Ordinary Road 2010

"Xiongchang is planning to launch a subsidy war in the group buying and food delivery markets, in an attempt to replicate the success of Wanli Chuxing in the taxi-hailing industry."

Lin Yi sold Li Luobin casually.

Wang Xing didn't answer immediately, he was a little confused about Lin Yi's attitude, so he was still making various speculations in his heart.

If Lin Yi notified him of the news about the goose factory last time, he could still explain it through their personal relationship. After all, Lin Yi had no obligation to keep the goose factory secret.

Moreover, I only bear the name of the A factory, and there is no direct competition with Wanli Travel, but the news just now is different.

This difference does not lie in the fact that I have known the news about the Goose Factory investment review for a long time and did not help, but this time the news about the Xiong Factory is indeed the first time I have heard of it.

The key is that Lin Yi has no friendship with Goose Factory. If you count it from the tuk-tuk taxi, it is still a hostile relationship, so it is easy to understand that he sells pony brothers.

But Li Robin is his financial backer. The journey of thousands of miles has made it to this day. Apart from the team itself, the first person they want to thank must be Li Robin.

What does it mean?

Lin Yi didn't know what Wang Xing was thinking, so he raised a question on his own: "Dianping took 4 million US dollars from Goose Factory in February, and I guess the next round of each group is coming soon. Bar?"

Wang Xing quickly weighed it, seeing that Lin Yi didn't need to hide the news from him for the sake of tipping him off, not to mention that he didn't have the ability to obstruct it.

"3 million US dollars is already negotiated."

Since Lin Yi founded Random Food Delivery Network and sold it to each group, each group at this time should have established a leading position in the food delivery market faster than in his previous life, which also had a positive impact on his situation in the group buying market.

In other words, each regiment should be stronger.

"Dianping all took 4 million US dollars, and each group only got 3 million US dollars?"

Wang Xing understood that Lin Yi had misunderstood: "You have to know that Dianping exchanged 4 million US dollars for 20% of the equity, which means that his post-investment valuation is 20 billion US dollars, and the valuation of each group in this round is 40 billion US dollars. , there is at least a double gap between the two."

"It's not necessary to take more money, at least for each group."

"I admit that I am very surprised that you can come from behind through this round of subsidy wars, but you quickly stopped under the intervention of BAT, which has proved that this kind of competition is unsustainable."

"I think your boss Li Robin may be overly optimistic and didn't review what happened in the group buying industry before."

"When each group started, it was not the richest, and it could even be called poor. When I received 1200 million US dollars in Series A financing from Red Mountain Capital, Tuanbao had already raised 1 to [-] million yuan, and Dianping.com recently The first round was $[-] million."

Lin Yi commented: "They didn't win you back then because they spent money in the wrong way, not because they had more money than you did."

Subsidizing users directly is the most efficient way to spend money, which was what Wang Xing told himself at the beginning.

Lin Yi didn't return it to him, but he didn't defend Xiongchang either. Instead, he said, "Li Robin is not my boss."

"Oh?"

This sentence is very interesting, Wang Xing felt that he seemed to have captured Lin Yi's thoughts.

"Then what do you mean by coming here today to tell me the news, or what do you want to get from me?"

"I want to make a statement first. Although I didn't know about Xiongchang's actions in advance, Xiongchang's move to acquire Nuomi and enter the group buying industry is very clear. Every group has already prepared for it, so I will not be particularly grateful for your ventilation. report."

Lin Yi felt that the pleasant thing about getting along with Wang Xing was that it was always easier to talk to smart people, and you didn't need to be too explicit.

The premise is that you have not had any conflicts before.

For example, Liu Qing who took the initiative to come to him before, although the attitude of the other party was better, but obviously Lin Yi did not feel this kind of happiness.

"I don't expect to get anything from you, your existence itself is meaning to me."

"What do you mean?"

Lin Yi asked: "You just said that the post-investment valuation of each group is 40 billion U.S. dollars, so there is still a lot of room for financing. Why don't you add more when the financing amount is smaller than Dianping?"

Wang Xing has actually explained this question, but since Lin Yi brought it up again, it means that he does not agree with the previous statement, or does not fully agree.

Wang Xing understood.

He suddenly remembered that the day when Lin Yi and Cheng Wei met at his side, Lin Yi proposed to poach Gan Jiawei, his own COO with a background in Factory A. Those specious words at that time have all been answered today.

Dianping’s USD 4 million was given by Goose Factory, and the USD 3 million in each group was only invested by Factory A. If Wang Xing wants to raise more than Dianping’s financing amount, Factory A will never be stingy with paying more. $1 million.

"That's right, it's because I don't want Factory A to continue to increase its holdings and form a greater influence on each group. I also want to dilute his equity by introducing new investors."

"This is the only thought I've shared with you so far."

