
"This..." Liu Quanxin was silent, but had to admit that this was very possible.
Jack Ma sighed: "We have no choice but to continue to shrink. We just don't know how many users we will lose in this wave!"
Vice President Mo Yi also frowned: "What's even worse is that many Taobao users no longer use Alipay and start using Changchao to pay!"
At present, Xingyi Technology and Alibaba are still maintaining the last dignity.
Xingyi Technology's Meiyou Mall, Xingyi Mall, Ele.me takeaway, and Amap Taxi all accept Alipay payment.
In exchange, Alibaba’s Taobao and Tmall also have access to Changchao payment for the first time.
There was no way, before Taobao did not connect to JD.com payment, JD.com directly blocked Alipay payment, and Alibaba permanently lost JD.com.
In order not to lose the payment entrance to Xingyi Technology's series of platforms, Alibaba could only compromise and connect to Changchao Payment, so that both parties can integrate with each other.
It’s just that Alipay accounted for the majority before. Such integration will bring more benefits to Alibaba than disadvantages.
Last year, even in Xingyi Mall and Meiyou Mall, Alipay users accounted for 60%, Changchao Pay users accounted for 20%, and UnionPay accounted for 20%.
When it comes to Taobao and Tmall, Alipay users account for 70%, UnionPay payment accounts for 20%, and Changchao payment accounts for only 10%!
It can be said that whether it is the Xingyi platform or the Alibaba platform, Alipay is in an absolute leading position, and Changchao Payment is just the younger brother.
The two parties are integrated and interoperable, Alipay has won the most users, and Alibaba naturally has no objection.
But now, with the rapid rise of Changchao Pay and the recent turmoil, Alipay users plummeted and Changchao Pay users surged, the situation has completely changed!
Currently, 70% of the users of Xingyi Mall, Meiyou Mall, Ele.me, AutoNavi, and Changchao Pay are used, 20% are UnionPay users, and only 10% are Alipay users.
Even on Taobao and Tmall platforms, the number of Changchao payment users is as high as 50%, UnionPay users account for 30%, and Alipay users are only 20%.
It can be said that whether it is Xingyi Technology's platform or Alibaba's own platform, Alipay has completely collapsed and is no longer what it used to be.
Looking at these data, Jack Ma was shocked: "I didn't expect that the situation has deteriorated to this point. No wonder the number of active Alipay users is less than 40 million, and they have all been taken away by Changchao!"
Alipay originally had hundreds of millions of users!
But now, there are less than 40 million Alipay users left!
On the contrary, Changchao has 290 million users!
This is not possible.
"If we block Changchao Pay, wouldn't it be able to instantly restore our users? Let Alipay's user base return to 100 million?" Jackma couldn't help but said.
Liu Quanxin's eyes lit up: "That's for sure. If Changchao Pay, Taobao and Tmall merchants are blocked, users can only use Alipay and UnionPay. Those users who gave up Alipay will also have to restart Alipay! Alipay users will return
100 million, there is no problem. But if this happens, Xingyi Technology will definitely counterattack."
"Counterattack... Xingyi Mall and Meiyou Mall also blocked Alipay at the same time?" Jack Ma smiled: "How big are they? Do they have one-fifth of Taobao in total? It doesn't matter!"
"But, what about taking a taxi with Ele.me and Gaode?"
"This..." Jackma was silent.
Meiyou Mall and Xingyi Mall alone are far inferior to Alipay.
But with the addition of Ele.me and Amap Taxi, it’s completely different.
AutoNavi's annual revenue is 100 billion.
Ele.me’s annual revenue is in the low tens of billions.
These two businesses may not be very profitable, but their revenue is really scary.
Coupled with Xingyi Mall and Meiyou Mall, the size is even higher than Taobao + Tmall.
There are also more related users.
For a moment, Jack Ma hesitated.
After a long time, Jack Ma still said in a deep voice: "Then we have to ban Changchao Pay! Even if we lose all these platforms, we still have to ban it!"
"Why?" Vice President Mo Yi was very puzzled. He just felt that Jack Ma was crazy and lost his mind.
Jack Ma's eyes flashed with a sharp light: "Even if we don't ban Changchao payment, most users of the Xingyi platform still use Changchao payment, and Alipay only accounts for 20%, or even less than 20%."
"Even if we lose less than 20% of the market, how much loss can we have?"
Mo Yi suddenly realized: "I understand, after blocking Changchao Payment, Xingyi Technology will also block Alipay. At that time, we will lose 20% of the payment share of the Xingyi platform, but we can regain 50% of the market share of Taobao and Tmall.
Overall, it’s more cost-effective! However, Xingyi Technology directly lost 50% of Taobao and Tmall’s market, and their losses were even greater!”
