Chapter 107: Shocking the Industry
Three months later, in the banquet hall of the Kempinski Hotel on the riverside, all the media in Xianghaishi received invitations and reporters gathered here.
A press conference by Beep Taxi is about to take place.
"Is Bibi Taxi going to be a strategic transformation, and is there any major strategy to be released this time?"
"We didn't know it, so we received an invitation to attend the press conference, and I didn't hear any news from the public relations department of Beep, which was mysterious."
"It shouldn't be a big deal, but I just invited the local media in Xianghai City."
The reporters gathered and chatted with each other.
Generally speaking, this kind of press conference is not held temporarily, and the organizer will give the main content of the press conference to the media in advance, so that after the press conference is over, the media manuscripts will appear as soon as possible.
The last time the city's media were boiling, it was because Tang Wushuang was injured and hospitalized, and Xinli Group was facing a takeover crisis.
As a result, Dong Wenyuan, who carried out the acquisition conspiracy, became infamous and returned defeated, and withdrew from the board of directors of Xinli Group; Tang Wushuang was discharged from the hospital safe and sound after recuperating for a while, and with the support of the vast majority of grassroots employees and some group veterans, a round of personnel adjustments was carried out, and the policies and projects that she had been unable to promote before were finally implemented.
Because the situation was reversed in one go, not only did the morale of Xinli Group be revived, but Tang Wushuang's reputation within the group reached its peak in an instant, and some people even suspected that Tang Wushuang was injured and hospitalized, which was a deliberate drama, the purpose was to fish out Dong Wenyuan, a big fish, and then take advantage of the situation to clear the obstacles in the group.
Otherwise, how can you win so beautifully in a precarious situation?
Of course, they couldn't imagine that in order to help Tang Wushuang get through this hurdle, Wu Qihan and Wu Jingsong worked together to almost fight a bloody road!
"It's coming, it's coming!"
A reporter shouted as a reminder.
Wu Qihan, who was handsome and shiny with his hair, was wearing a silver-gray suit and walked in from the small door next to him confidently.
Walking side by side with him is He Ying, one of the main investors of Beep Dache and a voice in the investment community.
The flash clicked on.
He Ying was dressed in red, her eyes were bright and she was full of energy. The two of them walked together, handsome men and beautiful women, and they had a very good sense of camera.
If I didn't know their identities, I would have thought it was a press conference where celebrities appeared.
In the past few months, Beep Taxi and Panda Taxi have once again entered a fierce competition, and all businesses have entered a full-scale confrontation, with almost overlapping functions and market penetration.
It's like two top masters have made a move, and ordinary people can't see the trend of winning and losing.
"He Ying accompanied the appearance, it should be big news, right?"
"Could it be that the D round of financing was announced, as if the C round had only been completed for a long time?"
The reporters speculated together.
Wu Qihan and He Ying had just taken their seats, and in the surprised eyes of the reporters, two more people walked out of the small door over there.
Wu Jingsong, who was wearing a serious black suit, and Tang Wushuang, who was dressed in formal clothes but was very beautiful.
Wow......
An exclamation erupted involuntarily in the venue, and a small commotion was triggered.
At the press conference of the beep taxi, what did Wu Jingsong and Tang Wushuang do when they appeared, did they come to smash the field?
Now everyone knows that Wu Jingsong and Wu Qihan are brothers, but the two taxi companies are real competition, and they belong to two Internet camps......
Wu Jingsong and Tang Wushuang came to the press conference. Yang, who was next to Wu Qihan and He Ying.
"What's the situation?"
The reporters looked at each other, with a hint of conjecture in their hearts, but they felt that it was impossible.
In the shocked and expectant eyes of everyone, He Ying picked up the microphone, "Thank you for participating in this press conference, this year, the Internet is profoundly changing our lives, especially in the field of travel, beep taxi and panda taxi have become indispensable software for everyone." ”
She glanced around the crowd, "As you can see, the most competitive software in the field of travel at present is Beep Taxi and Panda Taxi." I believe that the emergence of any kind of technology and application is to improve our lives, not to compete with each other and hurt each other. Therefore, from the investment level, from the market level, the two companies decided to merge after an in-depth exchange of views. ”
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and after He Ying's words were finished, all the reporters subconsciously pressed the shutter in their hands.
