Reborn in 08, a heretical cultivator starting a business

Chapter 218 A 50 Billion Dollar Gamble, BATW? WBAT!

What? Future technology will involve cloud computing!

"Another 5 billion?"

Upon hearing this, the entire conference room erupted in chaos. Everyone, from Jack Ma to the major shareholders, was utterly shocked.
"They just invested 50 billion yuan in warehousing and logistics last year, and now they're going to invest another 50 billion yuan in cloud computing!"

"Isn't this a bit too radical?"

"Could this be a fake news release from Future Technology? A smokescreen?"

"Fake my ass!"

Wang Jian was so angry that he started swearing:
"I'm telling you, the five billion investment in Future Technology is just the first phase."

"If things go smoothly, the money will be spent within five years, and we will continue to add more funds later."

"And they weren't just talking; they were actually doing it."

"In order to develop cloud computing, they have already spent 4 million yuan to acquire Wanwang, the leading domestic Internet infrastructure service provider!"

Now, everyone in the room was dumbfounded, no longer daring to question, their expressions becoming very solemn:

"Amazon, the world's largest e-commerce giant, developed AWS cloud computing."

"Google has launched its Google Cloud service."

"Last year, Microsoft also launched the Microsoft Cloud Computing project!"

"Now, Future Technology is also building future cloud computing for Vipshop and Ubisoft!"

"Could it be that cloud computing is really the future trend? Is it really the destiny of e-commerce and internet giants?"

"Director Wang isn't a fraud? He didn't lie to us?"

"Does the future of e-commerce really depend on cloud computing?"

Seeing the horrified expressions on everyone's faces, Wang Jian's lips twitched: "Nonsense!"

Why would I lie to you?

"You bunch of short-haired, short-sighted people deserve to be crushed by Vipshop!"

Everyone's faces turned ashen: "!!!"

But no one dared to refute it.

It seems that I was wrong.

They took Wang Jian's good intentions for granted!

Wang Jian sighed:

"I made it very clear that five years from now, Alibaba's transaction volume will be higher and higher, and the computing power required will also increase exponentially."

"The current traditional IOE architecture of servers is too expensive and has poor scalability. In four or five years, it will not be able to meet Alibaba's terrifying computing power needs at all."

"Only by deploying cloud computing and creating our own cloud computing platform can we solve the computing power problem and break through Alibaba's development bottleneck!"

"This process will take at least five years."

"But if we acquire Wanwang and leverage Wanwang to develop cloud computing, we can save three years of internet infrastructure construction time. Alibaba Cloud can be put into use in about two years."

"Within four years, all of Alibaba's data will be migrated to Alibaba Cloud, and all businesses will benefit from the support of Alibaba Cloud computing!"

"Four years from now, the extra computing power from Alibaba Cloud will be able to supply computing power to other companies, just like the State Grid supplies electricity to the public, thereby generating huge profits. At the same time, we will also be able to control the core data of these companies!"

"The competition of the future will be a competition of data and computing power."

"Once this strategic goal is achieved, Alibaba will not only be able to solve its own development bottlenecks, but also gain access to terrifying amounts of data."

"Thus, we will be invincible and aim for a market capitalization of 100 billion US dollars!"

"It's a pity you're so short-sighted that you won't even approve the project."

"You still think I'm a cloud computing scammer who cheated you out of your funding!"

"Now look what's happened! You've killed the Alibaba Cloud project, and Future Cloud is about to emerge!"

"When you were questioning cloud computing, Wang Junshan made a strong move and acquired Wanwang!"

"You guys are always so slow, you can't even catch a hot meal!"

Everyone's lips twitched: "..."

Wang Jian continued to output:

"No wonder Vipshop dealt a crushing blow to Taobao Mall. No wonder community group buying wiped out a quarter of Taobao's market share!"

"It's because your group of shareholders are far behind Wang Junshan in terms of intelligence, vision, and courage."

"It's because the efficiency and action of your management team are less than one-tenth of Wang Junshan's!"

"They deserve to be surpassed! To be crushed!"

Everyone's faces turned ashen: "!!!"

Even Jack Ma's expression was complicated: "..."

Wang Jian shook his head: "Of course, you probably don't need to worry."

"With such outstanding major shareholders and executives as you, Alibaba may never need cloud computing if it continues to develop like this."

"With Vipshop snatching away users and the e-commerce market, Alipay being crushed by WeChat, and Alibaba unable to grow any bigger, what use is cloud computing to them?"

"You guys were right to have foresight!"

"I had too high expectations for Alibaba."

"Hey!"

