The afternoon sun fell obliquely on the eaves of the Peace Hotel, and the living room window of the suite was opened, and the bustling urban atmosphere seemed to come in.

Cai Congxin continued: "There are two points to pay attention to here. In the public opinion offensive on the Internet, this point is left to our Ali team to sit. ”

In the business world, the water army is always a topic that cannot be avoided. Nowhere is this more evident than in the mobile phone industry. When Huawei has not yet carried the banner of science and technology, Xiaomi and Huawei often hack each other. They are called "Friends of the Merchants".

In the Internet world, the same topic remains. Although Ali and other Internet giants have denied it, today in private, Mr. Cai still said it very clearly.

"The second point is that Uber is defined as a foreign-funded enterprise, and the problems of user data security are not unsolvable. So, what is our winning point? The foundation of Phoenix Fund and Jinggao is too shallow to pass on the words. ”

Cheng Wei and Liu Qing glanced at each other, and nodded convincingly in the tacit understanding between the two. This is a program with a very high probability of success.

Liu Qing said: "Mr. Cai, wait for the press conference, I know how to deal with it." She and Cheng Wei have a clear division of labor. Promoting Didi's image to the outside world is also one of her jobs.

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The meeting did not adjourn until around the evening. The crowd dispersed.

Cai Congxin continued to stay in the magic capital, integrating the news and forces of all parties, and leading this confrontation with Uber.

Cheng Wei flew back to the capital overnight. Didi's headquarters is in the capital, and he wants to go back to pay overtime pay to reassure people. In addition to the $1 billion in financing he received from Ren Zhi, Mr. Cai gave him $2 billion.

Of course, you have to save some money.

Ren Zhi took the car back to his villa and finished eating. He had the lightest task in the next encounter. He needs to use some of the resources of the Galaxy Group to put pressure on the Phoenix Fund. It's an all-out encounter.

It's not just about ride-hailing. In other fields that Jing Gao and the Phoenix Fund are involved in, such as textiles, real estate, banking, venture capital, film and television, Ali and Galaxy have to fight against it, so as to influence Jing Gao's personal will to continue to fight and force him to give in.

He had to report it to his father.

First, let my father have a comprehensive understanding of Ali's plan. He could have asked his father to fill in the gaps. He had a lot of trust in his father's business skills. But the eaglet has to spread its wings after all.

Second, as the young master of the Galaxy Group, his right to speak is actually limited in the refined modern corporate governance structure of the Galaxy Group. He needed to get some authorization from his father. To put it bluntly, it is to ask Uncle Song to help him run errands.

Liu Qing had a simple dinner and took the car to the Peninsula Hotel to attend the press conference. The Peace Hotel and The Peninsula Hotel are not together.

Sitting in the smoothly driving car, she seemed to be echoing Mr. Cai's voice in her ears. "The second point is to prohibit Uber from using Alipay to pay. This tactic does not motivate users to choose Alipay and abandon Uber.

In China, users are always only price sensitive.

This is a way to show our Ali attitude! Be a friend and a neutral person to see. In this confrontation, whoever wants to cheer for the Phoenix Fund will have to take it easy. Hongbin China and other venture capitalists are still very sensitive. ”

Sure enough, the ginger is still old and spicy!

Then, she turned to her father for help, and her father asked her to call Mr. Yang. Does it also mean this? Lenovo's capital and status in the rivers and lakes may be worse. But Lenovo can mobilize resources that are not necessarily less! She is in the game, and she is limited by her own experience, but she is not good at public opinion warfare.

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When Liu Qing went to the Modu Peninsula Hotel, Didi's press conference had already been arranged in the hotel. The print media, television, and online media here in the magic capital have all received invitations and rushed to come. More than 100 in total.

It was a huge press conference.

Originally, LeTV had a product launch conference today, but the limelight was completely overshadowed by Didi. You must know that LeTV is a star in the field of public opinion. Although they broke out all kinds of negative news since September, with the injection of funds from the Phoenix Fund, they quickly took a breather. At this moment, Mr. Jia continued to run wildly on the road of building cars and PPT.

Qiu Yongliang, as a reporter for the Economic Daily, was also in a huge conference room. He chatted with a colleague from Yicai next to him, "Is this Didi's plan to merge with Uber?"

At the end of September, Jing Gao's "Financial Wednesday" at Tan Qin's villa was not widely reported by the newspapers, but as practitioners of the financial media, they all knew some bits and pieces.

