Just when Shakru was having fun with a group of netizens on the end of the world, suddenly Mukesh came to find him, and as soon as he met, he shook his head and said: "Hey, little Shaklu, I feel that you are getting more and more out of business, a while ago I said that I was going out to travel and relax, but I went away for several months, and now I finally came back, and I soaked in the Internet all day long and said something unreasonable, you said you let me tell you what you wanted." Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info"

Shakru replied with some embarrassment, "Isn't that boring?" Then he began to fight back: "Brother Mukesh, don't just talk about me, how is your own Antilla building now?" I've been persuading you, don't build this building, and you won't live in it if you do, it's just a waste of money. ”

This is not Shakru's nonsense, Mukesh's "Antilla" edifice is so famous, not only named after the mythical island of Antilla, but also the massive $1 billion building is 173 meters high, the height of a 60-story building; The total floor area of the entire building reaches 110,000 square meters, which is more than the famous Palace of Versailles in France.

According to the architectural plan, the skyscraper mansion will have a freestanding helipad, several open-air gardens, a full-story family cinema surrounded by floor-to-ceiling glass, VIP rooms with panoramic views of Mumbai, a two-storey health club and a six-storey oversized car park. In September 2008, Mukesh, his mother, wife and three children will move into the "palace" on time. At the same time, 600 full-time employees and servants of Mukesh will be responsible for taking care of the food and living of the family of six and arranging various activities.

Later, it was said that because of feng shui problems, Mukesh had not lived in the building for a day since it was built, so now Shakru urged him not to do this futile task.

However, it is obvious that Mukesh did not listen to Shakru in this matter, but he didn't want to affect the relationship between the two because of this incident, so he diverted the topic and said: "Let's not talk about these small things, this time I came to find you with serious business, there is a big project recently, and 300 million US dollars have been raised, how about it, are you interested in joining a share?" ”

"Three hundred million dollars? That's a really big project, what kind of industry is it? Shakru asked with interest.

"GetitInfoServices, you know, right?" Mukesh asked rhetorically without answering.

Shakru nodded and said, "Well, I know, I have the impression that this is a business platform with a history of several decades. Shakru is not wrong about this, the platform that provides a list of buyers and sellers in the form of a directory has been established for more than 30 years, and it is arguably the most prestigious business platform in India.

AstroEntertainmentsWorks, an Astrooverseas subsidiary, has invested nearly $15 million in GetIt, which is now officially operational and has acquired InfomediaYellowPages and AskMe after raising $300 million. In this regard, Getit wants to use the SME data in its hands to build an e-commerce platform called AskMebazaar. Mukesh explained slowly.

Sha Kru pondered for a while, only to understand that this is an e-commerce platform similar to Taobao, it is said that this should be a good opportunity to make a lot of money, after all, the success case of the richest man Ma Yun in the previous life is there, but I don't know why he always feels that there seems to be something wrong with this matter, so he hesitated for a long time before saying: "It seems that this project is really good, but I haven't paid attention to things in the business world for a long time, so let's give me some time, I'll investigate and think about it, how about it?" ”

In any case, caution is not a bad thing, so after a small talk with Shaklu, Mukesh took his leave. After Mukesh left, Shakru immediately mobilized his men to investigate whether this askme was reliable.

A few days later, the results of the investigation were fed back, and when he read the investigation reports, Shakru immediately broke out in a cold sweat, secretly glad that he did not agree on impulse at that time, because there were too many problems in this project.

First, Getit integrates into its platform millions of unorganized small vendors, none of whom have any official catalogue to vouch for, no standard prices, and no organized inventory.

In addition, according to a senior employee of one company, it is not easy to train and educate these vendors on how to use online marketplace platforms, and in fact, their lack of access to funds in real time is a big problem. These vendors also have no logistical support, so Getit has to be involved in the shipping process, which undoubtedly increases the company's expenses.

Just when Shakru wanted to tell Mukesh not to invest in this project, Mukesh hurriedly ran over to find him, and said as soon as they met: "Shakru, you didn't invest in the project I told you a few days ago, right?" ”

"No, because after I investigated, I found that there seems to be something wrong inside......"

Before Shakru could finish speaking, Mukesh interrupted him and said, "Fortunately, you didn't invest, this time I really lost my eyes, the problem in this project is too big, let me tell you." GetitInfoServices, which runs Askme's corporate business, exposed the company's financial woes in an email sent by his CFO, Anandson Bhadra, to specific employees on August 17.

The email instructs those specific employees to disable delivery and payment options on the company's website. But the leak sparked a panic reaction among employees that the company might be on the verge of bankruptcy.

On the 23rd, AskMe terminated its contract with the recruitment agency Innov, which had been the outsourcer for Askme's recruitment of delivery people, but Askme's 4,000 employees were not officially notified. According to the information collected from AskMe employees, the most recent official notice received by AskMe employees is an email informing them that they only need to work from home and do not need to report to the company.

By now, it was clear that if they laid off their employees, they would have to pay severance pay under their employment contracts. This means that Askme still has 4,000 regular employees under his staff, who have not received any wages since August. ”

ps: I recommend a new book by the same group of authors "This Kingdom of Heaven is Not Peaceful", although as a rookie writer, there are many deficiencies in this book, but I still like the entry point of this book, dressed as Feng Yunshan, the king of the South, independent from the kingdom of heaven, and develop on his own, there are not many people who write this way, you can go and see it. (To be continued.) )