Reborn in 08, a heretical cultivator starting a business

Chapter 219 God-level Integration: Taking on QQ and Smashing Alipay (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Wanwang has become a leader in the field of network infrastructure services, and its core team members are all top engineers. Who doesn't have some ambition?

Just like making mobile phones, if you can make an Eastern version of the iPhone, who would want to make a budget phone?

"Of course, this goal is very high and very difficult, but that's precisely what makes it so challenging!" Wang Junshan said with a smile.

Wanwang's R&D Director Li Yingqiao strongly agreed: "That's right. To be honest, Chairman Wang, we also know that cloud computing is the future, and we also want to do cloud computing, but unfortunately, we had limited funds before, and the technical difficulty was too great."

Others also spoke up:
"Yes, Wanwang is short of money. Cloud computing is just a distant dream for us, something we can only imagine."

"We don't have enough funds to invest billions to build cloud computing, so we can only divide a high-performance server into multiple parts for leasing and create VPS."

"Moreover, cloud computing is still in its infancy and is a completely new thing. How to do it and how to implement it are also big questions. Even Amazon's AWS is still under development."

"We don't understand cloud computing at all. Even the core R&D team only has a superficial understanding."

Everyone nodded in agreement. As a new and advanced technology, cloud computing was something that most people didn't know much about.

Unfortunately, Amazon didn't launch AWS until 2006, which is when the concept of cloud computing came into being.

It's still not mature enough and is still being explored.

People at Wanwang naturally only have a superficial understanding, let alone those involved in cloud computing.

That's why Alibaba's shareholders all think Wang Jian is a cloud computing fraudster!
In 2009, this was a perfectly normal idea.

Most people think that cloud computing is a vague and unrealistic concept, just like quantum computing ten years from now.

Wang Junshan smiled and said, "To understand what cloud computing is, we need to distinguish between the three stages of server development: IOE architecture, VPS architecture, and cloud service architecture!"

“In the traditional IOE architecture, a physical server or minicomputer can only be exclusively leased to one customer. Even if that customer cannot use it, wasting a lot of resources, it cannot be used by other customers. This results in very high costs.”

"Just like staying in a hotel, the IOE architecture is like a customer directly leasing an entire 10-story hotel building, which is not only costly but also wastes resources."

"Throughout the year, only in rare cases will the seven floors be fully occupied. Most of the time, not a single floor is fully occupied, and the other nine floors are empty. They cannot be rented to other customers and are simply wasted. Customers also have to pay exorbitant rent for the tenth floor of the hotel."

"Wanwang's VPS has made great progress. It virtualizes a single high-performance physical server and divides it into multiple VPS virtual hosts, which are then rented to multiple users."

"It's like dividing the entire 10-story hotel into 10 VPSs and renting them out to 10 users. This significantly reduces rental costs, greatly increases resource utilization, and also significantly increases Wanwang's revenue."

"But here's the problem: when customers' computing power needs suddenly increase, they need to add servers and improve performance. Neither IOE nor VPS can be expanded in a short time, let alone improved in performance."

“2核4G的VPS，那就是2核4G，无法短时间内升级到4核8G！”

Everyone nodded in agreement; this was a current drawback, severely limiting its scalability and flexibility.

Upgrading a server requires placing an order in advance, making preparations beforehand, and migrating data, all of which present challenges.

Wang Junshan continued, "But cloud computing is different; it concentrates the computing, storage, and network resources of tens of thousands of physical servers into a huge pool of computing power!"

"The cloud server rented by the user is not necessarily provided by any single server. Instead, it is allocated from the computing power pool as a virtual cloud host."

"When users run activities, the demand for computing power surges, and cloud services can instantly upgrade configurations and expand capacity."

“2核4G的云服务器，可以瞬间升级为4核8G，8核16G，甚至16G核128G……都不是问题！”

"When ten times the computing power is needed, it is directly allocated from the computing power pool. When idle, the excess computing power will also be put to use and returned to the computing power pool to be allocated to other customers."

To put it simply, cloud computing is like turning a 10-story hotel into a short-stay room!

"When someone checks in, then they check in."

"Once the guests leave, the space is immediately vacated and then rented out to other customers."

"In this way, the same 10-story hotel can be rented to 100 customers."

"This is cloud computing!"

"In the era of cloud computing, the same 10,000 servers are equivalent to 40,000 VPS servers or 1 million IOE servers!"

"It has achieved the highest level of resource utilization, scalability, and flexibility, all of which are top-notch."

