I can become stronger by paying salaries. I have one billion employees!

Chapter 566 Chen Yansen dares to invest 200 billion, but does he dare to invest a second 200 billion? Two people who switched jobs!
At 2:30 p.m., news of Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp became a trending topic. The $19 billion merger deal truly shocked many people.

In reality, $150 billion of that was in Facebook stock, while only $40 billion was in cash.

Ten minutes later, Shanghai-based food delivery company Waimaicharen announced that it would shut down its servers at the end of February and completely withdraw from online food delivery services in China.

"China's business competition model is too abnormal! Since 2013, the subsidy war in the food delivery industry has never stopped. Although we have a good reputation among users and merchants, Kuai Pao, Tao Diandian, and Qiandu Waimai not only do not make money, but also shout the slogan of 'zero yuan purchase'. How can we compete with them?"

This food delivery platform, which originated in Germany, withdrew from the Chinese market amidst a barrage of complaints.

Sanpower Group, which acquired Meituan, faced with shrinking order volume and a continuous loss of rider resources, had no choice but to cut its food delivery business and fully shift its focus to the group-buying sector, despite its unwillingness to admit defeat.

Nicholas, the founder of Takeaway Superman, was thinking to himself that he hoped Chinese food delivery platforms would never enter the European market; he didn't want to fight a price war with a bunch of "crazy people."

Yuan Yafei, the boss of Sanpower Group, was silently praying that Chen Yansen, Ma Liyun, and Li Yanhong would exercise restraint and not spread the conflict to the group-buying industry.

The fierce competition among the three major food delivery platforms is still ongoing, but countless competitors have already been wiped out.

The authorities initially intended to intervene and stop the practice, but after discovering that the number of social security contributions for delivery riders was growing rapidly, they decided to suppress the idea and wait and see for a while longer.

at the same time.

Inside the headquarters building of Baidu, Robin Li sat in his office with a livid face.

Baidu released its financial report for the fourth quarter of 2013 just before the deadline, with revenue down 39.3% and net profit down 51.6%.

As soon as the Nasdaq Stock Exchange opened, Baidu's stock price plummeted, directly triggering the circuit breaker mechanism.

Five minutes later, trading resumed, but the stock price continued to plummet as if it had taken a laxative.

As of now, Baidu's market value is only US$172 billion, which has fallen by half compared to the same period last year.

At that time, Vipshop's market value was US$117 billion.

In other words, after a series of setbacks, Baidu's market value has fallen to the second tier of internet companies.

The concept of BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) is no longer mentioned!
"Brothers, listen to me! Although Baidu's market share in the search business is less than 40%, its market value should be at least 20 billion US dollars. Now is the time to buy in at the bottom!"

"When others are panicking, I'm going crazy; when others are going crazy, I'm panicking. Baidu is far underestimated. As long as we weather this storm, returning to $300 billion is not a dream!"

"I don't believe you for a second! Over the years, Qiandu has failed at everything it has done. It had no rivals before, but now that it has encountered Senlian Capital, does it still have a chance to turn things around?"

A group of stock market investors were arguing fiercely on social media.

In order to stop the downward trend, Robin Li had no choice but to announce that he would increase his holdings of Baidu shares in his personal capacity through centralized bidding on the secondary market.

Even so, Baidu's stock price is still slowly declining.

After all, Baidu Search's market share has never recovered since it fell to 40%.

Lingxi, 360, Sogou, and Penguin Search all use the Moss Big Language Model Assistant and have significantly reduced ad exposure on search results pages.

Easy to use, no ads, comprehensive information, and highly efficient!

Chen Yansen, Ma Wenteng, Zhou Hongyi, and Zhang Chaoyang share the same goal: not that they don't want to make money, but that they want to make money efficiently, gradually, and rhythmically.

First, take down Baidu, and after you've divided up the spoils, then consider the issue of profit.

If it weren't for the fact that Baidu still has a group of loyal users on PCs, either out of habit or due to sunk costs, its market share would probably be less than 30%.

Therefore, Robin Li found himself in a dilemma.

At the same time, he also knew that regardless of whether Baidu participated in the food delivery war, Chen Yansen and others would not give up competing with Baidu for the search business.

the other side.

After receiving Tao Diandian's financial statements, Ma Liyun couldn't help but be secretly astonished.