Jack Ma nodded: "Yes, with this kind of reciprocal ban, Alipay, which is at a disadvantage, will suffer less and gain more. But Changchao Pay, which is at an advantage, will suffer heavy losses. If you kill five thousand enemies, you will lose two thousand.
, a net profit of five thousand, no loss this time, a sure profit!"
"More importantly, once this crisis breaks out, the number of Alipay users will continue to decrease. If Changchao Pay is not banned, our market share will only continue to shrink."
Liu Quanxin, the person in charge of Alipay, was very excited: "Then I will immediately issue a notice to completely ban Changchao Payment?"
Jack Ma nodded: "Send a notice, requiring all merchants to complete the payment method conversion within a week, and completely disconnect Changchao Payment in the early morning of March 11th. As for the reason, let's just say security issues."
"Yes!" Liu Quanxin responded decisively, but Vice President Mo Yi was a little worried:
"Chairman, Alibaba is currently at the cusp of a storm. If we block Changchao Pay directly at this time, I'm worried that it will cause bigger problems and make everyone think that Alibaba is in a hurry. It's better to wait half a month for the BBC crisis to subside.
, let’s cut off Changchao Payment.”
Hearing this, Jack Ma fell into deep thought and felt that it made some sense.
However, Liu Quanxin retorted decisively: "No, don't forget that asshole executive exposed us, causing us to be boycotted again, and Alipay was uninstalled in large numbers."
"Now there are only 38 million Alipay users left. If we wait half a month before banning Changchao Pay, it is estimated that half of the remaining 38 million Alipay users will become Changchao Pay users!"
"This..." Mo Yi was speechless for a moment, this was also a big problem.
Jack Ma nodded: "Quan Xin is right, Alipay can no longer withstand any impact, let alone drop to 20 million users, Changchao Pay must be blocked."
"Yes!" Liu Quanxin was in a good mood and made arrangements quickly.
Soon, all major Taobao and Tmall stores received notices from Ali:
[Due to security issues, Taobao, Tmall, Alibaba and other platforms will completely suspend all payment methods except Alipay and online banking. Merchants are requested to complete the conversion as soon as possible before March 10th. After March 10th, all payment methods will be suspended.
Other payment methods are suspended.】
One stone stirs up a thousand waves.
Many business groups exploded:
"What do you mean? Suspend other payment methods? Suspend whom?"
"UnionPay and Ali dare not suspend it, and they will definitely suspend Changchao Payment."
"It's a big trouble. If Changchao payment is not supported, how can the buyer pay?"
"That's right, most buyers now use Changchao to pay. Alibaba's market is really small."
"There is no other way. Seeing that Changchao Pay is getting bigger, Alibaba is desperate and jumping over the wall."
"What should we do?"
"What else can I do? I can only follow the instructions and hope the buyer will switch to Alipay."
“I’m afraid that buyers won’t want to use Alipay, so now they are boycotting Alipay.”
"Yeah, I'm worried about this too."
"How about we expose this matter and use the power of buyers to force Ali to lift the ban on Changchao Pay?"
"This is a good idea, you can give it a try!"
…
Soon, word spread online that Alibaba was going to block Changchao Payment.
It immediately caused an uproar:
"There are nearly 300 million Changchao Pay users. Alibaba wants to ban Changchao Pay? Is it fake? It must be fake."
"Really, Alibaba has informed all major merchants that starting from March 11, Taobao and Tmall will no longer be able to use Changchao payment."
"Alibaba is really going to block Changchao Pay. He's crazy. He's so anxious that he jumps over the wall."
"Made, Ali is rubbish. In order to boycott Ali, I unloaded all Alipay. But I still have to shop online, what should I do?"
"It's okay, there is also JD.com, JD.com supports Changchao Pay!"
"Yes, there is also JD.com, Tencent Paipai, QQ Mall, Yiguo.com, Suning, Gome..."
“That’s right, it’s not like you can’t shop online without Taobao!”
"The more Alibaba does this, the more we will resist!"
…
Looking at these public opinions, Wang Yi couldn't help but laugh, and then looked at the senior executives:
"The thing we were most worried about happened. Ali finally jumped over the wall in a hurry!"
As early as half a month ago, Wang Yi anticipated that Alibaba might jump to the wall and block Changchao Pay.
It's just that no one expected it to come so quickly or so directly.
Cai Zisong said: "But the good news is that users are on our side. Many netizens said that they would rather choose other e-commerce platforms than give up Chat Pay!"
Wang Yi waved his hand: "Lao Cai, you are too optimistic. Users have their say, but how many actually do this?"
"This..." Cai Zisong was speechless for a moment.
In 2013, Taobao was still the absolute dominant player.
Although there are many other e-commerce platforms, they cannot compare with Taobao in size, not even JD.com.