Wang Jian waved his hand and strode away.

The room full of shareholders and executives all wore constipated expressions: "!!!"

Even Jack Ma's face turned ashen: "!!!"

Wang Jian's last words were truly vulgar!
The shareholders were shocked and furious.

What is foresight?
What does it mean that Alibaba can't grow big enough to need cloud computing?
That's incredibly vulgar!

So much so that everyone in the room was a little stunned.

We looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Previously, when Wang Jian and Jack Ma supported Alibaba Cloud Computing, everyone thought it was unreliable.

Some even thought Wang Jian was a fraudster who cheated people out of funding.

Unexpectedly, Future Technology is also involved in cloud computing and has already made its move by aggressively acquiring Wanwang!
Now, all the shareholders began to doubt themselves.

Wang Junshan's strategic vision is exceptionally good!
After being repeatedly thrashed by Wang Junshan, an unspoken rule emerged within Alibaba.

If Wang Junshan approves of something, it's highly likely to be good and has a promising future!
Wang Junshan's aggressive move to develop cloud computing demonstrates that cloud computing truly is the future trend.

Moreover, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have all made their moves.

Now everyone understands the future of cloud computing, and they are all filled with regret.

But it seems a little late.

Jack Ma sighed: "The future of cloud computing is crucial, and you guys are really giving us a chance but not appreciating it."

"How many times did I go to Microsoft Research Asia to work on cloud computing? That's how I finally recruited Dr. Wang Jian to work on Alibaba Cloud for us."

"But what about you? You all refuse and oppose it!"

"Now look what's happened! Wanwang has been hijacked!"

"Once cloud computing takes off in the future, Vipshop's development will be free from computing power limitations and bottlenecks. By exporting computing power, we can also access all the data of all companies using future cloud computing!" "Right now, Alibaba's biggest advantage over Vipshop is our user base and consumer behavior data."

"But once cloud computing is launched in the future, the data accumulation of future technologies will easily surpass Alibaba and crush it."

"But our future at Alibaba is really worrying, as we can't even break through the computing power bottleneck."

"At that time, there will only be one option: to purchase computing power from Future Cloud Computing, hand over all of Alibaba's data to Future Technology, and use Future Technology's computing power to solve Alibaba's computing power bottleneck!"

Upon hearing this, everyone became extremely anxious and began to speak one after another:
"That won't do. If we hand over all our data to Future Technology, then Alibaba will be finished."

"That's right, future technology is our biggest competitor, we absolutely cannot hand it over to them."

Jack Ma nodded: "If we don't entrust it to future technologies and solve the computing bottleneck, then we shouldn't develop it at all."

"Alibaba has maintained a relatively low scale, just as Dr. Wang Jian said, it has fallen from a BAT giant to a small platform."

"We watched helplessly as Vipshop crushed us, grew to be dozens or even hundreds of times larger than us, and took our place as the number one e-commerce giant!"

"That won't do!" the senior executives quickly interjected.

Jack Ma laughed: "This won't work, that won't work, so what do you want to do?"

After a brief silence, everyone began to speak:
"We still need to develop our own cloud computing."

"Yes, we do need to do it, but without Wanwang, we'll have to start from scratch. It will take three years longer than Future Technology."

"Yes, Future Technology's cloud computing has Wanwang as a foundation, so it may be internally launched in two years. Our cloud computing is starting from scratch, and it will take five years to be internally launched."

"It's not just a matter of time, but also a matter of cost."

"This is not a good situation. If only we could acquire Wanwang."

Upon hearing this, Jack Ma felt even more inclined to curse. He picked up Dr. Wang Jian's "Alibaba Cloud Computing Strategic Plan" and said coldly:
"The third page here describes the acquisition of Wanwang and the use of Wanwang for infrastructure, which will save Alibaba Cloud Computing three years!"

"This..." Everyone fell silent.

It would be a lie to say I don't regret it.

Jack Ma said helplessly, "It's never too late to mend the fence after the sheep are lost. I propose that we launch the Alibaba Cloud Computing project immediately."

But the room full of shareholders shook their heads again:
"Without Wanwang, even if Alibaba Cloud launches now, it will be three years behind the future of cloud computing. We might as well wait and see."

"Yes, we're already three years behind, so another six months behind won't make a difference. Let's see if the financial crisis recovers in six months. If it does, we'll have nothing to worry about and can start the cloud computing project immediately."

"This is a good idea; it allows for both advancement and retreat."

"Yes, Alibaba Cloud is not abandoning its mission, but rather postponing it for six months to observe the development of the financial crisis."

