Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 712: Come but Don’t Go
That afternoon, TB officially released an urgent notice that "the Taobao links that were posted and shared normally on WeChat were blocked and could not be opened."

"Emergency notice to consumers and merchants:

Today, we received a lot of feedback from consumers that they cannot open Taobao content on some platforms and applications. After investigation, we found that WeChat and other platforms have continued to maliciously block Taobao's normal product links and activity pages. This abuse of market dominance has seriously damaged the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
We strongly condemn this
We solemnly warn the other side of this
We reserve the right to take all legal measures to safeguard our legitimate rights and interests;

We call on all Internet practitioners to jointly maintain an open, fair and shared network environment.

Taobao will continue to unwaveringly defend the rights of users and fight against all unfair competition to the end! "

On the night when Taobao issued its emergency notice, a statement from the other side followed.

"Solemn statement regarding Taobao's false accusations"

Dear consumers and merchants:

Today, we heard that Taobao has made false accusations about the so-called "malicious blocking" of WeChat platform. We are deeply saddened and regretful about this. In order to clarify the facts and protect the reputation of the other side, we hereby solemnly declare the following:
1. Clarification of facts: After technical investigation, some of the recent abnormal link access was caused by technical failures during the system upgrade process and has nothing to do with the so-called "targeted blocking";
The WeChat platform always adheres to the principles of fairness and openness, and adopts unified technical standards for all third-party links;
The technical team is currently analyzing and resolving the relevant failures, and will notify you as soon as the situation is restored.

2. Solemn stance: We strongly protest against the other party’s behavior of publicly publishing false accusations and inciting user emotions without verification;

The accusations of "abusing market dominance" in the previous statements of friendly competitors are pure fabrication and are suspected of commercial defamation;
We reserve the right to pursue legal liability against the other party for malicious defamation.

3. User Notice: In addition, the WeChat platform has discovered a large number of irregular overseas shoppers' accounts and WeChat groups, which are suspected of malicious guidance and propaganda, and have seriously violated the communication norms of Internet social software. Therefore, WeChat will take necessary measures including but not limited to banning and cleaning in the near future.

Finally, we always believe that a healthy and orderly Internet ecosystem requires joint maintenance from all parties.

Bi'an will continue to focus on user security and provide reliable network services to one billion users.

The last attachment is the latest version of the technical documentation of the other side. If any partner has any questions, they can check the technical documentation. Do not waste public resources for sensationalism without authorization.

Attachment: Technical Failure Description Document (link)

Open Platform Interface Specification (link)

Bi'an Group, January 2016, 1

Just 24 hours later, WeChat responded to the group's call with great force and launched a cleansing storm against Taoke accounts.

Hundreds of thousands of illegal accounts were permanently banned, and tens of thousands of illegal WeChat groups under the banner of "low-price groups" and "mutual aid groups" were wiped out.

These parasites that roam between the two major platforms, relying on information asymmetry to suck up bilateral dividends, are exactly the business model that Chen Mo hates the most.

Subsequently, other platforms in the Bi'an system also rushed to clean up illegal accounts related to Taobao.
The market was lost, data declined, shielding technology failed to break through, and the carefully laid out peripheral overseas shopping agents were uprooted.
Looking at the reports of major exhibition failures coming in like snowflakes, Lao Ma wanted to slap himself twice. Why did I provoke this mad dog? I won't die if Dongzi says a few words to me.

At the moment, Alibaba is in a dilemma: if it wants to fight back, it is outnumbered in the battlefield of public opinion and cannot win; if it wants to start a price war, such a large amount of funds will be like throwing meat buns at a dog, which will not be worth the loss, and it will miss the opportunity and have no reason to do so.

After learning from his mistakes, Ma decided to shrink his battle lines and bet all his chips on Ant Financial.

If you can't afford to provoke, you can always hide.

"Now." Li Yanhong tapped his fingers on the table and glanced at Xiang Hailong. "Do you still insist on adding paid ranking to the clean version?"

Xiang Hailong's Adam's apple rolled violently, and beads of sweat oozed out of his forehead, "No, no, no."

In the conference room, those executives who had wanted to take advantage of the chaos to get a piece of the pie were now silent.

Li Yanhong felt a long-lost sense of control in his heart. If he had not gone against all objections before, Baidu would probably have repeated the same mistakes.

But he knew that he had to tighten the reins on these restless old subordinates.

"Tencent didn't believe in evil before, and you saw the consequences. Now it is avoiding direct confrontation and developing in a roundabout way."

He slammed his palm heavily on the projection screen, causing the data chart to tremble slightly.

“Look at Taobao’s current sluggish data. It only suppressed JD.com and issued a statement, but it was turned into what it is now by Bi’an.

Do you think you are more awesome than Lao Ma?"

The voice suddenly rose, "Wei Zexi's lesson was not enough? How long has it been? Less than a year! Have you forgotten it~?"

The last roar echoed in the conference room for a long time, and everyone in the room was silent.