In an instant, dozens of flashing lights lit up, and the center of the illuminated press conference was snow-white.
"It's not April Fool's Day, is it?"
A reporter still couldn't believe it and asked.
"Today is not April Fool's Day, today is Thanksgiving."
A reporter next to him replied.
He Ying looked at everyone with a smile, Wu Qihan and Wu Jingsong glanced at each other, and Tang Wushuang let out a long breath, relieved.
Under He Ying's arrangement and matchmaking, the meeting between the two families was held in extreme secrecy, and even on the day of the press conference, the vast majority of employees did not know about the situation.
There were many obstacles in the middle, and the opinions of the high-level were not consistent, but with He Ying's efforts and Tang Wushuang's approval, they finally advanced to the last step.
The investor accepted the merger, and the two Internet overlords behind it also rarely held hands, Wu Qihan and Wu Jingsong also mixed tastes.
However, on the day they signed, both of them felt that they had unloaded the burden in their hearts.
There can be several such ups and downs in life, not to mention, it is the brothers who reached the top at the same time and become an unbreakable myth in the Internet circle - the two fastest growing and highest valuation emerging companies in the history of the Internet are operated and created by two brothers!
Either you don't do it, and if you do, you're the strongest! Dominate a field!
"The combined group is now valued at $6 billion." After the flash ended, He Ying slowly added.
Wow......
The reporters finally couldn't help it and exclaimed loudly.
The valuation of the two taxi-hailing software alone has exceeded $2 billion, and the valuation after the merger has exceeded $6 billion!
But if you think about it, in such a large national market, occupying a dominant position, such a valuation is also reasonable!
Even, both of them are already laying out the market in Southeast Asia and neighboring countries!
After the merger, the influence and resource power have grown exponentially! Instead of fighting at home, it is better to combine forces and attack overseas markets!
This is the logic of the cooperation between the two Internet overlords in this field!
If there is room for further development in overseas markets, the valuation of more than 10 billion US dollars is just around the corner!
"Will the two brands continue to be retained?" A reporter immediately raised his hand and asked.
"The two brands will remain independent, but there will be some differences in business strategies." Wu Qihan picked up the microphone and said.
"Will there be layoffs, and how will the problem of overlapping businesses be handled?" Another reporter asked.
"There will be no layoffs, we still have a lot of market space, there are other competitors, and in many businesses, the two companies are in a complementary relationship...... "Wu Qihan then replied.
The reporters raised many more questions, and Wu Qihan answered them one after another.
"Who will dominate the combined business? What is the reporting relationship between the two Mr. Wu? ”
"We are set up as co-CEOs, and major strategies are jointly decided." Wu Qihan smiled slightly and said.
Tang Wushuang turned his head to look at Wu Jingsong, feeling that his face was a little gray.
Although a co-CEO was set up, the business combination was led by He Ying and promoted by He Ying's father, He Dahua, including the press conference, which was also held with Beep Taxi, which actually had a slight upper hand in the structure of the merger.
The two brands remain independent, but anyone with a discerning eye knows that one must be slowly eroding the other.
Although Panda Taxi was not founded by Wu Jingsong, it was made by him, and he certainly has feelings for this brand.
However, who let Wu Qihan do it earlier, and the market share is a little higher, in fact, both sides are very effective teams.
But then again, Wu Jingsong didn't want to compete with his younger brother like this anymore, and after Tang Wushuang's incident, his brother's feelings came back.
The reporters asked questions enthusiastically, and the press conference lasted for more than half an hour.
This is the largest merger event in the history of the domestic Internet so far, and the two software are well-known and have become essential to life, and they must be shocking news.
Such news will spread from Xianghai City to the whole country, and have a devastating impact on other ride-hailing software!