From mid-December to early February, in just two months, the food delivery business suffered a loss of 24.7 billion yuan!

In the past week in particular, daily marketing expenses have exceeded 9000 million yuan, and are about to break through 1 million yuan.

"Holy crap! It burns through money even faster than that!"

Ma Liyun couldn't help but swear.

Lu Zhaoxi, Zhang Yong, Tang Yongbo, Jiang Fan, Zhang Tao, and others looked at each other, then frowned.

If they continue fighting for another six months, the group's entire annual net profit will be wiped out.

Everyone is waiting!
Waiting for Ma Liyun's decision!
"Do you think we should pause?" After some time, Ma Liyun asked Lu Zhaoxi.

He used the word 'pause' rather than 'end,' indicating that deep down, Ma Liyun was unwilling to give up the O2O strategy.

"Since we've started, we have to go all out. If we're like Qiandu and keep wavering, we'll only give Kuaipao an opportunity to take advantage."

Lu Zhaoxi said with a cold expression.

pause?

It's not like children fighting; you can't just stop whenever you want.

Once the defenses are contracted, the billions invested in the early stages will be wasted.

"Daniel, what do you think?" Ma Liyun nodded slightly, then turned her gaze to Zhang Yong.

"I share the same idea as Mr. Lu. Once the strategy is set, we cannot waver. Let's first capture half of the market share."

Zhang Yong adjusted his glasses and answered with a firm expression.

"From today onwards, Taodiandian's strategic level will be raised to T0. Chen Yansen is willing to invest 200 billion, but I don't believe he would dare to invest another 200 billion."

After gaining the support of his subordinates, Ma Liyun made a resounding announcement.

For a time, everyone at Alibaba was trying to find ways to replenish Taodian's traffic resources.

Shopping offers food delivery coupons, friends can exchange food delivery vouchers, and opening the Zhifubao homepage gives you Taodian coupons. The campaign is also being promoted on Youku, UC Browser, Weibo, and other platforms.

Free vouchers for milk tea, beer, bread, and fried chicken are given out several times a day.

Netizens had never seen anything like this before and were completely stunned.

"Look at this! My silly wife took all the family's phones and ordered a whole fridge full of milk tea that we can't finish. It's free, but I'm afraid she'll get diabetes!"

"Who says otherwise! The refrigerator at home is full of bread and fried chicken. I told her it's unhealthy to eat, but my wife not only wouldn't listen, she even argued with me."

"Since it's free, I'll place an order as long as the platform issues coupons!"

"I'm just waiting for KuaiRun and QianDu Waimai to follow suit. It would be so awesome to have all three platforms taking advantage of each other!"

Tao Diandian took the initiative to provoke him, but Pei Yi did not respond. Instead, he proceeded methodically with the current plan to expand into third- and fourth-tier cities and county-level markets.

Three days later, the subsidy coupons from Qiandu Takeaway were reduced from 15 yuan to 12 yuan, clearly indicating that it was struggling to keep up.

……

...Xucheng, Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park.

Chen Yansen got up and saw Wang Zhongpu to the door, then had Meng Yun lead him to the elevator.

He never expected that at this critical juncture, the CEO of Qiandu Waimai would actually want to switch jobs and join Kuaipao.

Wang Zhongpu has a technical background and has started his own business, so his abilities are actually quite good.

But if you encounter a boss like Li Yanhong, it will naturally be extremely difficult to achieve anything.

Just as the battle was raging, Mr. Li's mind wavered again, and he immediately reduced the marketing funds for the takeout business.

Wang Zhongpu was also a man with a temper. He didn't want to be a background character for Pei Yi, Zhang Xuhao, and others. Based on the principle of "if you can't beat them, join them," he secretly slipped into Xucheng under the pretense of a business trip and met with Chen Yansen.

After thinking it over for a while, Chen Yansen gave him two choices.

First, he will serve as Zhang Xuhao's deputy, in charge of the flash sale business;
Secondly, he became Wang Zhe's assistant at Kuai Pao Canteen, responsible for market development in South China and Southwest China.

As for the position of project manager, Wang Zhongpu can forget about it.

Chen Yansen put it bluntly: unless you can produce corresponding results to prove yourself.

Wang Zhongpu thought for a moment. The former was to be Pei Yi's subordinate, while the latter was the COO of Kuai Pao Canteen, whose status was equal to that of Zhang Xuhao.

