From Taobao Intern to the Father of Pinduoduo

Seeing that it's over, I feel it doesn't quite match the title; it's all about building a shop on Taobao.

The story focuses on Taobao for too long and in too much detail. I wanted to see the story finish with dozens of chapters about Taobao, then fast-forward to the plot of PDD starting his business on Taobao. But I didn't see anything; it was all just trivial things about Taobao. It was so boring! There was no climax, it was too bland, and I had no desire to subscribe. Your earlier episodes completely killed my desire to continue reading.

Could they have launched a Pinduoduo-like platform before chapter 200?

Le, the main character, is purely a tool. He helps this person and that person, just like doing charity work, and he's quite enthusiastic about it. Seriously, if you had that ability, you would succeed at anything. Why stay at Alibaba? Wouldn't it be better to go out and start your own business?

You should have started your own business a long time ago. No matter how many ideas you provide at Alibaba, the marginal effect will diminish.

Why isn't there a query system? They always seem to be giving advice to others. These various entrepreneurs, it's really funny to watch. Today it's either one entrepreneur being given advice, or another. Especially Mr. Liu, don't go to America for fun, what's it to you? And you have to talk to Baidu, and also to Lei Jun, and Ma Huateng. I want to ask, what's it to you? If you're so helpful, what kind of experience are you providing? You should just give it to them.

When Old Ma was young, he also had the experience of calling the police. A TV program was doing a segment on what ordinary people would do if they encountered an ongoing theft. Everyone else chose to ignore it, but young Old Ma, pushing his bicycle, discovered it, came back, checked again, and then called the police. Together, they stopped the theft. Looking back now, it seems Old Ma genuinely wanted to make doing business easy for everyone when he was young.

Pinduoduo pioneered fraudulent marketing in China, setting a very bad precedent. Now, online platforms are filled with fraudulent and fake advertisements.

Didn't you do everything yourself? You personally oversaw the distribution of flyers, and you even set up the exhibition yourself. Then you started wasting time, distributing flyers and setting up the exhibition with only three flyers.

Although I haven't read this book, in terms of brand prestige and commercial value, Douyin should be higher than Pinduoduo. However, Pinduoduo's crazy viral marketing model should be very interesting. Personally, I didn't experience the early days of Pinduoduo's "cut-and-swipe" promotions on WeChat Moments, so I'll check out this book to see what's going on. 🤓