Ten days went by in a flash. During this time, in the outside world, people were angry or cursed online about Uber's unprofessionalism and unkindness as a "foreign-owned" company. It's like a carnival.

Still others talk about Uber's bad luck: highlighting the crash that happened, talking about the embarrassment of the well, mocking the quietness of Uber, which now has all its resources dealing with safety. These people are hotly debating how Didi should merge with Uber, looking to the future with a strong sense of involvement.

Of course, what was said the most and talked about the most by people who knew the inside story was that Cai Congxin, the No. 2 person in Ali, flew back from the United States to command Ruoding, who reversed Didi's decline in one fell swoop. There are also praises for Cheng Wei and Liu Qing. They are concrete implementers. There is also a compliment to the rising star Ren Zhi. His decisiveness and his precise strategic vision are all talked about in some drinking parties.

In any way, Didi's "desperate counterattack" against the Uber acquisition is a classic case of business warfare.

It seems to echo what the "charlatan" Jack Ma said at a debate a few years ago: Ali is the Air Force. There is no saying in the world that the army can win the air force.

This time, it was a combination of land, sea and air, bombarding the Phoenix Fund indiscriminately. Let's hit him with a "Van Vleet ammo" first. A slap with your left hand, and another slap with your right hand. I just ask you: Are you convinced?

However...

After Xie Shihuang called Ma Yun on October 18, Cai flew from Xinfei to the magic capital to deploy a confrontation, and after more than 20 days passed, some subtle changes accumulated into a tower, and some kind of clues and qualitative changes began to appear.

In the past 20 days, the waves set off by Ali and the Milky Way have been surging like the tide of the Qiantang River on August 15: the waves are like mountains spraying snow. But after all, there is a time when the tide goes out. Only then will people find out that in the midst of the waves that cover the sky and the sun, someone has hit the water in the middle of the stream!

As the tide recedes, the figure will gradually become clearer. He will carry darkness over people, over their heads!

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It was raining lightly at night in the deep city, and the sky was extremely dark. Itaka arrived at Shencheng Airport in a black Mercedes-Benz van.

He didn't want to fly back to the magic capital or the capital, but to pick up the plane. Cao Danqing flew to Shencheng to see him after acquiring a company with a third-party payment license on behalf of Phoenix Fund.

The night is getting darker. In the drizzle, the car lights flashed in the driveway outside the airport. Idaka was waiting outside the airport pick-up hall. At this time, the mobile phone rang suddenly.

Jing Gao connected the phone, and Guo Lingyu's crisp voice came from inside, "Mr. Jing, you... How have you been late?" have some voices calling for Uber to shut down and rectify its business in recent times. She had heard a little. Regulators will have to make a decision in the near future.

There was a pause in her tone, and she could tell that she was concerned. Jing Gao said calmly: "Miss Guo, thank you." ”

"You're welcome. Guo Lingyu said sincerely: "Mr. Jing, no matter what the final result of your confrontation with Didi and Ali this time is, I hope that I will have the opportunity to cooperate with you in the future." Whether I'm representing Goldman Sachs or Kuok. ”

Not long ago, there was a car accident, which was a "natural disaster" for the Phoenix Fund. It was completely unexpected. Although she has a good personal relationship with Liu Qing, she recognizes the strength that Jing Gao has shown.

Jing Gao was a little touched in his heart, and said with a smile: "Thank you." ”

After a few words of greeting with Guo Lingyu, Jing Gao put his mobile phone in his trouser pocket, muttered for a few seconds, and turned his head to ask Jiang Zi beside him, "The meager side still refuses to cooperate with the control?"

When he was a netizen, he also hated controlling comments. It's unpleasant to scold people. But now that the public's emotions are venting on him, he still wants to control it. This is purely a matter of position.

Jiang Zi was plump, wearing a magenta shirt, a gray one-step skirt, a very professional dress, a mature and charming beauty, and said, "Yes." ”

Jing Gao nodded lightly, "Tell Wu Jingshu to buy Sina's shares immediately." I want a controlling stake. ”

There are quite a few people who come to pick up the airport at night. With Jiang Zi's pretty appearance and plump and graceful figure, he attracted the attention of men. This is Idaka's words, which caused many people to laugh. I'm going to buy Baidu, Alibaba, and Tencent!

Jiang Zi didn't care about the smiles around him at all, and said seriously: "Okay, Mr. Jing." ”

A moment later, Cao Danqing's tall and slender figure appeared at the exit of the airport. After receiving Danqing, Jing Gao took her directly back to the Guanlan Golf Villa. Wei Chenjun and Li Yifeng each took their teams to live in the hotel. Jinggao's villa is where Jiang Zi and Dong Youwei live, as well as bodyguards and nannies.

