Chapter 270： Addicted to acting?

When the plane arrived at the Modu Airport in China, William Chen first placed Nozomi Sasaki and her bodyguards in one of his properties in Modu, and then took Erika to Yan's Garden.

Originally, William Chen came to give Ivanta a surprise, and he would also go to Japan in advance. He was not sure where to stay for how long, so he didn't tell Ivanta, and ended up throwing a blank in the magic capital. This Only then did he know that Ivanta led the team to Guangdong Province.

The previous plan of Troup-Chen Business Management Company was to develop in Guangdong Province in the south after completing the layout in the free shipping area. But the last time I came to Huaguo, because Yanjing had a better opportunity, I went there to buy the third phase of International Trade, and made some layouts in Yanjing.

Now that Ivanta returned to China, after sorting out the previous projects, he went to Guangdong Province again as planned, preparing to build TC buildings in Yangcheng and Shenzhen respectively.

Since this is the case, Chen William is going to deal with his own affairs first, and then go to Guangdong Province to find Ivanta. This time when I came to Huaguo, in addition to accompanying her, Chen William's main purpose was to continue to sort out Huaguo's business.

William Chen's investments in Huaguo are all made with the investment of Huaxia Future Capital. With the increase of Huaguo's business, especially after several acquisitions, William Chen decided to put the Huaguo Office of Meta Group Gradually upgraded to Meta Asia headquarters.

But things have to be done step by step. At present, Meta Group mainly has three businesses—Internet, entertainment media and investment.

For the Internet direction, companies under Meta Technology, such as Twitter, Reddit and Siri, are not ready to conduct business in China for the time being. Their business in other Asian countries can be temporarily managed by the headquarters, or they can set up overseas branches by themselves. Companies, there is no need to specialize in integration.

There are joint venture branches in China and Japan, so Meta Technology's main business in China is the big data center to be established in the Yunnan-Guizhou region to provide support for various businesses in Asia.

As for the direction of entertainment media, the current investment industries include the acquisition of Kugou music players, holding shares in Huayi Company, Guangguang Media, and indirectly holding shares in Huace Film and Television through Fan Shuiyong Studio, and investing in Youku.com.

Next, William Chen is going to look for a suitable CEO for Meta Entertainment Media Company, and has already commissioned a headhunting company to screen.

Due to policy reasons, it is not easy for foreign capital to directly produce film and television entertainment content in these countries in Asia, most of which are done through cooperation with local companies. There will also be layouts, so a CEO who can help him manage these businesses is needed.

As for the candidate for the CEO of Meta Investment Company, after this period of investigation, Li Ying has been trusted by William Chen, and he plans to hand over the position to her after talking with the other party.

But before that, he first waited in Modu to come here to meet his boss Ma.

Sure enough, after the meeting, Boss Ma told William Chen about Alipay.

After Chen William was ready to make payment, he once hoped to cooperate with Alipay to conduct related research. At that time, Boss Ma's reaction was quite positive. However, after William Chen acquired PayPal, there was a subtle change in the other party's attitude. The progress of cooperation in the payment field and joint research on related technologies immediately slowed down.

Chen William can also see the reason for this. In the final analysis, it is the prevention of competition. Meta Technology before the acquisition of PayPal and Meta Technology after the acquisition of PayPal are two completely different companies for Alipay.

As a Chinese company, who doesn't have the ambition to expand its business to overseas markets?

Now that Alipay has a dominant position in China, the next step is to expand overseas markets, and PayPal will be their biggest competitor.

Before Meta Technology purchased PayPal, Boss Ma was still very interested in their cooperation. After all, as Meta Technology, which has several applications that are very influential in overseas regions, if it becomes a partner, it is still very important for Alipay's overseas market. Helpful, can help Alipay when it develops overseas markets, although they also do payment, but the volume is not large compared to Alipay, and will not be a major competitor.

But after the acquisition of PayPal, it was different. Owning what can be said to be the world's largest online payment company, Meta Technology has become the biggest threat to Alipay in overseas markets. It can even be said that in China's domestic market, Alipay needs to start guarding against PayPal's competition.

So at this time, the technical cooperation with Meta Technology in the field of payment, for Alipay, there is a danger of "funding the enemy", it is no wonder that their attitude towards cooperation has become ambiguous.

Sure enough, after the meeting, Boss Ma began to talk to William Chen about Alipay's overseas plans. They plan to expand Alipay's overseas market starting from Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia. At present, the Alipay branch in HK has begun to be established, and it will exist as the vanguard of Alipay's overseas market in the future.

"So, you think that after acquiring PayPal, Meta Technology will pose a threat to Ali, so you hesitated, right, old horse.

Hearing Chen William's words, Boss Ma was not at all embarrassed. He said solemnly:

"William, I'm not the only one worried. I believe in your character. After all, we've been working together for so long, but Alipay has other shareholders, and it's normal for them to be worried."

Hehe, as for Boss Ma's words, Chen William didn't directly expose him to give him face, but what should be explained to him clearly must be said.

"Old Ma, let's open the skylight and say something bright. Worrying about PayPal is completely unnecessary. What are you worried about? Worrying that PayPal will be an obstacle for Alipay to become the world's No. 1 payment software. You know, this is impossible. Anyone can become a payment provider. No. 1 in the field, only Alipay is impossible, it can be said that Huaguo’s payment software cannot be the first, as long as the current global financial order is still dominated by the United States, this situation is impossible.”

What William Chen said was a fact, but also a very cold reality. As long as the global economic order is dominated by the United States, it is impossible to allow Alipay to become the largest mobile payment method, which is originally determined by national interests.

This situation cannot happen unless China surpasses the United States and becomes the dominant world order.

The height that an enterprise can reach is originally determined by the national strength behind it. If you compare the ranking of the world's top 500 companies since the last century with the GDP rankings of various countries in the world, the conclusion will be clearer.

If it were other Americans, they wouldn't have said it so straightforwardly to Boss Ma. However, William Chen's soul was originally a Chinese in his last life. uukanshu.com's sense of identification with the United States does not exceed its sense of identity with China, so he would not mind saying that.

"So, old horse, in the global payment field, Alipay will only have a relatively large share at most, but it will not become the dominant one. From my point of view, PayPal is now in the leading position, but it is still behind. There are many chasers, so even if PayPal sits at No. 1 in the global payment field, it will not become a monopoly, and even if PayPal is an American company, it will not allow such a monopoly.”

"So you need us Alipay as an ally"

Boss Ma said thoughtfully.

"Yes, old horse, PayPal needs to stabilize its position in the global payment field, and it is destined to be impossible to completely eat this field, and even half of the share is difficult to achieve. In the field of payment, it is destined to be a crowd of rivals."

"Then why is Alipay not forming an alliance with PayPal, especially now that you haven't even begun to really enter the overseas market, and now you are wary of PayPal, is it a little early? We are working together to squeeze other payment methods out of this market. It is in the interests of both of us.”

After hearing what William Chen said, Boss Ma nodded slowly, and he said cautiously: "What you said makes sense, William, but I need to go back and discuss this matter with Alipay's board of directors."

I K, old horse, you are addicted to acting, Chen William squinted and gave him a look like I was watching your performance, and said speechlessly:

"Anyway, I've said everything I need to say, you can decide for yourself."