Wang Yi continued: "But it doesn't matter, the payment war is inevitable and will come sooner or later. Now that Ali has taken the initiative to start the war, we will respond strongly!" "Since Ali wants to block Changchao Payment, then we, Xingyi Technology, will also block Alipay!"
“Starting from March 11, Xingyi Mall, Meiyou Mall, Douyin Mall, AutoNavi Taxi, and Ele.me Takeout will all block Alipay!”
"Second, Changchao completely blocks Taobao links. Taobao links will not be spread on Changchao in the future."
"yes!"
Everyone responded one after another, feeling even more happy in their hearts.
If the first one is to ban Alipay, it is just a reciprocal response to Alibaba’s ban on Changchao Pay.
Then the second one is to completely block Taobao links, which means cutting off Taobao’s traffic entrance to Changchao!
As a top social platform with over 500 million users, many people are creating Changchao groups and Changchao official accounts to attract traffic to Taobao products and share Taobao links.
When users see products they like in the chat group, they will click on the link and jump to Taobao to purchase.
It can be said that Changchao is also a very important traffic entrance for Taobao!
Taobao previously supported Changchao payment, but Wang Yi turned a blind eye to this.
But now, Alibaba wants to block Changliao Pay, so Wang Yi will no longer be merciful. Not only will Alipay be blocked on the entire platform, but Taobao links will also be blocked, cutting off a large traffic entrance to Taobao!
"Chairman, are you going to remove Taobao APP from Xingyi Mobile?" a senior executive couldn't help but ask.
Wang Yi thought for a while and waved his hand: "It's not necessary for the time being. The XOS system's ecology still needs to develop. There is no need for us to ruin the future of the XOS system for the sake of Ali."
Yang Yan also agreed: "Yes, once our Xingyi Mobile blocks a certain software, it will inevitably cause other developers to be wary. It will be difficult for the XOS system ecosystem to expand. The gain outweighs the loss."
Everyone nodded.
Wang Yixiao said: "Everything must be done for a reason, and everything must be done for a reason. If we don't have enough reputation, we still can't remove it from Taobao. But we can make other arrangements."
With that said, Wang Yi looked at Cai Zisong in the video conference: "The payment code function is ready to go online!"
When the payment code function was developed before, Wang Yi also had people develop the collection code function together. It was just not released directly.
The current scanning code payment is mainly used in supermarkets and restaurants to scan the user's payment code and charge.
Alibaba implemented this function in 2011.
Last year, Changchao Pay was also developed.
As for the payment code, no company has yet made it, and now Xingyi Technology has taken the lead.
The biggest difference between the collection code and the payment code is that the collection code is fixed, while the payment code is constantly refreshed.
In addition, the functions of the two are also very different.
Cai Zisong instantly understood what Wang Yi meant: "Chairman, you are trying to use the collection code to break the situation!"
Wang Yi waved his hand: "Let's see what the effect is, but in the end it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause."
"The most important thing is to look at next year's comprehensive e-commerce - Douyin Mall!"
In the following week, there was no response from Xingyi Technology and no other statement from Alibaba.
Both sides fell into silence.
But everyone knows that this is just the calm before the storm.
However, the majority of netizens’ boycott of Alibaba and Alipay is increasing day by day.
If you get the right way, you will get a lot of help, but if you don't get the right way, you will get little help.
The content exposed by the BBC was already infuriating and aroused public boycott.
Now they want to block Changchao Pay. Passers-by can’t bear to watch it in such a hurry.
Users who originally did not want to boycott began to boycott Alipay!
Wang Yi was delighted to hear this.
However, Alibaba did not make any statement, and even ignored the suggestions from Taobao merchants and users.
Such a arrogant posture is quite like breaking a jar!
Jack Ma understands clearly that as long as Changchao Pay is blocked, Alipay’s user base will be indispensable with the basic base of Taobao and Tmall, and it can return to the billion level!
Users can pay without Changchao, but they cannot do without Taobao. This is Alibaba's confidence.
However, the majority of netizens are confident in their resistance.
In the following days, Alipay's user base continued to decrease, falling to only about 30 million.
However, the number of users of Changchao Payment is increasing day by day.
As of March 10, the number of Changchao Pay users has exceeded 350 million!
Wang Yi was very satisfied with this. He could only say that Ali jumped over the wall in a hurry and gave Changliao a wave of assists.
But unfortunately, the next step is also the stage of life and death.
On March 11, Taobao suspended Changchao Payment as scheduled and completely blocked it.
Many netizens who want to shop online are blocked because of Changchao Payment, making them unable to conduct normal transactions.
In response, some netizens chose to re-enable the uninstalled Alipay to complete the transaction.
Some netizens chose to fight to the end and gave up on the purchase, cursing.