Upon hearing this, everyone was greatly shaken. They finally understood the model of cloud computing:

"I understand. An 8-core 16GB VPS is just that. Once it's leased to user A, it can only be used by A. When A doesn't use it, it's wasted. And when A doesn't have enough, it can't be instantly upgraded to 16 cores and 32GB."

"But in the era of cloud computing, an 8-core, 16GB cloud service is leased to A. When A is using it at full capacity, it's available to A. When A can't use that much computing power, the excess computing power will be leased to B, C, D..."

"When A needs to increase its computing power, it can also rent out the idle computing power of B, C, D, and E to A!"

"I see. VPS is a tenfold, or even dozens of times, dimensional reduction blow to the IOE model."

"And cloud computing is even more terrifying, with a hundredfold advantage."

"No wonder President Cui said that in the era of cloud computing, Wanwang's leading advantage will disappear. It's really true."

Zhang Weidong was filled with emotion. He had previously thought that cloud computing was powerful, but he didn't know exactly how powerful it was.

After hearing what Wang Junshan said, he finally understood that cloud computing was exceptionally powerful.

It's absolutely terrifying!
Wanwang's strength lies in its leading position in the network infrastructure service field, which is due to the powerful nature of its VPS, with server utilization rates dozens of times higher than those of traditional IOE companies.

This is why other companies are losing money, while Wanwang is able to maintain tens of millions in profits every year.

And the server utilization rate of cloud computing is dozens of times that of Wanwang!
That's even more frightening.

Fortunately, it was sold to Future Technology, otherwise its future would have been bleak.

Wang Junshan continued, "Next, we will begin the internal distribution."

"Wanwang will be fully integrated into Future Cloud Computing Company, but its business operations will continue to operate independently."

"Zhang Weidong will continue to serve as President of Wanwang Business Unit!"

"We will be fully responsible for the development of Wanwang, and continue to provide domain name registration, trading, and DNS resolution services to 200,000 enterprises, as well as virtual hosting and server colocation services, including enterprise email services, quick website building services, network security services, and so on."

"Going forward, all businesses will not only not shrink, but will expand."

"Neither the marketing team nor the R&D team will be laid off."

"Salaries will not only not decrease, but will increase."

"Before acquiring Wanwang, I promised that everyone's compensation would be improved after the acquisition. Now, all of that has been fulfilled."

"Zhang Weidong, Li Yingqiao and other core executives and founders will have their salaries doubled, other senior executives will get a 30% raise, middle managers will get a 20% raise, and ordinary employees will get a 10% raise!"

"Thank you, Chairman!" Zhang Weidong was overjoyed. Wang Junshan truly kept his word!
Wang Junshan smiled and said, "The most important task next is to fully integrate with future technologies. I'll leave that to you."

"Maintain good cooperation with all existing Wanwang clients and include it in performance evaluations."

"Don't worry about Wanwang's idle server resources; they're divided into two parts."

"Part of it will go to the upcoming Weibo account, as well as new businesses acquired in the future."

"The other part is integrated to conduct research and development experiments for cloud computing."

“Yes, Chairman, there’s no problem at all.” Zhang Weidong was overjoyed.

In this way, Wanwang's server utilization can be maximized, and profits can increase rapidly.

Wang Junshan continued, "All Wanwang R&D teams will retain essential operations and maintenance personnel and a small number of R&D staff. The rest will be selected and incorporated into the cloud computing division to fully dedicate themselves to cloud computing!"

"I will personally assume the role of President of Future Cloud Computing. Li Yingqiao, the former R&D Director of Wanwang, will serve as the R&D Director of Future Cloud Computing!"

"Immediately select elite personnel to form a cloud computing R&D department."

"At the same time, we will poach cloud computing talent from Amazon, Microsoft, and Google to make our R&D department bigger and stronger!"

"Yes!" Li Yingqiao was overjoyed.

It is quite clear that Wang Junshan diverted traffic from Wanwang.

Zhang Weidong remains the president of Wanwang, responsible for the Wanwang business unit, but his role is more focused on operations.

Although I am only the R&D director, I am the R&D director of cloud computing.

This is the future!
"Next, we must do a good job of integration, connecting Wanwang with WeChat, Weibo, Vipshop, and so on."

"Wanwang Quick Website Builder now includes WeChat quick login functionality."

Zhang Weidong nodded: "That's no problem. With WeChat quick login, users don't need to register an account for every website. Especially with so many accounts, many users can't remember their usernames and passwords. WeChat one-click login is indeed a good thing, and I believe those customers won't object."

