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Friday, the second day after Taobao went online.

Nie Yuan, the mainstay of Sina.com, left the company one hour in advance and went to the company of his junior brother Liu Qiangdong, preparing to train his team as promised and talk about his understanding of the Internet.

Last night he also witnessed the jaw-dropping launch of Taobao, which left a deep impression on him.

Nie Yuan has been working in the Internet industry for so many years that his understanding of the Internet is indeed deeper than that of most people. He understands the importance of the Internet model. Sina.com suffered from its model as the portal's profit model was too simple and the income from wireless operations was not up to par. He highly recognizes new platforms with clear model positioning like Taobao.com.

However, he did not link Taobao and Liu Qiangdong together. It was not that he looked down on Liu Qiangdong, but mainly because Liu Qiangdong was too low-key. Judging from his usual description, he seemed to be still in the difficult start-up stage and his team was not mature.

From last night till now, Nie Yuan felt quite sympathetic towards Liu Qiangdong. He had just sold his business which he had owned for many years and was preparing to start a business in the field of e-commerce, but then a strong rival like Taobao emerged.

He was very clear about Taobao's background. It had the support of PP and Wangwa.com and the full support of Alipay. Even a fool could see that Taobao and Haobo Technology were closely connected. So he felt that Liu Qiangdong would probably have a hard time this time.

According to the address given by Liu Qiangdong, Nie Yuan drove his Peugeot to the downstairs of Taobao's workplace. Liu Qiangdong was already waiting for him in the parking lot.

As soon as Nie Yuan got out of the car, Liu Qiangdong hurried forward and said enthusiastically, "Brother Nie, you're finally here."

Nie Yuan looked at Liu Qiangdong in surprise. He always felt that Liu Qiangdong should not have behaved like this in his expectations. He seemed too happy. It was totally different from the sighing, melancholy and depression he had expected. It was not that he wanted to laugh at him, but the facts were before him. If he were in his place, he would also be depressed. How could he be so happy?

After exchanging a few polite words with Liu Qiangdong, Nie Yuan followed him to the elevator and asked tentatively, "Qiangdong, how is your company?"

"It's good." Liu Qiangdong said with a smile: "The company is not bad."

Nie Yuan was even more puzzled.

But Nie Yuan couldn't ask any more questions, so he didn't continue the topic. Instead, he said to Liu Qiangdong, "I prepared a PPT today, but I've been busy recently, so I prepared it in a hurry. Don't mind if it's not perfect."

Liu Qiangdong smiled and said, "Brother Nie, you are too polite. I am very grateful that you can come to train our team. Even if there is no PPT, I am very grateful if you just chat with them and teach them something."

Nie Yuan smiled slightly: "I'll do my best."

As Liu Qiangdong walked up the stairs and arrived at the entrance of Taobao, Nie Yuan was instantly stunned by the eye-catching company name and was speechless.

"Beijing Taobao Network Technology Co., Ltd."

Isn’t this Taobao?

Nie Yuan stood stupidly at the entrance of Taobao.com, staring at Liu Qiangdong in amazement, and asked in astonishment: "Qiangdong, you said you were starting an e-commerce website, could it be Taobao?"

Seeing his stunned look, Liu Qiandong felt a little guilty. He didn't want to hide it from him. After all, he was his senior brother. Liu Qiandong had no bad intentions towards him. He just wanted to help Zhou Hao poach Nie Yuan, so he deliberately concealed the truth. He wanted to completely destroy his self-confidence and arrogance. Only in this way could he break his shackles and let him be reborn.

Liu Qiangdong smiled apologetically and said, "I'm sorry, Senior Brother. Taobao needed to be kept confidential before, so I didn't tell you too much. The reason why the training was scheduled for today is because I have an agreement with the major shareholder that my relationship with Taobao can only be made public after Taobao goes online..."

Although Nie Yuan was in shock, he understood Liu Qiangdong's words very well. They had worked hard to get to where they are today, and he also understood the confidentiality agreement and the non-compete agreement.

However, Nie Yuan no longer had the slight arrogance he had before, but instead unconsciously became a little unconfident.

Although Sina has long been listed on NASDAQ and is considered one of the top Internet companies in China, people who have a deeper understanding of the Internet know that Sina has encountered development bottlenecks. Without a clear business and profit model, it is difficult for it to gain recognition from capital.

