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Pei Yao's words allowed Zhou Buqi to use his foresight to figure out the causes of the future development of the domestic e-commerce industry.

I see!

In the previous life, Ali, after Wei Zhe stepped down, must fundamentally solve the corporate credibility problem, and must carry out a series of strategic and directional transformations at a fundamental level.

A very important point is the launch of Tmall and reducing the traffic proportion of small Taobao store owners.

In fact, it is a choice between "self-operated" and "third party".

Tmall Supermarket is a real Alibaba self-operated product.

Although those flagship stores or large stores with high sales on Tmall are third-party stores, because of their high sales and large scale, they care more about their own credibility.

Or conversely, because they care more about their own credibility and can provide the best service, these stores can stand out and become the best among online stores.

Although these flagship stores and benchmark stores are also "third parties", they have higher self-requirements, pay more attention to long-term value, provide better services and have higher credibility.

So in terms of nature, it is very similar to "self-operated".

In this way, the genetic disadvantages of Alibaba's business model have been solved, the credibility crisis has been overcome, and a service system equal to that of JD.com's self-operated products has been achieved.

Of course, this comes at a huge cost.

That is, Tmall and Taobao must reduce the traffic proportion of Taobao stores. Alibaba has grown by relying on these third-party stores, and Alibaba's credibility crisis also comes from these third-party stores.

It's a double-edged sword.

It was fine when Alibaba was a small company. Now that Alibaba is an industry giant and a benchmark company in the domestic e-commerce industry, we cannot allow those small third-party stores to consume Alibaba's platform reputation.

We can only operate on our own, support big-name online stores, and reduce the proportion of small Taobao stores.

Alibaba's strategic transformation has created another opportunity for the market.

Taobao stores are squeezed by the self-operated stores under the Alibaba platform and the policy of focusing on supporting big-name online stores, and they cannot survive. These are hundreds of thousands or millions of small and medium-sized enterprises.

A huge market demand has formed in the market.

The opportunity for Pinduoduo is here.

This innate gene inevitably determines that Pinduoduo can only go further and further in the field of credibility crisis. Anyway, there is definitely no chance at the credibility level, so let's let it go. How to attract eyeballs, how to attract traffic, how to attract hot spots, gain eyeballs, and happily chop.

After such analysis, Wei Zhe was extracted from Ali's credibility crisis.

As Pei Yao said, no matter who becomes the president of Alibaba, credibility crisis will definitely happen. This is determined by Alibaba's business model and strategic choices.

Whoever is in trouble will be unlucky.

As the president of Ali, if Wei Zhe doesn't stand up and take responsibility, he can't let Boss Ma take the responsibility, right?

That's not okay.

Ali is still Ali without Wei Zhe.

If Boss Ma takes the blame and resigns, it will be serious, and Ali may go downhill because of this.

Zhou Buqi asked Pei Yao to help find some information about Wei Zhe, and then he called Boss Ma, "Old Ma, how about Wei Zhe?"

"Ah?" Boss Ma was slightly startled, thinking that this guy was going to talk about Yahoo again, "Wei Zhe? What's wrong?"

Zhou Buqi didn't beat around the bush with him, "Wei Zhe left Ali, did you take the blame?"

Boss Ma hummed, "What's that? He's the president. He doesn't take responsibility. Who does? I usually don't care much about the company's business. It's not like you don't know that."

Zhou Buqi said: "With Ali's model, it's only a matter of time before there is a credibility crisis. Don't tell me you don't know. It's so difficult for Ali to expand overseas markets. Isn't it because it's impossible to pass this level?"

Boss Ma pondered for a moment and then said calmly: "You are right. Alibaba's trading platform model does have great credibility risks. Many merchants are making and selling counterfeit goods, and even making false orders. These are all It's a problem. Wei Zhe is the president. If he was really capable, he should have eliminated this hidden danger invisibly. But he didn't, which exposed Ali's problems and caused a public incident."

"That makes sense."

Either the father-in-law is right, and the mother-in-law is right. Zhou Buqi thinks there is nothing wrong with Boss Ma's perspective.

The credibility crisis occurred during Wei Zhe's tenure as president. This is a good illustration of the problem. Either he failed to completely resolve it or he failed to delay it.

After all, he should bear the responsibility for what happened on his watch.

But one thing is clear.

Boss Ma is very good at taking advantage of opportunities. Wei Zhe has to bear the responsibility anyway, so put all the responsibilities on him and let him resign.

Leaving Ali with a clean and innocent family background.

Boss Ma smiled and said, "What are you doing? Why did you ask about him?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Seeing him taking the blame for you, I want to take revenge."

"Get out!"

Boss Ma thinks this guy is a complete bastard.

