Chapter 558: Incomparable
Ma Yun was slightly stunned when she heard what Xu Kun said, then she shook her head and laughed, "It turns out that Director Xu is not uninterested in e-commerce, but has big ambitions."
Boss Ma's attitude was even more nonchalant than Xu Kun had expected, but considering that 's current turnover is not even as good as , which was called a failure within Tencent, it is not surprising that Ma Yun would react in this way.
"It's not like I have big ambitions."
Seeing that Ma Yun's reaction was not very strong, Xu Kun felt a little relieved and further explained: "I just want to take a ride. It's okay to help out with some crooked ideas occasionally, but I will definitely not interfere with the specific operations."
Ma Yun nodded in sudden realization. It was obvious that although Xu Kun was optimistic about e-commerce, he did not want to focus his main energy on it. Therefore, the best choice for Xu Kun was to find a potential platform to invest some money and contribute his own brilliant ideas.
Taobao valued Xu Kun's creative ideas but did not want his investment, so it was not surprising that he rejected it.
After figuring this out, Ma Yun raised her teacup and said with a smile, "This is indeed a wise investment. I will use tea instead of wine and wish Director Xu a rich return on this investment."
Xu Kun also hurriedly raised his teacup. After he and Ma Yun drank it all, Jiang Yiyan immediately and obediently refilled their cups. Ma Yun even politely tapped the table with her fingers.
Seeing that he really didn't seem to have any grudges about it, but that sentence just now seemed to confirm his choice, Xu Kun couldn't help but ask curiously: "Mr. Ma, what do you think of "
"As long as they can survive next year, they should be able to become a strong competitor to Taobao." Ma Yun commented without hesitation: "As the saying goes, 'those who imitate me will live, those who imitate me will die'. JD's direct warehouse operation model is also a new approach, which is much better than those who copycat."
The latter part of the statement is obviously a veiled attack on the other boss Ma.
After a short pause, Ma Yun continued to comment: "In addition, compared with other imitators, also has some geographical advantages - the conditions for e-commerce in the north are actually not as good as those in the south, but Taobao already exists in the south, so 's disadvantages have become its greatest advantages.
However, although the warehouse direct operation model is a new approach, it will inevitably bring about the problem of high costs, which will lead to slower growth and higher difficulty in making profits for . It is basically hopeless to catch up with Taobao."
Xu Kun didn’t know much about and Taobao in his previous life, but he roughly knew that seemed to have always been suppressed by Taobao.
Obviously Ma Yun’s analysis makes sense.
Ma Yun's comments on ended here. He then brought the topic back to movie making and curiously asked about many details, such as how actors regulate their emotions, how action movies are shot in a cool and realistic way, etc.
As for the matter of cooperation in establishing a video platform, it was naturally never mentioned again.
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At the same time, LeTV New Year’s Eve Gala.
The petite Kim Taeyeon was holding a big cup of water, sitting in the dressing room, staring at the mirror in a daze, when the leader of SM rushed in.
Coming behind Kim Taeyeon, he looked around to see if there was anyone around, and whispered in a low voice: "PD Gan [Gan Wei] has agreed to your use of post-production synthesis."
After a pause, he couldn't help but add, "PD Gan was a little unhappy at first, but when he heard that it was related to Director Xu, he immediately agreed."
As he spoke, he couldn't help but steal a glance at Kim Taeyeon's expression.
Yesterday morning, when Kim Taeyeon suddenly said that her voice was hoarse and she was afraid that it would affect the recording of the program, the team leader was furious and even suspected that she was deliberately making trouble in order to show the top management her determination to break away from Girls' Generation.
Later, when they found out that Kim Taeyeon did not return home the previous night, the team leader became even more furious. His hand was raised high, almost falling on Kim Taeyeon's face.
What happened instead was that Kim Taeyeon showed her a business card, a very simple one with only two Chinese characters and a handwritten phone number.
The reason why the tour leader was chosen to be the tour leader of this China trip was because he was quite proficient in Chinese, so he immediately recognized those two words and the meaning they represented.
