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Chapter 505
Born Again: A Journey of Love Rediscovered Novel Chapter 505
Lu Zhichuan did not return to his office, but followed Pang Rui to Alipay's business group building.
Pang Rui asked the secretary to pour him a cup of tea and let him sit down first.
Until this moment, Lu Zhichuan didn't know what he was doing here, nor what Mr. Pang's words meant just now, but as Pang Rui brought a document over, everything was revealed.
"What's this?"
"Cooperation agreement between Alipay and Pintuan."
Lu Zhichuan was stunned for a long time, and then he realized what was happening. He immediately opened the contract and looked through it for a long time. Finally, he showed an incredulous expression: "October 2009?"
Pang Rui sat on the chair and nodded very calmly: "During the National Day in 2009, Alipay had already signed a cooperation agreement with Pintuan. We helped them provide payment services, and they helped us promote our business."
"How can this be...?"
Lu Zhichuan's first reaction was to doubt the authenticity of this agreement.
In 2009, Alipay was really nothing. It could only serve as a bridge program for online shopping. Its best function was just to pay phone bills, electricity bills, and gas bills online.
But at that time, the electricity and coal systems in most communities did not support online payment.
As for the function of paying phone bills, you also need to use a USB shield to connect. The recharge time limit is 24 hours, but with this effort, you can go downstairs and buy a recharge card.
Why is this happening?
Because Alipay wants to be a third-party platform, it is equivalent to touching the bank's cake and digging out their moat. How could they allow this to happen.
Otherwise, why would Boss Ma be so angry that he directly shouted, "If the bank doesn't change, then we will change the bank."
At that time, no one thought the payment platform could work, and even their internal employees were skeptical.
But if this contract was really signed in 2009, it would be equivalent to Jin Chanzi taking advantage of the Buddha's sermons before a monster started cooking Tang Monk's meat on the way westward.
Lu Zhichuan is willing to believe that some people have forward-looking vision. After all, he has worked in Alibaba for so many years and has seen many such people, but he does not believe in someone with such forward-looking vision.
"At that time, Alipay couldn't even get a license and the future was bleak. How could he sign a cooperation agreement with Alipay so far in advance?"
"He said he wanted to bet with me."
"I was on vacation during that time, and he tried every means to find a salesperson under me and handed me a development plan. After reading it, I thought it was quite interesting, so I decided to meet him."
"He is very young, really just a college student. At that time, he was doing campus forums, namely Zhihu. He said that in one year, he would do it all over the country. He hoped that Alipay could sign a cooperation agreement with Pintuan, Qiangqiang joint."
Pang Rui picked up the tea cup and leaned gently on the back of the chair: "I also told him at the time that Alipay would be meaningless if he couldn't get a payment license. But he said he was betting that Alipay could get the license, and he also asked me to bet that he could do it within a year. All over the country, so the two of us bet on something that no one had at the time."
Lu Zhichuan: ...
Pang Rui looked at him: "If you win the bet, Alipay can quickly become popular among college students with the help of Zhihu. If you lose the bet, the agreement will be invalidated. There will be no loss. I want you to bet, will you bet?"
"Can he tell fortunes?" Lu Zhichuan suddenly understood what she meant by her scary words just now.
"I thought so too at the time, but he said that the tide of the times is unstoppable. He didn't have confidence in Ali, but in this era."
Lu Zhichuan was stunned for a long time, his eyes fixed on the two characters "Group" on the cover of the agreement.
He no longer cares about the possibility of such forward thinking. After all, the cooperation agreement is written in black and white here.
What he is thinking about now is the outcome of LaShou.com.
LaShou's business ability was originally inferior to that of group-building, and now he even had the idea of escaping from a first-tier city. To be honest, who would think of escaping if he could really beat him?
He originally thought that the access to the payment platform would be a turning point, a turning point that could bring LaShou back to life, but now it seems that it will only accelerate the fall of LaShou, and by then, the group will become a unicorn in this market.
I am taking the final exam
Lu Zhichuan couldn't help but show a confused expression as if he was missing a brain stem, and finally understood what Pang Rui meant by being scary.
A twenty-year-old college student has taken every step and calculated the market development thoroughly.
He used what he didn't have to bet on what others didn't have, and made a plan for two years. Then at the most critical moment, this plan became his biggest trump card, and this trump card might have become the weapon that killed him.
Some things cannot be tasted unless they are experienced by oneself. At this moment, he finally understood why LaShou, Nuomi and Dianping had lost so miserably in the group buying market.
"If you say that, the hand-holding is about to end."
Pang Rui was silent for a while while holding the tea cup: "Now it is no longer a matter of pulling hands. It is that the value of the group is far beyond the estimate. Even if Alibaba does not take a stake, it will become a strategic partner with the group."
