Reborn in 08, a heretical cultivator starting a business

Chapter 165 Alibaba Takes Action Against Vipshop!
Shen Huaijin seemed even happier than Wang Junshan:

"Tencent's Paipai.com reform failed, with revenue halved. If they want to strategically contain Alibaba, they can only consider investing in Vipshop!"

"It's just a pity that even if they offered 20 billion now, they wouldn't be able to get 10% of the shares. They must be regretting it."

"Of course they regret it; that was Tencent's last chance." Wang Junshan laughed.

"Right now, even if they gave me a valuation of 280 billion, I wouldn't agree."

Previously, Future Technology was very weak and could only survive in the cracks between BAT giants. Wang Junshan was also short of money and needed the support of a giant like BAT.

But now, future technologies are completely different from what they used to be.

With ample funding and a steadily growing business, once warehousing is established and logistics efficiency is significantly improved, coupled with the user acquisition through "WeChat Farm," the future is limitless.

There's no need to sell shares at a bargain price at this critical juncture!

When BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) were most short of money, they didn't seize the opportunity, so it will be difficult for them to invest now!
Shen Huaijin nodded: "That's true. Everyone knows that Vipshop has a bright future, especially with the establishment of ten international warehouses. Vipshop's logistics efficiency will be greatly improved, and its transaction volume and profits will explode again. At that time, a valuation of 300 billion is possible!"

"Some opportunities, once missed, will never come again."

As she spoke, Shen Huaijin looked at Wang Junshan, her beautiful eyes sparkling.

It's like talking about an event, but it's also like talking about a person.

Shen Huaijin originally thought that she just liked being with Wang Junshan, and it didn't count as romantic love.

joke!

How could I, Shen Huaijin, possibly take the initiative to pursue a boy?
At most, it's admiration!

But then Cui Qian appeared, and her affection for Wang Junshan became flamboyant and passionate.

Shen Huaijin felt as if he were facing a formidable enemy, and finally realized his own true feelings.

She also realized her own feelings for Wang Junshan.

It wasn't just ordinary admiration; it was pure liking, even the kind of liking that involves possessiveness!

Seeing Cui Qian holding Wang Junshan's hand, she wanted to tear that vixen apart!
Unfortunately, Wang Junshan is just a blockhead!

I've been eating Shanxi aged vinegar for fifty years; the smell of vinegar can even kill viruses!

This guy is still pretending to be stupid and remaining unmoved!

So stupid.

Why don't you just take the initiative? If you open your arms, I might just jump into your embrace!

You can't expect me to take the initiative, can you?

Sigh, I don't know when I'll finally get it!
I can't end up like Cui Qian... I can't do that, I have my pride!

Watching Shen Huaijin mutter to himself, Wang Junshan hesitated to speak.

Shen Huaijin was somewhat excited: "Finally, you've come to your senses! Are you going to confess?"

"Don't worry, I won't pretend to be reserved and refuse!"

However, just as Shen Huaijin was filled with anticipation, Wang Junshan said calmly, "It's almost lunchtime, time to cook!"

"???"

"!!!"

Shen Huaijin was completely devastated!

I'm waiting for you to confess your feelings first, then we'll be together.

You wait for me to cook, and I'll make sure you have a delicious meal.

Okay, that's really good!

you are awesome!
Do you really think I'm your babysitter?
Shen Huaijin glared at Wang Junshan, furious, and nodded:

"Okay, boss, please wait a moment, I'll make it for you right away!"

His tone was somewhat strained and resentful.

He thought to himself, "Good, good, Wang Junshan, you're really something."

"The day you finally see the light and open your arms, I'll pounce on you and beat you to death!"

"You dared to bully me!"

Despite his anger, Shen Huaijin still happily went downstairs to buy groceries, meat, and seafood.

I won't even buy South American shrimp that cost 25 yuan per pound.

I bought two jin of wild Oriental prawns, each 18 centimeters long, for 88 yuan a jin!

She prepared a whole table of dinner for Wang Junshan, but she was so angry that she could barely eat a few bites herself.

Wang Junshan didn't think much of it and continued to enjoy his meal.

Wang Junshan understood Cui Qian's thoughts.

Wang Junshan was fully aware of Shen Huaijin's intentions.

However, Wang Junshan's past life experiences made him feel that marriage was meaningless.

I haven't decided whether I want to get married again in this lifetime.

If Shen Huaijin were a scumbag like Chu Chacha, Wang Junshan might have been able to stick to the principle of not wasting bad girls and get what he wanted.

But Shen Huaijin is different.

Once you've started dating a girl like that, you can't let her down.

But Wang Junshan's mind was focused on starting his business, and he hadn't considered marriage.

For entrepreneurs, marriage is not just a personal matter, but a matter for a group or several communities of interest.

As for whether Shen Huaijin is willing to follow her for the rest of his life, even without a formal title or status...

This is difficult.

Even if Shen Huaijin were willing, his parents would not agree.

