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The strategy of going to Korea to develop the Internet has been decided, which is relatively easy. Find a Korean, open a Korean company in Korea, and become the agent of Ziweixing.

Just like the Samsung Group.

The Lee Kun-hee family holds less than 4% of the shares in Samsung, and US capital controls more than 50% of the shares. From a legal point of view, Samsung is of course a Korean company and the most important large group.

But the huge bonus cake that Samsung has grown up has been shared by Americans.

The same goes for Japan.

For example, the three major operators in Japan, NTT, KDDI and Softbank, all have American capital behind them. Including Europe and China, they are actually similar.

The United States is a financial empire, and what it is best at is capital games. In the past three decades, the United States has transferred a large part of its domestic industry and manufacturing to foreign countries. This job is too tiring and hard. It is faster to play capital games to get money.

However, there is a very important background reason why American capital can run rampant all over the world, that is, American capital will not interfere too much in business operations.

For example, how will Samsung develop, how will KDDI operate, what is Ali's strategy, and whether Sohu's CEO is picking up girls every day and not doing business... They basically don't care much.

This is the essential difference between American capital and many national consortiums.

After the Japanese consortium established a huge business network, it has a strong sense of exclusion, and even mobile phones such as Nokia and Motorola cannot open the market. Even if the three major operators are backed by US capital, they will not interfere, as long as they can make money.

If Sun Zhengyi hadn't been a "Japanese traitor" who introduced the iPhone into the Japanese market, Japan would have been seriously decoupled from the world in the mobile Internet era.

This is why the whole world welcomes American capital, and there are no additional requirements. People are real capitalists, only looking for profit, regardless of ideals, pursuits, feelings, patriotism, as long as they can make money.

Ziweixing is not a capitalist enterprise.

Even if an "agent" is supported in South Korea, it is impossible to give him all the freedom like American capital, and let this enterprise develop in accordance with Ziweixing's strategic requirements to a certain extent.

For example, after the Korean e-commerce platform is established, it will become a shipping channel for domestic small and medium-sized enterprises. This is not a matter of capital, but a special feeling of entrepreneurs.

This requires the agent in South Korea to have the experience of studying abroad, and to come out of the national pride of the Korean nation, "I am the best in the world", "the world's number one", and "long history and long culture". , Realize what the world really looks like, and establish a correct worldview.

If you are a native Korean with strong nationalism, it will be difficult to cooperate.

Where can I find such a person?

Chen Dongdao: "The Japanese e-commerce platform Buyme we acquired has three founders, all graduates of the University of Tokyo, two Japanese and one Korean."

"Korean? Is it him?"

"right."

"Ever been to America? It's important!"

"Well, go since childhood."

Chen Dong explained the background information of this Korean in detail.

This man's name is Kim Jong Hyuk, his father is an executive of the Hyundai Group, his mother is a lawyer, and his family is very wealthy. He has the opportunity to travel abroad every winter and summer vacation. Originally wanted to study in the United States, but his girlfriend went to the University of Tokyo, so he followed.

Having said that, Zhou Buqi was half relieved.

Having seen so many worlds, at least not so extreme on the ideological level.

Chen Dongdao: "He intends to return to Korea to start a business this time because of the recent major events in the Korean e-commerce industry."

"Oh, is it so?"

"Auction, the most important e-commerce platform in South Korea, was hacked and the personal information of 10.81 million members was leaked. You know, there are only 20 million online shoppers in South Korea."

"Well……"

Zhou Buqi was stunned.

Chen Dong went on to say: "South Korea fully implemented the real-name system seven or eight years ago. The mobile phone number is bound to the ID card, and is bound to the online account and address. The leaked information will be very valuable."

Zhou Buqi asked: "How to operate?"

Chen Dongdao: "First of all, it is easier to collect these personal information and buy them on the black market. Then you can analyze these personal information, screen out high-quality customers, and write to them to sincerely invite them. Users at a certain point can be contacted by advertising text messages.”

Zhou Buqi remained silent.

Chen Dongdao: "Kim Jong Hyuk's family has some connections in South Korea. His father is an executive of the Hyundai Group, his mother is a lawyer, and his grandfather is a retired politician. This kid is quite wild. I think he can be given a sum of money. Let him try it."

Zhou Buqi nodded, "How much does he want?"

"Two million dollars."

"not enough!"

"Well, that's what I said too. I told him that $2 million in e-commerce has nothing to do with it. It takes at least five or six million to build the initial shelf."

Chen Dong sat on the sofa with his legs crossed, full of confidence.

Zhou Buqi has a feeling that he should treat each other with admiration for three days.

It's not what Chen Dong said, but the aura and charisma he showed. Putting him in Japan and letting him take charge of himself is really training people.

For e-commerce in South Korea, if you give 2 million US dollars, this is an angel investment, which will account for 20% of the shares. This is too little.

Jingtao accounted for 40%, Ziweixing and JD.com each accounted for 10%, and invested a total of 6 million US dollars. This is not an angel investment, but a strategic joint venture and an internal venture.