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "How has Wei Zhe performed since he left Ali?"

Boss Ma didn't quite understand, "What do you mean?"

Zhou Buqi suddenly said: "Do you know there is a guy named Luo Yonghao? He used to do Niubo.com."

"Yeah, I know." Boss Ma has never heard of Lao Luo, but he has heard of Niubo.com. It was very famous in the past few years and claimed to be the forefront of domestic freedom of speech. However, it was blocked within a few years. "What's wrong?"

Zhou Buqi said: "This Lao Luo has some skills and is half of my fellow countryman. He used to be an English teacher at New Oriental. Later, he failed to start Niubo.com. Now he has started a business and provides English training. He also asked someone to ask me for investment. Well, I didn’t agree. Do you know why?”

Boss Ma said angrily: "Stop selling off."

Zhou Buqi said: "New Oriental trained him, made him a star teacher, and helped him build connections in the capital. But when New Oriental went public, he was not given shares that satisfied him, so he left. Leave After that, I cursed New Oriental and Lao Yu. This incident alone made me feel that this person’s structure is not good, and this is not the perspective that an entrepreneur should have.”

Even if Yu Minhong really wronged Lao Luo in terms of profit distribution, he should not have spoken out loud after leaving New Oriental.

This is a taboo in the workplace.

It is not the ambition, mind and means that an entrepreneur should have.

Boss Zhong of Nongfu Spring had a difficult time working at Wahaha and was hampered by obstacles in every aspect. Only then did he start his own business, but he never once evaluated his competitors.

It’s not just about personal appearance.

For example, this time Lao Luo started his own business and engaged in English training. If he looked at this from the perspective of an entrepreneur, it would have been a completely different choice.

He received unfair treatment at New Oriental, but after leaving, he did not say a bad word about his old employer. Instead, he expressed his gratitude everywhere... This was different. This time he started a business again to provide English training and went directly to Lao Yu's office. If someone asked him to invest, Lao Yu might just agree. With New Oriental's resources, he might actually succeed in starting a business.

Spitting everywhere when you feel a little wronged is an act of hanging on a thread, not the mentality of an entrepreneur.

In the process of starting a business, the most indispensable thing is to deal with the authorities. If you are subjected to all kinds of grievances, if you can't accept it, don't start a business.

Boss Ma understood what he meant and said with a smile: "No, Wei Zhe and I attended an event together a few days ago and had dinner together."

Zhou Buqi asked: "What kind of sequelae of grievance? Didn't you complain?"

Boss Ma said angrily: "What's there to complain about? He used to be in the building materials business. I brought him to Alibaba and introduced him to the Internet."

Zhou Buqi then asked: "What is he doing now?"

Boss Ma said: "We have set up some kind of investment fund. Let's make some investments. I think I joined Alleye Group last year and became an independent director. What are you doing? Do you want to poach him?"

"Um."

Zhou Buqi admitted frankly.

Boss Ma was surprised, "Really? Do you really want to poach him?"

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Yes."

Boss Ma said: "That's not easy. I'm afraid it's not suitable for ordinary positions."

Wei Zhe was already the president of Alibaba Group, the second-in-command of the company, and the successor of Boss Ma. At this level, it is not easy to attract him with ordinary positions.

If it was invited by Ziweixing, I'm afraid it would have to be the president position of Ziweixing Group, which is Zhang Yiming's position.

Zhou Buqi said: "I invested in a start-up company that has transformed from offline to online, and I would like to invite him to be the president."

"How big is it?"

"The current valuation is 1 billion."

"Dollars? A billion dollars?"

Boss Ma frowned slightly.

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "What U.S. dollar is? It's Huaxia Coin. It's a small company now, but it has a big vision. This is a dream-making journey. It depends on whether he is willing to join with a low salary and come here to make dreams!"

After a while, Pei Yao brought over a simple piece of information about Wei Zhe and handed it over.

At Wei Zhe's level, a resume is no longer needed.

So there is less material found.

Previously, Wei Zhe worked for B\u0026Q, a Fortune 500 company, and was the president of China, the retailer that sold building materials that Boss Ma mentioned.

He is the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company at the age of 32.

After taking office, he did a big thing and merged with OBI, another Fortune 500 company, and became the undoubted "big brother" in this field in China.

Because of his outstanding performance, Boss Ma noticed him, so he extended an olive branch and asked him if he would like to join Alibaba. However, there was one condition: he had to cut his salary by 90%.

Wei Zhe felt that his upward path in B\u0026Q was gone and that the Internet symbolized the future, so he resolutely gave up everything in foreign companies and joined Alibaba...

When Zhou Buqi saw this, he made a decision, "Contact him for me and I'll talk to him!"