Chapter 65: Happy Bike
Zhao Hongbing hurriedly grabbed Zhang Xiao and said seriously: "Illya, I mean seriously, I plan to invest in some companies that do the sharing economy, can you support me?" ”
Seeing that Zhao Hongbing suddenly became so serious again, Zhang Xiao naturally said seriously: "Have you really inspected this market?" ”
"Of course, you also know that I never do things that I am not sure of, and if you can support me, I hope you support me without fear of my suicide, and I hope you really believe in me and support me." Zhao Hongbing continued.
Hearing this, Zhang Xiao naturally felt a little touched in his heart.
The two have worked together for ten years, and they have already developed a sense of dependence on each other, but they have not taken the last step and maintain a special confidante relationship.
"Then explain it to me! I don't know much about the industry either. Zhang Xiao finally relented.
Zhao Hongbing was very happy and quickly explained: "I think the Internet era has changed all industries, and the most prominent category of the sharing economy is shared bicycles, why do shared bicycles appear?" Because we are now advocating energy conservation and environmental protection, many office workers and students need to travel in such a healthier and more environmentally friendly way, and after our Feitong mobile phone is connected to micro-interest payment, it will be more convenient for consumers to pay. ”
"How are you going to set the price, hourly or day?" Zhang Xiao continued to respond.
"This is not the key, the key is that we can get the user's deposit, a person's deposit of 200, 1,000 is 200,000, 10 million people is 2 billion, this is a huge amount of money, to be able to make use of this fund, it is more important for us!" Zhao Hongbing explained.
Hearing Zhao Hongbing's words, Zhang Xiao suddenly realized.
Previously, Zhang Xiao has been focusing on the sharing economy itself, in fact, ignoring the huge investment opportunities behind it, if this industry can be connected with the lending field, it is estimated that a huge chain of interests can be formed.
"Oh my God! Why didn't I think of this, no wonder you have always wanted to do this industry, it turns out that you have considered this! Zhang Xiao said excitedly.
"Don't get excited, it's just my own idea, I'm talking to a few small companies about cooperation, and I'm going to set up a bike-sharing branch, what do you think it's called?" Zhao Hongbing asked.
"Names...... Why is it a name again, I don't want to take a name, you think for yourself! Zhang Xiao said dissatisfied.
Indeed, for Zhang Xiao, she can write IT code day and night, but it is really a troublesome thing to ask her to name new companies and new products.
"It's called Happy Bike, what do you think?" Zhao Hongbing asked.
"Happy bikes? A bicycle born for happiness, yes, not bad. ”
After the two reached an agreement, Zhao Hongbing immediately contacted the persons in charge of several small shared bicycles, and then acquired each other's companies for 50 million Huaxia coins, and established a "Happy Bicycle" branch within Feitong.
Half a year later, the shared bicycle of Happiness Bicycle was put into the streets, university towns and communities of Tangcheng, Pengcheng, Yangcheng and other cities for the first time, and was welcomed by office workers and students.
This kind of "little yellow car" swept China all of a sudden, leading a new wave of bike-sharing frenzy, and soon, followers emerged in an endless stream, with small green cars, small floats, and small blue cars appearing one after another......
At this time, everyone in Feitong thought that Zhao Hongbing would further invest in the "Little Yellow Car", so that the "Little Yellow Car" could be put into more cities in China and even some major cities abroad, but Zhao Hongbing tightened the capital injection into the "Happy Bicycle" branch.
"Pete, you retreat so bravely that many people don't understand! Can you explain it to me? Hua Xin, CEO of Happy Bike, said anxiously.
Hua Xin was originally the owner of a small bike-sharing company, because the company was acquired by Feitong, so he was hired by Zhao Hongbing to Feitong as the CEO of Happy Bicycle, he was more enthusiastic than Zhao Hongbing about shared bicycles, and naturally felt that Feitong should inject more funds into the Happy Bicycle Company.
"It's too chaotic, this market, now many companies with only a few hundred million founding funds have come to this field, I feel that the market is too hot, we must calm down, we can't blindly expand." Zhao Hongbing said lightly.
"You say that...... Then I resign, I can't do anything like that. Hua Xin said a little disheartened.
"Paul, don't be like this, you know I need you, Happy Bike needs you. You have to calm down, don't be blinded by this craze, soon, I expect a massive collapse of bike-sharing companies in less than two months. Zhao Hongbing continued.
"No, Pete, I disagree with you on this issue, so I can't stay in Feitong anymore, thank you for taking care of me during this time." After Hua Xin finished speaking, he left Zhao Hongbing's office directly.
Losing Hua Xin, the general, Zhao Hongbing knows very well that "Happy Bicycle" will soon be unhappy, although he successfully predicted the vigorous development of shared bicycles and even the sharing economy, but he did not expect that the life span of the sharing economy is only one year.
Sure enough, two months after Hua Xin's resignation, because most of the bike-sharing companies embezzled user deposits, resulting in a lot of non-refundable deposits, eight of the top ten bike-sharing companies were criticized by the Huaxia State Administration for Industry and Commerce.
This sharing economy boom has been blowing for less than a year, and it has gradually cooled down.
Fortunately, even if Zhao Hongbing stopped the car and stabilized the business of Happy Bike, the little yellow car is still a small yellow car, although the number of users who paid the deposit of the little yellow car has dropped sharply from 30 million to more than 11 million, but it still did not let the happy bicycle go bankrupt, but the little green car, the little float and the little blue car that once competed with the little yellow car, one by one have closed down because they can't make ends meet.
"Illya, the danger you mentioned at the beginning does still exist, but fortunately with you, otherwise I would really let Feitong go into a dead end." Zhao Hongbing said helplessly.
"Pete, you have done your best, don't be yourself, rest assured, with your leadership, we will have more opportunities for development!" Zhang Xiao continued to comfort Zhao Hongbing.
Zhao Hongbing also knows one thing, not every emerging field is suitable for his own exploration, in the coming days, he plans to play steadily, and no longer be so fanatical to pursue some emerging economic fields.