Wang Xing admitted it directly.

Lin Yi smiled. Although each group seems to be integrating into Factory A, it has actually maintained its independence, because among the BAT Big Three, it is Factory A that will directly conflict with each group as it grows.

Wang Xing was aware of this from the very beginning.

And factory A is not under the lights. Ma Jieke has praised Wang Xing on various occasions, and it is estimated that he still has the calculation in his heart to let every group charge for him.

It is precisely because of the indifferent attitude of each group that Factory A has never given up on itself and directly entered the group buying market, so word of mouth was born later.

It's hard to say whether this disagreement between the two parties was originally due to Wang Xing's deliberate precautions, or the malicious intentions of Factory A, maybe it was mutual cause and effect.

But at this moment, the reason why Wang Xing dared to blatantly admit to Lin Yi was because he was certain that Lin Yi would not go to factory A to report his "difference", and second, he confirmed his suspicion.

"Because we're the same kind of people."

"Most people have never really thought, and they will do anything to avoid real thinking."

"For them, habitually sheltering under the wings of giants, obtaining a predictable return and inner stability is acceptable, and even what they dream of."

"But that's definitely not the case for us."

"We are the challengers, the eaglets, and the lion king."

"We are shuttled in the shadow of giants, unwilling to be a vassal and a branch, and squeeze a way out of the cracks, just to grow into a towering tree!"

Chapter 431

At the end of March, the most famous paparazzi in the entertainment circle left a prophecy of "see you on Monday" on Zhalang Weibo, which triggered a wave of people eating melons, and left a "do it and cherish it" in the Chinese Internet world The classic name of the stalk.

In April, the subsidy war for taxi-hailing software continued to cool down.

When Lin Yi and Wan Li went on a thrilling trip, Gu Caiwei was not idle.

At the beginning of this month, the second season of "Singer" she participated in officially ended. The female idol singer with the stage name Vivienne won the runner-up in the finals.

It is already the limit to get here with her qualifications, and there is a joke among the audience of the "Singer" program, which is called "the runner-up is the highest honor".

Although she has become the most talked about young female singer through her wonderful performance on this super popular show, the controversy is still everywhere.

Some people are brooding over her girl group status.

Some people thought she was brazen, because the last song Gu Caiwei sang in the finals was "The Queen of the Next Stop".

This song is a representative work of a pair of girl groups in Hong Kong City. "Tian Hou" in the lyrics not only refers to the name of a subway station in Hong Kong City, but also just represents the highest honorary title for a female singer.

The original singer group's "Next Stop Diva" was widely recognized at that time, because their popularity and status have reached that level, and no one thinks that they are self-aggrandizing.

Later, because one of the members was involved in Mr. Chen's photography incident and was severely injured, he fell from the peak period, and let us know the lesson of not repairing computers outside casually.

Gu Caiwei just made her debut last year, and she became well-known through the show "Singer". Some people felt arrogant after singing "The Next Stop Diva", especially many fans of the original singer were very dissatisfied.

The reporter likes to pick things up the most. During the interview, he immediately asked face-to-face: "What do you think of the original singer's fans thinking that you are not worthy of singing the song "The Next Stop Diva"?"

Gu Caiwei's reply to this was: "I sang this song because I liked it. Actually, I didn't think too much about it. I don't think there is a question of whether singing a song is worthy or not."

"The original singer of this song is my favorite girl group, and I have heard it since I was a child. This is also my tribute to my predecessors as a member of the GIVE ME FIVE girl group."

According to Peng Yuchen's instructions, Gu Caiwei did not take the initiative to emphasize her identity as a girl group during the recording of the show.

Until there was a singing session in the finals, she undoubtedly arranged for all her teammates to be Gu Caiwei's singing guests.

Now that the program has been recorded, Peng Yuchen told her that the next step is to return to team activities, and to always emphasize the group she belongs to in the interview.

Although Gu Caiwei chose the song "The Queen of the Next Stop" by herself, Peng Yuchen may not have the intention of drawing out other team members along the way.

To put it bluntly, it is to use Gu Caiwei's popularity to praise other members, so that they have been used as background boards, and finally turned GIVE ME FIVE into "Vivian and her backup dancers".

The biggest advantage of this form of idol group is to attract and transfer each other to maximize the popularity of the team.Although Gu Caiwei's popularity was promoted by Peng Yuchen, she didn't want to have only such a profitable artist under her command.

With such a simple interview, the reporters can freely display all kinds of reports such as "Vivienne is ambitious and aims at the queen", "GIVE ME FIVE says the era of twins is a thing of the past" and so on.

As the saying goes, there are many people who are popular, and to some extent it is also a manifestation of Gu Caiwei's popularity.

……

In the front end, because both of their careers have come to a critical period, Lin Yi and Gu Caiwei have not seen each other for three or four months. They still meet in the old place when she comes to the capital with the group for activities. .