Lu Zhichuan looked at her: "Mr. Pang, do you think the group will be the final winner?"
"If you had ever seen a person who, at the age of twenty, planned everything two years in advance and fulfilled it one by one, you would feel the same way..."
At this time, John Qin didn't know what happened to Ali. He was chasing a 50-cent steel coin out of the door of the teaching building. When he saw that it was about to fall into the sewer, he rushed over and snapped it away. Press and hold
Then, he used the 50-cent coin in the shop at the door to buy an old popsicle and chatted for a while.
The final exam was real, and he had just finished it, but it was indeed a reason to prevaricate Manager Lu.
Because he is not short of money now, he does not want to be associated with a group like Ali.
After all, compared to these Internet giants, group play is much smaller. Sometimes being weak is a kind of original sin. Either don't contact them. If you want to contact them, something beyond your own plan may happen.
John Qin made the popsicles smooth and round, thinking who would have thought that a popular fried chicken in the Internet business would eat such a simple old popsicle.
At this time, Charles Cao also came out of the teaching building. Looking at the expressionless John Qin, he suddenly felt happy: "What's wrong? You can't do anything in the exam, right?"
"It's not about the exam, it's because Ali wants to give me money, but I don't want it, but I don't know how to refuse without being offended. What do you think, young master?"
John Qin showed a bright smile and didn't care about Master Cao's life or death. Then he saw Nancy Feng walking out of the hall and immediately waved.
Nancy Feng ran over all the way, put her hand into his, and called him brother in a low voice.
Gao Wenhui and Wang Haini were closely followed. They opened their mouths to go to 207 to use the air conditioner. Since they were Nancy Feng's best friends, they didn't care at all.
Then a few people went to the canteen to buy food and took it to the entrepreneurial base.
In this hot summer, the temperature has been above 30 degrees, and I can't even sleep in the hot nap. Since I have been to 207, who wants to go back to the dormitory?
The three girls sat cross-legged on the newly purchased carpet and watched the TV series "Palace" attentively. All the materials they had brought with them to review were put aside.
"This theme song is really nice. What is it called?"
"It seems like a suicide of love. Then ask for support."
"Who do you think Qingchuan likes?"
"The Eight Wise Kings."
Gao Wenhuisheng looked back at John Qin helplessly: "I said Mr. John, how can there be any Eight Wise Kings here?"
John Qin twisted his mouth and thought, "Can I, the reincarnated person, still know?" Unless he was watching the series, but at this moment, his phone suddenly started to vibrate again. The caller was from an unknown number, and the address was Shencheng.
He took a guess and thought it might be Tencent, so he reached out and pressed the answer button.
As expected, the other party claimed to be the manager of Tencent's investment department, named Peng Sheng, which was similar to Ali Lu Zhichuan's rhetoric.
John Qin adhered to the principle of doing whatever he could and never offending the boss. He also talked back and forth with Che Zulu, but he did not answer the conversation on some key issues. He only expressed his positivity when the other party said "there is an opportunity to cooperate." Attitude.
"Currently, the funds for the group tour are sufficient. Thank you Mr. Peng for your concern, but we may have other opportunities for cooperation."
"Oh? What is Mr. John referring to?"
John Qin coughed: "Our Zhihu is the largest campus forum in the country, with tens of millions of student users. I heard that you have a communication service application called WeChat. You can definitely come to Zhihu for promotion."
Peng Sheng thought for a moment: "When will President John come to Shencheng? Can we discuss it in detail?"
"There should be a chance to go there in the next two months."
"Okay, I will sweep the couch to greet you then."
John Qin thought for a while, and then said again: "Mr. Peng, I have another question."
Peng Sheng's voice came from the receiver: "Mr. John, please speak."
"Does Mr. Ma Huateng have a daughter?"
"Um? She has a daughter."
"Oh, so her birthday is June 22nd?"
"This...probably not."
John Qin nodded, hung up the phone, and glanced at the QQ message sent by a high school classmate: Today is the birthday of Ma Huateng's daughter. If you forward this message to ten groups, you can get a free one-month membership.
"Stop messing with your hair. I just asked, today is not his daughter's birthday!"
Boss John typed something and came back with an arrogant expression.
Tencent and Alibaba have been competing against each other in Taiwan. Whether it is the e-commerce platform or the group buying industry, the two companies are very competitive.
In particular, the subsequent emergence of WeChat Pay can be said to have truly shaken the foundation of Alibaba and directly invaded Alibaba's ecological layout.
John Qin didn't like to get involved in this kind of melee where he charged for others, but now that he was being targeted, he might as well be a two-and-a-half-dozen guy and see if there was any advantage he could take advantage of.