Wang Junshan nodded: "Similarly, WeChat Pay is also built into the quick website builder. In the future, by using Wanwang's quick website builder, drag and drop to create a website, and directly log in with WeChat and pay with WeChat, we can greatly increase the number and scale of WeChat users."

"Of course, in return, websites that accept WeChat Pay and WeChat login can receive some discounts."

"For example, Future Technology Group and Vipshop can place ads on websites that accept WeChat login and WeChat Pay. The advertising fee is calculated based on clicks and conversion rates, and all transactions are conducted through WeChat."

"With advertising revenue, I believe no website would refuse!" Zhang Weidong exclaimed.

This kind of mutually beneficial cooperation is a win-win situation for everyone.

The website offers one-click login via WeChat, convenient WeChat payment, and the ability to earn advertising revenue.

WeChat can also benefit from this surge in users and activity, leading to a corresponding increase in profits for Vipshop and WeChat games, and effectively suppressing the development and expansion of QQ!
WeChat Pay can also experience a surge in scale, earn payment interface fees, and even seize market share from Alipay!
The strategic significance of this mutually beneficial, joint effort to grow larger is terrifying.

This is Wang Junshan's core strategic move of attacking QQ on Mount Tai and then striking Alipay with a hammer!

"In addition, Wanwang's 20 enterprise clients can also engage in in-depth cooperation with Vipshop and YouTuan.com."

Wang Junshan continued, "Next, Wanwang, together with YouTuan Technology and Vipshop, will conduct a review of 20 enterprise clients."

"The 20 enterprise clients are comprehensively evaluated and categorized based on their current size, industry, development prospects, and other dimensions."

"Those with average development potential but good quality can be listed on YouTuan community group buying platform."

"Those with outstanding development potential will receive key support, be developed into YouTuan Factory Stores, and given traffic support!"

“Those with outstanding development potential can be invested in, or even acquired, and strongly supported. They can be listed on Vipshop and developed into Vipshop brand stores, or self-operated brands, similar to Amazon's self-operated brands and Walmart's self-operated brands!”

Wang Junshan had a clear understanding: Wanwang has 20 enterprise clients, covering all aspects of life.

Many of these are high-quality source factories that are currently underdeveloped and have low brand recognition, but they may become excellent OEM manufacturers for small and medium-sized brands or even large brands in the future!

It's entirely possible to make precise selections, plan ahead, and provide targeted support!
Just like JD.com's self-operated brands such as Jingzao in its previous life, Vipshop can also support high-quality small and medium-sized enterprises to create self-operated brands like Jingzao, launch them on Vipshop, and enrich Vipshop's SKUs.

Even those with average potential can become YouTuan Factory Stores or YouTuan Suppliers.

Direct supply from the factory source—isn't that much better than randomly buying things from various places through community group buying?
Zhang Weidong nodded: "That's simple. With the historical data that Wanwang has, it's easy to distinguish between different levels."

“Very good. You can connect with Vipshop and Youtuan.com on this matter.”

"As for cloud computing, we need to assemble a team as soon as possible and recruit a large number of people. Once that's settled, we'll begin cloud computing research and development."

"Yes!"

Everyone responded one after another.

Wang Junshan then made a series of arrangements.

In addition to the R&D team being reassigned, outstanding and young talents were being drawn into the cloud computing business unit.

Other departments remained largely unchanged, maintaining Wanwang's original structure, except that revenues increased by 20%-100%!

This greatly excited everyone on the Wanwang website.

In addition, Future Technology's Beijing headquarters also sent a team to Wanwang to take over core departments such as finance and human resources.

Subsequently, Wanwang began a series of integrations.

Wang Junshan returned to the Future Technology headquarters in the capital and approached Tang Jinghe: "President Tang, we need to recruit more talent in cloud computing."

"Don't worry, Chairman, we're already recruiting."

Tang Jinghe smiled and said, "I'm also paying attention to Dr. Wang Jian."

"According to the intelligence we have now, Dr. Wang proposed to do Alibaba Cloud computing. As a result, at the board meeting, he was scolded by Alibaba shareholders as a cloud computing fraudster. They said that Dr. Wang was cheating out of funding, cheating out of 1 billion yuan a year, and he would cheat out of funding for five years!"

"???"

Wang Junshan laughed: "Alibaba's major shareholders are such a cute bunch!"

"So damn cute."

"I reckon Dr. Wang must be furious!"

Tang Jinghe nodded: "Yes, Alibaba's cloud computing project ultimately failed to pass. It ended on a sour note."

"It's fair to say that this is the worst point in Dr. Wang Jian's relationship with Alibaba. He feels like he's been tricked by Jack Ma!"

(End of this chapter)