Chapter 699: Didi's End

After the ceremony, the wedding banquet officially began. Yuan Youqin and Jiang Zhenghong were moved with enthusiasm, and their aunt's eyes were a little red. The atmosphere at the scene became warm, and there were blessings all over the place.

The photos of the scene were also spread to various places as they were shared on Moments, Space and Weibo.

The reporters who had been waiting in the banquet hall also followed the sound and came to the backstage of the wedding banquet. They had been waiting since the beginning of the ceremony. At this moment, they finally caught the opportunity and gathered around Jiang Qin to start the interview.

"Mr. Jiang, how are you feeling today?"

"Happiness, pleasure."

"Based on the layout of the group in 2013 and what you just said at the wedding, do you intend to focus on life? Because there are rumors outside that Mrs. Jiang is pregnant?"

Jiang Qin pursed his lips: "I hope that I can take care of work and family. If there is a suitable project, I will be willing to try it."

At this time, a girl in the group of reporters raised her toes and held out a microphone: "What does Mr. Jiang think of the current taxi market?"

"The competition is fierce and has far exceeded the original scale of group buying and takeout."

"Is Mr. Jiang interested in this market? After marrying Mrs. Jiang and returning your energy, will you take any action on the taxi market?"

Jiang Qin faced the camera: "That depends on what my wife wants."

The female reporter couldn't help laughing, and continued to ask: "Ms. Jiang is the CEO who is best at Internet business wars. He has won many large-scale business wars. Which platform do you prefer?"

"Not sure, but it definitely won't be Uber."

"Thank you Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Qin nodded and arranged for people to distribute wedding candies to the reporters. Then he saw Dong Wenhao walking over accompanied by a middle-aged man in a blue plaid shirt.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Qin immediately greeted him: "Director Liu, thank you for taking the time to attend my wedding. It's such an honor."

"Mr. Jiang is too polite. To be honest, we don't have much interaction. I'm quite surprised that you asked Manager Dong to go to Linchuan in person to invite me."

"That's it, Director Liu. I'm inviting you here this time. In addition to attending the wedding banquet, I also have something to ask you for help. Let's find a place to talk?"

"Okay, Mr. Jiang, please lead the way."

Jiang Qin stretched out his hand as a gesture of invitation and took Director Liu to the next room.

Tan Qing was busy seeing off guests at this time. When he saw this scene, he couldn't help but walked up to Dong Wenhao: "Who is that person?"

"Director of Linchuan Transportation Bureau."

After a long time, Jiang Qin and Director Liu left the reception room. At this time, Director Liu had a joint development plan in his hand. He said goodbye to Jiang Qin and looked at the plan, frowning deeply. .

He was a little hesitant when he heard what Jiang Qin said just now. After reading the complete plan, his hesitation increased instead of decreasing.

But before he could think about it carefully, the leader of Linchuan City called him over for a drink, and the plan was also taken with him.

"Jiang Qin wants us to give him the green light, but this matter... is a bit dangerous."

"The teacher said before the transfer that if there is a chance to retain Jiang Qin, he should retain him. Let's go, I will be responsible for anything that happens, and if it is done, it will also help our work."

"Okay, then I'll go back tonight, study it with the people in the bureau, and draft a red-headed document."

It took Jiang Qin half a month to prepare for the wedding, and within this half month, the taxi-hailing market also changed dramatically.

As Uber increased its capital investment, the battle became more and more fierce. In the end, Bumblebee failed to hold on and finally chose to merge with Kuaishou.

Because Bumblebee itself has the least capital among the three companies, during the period when Bibi and Kuaidi were competing against each other, he could still take advantage of the opportunity through guerrilla warfare, but under the pressure of Uber's capital, there was no chance at all.

During the few days of the wedding, Uber and Baidu teamed up to flood the market with advertising. Bibi's market shrank severely, and the entire team was anxious.

The most critical thing is that because of Uber’s high subsidies, drivers have flocked to this foreign platform, causing the vehicle response speeds of Beep and Kuaidi to seriously slow down.

All kinds of bad comments are also coming in one after another.

In order to curb this situation, Bibi designed a pop-up window in the background. Once it detects that the phone is connected to Uber, a prompt "Do you want to uninstall Uber?" will pop up.

But the end result was that Bibi found that its daily active users began to plummet, so it quickly stopped.

Kuaishou came up with a better idea, which was to publicly report Travis's remarks on the Internet through domestic online platforms.

"Chinese people are the most vain."

"Chinese companies are just like babies that never grow up."

“It’s easiest to make money from Chinese people.”

When these remarks were exposed, they indeed aroused fierce resistance from the melon-eating public, and Uber was immediately criticized on the Internet.

This is a basic link in the business war, the public opinion war.

But then, Chen Chuanxing discovered that Uber’s business volume had not decreased as a result.

You should be scolded online, but in reality, people who need to take a taxi will still use it.

At this time, Uber’s market share has reached 60%, while Bibi and Kuaishou’s combined total is less than 40%.

Cheng Wei was so anxious that he almost cursed, but at this moment he received a call from Travis, inviting him to have a business meeting.