Li Yanhong looked at this group of subordinates who had their own thoughts and suddenly felt tired.

These meritorious veteran officials are like a double-edged sword. They not only support the operation of Baidu, but also often cause his policies to be distorted.

"I know some of you are still not giving up. Those who know you think you are Baidu veterans, while those who don't think you are undercover agents sent by the other side. Believe it or not, as soon as we Baidu changed back, the other side attacked us right after? Do you think the other side search is waiting for an opportunity and is just a cheerleader, playing a joke on us?"

"Face the reality, wake up!" He knocked on the table to break the silence, "The era of BAT has come to an end. From today on, we will start again as entrepreneurs.

Next, I announce that the company will begin to strategically abandon non-core businesses, rely on search cash flow, and allocate resources to artificial intelligence and content ecology. From now until the Chinese New Year, there will be a series of adjustments. I hope everyone can actively embrace the changes. "

"Do you have any objections?"

In the dead silence, Li Yanhong was satisfied to see everyone's heads bowed.

“That’s settled then. Next, everyone should think about the business plans at hand. I hope we can put aside the past grudges and explore the possibility of cooperation with Bi’an with a more open attitude.

Sometimes, if one path seems difficult to take, you might as well try another one. There is no need to stick to the same path until the end. You can go back and think about it carefully.

No one in Baidu can rest on their laurels forever. In the context of the current company reform, if anyone remains stubborn and conservative, don’t blame me for not valuing our friendship!

The meeting is over! "

After everyone had left, he let himself collapse into the leather seat.

There is really no way. Bi'an Search is to Baidu Search as JD.com is to Taobao now.

Although the other party did not press on step by step and iterated according to a specific logic, this model made Baidu very uncomfortable.

Transformation requires a period of pain. Despite what happened at the beginning of the year, some people want to make a comeback as soon as they get a chance. To put it bluntly, they will do so regardless of the risk, but the benefits are less than before.

Thinking of the opponent that made Baidu uneasy, he actually smiled bitterly. It was this powerful shadow enemy, Bi'an Search, that gave him an excellent opportunity to promote reform.

Haha, I didn't expect that I would need the help of Chen Mo to make a threat.

Sometimes, the strongest opponent can also be the best teacher.

Recently, in addition to the routine annual team-building exercise with the senior management team during the three days of New Year's Day, Chen Mo has devoted almost all his energy to two major events.

After returning, he immediately convened a group strategic meeting and personally supervised the implementation of the other side's related work in the three-year plan of "The Other Side Alliance 2.0".

From the underlying system architecture to cutting-edge technology research and development, he requires all departments to fully cooperate to ensure that every link with sister companies is seamlessly connected.

The lights in the conference room are often on until late at night, and various technical plans and progress reports are piled up on his desk.

Most of the time, Chen Mo chose to stay indoors. In addition to clearing up the backlog of "memorials", he was also concentrating on polishing a "special plan".

This plan was not prepared for the other side, but was tailor-made for Lao Ma.

In fact, Chen Mo could guess what Ma was going to do. Even Taobao could be strategically defended, so the only possibility was Ant Financial.

Although he is not clear about the specific details, he remembers the historical trajectory: Ant Financial was urgently halted on the eve of its listing, and then fell into a long rectification period, and Jack Ma also left the market in disgrace.

The question is, when exactly did the explosion happen? 2018? 2019? Or 2020?

But no matter what, since his existence has accelerated the development of companies such as Xiaomi, JD.com, and ByteDance, he might as well speed up Ma as well.

Brother Dong just told the truth, look how anxious Old Ma is.

The idea of ​​guarding against thieves for a thousand days does not exist in Chen Mo's dictionary, so what he is thinking about now is how to turn "Ant Financial" into "Ma has stopped service"!
How do ants move? Although Chen Mo is not an expert in finance, there are many financial experts on the other side.

He doesn't need to understand the process, he just needs to know the result.

So, he immediately convened a special closed-door meeting with financial experts from the Finance Department and Tianji Pavilion, and even called Zhang Xiaolong, the confused head of WeChat, to participate.

The theme is called: "A Little Effort to Get a Great Amount with Nothing"

At the meeting, Chen Mo directly asked a question, "I'll get straight to the point. If... I mean if, under the existing legal and compliant conditions and in line with national conditions, WeChat Finance has 100 billion yuan in capital, how can it increase the funds by 100 times to trillion yuan?"

Before he finished speaking, a financial expert from Tianji Pavilion blurted out, "100 times? A trillion? That's impossible!"

Chen Mo smiled and stood up. "Don't rush to deny it. You are the people who understand economics best in the country. Don't jump to conclusions blindly. You can definitely come up with a feasible plan.

You have to believe in yourselves as much as I believe in you, and I hope to see your answers tomorrow!"

After saying that, Chen Mo patted his butt and left, leaving the homework to the elites in the conference room.

(End of this chapter)