Monday, August 1. Beijing, Didi headquarters.

Didi's CEO Liu Qing walked into the office floor with high heels, and people kept saying hello along the way.

"Mr. Liu is early. ”

"Mr. Liu is good. ”

This is the case in the workplace, where small employees may not take the initiative to greet the company's big boss when they meet them on the road. But after arriving at a floor, the level in the company is not much different, but you need to say hello and say hello.

Liu Qing's experience in Didi is quite legendary. She received her master's degree from Harvard in 2002 and worked at Goldman Sachs immediately after graduation. Large international investment banks usually recruit graduates with backgrounds.

So, don't be fooled by Chicken Soup Wen anymore. The fact that people can enter Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley has a lot to do with their own efforts, but what is more important and decisive is their background.

What do the public know the most? Foreign workplaces are fair, and foreign countries never fight for their fathers. Hehe!

As the daughter of Mr. Liu, the first-generation leader recognized by the Chinese business community, Liu Qing's work in Goldman Sachs Asia has been successful. Later promotions are also a matter of course.

In 2014, Liu Qing, who has become a managing director of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific, had dinner with Cheng Wei, the founder of Didi, who has become famous, for the third time in Beijing: Goldman Sachs wanted to invest in Didi, but was still rejected.

The real reason, of course, is not that Mr. Cheng is stupid. Instead, Liu Qing is brokering the merger of Didi and Kuaidi. A round of angel investment is certainly not worthy of a series of visits from Goldman Sachs' Asia-Pacific directors and managers.

Liu Qing said: "If you don't let us invest in Didi, then I'll go and work for you." Then I added Didi.

Of course, as long as people with a little experience understand that the normal resignation and handover will take a month, let alone a high-powered boss. Liu Qing didn't go to Didi so quickly. One sentence and that's it, that is.

But in any case, it is still a very legendary experience, because Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific executives go to a start-up company to work as executives, which is really not something that ordinary people can do. This is the same reason as when Cai Chongxin put an annual salary of several million dollars and went to Ma Yun to get a salary of 500 yuan.

However, who wants to believe this: the story of the virtuous minister who defected to the Ming Lord, who is a fool. Here's the real onboarding process.

After the two met, Liu Qing said the above sentence angrily. Mr. Cheng went back and held a board meeting and said that he would dig Liu Qing over. Then, I chatted with Liu Qing for a week. Mr. Cheng said to her: Half of Didi's salary is yours, and the rest is ours.

Then call seven or eight Didi executives, and the group went out for a walk. Fly to Xining first, and plan to drive for two or three days to pull something. Then, during this journey, at the foot of the Himalayas, Cheng Wei and Liu Qing had a long talk all night.

Liu Qing cried that night before deciding to resign and write a letter to Goldman Sachs executives in Asia Pacific. Return to the capital and join Didi. Subsequently, he lived up to expectations, made great contributions to Didi's financing, and served as Didi's president.

So, the chicken soup text should be read less!

Why are successful people keen to tell these stories? First, pretending to be coercive! The thing I regret the most in my life is to establish Alibaba. Hey. Second, who will tell the real secret of a company's success?

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"Morning!"

Liu Qing put her handbag on the assistant's workbench outside the office and instructed, "Ada, help me make an appointment with Mr. Kalanick from Uber, I need to communicate with him about the merger with Uber China."

In addition, the heads of various departments are notified to hold video conferences, and we need to continue to increase subsidies to put enough pressure on Uber China. Forcing them to sue for peace. ”

"Okay. Mr. Liu. Assistant Ada hurriedly responded.

Liu Qing walked to her office, turned on the computer, and was about to work, when her personal mobile phone suddenly rang. It was a friend of hers calling.

"Jean, are you going to work?"

"Hmm. ”

"I have accurate news that Uber China has been acquired by an investment institution called Phoenix Fund in Beijing. They are preparing a press conference here in the magic capital, and it is expected to be announced at 11 o'clock this morning. Their official website and official WeChat have been hung out. ”

Liu Qing was stunned for a moment, Phoenix Fund? There is such a person in Asia's venture capital circle? Although she left Goldman Sachs, she was responsible for Didi's financing. How can a company that can buy Uber China, which is worth $7 billion, be nameless?

"Okay, thanks. I'll invite you to tea when I come to the capital another day. Liu Qing hung up the phone and began to inquire.

She had a hunch that she might have met an opponent!

At the same time, the gossip that Uber China has changed hands is spreading rapidly as the public relations team of Phoenix Fund calls the media in Modu to invite them to a press conference.

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Qiu Yongliang, a reporter at the Modu Reporter Station of the Economic Daily, is Chinese New Year's Eve four years old today. Not long after I got to work on Monday morning, I called out to the editor-in-chief in the office, "Xiaoqiu, you go to the International Conference Center." At 11 a.m., Phoenix Fund will hold a press conference on the acquisition of Uber (China) there. ”

Qiu Yongliang said in surprise: "Is it a temporary mission?"

The editor-in-chief said angrily: "Yes." ”

Qiu Yongliang questioned: "I'm afraid it's not fake news, right?" Their Economic Daily is a newspaper under the State Council. Although there is not enough traffic in the new media era, the authority is definitely enough. Now in these years, who dares to believe the press releases of the official account and the self-media?

The editor-in-chief picked up the teacup and drank water, and said depressedly: "It's true." The economic circle here in the magic capital has basically confirmed this matter. The Phoenix Fund invites all kinds of online media. But we need to get a first-hand report on this news. ”

An economic daily newspaper is a newspaper that specializes in covering the domestic economy. If you can't even get the news of such a big news as the acquisition of Uber (China). That's a joke.

"Okay. Qiu Yongliang understood, and went out to pack his things and go straight to the International Conference Center on the Huangpu River. On the way, send a WeChat message to Liu Zhen, the head of strategy at Uber (China) and the person in charge of media and government public relations.

Of course, the WeChat account he contacted was not managed by Liu Zhen herself, but the number used by her team to communicate with the media.

Later, the information came back: Uber China had no idea about it.

Qiu Yongliang was even more puzzled in his heart, big news! The secrecy of this acquisition was done! Even the company's executives did not know.

He also interviewed Mr. Liu Zhen and Mr. Liu in person a few days ago. Mr. Liu categorically said that Uber (China) does not sell. Moreover, it is quite disdainful of the Phoenix Fund. Now slap in the face!

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Similar to Qiu Yongliang, most of the media in the magic capital were receiving news in the circle and quickly rushed to the magic capital international conference center. Although they didn't receive an invitation, they didn't believe that the Phoenix Fund would dare to turn them away.

Wen Wei Po, Xinmin Evening News, Modu Daily, Oriental Morning Post, Xinmin Weekly, Southern Weekly, Southern Metropolis Daily, Jiefang X Daily... And so on, as well as the online media notified by the Phoenix Fund: Sina, Sohu, NetEase... Wait a minute.

Also, TV stations and online video media that heard the news. The Phoenix Fund held a press conference temporarily, and it must not be able to send a letter directly to the authoritative media, which is to find a draw. Basically, it's sent to online media.

And word spread.

When Qiao Shuang, the president of Phoenix Fund and the chairman of Uber (China), walked into the conference room on the third floor with a group of assistants and a team, click. Bursts of white light shone brightly.

Idaka sat in the media gallery in the conference room, with a press card around his neck. Look at this scene.