Chapter 182: Pre-launch, 600 million advertising fees
"Mr. Ma, I would like to ask, have all the founders of Alibaba, including you, resigned?" Sun Zhengyi immediately called Ma's number after learning the news.
"Mr. Sun Zhengyi, they are just employees of the company, not slaves of the company. There is nothing I can do if they want to resign." Lao Ma said, pretending to be crazy.
"I can understand their resignation, but why are you resigning again? You are the major shareholder of the company." Son Zhengyi suppressed his anger and asked, the company is booming now, who would choose to leave the company as long as they are not fools.
"Mr. Son Zhengyi, I am unable to run the company due to physical discomfort. My wife is fully capable of running the company, and there are no problems with Alibaba's performance." Lao Ma replied calmly.
With the support of Zhang Ying, Alibaba did not have any problems. However, after the main creative personnel left, the personnel who took over were insufficiently capable, and the performance growth rate began to slow down.
In May, when Lao Ma was still at Alibaba, Alibaba made a monthly profit of 15 million. After the main creative staff left Alibaba, the monthly profit began to gradually decline. In June, the profit fell back to 10 million, and in August, the profit dropped to 8 million.
Lao Ma also had troubles that he couldn't tell. The company had just started to take off, but unexpectedly it was threatened by Cao Mang, and it was still an unsolvable situation.
"So that's it, Mr. Ma, I hope you recover soon. Ali still needs you to come back to host." After finishing speaking, Sun Zhengyi hung up the phone. As for those nonsense words of Lao Ma, he didn't believe a word of it.
Son clenched his fists with his chin and thought for five minutes, then dialed the internal line and called his secretary.
"Find someone to investigate Jack Ma's situation in China, and contact eBay to see if they are interested in taking over Alibaba," Son said.
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"Hey, this little devil is really hard to deal with." Lao Ma sighed after hanging up the phone.
At this time, the Ali Eighteen Arhats, except Zhang Ying, were already waiting for Lao Ma in the conference room. Before Lao Ma arrived, he called Sun Tongyu to tell them about the meeting.
"Everyone is here." Lao Ma smiled after entering the conference room.
"I just went to see Mr. Cao. The payment platform can be connected. I won't say more nonsense here. Yongming will arrange the connection. I will give you the contact information of the other party later." Lao Ma looked at the person in charge of technology.
Wu Yongming said.
"No problem, Mr. Ma." Technical Director Wu Yongming replied.
"Tongyu promotion can be promoted, SEM (search ranking), EDM (spam), street signs, subway, Yahoo mailbox import, BD exchange, TV advertising, Kirin advertising, outdoor advertising, none of them can be missing."
Lao Ma looked at Sun Tongyu and said.
Lao Ma's idea is also very simple. With such abundant resources now, it is impossible to develop slowly like Ali. Kirin Taobao must become famous at once, otherwise he will have no face to serve as president.
"Except for the TV commercials and Qilin commercials, everything else is ready. These two need to be confirmed on the launch date," Sun Tongyu replied.
In terms of promotion, Sun Tongyu had already talked with Lao Ma, and according to his plan, he would only place advertisements on the Internet, but Lao Ma, who was rich and wealthy, was unwilling.
The company still has 1.6 billion in funds in its account. Shouldn't this money be spent and retained to earn interest?
So the two negotiated and added street signs, subways, TV ads, outdoor ads, etc.
Promotional expenses increased from the original 200 million to 600 million.
"The release date depends on when Yongming can complete the docking," Lao Ma replied.
"When it comes to docking time, I need to read the other party's interface document before I can reply. If it's fast, it only takes five days. If it's slow, it can be completed within ten days. The test will take one to two days." Wu Yongming said.
"Yongming today is August 3rd. You must solve it for me before the 15th. If you don't have enough manpower, you can go downstairs and second it. Kirin Taobao will be online on August 18th." Lao Ma wanted to hold a shopping festival at 818, so he gave it to the other party.
A death warrant.
"Mr. Ma, I'll do my best." Wu Yongming said with a wry smile.
Developing a program is not like building a house with bricks. There are many uncertainties in it, so how can he dare to guarantee it?
"It's not about trying your best, but you must do it, otherwise you can just get out." Lao Ma said in a commanding tone.
"Mr. Ma, please give me the contact information of the other party. I will contact the other party now." Wu Yongming said bitterly.
Wu Yongming holds options stocks in Kirin Taobao. These option stocks are worth tens of millions. He does not want to be fired by Lao Ma. The firing of these option stocks has nothing to do with him.
"Take your business card and get to work quickly." After Lao Ma finished speaking, he took out his business card and handed it to Sun Tongyu, asking his colleagues to pass it to him.
"Mr. Ma, I'm going to work first." After Wu Yongming finished speaking, he left the conference room.
"Yuan Ying, re-train and assess customer service staff before 818. Anyone who fails the assessment will get out." Lao Ma looked at Jin Yuanying aside and said.
"I understand, Mr. Ma." Jin Yuanying nodded.
"Chang Wei, the payment interaction interface must be done well, and the process must not be too troublesome. The customer experience is very important." Lao Ma said to Chang Wei, who was sitting next to Jin Yuanying.
"The payment interactive interface has been prepared and I will send it to you via email later." Chang Wei replied.
"Well, you did a good job. That's it for today. Let's get to work." Lao Ma clapped his hands and said.
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After get off work, Cao Mang made an appointment with Sakurai Yumi for dinner. After dinner, they went shopping, ate and watched a movie.
Sakurai Yumi's mood was much brighter than at noon.
When Cao Mang sent Yumi Sakurai downstairs.
"We're not going back today, we're spending time outside." Sakurai Yumi said with a smile.
"It's all up to you." Cao Mang pinched her little face and said.
Cao Mang drove the car and left the community where Sakurai Yumi lived.
"Hey, it's a pity that Yumi is not here. Today's skewers are so delicious." Outside the community, Luo Tiantian was holding a bag of skewers in her left hand and a skewer of fat beef in her right hand, stuffing it into her mouth as she walked away.
"The person in the car seems to be Yumi. Why does the license plate number look so familiar?" Luo Tiantian murmured, looking at Yumi in the car.
Perhaps because she was carrying a lot of food in her hands, Luo Tiantian forgot about it when she walked into the community.
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The camera switches to Cao Mang's home.
"Damn it, you must have gone to accompany the female secretary." Fan Xiaopang said angrily while lying on the sofa.
Although Fan Xiaopang’s voice was very quiet, Natasha heard it.
"What female secretary?" Natasha asked.
"I said Cao Mang won't be back tonight. He will spend the night with his female secretary tonight." Fan Xiaopang sat up and said in anger.
"Oh, so that's what you're talking about. Cao Mang is a very carefree man. If Sister Fan can't stand it, just leave." Natasha felt happy when she saw Little Fatty Fan being jealous.
"Don't you care at all?" Fan Xiaopang looked at Natasha and asked.
"I don't mind if you live in the house. I still mind the female secretary. Besides, Sister Yumei is such a nice person." Natasha replied while staring at the TV and eating potato chips.
Fan Xiaopang was completely defeated by Natasha. She was so angry that she threw the pillow on the sofa, left the living room and went back to her room to sleep.
Chapter completed!