Zhou Buqi pondered for a while, and said: "All the money was paid by Jingtao, and the share arrangement is too obvious. In this way, Ziweixing and Jingdong respectively registered a shell company in South Korea. The three parties contributed to make the share distribution more balanced. .Jingtao gave 4 million US dollars, Ziweixing and JD.com each gave 1 million US dollars.”

Chen Dong said with a smile: "It's similar to what I said. I talked to him and he is willing to accept such a plan. I give him 25% of the personal shares, and reserve a part for the venture partners."

Zhou Buqi said: "Okay, let's do it this way. It's the best if you make it, it doesn't matter if you fail. We can afford to lose 6 million US dollars, so let's take it as a lesson and learn from it."

Chen Dongdao: "The buyme they used to do was quite good. The e-commerce environment in South Korea is better than Japan, with a more concentrated population, a smaller land area, and better network infrastructure. Half of the country's population is in Seoul. Moreover, South Korea's Offline stores are not as good as in Japan, but the online shopping atmosphere is worse than in Japan. He can do it in Japan, and when he returns to his motherland, he has family connections, so there is no reason to fail."

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, "No problem, you are the CEO of Jingtao, you have the right to speak."

Chen Dong laughed and said, "No, I still need your business understanding to guide me!"

"Yeah." Zhou Buqi nodded, and then got down to business, "How is the relationship with Jingtao?"

The smile on Chen Dong's face subsided, but he was unwilling to talk about it, "It's okay, I can handle it well."

Zhou Buqi said: "This Kim Jong Hyuk is the founder of Buyme. He suddenly proposed to return to China to start a business. I'm afraid it's not just because the Korean e-commerce platform leaked his personal information?"

Chen Dong smiled wryly, "I knew I couldn't hide it from you."

Zhou Buqi said indifferently: "Jingtao is ready to go, and the website has raised 72 million US dollars before it is launched. Smart people can see what kind of ambition this company has. At this moment, he thought Leaving, either being squeezed out, or being hit."

Chen Dong sighed, "Ali's people are very strong, and sprayed Buyme's business from beginning to end as soon as they entered the venue."

Zhou Buqi frowned, "Do you want me to help you..."

"Need not!"

Chen Dong immediately interrupted him and firmly refused.

"Huh?" Zhou Buqi frowned, a little curious, "Can you handle it?"

He doesn't believe it.

Ali's e-commerce business is too successful, and the team that Ali sent to Beijing Taobao is all elite soldiers drawn from Taobao.

Even the original local entrepreneurial team complained, and Chen Dong, a little-known little guy, was definitely not within their respect.

Chen Dong took a deep breath and said calmly: "I am the chairman and CEO of Jingtao. I think my power should be from the bottom up, not from the top down. If you encounter any trouble Just let you come forward and put pressure on the higher-level power, even if it can solve the problem, it is only on the surface. In private, everyone will become more alienated."

Zhou Buqi took a deep look at him, and said slowly: "It is not easy to obtain power from the bottom up, you have to make great achievements, have a strong personality charm, and let the employees at the bottom admire you from the bottom of their hearts. , respect you."

Chen Dongdao: "The Internet should be bottom-up. If I can't even do the most basic thing, I might as well give up my position to a more suitable person."

Zhou Buqi smiled, "So confident?"

Chen Dong said seriously: "It's not just confidence. This should be Jingtao's employment strategy, starting from the CEO. In Japan's Internet industry, the power structure is also from top to bottom, which is completely a traditional model. What Jingtao really wants To break the situation, we must break this hierarchical power structure and eradicate it ideologically. Those who are capable will go up, and those who are inferior will go down. There is no seniority, and it is not polite to speak with ability.”

"You should respect the local culture, don't be like the Silicon Valley giants, you have to strike a balance."

"Well, externally, we must conform to the local culture. Internally, we must reform and inject more vitality and innovation into the enterprise. In the past, this company was established by Kim Jong-hyuk and two classmates. The original corporate culture was different from the traditional one. The Japanese model is not the same. There is not much resistance to push.”

Chen Dong's tone was very firm.

Zhou Buqi was quite surprised.

I didn't expect this kid to have such a good idea!

Even more resolute than YikYak's Tang Binchen, and more resolute!

Thinking about it, it's not surprising.

This kid graduated from high school and his daughter was born. While studying at university while raising a child, he didn't tell his parents... It can be seen that this person has a strong willpower and a strong sense of faith.

As the saying goes, there is no doubt about employing people, but there is no need for doubting people.

Since Zhou Buqi put him in that position, there was no turning back. If he turned back, Jingtao would have to fall into Ali's hands, so he could only push hard, and said in a deep voice: "Since the decision has been made, then Just do it boldly! Power from bottom to top is good, but power from top to bottom is also very necessary in many cases, otherwise what do you want the board of directors to do? If you encounter troubles that cannot be solved, come to me and I will give you support!"