Ordinary Road 2010

The next day, the team from the goose factory arrived on time.

In fact, among the Big Three, it is generally recognized that Xiong Factory is the strongest technically, but Goose Factory has a big family and a big business, and a little bit of background is enough for a company of the size of Dudu Taxi.

With their assistance, Zhang Bo's confidence in completing the task was finally much stronger.

The next thing is nothing unusual, no matter how good the team is, they still need to work, just like what Zhang Bo said, they started to stay up all night 7/24.

During this period, Cheng Wei didn't pay them much attention other than asking about the progress at least twice a day, and he couldn't get involved anyway.

He still puts more energy into the subsidy war with Wanli Travel.

Objectively speaking, although the capabilities of the server have had a certain impact on Tutu Taxi, it is not fatal.

After all, Dudu has never been good at products. You must know that even when their APP only had a 50% response rate at the beginning, Cheng Wei dared to bring such a thing to the Transportation Commission for a demonstration.

Even so, he began to feel sensitively that Wanli Travel has unknowingly taken the lead.

Maybe it was because Wanli Travel fired the first shot, or maybe it was because they chose a good date, which started on January 1. In short, everyone believes that Wanli Travel is the "creator" of this subsidy policy, and Dudu is just a follower.

Obviously, Dudu Taxi has already discussed and planned similar activities with Goose Factory, but it is hard to argue at this time. When all the media sorted out the timeline when reporting, they all started with Wanli Travel as the starting point.

This gives a hint: Dudu is behind.

Although Wanli Travel was the first to get 10 million US dollars in financing in October, Cheng Wei was surprised at that time, but he still calmly believed that Dudu maintained an advantage.

It's hard to say whether the actual advantage is still there, and he can't tolerate the backwardness in public opinion.

To this end, Cheng Wei had to take measures, and the choice he made in this situation was the same as before when Lin Yi ran desperately to Xiongchang:

Hug the thigh.

Of course, Cheng Wei's thigh is not Li Luobin, he is looking for his own father, the famous goose factory brother Ma.

Although Dudu took the money from the Goose Factory before and was regarded as a member of the Goose Factory by the outside world, in fact, apart from the cooperation with the Goose Factory in map navigation and cloud computing, the relationship between the two parties is not that close.

In the past, Lin Yi used this point to attack Cheng Wei in front of Liu Chiping, saying that the reason why he was indifferent to Goose Factory was because he secretly communicated with his old company, Factory A, about the song.

Of course that is slander.

Not to mention that Factory A took the initiative to block Cheng Wei and Wang Gang behind him. The two of them have always been very clear about their own interests. At this moment, there is no reason and capital between the two giants of Goose Factory and Factory A. swing.

Cheng Wei doesn't often ask Goose Factory for help, one is because Dudu has maintained a leading position in the industry before and there is no need for this, and the other is that this will not solve it, and it will not solve the loss of impression points with Brother Xiao Ma.

He is not afraid of being robbed of control. After all, Goose Factory has a good reputation in this regard, and there is no such precedent. That's why this round of financing gave Goose Factory an opportunity to increase its holdings by 2000 million US dollars.

Today is different from the past. The cooperation between Tutu Taxi and Goose Factory Payment means that the two companies are far closer than before.

In addition, now is indeed a critical period. As for Xiao Ma's impression points, there is still a chance to get them back after they are lost, but if Tutu Taxi really falls behind, it will be worthless to Goose Factory in the future.

Anyway, Cheng Wei's thigh responded to him, and specially told him an important news to appease him.

On the other side, Zhang Bo led the teams of Dudu and Goose Factory to "retreat" for seven days and nights, and finally dragged his exhausted body to report to Cheng Wei.

"The server problem has been solved, and the current processing capacity is fully sufficient, even if it is an order of magnitude higher."

Cheng Wei nodded to show that he understood, and did not raise any doubts about it, but patted his highly valued subordinate with great concern.

He also went to the office where the technical department worked overtime to express condolences to every employee who participated in this "tuk tu taxi emergency rescue":

"I know that you have put in all your efforts in the past seven days and seven nights. I heard that some colleagues have been wearing contact lenses and couldn't take them off."

"Some colleagues had hallucinations due to the continuous overtime hours. When they heard the shaking of tables and chairs, they mistakenly thought that there was an earthquake and ran downstairs."

"Now you have handed in a perfect score, showing the spirit of hard work of every little orange person. I thank you on behalf of the company."

"I declare that in order to commemorate your dedication and contribution today, no matter where the company moves in the future, there will always be an office in the company named Seven Days and Seven Nights."

"It's been hard work, go back and have a good rest."

Although I know it is to buy people's hearts, sometimes the workers are very fooled. Not only do they not feel squeezed, but they are very moved and motivated.

After Cheng Wei got used to a wave of chicken blood, Zhang Bo, who had just left the customs, had time to ask, "How is the situation outside?"

"not too good."

Although he said so, Cheng Wei's expression didn't look too worried.

"But it doesn't matter, Tutu Taxi has not lost yet, we will wait and see."

