Chapter 501: People in the Times
Nowadays, the fuse of China's crazy group buying war originated from [Groupon] on the other side of the ocean.
A year ago!
Google has made an offer to buy Groupon, hoping to buy the group-buying site for around $6 billion.
Then, rejected by [Groupon]......
The news spread far and wide and reached the eyes of countless entrepreneurs and capital in China.
Then, overnight, countless entrepreneurs were boiling!
99 years to the present......
From the wild era of the Chinese Internet to the contention of hundreds of schools, they have witnessed too many myths!
With the rise of ICQ in the United States, they watched the Chinese version of ICQ, Q Dog rise strongly, creating today's giant [Tengji Empire].
The majestic development of Google in the United States, the search in China quickly occupied the mainstream, impacting the Internet search engine with a thunderous momentum, and embarked on the road to becoming a god when countless people did not react......
The American e-commerce company eBay is becoming more and more crazy, and Hangzhou Ma's [Taozhu.com] has repeatedly hit a wall, and finally turned into steel, creating an online shopping empire that can wrestle with [Tengji]......
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In every era, there is a myth that takes advantage of the Internet and then rises strongly!
Countless analysts, all behind this group of entrepreneurs, analyzed countless data, and finally, unanimously agreed that [Group Buying] is definitely a brand new outlet, no less than Q Gou, Soudu, and [Taozhu.com].
At that moment, countless entrepreneurs rushed into this track with red eyes and like beasts!
They missed Q Dog, Search, and [Taozhu......
This time!
They don't want to miss the huge outlet of [group buying] anymore!
In the course of a year!
There are corpses and rivers of blood flowing everywhere, but they go forward one after another, one wave to another......
Every day, we will see the rise of a new type of group buying website, and every day, we will see some people unable to resist the pressure of capital and leave the market......
Every day, I will hear that a certain entrepreneur became rich overnight, standing in front of reporters, saying that he threw money into the stove and burned it one by one, and he could also see the open and secret fights, from the Internet to the Internet......
But there are still countless entrepreneurs who have joined the battlefield with capital, and no matter how cruel the fight is, they can't resist the determination to sit on the table and wrestle with the big factories such as [Tengji] and [Taozhu.com......
However......
A year later.
No one could have imagined!
This [Thousand Regiments War], which is enough to go down in the history of the Internet, started from [Groupon], but finally [Groupon]!
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[Hand in hand].
in the conference room.
A day ago, the high-spirited, high-spirited CEO Shen Mingqiang, who was staring at the [Honeycomb Pole Delivery] and wanted to turn the [Honeycomb Pole Delivery] upside down, was smoking cigarettes one by one at the moment.
On the big screen in the conference room, is the market capitalization curve of [Groupon] in the NASDAQ market.
Fall!
Fall!
Fall!
His eyes flashed in a trance, and an unprecedented sense of confusion swept through his body.
In this group buying war that lasted nearly a year, the capital behind [Hand in Hand], [Search], [Shengshi Entertainment], [Hongsen Capital] and other capitals have hit 2 billion yuan!
Almost all the "money-burning" activities and all the things they can think of, they have done all of them......
They have won close to 15 million users and are ready to take the next step!
What's next?
All have a very clear and clear plan!
With the help of the trend of [Groupon] listing, their [Hand in Hand] was listed, with a listing valuation of 10 billion, and then split shares and refinanced......
The capital behind [Hand in Hand] has made a lot of money, and has enough control over the future [group buying market], expanded again in the new field, and then hit the [takeaway] line, with the huge market value and advantages, the [Honeycomb Pole Delivery] was swallowed fiercely, and Shen Mingqiang, the entrepreneur who started his business in the millennium, has become the spokesperson of capital, with a net worth of more than one billion, becoming a myth of the new era!
Everything is beautiful, everything is the best it looks like, but ......
The originator of group buying [Groupon] went on the market, but it was far less than expected, with a falling stock price and more and more voices that were not optimistic......
All of this is bound to make more capital lose confidence in the [group buying] market, believing that it is not a feasible way.
"We, with at least 15 million users, are listed, and the stock price may not fall ......"
After Shen Mingqiang smoked his last cigarette, he finally stood up and made a statement.
Li Hong of Soudu didn't say anything, just silently watched the news.
Jin Zhengzhong of [Shengshi Entertainment] was worried, and after a long pause, he looked at Pang Lei of [Hongsen Capital] and stopped talking.
Pang Lei's face became more and more gloomy, this time [group buying war], he invested the most, and also paid the most, although he has 15 million users, but with the experience of [Groupon] listing, he can't ensure that [Hand in Hand] can live better than [Groupon]......
Pang Lei realized that he was standing on the edge of the cliff, in a dilemma, and at this critical link, he could not immediately throw off his shares, otherwise, the entire [Hand in Hand] would only accelerate the collapse and cause unpredictable consequences to investors in the [Hongsen Capital] system.
At the moment before [Groupon] went public, he sold the shares of [Hand in Hand] at a high level, which was really appropriate, and at that time, countless receivers were waiting.
But, he greedily waited for the highest position......
And then......
