After Peng Yuchen and Lin Yi met, they really gave up the idea of letting Gu Caiwei star in an idol drama, and they didn't talk to her about this topic after that.

After Gu Caiwei left Beijing, she participated in this year's Bosom Friend Award ceremony, and under the operation of Peng Yuchen, they gave me five won the 2014 Popular Female Singer Award.

This is a big honor, second only to the "Best Female Singer", which is commonly known as the "diva" in the media.

At the same time, he won the popular male artist award is a Canadian male artist, who originally worked in a South Korean boy group, but terminated the contract without saying goodbye in May this year, and his arrival opened a wave of idols in the domestic entertainment industry.

After that, several of his teammates will return to China one after another, and they are collectively known as the "Four Sons of Return", who once ruled the top popularity in the circle, and the era created by them is called the "traffic era".

On the idol side of the girl group, except for some unknown underground girl groups in China, that is, Gu Caiwei's Give Me Five, which is considered to be excellent in terms of appearance and singing and dancing ability, and because Gu Caiwei has accumulated a lot of popularity due to her outing.

So they have eaten this wave of traffic dividends completely, not only patronizing Cai Wei who was named a "little diva", but even her teammates have each pulled up a vote of fans, and they are no longer a little transparent in the entertainment industry.

In the nascent girl group world, Give Me Five is already the only one who seeks defeat alone, but this award is PK with all new and old singers.

Gu Caiwei has been popular from "Singer" at the beginning of the year to the CCTV program at the end of the year, this ability to continue to be out of the circle is simply unattainable, and it is obviously the biggest contributor to Give Me Five winning this popular award.

You must know that at this time last year, they were not qualified to win a Best Newcomer Award!

This can't help but make people feel that a generation of newcomers in the entertainment industry has replaced the old, and the ebb and flow of the tide has changed so fast.

There is even a popular saying in the circle that 2014 is the "Year of Gu Caiwei".

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Lin Yi was not just in love during this time.

In December, Uber in the United States made big news again, announcing the completion of a $1.8 billion Series E financing.

After this round, Uber's valuation has reached $40 billion, becoming an unprecedented super unicorn and much attention.

Valuations have more than doubled again from six months ago!

The most exaggerated thing is that in recent years, Uber has maintained a development rate of doubling its scale every six months, which can be measured according to the valuation model of the investment industry, which means that this exaggerated valuation is supported by performance.

Coupled with the successive swiping of Wanli, Dudu and Kuaidu in the domestic market some time ago, there is no doubt that taxi software is the most beautiful boy in the global technology industry in 2014.

Even Liu Jianni couldn't help but complain: "At the beginning, Kalanick made a lot of nonsense in front of us, saying that it was only a matter of time before he surpassed the bear factory. ”

"At that time, we thought that this guy was not ashamed, but now it seems that Silicon Valley investors really hold him in the palm of their hands."

This matter actually has little to do with Wanli Chuxing, and it may not be a bad thing if you look at it strictly, because Uber's valuation will continue to increase the popularity of the industry and the price code of its peers.

When Wanli Chuxing's next round of financing was raised, the reference system was Uber, which was worth $40 billion instead of $17 billion.

However, Lin Yi didn't plan to do nothing.

"There are two things we need to pay attention to, the first is whether Uber's valuation growth rate can continue?"

"Even if Uber still has a lot of potential for growth, even if it doubles again in six months, will there still be enough investors in this market to give him money?"

"Even if investors don't abandon him, there is an upper limit to the size of the venture capital market."

"In fact, almost all mainstream investment institutions have participated in the financing arms race of the taxi industry, and this is still under the hot market of hot money influx in recent years."

"Considering Kalanick's insistence on Uber's rule that it will not go public in the short term, the exit period for investors is very long, how long can this trend be sustained?"

Liu Jianni admits that what Lin Yi said makes sense, but the market is difficult to predict, and irrational overheating has not happened.

But she didn't plan to let her young CEO finish his life.

"The second point is that after Uber gets this $1.8 billion, the cash reserves on hand will reach an astonishing level, and I judge that it is only a matter of time before he increases his investment in the domestic market."

"After Uber entered China, it has been tepid before, but it doesn't mean that Kalanick doesn't pay attention to it. It is said that the CEO visits every three months and is the most important market outside of the United States. ”

"We can't sit back and wait for him to come to the door, we should take the initiative to extinguish the arrogance of Uber, and the next time we see Kalanick, this American old man will be dragged to the point of not recognizing his six relatives."

This time, Liu Jianni didn't even bother to discuss whether Lin Yi's previous judgment was accurate, and she asked a little skeptically: "What are you going to do with Uber?" ”

Lin Yi naturally didn't have an impromptu idea, he had already prepared.

"Do you remember the briefing you brought over some time ago, which said that Uber had a case of a driver raping a female passenger in India, which set off a wave of national opposition, and Uber is currently being shouted and beaten by everyone in India?"

In addition to being responsible for financial and financing matters, Jianni Liu, the CFO, is also in charge of PR and GR work, and will also regularly track and report on the development of the international industry.

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She naturally remembers this, but she didn't pay much attention to it at the time, and the safety of the ride-hailing industry has been a focus since its birth, but it has never been completely clear.

What happened to Uber in India this time was not an industry issue, but a PR incident.

Liu Jianni reacted very shrewdly: "You mean that we are going to stir up this matter in China, thereby affecting the reputation of Uber?" ”

Lin Yi confirmed: "That's right. ”

"There are two problems"

Liu Jianni quickly considered the pros and cons, "The first is that if the impact of this matter is very large, will it make the regulatory authorities worry about the safety of the whole industry, thus causing uncontrollable policy risks." ”

"The second is that no one pays attention to the Indian matter itself, and if we deliberately intervene, the traces of artificial hype will be obvious, and it is likely that Uber will find out that we are the ones who did it."

Lin Yi didn't think that these two points would form an obstacle.

"Jane, I want to explain that regardless of whether the policy of the regulatory authorities is tightened or not, ensuring the safety of users is something we should spend 100% of our energy to do seriously, not a reason for us to avoid this matter, not to mention that I don't think this industry will be knocked to death with a stick."

"If we don't take precautions about Uber now, it will happen to us sooner or later, and I think it's a good opportunity to clean things up internally."

"As for the second point, you misunderstood."

"I didn't plan to do it on the sly, I just wanted to make a big show to Uber that I did it."

"People are about to knock on the door, do you still tell him anything about harmony and wealth?"