Chapter 109: You Don't Know Me
Lin Yi's Spring Festival is very different from last year.
Last year, because the subsidy war was tense, he went home for a very short time, and he basically didn't feel the atmosphere of this New Year's Festival.
This year, he has more time at home, but the pressure in his heart has increased unabated, because last year the situation was tight but Wanli Travel had the advantage, but this year he is lagging behind.
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Of course, although Lin Yi repeatedly emphasized tension within the company, it was not to the extent that the world was turned upside down overnight, and the work had to be done slowly.
In January, in addition to the explosive news of merging Kuaidu, Dudu also launched a new business called Dudu Taxi Enterprise Edition.
This is a to b business, for those large group companies with a large number of personnel and a bunch of reimbursement bills alone, which not only facilitates the company's bill collection, but also saves the trouble of frequent travel workers to post invoices.
In general, the proportion of this business is not high, and it has not created new demand, but it has been well received by users because it solves practical problems, so Wanli Travel has decided to follow up.
This is the first time that Wanli Travel has lagged behind Dudu in product iteration, and Lin Yi feels that this trend is very noteworthy.
He and CTO Wang Kai put forward the requirements of the enterprise version of Wanli Travel for the first time after the year, and at the same time carefully formulated the product upgrade plan for the new year before the holiday.
Yes, you have to put it on vacation.
Lin Yi naturally had to return to Lin'an for the New Year, although Lin's father and Lin's mother's new house had been bought, it had not yet been delivered, so they still lived in the old house.
If you calculate his net worth, Lin Yi's current wealth is incredible, but since he has never cashed out on thousands of miles, he doesn't have much cash, and his family's life hasn't changed much for the time being.
If there is anything that particularly impresses him during the Spring Festival, it is that Gu Caiwei appeared on the Spring Festival Gala.
As the hottest female singer this year, and she cooperated happily with China Television before, she got a song alone, and the card is quite small.
Peng Yuchen really wanted her girl group to pack up on stage, even if it was just to show her face, but China Television didn't seem to accept the form of the group too much, and in the end Gu Caiwei sang alone.
Other than that, there's nothing special about this Chinese New Year.
However, after the festival, Lin Yi did not rush back to the capital as soon as possible, because there was another person who made an appointment with him in Lin'an.
"Long time no see, Lin Yi."
The two have indeed not seen each other for a long time, and if you don't count what you see each other from media reports and news, the last time they met should be traced back to last year's meeting at the San Francisco airport in the United States.
Cheng Wei's appearance has not changed much, he seems to be in a good mood, and he is smiling when he opens his mouth:
"The water and soil in Lin'an are very good, in fact, I have always liked this city since I worked in Factory A before I started my business."
Cheng Wei is an old cousin of Jiangxi Province next door, not far from Zhijiang, and may have belonged to the same administrative division in a certain historical period.
"For Mr. Cheng, Lin'an is indeed a blessed land, especially Factory A."
Cheng Wei majored in administrative management in college, and after graduation, it was not smooth at first, he sold insurance and did pedicure, but he didn't make a name for himself.
Later, he decided to devote himself to the Internet with a hot brain, and directly broke into the recruitment site of Factory A without submitting a resume, commonly known as "hegemony".
Probably because he felt that this personality was very consistent with the nature of his work, he became a salesman in the B2B division of Factory A.
Facts have proved that Factory A has enough reasons for Cheng Wei to be grateful, not only to save him from the trough of his life, but also to merge with Kuaidu this time, which seems to send him to new glory again.
Cheng Wei definitely didn't come here today to talk about feng shui, he opened his mouth and said:
"In fact, since the news of the merger of the capital was announced, Liu Qing and I stayed in Lin'an during the entire Spring Festival."
"We sorted out the business relationship between the two companies, met every middle-level and above cadre of the original Kuaidu taxi, and as I promised before, we did not dismiss a single person."
