Shenzhen’s policy dividends are falling from the sky, Ma Huateng may become the biggest winner

Ma Huateng welcomes the policy dividends

He did not intend to create a storm, but instead caused a flash flood!

Recently, the State Council issued the "Opinions on Supporting Shenzhen in Building a Pilot Demonstration Zone of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics", stating that the state will support Shenzhen in holding high the banner of reform and opening up in the new era and building a pilot demonstration zone of socialism with Chinese characteristics. This also means that Shenzhen’s status as a special zone will be further improved and it will enjoy more policy dividends!

As soon as this news came out, Shenzhen people in the circle of friends immediately exploded. Some people were happy that Shenzhen was getting better and better, while others were worried about the increase in rents. But the happiest person was: It is undoubtedly Ma Huateng, the “big brother” in Shenzhen’s Internet field. If you read this "Opinion" carefully, you will find that the introduction of the new policy will be of great benefit to Tencent's future development.

For example, Article 4 of the "Opinions" mentions supporting Shenzhen in building 5G, artificial intelligence, cyberspace science and technology, and exploring the construction of an international science and technology information center; Article 5 mentions supporting the development of digital technology in Shenzhen. Innovative applications such as currency research and mobile payments.

Among them, artificial intelligence and mobile payment are Tencent's strengths. Tencent's AI open platform has long been famous, and WeChat payment is well-known to everyone. Tencent is also slightly involved in other aspects of content. It can be said that Tencent's development direction is very consistent with the requirements in the "Opinions". Given Tencent's status in the Shenzhen Internet community, it is very likely to receive policy support.

Another important reason why Tencent is favored is that it is a "native" Shenzhen company, and its founding team and corporate culture all reflect the Shenzhen spirit. As the CEO of Tencent, Ma Huateng has been inseparable from this city since he was a child.

Without Shenzhen, there would be no Tencent

Since Ma Huateng’s ancestral home is Chaoyang, the outside world always thinks that he, like Li Ka-shing and Huang Guangyu, is an outstanding representative of Chaoyang businessmen. Although Ma Huateng once said that he likes to drink porridge and Kung Fu tea, when asked about the connection between Chaoshan genes and career, his answer was "It's hard to say."

In fact, Ma Huateng was born in Hainan and settled in Shenzhen with his parents since he was 13 years old. Therefore, there are not many traces of Chaoshan people on him, and he cannot even speak Chaoshan dialect. For him, Shenzhen is his second hometown. Just like Shenzhen’s promotional slogan, “When you come, you are a Shenzhen native.”

In 1986, Ma Huateng was admitted to Shenzhen Middle School and met his classmates Chen Yidan, Zhang Zhidong, and Xu Chenye, who later became the "Tencent Five Tigers." They have similar interests and love mathematics. They once signed up for the Olympic Mathematics Competition together and agreed to apply for the Computer Science Department of Shenzhen University.

In 1988, Ma Huateng was still in his second year of high school, but at this time, a group of entrepreneurs who would have a profound impact on the future had emerged in Shenzhen. This year, Ma Mingzhe gave birth to Ping An in Shenzhen, Terry Gou opened the Foxconn factory in Shenzhen, and Ren Zhengfei also founded Huawei in Shekou.

At that time, Shenzhen had a very strong entrepreneurial atmosphere, largely because Shenzhen University was the first university in the country that did not include assignments for graduates. There were only two ways out: either finding a job or starting a business. Ma Huateng naturally did not want to be inferior to others. After graduation, he roped in a few good buddies and determined to start a career.

In 1998, Ma Huateng founded Tencent and launched an instant messaging software-QQ. In just one year, the number of QQ users soared to 1 million, but he could not earn a penny. Ma Huateng had to take other jobs to make money to rent servers and maintain the operation of QQ. After several months of consecutive losses, Tencent is on the verge of bankruptcy.

