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    Chapter 141 Systems and Logistics

    When this price war is in full swing, consumers are also flocking to various e-commerce platforms, constantly browsing for their favorite items, and firmly licking the wool of the merchants.

    The problem also arises at this moment.

    The products in Tianbao Mall are not completely complete, but Le Taotao wanted to buy a relatively small product. After couldn't find it, entered Taomao, which happened to be one of the promotional items.

    She—looked that there were still about 20 in stock, so she quickly clicked to confirm the order, the extremely silky internet speed was instantly frozen, and the page was blank, leaving only the disappointing 404 .

    "What's the matter, it's stuck like this again." Le Taotao complained for a long time, and quickly wiped the web page and clicked in again. A napkin wiped off the sweat.

    This time, the computer also seemed to hear her complaint, and finally slowly spit out the order interface.

    Le Taotao just calmed down and fixed her eyes—look, under the order—the words in blood red said: "This product is out of stock and has been removed from the shelves."

    "I don't believe in this evil anymore," Le Taotao searched several e-commerce platforms, and was surprised to find that almost all of them had insufficient inventory. Not only that, but even other commodities had more or less insufficient inventory. question.

    That's it - the investigation result took Peach Peach nearly three hours. It's not because she has investigated many products, but because these things are crashing repeatedly, and sometimes they may just click into the page. It doesn't appear — it goes back to blank for a second, and the little blue bar above the browser is always stuck halfway through.

    This situation is becoming more and more severe as more and more consumers are pouring in, and complaints on the Internet continue to emerge.

    "What's going on with the Taomao event? I managed to recruit enough people to complete the task of the event, and I got stuck when redeeming the prize! The progress bar before I came back after the card was cleared!"

    "The same is true for Jinggou. Before clicking in, there are still stocks and discounts. After clicking in, there is nothing!"

    "The web page is crashing everywhere. On Su Shi's side, it was said that several items were discounted during the promotion. Go in—look at the page, and all of them will be taken off the shelf. Call the customer service, and the customer service tells me I don't have inventory, so why not play with us?"

    Inside the various e-commerce platforms too—the troops are in chaos—

    "Where are the people in the tech department? The page is down again!"

    "The system is stuck, and the complaint calls are about to explode!"

    "I really can't do this. There are too many people coming, and the server can't hold it anymore!"

    "That item is sold out!"

    "We can't make this discount any more, and if we continue to make it, our funds will not be able to support it!"

    The head of the department was sweating profusely, his voice almost hoarse, and their frowning head was equally anxious.

    He also paid attention to the situation of many websites, among which Tianbao, who was not affected at all, was particularly concerned: "We can't, why is Tianbao Mall still operating."

    Not only did he pay attention to this point, netizens also chose other websites without hesitation after opening the page for a few seconds and couldn't get in. The treasure was immediately found everywhere: " Tianbao Mall not only does not crash on the web page, but also on the APP side is silky smooth.”

    Immediately, a frequent customer from Tianbao Mall came out: "Actually, it's a little slower than before—a little bit hahaha."

    Immediately afterwards, someone echoed: "All major items such as electronic products are online. If you want to buy a big brand, you can go to Tianbao Mall to get low-cost and cost-effective items."

    Naturally, some people questioned: "Really or not?"

    All of these people are ready to go shopping, take advantage of the market, take advantage of the money, and get rid of the wool. They are interrupted by the website and the lack of inventory, and their hearts are even more itchy. Think about the credibility that the Qibao Group behind it has built up during this period.

    When you're done, go buy it and try it out. This discount is only available today. If you don't hurry up to get it, it's a big loss.

    The same is true for Le Taotao. When she gave up other e-commerce platforms and entered the Tianbao Mall web page again, she enjoyed a flying-like happiness. The web page was opened without pause, and all products were fully stocked. Place an order and pay - in one go.

    Compared with other merchants, this extreme smoothness is simply tempting people to pay for it without knowing it.

    What surprised her even more was the emergence of the demand section, which can be directly reported to the platform and invited to settle in certain merchants, which means that the niche products she was counting on have disappeared.

    Although don't know how long it will take, according to Qibao-Guan's efficient style, Peach Tao is full of confidence.

    The same compliments also began to gradually permeate the Internet, adding to the tap water for Qibao.

    Tianbao Mall headquarters. This war has come to the second half, from the beginning of the bright, arrogant, and gradually transitioned to the stage of chicken feathers.

    Qing Qinlue leaned back on the chair a little sleepy, holding a cup of Qiqi in his hand. Yan Shen was at his right hand, and he was so tense that he didn't stop when he put his hands on the keyboard.

    This time, Tianbao Mall is still running smoothly. Thanks to the artificial intelligence developed by Qibao, it has undertaken the operation of the website and relieved the pressure on the server.

    Even so, under the impact of unprecedented traffic, the entire web page still experienced several crises. Fortunately, this was all in the plan before Qibao, Yan Shen brought his big team, technical The backbone went around to put out fires and solve problems.

    "Counting the time, the shopping enthusiasm of the users should have been vented now, isn't it over yet?" Qing Qin asked suddenly looking at the graph of the number of orders.

    Yan Shen sighed, and finally looked away from the computer: "It used to be the lag caused by a large number of user visits. We have been dealing with it. The current situation seems to be a little different."

    "Did someone hire a hacker to carry out a malicious attack?" Qing Qinlue thought about it, and got what he meant.

