Chapter 2016: Chapter 1839: Control Three o’clock in the afternoon. Living room. In front of Tang Qing sat an African --- Allen Zuma. They met last year at the Davos Banquet, affiliated with the Zuma family in South Africa, and the soon-to-be South African President, also has Zuma in his name. No surprise. For the next ten years, he will be in that position. After that. Whether his successor will continue to support Hummingbird, Tang Qing does not care, ten years later, no one will be able to move his industry, especially in Africa, the presidential position, one person leaves, another can sit. Besides. The Zuma family is not made of mud. At the moment. Allen Zuma was flipping through a document, Tang Qing was leisurely sipping tea, able to explain with documents, he preferred not to use words, this time the cooperation targets were too many, explain one thing a hundred times. Ridiculous! "Hummingbird South Africa branch." "Parent company holding." "Zuma family invests two hundred million dollars, holding forty-five percent of the branch’s stocks, in addition, assumes local compliance legal issues, and assists the branch in obtaining loans." "Land." "Policy." "Enjoying most favored treatment." "Cooperatively developing large-scale e-commerce." "..." The content is not much. Just two pages, all key information. After reading. Allen Zuma read it again. Regarding Hummingbird. He is very interested. Same-day delivery, next-day delivery, in South Africa it is almost impossible, therefore, if successful, it certainly has prospects, and it is with someone like Tang Qing. Rich. Talented. Behind him is also Huaxia, personally without any blemish. "I’m curious, how many countries are you planning to establish Hummingbird?" Allen Zuma asked after putting down the document, it’s known that Hummingbird is currently only in one country -- Huaxia. Suddenly. To be expanded to Africa, it does seem a bit ’leap’. "I hope, Hummingbird can serve the majority of the global population, as long as Hummingbird is welcome, we are happy to enter, South Africa, as the number one power in Africa, I am optimistic about its future." This remark. Indeed made Allen Zuma feel gratified. In Africa. In terms of comprehensive strength, South Africa is undoubtedly number one, always playing the role of Africa’s top country, as for the North’s Egypt, Algeria, sorry, those are Arab world countries. "Thank you." "I will report to the family as soon as possible, any news, will notify you immediately." "Good." After a while. Allen Zuma left the villa, today, Tang Qing’s guests, he certainly won’t be the only one, no need to waste people’s time, he also has other things, many friends invited for gatherings. Honestly. He really wanted to stay a while longer. Even he couldn’t get a standalone villa here, during the forum period, cafes, restaurants, and other places for gatherings were almost all full, nowhere as quiet as lakeside villas. Not to mention banquet. Even hosting a party is fine. ... After Allen Zuma left. Living room. "What are the odds?" Ma Yun asked busily, he didn’t know Allen Zuma before, after all, the other was into mining, while he was in the internet business, the two almost never interacted. Unexpectedly. Tang Qing seemed very familiar. "Fifty percent." "Because of Ali?" Ma Yun asked again. Earlier. Before Allen Zuma left, he mentioned Ali, hinting that he personally preferred Amazon’s model, rather than Ali’s pure platform, and the reason was clearly stated. --- Profit. The platform profits are too low. This. Ma Yun admits. Compared to Amazon’s model, Ali’s profit is indeed not high, if it’s Amazon’s model, the same platform sales, the revenue could be several times higher, not just a little more. "No." Tang Qing shook his head. "Just leaving some room." Ali competing profits with Amazon. Complete defeat. However. Ultimately, Zuma will agree to Ali’s model, because that person is about to ascend, after ascending, he will certainly consider within the scope of South Africa’s national boundaries, to make more people rich, therefore, the result is already determined. Ali’s model, they are willing to cooperate. Amazon’s model, they might do it themselves. "..." Well. This cautious attitude, Ma Yun doesn’t know if he should praise, if the other really insists on self-operated + platform model, does Ali have to make changes too? At this moment, he was a bit confused. Do. Against the original intention. Not do. Can’t they just do it themselves? This time, Tang Qing put in so much effort to give Ali a boost, yet because Ali insists on doing platforms, just like that misses the opportunity to enter South Africa, missed, there may be no more chances. Struggling. At this time. "What are you thinking?" Tang Qing asked, Then. Ma Yun said what he thought. After listening. Tang Qing laughed heartily. "Boss Ma, no need to worry, these two models do not conflict, one widely serves small and medium sellers, one does self-operated, commercially, the latter obviously has more profit potential." "However." "Our cooperation partners, are not entirely profit-driven businessmen, family, country, when their interests are consistent, their choices are not the same, the platform will not be abandoned." Then. Analyze the Zuma family’s matters. Suddenly. Ma Yun was enlightened, yes, these families, many have the power to influence the country’s politics, they care about money, but not entirely about money, at least most have the need to do practical things. Otherwise. Just sucking blood. Without giving back. Their reputation would have been bad long ago, and wouldn’t appear on that list. "Brilliant." Ma Yun raised his thumb. "Platform profit can’t compare to self-operated, it’s a fact, logistics was insufficient before, but once compensated, self-operated e-commerce will definitely develop rapidly, they won’t miss the opportunity." "Therefore." "Our cooperation partners might more than seventy percent have the impulse to build self-operated e-commerce, I can’t dispel their thought, so you have a new challenge, whether to expand your business." After hearing. Ma Yun was silent. Join. Avoid. Indeed a tough choice. After a moment. He glanced at Tang Qing, that young face, suddenly smiled, "Boss Tang, you’re the largest shareholder of Ali, this time I’ll listen to you, your decision, I support." Just that glance, he realized, he really was foolish. In terms of vision. In terms of financial strength. In front is a guru, with Tang Qing’s shares in Ali, he definitely won’t harm Ali, with this time to worry, why not listen to Tang Qing. Opposite, hearing this, Tang Qing smiled. "Haha." "Boss Ma, you’re the best." "Alright." "I will overstep my authority once." "Ali is good at platform, but it doesn’t prevent investing in self-operated e-commerce, if truly cooperating, Ali doesn’t have to be the largest shareholder, thus, it’s not called changing industries, it’s called investment." "Since it’s investment, then it doesn’t matter." "After all." "The money earned is real, and in the domestic e-commerce field, focusing solely on platforms should suffice." Tang Qing said, ten years later, Ma Yun will find this decision wise. Now. Many plans haven’t fully taken effect, the road ahead is uncertain. However. Tang Qing knows, this is how big a cake, as a person dividing the cake, he doesn’t care how much he gets, he doesn’t lack money, what he wants, is to control the world’s commodity circulation field.