Just when Ma Huateng was about to give up QQ, Shenzhen gave him a valuable opportunity. At the end of 1999, the Shenzhen Municipal Government held the first Hi-Tech Fair. Ma Huateng took a business plan with 66 revised versions and more than 20 pages, and went to various exhibition halls of the Hi-Tech Fair to promote QQ and Tencent, which eventually attracted the attention of IDG and Yingke Digital. Attention, it received the most critical first venture capital investment in the history of Tencent's development - US$2.2 million jointly invested by IDG and Yingke Digital.

When talking about the history of rescuing Tencent, Ma Huateng said: "Looking back on the past journey, we experienced setbacks one after another... In the end, we were lucky enough to go public and grow into a world-renowned Internet company. One of the enterprises.

Sometimes I also wonder: If it were not in Shenzhen, would Tencent still be the Tencent it is today? Can my companions and I persevere? ”

Indeed, Shenzhen, as one of the earliest cities to reform and open up, has undoubtedly become a benchmark. A large amount of early capital and technology entered China through Shenzhen, which also made Shenzhen a land deeply felt by the science and technology belt. Great changes have come. The Internet is judged by technology. Ma Huateng, who understands this well, has naturally created Shenzhen's leading Internet company.

Choose the right city, and your life will be brilliant.

When people summarize the reasons for the success of big guys, they often like to mention "timing" and "humanity", but they always ignore the influence of "geographical convenience". In addition to Tencent, Alibaba's today's glory is also inseparable from Jack Ma.

Since the 1980s, "Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen" have become the first choice cities for business leaders, but Jack Ma is different and chose Hangzhou, a city famous for tourism. , but why?

In fact, it is not that Jack Ma has never tried to take root in Beijing and Shanghai, but his experience tells him that he has no "fate" with these two cities.

In 1997, Jack Ma came to Beijing and established the China International E-Commerce Center. The cooperative unit was the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. Its main business was the development of the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation. In today's terms, it was an outsourcing company that could only solve the problem of enterprises. There was a profit dilemma in the early stage, but if it develops in the long term, this is not a stopgap measure.

After working for more than a year, Ma Yun felt very unhappy that there was no business he wanted in Beijing, so he decided to lead the team. Go to Shanghai to develop. But less than a year later, Ma Yun left Shanghai again. Regarding the reason for leaving, Ma Yun’s explanation was:

“Before, I put my headquarters in Shanghai and rented a building on Huaihai Road. It was a big office, beautifully decorated, but within a year it was extremely tiring and difficult to recruit people. They asked where Alibaba is. Almost no one paid any attention to us. Finally, we decided to evacuate from Shanghai. ”

After several twists and turns, Jack Ma finally returned to his base in Hangzhou. Although Hangzhou’s resources were not as good as those of Shanghai, the Hangzhou municipal government at that time attached great importance to private enterprises like Alibaba and would not be like Shanghai. I only like multinational companies. Jack Ma summed it up: "In Beijing and Shanghai, we are one of 500 children; in Hangzhou, we are the only children in Hangzhou. ”

There is another very practical reason why Jack Ma chose Hangzhou, which is that Jack Ma’s home is in Hangzhou, which can save money on rent, water and electricity. Don’t laugh at Jack Ma because he is poor. Have you not seen how many companies are now in Hangzhou? Working for a landlord?

Take a step back, the world is brighter. The best may not be the best for you. The reason why Jack Ma succeeds is not only because he understands others, but also because he understands himself and what he needs most. . By settling Alibaba in Hangzhou, he can enjoy the geographical advantage of being close to Shanghai without being burdened by high operating costs. This is a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone.

The mountain will not come to me. I walked towards it. Ma Huateng and Jack Ma, one chooses to live in a neighborhood, but they both reflect the same truth: choosing a good place is half the battle.

Tencent and Alibaba. The Pearl River Delta and the other are in the Yangtze River Delta. The two major economic zones are equally matched, and the "AT" is equally matched, maintaining a balance. But now Shenzhen's policy support has tilted the balance towards the Pearl River Delta.

From this point of view, it seems. Ma Huateng's choice is even better.