Chapter 628: Chapter 628: The Sixth Brother Jiang Xu

‘The School Beauty Competition’ had just ended, but the related topics were still hot.

Jiang Xu had swiftly connected, even leveraging the other party’s platform and traffic.

So now, just a few hours later, Jiang Xu checked the official website’s registration numbers, which had already surpassed one hundred thousand.

There were many perks Jiang Xu hadn’t mentioned on stage, but they were all posted on the official website.

For instance, relaxed signing contracts, an absolutely transparent and fair competition system.

There were also chances to win company-sponsored real estate and opportunities to collaborate with the company’s popular artists, like Zhou Qingyue.

Of course, An Nuonuo could forget about it, except for Jiang Xu, no one would suffice.

He then checked the trending topics on various media platforms.

One third were about ‘School Beauty,’ another third about ‘School Hunk,’ and the remaining third were all discussing how Jiang Xu was the sixth.

Jiang Xu laughed upon seeing these.

His maneuvering was spot on, saving at least a few billion in advertising costs.

Even because of his move today, the stock prices of several listed companies under his flag had surged significantly.

After finishing the meal, everyone went their separate ways home.

Back at home, An Nuonuo went to take a shower first.

Meanwhile, Jiang Xu’s phone was bombarded with messages from Lifuzhen.

This woman, when they had first met, had been quite shrewd and intelligent.

How had she become like this now?

Jiang Xu shook his head, blocked her number, and let her cool down.

In the following half a month, Jiang Xu’s schedule was packed.

‘The School Hunk Competition,’ following up on the construction of Spirit Turtle Island, and keeping up with Blueprint E-commerce.

Blueprint E-commerce was taking the pure self-operating route.

Moreover, its main products were cosmetics, beauty supplies, clothes, shoes, and bags.

To ensure quality control, one had to manage the sources.

That is, either build factories oneself, purchase directly, or at the very least invest to have a certain degree of say.

So during this period, more than six hundred million had been invested in ‘Blueprint.’

However, with the personal traffic of Bai Xiaoya, ‘Blueprint’s’ daily active users and sales volume kept increasing.

“Hmm!” Inside the office, Jiang Xu stood up to stretch his limbs.

He had just finished reviewing ‘Blueprint’s’ various data, and he was in high spirits.

This e-commerce company, established for less than half a year, now employed over five hundred people.

The daily active users surpassed ten million, daily sales exceeded one billion, and the daily net profit was fifteen million.

The app’s total download count had also surpassed one hundred million.

The overall situation was steadily improving.

Although it couldn’t yet compare with Taobao, the current data showed it was performing better than Jingdong by several measures.

Of course, Jingdong’s biggest advantage was its in-house logistics.

Which was not completely built yet.

Once finished, it would unleash its full potential.

If Jiang Xu had not stepped in, normally, for many years to come, the domestic e-commerce would basically be the realm of Taobao and Jingdong.

But now, ‘Blueprint’ has to be added to the list.

You could already see the tripartite division of the e-commerce field in the future.

The phone vibrated.

Jiang Xu saw it was a call from Jack Ma.

His gaze flickered.

In recent days, Jack Ma had nearly called every day.

He didn’t say what he wanted to do, just called Jiang Xudong to chat about this and that.

Jiang Xu had a vague guess in his mind but wasn’t certain.

After waiting a few seconds, he pressed the answer button.

“Good afternoon, President Ma.”

“Mr. Jiang, are you busy?”

“Not busy at all.”

“Oh, you should take care of your health… Even though Mr. Jiang is young, you should still pay attention to balancing work and rest.”

Jiang Xu couldn’t hold back any longer, “President Ma, just speak your mind. We are both members of the same business association and friends as well. There’s no need to be so formal.”

“Haha, Mr. Jiang’s sense of smell is still very sharp,” Jack Ma chuckled dryly, then became serious, “It’s nothing big, I just wanted to ask how much Mr. Jiang plans to invest in ‘Blueprint’.”

Jiang Xu suddenly realized, so it was because of this.

Probably the development speed shown by ‘Blueprint’ had frightened him a bit.

It was quite funny when he thought about it.

In the e-commerce sector, he used to look down on everyone.

In the past, whether it was Jingdong, Dangdang, or Paipai, Mouxun.com, in his eyes, they were nothing more than placeholders, easy to beat.

But Blueprint was different.

Its establishment was alarmingly recent, but the achievements it had garnered were enough to make this e-commerce giant feel a significant threat.

Fearing that the leading position in e-commerce would be snatched by ‘Blueprint’.

That was because the man behind Blueprint was Jiang Xu.

If it had been any other boss, by now they would have been either acquired or facing all sorts of competition and suppression.

But the counterpart being Jiang Xu, Jack Ma became very cautious.

So much so that he didn’t dare to clarify directly but spent several days chatting with him about this and that before he revealed his true intention.

Jiang Xu clearly felt the increase in his own strength and the change in how the people around him viewed him.

Some were in awe, others admired, but definitely, no one looked down on him.

A man should be just like this!

As various thoughts flashed through his mind, Jiang Xu said with a smile, “President Ma, ‘Blueprint’ takes a different path than Taobao.

You provide a platform for sellers, embracing all streams.

‘Blueprint,’ on the other hand, sells products on its own, and our main focus is on daily necessities. There’s actually not much competition between us.”

Hearing this, Jack Ma was slightly relieved but still asked uneasily, “Really? We are all members of the same business alliance, you can’t lie to me.”

Jiang Xu laughed, “What stature and status do you have, Mr. Ma? How could I possibly deceive you?”

“Haha, that’s good, that’s good.” Assured by Jiang Xu’s promise, Jack Ma let out a hearty laugh.

Then his tone changed, “Mr. Jiang, I wonder if I could take a stake in ‘Blueprint’?”

“Yes,” Jiang Xu agreed without hesitation, “However, I don’t accept cash investments, only stock swaps of Ali 77.”

You see, Jiang Xu had long coveted the shareholding of Ali 77.

This legendary e-commerce company, in its heyday after going public, had a market capitalization that once reached six trillion!

Even though Jack Ma only held about 2.7 percent of the shares, it instantly catapulted his net worth to over a hundred billion.

Previously there was no chance to get shares from Jack Ma.

Now that he had come forward on his own initiative, Jiang Xu would certainly not let slip this rare opportunity.

“This…” Jack Ma hesitated for a moment and then said, “Okay, then let’s find a place and talk it over.”

“OK, why not just come to the club owned by my fiancee?”

“Fine, see you later.”

After ending the call, Jiang Xu phoned An Nuonuo and told her to have dinner on her own, then headed straight to the club.

Upon arriving, he waited outside the entrance for a while.

Before long, Jack Ma arrived too.