Jing Gao announced that Didi would only be given a month, and it would not wait for it to expire. I said this on September 28th, and today is October 17th, so there are only ten days left to calculate the time.

The CBN reporter shook his head: "Logically, not." If Didi wants to sell itself, how can it still make such a big splash? Unless it is a reverse takeover. ”

The Sina financial reporter next to him leaned over and chatted: "The news I received is not. I heard that the two will continue to fight each other. Two days ago, Uber's first round of funding was less than $800 million, which surprised analysts from all walks of life. So, there's definitely big news today. ”

Nonsense. There is big news, who can't see this? Qiu Yongliang smiled politely.

In the discussion of reporters, time passed slowly. At about two minutes at 7 o'clock in the evening, Liu Qing came in through the side door with two executives from Didi and walked to the rostrum to take a seat.

The media were immediately excited, and the sound of clicks sounded.

Didi's secretary of the board of directors, who presided over the press conference, exchanged a few words with the reporters, and went straight to the point, "Next, I would like to invite our President Liu to announce Didi's major decisions." ”

All the cameras in the audience focused on Liu Qing, who was sitting in the center on the rostrum.

Liu Qing was dressed very formally, her expression was very serious, she gently adjusted the microphone, picked up the manuscript and began to read, "

Hello friends from the media. As a company rooted in China, Didi has always been committed to providing convenient travel for the public. That's our philosophy. Therefore, we refuse to be acquired by a foreign-owned company with a purely American culture!"

The professionalism of the journalists is not bad. There was only a slight hum in the entire large conference room, which could accommodate more than two hundred people. This news is very abrupt! Didi actually refused to merge with Uber. But most people are still patiently waiting for the following. At the same time, I noticed Liu Qing's key words: "pure American culture" and "foreign-funded enterprises".

As we all know, Uber's management and employees are very young. Some of them have visited Uber's headquarters in Silicon Valley. Internally, email communication is all in English. But what about foreign-funded enterprises?

Some people know, some don't.

Liu Qing continued: "According to public information, the shareholders of Phoenix Fund are: Jiuge Capital, Xia Shang Real Estate, and Ms. Qiao Shuang. Among them, Ms. Qiao Shuang, as a corporate legal person, holds 0.5% of the shares. Xiashang Real Estate holds 1 shareholding, and Jiuge Capital holds 98.5 shares.

These can all be found on Tianyancha. And according to the information I have. Nine Song Capital is a company registered in the tax haven of the Virgin Islands. Their main office is located on Hong Kong Island.

So there is no doubt that this is a foreign-owned company that enjoys preferential foreign investment taxes. ”

There are more companies setting up companies in tax havens. All Chinese concept stocks listed in the United States have this thing. This is determined by the structure of the circumference regulation. Therefore, for many Internet companies, the control is definitely in the hands of the founder, but the majority of the equity is in the hands of foreign capital. Are they foreign-owned?

For example, Alibaba.

Liu Qing paused, and then said: "There are a large number of online car-hailing users in China. Their data is a matter of security and must not be in the hands of a single foreign-owned company. On behalf of Didi, I hereby report to the relevant authorities that Uber is suspected of endangering public data security. In two days, we will hand over the specific materials to the relevant departments.

That concludes today's press conference. Thank you. Liu Qing stood up and bowed, turned around and left.

Behind her, the entire conference room was like an exploding wet market. Rumble. This news is so exciting!

There is a problem! There is a problem! Qiu Yongliang muttered in his mouth. But the impact of a big news deprived his brain of oxygen, and the huge hustle and bustle around him made him unable to think. Instead, I want to write an article immediately and spread the word!

It's crazy.

Didi went so far as to report Uber. What kind of hatred is this, what kind of grudge? This has never appeared in the previous online car-hailing competition. This kind of thing, at present, he knows of one example: I heard that a certain company reported Kuaibo.

A reporter rushed to Liu Qing quickly, holding the microphone and shouting: "Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, I have a question..."

One by one, reporters rushed to be the first: "Mr. Liu, are you sure that Didi will not merge with Uber? This is different from your previous opinion..."

Liu Qing ignored the shouts of these reporters, she usually has a bit of a proud queen's temperament to the outside world. Now just go straight away. The security guards stopped the reporters who were about to rush up for an interview and let Liu Qing and the others leave along the passage.

In the huge conference room, more than 100 media outlets were bombarded with big news.

After the dark clouds topped, the storm finally fell!