After the debut of the Give Me Five girl group, they always release new albums every summer, probably because this is the time for students to have more time to chase stars.

This year's album, Peng Yuchen, was finally created for them according to top-notch production standards, and it was very conscientiously crammed with ten songs.

On the one hand, this is because Give Me Five has established itself as the No. 1 girl group in China, and she is very confident in the sales of the album.

Of course, selling songs is just protecting the capital at most, and Boss Peng's greater ambition is in this year's Bosom Friend Award, and after winning the popularity award last year, Give Me Five is not without further hope.

If her plan can be launched, the five young girls should be able to hold their own concert next year.

When Gu Caiwei's career continued to soar, Lin Yi was more miserable, because what he had pulled from Li Robin was quickly exposed.

In August, Uber announced that it had entered 17 key cities across the country for its half-year promotion in China since the price cut in March.

At the same time, Uber released a product line called "People's Uber+", a ride-sharing product that Wanli Travel had already adopted before it.

It is said that because the carpooling function has higher requirements for computing power and Dudu's technology is limited, Wanli Travel has also received technical support from the bear factory.

The bigger impact came in September, when Uber announced that it would split its regional operations into a separate subsidiary, let's call it Uber A, which had raised $1.2 billion.

Lin Yi is not surprised that Uber made this move, the only thing he wants to complain about is that a subsidiary can actually raise 1.2 billion US dollars.

Which fucking big guy is this money for?

However, Li Robin, who was fooled, was not so determined, because Uber split up and raised funds separately, which signaled that he was ready to fight to the end with Dudu and Wanli in the local market.

In other words, Lin Yi's previous nonsense merger with Uber has been confirmed to have failed.

Now not only Li Robin, but other investors such as Zhang Lei of Kaolin Capital are frequently discussing the future of Wanli Travel with Lin Yi.

Recently, Lin Yi has spent a lot of time calming the emotions of investors, but the effect has not been obvious.

Because investors don't need to be appeased, if the company is in good condition, Lin Yi doesn't have to do anything, and they can cooperate well.

In fact, there is only one point they question, that is, does it still make sense for companies to spend $160 million a month to maintain competition but never make progress?

"So what exactly are you waiting for?"

It was Wang Xing who said this, because Lin Yi has been getting more and more different with investors recently, and he is about to develop to the stage of slapping the table.

Of course, Lin Yi wouldn't want to tear his face with investors so quickly, so he secretly ran out of the company and hid from Wang Xing.

"I'm waiting for you."

Lin Yi's casual answer obviously did not attract Wang Xing's attention, and he felt that Lin Yi should be an unobtrusive chatter.

"Wait for me for what?"

"Wait until you give up. Isn't every regiment also in decline recently, and if you plan to raise your hand and surrender, then I will no longer be stubbornly resistant. ”

Lin Yi said that this is the case, Ele.me recently announced the completion of a $630 million Series F financing, and it can be seen from this number of bits and pieces that they are trying their best to raise money.

When was the last round of funding when was Eleme?

Half a year ago!

At that time, they took 350 million US dollars, plus 640 million this time, which means that Zhang Xuhao got nearly 1 billion US dollars in half a year.

Although the food delivery industry also burns money, the magnitude is far less exaggerated than that of the taxi-hailing industry, and $1 billion is already a staggering amount.

At the same time, the delay in announcing the next round of funding, and not even the intention of starting the fundraising, may have given some people the wrong signal.

"Zhang Xuhao seems to think that the winner between you has been decided, the overall situation of the food delivery industry has been decided, and it is said that he has set a travel plan for Bali as a celebration, do you have any thoughts on this?"

Wang Xing said: "If what you say is true, then I can only say that it is too early for Zhang Xuhao to start being happy now." ”

He wouldn't think that Lin Yi had the ability to be an "unpredictable prophet" anyway, but he knew very well that this guy had always been very well-informed.

"The fact that each group has no financing is not because we can't raise money, but because we don't think we have to rely on financing to solve our problems."

Wang Xing nodded: "But the situation of your thousands of miles of travel seems to be different, you only took 1.2 billion Cheng Wei took 2.4 billion in this round of financing, and this gap itself illustrates the choice of the market." ”

"If I were your investor, I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to sit still, you can still hide from me now, and it won't be possible in a few days."

Wang Xing was actually very curious about why Lin Yi could still sit here so firmly, he definitely didn't believe that Lin Yi would give up easily.

"It's useless to be anxious, can you spend money in a hurry?"

Lin Yi's tone was still relaxed, "Why don't I come and chat with you, what do you think of the relationship between the two companies, Goose Factory and Factory A?" ”

This question sounds like asking for advice about the industry, but it is actually similar to small talk, because people all over the country know that the two companies are very incompatible.

Wang Xing felt that it might be a bit undignified to use "water and fire are incompatible" to describe it, and originally wanted to use a compromise "the king does not see the king".

But before the words came out, a different thought flashed through his mind.

No, the king has already seen the king!

"The goose factory and the A factory have always been competing with each other in their own factions, only one company is an exception, they can actually appear on the board of directors at the same time, that is, after the merger, they are all fast, do you think the goose factory and the A factory will soon turn around?"

"I didn't feel anything, just small talk."

Wang Xing felt that Lin Yi was very disgusting, because he casually denied it verbally, and his expression was clearly a "teachable" look.

At the same time, he was also vigilant about the topic that Lin Yi suddenly threw out, and it seemed that he had to plan for what he was planning.

Lin Yi once again pretended to be a ghost in front of Wang Xing, and felt that he was happy, and after confirming that the investors in the company had left and did not block the door, he went back with peace of mind.

"What do they say today, or the same set of rhetoric, do you want me to have a very sincere non-public negotiation with Cheng Wei?"

When Lin Yi was not in the company, it was naturally Liu Jianni who received the investor, and she relayed the other party's intention: "They didn't ask you to negotiate with Cheng Wei, but they brought this." ”

She handed over the things in her hand, and Lin Yi opened it and read out the words on it:

"Invitation to the 8th U.S.-China Internet Forum?"

Liu Jianni added after reading it: "Lin Yi, I have to remind you that if you don't want the relationship between us and investors to completely break down, it's best not to turn down this opportunity." ”

"I know it's a Hongmen banquet, but I have to show my face."