Chapter 55: Capital Is Myself
"Too much deception!"
Dai Wei was throwing a tantrum in the office of the little yellow car, loudly accusing a guy who did not speak martial arts for business bullying and persecuting his peers.
But scolding and scolding is not helpful to solve the current predicament of the little yellow car.
When Dai Wei started his business, he had a few helpers, all of whom were his little brothers in P, and at this time he was gathered there and asked worriedly:
"What should we do now, do we honestly refund the deposit to the user?"
Lin Yi's timing of this attack was relatively early, and Xiaohuangche's last round of financing of 700 million US dollars was not long in hand, and if he really returned the deposit, he might not be able to afford to return it.
But in this way, the company's liquidity will soon dry up, which is equivalent to financing in vain, which is absolutely unacceptable to them.
Dai Wei categorically rejected this suggestion, thought for a while and said: "Extend the account period and refund it according to the deadline of the refund period, so as to reduce the outflow pressure of funds as much as possible." ”
This is only a stopgap measure, and his partner cautions: "We can't estimate the extent to which this wave of deposit refunds will be able to stop." ”
"But once the deposit is refunded, it means that the user will never use our little yellow car again, which causes the loss of users, which is the more terrible result."
Dai Wei gritted his teeth and said: "Users who give up the little yellow car will most likely turn to the mobike side, this is the intention of the fan surnamed Lin to run this time!" ”
This is just his wishful thinking, to be honest, Lin Yi really doesn't care much about the number of users of mobike.
Anyway, the current situation of the little yellow car is still very tricky, and Dai Wei must make a decision.
"Mobike's hand is too vicious, it actually refunds the deposit to the user, and it is announced first, standing on the moral high ground, forcing us to follow up."
"The deposit can be partially refunded, and I believe that not all users have heard this unfavorable rumor, or do not trust our little yellow car."
"However, the introduction of credit mechanism is also urgent, in this matter since Mobike has cooperated with Factory A, then there is only one that can help us."
Dai Wei is of course talking about the goose factory.
Since last year, Goose Factory has been the largest shareholder of Xiaohuangche, and has also given great support in business and promotion, and has also opened the traffic entrance of important mini programs to them.
Without further ado, Dai Wei immediately found Brother Xiaoma, explained the current situation to him, and proposed to introduce the goose factory payment as a confrontation.
Brother Pony is happy to see this.
"Zhifubao's credit system was built much earlier than us, but the deposit for shared bicycles is only 100 yuan, which is easy to do."
"I'll let the team on the payment side try their best to cooperate with you, and you can do it."
After getting this promise, Dai Wei was much more confident, and then put forward a second request.
"The little yellow car originally just got $700 million, which should be when the funds are abundant, but the recent refund of the deposit has made us a little embarrassed."
"I wonder if we can do another round of financing to supplement the liquidity of the little yellow car, in case the other party may have other small actions."
He also added thoughtfully: "I know that the interval this time is relatively short, and the valuation should be the same as the previous round." ”
Little Pony didn't take up the topic right away.
He pondered slightly, and then said: "Dai Wei, since the deposit can also be paid by the goose factory, I hope you can return all the users' deposits without any reservations." ”
"As for the refinancing you mentioned, we can discuss it after you return the deposit."
"Dai Wei, the goose factory can continue to support you, hundreds of millions of dollars are nothing, but shared bicycles have been running wild for more than a year."
"At the beginning, the situation in the industry was still uncertain, so I wouldn't force you to have any profit targets, but at this stage, you have to plan ahead."
"I don't ask you to say anything ugly on the spot today, I hope you can think about it when you go back."
Dai Wei originally thought that the first thing was discussed very well, so he made persistent efforts to mention it at the same time, because Brother Xiao Ma was very good at talking before, but he didn't expect him to suddenly make such a request.
The deposit pool of the little yellow car is not a small amount, and he originally planned to make it as long as he could, but it would still be very stressful if he returned it all at once.
In particular, Xiao Ma did not give an accurate commitment on the matter of financing.
Dai Wei knew that he could only talk about it today, so he went back with a slightly heavy heart.
As soon as he arrived at the company, he received another message: "The bank said that it had received inquiries from the regulatory authorities about the deposit, and hoped that we could return the account funds as soon as possible." ”
Another bad news.
Dai Wei reviewed the situation and finally admitted: "It is better to return the bank directly to the user, it seems that it is imperative to return the deposit." ”
He didn't struggle much on this because although the situation of Xiao Huangche was difficult, it had not deteriorated to the point of life and death.
So under the pressure of the outside world, the goose factory and the bank, Dai Wei made such a choice.
Almost as soon as this matter was implemented, his early investor, Lao Zhu, who had been busy with the little yellow car, found him.
"Dai Wei, the current situation is very unfavorable to the little yellow car, do you really stop thinking about the merger with mobike before?"
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Bringing up the old story again, Dai Wei was very unhappy: "I have said this many times, I absolutely can't accept all the hard work of myself and my team, just give up the little yellow car to outsiders." ”
Lao Zhu was quite tolerant of Dai Wei before, but today his attitude is also extremely tough.
"I want to remind you that after the little yellow car refunds the deposit, even if it is not too poor, it is not too far away, and your current situation, I am afraid it will be difficult to find someone who is willing to send charcoal in the snow."
"I think you may have misunderstood the merger, and I've been involved in several industry consolidations, so it's normal to have some friction."
"Generally speaking, such negotiations are usually on a monthly basis, and it is very irresponsible for you and Lin to conclude that you cannot cooperate after only a few meetings."
Dai Wei would not doubt his judgment, and he did not think that this was a negotiable matter, so he could only insist on it:
"I don't believe that the situation of mobike can be better than that of small yellow cars!"
Lao Zhu said mercilessly: "It is impossible for the mobike to run out of oil and run out of lights, because they still have thousands of miles of travel support behind them, and billions of dollars in cash on their accounts, what do you use to fight?" ”
"Haven't you figured it out after this incident, you're not competing with mobike, you're directly fighting against Lin Yi!"
"Isn't he amazing?"
Dai Wei seemed to be stimulated by something, "I repeat one last time, I will never allow my little yellow car to fall into the hands of such people!" ”
After he finished speaking, he seemed to realize that he was too excited, so he added in a calm tone:
"Please respect the dreams of entrepreneurs."
Lao Zhu thought to himself that you didn't say that when you asked Lao Tzu for money, but he found that there was no way to convince Dai Wei, and he didn't bother to talk nonsense.
This time, although it was still not done, Lao Zhu still informed Lin Yi of the outcome of the matter, and relayed Dai Wei's attitude as it was.
Lin Yi didn't get angry after hearing it, but he just felt funny:
"I'm capital?"