After the meal, Jing Gao and Cao Danqing sat at the square table in the small living room on the third floor of the villa, watching the pouring rain outside.

The house was quiet and the lighting was soft.

Cao Danqing sat at the table, gently holding Jing Gao's right hand with both hands, feeling the roughness of his palm, looking at his slightly emaciated face, the huge pressure, at this situation, she suddenly understood, and said softly: "Brother Jing, we will be fine, right?"

Great wealth not only brings enjoyment, but also great pressure, and at the same time great crisis. If Jing Gao is going to prison, she is willing to accompany him in.

Jing Gao smiled and said softly: "Danqing, what do you say?"

Cao Danqing will never forget the warmth, calmness, and firmness in Jing Gao's eyes when he asked her rhetorically. It's as if winter is approaching in the north at this time, but here in the south, it is warm as spring around him.

On the morning of November 12, Liu Zhen had just finished a meeting in a third-tier city and called Jing Gao, feeling tired, weak, weak, and afraid, "Mr. Jing, thank God, the fire is out." ”

Jing Gao held a mobile phone video conference in the afternoon, using Tencent's software, started on time at 2 o'clock, and the participants were all executives of the Phoenix department, and he only said one sentence to end the meeting: Let's start!

If this confrontation is compared to war, then now is the time to blow the trumpet of the charge and launch a counteroffensive!

If the phase of this confrontation is compared to the four seasons, then now is the time of winter! The enemy must be as cruel and ruthless as winter.

On the evening of the 12th, all Uber users were prompted to update the software version. The updated software offers a new payment option: Phoenix Pay. What's even more striking is a pop-up box when you open the new version of the software, "In order to repay the support and love of all new and old users, Uber will hold a free taxi month event." ”

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Didi's headquarters is in the capital.

At around 8 o'clock in the evening, Cheng Wei and Wang Gang's friends were eating and drinking in a private vegetable box in a courtyard house. Between the staggered plans, several people are very high, pointing out the country and talking about the past and the present.

"If you want to say that Mr. Cai is still powerful, he made Uber half dead. He's gone back to the U.S. for a vacation now. ”

Wang Gang said: "Eh, Cai always goes back to accompany his wife and children. Today is Saturday. We're the hard-working guys on the weekends. ”

"Haha. ”

"Mr. Cheng, have you received a request from the Wuzhen World Internet Conference? Based on Didi Chuxing's performance in the Internet field, you should have been invited to go last year. ”

Cheng Wei was white and fat, lifted his glasses, leaned on the wooden chair, he drank a little high, smiled and waved his hand, and said, "Received." I'll leave in two days. At this moment, Cheng Wei's mobile phone resting on the table of the Eight Immortals rang.

The voices in the box immediately went down. Cheng is always NO1.

Cheng Wei answered the phone, and a subordinate voice came from inside, "Mr. Cheng, Uber is crazy, they want to do a free taxi for a month, and they have just prompted it on the software." Shall we follow?"

"What?" Cheng Wei knocked the wine glass in his hand to the ground without a hand, but he didn't notice it at all, and his drunken intent turned into a cold sweat on the spot, and he didn't speak for a long time, and then said, "Let me think about it." ”

"Lao Wang, you come out with me. Cheng Wei's voice was a little distorted and called Wang Gang out of the box, and in the courtyard of the courtyard, against the cold wind, he quickly said the situation, "We have to contact Mr. Xie quickly and ask about the situation." ”

This morning, not long after the end of the work meeting in a third-tier city, the two of them received the news. Whether Uber will be shut down in that city is a bellwether. Didi sent someone to keep an eye on it.

The two of them are also asking Mr. Xie and Mr. Cai's assistant about the situation today. I want to know if the authorities will let Uber shut down the whole country. It is said that the results will be given recently. Haven't they heard anything about it yet?

And from Uber's sudden "free" promotion, they smelled some kind of bad signal.

Wang Gang said: "I'll contact Mr. Xie at this time." Hurry up and contact Liu Qing, Uber is menacing, this is going to make trouble!"

The wine party dispersed in a hurry. The few people who were still touting it just now were slightly embarrassed. It seems that something big has happened. Otherwise, why did Cheng Wei leave in such a hurry?

On the morning of the next day, Cheng Wei, Liu Qing and 11 Uber executives held a meeting to report on the latest situation. The atmosphere in the bright conference room was a bit oppressive.

Everyone already knows that when Uber launched the new version, the regulators had just concluded a meeting and decided not to let Uber go out of business for rectification, but asked them to rectify themselves to prevent such incidents from happening, and reported to the regulators for approval.

It is equivalent to a yellow card warning. The next time you make a mistake, it may be two yellows and one red.

