Reborn: Billionaire in College

"Old Ma wants to see me?"

Upon hearing the news, Chen Pingjiang was very surprised and didn't understand why Lao Ma wanted to see him.

Although the two have been working in the business circle for more than ten years, they have never spoken to each other face to face.

It would be more accurate to say that we are familiar strangers rather than acquaintances.

"The other party didn't say it explicitly in their letter, they just said they wanted to deepen cooperation."

Luo Wentao said respectfully.

Chen Pingjiang shook his head and laughed, "That's strange. We've known each other for ten years, but we never thought about deepening our cooperation. Just reply and tell him that I want to meet him, too."

As 2017 approaches, the domestic Internet business development has entered the second half. It is no longer a land-grabbing expansion, but a choice of high-quality development.

Based on this, the relationship between companies is much more harmonious, and there is no longer the tension as in the past.

Chen Pingjiang, who is building a complete Internet ecosystem, has also quietly changed his mindset. He no longer regards other domestic Internet companies as his rivals, but instead focuses his strategy on a higher level.

After receiving a clear response from Chen Pingjiang, Lao Ma came quickly.

The meeting between the two sides was unusually low-key.

The meeting place was not in Dongjiang but in Hangzhou, which surprised Alibaba.

The real reason was that Chen Pingjiang happened to be going to Hangzhou to visit Liang Wenfeng.

"Mr. Chen, haha, long time no see."

As soon as Chen Pingjiang's car arrived at the door, Lao Ma came to greet him.

"I'm sorry to bother you today, Mr. Ma."

The two greeted each other familiarly.

Lao Ma introduced with a smile: "This private kitchen by the West Lake has a great location and the chef's skills are also good."

Chen Pingjiang asked suspiciously, "So, West Lake Vinegar Fish is the signature dish?"

"Uh!" Old Ma laughed. "That's not the case. There are still many delicious and authentic Zhejiang dishes."

Speaking of which, the West Lake Vinegar Fish dish is truly a legend.

It has allusions and fame, and it’s very big, but it just doesn’t taste good.

Many more people try this dish just to see how bad it tastes.

After entering the restaurant, Lao Ma continued, "Come to think of it, this is the first time we've met and chatted in private, right?"

Chen Pingjiang nodded. "I am a rising star. When I started Renren, Alibaba was already a giant."

Lao Ma waved his hand and said, "No, no, business is like the imperial examination, where there is no first place. A good ider can always shine brightly. Mr. Chen, you have achieved what you have today at such a young age. It's amazing. When I was as young as you, I was still facing obstacles in my business."

After a wave of ordinary business exchanging, the two men sat down.

Seeing that Chen Pingjiang did not express his opinion, Lao Ma did not talk too much about this topic.

Although the purpose of Lao Ma's meeting with Chen Pingjiang was to deepen cooperation, which was also written in the invitation letter, he never took the initiative to talk about this matter.

This is the shrewdness of a businessman.

First establish a good relationship when you meet for the first time, and the rest will be easy.

But if you bring up this and that when you meet someone for the first time, not only will you make yourself look inferior to them for no reason, but you will also lose face if you get rejected, which is not good.

"When will the movie that Mr. Ma and a few action stars shoot be released? I'll go and show my support then." Feeling that the atmosphere was a bit dull, Chen Pingjiang quickly found a topic. "It will be released in a few months. It's really fun to make a movie."

Speaking of this, Master Ma was very excited. As one of the few people in the business circle who had tried it, he could brag about it.

Lao Ma laughed and said, "There are some differences. We have enjoyed success, flowers and applause, and we are not short of money. What we need is the affirmation of society and the realization of our self-worth. That's why we have to struggle. Lao Jia is still struggling over there, and he still hopes to make a car one day."

After saying that, he changed the subject, "Mr. Chen, you don't know yet, right? Actually, the reason why Lao Jia is in this situation now is that he was learning from you. If you make mobile phones, he wants to make mobile phones. If you make cars, he wants to make cars. If you make movies, he will make movies too..."

Chen Pingjiang: “…”

This was not the first time he had heard this statement.

But in the final analysis, Lao Jia only learned the first half, but did not do the work in a down-to-earth and practical way.

If you really count, he is much worse than Lei Juner.

At least they can actually produce something after tinkering for a while, and there is nothing to criticize them for.

Chen Pingjiang: "Blind expansion is a common problem among Chinese people. Jia is not the first one. The next few years will be very exciting. Just wait and see. The top real estate developers on the list will sell off their empires at a low price after years of hard work, and the worst ones will probably end up in jail."

Old Ma was shocked when he heard this, and felt that Chen Pingjiang was hinting at something.

"Mr. Chen has the same view as me. The government has put a lot of pressure on real estate developers, and housing prices do need to be lowered. The houses currently being built are enough for all Chinese people to live in. But isn't it a bit too much to go in there?"

"Is it an exaggeration?" Chen Pingjiang smiled playfully, "We'll see when the time comes."

These words made Lao Ma suspicious. He always felt that Chen Pingjiang was referring to Evergrande's boss Xu. It just so happened that the two had a good relationship and were deeply involved. They had even been involved in football together.

Lao Ma thought to himself that he would have less dealings with Lao Xu in the future.

After a while, today's meal was served.

Chen Pingjiang took a look and found that there was indeed no such dish as West Lake Vinegar Fish.

It seems that Lao Ma also knows that this thing is not worth showing off.

The atmosphere was filled with people toasting each other and no one wanted the conversation to be dull.

In previous business banquets, both gangs would bring their subordinates or stakeholders to dine together in order to avoid a dull atmosphere.

They got the deal done over drinks and deepened their relationship, but today it was just the two of them.

He decided to put aside his desire to help others, respect Lao Ma's fate and not interfere.

Seeing that Chen Pingjiang stopped arguing with him after speaking halfway, no matter what he said, the other party always had an attitude of "right, right, you are right", which hurt Lao Ma a lot.

I took off my pants and wanted to have sex with you, but you turned around and said you wanted to sleep?

"At such a young age, he is so serious, really..." Old Ma complained in his heart. What a joke Chen Pingjiang is. He doesn't look like a young man full of vigor and vitality. Instead, he seems as steady as an old cadre.

He could only find a new topic and ask Chen Pingjiang what he thought about live streaming e-commerce.

Chen Pingjiang said bluntly, "Live streaming e-commerce has advantages over traditional telephones, but it is definitely not a dimensionality reduction attack. Shelf e-commerce will still be the focus of the market in the future. Take Douyin as an example. Although it has a lot of traffic, its conversion rate is still not as good as Taobao. It is just in the rising stage now. Perhaps after a few years, when the glitz fades, people will consume more rationally and pay more attention to the quality and cost-effectiveness of the goods, rather than the traffic and hard work of the Internet celebrities."

This is a very straightforward statement, and Chen Pingjiang did not belittle Douyin itself. He was only talking about live streaming e-commerce.

This actually made Lao Ma feel uncomfortable.

Taobao is also engaging in live streaming e-commerce now, and it is doing it very successfully.

Don’t think that Douyin is the only live streaming site with internet celebrities. They also have Wei Ya and Li Jiaqi on Taobao. (End of this chapter)