Upon hearing this, Jack Ma couldn't help but think it made perfect sense.

Since we're already behind, it doesn't matter whether we're three years behind or three and a half.

Instead, it's better to observe the development of the financial crisis before making any plans, which is clearly more secure.

"Okay, then it's decided."

"If the financial crisis eases in six months, we will invest 1 billion yuan every year for five consecutive years to develop Alibaba Cloud computing."

"If the financial crisis doesn't ease, or even gets worse, we'll see how things go."

"Correct!"

Everyone responded enthusiastically.

This is the best solution at present.

Wanwang Building.

Wang Junshan and Wanwang Chairman Zhang Weidong officially signed the acquisition agreement, with a large number of media present at the scene.

At this point, Wanwang completely belongs to the future of technology.

This encompasses Wanwang's technology, systems, patents, five data centers, and this 12-story Wanwang Building!

That's right, Wanwang also has its own office building located in the Dongcheng District of Beijing.

Built in 07, it is still very new. It has 12 floors and a building area of ​​4 square meters!

Its value shrank significantly due to the financial crisis, amounting to just over 2 million.

But once the financial crisis ends, it will be worth at least 3 million+.

In a few years, the value of this office building will rise to over 10 billion, and in ten years, it will be 30 billion!
That's right. The acquisition of Wanwang for 4 million yuan, not counting other things, Wang Junshan can make 26 billion yuan just from this office building.

Moreover, there are five data centers and a range of other assets...

Wang Junshan not only didn't spend any money, but actually made a fortune.

This move is just too outrageous.

This is how Alibaba made its fortune in its past life.

The acquisition of Wanwang for 5.4 million yuan resulted in a huge profit from just one office building.

There was nothing Zhang Weidong could have imagined; ten years later, real estate prices would skyrocket to this level.

It's unbelievable that Wanwang has earned less over the years than the appreciation of an office building.

Just like LG Electronics ten years later, which suffered continuous losses of over 10 billion yen and had to withdraw from the domestic market.

In the end, it was discovered that the most profitable items were two office buildings located in Beijing, which sold for 80 billion RMB!

Where can I seek justice?
If LG had known this would happen, they would have just given up on the mobile phone business and focused on real estate speculation!
After the signing, there was still a Q&A session with the media.

[Chairman Wang, Future Technology is also venturing into cloud computing. Is the 50 billion yuan budget an investment for the next ten years?]

"Of course not. In fact, it might run out in about three years. We will continue to invest, and it will only be more."

Mr. Wang, is the future of cloud computing truly as promising as you hope?

"Yes, the future development of cloud computing is unimaginable, but it's a money-burning industry. Fifty billion is just the starting point; to get it all done, it would take tens of billions."

Will our competitors, the BAT giants (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent), follow suit in the cloud computing business? Will this impact the future of cloud computing?

"Whether they join or not depends on whether they're willing to spend the money. As for whether it will impact the future of cloud computing? No. Cloud computing also has its big and small kings. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and Future Tech are the big kings. As for BTA, even if they want to get involved, they'll be small kings!"

[Mr. Wang, with the terrifying computing power of cloud computing in the future, will it seriously exceed current needs?]

"Of course not. Starting this year, every year thereafter will bring tremendous changes. E-commerce will enter a new era, and the demand for computing power will explode."

……

The news caused another uproar online.

"Investing 50 billion in warehousing and logistics, and another 50 billion in cloud computing, the future technology is amazing."

"I used to think BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) was powerful, but now I see that Future Tech is even more impressive!"

"Yes, in terms of money, Future Technology may not be able to compare with BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent). Alibaba currently has 10 billion in cash reserves, and Tencent has 20 billion. But in terms of development speed and prospects, Future Technology far surpasses them."

"It feels like BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) are like state-owned enterprises from the 80s and 90s, constantly declining. Meanwhile, Future Tech is like a private unicorn, developing rapidly!"

"No wonder Taobao is so much worse than Vipshop and Youtuan. Alibaba's boldness, investment and strategic thinking are completely outclassed by future technologies."

"It's BATW now, it'll be WBAT in the future!"

After dismissing the reporters, Wang Junshan and a group of senior executives from Wanwang held a meeting:

"Welcome everyone to the future cloud computing family. There is only one task ahead: to build the Amazon AWS of the East and become the absolute hegemon in the cloud computing field!"

Upon hearing this, a round of enthusiastic applause erupted, and everyone was filled with excitement.

Even Zhang Weidong, the former chairman of Wanwang, has become highly motivated.

(End of this chapter)