Guan Huang hung up the phone and pondered in his heart.

Karanik's intentions, he had guessed before, and now he has confirmed.

The other party couldn't hold on.

The continued bleeding of the Chinese market leaves no hope of victory.

Superman is not only fighting fiercely with Uber (China) in the local market.

It also sniped at Uber in the global market.

First, it invested $100 million in Lyft, the second largest ride-hailing software in the United States.

Subsequently, it successively invested in GrabTaxi, a ride-hailing app in Southeast Asia, and Ola in India, and the prototype of internationalization gradually emerged.

And the global popularity of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" is like the last straw that crushes the camel, making Karanik have the idea of retreating.

However, the phone call between the two just now was not pleasant.

The Karanik Lion has asked for $10 billion to acquire Uber's China business.

Both sides know that the price is too high, but the business is originally a bargain.

Although the Americans are upright, Karanik said directly on the phone that if he did not accept his conditions, he would make a mess of the Chinese market.

Guan Huang's temper is naturally soft rather than hard, and he has to push back when he opens his mouth.

Before he could get angry, Karanick's voice changed, and he said: He can actually skip the phone call and brush up the performance to increase the bargaining chips, for example, the driver's subsidy is increased to 500 million yuan per week.

Guan Huang calmed down, and this love was indeed accepted.

Although he knows that Uber will withdraw from the Chinese market, when it will exit is also key.

Before withdrawing, the subsidy amount will be increased to 500 million per week and 2 billion per month.

Does Superman follow?

If you don't, you will give the market to others, and maybe Karanik will decide not to withdraw from the Chinese market when the situation improves.

If you follow it, you will burn billions a month, and it will hurt you when you think about it, and it is better to invest all this money wherever you put it than to burn it.

Of course, for Uber, the disadvantages are also obvious.

Once Superman decides to continue to burn money and compete with the Chinese market, every day of existence will be lost.

In the end, the two sides decided to send senior personnel to each other in secret contacts.

On the superhuman side, Guan Huang, Xia Qixi, and Zhang Taijie are separated.

On the Uber side, Uber's CEO Travis Kalanick and two other executives are mainly involved, and the entire Chinese staff is not involved.

Guan Huang picked up the phone and called Zhang Taijie and Xia Qixi, and soon the remote video conference began.

“…… That's the way it is, Tyger, you start with your opinion. ”

Zhang Taijie was very excited, and immediately replied: "Since Karanik intends to retreat, we must seize this opportunity, whether he is sincere or false, let's make it true." ”

Xia Qixi also agreed, "Karanik took the initiative to sue for peace, at least it shows that his confidence has been lost." ”

Guan Huang: "Then the only problem now is the price?" ”

Zhang Taijie shook his head: "10 billion is unacceptable." ”

It's just a joke, Uber China is worth 10 billion US dollars, and Uber has to break 100 billion worldwide.

Xia Qixi estimated slightly, "Between thirty and four billion, about the same." ”

Uber and Superman have a tenfold difference in market share, and if other factors are not considered, there should also be a tenfold difference in the normal range of valuations.

Superman is worth $30 billion, and Uber (China) is valued at $3 billion.

Guan Huang agreed: "Okay, let's talk about it according to this standard first." ”

Business is the result of repeated negotiations.

One lion opened his mouth, and the other side landed to pay back.

Karanik is a businessman, so naturally he is not offended or offended by this.

Xia Qixi nodded, and then said: "This price should be said to exceed Uber's bottom line, and the other party will not accept it easily." ”

Guan Huang replied: "Then let's work hard behind our backs, and if we can't win it in the contract, we will get it back ourselves on the battlefield." ”

Zhang Taijie didn't understand: "What do you mean......"

Guan Huang: "The two of you will start negotiating now, don't worry about other things, I'll solve it." ”

Zhang Taijie nodded.

Although I don't know what the boss will do, his performance all the time still makes him choose to listen to blind letters.

Guan Huang continued, "Karanik and I have reached a temporary reconciliation, maintain the current strength, do not expand the war, do not increase the subsidy, when you go back, you grasp it, convey it to the city managers, don't easily provoke a war, but don't let everyone lose their fighting spirit." ”

If the news of the merger spreads, the efficiency of the entire company will immediately be significantly reduced.

Not to mention that the horses are put in Nanshan, and the knives and guns are put into storage, at least the tension will be lost.

"Okay", Zhang Taijie and Xia Qixi nodded.

Subsequently, several people made full exchanges and communications on the specific content of the merger and acquisition.

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The popularity of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" may mean the rise of AR to a certain extent, which has made AR, which was previously a niche entertainment, have a broader market.

Augmented reality, which integrates digital technologies into the real world,

It doesn't need to buy expensive add-on equipment such as headsets like VR (virtual reality), and it doesn't need to burn as hard as some VR giants do (magicleap, the leader in the VR field, has burned nearly 4 billion yuan and launched a 5 billion yuan Series C financing in January this year (led by Ahri), however, the product is still far away. ）

The success of "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" clearly demonstrates to people that AR can indeed become the mainstream direction of hardware development in some fields.

Maybe we can catch up and get ahead of VR (virtual reality).

The domestic media are full of praise for this, and the self-media "Tianya Mingyue Knife" published an article ridiculing "The world is fighting to let you go out".

"The Classic of Mountains and Seas" can promote the health of players on the one hand, and at the same time help players develop social interaction with the outside world.

In the Internet era, people can easily connect with the world through a mobile phone or computer.

But at the same time, face-to-face communication between people began to become less and less.

And when you can live with express delivery and takeaway without leaving home, the serious home-based human beings have almost become a trend.

And with "The Classic of Mountains and Seas", as long as you still want to play this game, you have to go out.

Players travel through the real world based on a digital map, searching for randomly appearing game characters.

Use your phone's camera to find goblins and ghosts, and once you find a target, quickly cast spells to subdue pets.

Also, in places where pets are infested, other players will also arrive at the scene.

In this way, face-to-face communication with each other becomes very frequent, making people rethink their identity as social animals.

Similarly, because this game is still eaten by both men and women, it is not good that it will catch elves while unknowingly stepping into the ranks of cash charges.

……

The article is detailed and interesting, and it also specially interviewed a 22-year-old beautiful teacher.

The other party said that he spent most of the day playing games on Sundays, and even waited in line in the ice cream parlor, and the pedometer showed that at the end of the day, he took more than 10,000 more steps than he usually took when he did not play the game......

As soon as it was published, it triggered a large number of reprint comments, adding another fire to the "Classic of Mountains and Seas".