Lu Zhichuan was stunned for a long time, and then he realized what was happening. He immediately opened the contract and looked through it for a long time. Finally, he showed an incredulous expression: “October 2009?”
Pang Rui sat on the chair and nodded very calmly: “During the National Day in 2009, Alipay had already signed a cooperation agreement with Pintuan. We helped them provide payment services, and they helped us promote our business.”
“How can this be……?”
Lu Zhichuan’s first reaction was to doubt the authenticity of this agreement.
In 2009, Alipay was really nothing. It could only serve as a bridge program when shopping online. Its most powerful function was just to pay phone bills, electricity bills and gas bills online.
But at that time, the electricity and coal systems in most communities did not support online payment.
As for the function of paying phone bills, you also need to use a USB shield to connect. The recharge time limit is 24 hours, but with this effort, you can go downstairs and buy a recharge card.
Why is this happening?
Because Alipay wants to be a third-party platform, it is equivalent to touching the bank’s cake and digging out their moat. How could they allow this to happen.
Otherwise, why would Boss Ma be so angry that he directly shouted, “If the bank doesn’t change, then we will change the bank.”
At that time, no one thought the payment platform could work, and even their internal employees were skeptical.
But if this contract was really signed in 2009, it would be equivalent to Jin Chanzi taking advantage of the Buddha’s sermons before a monster started cooking Tang Monk’s meat on the way westward.
Lu Zhichuan is willing to believe that some people have forward-looking vision. After all, he has worked in Alibaba for so many years and has seen many such people, but he does not believe in someone with such forward-looking vision.
“At that time, Alipay couldn’t even get a license, and the future was bleak. How could he sign a cooperation agreement with Alipay so far in advance?”
“He said he wanted to bet with me.”
“?”
“I was on vacation during that time, and he tried every means to find a salesperson under me and handed me a development plan. After reading it, I thought it was quite interesting, so I decided to meet him.”
“He was very young, really just a college student. At that time, he was doing campus forums, namely Zhihu. He said that in one year, he would do it all over the country. He hoped that Alipay could sign a cooperation agreement with Pintuan and Qiangqiang joint.”
Pang Rui picked up the tea cup and leaned gently on the back of the chair: “I also told him at the time that Alipay would be meaningless if he couldn’t get a payment license, but he said he was betting that Alipay could get the license, and he also asked me to bet that he could do it within a year. All over the country, so the two of us bet on something that no one had at the time.”
Lu Zhichuan: “…”
Pang Rui looked at him: “If you win the bet, Alipay can quickly become popular among college students with the help of Zhihu. If you lose the bet, the agreement will be invalidated. There will be no loss. I want you to bet, will you bet?”
“Can he tell fortunes?” Lu Zhichuan suddenly understood what she meant by her scary words just now.
“That’s what I thought at the time, but he said that the tide of the times is unstoppable. He didn’t have confidence in Ali, but in this era.”
Lu Zhichuan was stunned for a long time, his eyes fixed on the two characters “Group” on the cover of the agreement.