The market was lost, but Cheng Wei could not be timid, so he arrived as promised and met the founder of Uber who had defeated him step by step.

"Mr. Cheng, market competition cannot be separated from funds. In the Internet war, only those who can come up with more funds can win. This is a truth."

"In this case, Bibi can't beat Uber. I think you and I are very clear about this fact."

"Over the past few days, you have tried various means, but nothing has been achieved, right?"

"You exposed my speech on Facebook through the media, thinking that this would affect Uber's business, but what was the result?"

"My evaluation of Chinese consumers is not wrong. They don't care what I say. Even if I belittle them, they will still stay because of the discounts I give."

"But Mr. Cheng, how much money does Bibi have? If you continue to burn it like this, you may have nothing, so this time I want to make a win-win proposal for both parties."

"I am willing to acquire 60% of Bibi's equity and merge the business."

"Mr. Cheng, think about it carefully. This is very tempting, but if you don't agree, we will increase our investment in the Kyoto market, and you will really lose everything."

Travis looked at him, his tone full of threats.

The money spent on acquiring Bibi’s equity is much less than the market’s money-burning war, and the results will be greater, and the development speed will be faster.

Travis hopes to end the occupation as soon as possible, unify the market, and transform to a profit model.

To put it bluntly, even international companies are a little trembling with such money-burning. He wants to quickly unify the industry, merge his company, and then raise the taxi price, lower the driver’s commission, and harvest the market.

The industry ecology of the Internet is like this. If you are the only choice in the market, then you will become the one who sets the price.

What early discounts are just bait for cutting leeks.

And when he met with Kuaidi’s CEO Chen Chuanxing later, his words were the same.

Travis fully demonstrated what prejudice and arrogance are. Although he said it was for your own good, the meaning of his expression was very clear, either reduce or die.

The way he looked at Chen Chuanxing was like looking at a country bumpkin, and the tone of his tone when talking about acquiring equity was like giving alms to beggars.

And this foreigner's evaluation of Chinese consumers has not changed. He is hypocritical and likes to take advantage. He really wants to make money here while slandering and insulting.

After the business meeting ended, the content was passed on in all directions.

Many people were confused after listening to it. They didn't understand how this foreigner could be so arrogant.

But there are more people who feel helpless, because the market will not change because of this. Uber has indeed stepped into the threshold of victory. Beep and Kuaidi have no power to fight back.

It's useless to fight and it's useless to get angry. This feeling makes people very angry, but also really cowardly.

"You can't win by fighting hard. In fact, Travis is right. It's not good for anyone to continue to burn."

"If this goes on, the taxi industry will be monopolized by foreign companies."

"Mr. Cheng, don't listen to Travis' nonsense, beat him!"

Cheng Wei swiped the messages on his mobile phone and looked at this group of people who watched the excitement and didn't mind making trouble. He couldn't help but smile bitterly.

He didn't have as much money as others, and his technology was not as good as others. What could he do?

At this time, Peng Sheng, the investment manager of Tencent, also called Cheng Wei and asked him if he wanted to go down. If he wanted, he could make another additional investment.

It was an additional investment, but everyone knew that the amount that Tencent could take out would never be able to influence the outcome of the battle. They might be able to fight a battle of attrition with Uber, but it would only make it harder for him to win.

If the key to breaking the game could not appear, Uber would win a key victory in 2014, and other taxi apps would die one after another.

Cheng Wei felt trapped in an endless darkness, and he had a vague idea of ​​retreating.

Night fell quickly, and Cheng Wei did not even go home. He sat in front of the French window in the office, struggling repeatedly.

At this time, the LED advertising screen opposite the office building suddenly flashed, attracting his attention. He walked a little closer and found that the LED that originally said group buying suddenly changed to "Didi Taxi, efficient reservation, high-quality service, one-click travel".

Cheng Wei was stunned for a moment, rubbed his eyes, and put his whole face close to the window, and then heard the WeChat notification sound behind him.

"Fuck, Pintuan and Gaode are going to join forces to end the game!"

"The dog is coming, the dog is coming!"

"Why so sudden?"

"The wedding is about to end, are you taking some time to come and do something?"

"No, it's the second half, Travis is about to open the champagne, it's not wise for Pintuan to come at this time, is he going to start from scratch? How could Uber give him a chance?"

"Jiang Qin is a god and can't win at this time..."

Everyone looked at the news on the headlines tonight and fell into confusion.

Yes, this is already the second half of the taxi race.

If Bibi and Kuaidi agree to merge with Uber, Uber will quickly sink and bloom in the territory where there is no opponent.

If they don't agree, Uber will increase its capital investment and quickly end the battle. Pintuan's exit at this time is completely inconsistent with basic business logic.

But Cheng Wei felt differently from them, not because of anything else, but because of the name Didi.

When he first planned to make a taxi-hailing app, he wanted this name the most, but after checking, he found that this name had been registered half a year ago, and he couldn't find anyone to buy it.

In other words, did Jiang Qin have this idea half a year before he wanted to make a taxi-hailing app?

If so, he must have considered it very carefully before deciding to go for it, but Cheng Wei had no idea how group buying could withstand the attack of Uber.