Chapter 414 You Sing, I Come On

Wanli Travel and Tudu Taxi are in full swing, so that Cheng Wei's coders are at their own risk, what is Kuaidu doing?

As the last major player in the industry who has not ended, this issue is not only concerned by Lin Yi and Cheng Wei, but also by various media.

"Recently, many reporters want to interview us, asking us what we think of the subsidy war in the taxi industry, and what plans Kuaidu has for taxis!"

It was Chen Weixing who spoke, and the other person was naturally CEO Lu Chuanwei.

His tone was very anxious, and he couldn't help being so emotional. After Wanli and Dudu started subsidies successively, Kuaidu's drivers and passengers showed obvious signs of loss.

Even ignoring the slump in numbers, seeing those two are growing rapidly, just not keeping up with the growth is enough to make people nervous.

Lu Chuanwei tried to appease him: "Factory A has promised to give us greater support, but it is not fully ready for a while. As long as Zhifubao is in place, we can follow up immediately."

Lin Yi has been preparing for this joint subsidy activity with Xiongchang for two months. Of course, there are many conditions that are not necessary for the activity itself, but it does not mean that as long as the decision is made today, it will be launched tomorrow.

Dudu is a good example. They have been preparing for a long time with the goose factory. They decided to speed up the progress immediately after the launch of Wanli on New Year's Day, and they still could not follow up until January 1.

Kuaidu was even more caught off guard.

When Wanli Travel first started, they waited and watched for a few days, and decided to follow up after some research. Then, in the process of implementing the plan with Factory A, they encountered Dudu’s official announcement, and then made adjustments again.

Specifically, it has increased the intensity.

Fortunately, Jack Ma from Factory A was very generous, and he promised that his support for Kuaidu would be no less than that of Goose Factory for Dudu without saying a word, so he saved a lot of time for disputes and wrangling.

With the words of the big boss, this activity is being carried out within Factory A with the greatest effort, and Kuaidu seems to be a cooperative one.

Between these two people, in fact, it was Chen Weixing who was in contact with Factory A before, and he was also the one who negotiated this strategic investment.

"Of course I can trust what Mr. Ma said, but I think the news outside is flying all over the sky. It's better to release the news of our successful financing first, so as to at least ease the pressure on public opinion."

"Otherwise, we have kept silent to the outside world. It is hard to guarantee that some people inside will not have ideas. I am afraid that it will affect the stability of the team."

Chen Weixing is also in charge of media PR. He likes to accept interviews and enjoys the feeling of talking in front of the camera.

The amazing thing is that he is also very confident in his appearance.

On the other hand, Lu Chuanwei, who is much older, is just the opposite. The professional manager who came back from Silicon Valley is extremely low-key and rarely shows up in public.

"I don't think it is necessary. Although we also got 1.2 million US dollars, we have fallen behind Wanli and Dudu in terms of time, just like this subsidy war."

"Our announcement of this news now will not have any direct help to the company, but it seems a bit impatient and chaotic. It is better to wait until Zhifubao is ready to announce it together. This is our counterattack against Wanli and Dudu. weight."

"As for the team, our cooperation with Factory A has been communicated to the core members in advance, as long as they know the company well, the company will not be chaotic."

Chen Weixing frowned when he heard the word "impatient".

He and Lu Chuanwei have very different personalities, and they disagree on many things, but after all, he is the CEO he invited back, and he is now the company's largest shareholder, so he still respects the other party's decisions most of the time.

So Chen Weixing stopped insisting, and just cursed: "Damn, where did this thousand-mile trip come from? We have been competing with Tudu taxis for so long before, and let him take advantage of Dahuangfeng!"

Today's momentum of Wanli Travel is mainly created during this subsidy war, and has little to do with Dahuangfeng taxis.

However, if Xiongchang hadn't won Dahuangfeng to take a taxi, it would be hard to say whether Xiongchang would be willing to invest thousands of miles to travel, and gave 1 million U.S. dollars for the first time.

These two have been in the industry for so long, so they are naturally very clear.

Lu Chuanwei knew in his heart that Chen Weixing was complaining that he was not good at doing things, so that he left an enemy for Kuaidu Taxi today, because he had arranged the acquisition of Dahuangfeng at the beginning.

And before Lin Yi crossed the line, Kuaidu Taxi had overwhelmed Dudu Taxi, and was almost close to negotiating a merger with the Dahuangfeng team.

Although the final result was unexpected, Lu Chuanwei didn't think he made any mistakes in this matter. After all, there was no sign that Li Yongjin might turn to Wanli Travel before.

In any case, it is an undeniable fact that missing the big yellow peak gave Lin a chance.

Afterwards, Kuaidu took a taxi and immediately decided to go north to the capital, and went straight to Dudu and Wanli's lair, and for this reason took out a large sum of money that was originally intended to be used on Dahuangfeng.

But just as Lin Yi predicted at the beginning, the two families are waiting for work, and their status is difficult to shake.

Lu Chuanwei didn't pick on Chen Weixing, and commented on his own: "Lin Yi, who travels thousands of miles, is still very remarkable. From the subsidy war he initiated on his own initiative, it can be seen that he is very organized."

