Reborn multinational giant

Fang Zhe’s smile remained undiminished. Because of system problems, Hong Kong media reporters have always been more dare to write and speak than mainland media reporters.

It would be fine if the reporter casually said such things in Hong Kong, but in the mainland, on such occasions today, the reporter’s questions would be a bit provocative and untimely.

"This beauty reporter from the South China Morning Post, please be cautious. Huizhong and Alibaba have a lot of business, and there are competition and cooperation.

Regarding the communication and WeChat competition you mentioned, it is normal business competition. Good competition can promote the mutual progress of both parties. It is also common to seek common ground while reserving differences and cooperate with each other in competition.

The cooperation between Tmall and WeChat is based on the huge common interests between our two parties. There is no cessation of land and peace as you said. Alibaba is a large and promising company and does not need to cede land and seek peace from any company!"

Fang Zhe’s answer won a round of applause at the scene. On Ali’s side, Mr. Ma’s complexion was slightly relieved, but he still felt a little uncomfortable. Even though Huizhong ranks ahead of Alibaba in HBAT, it has core e-commerce businesses. Supporting Alibaba does not need to look at Huizhong's face to act, let alone seek peace.

The South China Morning Post reporter asked such a bad question for the sales of his own newspaper and to attract attention. In my heart, President Ma has already pulled the South China Morning Post into the blacklist of Ali's public relations, and even plans to find a chance to beat it. .

Fang Zhe looked at Mr. Ma, whose face was slightly relieved in the audience, and he was relieved. Huizhong's stake in Tmall is of great importance. He doesn't want to affect the relationship between the two companies because of a reporter from the South China Morning Post. Fang Zhe also blacklisted the South China Morning Post.

In a blink of an eye, Fang Zhe thought again that in his previous life, Alibaba had invested in and acquired a number of newspapers and other media companies because of its weak public relations and public relations capabilities in the media industry. The South China Morning Post is one of them. I don’t know in this life. Interlude, whether Alibaba will acquire the South China Morning Post.

Some thoughtful reporters on the scene have cast pity on Chen Wen, and even the reporters standing around her intentionally distanced herself from her.

Many experienced old reporters know that those who do their business are not afraid of offending celebrities or stars, but they are afraid of offending some large capital and powerful companies. Although Hong Kong is different from the mainland, there are probably no big bosses in Hong Kong. A small reporter offended both Huizhong and Alibaba.

After the applause at the scene returned to calm, Fang Zhe lighted up a blond and blue-eyed foreign media reporter. This was also the last question of the reporter at the signing ceremony today.

This male foreign media reporter looks handsome and has a very magnetic voice. He is from CNN. After being selected by Fang Zhe, he first said thank you to Fang Zhe, and then slowly said in English:

"Hello Mr. Fang Zhe, does WeChat plan to open similar secondary entrances outside of China? If so, will it choose to connect to overseas platforms such as Amazon and eBay, or only connect to Chinese e-commerce companies?"

Fang Zhe had already anticipated such a question, and he answered with confidence:

"I can tell you for sure that we have such plans. If the cooperation conditions are mature, we are very happy to cooperate with any overseas e-commerce platform such as Amazon and eBay.

However, at this stage, due to policy environment, user experience, payment channels and other issues, we can only try to cooperate with domestic e-commerce companies in China first.

After finding suitable experience, and when the overseas time and conditions are ripe, we will also add a similar secondary entrance to the WeChat overseas version, so that overseas WeChat users can also enjoy e-commerce shopping services more conveniently."

After getting a satisfactory answer from Fang Zhe, the reporter sat down quietly. Fang Zhe and Mr. Ma in the audience looked at each other, and the two of them tacitly understood.

Regarding the question just now, in addition to the reasons mentioned by Fang Zhe, there is another reason, which is to give Alibaba enough time to go to sea. The WeChat overseas version is similar to the second-level portal. The more prepared you are, and this is also one of the conditions for Tmall to accept Huizhong's investment.

After Fang Zhe stepped down, President Ali Ma also took the stage and gave a short speech while accepting questions from reporters present.

"Many people told me that you are a big company like Alibaba, and this is the case in the domestic e-commerce industry (Mr. Ma gave his thumb), No. 1, occupying such a large market, why would you be willing to accept investment from Huizhong?

Alibaba was founded in 1999, and today it is a large enterprise with a history of 14 years. Huizhong was founded in 2008 and has been established less than 5 years now. It is nearly ten years younger than us.

They said, don’t you feel ashamed to be invested by such a startup that has only been established a few years ago?

Is it because Alibaba is dying? What percentage of annual GMV growth is an illusion.

Even the reporter from the South China Morning Post just now said that we were seeking reconciliation.

Ha ha!

What I want to say to these people is that you see the problem too simple, too naive, and too staid!

Alibaba is the e-commerce industry in China (Mr. Ma gives his thumb), No. 1, in the world, and internationally?Amazon, eBay, we have many competitors abroad, as well as many markets and opportunities.

Regardless of the fact that Alibaba was founded in 1999, it is only a 14-year-old boy if we calculate according to human age. If Alibaba can really become a 102-year-old company in the future, 14-year-old is just the beginning.

As for Huizhong, I sometimes really feel that the current situation is a terrible thing. The Internet entered China more than ten years ago, although Baidu, Tencent, and our three companies, Alibaba, were all born at that time.

But at the beginning, we were all ignorant, clueless, and ignorant of what the current situation is, just like a headless fly, guessing which direction may be right, and then working hard in that direction and flying in that direction.

It wasn't until more than ten years have passed that we have grown to today's scale and today's height.

But Huizhong, since its birth in 2008, the control of the current situation is the same as the open-book examination. Not only the domestic current situation, but also the foreign current situation, it has been well stepped on by Huizhong, so it It took only 5 years to grow to today, far exceeding the scale and height of our other three companies.

Earlier or later, Huizhong couldn’t have achieved today’s results, so I think that Huizhong, a company, was born at the historic moment. The fate of the entire era is behind it to push it forward. We cooperate with it. Maybe you can feel the feeling of rowing without oars and relying on the waves!

Feel the rocket speed developed by Huizhong!"