As a person who is born with both great and crooked talents, although his appearance is a bit off-putting, there is no doubt that in his own field, Ma Yun can completely remove these appearance factors.
Alibaba Group was just Ma Yun's first attempt at an Internet company, and it is now developing very well. However, what makes Ma Yun most satisfied is Taobao.com, which was launched in a hurry to prevent eBay from being cornered.
No one thought that Taobao.com could develop so well, let alone Ma Yun.
He and his group of capable officers were extremely nervous and fearful about this super giant from abroad. Before eBay entered China, it had already swept across the Americas and Europe, and its market value exceeded several billion.
Tens of billions of dollars, and Alibaba at that time didn’t even have 1 billion U.S. dollars.
Ma Yun's most optimistic estimate is that he can maintain a 20% domestic market share, thus ensuring the smooth development of Alibaba's business.
Little did they know that after eBay entered China, like other American companies, it quickly fell into a cycle of acclimatization and copied many foreign rules to China. As a result, Chinese online shopping users did not buy it at all.
Ma Yun quickly seized this opportunity and immediately found funds from Yang Zhiyuan and Sun Zhenyi. In just three years, he defeated eBay and became the super overlord of domestic c2c. eBay had five consecutive years.
% of the share is not occupied.
However, even now in 2007, Ma Yun would not have thought of the opportunities that the upcoming economic crisis would bring to Taobao.com.
Now, Ma Yun seems to be very satisfied with its market share and development. Compared with 2008, 2009, 2010... until 2013, it was so unworthy of mention.
Because in these years, there has been at least a growth of more than 100% every year, and even growth of more than 200% and 300%.
By the end of 2013, Taobao.com had developed like this and had become a behemoth that had definitely surpassed eBay, achieving the myth of being the world's number one b2b2c online shopping industry.
Sun Zhenyi is indeed ambitious.
On the surface, he agreed to Xiao Qi's exchange conditions, but before he returned to Japan, he called Ma Yun at the airport and told him about the change of ownership of Alibaba Group shares.
Sun Zhenyi thought very simply, since I can't make this money, then Xiao Qi, you want to get the shares of the Alibaba Group. It's not such a good thing to think about, so let Ma Yun annoy you to death.
Since Taobao officially defeated eBay in 2006 and entered a period of rapid growth, Ma Yun quickly realized its wealth growth potential. So since the beginning of this year, he has been calling and meeting Yang Zhiyuan and Sun Zhenyi, hoping to return
Buy your own shares in Alibaba Group.
Alibaba Group's shares have always been composed of three parts: Yahoo holds 40%, SoftBank Group holds 30%, and Ma Yun and management hold 30%.
Ma Yun's biggest desire is to recover more than 20% of the shares. Not only does he do things without any restrictions, he does not need to report to Yang Zhiyuan and Sun Zhenyi for approval and discussion, but he can also use his status as the largest shareholder to continuously issue additional shares.
Compressing the shares of Yahoo and SoftBank Group into a lower range.
But no one is a fool.
Not to mention Yang Zhiyuan, who created the entire Internet era, and Sun Zhenyi, who became the richest man in Japan as a Korean. Neither of these two people's vision is worse than Ma Yun, and they have also seen the development of Taobao.com
potential, so I always refuse without hesitation and decisively.
Ma Yun knew that in dealing with these treacherous and cunning people, he should not be impatient and could only use time and effort, so he just kept trying, but he did not expect to succeed immediately.
But suddenly, Sun Zhenyi called him and told Xiao Qi that 30% of SoftBank's shares were about to be transferred to Fairy Company. It was like a bolt from the blue, hitting Ma Yun directly on the head.
Yes.
For Ma Yun, it was a bolt from the blue.
The shares he worked so hard to redeem were actually bought by someone who was the first to win?
He keenly sensed the unwillingness and regret in Sun Zhenyi's heart from Sun Zhenyi's words, which showed that Sun Zhenyi must have been forced to sell his shares in Alibaba Group.
Good guy!
He was able to force Sun Zhenyi to sell the shares of Alibaba Group that he held so dearly. He was indeed worthy of Xiao Qi, who has made a fortune recently!
Almost immediately, Ma Yun wanted to visit Xiao Qi to see if there was any hope of getting these shares. No matter how much he paid, it didn't matter.
But Ma Yun was not a frivolous person after all, so he immediately thought that if you go there so presumptuously, people might not even pay attention to you.
Although you, Ma Yun, are the godfather of China's Internet business, Xiao Qi is the godfather of the world's intelligent electronics industry. Whether it is wealth, reputation or influence, the gap between the two is huge.
You can't just go there unprepared.
You must be prepared and fully prepared before going and try to win Xiao Qi’s Alibaba shares in one fell swoop!!
This firm obsession has been floating in Ma Yun's heart for this period of time.
But he didn't know how to prepare.
Because Ma Yun has nothing that can impress Xiao Qi.
money?
Their assets exceed 300 billion U.S. dollars. Not to mention my pitiful few billion yuan, even if the other 100 richest people in mainland China are tied together, they don't have as much money.
Power?
Just kidding! Have you ever seen an apprentice say to an industry master, "Can I give you power? What's more, Ma Yun really can't give it!"
Beauty?
This is even more nonsense. How can commercial activities be involved in such a thing? That is an insult!
After much thought, Ma Yun fell into anxiety and boredom.
However, he is indeed a man born with both great and crooked talents.
Since he couldn't think of any solution, Ma Yun simply put it aside for the time being and waited until he came up with a solution or had some good opportunities.
Apart from anything else, the economic crisis in the United States alone makes Yahoo's situation not very good.
If I can get 20% of the stock from Yahoo, it doesn't matter whether I want the 30% from Xiao Qi or not. Anyway, I don't care who he is then, he will still issue additional diluted shares!
Hum hum, although your investment vision is very good, my advantage is not so easy to take advantage of!! (To be continued...)
ps: Regarding the origin of Taobao and the situation at that time, Xiucai did a relatively detailed collection of information. I hope it can add some information for the brothers to talk about after dinner. By the way, Shi Yuzhu wanted to make Giant Group the number one children's shoe in Asia.
What a tragedy. At first, Jack Ma, who only wanted to keep his Alibaba base, became famous because of Taobao. The wonders of life are really interesting!