    "Boss, we caught that little bug, and I'll send you the IP address." - A technician suddenly said, and then smiled at Qing Qinhan, "The method used is still very low-level, through a secondary agent Impersonation, making multiple access requests as a user."

    In addition, one person came over very actively: "This is still more powerful. I have been looking for loopholes in our web pages to attack, and he really picked out a few small problems."

    Yan Shen silently blocked these people: "Mr. Qing, how to deal with these hackers?"

    "Just hand it over to the Internet police." Qing Qin smiled and picked up the phone, "I guess someone will come over soon."

    Performance of local cyber law enforcement agencies +N

    At the same time, many calls were made to Qing Qin's mobile phone.

    The young CEO answered the phone with a smile, leaned halfway on the office chair, and tapped the table with his hands lightly.

    Apart from those whitewashes, the purpose of these phone calls is all: if they continue to fight, there will only be a lose-lose result, they welcome Tianbao Mall to become one of the giants of e-commerce, as long as Tianbao Mall does not continue as planned billion subsidies.

    Qing Qin was indifferent to the so-called invitation of the so-called quarter of the world: "The development of Internet companies has always been barbaric, from the previous thousand-group war to the current e-commerce price war, ask yourself, who are you not planning After annexing the opponent - the dominant one?"

    "But Mr. Qing, you can't guarantee that Tian Bao will be the one who will survive."

    "I can guarantee that you dare not do it because you are just people who are pushed by capital to the forefront. You can only dance with capital as if you were dancing with wolves, and you must always be vigilant of being punished for lack of profit. Abandoned by capital, and I," the young man chuckled, "is capital."

    He - to the point: "Mr. Tao, instead of worrying about whether Qibao can survive, it is better to think about it, the head of Foxya has been replaced, and she may activate the terms at any time. Add more seats and expand your voting rights, and you don't want to be the founder of a company that gets kicked out."

    The phone was suddenly hung up.

    The mocking sneer on Qing Qin's face finally came out - Si Wenwen, smilingly threw the phone back on the table and looked at his employees: "These companies have grown to where they are today through billions and tens of billions of investment, and they will eventually There is a price to pay for strength. Capital is just a catalyst for the development of e-commerce, and what really decides..."

    He touched his chin, and faced the rising turnover and the red dots that were constantly lit up on the map of the flower country, showing a gentle smile: "It's our consumers.

    "So, reducing costs through technology and truly improving people's lives is the king of business development."

    The first round of negotiation immediately failed, and then Qing Qin had to face invitations from many capitals, from the first investor in Asia, to a large investment group with a market value of 100 billion, most of which were receptions waiting for him.

    Even Lou Quan was affected, and complained to him when he got out of the business reception: "Our relationship is considered an open secret in our eyes. Tonight, the people who came to me to talk about the land only came to the curve. And people's less than half."

    "You," he proudly kissed the corner of his lover's eyes and lips, "now you're a famous business tycoon, and your methods are cruel and unfriendly, and you won't leave any way out."

    Qing Qin laughed and gave him a kiss: "It is also thanks to the Lou's president for helping Zhou, and Lou's group actively donating blood. We are all villains, and we are in the right place."

    However, even if the envoys seeking peace have come - dialed and dialed - the war is far from over.

    However, this price war is not over, and the real challenge is still to come.

    — On the one hand, the 10 billion subsidy activity is a long-term activity. Although there will be no extreme low prices on the first day, the subsequent low prices are enough to become the thorn in the eyes of other e-commerce companies. Therefore, the smoke of this battle has not yet cleared, and the next battle has already started.

    What's more, Qing Qin has already assumed a life-and-death attitude that he does not accept seeking peace and only wants to fight to the death. Even if the giants of all parties do not want to cause serious damage to themselves in the confrontation with each other, they are forced to protect themselves and begin to rectify the company and prepare for the next—‌ round of war.

    On the other hand, unlike traditional offline sales, reducing prices to win customers is only the first step. For e-commerce companies like them, the next step is the real battle.

    Logistics is the lifeline of e-commerce.

    And the giants did not hesitate to take a fancy to this—a lifeline, and once again showed their weapons—several giants joined forces to strangle Blue Bird Logistics.

    "Strictly implement the exclusive operation of Jade Bird, prohibit network companies from joining the agency of Jade Bird, violators will be fined for rectification, and even banned from the package related to Jade Bird Logistics." President Ma read the announcement with a bitter face, "On the surface From the looks of it, it looks like it's a three-way-Da, planning to jointly block us, but in fact, there must be some e-commerce giants such as Taomao behind it."

    "We, Jade Bird Logistics, are not afraid of them in theory. After all, we have a self-built network, and we don't particularly rely on other comprehensive outlets. But, today is different," he sighed and took out - A report, "After the shopping spree, oh, plus the tens of billions of subsidies are still going on, consumers' enthusiasm for consumption has not declined, and the express delivery of our Jade Bird Logistics is three times that of the previous one. , the increasing reliance on other integrated outlets.”

    He shook his head: "This wave is hitting a snake and hitting seven inches. In addition, it is also a stone two birds. Now the logistics pressure of the big giants is very heavy, and they send a few pieces of our express delivery. You have more room to turn around. It hurts others and benefits yourself, and I chose a good opportunity as a counterattack against you. It's disgusting and hateful!"

    "Very good," Qing Qin sat behind the desk and nodded, "let's go, let's go to Jade Bird Company to seelook, I have something to announce. Meng Zhu, please contact me- next. The media, it's a big enough event to hold a press conference."

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