The afternoon sun slanted down on the eaves of the Peace Hotel. The living room window of the suite was opened, and the bustling urban atmosphere seemed to come in.
Cai Congxin continued: "There are two points to pay attention to here. Regarding the public opinion offensive on the Internet, this aspect is left to our Alibaba team."
In the business world, trolls are always an unavoidable topic. This is particularly obvious in the mobile phone industry. Before Huawei took up the banner of technology, Xiaomi and Huawei often attacked each other. They
It's called "Friendly Businessman".
In the Internet field, the same topic remains. Although Alibaba and other Internet giants have denied it, Mr. Cai still made it very clear in private today.
"The second point is that Uber is defined as a foreign-funded enterprise, and it is not impossible for them to solve problems such as user data security. So, what is our winning point? The foundations of Phoenix Fund and Jinggao are too shallow to pass on to the top.
"
Cheng Wei and Liu Qing looked at each other, and in their tacit understanding, they nodded in conviction. This is a plan with a very high probability of success.
Liu Qing said: "Mr. Cai, I know how to handle the press conference later." She and Cheng Wei have a clear division of labor. Promoting Didi's image to the outside world is also one of her jobs.
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The small meeting lasted until around evening and everyone dispersed.
Cai Congxin continues to stay in Shanghai, integrating information and strength from all parties to lead this confrontation with Uber.
Cheng Wei flew back to the capital overnight. Didi's headquarters was in the capital, and he wanted to go back and pay overtime pay to appease people. In addition to the US$1 billion in financing he received from Ren Zhi, Mr. Cai gave him US$2 billion in funding.
Of course, you have to save some money on this.
Ren Zhi took the car back to his villa and had dinner. He had the lightest task in the subsequent confrontation. He needed to use some resources of the Galaxy Group to put pressure on the Phoenix Fund. This was a comprehensive confrontation.
It will not be limited to the field of online ride-hailing. In other fields that Jinggao and Phoenix Fund are involved in, such as textiles, real estate, banking, venture capital, film and television, Alibaba and Galaxy will have to fight against them to influence Jinggao.
The individual's will to continue the confrontation forces him to surrender.
He had to report this to his father.
First, let his father have a comprehensive understanding of Ali's plan. He can actually ask his father to check for leaks and fill in the gaps. He has great trust in his father's business ability. But the young eagle will eventually spread its wings and fly high.
Second, as the young master of Galaxy Group, his right to speak in Galaxy Group's sophisticated modern corporate governance structure is actually limited. He needs to obtain some authorization from his father. To put it bluntly, he needs Uncle Song to help
He runs errands.
Liu Qing had a simple dinner and then took a car to the Peninsula Hotel to attend the press conference. The Peace Hotel and the Peninsula Hotel were not in the same place.
Sitting in the car that was driving smoothly, Mr. Cai's voice seemed to be echoing in her ears. "Second point, Uber is prohibited from using Alipay for payment. This method will not encourage users to choose Alipay instead of Uber.
In China, users are always only sensitive to price.
This is an attitude that shows our Ali! Be a friend and a neutral person. In this confrontation, whoever ends up shouting for Phoenix Fund must take it easy. Those venture capital companies such as Hongbin (China) are still very
sensitive."
Sure enough, ginger is still spicy!
So, she turned to her father for help, and he asked her to call Mr. Yang. Did she also have this intention? Lenovo's funds and status may be inferior. But the resources Lenovo can mobilize are not necessarily small! She is in the situation.
, and limited by his own experience, he is not good at public opinion warfare.
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When Liu Qing went to the Peninsula Hotel in Magic City, Didi's press conference site had already been arranged in the hotel. The print media, TV, and online media in Magic City all received invitations and came one after another. There were more than 100 in total.
This was a huge press conference.
LeTV originally had a product launch today, but the limelight was completely overshadowed by Didi. You must know that LeTV is a star in the public opinion field. Although they have been exposed to various negative news since September, with the capital injection from Phoenix Fund,
He quickly took a breath. At this moment, Mr. Jia continued to run wildly on the road of building cars and ppts.
Qiu Yongliang, a reporter from Economic Daily, was also in the huge conference room. He chatted with a colleague from China Business News next to him, "Is this Didi planning to merge with Uber?"
Although Jing Gao's statement on "Financial Wednesday" held at Tan Qin's villa at the end of September was not widely reported by newspapers, as practitioners in the financial media, they all knew some fragmentary information.
