Reborn multinational giant

Chapter 436: Taobao October Siege

All the people in the meeting looked out the window in unison.

An executive near the window got up and walked to the window to look outside.

hiss!

The executive took a breath, and saw hundreds of people gathered downstairs at Alibaba.

Many of them were pulling up banners with white characters on a red background. Many of them were clamoring and insulting loudly. What's more, they didn't know where they were found and threw them directly at the office building where Alibaba was located!

"Mr. Ma! Mr. Ma! Something has happened!" the executive yelled a little gaffe.

Without further explanation from the executive, several executives, including Mr. Ma, hurried to the window to see what was happening outside.

Mr. Ma, who walked to the window, jumped in his heart when he saw hundreds of people gathered downstairs.

'Refuse Taobao's new regulations and safeguard the rights and interests of online merchants'

'Taobao is shameless, destroying my shop and destroying me to survive'

'Taobao is ungrateful and eats my flesh and blood'

'Let big shops have no difficult business, and small shops have no business to do'

The mighty crowd staged a real version of "October Besieged City", with more than a dozen banners with white characters on a red background, particularly conspicuous.

"If the matter is a big mess, it might become a serious social incident!" All the executives who saw this scene were aware of the seriousness of the matter.

"Peng Lei, you immediately call Lao Wang of the Security Department and ask him to transfer all the security guards from other parks to maintain the situation. I don't think there are only seven or eight security guards downstairs that can withstand it!

Wang Shuai, you should call the police immediately so that they can provide support as soon as possible. In addition, immediately notify all department employees in Ali headquarters, try to avoid crowds, and do not directly contact them except people in the public relations department.

In addition, let all employees working below the 10th floor try to stay away from the windows or go on vacation directly to avoid accidental injuries, and resume normal work after things are handled!"

In the critical moment, the angry President Ma became extraordinarily calm, and all the executives recovered under his words. At this time, what they are Alibaba executives has to do is not to watch the excitement, but immediately response!

The meeting was aborted, and many executives hurriedly called their subordinates, or hurriedly ran back to the department under their management to stabilize the scene. In the end, the rest of the meeting room was the core executives of Alibaba. As Ali’s core executives, they do not directly manage employees. What they need to consider now is how to deal with the hundreds of people gathered downstairs to "protect rights".

President Ma walked to the conference table again and sat down slowly. Although he felt like sitting on pins and needles at this time, he still forced himself to calm down. The other executives also returned to the conference table under his influence. Before, listening to the noisy "rights defense" downstairs, I wondered how to deal with it.

After a few seconds of silence, President Ma slowly said:

"Everyone, since the establishment of Alibaba, we have experienced big and small storms and it is not bad this time.

What I am more worried about is that this situation has now become a social incident, and it might be caused by the news broadcast tonight, so we must treat it cautiously and seriously. The first thing to ensure is that No bloodshed!I will come out in person after the police reinforcements arrive!"

"No!" As soon as Mr. Ma finished speaking, Zhang Yong objected: "You don't need to come out in person. I will go out to deal with it later. Now the crowd is so fierce, just in case."

"What if? What if they beat me? Or what if they scold me?" Mr. Ma's originally serious face showed a smile, and he said:

"Listen, isn't it enough for them to scold me downstairs? As for beating people, I should not be hateful. Besides, there are the police and Li Long to protect me!"

Li Long is General Manager Ma's bodyguard, and one person can single out seven or eight ordinary people.

Zhang Yong is waiting to say it again. The harsh siren sounded outside the window. Alibaba has tens of thousands of employees and is a leading enterprise in Hangzhou and even Zhejiang Province. The latest police station only takes less than three minutes.

Hearing the sound of the police sirens, Mr. Ma planned to get up and go downstairs to the angry crowd in the hundreds. The executives in the conference room all discouraged.

Ringing~~~, the phone rang, and the phone number of the deputy director of the Public Security Bureau of Yuhang District, Hangzhou City has reached President Ma.

A few minutes later, Mr. Ma, who hung up the phone, smiled bitterly and said to Zhang Yong: "Go ahead, remember to not have any physical conflicts, let the crowd calm down first, and wait for a press conference tomorrow morning."

Seeing Zhang Yong's departure, Mr. Ma remembered what Director Hu had just called him. He had already reported this to the higher-level leaders of Hangzhou, and he was not allowed to receive it in a few minutes. Calls from several leaders.

In the evening, hundreds of Taobao shopkeepers at the headquarters of Alibaba protested against rights defense, and without exception, appeared on the evening news of Hangzhou, Zhejiang and even CCTV news channels.

Many government leaders in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, and even the Ministry of Commerce also demanded that Alibaba fully listen to the opinions of all parties, and actively respond to the reasonable needs of relevant small and medium-sized merchants in terms of supporting small and micro enterprises and maintaining social stability.

"Alibaba is a company and a socially responsible body!" Mr. Ma said at the Alibaba headquarters meeting late that night.

The next morning, Taobao Mall held a press conference. At the meeting, Taobao Mall President and CEO Zhang Yong further explained the new commercial regulations issued by Taobao Mall two days ago. At the same time, he also explained what happened in Taobao Mall yesterday. The Taobao store was maliciously attacked and hundreds of Taobao store owners gathered at the Alibaba headquarters to protest their rights protection.

In addition, Taobao Mall has also made some adjustments to the new regulations that have already been issued, including but not limited to delaying the implementation of the new regulations for merchants already on Taobao Mall, and adjusting technical service fees and margin levels and fees.

In addition, Zhang Yong also announced that President Ma and Alibaba have decided to increase the capital of Taobao Mall by 2 billion yuan, of which 1 billion will be used to fill vacancies in the consumer protection fund, and the other 1 billion will be used for the impact of the incident. Taobao stores made compensation, provided secured loans to small and medium shop owners in need, and improved and upgraded Taobao Mall’s marketing and technical service platforms.

The series of events and turbulence triggered by the release of the Taobao Mall’s new regulations have severely affected the development of Taobao Mall’s B2C business and the overall commercialization and listing plans of Alibaba Group.

President Ma, who has not slept for a few days in a row, is bothered by the headache that Ali Group’s original listing plan in 2013 is likely to be postponed, and behind the upset this incident, are there any ghosts between Fang Zhe and Huizhong? If so, what is their next move?

At this time, the boss Fang, who was secretly guessed by President Ma, was visiting the production line of Tesla cars in the Tesla factory in Fremont County, California!