"After this holiday, I believe that Dudu Taxi and Kuaidu Taxi will be able to abandon their previous suspicions, truly integrate as one, and become brothers in the trenches, both in business and as a team."
Lin Yi grinned, he knew Cheng Wei's intention: "You came here today, you shouldn't have come here specifically to tell me this, right?" ”
"Don't get me wrong."
Cheng Wei clarified very seriously, "I'm telling you this, without the slightest hint of ridicule or showing off, just to show that after the merger, we don't have any harsh treatment for Kuai." ”
"Actually, I haven't taken any adverse measures against Wanli Travel during this period of time, because I have felt a lot of things during this merger process."
"Lin Yi, you should know that I actually admire you very much in many places, as the latest one among us to start, in the last year for a year, you almost maintained the leading position in the market share."
"This time, it took Liu Qing and me a lot of effort to merge Kuaidu before you, did you win you?"
"I don't think so, because only we know how much effort we put in, and I feel more and more that this consumption between us is pointless."
"When we were negotiating in Pengcheng, you once chased you to the lobby of the hotel, and Lu Chuanwei went down to see you, we all know this."
"He should have told you that the reason why he was able to merge with Dudu quickly was first of all to get the nod of the boss of Factory A, but do you know why he nodded?"
This matter was indeed Lin Yi's doubt, so he didn't interrupt, crossed his hands and prepared to continue listening.
"You know that Uber got another $1.6 billion from Goldman Sachs, and Liu Qing found out through her connections that Uber has made up its mind to promote it on a large scale in China, and this matter is imminent."
"If the major players in our domestic market can't unite now, we will suffer in the competition with Uber!"
"To be honest, Lin Yi, at the beginning, I only had your thousands of miles of travel in my eyes, and I used to take a taxi quickly."
"But I found that it was because my vision was too narrow."
"The world is so big, especially in the United States on the other side of the ocean, Uber's business model is more mature than ours, its development time is longer than ours, and its capital is stronger than ours.
"It's like a football game, we play back and forth for several rounds in the group stage, and Uber is on the pitch to be considered a World Cup."
"Lin Yi, I have seen your very early interviews, and I know that you are actually a young man with ideals and attitudes, and I also remember that we talked and laughed at the San Francisco airport last year."
"In that case, why don't we completely let go of the door view, let's just join hands and beat Kalanick's arrogant American to the ground!"
Lin Yiwan smiled and asked, "Are you planning to convince me to be the co-CEO of Dudu too?" ”
"I'm not kidding."
Cheng Wei did look serious, "There is no need to say anything between us, Lu Chuanwei as co-CEO is a transitional arrangement, mainly to make other employees of Kuaidu feel at ease during the handover process, and he will leave soon." ”
"But I want to state that Lu Chuanwei's final departure was his own choice, not that Liu Qing and I were intolerant."
"On the contrary, we really want to gather all the people of insight in this industry, and the so-called brothers are outside the wall to resist their insults!"
"Let me tell you the truth, as long as you are willing to come, there must be a place for you on the board of directors, and you can choose any of the following positions I have."
"Do you remember the first time we met, in Wang Xing's office, what I said to you at that time?"
"Merge Dreams."
"Lin Yi, you haven't tried it at that time, so you don't believe in evil, but now after a year and a half of hard work, you should be able to see it clearly."
"I came to you today Actually, Liu Qing is against it, but I think the two of us, as entrepreneurs, really understand each other."
"I want to settle things between our two families, but not for myself, but for the sake of this business, this industry."
"I have another piece of news to share with you, which is that Milner, who had DST among the last round of investors, told us that if we can integrate the domestic market, we are willing to invest an additional $1 billion immediately."
"Lin Yi, my promise is still valid, what do you think?"
Although DST's $1 billion sounds like a lot, Lin Yixin is like water, especially remembering that when Liu Qing was still at Goldman Sachs, he drew a pie of 2 billion.
Lin Yi didn't reply to Cheng Wei at the same length, but just shook his head with a smile, as if to say that he was self-inflicted:
"You don't know me."