Chapter 113： Rick's e-commerce plan

"This is why you said you want me to be your ally?" William Chen has realized something.

"Yes, it is very difficult to turn around and complete the reform through Walmart itself. After all, the ship of Walmart is too big. So I hope that through myself, we can make arrangements in e-commerce in advance, so that even in the end, Walmart has to change. , and at least there are more options.”

Rick Walton pressed the cigarette into the ashtray and said to William Chen:

"And you, William, are the most suitable ally I have found now."

"Because I'm still weak now, isn't it?" William Chen said with a smile.

"The most important thing is that I am optimistic about your potential. Of course, your assets are now the same size as mine. I mean the assets that I can use. This is also a very important reason, so that we can trust each other. I do not Deny that."

Rick nodded and said, "If the Wal-Mart Group wants to cooperate with you, or even say that it is an alliance, then I will be you, and I won't believe it too much."

"So your purpose is e-commerce?"

"Yeah, you have Twitter and you've got a lot of momentum going, and that's good for e-commerce, so it's good for both of us to have an alliance."

"E-commerce, Amazon is not easy to deal with. And for me, where is the benefit?"

"I can let you take a stake, or even hold more shares, but the premise is that you need to hand over the actual control of the company to me, and we can have a private agreement. If the company is merged into Walmart in the future, I will not harm Your interests, but the control of the company must be handed over to me, and it is stipulated in the non-disclosure agreement."

It seems that Rick has already figured out a plan for the cooperation between the two, and chose to reveal it to William Chen at this time.

"I can understand that you need control of the company, but you made me the superficial majority shareholder, I am afraid it is to show the Wal-Mart Group that when the other party acquires you, you can push me to be the leader of the negotiation. people."

After a little thought, William Chen understood Rick's plan. After all, he still has to find another way to get the right to speak in Wal-Mart, at least a part of the right to speak.

In this regard, Rick did not refute. He just said: "The whole plan can actually have many benefits for you. The only uncertainty now is the development prospects of this company, but it is worth a try, isn't it?"

Hearing Rick Walton's words, William Chen thought. In fact, it is not that he is not interested in e-commerce, just like he has taken a fancy to Ali shares in Yahoo's hands before.

It's just that in the United States, it is the behemoth Amazon that needs to be faced. Yes, the current Amazon is a behemoth for him. At this time, the market value of Amazon is more than 30 billion US dollars, but this is just the beginning. If it develops smoothly, it will exceed one trillion in the future.

Therefore, Amazon was originally one of the stocks that William Chen was ready to allocate, but if it is to challenge it in e-commerce, the pressure will be very great. Because Amazon's model, similar to China's JD.com, is a heavy asset allocation. It has warehouses all over the United States, and has its own logistics and distribution. It requires too much investment.

The situation in the United States and China is different. If you choose Ali's model, it will not work at all, so this is where William Chen has doubts. But now that Rick Walton from the Walmart Group is involved, it's worth a shot.

The big deal, just like in the previous life, burn money to build traffic, and then sell it to the Wal-Mart Group for a high price, it is unlikely to lose money anyway.

However, if he wants to do it, Chen William definitely hopes to do his best, so that in the end, he does not need to sell his shares, or not to sell all the shares, at least he can maintain a certain degree in the e-commerce field. Influence, which is still very important for his layout in the mobile Internet field.

"How do you want to do this e-commerce project? Copy Amazon's model?" William Chen wanted to hear Rick's thoughts first.

"If you copy it, as a latecomer, it is difficult for us to catch up with Amazon. Therefore, we need a more innovative model, but I haven't thought about it yet, just have some scattered ideas."

"A novel and effective model is not so easy to come up with."

One thing William Chen didn't tell Rick Walton was that in the next year or two, it would be difficult to get the support of Wal-Mart Group, at least not much.

The reason is that the subprime mortgage crisis is about to break out. Once the economic crisis occurs, people's income will drop, so many people will downgrade their consumption and start planning carefully.

The Wal-Mart Group has developed with a low-price strategy. Therefore, at that time, Wal-Mart stores will become the choice of more people. It is foreseeable that, at least in the next two years, the sales of Wal-Mart Group will be extremely high. big growth.

The result of this is that even though Walmart Group originally turned its attention to the e-commerce field due to the development of Amazon, their sales have increased due to the impact of the economic crisis, so naturally, they will be greatly encouraged. The low price strategy of the entity has enhanced confidence, and the sight will be temporarily withdrawn from the e-commerce.

"Rick, I agree with one of your views. That is, with Walmart itself, it will never be able to beat Amazon in terms of e-commerce, or even to the extent that it can stand shoulder to shoulder."

William Chen thought for a while, and said to Rick Walton: "Because Amazon is genetically born for e-commerce. Wal-Mart itself does not have the genes of the Internet. If it turns to e-commerce, it first needs to face Yes, it is the balance of interests between physical stores and online e-commerce. This will be a very difficult decision for Wal-Mart, which already has such a large-scale physical store. Do you think the current management of Wal-Mart Group can have So much determination to make a radical change?"

Hearing Chen William's words, Rick was silent for a moment, then sighed and said: "It's hard, I can say for sure, they won't really make up their minds unless they have to. Because they value traditions It's too heavy, and now, the entire Walmart Group is still living in the shadow of my grandfather."

"But when it's a last resort, Amazon already has a crushing advantage over Walmart in the e-commerce field." William Chen explained the situation that Rick was most worried about.

"Yes, so I can only make arrangements for the family in e-commerce now, but this is just an attempt after all. Will it really be successful outside of Amazon, who knows."

"But anyway, it's worth a try."

Rick Walton's eyes lit up when he heard the words, looked at William Chen and said, "William, have you agreed to cooperate?"

William Chen shrugged and said with a smile, "Why not, didn't you say it, at least it's good for me."

"Hopefully we can succeed." Rick finally smiled, and he stretched out his hand to William Chen.

Looking at his outstretched hand, at this moment, William Chen suddenly thought of the [thief ring] produced in South Korea in the Future Bank...

Well, let's leave it to those who need it more.

Thinking so, Chen William also stretched out his hand, and the two shook hands. Fortunately, there was no feeling of electric shock.

In this way, Rick Walton left with satisfaction, and he was going to continue to investigate the e-commerce market in the United States, looking for a new model that could create a new way Under the suggestion of William Chen, he even planned to go to Huaguo inspected the e-commerce there, perhaps such a comparison can open up new ideas.

"Mr. William, this is the rose you ordered." Annie found Chen William and gave Chen William a bouquet of flowers that he had asked him to help.

"Thank you, Annie."

After Meta Investment Company chose the Trump headquarters building, it was more convenient for Chen William to be closer to the Ivan Tower.

Now, holding this bouquet of flowers, he took the elevator to the headquarters of the Troup Group. Today, he invited Ivanta to have dinner together, er, maybe more than that.

"Very beautiful flowers." After Ivanta got the flowers, she smelled the fragrance of the flowers, smiled and looked at William Chen and said, "Is busy William free today?"

"Although I've been a little busy recently, I miss you all the time, Ivanta, you are so charming today." William Chen hugged her forward in Ivanta's office and gave her a deep kiss first.

"So you've been missing me all the time, including when you went to the club with Hollywood actresses that night?"