But that's not what makes all Didi executives feel depressed. This can only be Uber's "crisis", but Uber's fierce counterattack. Play for free, the people of the whole country like to see it! Don't look at the fierce scolding on the Internet, these people will still use Uber.

In this way, how can Didi play Uber?

Vice President Lao Zhu said: "Mr. Cheng, Mr. Liu, the $4 billion that Alibaba Capital has raised for us is still about $1.5 billion in more than 20 days. It's simply not enough to burn. But if we don't follow, we'll die. The data shows that from yesterday evening to this morning, our total number of orders in first- and second-tier cities plummeted to 5%. Damn!"

Cheng Wei sat on the main seat of the rectangular conference table, rubbing his face, he didn't sleep last night, "This is very unreasonable." CIC and CICC are our shareholders. Jing Gao is doing this, and he wants to offend a group of people. ”

"yes. That kid doesn't want to mess around, does he?"

Liu Qing was about to speak, when the phone suddenly vibrate. She went out with her mobile phone, and after a while, Liu Qing came back and pursed her lips vigorously, "I just received the news that the shares of Didi that CIC has held have been transferred to a private equity fund called 'Satellite 4' on Hong Kong Island at a valuation of $33.5 billion. CDH Investments in the Magic City also transferred shares. ”

"Mr. Liu, didn't Mr. Wu of CDH Investment promise not to transfer?"

Since this time, Didi and Uber have not stopped competing in private. Not only in terms of public opinion, but also the pulling, differentiation, and consolidation of the respective shareholders of the two sides are enough to write a book as complex as "Three Kingdoms Killing".

CDH Investment is a clear statement that it is optimistic about Didi's future. Even if the shares are to be sold, Didi will be notified in advance.

Liu Qing sighed lightly and said the reason, "The Phoenix Fund promised to set up a chip design institute with at least 20,000 people in the magic city. Look up to Huawei's Magic Capital Research Institute. Just this morning, the intention was just negotiated, and they sent $1 billion to an account jointly supervised by both parties. Real money smashed. ”

"What kind of chip design does the Phoenix Fund do? Who are they bluffing?"

"They have a mobile phone company, you've all heard of it, it's called Coolpad. It is useless to question their determination and motives. They do have a need for this. ”

Cheng Wei grabbed his scalp hard. His scalp was a little numb. Jing Gao is so willing to throw money, probably he has the heart to kill them, right? Some time ago, Ali's various means were aimed at the Phoenix Fund.

The water army scolded, splashed dirty water, reported, all kinds of suppression, dug into the corner...

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Didi's internal meeting did not end until the afternoon. Cheng Wei invited Liu Qing to his office to sit for a while.

The early winter in mid-November in Beijing is a bit dry and cold. Cheng Wei's office is air-conditioned and comfortable.

He threw his coat on the chair, poured Liu Qing a cup of tea, and spoke first to ease the pressure in the hearts of the two, "There was a miasma of smoke in the conference room made by those smoking guns just now. I also contributed a dozen cigarettes. You have been wronged by second-hand smoke. ”

Liu Qing sat on the sofa by the coffee table, holding the teacup, "I'm used to it." Mr. Cheng, we have to communicate with Mr. Xie. We have to talk to the Phoenix Fund. ”

In fact, according to Mr. Cai's assumption, the focus of the wrestling between the two sides is actually to win over their respective shareholders. If Didi relies on the power of Alibaba and Galaxy, as well as one-sided public opinion, to win over more Uber shareholders, it can promote the merger.

As time goes by, in fact, the two sides are also approaching the time when they are exhausted.

However, while this was being done, there was an accident such as a car accident on Uber's side, so the focus was added: whether Uber would be shut down. If so, it's a godsend.

The two of them communicated with Ren Zhi. Galaxy Group is making efforts.

However, today is indeed close to a showdown. The two of them suddenly found that at the end of this confrontation, it seemed that Didi didn't have enough chips!

Cheng Wei nodded and said, "I have already called Lao Wang and Mr. Xie at noon. Mr. Xie said that you can talk about it first. He's already talking to an intermediary with Idaka. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Cheng Wei's mobile phone rang. "It's Mr. Xie. Cheng Wei connected the phone, pressed the speakerphone and put the phone on the coffee table, "Mr. Xie!"

Xie Shihuang on the phone smiled bitterly, "Xiao Cheng, I found someone to deliver a message to Jing Gao, but he refused." Wait. I need to report to Mr. Ma and Mr. Cai. ”

Triple attack from Idaka!

Cheng Wei and Liu Qing glanced at each other, and they both felt a trace of despair in their eyes, as well as regret.

In fact, it was good to sell to Uber at a high valuation in September.