Chapter 120 God’s will, a crime other than war
‘Look up to the sky and laugh and go out, how can I be a Penghao people’, Baidu dominates the enterprise search market.
Jack Ma looked at the news on Sohu's homepage, with a smile on his face that looked like an alien.
"The verbal battle between Bai Du and Bing Ying was really gentle. Today it was Li Shangyin's 'I don't know what it's like to be a rotten rat, but I guess it's not over yet', and tomorrow it will be Li Taibai's' Go out and laugh at the sky, how can we be the people of Penghao? I don’t know if the day after tomorrow I will become a person who knows that everything is futile after death, but I will not see the same sorrow as Jiuzhou.”
Tsai Chongxin said with a smile: "Bing is an independent search engine, supported by Hongmeng. Baidu focuses on the enterprise market and has just received US$10 million in financing. There is a high probability that it will not die so easily."
Jack Ma nodded, "Our search service provider is Baidu?"
"Yes."
"How does Bing's search technology compare to Baidu?"
< br>“Much better.” Cai Chongxin continued, “Ever since they had a dispute, I have been paying attention to it. The response speed of Bing search, as well as the relevance and accuracy of the results, are all above Baidu.”
"If I remember correctly, Baidu should have been established earlier, right? Why are their technical capabilities so different?"
"It should be that they acquired other search technology companies from elsewhere, and behind Bing is Hongmeng is currently the largest online game company in the country, accounting for more than half of the country's game market. It has enough funds to support Bing's technology development.
Quantitative changes lead to qualitative changes, and it will naturally become stronger and stronger. .”
Jakema touched his chin.
“Do you think we should invite Mr. Hongmeng to our ‘West Lake Sword Forum’ next year?”
In September this year, the first West Lake sword debate was held.
Leveraging Mr. Jin’s appeal, he invited NetEase founder Ding Lei, Sohu founder Zhang Chaoyang, Sina founder Wang Zhidong and the big brother of China’s e-commerce industry at that time - 8848 founder Wang Juntao (that is, Laorong).
Even Zhejiang Province No. 2 came.
Before this event, there had been rumors in the society that there were three major websites and three leaders, and Alibaba did not have a place.
But after this event, the statements of the five major websites and the five major leaders were unknowingly accepted by the media and society.
Jack Ma did the most successful promotion for Alibaba.
A reporter said: "Jack Ma's West Lake fencing debate is like South Korea adding taekwondo to the Olympic Games. He also successfully promoted Alibaba to the Chinese Internet. Market.”
Having tasted the benefits, he plans to continue hosting the second session.
“Do you know who the boss of Hongmeng is?” Cai Chongxin asked.
Jack Ma was stunned, as if he really didn’t know.
"Do you understand?"
Cai Chongxin said: "I only know his name is Xu Liang. There are no photos of him on the Internet, and I can't find any interviews about him. Some say he is just an 18-year-old sophomore in high school. Some students say that he is a second-generation red man, but I don’t know what he is.”
“It’s so mysterious.”
Jack Ma was interested, “Then let’s go to the capital to visit. How about a moment? "
"We have no business dealings with Hongmeng, so why are you running away? If you have time, you should think about how to appease the shareholders."
Speaking of this, Jack Ma's little eyes couldn't help but dim.
In January this year, Jack Ma, who had a "huge sum" of US$25 million through two rounds of financing, was so proud that he vowed to build the world's largest B2B e-commerce company.
Let there be no difficult business in the world.
Start spending money lavishly.
The first step is to change offices and recruit people.
The second thing was to start global expansion, opening offices in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom, setting up an R&D center in Silicon Valley, establishing joint ventures in Japan, Wanwan, and South Korea, and later simply moved the headquarters to Hong Kong.
But something unexpected happened, and the Nasdaq crisis came.
Operating costs continue to increase, and the entire industry is experiencing an avalanche of crises.
Alibaba's "First West Lake Sword Forum" was held on September 10, 2000. Only 10 days after the excitement, Jack Ma announced that Alibaba had entered a six-month state of emergency. Now the company is spending money like water, with a monthly expenditure of 1 million US dollars, but it has not found a reliable profit model.
Shareholders call every day, urging them to cut expenses and open up profit channels.
If at this critical moment, they knew that Jack Ma had left the company and went to the capital to visit friends, they would be mad.
"It's God's will. It's not a crime of war."
Jekma sighed.
He felt that he was so unlucky. Just when he was about to enjoy the glory, God slapped him with a stick from behind, causing blood to flow from his mouth and nose, and he was in a miserable state.
——
Everyone who eats melons is attracted by Feng Feilian, but not many people pay attention to the war between Bing and Baidu.
Business people have no time to pay attention to the conflicts between the two small companies.
So, except for the Internet industry and stakeholders, basically no one pays attention to it.
Dingle bell….
Xu Liang's cell phone rang.
When I picked it up, I saw it was Xiong Xiaoge again.
Smiled slightly and pressed the answer button.
"Brother Xiong, are you inviting me to dinner again?"
"Brother, you are really clever. I will be a host today, so I'll treat you to a treat."
Xiong Xiaoge's tone was full of warmth, giving people a sense of intimacy.
Xu Liang smiled and said: "Is it for financing?"
"Haha, of course I want to do it very much, but I also know that your brother will not agree now. So this time, it is for the sake of being favored by others. "Please, I want to be a peacemaker."
Xu Liang was moved.
“Li Yanhong is also eating?”
"Your brother is still smart. Brother, it is better to resolve enemies than to end them. What's more, you and Li Yanhong just have a misunderstanding. If you resolve the misunderstanding and make it clear to everyone, you can still become very good friends.
And if you all do searches, I believe there are many common topics.”
Xu Liang thought for a while and nodded.
"Since your brother has made peace, of course I have to give you face."
"I remember this favor, brother. Tonight at seven o'clock, Dong Laishun Head Office, specific box , I will send it to your mobile phone later.”
"Okay."
"Then we agreed, see you in the evening."
"See you there, or see you."
Xu Liang hung up the phone.
Playing with his phone, his face was thoughtful.
He also didn't want to make the relationship tense with Baidu.
After all, there are indeed many top talents in the search field, especially Li Yanhong. She is not good at managing the company, but she is definitely top-notch in technology.
If it can all be absorbed and digested by Bing in the future, it will greatly enhance the company's R&D strength.
Furthermore, establishing a good relationship with Baidu is also a way to delay the attack.
It is far better to let them spend their energy on the enterprise market than to fight against Bing in the independent search engine field after being forced into a desperate situation.
Especially now that they have launched a bidding ranking business, although it has been short-lived, it has not yet shown its power and has limited appeal.
But don’t be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of the unexpected.
(End of this chapter)