Half of the seats below were reporters, and in the surrounding aisles, all of them were there. When the three people and the host came on stage, only various cameras were left in the venue.

The host is a reporter from CCTV, named Li Jiwen, who is only in his early 30s. It seems that his relationship should be very good and he can win this position.

Li Jiwen nodded and smiled at Zhou Yujie and Erma, and on the other hand, he smiled at the camera below, saying, "I am honored to invite Toutiao, Teng Xun and three founders of Alibaba to the scene."

Before we could finish speaking, there was a lot of applause. Even Liu Qiangdong, Rebs and others also applauded and cheered for fun. On weekdays, it was not easy to see any of the three people, and it was even more rare for two people to get together. It was rare for three people to live together.

Toutiao, Teng Xun and Alibaba are currently in the third level of the Internet. The three control most of the Internet, and the internal friction between the three is also very serious. Often, a decision of any company will cause tens of billions of market fluctuations, major changes in the entire industry, the fate of countless Internet companies, and countless new opportunities.

On weekdays, it is too difficult to obtain information from large companies through senior management relationships. The senior management of these companies is very talented, so it is not easy to reveal the company's secrets, and they dare not. But the boss is different. In these interviews and conversations, you can often see the future strategic direction of a giant company.

After the applause, Li Jiwen asked Zhou and Ma’s three: “Mr. Zhou, two Mr. Ma, you three are elite figures in the Internet industry. I wonder how to view the role of the Internet in our country?”

Zhou and Ma looked at each other, but they didn't think of the first answer. But after a moment, Ma Yun moved and said, "I'll say a few words first, just treat it as a throwing brick and jade.

The Internet has a very great influence on China. A hundred years ago, mutual transactions between countries required wars and the cost was very high.

Later, global trade was free, but the problem was the opacity of information. After the reform and opening up, our country's products could be exported to European and American countries, but the transaction volume was not large. In addition to the reasons for productivity, a big factor was the asymmetry of information on both sides. Chinese companies did not know what overseas companies had, and overseas companies did not know how cost-effective our Chinese products were.

The middlemen of this kind of transaction, that is, foreign trade companies, controlled information. They did not want the information to become transparent, because the more blurred the profits, the greater their profits. This is a malignant tumor that hinders global economic liberalization. However, before the Internet, there was no way to solve this problem, and society at that time was also accustomed to this model.

When the Internet appeared, not only did business companies like Amazon and Alibaba come into being, but the information communication function of the Internet itself allows information from the entire world to be gathered together. I think this is the value of the Internet to China and can penetrate into any corner of the world.

Of course, our country is also affected by the Internet. The emergence of online shopping has also broken the regional pricing of many products. Before the emergence of the Internet, the price of the same product may be two or three times different in different places. There may be a freight impact here, but other reasons are even greater."

Li Jiwen also felt it made sense, so he continued to ask: "Well, Mr. Ma, I think, how will China's Internet develop in the future?"

Ma Yun replied: "China, or the global Internet, is basically divided into two parts, one is entertainment and the other is business.

Many companies in the entertainment industry have done a good job, such as Weibo, Sohu, NetEase, QQ, Toutiao, etc., especially Douyin, which can satisfy the spiritual life of countless people. In the entire entertainment Internet industry, our China has basically developed very well, and is even the best in the world.

However, in the field of business, we have developed very well, but I think there is still a lot of room for improvement. Internally, I think the Internet economy has a lot of room for improvement in the proportion of domestic GDP. Externally, there are still many small companies in China that need to explore overseas markets, which is the responsibility of our Internet companies."

Li Jiwen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Mr. Ma said very well. I wonder what Mr. Zhou thinks?"

I have to admit that Lao Ma's eloquence is still good. In just a few words, Teng Xun and Toutiao defined it as an entertainment-type Internet company, while his Alibaba exists for business. Although no one loses the other when it comes to making money, it is immediately inferior in terms of general principles.

Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "I agree with most of Mr. Ma's views, but the domestic market share just now still has a lot of room for improvement. What is Mr. Ma's referring to?"

Ma Yun said: "Although shopping is very convenient now, there are actually still big problems that have not been solved. Most people still go to supermarkets or offline shopping. There are many products that are difficult to standardize. Users can only watch on the spot to decide to buy. I think we need to solve this problem so that users can make any business decisions by clicking on the Internet at home."

Zhou Yujie smiled and asked, "Does products that cannot be standardized refer to ordinary vegetables and food? Mr. Ma thinks that community group buying is the future of China's Internet business?"

The concept of community group buying actually appeared very early, and can be traced back to the time of the Thousand Groups War, but the density of mobile phone users at that time was not enough to support this business model, and it eventually failed.

In the past one or two years, major giants have begun to pay attention to this area, but the problem is that it is difficult to standardize food.

The prepared food can be standardized, one serving is one serving. In terms of quality, the hotel will generally control it. Even if it is not satisfactory, it is not much different.

However, vegetables as raw materials are difficult. Vegetables are good and bad, full and shriveled, and meats are fat and thin. There is no way to standardize them. This business can be done, but it is very difficult. Internet companies that have tried are exhausted and cannot be done well.

Ma Yun nodded and said, "Community group buying is a relatively important direction. I remember Mr. Zhou once said that the value of the Internet is to save time for users, and this is also to create value indirectly. This is how online shopping is.

And a large number of users spend a lot of time shopping in supermarkets every day, isn’t this a waste of time?”
Chapter completed!