When Lin Yi saw her, he pretended to look at her carefully, and then jokingly said: "It's strange, it's still the same as before, but it always feels different."

Of course Gu Caiwei knew what kind of monster he was playing, and immediately answered in a tone of voice:

"Standing in front of you is: the popular ACE of the new generation of girl groups, the powerful female idol singer recognized by the entertainment industry, and Vivian, the little queen in the hearts of fans."

"Haha, it's kind of like that!"

Lin Yi chatted with her for a while, and heard Gu Caiwei crackling talk about the stars she met during the recording, and broke the news about some little secrets that the outside world didn't know, looking very excited.

In fact, Lin Yiyi was not very interested in these topics, but he remembered to ask after she finished sharing, "Then you are very popular now, you should be chased by many paparazzi, how did you slip out today?"

"Boss Peng personally sent me out!"

Gu Caiwei said unexpectedly, "And she is waiting downstairs in the car now, and said she will take me back later."

Lin Yi didn't expect that Peng Yuchen would attach so much importance to and protect Gu Caiwei to such an extent that he would have to personally go into battle as a cover when going out.

That's right, she is her number one female artist after all.

Lin Yi didn't bother with Peng Yuchen anymore, nor did he plan to invite her upstairs for a sit-down, but instead shared what he had done during this time.

Gu Caiwei still doesn't quite understand this, but at least she knows that Wanli Travel has become No.1 in the industry.

Leaning on Lin Yi's shoulder, she thought, "Then your net worth is about to go up again?"

Although Liu Jianni is not yet in place, they have indeed begun to discuss the issue of the next round of financing. If it goes well, the valuation of Wanli Travel will of course be further improved.

In view of the fact that the scale of Wanli travel has greatly expanded during the subsidy war, which can be described as earth-shaking changes, it is foreseeable that this valuation will rise very quickly.

But he didn't discuss this with Gu Caiwei carefully.

"Didn't I tell you that the valuation before listing is uncountable."

"Ok."

Gu Caiwei didn't get too entangled in this point, anyway, no matter how much Lin Yi's net worth is, it doesn't make any difference to her.

All she knew was that Lin Yi had become even more powerful.

The two didn't stay warm for too long. Gu Caiwei left Lin Yi's rental house under the urging of Peng Yuchen's message. This time, she didn't meet Li Moyan and Han Xue next door, nor did she find any paparazzi.

When Gu Caiwei returned to the hotel, the others were discussing the next day's activities, and she joined in naturally, as if she was just called out by Peng Yuchen to say a few words.

In fact, her teammates were more or less aware of Gu Caiwei's sneaking out of the team, but she was valued by Peng Yuchen, and now she has become the most popular in the team, so no one paid attention to it.

Only Xu Yali was the exception.

Because she knows more than others, during the break, she avoids other teammates and privately took out a piece of technology news, and asked with a smile:

"I remember you said that his name is Lin Yi?"

Chapter 432 Best Friend

The subsidy war broke out in the taxi industry at the beginning of the year, and its influence quickly reached the social level. Therefore, the founders of Wanli Chuxing, Dudu Taxi, and Kuaidu Taxi have also attracted widespread attention.

During this period, Lin Yi, Cheng Wei and Chen Weixing all accepted a lot of interviews, and their personal information and entrepreneurial experience became known to the outside world.

The official report uses Lin Yi's real name, of course.

The news that Xu Yali is presenting now is a special report on Lin Yi himself, starting from his start-up of the casual food delivery network, all the way to the establishment of Wanli Chuxing and the taxi-hailing war that just happened.

She had met Lin Yi before.

In November 2012, when Lin Yi flew from Beijing to Rongcheng to celebrate Gu Caiwei's birthday, he had a relationship with Xu Yali who happened to be there, and he also deliberately reported the old bear's name as a cover.

Later, Xu Yali discovered the little secret between Gu Caiwei and him. Gu Caiwei did not specify Lin Yi's official name because of her habit of addressing her.

In order to get involved in the entertainment circle, Xiao Huya has always been very concerned about the news in the industry, who has a relationship with whom, who has a feud with whom, and many things that Gu Caiwei has never heard of.

However, as a female idol, her knowledge of things outside the circle was limited, so she hadn't discovered Lin Yi's identity before.

Until this time when she came across this news and saw the photo of Lin Yi in it, the memory buried deep in her mind suddenly came alive, and quickly overlapped with the already blurred shadow and the information revealed by Gu Caiwei.

If Xu Yali was a little uncertain before, then Gu Caiwei's reaction after she tried it has confirmed her guess.

"What do you want to clarify?"

"I want to say, actually, you don't need to secretly go out on a date. You can bring him back for us to meet. If it's really caught on camera, it's easy to explain that there are so many teammates with you."