But Taobao is different. It is a brand new platform, a platform that shocked the entire Internet industry overnight. On the first night it went online, from 12 a.m. to 50 p.m., Taobao completed more than orders and sales reached nearly million yuan. This data shocked people in the industry.

In addition, Taobao has a very strong background and resources, and the industry is very optimistic about its future. Now he has to train the team on the Internet, which makes him somewhat worried. If others understand the Internet more deeply than he does, wouldn't he be showing off his skills in front of an expert?

At this time, Liu Qiangdong also saw Nie Yuan's worry and couldn't help but say, "Brother, to be honest, most of Taobao's operation team are newcomers. They need to deepen their understanding of the Internet. As for our relationship with Haobo Technology, you can guess that our technical team has a strong Haobo gene, so our strength is indeed strong. In this way, the gap between my operation team and others is too big, and it is inevitable that they will fail. This time, I mainly want you to train our operation team."

Hearing this, Nie Yuan felt a little calmer. It was not because he was vain, but mainly because he did not want to make a fool of himself by showing off his skills in front of an expert. After Liu Qiangdong said this, he also understood his current situation. The level ratio between the various departments of the company is indeed very important. If the strength of the teams is too different, there will definitely be more and more differences in the future development of the company. If the company leaders are not decisive, the company will fall into endless internal friction.

So Nie Yuan took a deep breath and said, "Okay, let's go according to the plan. I'll try to express my understanding."

Liu Qiangdong thanked them immediately. "I told everyone that the training will be held in the conference room at 4 pm. We still have some time. How about coming to my office and sitting for a while?"

Nie Yuan nodded. He did have a lot of questions to ask Liu Qiangdong, but he had to find a more private environment.

The two came to Liu Qiangdong's office, and Nie Yuan realized that Liu Qiangdong's position in Taobao was actually the general manager.

After entering the office, Nie Yuan couldn't help but ask: "Qiang Dong, why did you cooperate with Haobo Technology?"

Liu Qiangdong scratched his head and smiled: "Brother, to be honest, I am also a sucker for power."

Then Liu Qiangdong asked, "Do you know the founder of Haobo Technology?"

Nie Yuan nodded: "I know, Zhou Hao, the young man who founded Light of Hope."

"That's right." Liu Qiangdong said, "Zhou Hao is still studying at the University of Science and Technology. He hasn't even entered his sophomore year yet. I met him at the end of last year. Inspired by him, I felt that selling optical magnets in Zhongguancun had no future, so I was ready to find some projects on the Internet. Zhou Hao found me and said he was willing to work with me. You said I had no money and no experience, but he was willing to work with me. Isn't this a pie in the sky?"

After listening to this, Nie Yuan nodded repeatedly. Zhou Hao took the initiative to seek cooperation with Liu Qiangdong. For Liu Qiangdong, it was more than just a pie in the sky that hit him, it was like money falling from the sky.

There is a huge gap in strength between Zhou Hao and Liu Qiangdong in this life, but the gap is mainly because the former is too strong.

Liu Qiangdong continued, "Zhou Hao said he wanted to do e-commerce, but I knew nothing about it. I studied hard for a whole winter but still knew nothing about it. To be honest, Zhou Hao is making all the decisions at the moment. Although I am the general manager, I am still actively learning and improving myself."

Nie Yuan asked curiously, "You and Zhou Hao partnered up to run Taobao.com. How much stock did he give you?"

刘羌栋非常坦荡：“出资比例是9:1，股份比例是8:2，我占20%。”

Nie Yuan was so shocked that his eyes almost popped out.

20%? What does that mean? Did Zhou Hao lose his mind? Even if he wanted to recruit Liu Qiangdong, he didn't have to offer such a high stake, did he? After all, Liu Qiangdong was just an individual business owner in Zhongguancun. Even if Zhou Hao was optimistic about him, there was no need for him to do so.

It’s not that Nie Yuan looked down on Liu Qiandong, but he was considering the reality at hand. Liu Qiandong indeed had not yet demonstrated his strength. Based on current objective judgment standards, Liu Qiandong was definitely not worthy of Zhou Hao giving him so many shares.

Looking at the shareholding structure of Sina's core layer, Nie Yuan's share is pitifully small. It can't even be calculated as a percentage, but can only be counted by the number of shares. In addition, there are strict restrictions on cashing out, which is almost harsh. Compared with Liu Qiangdong, his treatment is simply pitifully small...