Jing Gao announced that he would only give Didi one month and would not wait until the expiration date. He said this on September 28, and today is October 17. Calculating, there are only about ten days left.
A reporter from China Business News shook his head: "Logically no. Didi wants to sell itself, so how can it be so grand? Unless it's a reverse takeover."
The Sina Finance reporter next to him came over and chatted: "That's not the news I received. I heard that the two companies will continue to compete. Two days ago, Uber's first round of financing was less than 800 million U.S. dollars, which made various analysts
It’s shocking. So, there must be big news today.”
Nonsense. There is big news. Who can't see it? Qiu Yongliang smiled politely.
Amid the discussions among reporters, time passed slowly. At two minutes to 7 o'clock in the evening, Liu Qing came in from the side door with two Didi executives and walked to the podium to sit down.
The media immediately became excited, and the sound of clicking sounded.
Didi's secretary to the board of directors, who presided over the press conference, exchanged a few pleasantries with the reporters and then got straight to the point, "Now, we, Mr. Liu, are invited to announce Didi's major decisions."
All the cameras in the room focused on Liu Qing, who was sitting in the middle of the rostrum.
Liu Qing was dressed formally and had a serious expression. He gently adjusted the microphone, picked up the manuscript and started reading, "
Dear friends from the media, hello. As a company rooted in China, Didi has always been committed to providing convenient travel for the public. This is our philosophy. Therefore, we refuse to be acquired by a foreign-funded company with pure American culture!"
The professionalism of the reporters was quite good. There was only a slight buzz in the entire large conference room that could accommodate more than 200 people. This news was very unexpected! Didi actually refused to merge with Uber. But most people still
Wait patiently for the next article. At the same time, pay attention to Liu Qing’s keywords: “Pure American Culture”, “Foreign-funded Enterprises”.
As we all know, Uber’s management and employees are very young. Some of them have visited Uber’s headquarters in Silicon Valley. Within Uber, email communication is all in English. But what about foreign-funded enterprises?
Some people know it, some people don't know it.
Liu Qing continued: "According to public information, the shareholders of Phoenix Fund are: Jiuge Capital, Xia Shang Real Estate, and Ms. Qiao Shuang. Ms. Qiao Shuang, as a corporate legal person, holds 0.5% of the shares. Xia Shang Real Estate holds 1
%, Jiuge Capital holds 98.5% of the shares.
These can all be checked on Tianyancha. According to the information I have, Jiuge Capital is a company registered in the tax haven Virgin Islands. Their main office is located on Hong Kong Island.
So there is no doubt that this is a foreign-invested company that enjoys tax incentives for foreign investment."
There are many companies setting up companies in tax havens. All Chinese concept stocks listed in the United States have this problem. This is determined by the regulatory structure. Therefore, for many Internet companies, control is definitely in the hands of the founders, but
Most of the equity is in the hands of foreign capital. Are they considered foreign capital?
For example, Alibaba.
Liu Qing paused and then said: "There are a large number of online ride-hailing users in China. Their data is related to security and must not be in the hands of a foreign-funded company. On behalf of Didi, I hereby report to the relevant departments that Uber is suspected of harming the public
Data security. We will hand over the specific materials to the relevant departments in two days.
This concludes today's press conference. Thank you all." Liu Qing stood up, bowed, turned and left.
Behind her, the entire conference room was like an exploding vegetable market. Boom. This news is so exciting!
There is a problem! There is a problem! Qiu Yongliang muttered in his mouth. But the impact of a big news made his brain lack oxygen, and the huge noisy environment around him made it impossible for him to think anymore. Instead, he wanted to write a manuscript immediately,
Spread the word!
So crazy.
Didi actually wants to report Uber. What kind of hatred or grudge is this? This has never happened before in the competition of online ride-hailing. Currently, he only knows one example of this kind of thing: I heard that a company
Bo reported it.
A reporter quickly rushed to Liu Qing, held up the microphone and shouted: "Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, I have a question..."
Reporters one after another rushed to the front: "Mr. Liu, are you sure Didi will not merge with Uber? This is different from your previous view..."
Liu Qing ignored the shouts of these reporters. She usually behaved like a arrogant queen. Now she just left. The security guards stopped the reporters who were about to rush to interview and asked Liu Qing and others to leave along the passage.
In the huge conference room, more than a hundred media outlets were bombarded with big news.
After the dark clouds came over, the storm finally fell! It hit Uber and Jinggao head and head.