Caught in a passive situation!
"Li Zongyao, an old fox, knows that a single group purchase will not work, and it must be O2O, an online-to-offline business model, and transform [group buying] into [Lainiao Takeaway] in advance...... We're making takeout now, it's too late, and we have to work with that old fox...... In this way, we can maintain the market value, and we can't even completely disconnect the cooperation of [Hive Takeaway]......" Pang Lei heard Jin Zhengzhong sigh, and said this sentence in hindsight.
When he heard this, Pang Lei's face became more and more gloomy.
Just as he finished saying this, there was a burst of laughter outside the conference room.
The door opened.
Li Zongyao walked in with a smile on his face.
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Hangzhou.
West lake.
The long viewing road in the distance is crowded with people, the river flows endlessly, the Leifeng Pagoda on the mountain is faintly visible at sunset, and then in the distance, a small boat rows by, and the visitors are happy and happy.
When Ma Yunhua received Zhang Sheng, although it was not official, it was extremely important.
When Zhang Sheng stepped into Hangzhou with his lawyer, he immediately sent several luxury cars to pick him up, bypassing the West Lake, bypassing tourists, and finally going around to a very secret private club on the edge of the West Lake.
It was Lao Ma's private club, which rarely received people on weekdays, and the people who came and went were either dignitaries or financial tycoons.
When he stepped into the private club, Zhang Xing's emotions were excited, he had been in business for many years, and he was a leader, claiming that he was not capital, but he should also have a place in the capital.
However, even when [Weibo] and [Group Buying] were at their craziest, they had never been invited, and when they talked about cooperation, they were at most arranged in the tea room of [Jiahu Technology] and drank tea face-to-face with Lao Ma.
On the other hand, Zhang Sheng was very calm from beginning to end.
Following the tall and beautiful front desk, I walked through a tree-lined path, walked into a small courtyard with quaint decoration but another cave, and finally met Lao Ma in the tea room next to a drama stage.
"Brother Zhang, haha, you're finally here! Sit, sit! ”
When Zhang Sheng stepped into the tea room, he heard a hearty and enthusiastic laughter, Ma Huayun wore slippers, walked over, and pulled Zhang Sheng into the seat.
"Brother Zhang, when there will be a famous character from Yanjing to come over and raise your voice, don't leave today, let's listen to the two voices while drinking West Lake Longjing...... Haha, wouldn't you be happy......"
Zhang Xing, who followed behind, was a little nervous, and after following Zhang Sheng in, he sat in the tea room, looking at the girls who were dressed on both sides and were getting taller and more beautiful, he unconsciously felt a little hot, he took a deep breath, and after sitting in the position of Zhang Sheng's entourage, he looked at the stage again, and vaguely felt that he had traveled to ancient times.
When he blinked his eyes again, he saw a beautiful girl, quietly and skillfully brewing cups of fragrant tea......
"Haha, good, good!"
It's not the first time Zhang Xing has come to a similar club, but I don't know if it's because Lao Ma's aura is too big, or if it's a relationship with a humble status at this moment, he actually has a sense of restraint.
But Zhang Sheng didn't feel this way, and after taking his seat, he laughed with Lao Mahaha.
During the period, the two tasted tea together, chatted about tea together, and talked happily as if they were bosom friends, and even Zhang Sheng's understanding of the tea ceremony, even the vassal and elegant characters such as Lao Ma were surprised again and again, and the beautiful girl who made tea next to her was even more stunned, and once felt that she had met her peers.
Time is always passing in a hurry.
Zhang Xing only felt that his chest was getting more and more stuffy.
He listened to Zhang Sheng and Lao Ma talk about the hearts of the people from the tea ceremony, from the hearts of the people to the overseas situation, and from the overseas situation to the drama......
Zhang Sheng's degree of involvement is incredible, and even Ma Yunhua's insights in some fields are incredible......
Gradually......
was originally Ma Yunhua's home field, but it actually became Zhang Sheng's home field.
When the sun was setting and the sunset was gradually filling the sky, Zhang Sheng even sat on the tea table at the strong invitation of Ma Yunhua, and personally showed his skillful and professional tea making skills for everyone!
Zhang Xing saw this scene......
Unconsciously sour and astringent in my heart, I sell batches with my mother!
When Zhang Sheng used to make tea for himself, he just brewed it with water and handed it to himself, and even some of them didn't pour the first brew, and the tea he drank was all inferior fake tea!
He once thought that Zhang Sheng didn't even know the most basic tea.
Now I want to come......
It's not that he doesn't understand, but that he doesn't deserve it!
With this mixed emotion, several people sat until the evening.
At 5:30 p.m.......
The courtyard in the distance lit up with a gentle light, and then, on the stage, a group of people began to sing on stage one after another.
Under the melodious singing voice.
Ma Yunhua, who was full of smiles, looked at Zhang Sheng inadvertently, and then suddenly sighed: "Brother Zhang...... It's not easy to come this way! ”
"It's not easy...... Zhang Sheng responded with a smile while listening to the play: "I stumbled over, and finally realized that a person's strength is too weak......
(End of chapter)