69: Section 69

“With this method, no matter what activities Pinduoduo launches, it will be impossible for them to steal a large number of users from Taobao.”

Hearing this, General Manager Ma instantly became interested.

“I’m quite curious about this. I wonder what method General Manager Ma thought of that could be so effective?”

General Manager Ma patted General Manager Ma’s shoulder.

“I should thank you for this.”

“Thank me?” General Manager Ma was a bit confused.

General Manager Ma continued, “Our method is very simple but very effective.”

“What kind of method is it?” General Manager Ma asked.

“Plagiarism!”

“One hundred percent plagiarism!”

When he said the last sentence, General Manager Ma looked at General Manager Ma.

At this moment, General Manager Ma finally understood what General Manager Ma meant when he said he thanked him.

And General Manager Ma’s voice continued to ring out.

“If your Penguin Group hadn’t eliminated so many competitors through plagiarism,”

“Perhaps our Taobao wouldn’t have thought of such a good method.”

Hearing this, General Manager Ma frowned, his expression clearly becoming displeased.

Although many people in the outside world had always criticized Penguin for starting with plagiarism,

This was the first time someone had said that Penguin Group plagiarized directly to his face, so how could General Manager Ma’s expression be good?

However, after he heard General Manager Ma’s words, he also understood the operating system of General Manager Ma’s method.

This method could indeed be said to be unsolvable for Pinduoduo.

“The plagiarism you’re talking about should be 100% plagiarism of Pinduoduo’s activities, right?” General Manager Ma said.

General Manager Ma also nodded.

“As expected of you, you can understand my thoughts at a glance.”

“As long as we mindlessly copy the activities launched by Pinduoduo in the coming time, then Taobao will be invincible.”

“Cut-a-thon Red Envelope, Hundred Billion Subsidy, shopping festivals.”

“No matter what new, never-before-seen activity type Pinduoduo announces the day before, our Taobao will launch the exact same activity without reason the next day.”

“And this time, we won’t make any changes to the activity content; it will be a complete and exact plagiarism.”

“The effects that Pinduoduo’s activities have, this 100% plagiarized activity will also have.”

General Manager Ma paused, taking a deep breath.

Although this would bring a lot of criticism to Taobao, at least, the user base would no longer be lost.

Previously, Taobao’s user loss to Pinduoduo was all because Pinduoduo launched various activities that Taobao did not have.

When one software has certain things and another software does not,

Naturally, the users of the latter will be lost to the former.

But as long as,

The latter copies the former’s activities exactly, then these users will have no reason to go to the former.

This way,

Although Taobao would likely spend more money than Pinduoduo’s activities and still not be able to increase too many users, and might even be severely criticized,

At least,

It could prevent the loss of Taobao users to Pinduoduo.

And this,

Was already enough.

Given Pinduoduo’s current losses, as long as Taobao’s user count maintains a lead over Pinduoduo,

Then Pinduoduo will definitely not be able to hold on.

Therefore, this simple and shameless method of plagiarism is indeed Taobao’s unsolvable solution against Pinduoduo at present.

General Manager Ma, who started his career with plagiarism, quickly understood this point after hearing General Manager Ma’s words.

“It seems Pinduoduo really has no way to surpass Taobao this way,”

General Manager Ma murmured.

“Unless Pinduoduo can launch something that Taobao absolutely cannot plagiarize.”

Hearing this, General Manager Ma smiled.

“Before, Pinduoduo’s Cut-a-thon Red Envelope, Hundred Billion Subsidy, and shopping festivals—which of those activities couldn’t be plagiarized? It’s just that we didn’t realize the potential of these activities at the time.”

“I can’t even imagine what kind of activity type could be impossible to plagiarize in a short period of time.”

“That’s true.” General Manager Ma nodded.

After he finished speaking, he prepared to get up and return to his seat.

But just as General Manager Ma was about to leave, he suddenly thought of something and looked back at General Manager Ma.

“If,”

“I mean if.”

“If for some reason, Pinduoduo’s user count really catches up to Taobao,”

“And Taobao needs some help, then General Manager Ma can come to me.”

Hearing General Manager Ma’s words, General Manager Ma was a bit surprised.

He scrutinized General Manager Ma from head to toe and quickly understood that this was the real reason General Manager Ma came to him this time.

“Logically speaking, your Penguin Group and Junzi Group don’t have much conflict, do they?”

“It’s just that Douyin defeated your WeChat Read, that’s all.”

“Is that enough for you to want to cooperate with me?”

General Manager Ma smiled.

“In business warfare, there are never true friends or opponents. The enemy of my enemy is my friend; I understand this principle very well.”

“So it’s not strange that I’m willing to help Taobao.”

General Manager Ma frowned.

“No matter how you look at it, Junzi Group and Wang Mo are not yet qualified to be your opponents.”

“Your Penguin Group and my Ali Group are large conglomerates with many industries and software, and Wang Mo has only defeated one of your Penguin Group’s software. And he’s already considered an opponent by you?”

Before he finished speaking,

General Manager Ma realized something, froze for a moment, and then burst out laughing.

“I understand.”

General Manager Ma looked at General Manager Ma.

“You are afraid of Wang Mo’s potential!”

“You see the shadow of your former Penguin Group in Junzi Group and are afraid that Junzi Group will truly threaten Penguin Group in the future.”

“Wang Mo’s grasp of trends and his understanding of various user habits make you feel that he poses a threat to you.”

“Pinduoduo’s various astonishing activities during this period have further deepened your judgment.”

General Manager Ma paused.

“You are not afraid of Douyin, nor are you afraid of Pinduoduo.”

“You are afraid of Wang Mo himself!”

“How ridiculous, how ridiculous. The dignified chairman of Penguin Group is actually afraid of the founder of an internet company that has only been established for less than two years.”

“If this gets out, I’m afraid the entire Yan Country internet industry will mock you.”

Facing General Manager Ma’s ridicule, General Manager Ma’s expression remained unchanged.

He looked into General Manager Ma’s eyes and slowly spoke.

“This person, when facing WeChat Read, which Penguin Group was fully promoting, only made a few moves and completely crushed it, making it impossible to ever recover.”

“The Big Data software he coded is still world-class, and when Douyin went public, he directly snatched two hundred billion in market value from Penguin Group.”

“This person, despite all the internet giants in Yan Country not being optimistic, launched Pinduoduo, and in just half a year, he beat Taobao into disarray, forcing them to use plagiarism to maintain their position.”

“Do you think this person is worth my current vigilance?”

Hearing General Manager Ma’s words, the smile on General Manager Ma’s face also faded considerably.