Therefore, he chose the Kuaipao Canteen project, which also allowed him to avoid the non-compete agreement with Baidu.

"Tuk-tuk-tuk-!"

Just as Chen Yansen returned to his seat, there was another knock on the door.

"Go in!" Chen Yansen replied.

After hearing this, Meng Yun pushed open the office door and led Jiang Fan in.

"Hello, Mr. Chen!"

Before Meng Yun could introduce him, Jiang Fan stepped forward, leaned forward slightly, and greeted him respectfully.

"Mr. Jiang, please have a seat!"

Chen Yansen remained seated and casually replied.

Then he instructed Meng Yun, "Go and brew a pot of tea."

He didn't expect that Jiang Fan and Wang Zhongpu would express their intention to switch jobs to Senlian Capital on the same day.

"Teacher Ma must have treated you pretty well, right?"

Chen Yansen looked at Jiang Fan and asked the first question.

The other party is from Northwest China, majored in computer science at Fudan University, participated in the development of Google Maps, and then founded Umeng in 2010. Three years later, he was bought by Alibaba for 8000 million US dollars and joined Alibaba.

Ma Liyun gave him the position of M5 Senior Director, which is equivalent to the P10 Researcher level.

Three years ago, when Zhang Yong invited Chen Yansen to join Ali, he only gave him an M4 rank, and he would have to rely on his performance to be promoted to M5.

This shows that Ma Liyun was quite generous in winning over Jiang Fan.

In fact, it was precisely because of his refusal that Ma Liyun learned his lesson and offered Jiang Fan even better terms.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Fan did not rush to answer. Instead, he pondered for more than ten seconds before slowly saying, "Senlian Capital is a much bigger stage."

The implication is that his goal is not to compete or run, but to obtain a high-ranking position at the group headquarters.

He chose to avoid answering Chen Yansen's question.

It's a difficult question to answer. If he says yes, it makes him seem mercenary; if he says no, it makes him seem greedy and ungrateful.

Chen Yansen looked at Jiang Fan, tapping his fingers lightly on the table, looking thoughtful.

The person in front of me has first-class resource integration ability, and is somewhat similar to Huang Zheng. He is a person who can get things done.

Give him a business concept, and he can implement it.

He's a great candidate for a job!

The only downside: her love life is a bit messy.

But in the cutthroat world of business, a lack of personal morality is almost the least of one's faults.

Should we accept it or not?

The thought that he had outmaneuvered Lao Ma's successor more than a decade ahead of time made him want to laugh.

Compared to Wang Zhongpu, Jiang Fan was more capable, but also more restless.

"Aliba is also good. Once it goes public, its market value will be at least 2000 billion US dollars, far exceeding Amazon and Pinduoduo."

Chen Yansen said slowly.

“Ali is indeed dominant in the e-commerce field, and its value may be higher than Pinduoduo. However, Senlian Capital has at least five or six projects with the same potential as Ali.”

Jiang Fan saw Ali as a stepping stone, hoping to leverage his current resume to join Senlian Capital.

"Kuaipao is preparing to fully enter the food delivery market in Europe, North America and Southeast Asia, and we are short of a vice president."

Chen Yansen found Jiang Fan a job as a "pioneer".

In his view, even Zhou Shouzhi worked as CFO for more than half a year after joining Orange Technology. How could Jiang Fan expect to rise to the top in one step?

Moreover, his ability may not be the issue, but what about his loyalty?

Chopsticks ran away?

Jiang Fan was a smart man and immediately understood what Chen Yansen meant.

Senlian Capital has no shortage of people, and Chen Yansen has no trust in him.

If you want to join Senlian Capital, you must start from a specific business segment; only by achieving results will you have room for promotion.

"Mr. Chen, I need two days to consider this."

After pondering for a moment, Jiang Fan did not give an immediate reply.

Chen Yansen nodded, picked up his teacup, and took a small sip.

There are too many capable people. With Mr. Chen's financial resources, what kind of person can't he recruit?
His attitude towards Jiang Fan was that he could come if he wanted, but he didn't care if he didn't.

　Godfathers, I just finished writing the second chapter. I'll probably update the third chapter tomorrow during the day. Sorry, I've been staying up late every day lately and I'm a bit overwhelmed.

　　
　
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