No one would have expected that the two life-and-death software would announce their merger on Thanksgiving!
"Thank you, and that's the end of today's press conference." He Ying picked up the microphone and said.
Reporters still want to ask questions, always feel that there is more news to dig up, and always hope to have some more exciting material.
"Oh, there's one more link at the end." Wu Qihan suddenly stood up.
He Ying looked at him suspiciously, blinking.
All the reporters saw Wu Qihan slowly walking towards Tang Wushuang, taking out a beautiful box from his pocket and kneeling on one knee.
"Tang Wushuang, are you willing to marry me?" Wu Qihan looked at Tang Wushuang and said sincerely and lightly.
Tang Wushuang obviously didn't expect this scene, opened his lips, and then, his face turned red.
In this very formal and very important press conference to propose marriage in public, Wu Qihan, can you be reliable?
Here is almost all to the sea of the media!
Wu Qihan didn't speak again, opened the box, and looked at Tang Wushuang.
Inside was a brilliant diamond ring, in the flash that surged like a tide in an instant, this diamond ring had a dazzling light, and Tang Wushuang, who was blushing at a loss, looked very beautiful.
He Ying stood aside with a smile and looked at Tang Wushuang's liveliness.
Wu Qihan smiled lightly, and then realized that the limelight of today's press conference was snatched away by Wu Qihan because of this proposal.
He knew that Wu Qihan was sincerely good to Tang Wushuang, and the previous mustard had already been eliminated.
"I ...... Willing. Tang Wushuang bit his lip and blushed to the base of his neck.
It's all this scene, can she still say that she doesn't want to?
In more than two months, her body recovered, and she was like glue with Wu Qihan, but she didn't expect Wu Qihan to propose to her on such an occasion.
Wu Qihan smiled happily, picked up the diamond ring, and put it on Tang Wushuang's white and slender fingers.
How could reporters miss such a scene, and they rushed to the front to shoot this scene.
Seeing Wu Qihan sweetly hugging Tang Wushuang, He Ying, who was next to him, said with a smile, "What do you mean by grabbing the headlines?" ”
"How's it going, aren't you convinced?" Wu Qihan deliberately replied.
He Ying frowned, "I won't grab the headlines?" ”
She pulled Wu Jingsong over, "I make it public, Wu Jingsong is my boyfriend." ”
Wow......
All of a sudden, the journalists were shocked again.
Wu Jingsong was embarrassed and didn't know what to do.
During this time, he and He Ying did have a good relationship, often went out to eat and drink tea, and went to play ball together, but he was never her boyfriend?
He Ying is smart and beautiful, and her background is also prominent, although she is single, Wu Jingsong doesn't want to deliberately climb her.
It's just that at this moment, He Ying announced like this, can he still deny it in front of the city's media?
Then He Ying doesn't want to kill him?!
He Ying took the opportunity to hold his arm.
Wu Jingsong touched He Ying's palms and fingers, and suddenly, his heart was sweet. Although he was forcibly announced to be a boyfriend, there was a kind of joy that could not be suppressed.
Click, click!
The camera snapped wildly at the two of them.
He Ying glanced at Wu Qihan, who was also shocked, and showed a smile.
Who's going to grab the headlines?
Wu Qihan looked at He Ying helplessly. Although He Ying only announced her boyfriend, He Ying can be called the goddess of the investment circle and the only daughter of the business tycoon He Dahua, the intensity of this news is no less than Tang Wushuang's acceptance of the marriage proposal!
What makes the reporters excited is that Wu Qihan and Wu Jingsong are two brothers, who not only created the two best Internet companies, but also chased Tang Wushuang and He Ying respectively!
Just imagine, although Beep Taxi and Panda Taxi merged, Xinli Group and Lianxin Group are still the main competitors in the field of science and technology, two sworn enemies in the business world, because of the relationship between Wu Qihan and Wu Jingsong, they have become concubines?!
Can such a press conference still make people better? Is it in the technology sector, or in the social entertainment sector?
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