"I noticed that the server overload problem occurred soon after Dudu followed up, but Wanli Travel has always been very stable, which shows that he has foreseen it."

"This time it wasn't his sideways attack, but a well-prepared victory."

"And I heard that Lin Yi is not yet 20 years old, and he is only a sophomore this year. It is already a serious problem for us and Cheng Wei."

Of course, Kuaidu has not been idle watching the show during this time. Lu Chuanwei has been doing industry observation seriously, and immediately made preparations after discovering the pit Dudu stepped on, so as to prevent Kuaidu from repeating his mistakes.

Lu Chuanwei was just expressing his feelings about the matter, but Chen Weixing didn't expect Chen Weixing to hear it a bit unpleasantly.

Because he usually prides himself on being the chairman of the Entrepreneurship Association of Zhijiang University and earning his first pot of gold when he was a student.

Kuaidu Taxi is already his second start-up. In order to introduce Lu Chuanwei, he deliberately gave up the position of the largest shareholder, but it is still temporarily behind Wanli Chuxing.

Lu Chuanwei pointed out Lin Yi's age, and he felt that he had been connoted.

However, Chen Weixing also knew that he might be overthinking. Lu Chuanwei is not the kind of person who likes yin and yang, so he just said disdainfully:

"Hmph, Kuaidu hasn't lost yet, let's wait and see!"

No matter what the two bosses of Kuaidi Taxi have in mind, they are now partners who rely on each other.

And the thigh they were looking forward to did not disappoint them, so on January 1, Kuaidu Taxi finally announced two important news:

First, the company has completed the C round of financing with a total amount of 1.2 million US dollars.

Second, from now on, the company will cooperate with Zhifubao to launch a large-scale taxi subsidy campaign in 40 cities across the country, with a total budget of 5 million yuan!

Chapter 415 There is not much time left for Kuaidu

On January 1, when Wanli Travel and Xiongchang Wallet first started to subsidize, although the total budget amount was not announced, everyone in the industry knew that it was 1 million yuan.

On January 1, when Tudu Taxi and Goose Factory Payment jointly launched, the budget has been directly doubled to 10 million yuan.

Another 10 days later, Kuaidu and Factory A’s momentum this time is no longer a cold start, but a hot start, and the 5 million yuan is more than twice that of Dudu!

When Lin Yi was still lamenting that Factory A was really rich and powerful, he immediately refreshed his understanding.

Because on the afternoon of January 1, Kuaidu Taxi announced that the taxi driver reward of 21 yuan per order, which was originally the same as that of Wanli and Dudu, will be directly added to 10 yuan per order.

This increase is also exaggerated, which shows that Kuaidu Taxi found that after the fermentation of the front-end time, taxi drivers have become accustomed to traveling thousands of miles and going to Dudu. If the rewards are the same, there is no need to change.

Such a large investment must be made to cut through the mess quickly and attract them quickly.

On the other hand, Kuaidu's high-profile participation in the battle seemed to blow a horn, attracting all the attention that had not been paid attention to before.

The media began to report extensively on the news of the subsidy war in the taxi-hailing industry. Not only on the Internet, but also on more traditional TV and paper media, related discussions can be seen, which has heated up the incident to a new height.

Wanli, Dudu and Kuaidu are all start-up companies that have received a large amount of financing. There have been some public reports before, so the media also dug up all the news about these three companies.

The founders Lin Yi and Cheng Wei were even more intensively picked up. This is very different from Lin Yi's own hype during the summer vacation, and it is very newsworthy.

However, this time he didn't have time to pay attention to the interview invitations from various media.

Of course, compared to the taxi-hailing software companies that most people have heard of for the first time, people are still more interested in talking about the shadows behind them.

Ordinary people are not interested in understanding the strategic significance behind the generous subsidies of taxi-hailing software. They have one of the most intuitive feelings:

BAT is really rich!

This can’t be wrong, because none of the three startups in the ride-hailing industry are profitable yet, relying on the large investment of the Big Three, and even this event cannot do without the funding of BAT.

In any case, the influence of this war has gone beyond the industry and it is completely "out of the circle".

Lin Yi didn't pay much attention to these things, and his attention was still on the other two competitors, so what did he do after Kuaidu entered the arena?

did not do anything.

Of course, Lin Yi didn't raise his hand to surrender, nor did he want to shy away from Kuaidu Taxi, it was purely because the other party had come a step late.

Why did Kuaidu decide to overweight after only one day?

Because there is not much time left for Kuaidu.

The New Year's Eve in 2014 happened to be the 1th day of the Gregorian calendar in January.

Kuaidu launched the subsidy on January 1, which is the 20th day of the twelfth lunar month, and three or four days later will be the New Year in the north and south.

Although the statutory holidays have not yet arrived, the foreigners wandering in the city have already embarked on their way home one after another.

In the face of this Spring Festival travel, which is called "the largest seasonal migration in human history" by foreign media, it seems that it is not so important how much money BAT's rich bosses sprinkled.