Lin Yi didn't expect his small actions to have any big effect, this kind of thing could not be regarded as a winner in the life-and-death issue between the two companies.

Under his contact, the three major players in the industry, Wanli Chuxing, Dudu Taxi and Kuaidu Taxi, joined forces to form a temporary GR coordination team and began to fight for the special car business.

Considering the industry status of these three companies, as well as the BAT represented by each of them behind them, this weight can be said to be quite light.

However, Lin Yi did not wait for a response to this matter for the time being, and the thing that Liu Jianni had mentioned before that she was waiting for happened first.

In early June, the U.S. ride-hailing app Uber announced that it had completed a Series D financing of $1.2 billion, with a post-investment valuation of $17 billion.

Both of these amounts make a lot of sense.

The former represents the world's largest venture capital financing in the technology industry in 2014, and has been called "epoch-making" by some industry insiders.

As we all know, a start-up that is less than 10 years old and has a valuation of more than $1 billion can be called a unicorn, and a valuation of $17 billion represents the birth of one of the few super unicorns in the world.

The venture capital industry is highly internationalized, which is why we always see that domestic technology company financing is basically denominated in US dollars.

It is said that Uber did not want to raise so much money at first, but investors are really "enthusiastic", so it has repeatedly added more shares, and the valuation of $17 billion also represents a bullish view of it.

This news was a mixed blessing for Lin Yi.

The worry lies in the fact that Uber quietly landed in Shencheng in July last year, and it has been officially announced in February this year, and it is expected that it will increase investment in the domestic market after this round of financing.

The good thing is that with Uber as a ready-made example, the next round of financing of Wanli Travel is also eyebrow-raising.

The news was told to him by Liu Jianni, and Lin Yi immediately asked, "Are you ready?" ”

Liu Jianni replied without hesitation: "Everything is ready, in fact, I have talked to many friends when the rumors of Uber came out before, and now it can be officially launched." ”

Lin Yi asked, "How long do you think it will take to complete?" ”

Liu Jianni said: "Within two months. ”

This time is exquisite, according to their expected financing amount in this round will not seem too hasty, and at the same time, taking into account the current financial situation of Wanli Travel, it will not affect safety.

Lin Yi asked again: "How do you need me to cooperate?" ”

"Yes."

"As the founder, CEO, and largest shareholder of the company, it is only natural that you cannot miss important roadshow activities, and even other than that, you must always be ready to call you. ”

"Also, because this round of financing is relatively large, our domestic financial market is expected to be unable to meet, so we definitely need to go to the United States for a lap, if you want to do anything to prepare, arrange in advance."

"Investors in other markets in Europe and around the world, if necessary, we can arrange phone and video roadshows. But generally speaking, it doesn't have to be that bother, because we're not an IPO, and the VCs over there are not as active. ”

Many venture capital companies in China are actually just branches of multinational companies, and large investments need to be made at the headquarters, so Liu Jianni said that she went directly to the United States.

As for the preparations, Lin Yi didn't even have a passport.

He thought of another thing: "By the way, do I need to surprise my English level?" ”

"What level are you?"

"Hmm...... The level of more than 130 points in the college entrance examination. ”

This is the most specific description that Lin Yi can come up with, because he completely gave up studying after going to college, and he hasn't even taken the fourth or sixth level exam.

However, the results of the exam in his previous life were not very good, and he didn't want to brush up his marks again after taking the sixth-level exam once, so he said goodbye to this subject completely.

Liu Jianni understood Lin Yi's situation for the first time, and she said very simply:

"Since you have this doubt, at least you are not very confident in the level of listening and speaking, this is not a big problem, I will act with you throughout the whole process, and I can translate for you when the time comes."

Business negotiation is completely different from daily communication, and it must not be improvised, and it may cause great risks if a word is not understood correctly, so she chose the safest approach.

Lin Yi didn't have to be so strong, his concern was: "If the founder's English level is average, will it leave a bad impression on the other party?" ”

"Leave that alone."

"English is just a tool, although the United States likes to look at people with their nostrils, but investors are very pragmatic, and they will never affect decision-making for this reason, they will only see if you can make money for them." ”

"But when it comes to your personal appearance, I think it's worth planning."

"Actually, when I took you to look for investment, I wanted to say it, but the relationship between us is not too close, so there is no verbosity."

"As someone who has been in contact with you for a long time, I can clearly feel that you are very mature in making decisions, but people who meet for the first time may not have this understanding."

"Especially since you're very young, this is an important pre-information, and if you can't get over that first impression, people will probably not listen to you too much."

"Speaking of which, Asians often look a little younger than Americans, so would you mind getting a stylist to look you a little more mature?"

Of course, Lin Yi's mental age is not 20 years old, but there is no way to do this skin he is wearing now.

Liu Jianni's words were quite straightforward, but Lin Yi didn't expect to talk about financing, and he was able to find a stylist for himself all of a sudden.

This...... Probably a professional?

Liu Jianni made a summary for herself: "Lin Yi, sometimes entrepreneurs also need to be set up, just like celebrities. ”

These words reminded Lin Yi of Gu Caiwei, who was popular in the first half of the year, and wondered if he should ask her about his experience and learn from him.

"No problem, you can arrange it."

Lin Yi accepted this opinion with kindness, he still trusted Liu Jianni's vision and accumulation for so many years, otherwise he would not have invited her over.

Anyway, as long as he can get financing, let alone pretend to be mature, even if he wants to perform a backflip, it's not impossible.

Lin handed over the financing to Liu Jianni, and then she quickly came up with a lot of detailed information such as a detailed process plan, roadshow itinerary, and a list of investors to be seen, which was very efficient.

But Lin Yi didn't expect that before they set off for the United States, the object they had been talking about before would be killed in person, just like a huge black ship that suddenly crashed into the remote dock of Wanli Travel.

Because Janifer told him, "Kalanick from Uber said he wanted to see you." ”