The day after the competition, a flight from Shanghai landed at the Capital International Airport.
A young man in his mid-twenties walked out of the terminal in a hurry, without pushing his suitcase and only carrying a backpack.
He has a friendly, round face, a slightly chubby body, and seems to have a talkative personality, but at this time, his face is very stern.
The subordinate who was waiting anxiously for him outside looked to be a few years older than him. When he saw him coming out, he immediately called out "Mr. Zhang."
In fact, his subordinates can usually call him by his English name "Mark", but they know that he seems calm at the moment, but his heart should be turbulent, so he chose a more formal name.
The man waved his hand: "Go back to the company and talk."
So the subordinate led the way, and the two quickly returned to their stronghold in the capital. After entering the closed conference room, the subordinate immediately spoke:
"I'm sorry, Mr. Zhang, I made an oversight on this matter."
Sitting opposite him was the founder of Are You Hungry, Zhang Xuhao, a graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University who was born in 1985? At this time, the young CEO was tapping his fingers rapidly on the table.
The one who just apologized to him was the city manager in Beijing. Yesterday he received a call from his boss saying that a competitor had appeared on his site. It had been developing silently for more than two months but had not received any report from him.
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The manager knew very well that although the CEO looked harmless, his actual personality was not as peaceful as he appeared.
His favorite sport is boxing.
"Peng!"
Perhaps because he didn't take advantage of the sandbag, Zhang Xuhao slapped the table heavily as a way to vent his anger, and then reprimanded sternly:
"Is this something you could have covered up with just a simple sentence? Didn't you notice anything about it for more than two months right under your nose?"
"The end result was that our investors called and said they had found a competitor, but we didn't know anything about it before. How embarrassing you made me!"
The city manager felt aggrieved.
He knew that the reason his boss was so angry was because the company was negotiating a new round of financing, and he didn't know how much impact this so-called embarrassment would have.
However, this is not the manager's first day at work. He knows that it is best not to defend himself when his boss is angry, otherwise he will not get understanding but more reprimands.
He immediately reported: "Yesterday, after I received the news from Mr. Zhang, I immediately entrusted Haidian personnel to conduct an investigation. The website you mentioned is currently only for school business, but its coverage has reached more than ten or twenty universities."
"Is it a dozen or twenty?"
Obviously this answer did not satisfy Zhang Xuhao, "Can you please stop teasing me with these ambiguous things? It has been almost 24 hours since I told you about this!"
After getting angry, his mood stabilized a bit, and he knew that even if he scolded the guy in front of him, he wouldn't be able to solve the problem, so he finally returned to the topic.
"Tell me one by one."
"I told you yesterday that the website was started by the Beijing University of Electronic Science and Technology. When did they appear? Do you understand why you didn't notice it before?"
The manager respectfully reported: "It has been clarified that they appeared after the National Day holiday in October and left Jingdian in a month or two. Some schools in western Haidian even entered in the past week."
"Our business in this area has indeed been squeezed, but overall the order volume is still rising, so it has not attracted our special attention."
Because the industry as a whole is experiencing a rapid upward cycle, the overall online food ordering market in the Beijing area is continuing to expand during this period.
In other words, Lin Yi and the others cut a piece of cake based on the newly generated increase. Are you hungry? The original portion has not become smaller, which is why they have been able to remain invisible for so long.
What the manager just said seemed very sincere, but in fact he still concealed some small details.
For example, one of his riders once reported that he met a colleague while delivering meals in college, but the other person didn't even have a uniform, so this matter did not attract his attention at the time.
Zhang Xuhao continued to ask: "How much pressure has been squeezed? Can you figure out the current order level of the other party?"
Out of a sense of confidentiality, Lin Yi did not directly announce the team's latest data when he competed.
Therefore, in fact, Liu Jiani cannot directly convey too many detailed information to Hungry? They still need to explore the details themselves.
"There is no particularly detailed data yet, but judging from the scope of their expansion, the average daily order volume should be at least over a thousand." The manager answered very cautiously.
Zhang Xuhao knew that they would not be able to get a more detailed understanding in a short period of time, but this level alone could not reassure him.
"Let's go and see the scene."
This is a very action-oriented person. When he said he went to see the scene, he meant that he personally changed into the clothes of a deliveryman, and then went directly to deliver an order whose destination was a nearby university.
The recipient of this order was a girl. Zhang Xuhao took advantage of the opportunity to get the takeout and asked: "Hey, classmate, I heard that there is another takeout website in your school?"
Fortunately, the girl didn't turn around and leave. She probably thought he didn't look like a bad guy, so she answered: "Why do you ask?"
Zhang Xuhao was already very familiar with this kind of scenario, and he made it up without any burden: "You see, I'm not very good at delivering food. Isn't this because I think I can find another job if the conditions are better elsewhere?"
The girl found it funny and reminded him kindly: "Then you probably have no chance. That company is called Suiyi Takeaway. Their delivery people are all part-time students at the school, so they can deliver it to the dormitory and it's cheap."
Zhang Xuhao felt a chill in his heart and continued to ask: "Then why do you still order our takeaway?"
The girl answered matter-of-factly: "There are still a few stores on their website, and there are no stores farther away like the one you delivered to, and the delivery time is also short. Only meals at noon and evening can be delivered."
Zhang Xuhao knew it well and returned to the company after thanking the girl.
The manager immediately greeted him and asked the boss diligently what he had gained.
"It's not something to worry about for the time being, but you have to keep a close eye on him and report any disturbance to me as soon as possible."
The manager quickly agreed: "Okay, Mr. Zhang, but don't we need to take some measures?"
Zhang Xuhao was not as relaxed as he said, but he didn't want to take action yet.
This was definitely not because he had any scruples about this small boat, nor was it because Zhang Xuhao, who came from a merchant family, would be merciful.
He had some compelling reasons.
"I will deal with them sooner or later. As for now, let them breathe for a few more months."