Chapter 76: Big Stars Have Troubles Too
"Hahaha, is this an idiot out of nowhere?"
Now it is Gu Caiwei's classmate who is laughing at Kalanick, Lin Yi is about to go to the United States for a while, so he flew to Shencheng to meet her before going out.
Gu Caiwei's recent work has been a little more regular and relaxed than when she ran the announcement from morning to night, mainly when the company and her teammates recorded the second album after the debut of Give Me Five.
Their first debut album only had three songs, and although their popularity soared quickly this time, it was still not a real album, with only six songs in total, because selling songs didn't make money at all.
There is another song in which Gu Caiwei and Xu Yali sang alone, the former is the most popular member of the group now, Peng Yuchen's intention to praise that Lilian is very obvious.
In short, after the official release of the album, her schedule will become busy again, promoting her new songs, and helping other teammates gain popularity.
So after Lin Yi contacted her, he decided to take advantage of this time to go to Shencheng to meet.
Gu Caiwei originally didn't know much about Lin Yi's business, but she was very interested in the various "wonders" he encountered at work, and took the initiative to ask:
"According to you, how can an arrogant guy like him succeed in starting a business, is it true that Americans are like this?"
Lin Yi replied: "I don't know if the United States is always like this, but when it comes to Kalanick, you are saying the cause and effect in the opposite way." ”
"He didn't succeed because he was arrogant, on the contrary, it was because he was so successful that he was arrogant."
"You don't know how popular Uber is in venture capital, it's just the popular fried chicken in Silicon Valley in 2014!"
Gu Caiwei remembered a past incident: "It's good that I didn't go to the United States to study at the beginning, otherwise I would be crazy to meet such a guy." ”
Under her reminder, Lin Yi also remembered that on the night of the summer solstice, he took the girl's hand at the top of the middle and said "don't go" to her, and the past was like yesterday.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
Gu Caiwei felt that the atmosphere was too ambiguous and dangerous, and quickly changed the topic: "Then he came over so aggressively, did you give up after rejecting him?" ”
"Of course not."
Lin Yi stretched out an index finger and said in a colorful voice, "I dare to guarantee that after he left from Wanlixing, he must have gone to Dudu to take a taxi and Kuaidu to take a taxi successively, and he must have been rejected." ”
Gu Caiwei was curious: "How do you know?" ”
Lin Yi swore an oath: "Just because we have been opponents for such a long time, I still have a grasp of them." ”
It's hard to say about the two of them, Lin Yixin said that Cheng Wei must have scolded the other party for being stupid in his heart when he met Kalanick.
He thought about it, the person most likely to have an argument with Karanik might be Chen Weixing, he was quite looking forward to this scene, and he could help himself throw out all the trash talk that he wanted to scold but couldn't scold because of etiquette.
Of course, Lin Yi is not speculating on the result.
"There is also evidence that Uber announced its entry into the Beijing market in mid-July, which is their first domestic expansion after Shencheng, indicating that Kalanick's acquisition strategy must have failed."
Gu Caiwei asked again: "Doesn't that mean that in addition to Dudu and Kuaidu, you will have to deal with this Uber from the United States in the future?" ”
Lin Yi patiently explained: "So to speak, but Uber is not a big problem. ”
"When Uber was launched, it was a high-end route, and Kalanick's original idea was to provide an aristocratic service, operating luxury cars, assuming that the customers were wealthy like himself, and the first users were rich geeks in Silicon Valley."
"So they are destined to only survive in big cities, and they can only start from first-tier cities in China, and they have not yet had time to lay out in second-tier cities, and more sinking markets are unlikely to get involved in the foreseeable future."
"In addition, their current slow expansion rate is partly due to the lack of adaptation to the soil and water, and on the other hand, it also means that the United States has limited investment."
"Don't look at the VC side of the crazy money to give Uber, you can't take it if you want to, but in fact, Uber burns money very much, no worse than our domestic counterparts."
"And he's not without rivals in the U.S. and the rest of the world, so in a short period of time, my main focus will probably be in Dudu and Dudu."
Although he talked about it very seriously, it was a little incomprehensible to Gu Caiwei, so she wisely gave up the topic.
"It's a pity, our second album will be released this month, otherwise maybe I can ask Mr. Peng for leave to accompany you to the United States."
She seemed to be inspired by this sentence: "Yes, Lin Yi, now I have too many fans in China and it is easy to be recognized, but next time we avoid other people to go abroad to play, will we not be discovered?" ”
Celebrities do like to go abroad for sneaky dates, but there are also many who have been photographed.
Lin Yi had to remind her: "Now that domestic tourists are everywhere, I'm afraid it's not as easy as you think." ”
Gu Caiwei thought about it too, and pursed her mouth unhappily.
Lin Yi thought it was interesting, but he still praised it with a very eye-catching face: "This just shows that you are popular now, big star Gu Caiwei!" ”
Gu Caiwei gave a stinky fart expression of "count you can speak", and the little emotion just now was immediately thrown out of the clouds, and continued to share:
"Haha, Jiaqi told me a few days ago that when I first debuted and no one paid attention to me, she also helped me promote it among my roommates and classmates, but unfortunately there was no big response."
"But since I became famous on the show "Singer", those people remembered that Jiaqi once said that she was a good friend, so they ran to her to ask for autographs and gossip."
"I've already sent her two signed posters and CDs in the past, and the results have been divided, Jiaqi is so upset that she is so angry that she will not help her classmates chase stars in the future, hahahahahaha......"
Gu Caiwei was still very restrained, although she didn't say that she was "popular" when she was in trouble, Lin Yi deliberately quipped:
"Did Zhang Jiaqi say how he explained to his classmates? In fact, the most effective way is to say that after you become a big star, you don't recognize your past best friend, and you directly break off your friendship with her. ”
Gu Caiwei knew that this guy was deliberately talking nonsense, but she still waved her eighteen-pound iron fist and hammered it a few times to let out her breath, and protested loudly:
"Jiaqi won't, no matter what the situation is, she won't say that she will break off friendship with me!"
Lin Yi looked at her serious expression, smiled and raised his hands to show surrender, and said:
"Well, it's me who lives the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain, and underestimates the touching great friendship between you and Zhang Jiaqi."
Gu Caiwei didn't let him go easily, and pointed at him viciously and said, "Just punish you for going to the United States this time, and you must bring me a satisfactory gift!" ”
Lin Yi naturally agreed.