The Shen family has assets worth hundreds of millions; they are no ordinary family.

Shen Huaijin is an only child, so this matter won't be easy.

Therefore, Wang Junshan could only pretend not to see it and let things take their course.

As for Cui Qian... Wang Junshan wasn't very interested either.

He came from Wall Street, and his persona is too perfect; who knows what's really going on?

What if it was a scheme set up by some foreign consortium or organization to get shares in Future Technology?

That would mean utter ruin.

The experiences and lessons of some entrepreneurs from the past are still vivid in my mind.

Wang Junshan was too lazy to gamble.

Unless the other party can prove it, but a wise person avoids dangerous situations.

Let's just use them as investment tools and see what happens.

"Why aren't you eating?" Wang Junshan asked with a smile, looking at Shen Huaijin who was glaring at him angrily.

"..." Shen Huaijin was speechless, muttering to himself, "I'm already full!"

You've made me so angry!

"Humph!"

“It seems you’ve been under a lot of pressure lately and haven’t had much rest. Well, since you’re back in Binhai City, I’ll give you a few days off to rest, go home and see your parents. I’ll go to Haier with the others.”

"At least you have some conscience," Shen Huaijin muttered under his breath, then started eating. Wang Junshan laughed: "How interesting, everything's written all over your face. A few days off will do, you're easy to coax!"

"Wang Junshan, I'm not deaf!"

Shen Huaijin's frost-like peaks heaved with anger.

at the same time.

An emergency high-level meeting was convened at Alibaba headquarters.

Jack Ma's expression was grave:
"In the first three quarters of this year, Alibaba's biggest competitors were still eBay, Amazon, and Paipai."

"Unexpectedly, in the fourth quarter, it became YouTuan.com!"

"Previously, only YouTuan International monopolized the maternal and infant category by taking advantage of the Sanniu scandal, with daily sales of 50 to 60 million yuan."

"Although powerful, it is only a vertical e-commerce platform, so its impact is limited."

“If the revenue from imported maternal and infant products plummets in the next year or two, and other platforms follow suit, while domestic products recover, U-Tuan International’s revenue will definitely be halved.”

"But now, Vipshop's revenue has also increased. According to multiple channels and our assessment at Alibaba, Vipshop's monthly transaction volume is now over 12 billion yuan, and its annual transaction volume is expected to reach 150 billion yuan!"

"so much!"

Many high-ranking officials were taken aback.

Since YouTuan.com began its low-key development, it has hidden all its data.

Furthermore, they never disclose their transaction volume or profits to the public.

Not only were outsiders completely unaware, but even many employees within YouTuan.com were completely oblivious.

This led people to believe that as soon as the financial crisis broke out, Vipshop's daily transaction volume continued to decline, dropping to ten million.

After all, the GMV of all major platforms plummeted during the financial crisis.

Unexpectedly, Vipshop's sales did not plummet; instead, they stabilized at 4000 million RMB per day and 12 billion RMB per month!
That's scary.

"If this data is accurate, it will have a huge impact on our Taobao Mall!"

"After more than half a year of development, the monthly transaction volume of our Taobao Mall B2C business is only around 12 billion yuan!"

"Vipshop has caught up with us!"

"No wonder Taobao Mall's transaction volume has slowed down in the past two months; it turns out that Vipshop is impacting it."

"Tencent's Paipai.com and Baidu's Baidu Youa are both C2C, so they won't be greatly affected by Vipshop."

"But our Taobao Mall, like Vipshop, is a B2C platform, so we'll be the first to be affected!"

"This is not a good thing! We must take action against Vipshop. I suggest restarting investment in Vipshop. I'm sure Tencent is also considering it. We must not let them beat us to it."

Jack Ma waved his hand: "Don't even think about investing. Vipshop's monthly transaction volume is over 12 billion right now. Once the top ten international warehouses are up and running next year, reaching 200 billion in annual transaction volume will be no problem, and 350 billion the year after that will be no problem at all."

"Right now, if you don't have a valuation of 250 billion, there's no hope of investing. We don't have that much capital to take it on."

"Since there's no hope of investing, and adhering to the principle of 'if we can't have it, we'll destroy it,' we have no choice but to crush Vipshop!"

"That's right! The better Vipshop does, the more tragic it becomes for Taobao Mall!"

"Originally, Taobao Mall was the leading B2C platform, competing with Amazon. But now, Vipshop has become the leading platform! Everyone thinks Vipshop is the one that can defeat Amazon!"

"With the explosive growth of Vipshop and U-Group, Taobao Mall, which we had high hopes for, has lost its luster and suffered increased losses."

"The B2C market is only so big. The stronger Vipshop becomes, the less Taobao Mall can develop. We have to crush them!"

"Especially the ten international warehouses of Future Technology, their impact is too strong. Once they are launched, Vipshop's delivery time will be significantly improved, and Taobao Mall will be no match for Vipshop! I suggest that we should target the ten international warehouses!"

