Super God-Level Top Student
Chapter 988 - 379: Conflict of Interests

"What is this? Shoot the donkey after it leaves the mill? Food delivery, travel, fresh group buying... which of these businesses hasn't had massive investments, fought our way out with blood? If everyone follows Xilin's example, what are we going to do? What's the point of anyone doing internet business? We might as well go home and farm! To me, this is unfair competition."

The one angrily expressing opinions is Li Tuan's Senior Vice President and the President of the One-Key Home service group—Chen Yu.

Evidently, for this bigwig, the so-called Xilin Smart City platform project truly hits him hard.

It's well known that now in the internet big companies, it's a red sea of advance or retreat. But after nearly a decade of rapid development, especially since the mobile internet popularized in 2016, these giants have gone crazy over seizing the market.

An increase in customers is no longer imaginable, retaining them is considered a victory, and suddenly this news pops up, indeed, it's quite distressing.

"Chen, complaining won't do us any good. The construction of Xilin Smart City is a national key project, and the so-called city smart platform is the most important part of the smart city. Our artificial intelligence technology is the most advanced now, so we must do this smart city. Moreover, they are doing philanthropy, talking about unfair competition won't make sense."

The General Manager of the Foundation Platform, Xu Xingguo, casually said.

As large companies develop and grow, factions inevitably emerge. As a veteran on the platform, Xu Xingguo somewhat looks down on newcomers like Chen Yu, who joined halfway and holds a high position. Although his power isn't as extensive as the Senior Vice President, the business Xu Xingguo is responsible for directly reports to Li Tuan's founder and CEO Wang Zhuo, being in a delicate balance.

Chen Yu turned his head and glared at Xu Xingguo sitting on the other side, wanting to retort something back, but noticed Wang Zhuo's similarly somber expression in the corner of his eye and held back.

Under different circumstances, arguing a bit, the big boss might just chuckle it off.

Arguing now wouldn't bring anything but annoyance, besides Chen Yu knew well that although what Xu Xingguo said wasn't pleasant, it was factual.

Sure enough, before he could say anything, Wang Zhuo sitting at the head of the table spoke up: "Now is not the time for arguing; it's a critical moment of survival! Is complaining about these things meaningful? Now we must consider what Li Tuan should do to survive!

Ladies and gentlemen, I hope you really understand that this is a war, an asymmetric war, and Li Tuan has reached the turning point of life and death! Once the commercial operating model of the Internet platform shifts towards a charitable one, it will be a disaster for us. So please provide effective suggestions."

Wang Zhuo's tone was heavy, clearly not having many feasible ideas regarding Xilin Smart Platform's series of actions. However, even the least sensitive businessperson could feel the extreme danger.

As he stated, this is an asymmetric war, with both parties not even on the same level.

What Wang Zhuo fears most now aren't just these issues.

If handled poorly, competition evolves into Li Tuan confronting the upper echelon's will, which would be frightening.

The power of capital is indeed strong, but on this ground, it still depends on who the opponent is and whether they're serious.

Once they become serious, even the strongest capital can evaporate into nothingness. Not to mention Li Tuan's business model and technology aren't irreplaceable, especially with not very high technological content, dominating the market was achieved through early-on aggressive spending.

Ironically, the threatening model represents the world's most advanced technology and productivity.

As Wang Zhuo's words fell, the conference room sank into silence, and moments later, Li Yufei, positioned at Wang Zhuo's side belonging to the top decision-making body of Li Tuan's interior, broke the silence in the room.

"Then let me say a few words, throwing a brick to attract jade. Indeed, judging from the current situation, the layout of Xilin City Smart Platform poses a massive blow to our most critical business, the life service platform. They are even capable of replacing all our related businesses in Huaxia—as well as doing it better than we do.

But I think Li Tuan isn't entirely powerless. Firstly, the Smart Platform is currently only a service platform in a single city and cannot engage nationwide linkage momentarily. This is still an opportunity for Li Tuan, allowing retaining some Xilin merchants.

On the other hand, the most pressing task now is preparing for business retention in Xilin, such as easing performance demands in Xilin and even starting to consider subsidies targeting Xilin from now on. Including but not limited to reducing merchant commissions and improving treatment for Xilin riders.

Even if Xilin merchants eventually turn towards Xilin Smart Platform, they must strive to delay this process as much as possible. Of course, these are merely temporary measures. The most crucial aspect is that we engage with Xilin and first understand their intentions.

I believe Xilin also wouldn't want to completely knock out Li Tuan. After all, there isn't only us as a life service platform on the internet. Solely relying on AI regulation, should anything truly go wrong, a mature internet commercial service model is still needed to serve citizens."

Li Yufei's remarks aren't particularly good advice. Continuing the subsidy war, filling some profits into one city isn't considered a big deal for Li Tuan at present. At least it wouldn't lead to massive losses like during the market grab.

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