"Director Xu had a phone call with President Lee Soo Man yesterday. If Team Leader XI doesn't believe it, he can call the company and ask."
After hearing what Kim Taeyeon said in a hoarse voice, the team leader confirmed his guess - the girl in front of them had successfully hooked up with Director Xu.
This is really enviable good luck!
Girls' Generation was on the verge of collapse, but who knew there would be a sudden turn of events - as a middle-level executive of SM, he knew that Lee Soo Man was ambitious and wanted to use the Youth Directors Association as a springboard to let his artists try to enter the big screen. Under such circumstances, SM would definitely look at Director Seo's connections differently.
Thinking back to the business card he saw yesterday, the team leader was extremely upset that he was too shocked at the time and failed to remember the phone number.
Although it may not be useful even if you write it down, you may still get an opportunity.
At this time, Kim Taeyeon also woke up from her daze and quickly stood up to thank the team leader.
The leader was originally a firm believer in "showing your bear side when thanking/apologizing" and he loved to stare down at the female idols or trainees.
But this time he quickly shifted his gaze. Judging from the information collected by SM, Director Xu was not a philanthropic sharing person.
Wait until the leader leaves.
Lin Yuner appeared out of nowhere, sat down next to Jin Taeyeon with a bit of resentment, and whispered: "Has the post-production synthesis been approved?"
Kim Taeyeon nodded, took a sip of water, and carefully moistened her damaged vocal cords.
Seeing this, Lin Yuner couldn't help but said sarcastically: "I was almost scared to death at that time. Who knew that you would turn a disaster into a blessing and get Director Xu's contact information."
This was her second time, and she only got Director Xu's cell phone number indirectly through Kim Taeyeon.
When she thought of this, her heart felt as if it were a jar of vinegar.
But Lin Yoona was really scared at that time. I don't know why Kim Taeyeon started screaming wildly, her vocal cords were torn, and then her eyes rolled back and she fainted.
At that time, Director Xu was planning to call 120, but because the two were locked together and couldn't be separated, he could only use various methods to try to wake up Kim Taeyeon.
Fortunately, after a few minutes, Kim Taeyeon regained consciousness. Apart from her hoarse voice, she seemed to be fine.
However, Director Xu still insisted on sending her to the hospital for a check-up. Later, he was relieved to hear that it was not a corpus luteum rupture.
Later, he left his business card and asked Kim Taeyeon to call him if she felt unwell.
When Lin Yuner mentioned what happened the night before, Jin Taeyeon's face suddenly became hot, and she quickly changed the subject and asked, "You have hinted to everyone, right?"
"Everyone who needs to be reminded has been reminded."
Taeyeon and Yoona didn't think about talking about this matter publicly at first, but later on, didn't Taeyeon's vocal cords get damaged and she could only use post-production synthesis to deal with it?
The team already had some complaints about her, and if they knew that she had caused trouble again during such an important performance, it would probably cause conflict within the team.
In order to maintain unity, Kim Taeyeon finally chose to let Lin Yoona hint and reveal the reason for her vocal cord damage to her teammates.
Anyway, this is a common thing in Korea. She just couldn't handle it because of her petite body. It's not like she was tortured by any perverted means, so there's nothing wrong with it.
As for whether doing so would cause further envy, jealousy and hatred from some people, that was not within Kim Taeyeon's consideration. Anyway, no matter how jealous they were, no one would dare to openly challenge her as the captain who had the support of a big tree.
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Girls' Generation lounge.
The seven members except Kim Taeyeon and Lim Yoona were all in the lounge. Some of them were gathered together and whispering, discussing what kind of changes the captain and the face of the team would bring to the team if they hooked up with Director Xu.
Of course, there are also those who sit alone in the corner and keep silent.
For example, Kim Hyoyeon, who is usually the most lively and fun-loving person, is not as depressed as Jessica Jung. She is just a little puzzled as to why she suddenly became an outsider.
(End of this chapter)