"Yes, strike the snake at its vital spot. The ten major international warehouses are Vipshop's vital spot."

"Without the top ten international warehouses, Vipshop and Taobao Mall are evenly matched."

"With ten major international warehouses, Taobao Mall is no match for Vipshop."

"But if the ten major international warehouses are ruined, trapping future technologies and cutting off Vipshop's future, then Taobao Mall can turn around and crush Vipshop!"

"That's right, let's start with the top ten international warehouses and find a way to destroy them!"

"We could require all merchants on Taobao and brand sellers on Taobao Mall to refrain from renting space in Future Technology's ten major international warehouses. This would result in a large number of vacant warehouses after construction, making it difficult to even recoup costs. Local governments would also be less eager to give away money and land."

"This move is a perfect solution, cutting off the source of the problem. As long as sellers and brand merchants on Taobao and Tmall stop using it, most of Vipshop's ten major international warehouses will be empty. Forget about making a profit, it will probably be difficult to even cover operating costs and repay loans."

"Yes, that's the way to do it. Let Wang Junshan experience the consequences of taking too big a step!"

Taobao President Ning Fengze frowned: "It's not a safe bet to target the top ten international warehouses."

"Why? This is the best opportunity, and also a strategic project that must be destroyed!" Zhao Deyu, president of Taobao Mall, questioned.

He was under a lot of pressure.

The better Vipshop develops, the more useless its Taobao Mall becomes!
He didn't want to follow in the footsteps of the Paipai.com president and become the second Xu Tiannian!

Ning Fengze sighed: "Future Technology is investing 50 billion to build ten international warehouses. The whole country is watching!"

"Do you really think that Wang Junshan's 5 billion yuan logistics and warehousing infrastructure project is only related to Vipshop? Only to future technology?"

"Don't be so naive!"

"There are also loans of four to five billion yuan from more than a dozen local governments and multiple banks, as well as the re-employment of tens of thousands of unemployed people and GDP!"

"In the context of the economic crisis, economic recovery, GDP growth, job creation, and consumption stimulation are the top priorities."

"Anyone who dares to trip up or obstruct the recovery plan should really think twice before giving in!"

"Even Tencent and Baidu wouldn't dare to act so blatantly. Are we, Alibaba, going to be so stubborn?"

"This..." Everyone fell silent.

Ning Fengze continued, "At its simplest, once the ten future technology warehouses are built, they will create tens of thousands of jobs, directly boost GDP by 8-10 billion, and comprehensively boost GDP by 25-40 billion! How much tax revenue will they bring to the local area?"

"But if we, Alibaba, disrupt things, the ten major warehousing projects fail and go bankrupt. Tens of thousands of jobs will be lost, and unemployment will worsen."

"Billions of dollars in GDP have been lost, and the local economic crisis has worsened."

"Tax revenue is gone, and the four to five billion yuan in loans that the local government guaranteed for Future Technology cannot be repaid, becoming bad debts, which is making matters worse for the local finances!"

"In the end, this debt will all be attributed to us, Ali."

"At that time, Alibaba's development in these ten first- and second-tier cities will be completely thwarted. It might even be crushed by the villages!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's expression changed, and they were filled with fear and trepidation.

However, it must be admitted that this is very likely.

Jack Ma sighed: "The ten major international warehouses of future technology have become key logistics projects worth four trillion yuan in various regions. Whether it is a village or a local area, we cannot allow any accidents to happen."

"We can't afford to be reckless; we need to find other ways to take down Vipshop!"

Everyone nodded, and then spoke again:
"Then we have no choice but to follow suit. Alibaba has also launched a logistics infrastructure plan to build logistics parks."

"No, the cost is too high, it's hard to break even."

"Yes, Vipshop's annual transaction volume is over 150 billion yuan, and YouTuan International can also reach over 150 billion yuan due to its monopoly advantage in the maternal and infant category. In addition, YouTuan Group Buying is also constantly expanding."

"Adding it all up, the transaction volume is over 40 billion yuan, and Future Technology can build 2.5 million square meters of warehouse space without much problem."

"But if Alibaba makes it, who will use it?"

"Taobao Mall's transaction volume next year will only be 150-200 billion yuan. As for Taobao merchants, although the transaction volume is in the hundreds of billions, they are scattered all over the country, many of them have their own warehouses and rent warehouses nearby, making it difficult to integrate them."

"Yes, Future Technology has many orders and three business segments, so it can break even. Alibaba can't do that, we can't break even."

"What can we do then? Without warehousing support, Taobao Mall is no match for Vipshop!"

Jack Ma nodded: "We definitely need to build a warehouse, but we can't build one ourselves; the cost is too high!"

"We can unite the four major express delivery companies (STO Express, YTO Express, ZTO Express, and Yunda Express) and integrate their warehousing and logistics. By integrating their warehousing and logistics, we can achieve warehouse sharing, and that will make it happen. We can accomplish something that surpasses the top ten warehousing technologies of the future with minimal cost."

(End of this chapter)