There are also some users who have turned to other e-commerce platforms and used Changchao to pay for purchases.
The XA Century War begins here.
Jian Ziyan approached Wang Yi: "Chairman, Alibaba has completely blocked us on Changchao Pay. Should we fight back immediately?"
Wang Yi waved his hand: "No hurry, it will be one day late."
"One day late?" Jian Ziyan didn't understand.
Wang Yi smiled slightly: "One day later, there will be a distinction between before and after. It can show that we at Xingyi Technology do not want to be like this, but we are forced by Ali to have no choice... In the end, no matter how miserable Ali was, Ali took action first.
Yes, it has nothing to do with us."
"Okay!" Jian Ziyan became interested.
The next day, March 12, Xingyi Technology issued a statement:
[Unfortunately, due to some force majeure factors, Meiyou Mall, Xingyi Mall, Douyin Mall, Ele.me Takeout, and Amap Taxi will suspend Alipay payments. Thank you for your support.]
This statement once again caused an uproar.
It’s just that netizens’ attitudes towards Ali are completely different:
"I understand. Alibaba has blocked Changchao Pay, and Xingyi Technology has blocked Alipay. It's natural."
"Block it, it's rubbish Alipay, not many people use it anyway."
"Support Xingyi Technology and support Director Wang. It's Alibaba who doesn't talk about martial ethics first. Changchao Pay is just tit for tat."
Looking at these public opinions, Jack Ma snorted coldly: "This guy Wang Yi is really good at demagogueing people. But he is also brave enough to directly block Alipay from the entire platform!"
"But it doesn't matter, we have the advantage."
Liu Quanxin smiled and nodded: "Chairman, since Changchao Pay was banned, the number of Alipay users increased from 30 million to 40 million yesterday!"
"It's still increasing."
"I can only say that the growth rate is terrifying."
"Very good, our plan was successful. As for Xingyi Technology's counterattack, haha, it's not worth mentioning."
However, as soon as he finished speaking, Vice President Mo Yi rushed in:
"Chairman, we are in big trouble, Xingyi Technology has banned us!"
Jack Ma nodded: "I know, isn't it Xingyi Technology that blocked Alipay? They only have this ability, so it's harmless."
"It's not that Alipay was blocked. It was Xingyi Technology's Changchao that completely blocked Taobao links! We suddenly lost a large traffic entrance."
"What?" Jack Ma was a little panicked.
There are no live broadcasts these days, and the biggest traffic portal is Changchat.
Many businesses have set up chat groups to acquire customers.
There are also people who specifically set up a wool chat group to attract users to join and send out various ‘discount links’ every day.
Although the price is about the same as usual, they promote it well and can attract a lot of traffic to Taobao.
But now that it was suddenly blocked, Taobao suffered heavy losses.
"Wang Yi, this guy is really not simple. He not only blocked Alipay, but also blocked Taobao links and Tmall links. That's great! So cruel!" Jack Ma's eyes were cold.
Mo Yi nodded: "Without the entrance to Changchao, we have suffered a great loss and must find a new replacement."
"New alternative..." Jack Ma's eyes lit up: "You can use Sina Weibo. Without the traffic of Changchat Group, you can take Sina Weibo and use the Weibo showcase as a new traffic entrance!"
Mo Yi agreed very much: "This is a good way out, using Weibo showcase to replace Changchao's promotional resources. However, the negotiations on controlling Weibo did not go very smoothly."
"What's going on?" Jackma couldn't help but ask.
"Chairman, we want Sina Weibo's 51% market share and offer a high price of 12 billion. They are still unwilling."
"With a price tag of 12 billion, Sina Weibo's valuation exceeds 24 billion, which is completely beyond expectations. Why wouldn't he want to?" Jack Ma said coldly.
"Dr. Cao thinks it's too little, so he wants 15 billion!"
The corner of Jackma's mouth twitched: "..."
"The price tag of 12 billion is high enough, and we need another 15 billion!"
"Greedy, so greedy!"
Mo Yi was also helpless: "But there is no other way, we need Sina Weibo! Especially after this incident and being blocked by Changchao, we need Sina Weibo even more."
Jack Ma sighed. Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that this was the truth.
"Okay, let's talk to Sina and see if we can lower it a little, such as 13 billion!"
"Okay, I'll contact you right away."
Soon, Sina Chairman Cao Wei received a call from Mo Yi: "Director Cao, we at Alibaba are very optimistic about the cooperation with Sina Weibo. We can offer up to 13 billion, 51% of the shares!"
"13 billion?" Cao Wei smiled coldly.
If it had been before, 13 billion would have been accepted.
But now that Alibaba has been blocked by Changchao, he has to take down Sina Weibo.
Then it’s not a matter of 13 billion, it must be 15 billion!
Chapter completed!