"Hello, this is the front desk of Are You Hungry? Who are you looking for?"
"Hello, I'm looking for Zhang Xuhao."
"Ah, ah?"
The lady at the front desk opposite was obviously at a loss. She was stuck for a moment before she continued: "Who are you? Have you made an appointment with Mr. Zhang before?"
"You know Yiyi Takeout.com, right? Your biggest competitor right now."
Lin Yi was not teasing the young lady by asking unnecessary questions.
The position of the front desk is a bit special. He has met some young girls who worked until they resigned without even knowing what their company does, let alone their competitors?
Fortunately, the young lady opposite was very professional, and she answered in the affirmative:
"Yes I know."
"I'm Lin Yi from the casual takeout website. I've met Mr. Zhang Xuhao from your company in Beijing before. Please tell him. He should answer my call."
Well, because Lin Yi and Zhang Xuhao didn't leave each other's phone numbers last time, so if he wants to find each other now, he can only call them according to the contact number left on the website.
Many companies posted contact numbers on the Internet but no one answered them. Lin Yiyi just had the attitude of giving it a try casually. If that didn't work, he planned to find the other party through Liu Jianni's connections in the venture capital circle.
He was lucky. As an entrepreneurial Internet company, Hungry? did not leave an invalid number on its official website that could not be reached.
But they actually had a front desk, and Lin Yi was envious again.
The young lady opposite was a little embarrassed. She felt that this guy actually called the front desk to find the boss for some reason, but she was worried that he was really an important person, so she had to be polite.
"Sorry, I don't have the authority to transfer the call to Mr. Zhang. If you know him, please contact his personal number directly."
"Of course I don't have a personal phone number, so I called you."
The young lady was still very polite, and Lin Yi did not make things difficult for her: "Let's just leave my name and phone number and give it to your superior, and then tell him to ask Zhang Xuhao to call me back."
Although the front desk still felt strange this time, he still did as he was told. As for whether to tell Zhang Xuhao or not, he left it to his superiors.
To be honest, Lin Yi's contact method is a bit reckless. In a mature and large company, there is a high probability that no one will pay attention to it. Because those who report to the top need to take unknown risks, ordinary part-time workers will not take this extra step.
But he guessed that Hungry is still a very dynamic startup company with not so many messy rules and regulations, so the communication channels between the top and bottom should still be open.
As for whether Zhang Xuhao is willing to talk to him?
As the biggest competitor at this stage, Lin Yi feels that he still has some cards.
The reason why Lin Yi did not fly directly to Shanghai to find Zhang Xuhao was because he felt that visiting Zhang Xuhao would be a bit cheap. No matter how different the size of the two parties was, he had to maintain the air of "everyone is equal".
His guess was right.
Lin Yi didn't wait too long before he received the call.
There was no emotion or anger in the voice on the other side: "I'm Zhang Xuhao. I didn't expect Mr. Lin to come to me in this way. Do you have any advice?"
"I don't dare to take it seriously. I came to see Mr. Zhang to discuss the charity activities for Yucheng that we have been conducting recently."
Zhang Xuhao felt relieved. He knew that Lin Yi must have called him about what happened in the past two days. His first reaction was to prosecute him for "plagiarism" of Are You Hungry? In that case, his evaluation of Lin Yi would be lowered a lot.
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"I noticed that your website is also conducting a charity event similar to Are We Hungry? However, we started preparations as soon as the disaster occurred. However, the technology was complicated, so the launch was delayed by one day."
If Lin Yi wanted to accuse, he blocked the conversation first and made it clear that he "did not plagiarize".
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Zhang Xuhao did not deny the fact that whoever came online first would be insulting everyone's intelligence.
But Lin Yi really didn't bother to make this phone call just to start a lawsuit with him. He had something serious to discuss.
"I have a proposal."
Zhang Xuhao was surprised, but his tone was still calm: "What proposal?"
"Mr. Zhang, we maintained a good tacit understanding last time. When this industry is advancing rapidly, it is far better to eat from each other's bowl than to make the whole plate bigger and then share the meat together."
Lin Yi expressed his thoughts: "I think everyone can join forces on this matter."
The person on the other side pondered for a second: "How can we join forces?"
The orders, merchants, and delivery systems of both parties are all independent of each other. If they are connected, they will become one company. Of course, this is not what Lin Yi is talking about.
"I want to say that we can join forces to build momentum for this charity event in order to have a greater social impact. This will be an excellent publicity for the image of our entire industry."
Zhang Xuhao understood instantly. He actually thought this was a good idea, because the better the industry developed, the more he would benefit as the leader.
But I still have to be picky about this suggestion.
"We don't all belong to each other. If we want to join forces to promote, who will be the leader and who will be the deputy? Are We Hungry? As a well-deserved industry leader, we will never succumb to others."
This does not mean rejection, but bargaining.
Of course, technical details are also very important, which directly determines whether the two parties can reach this cooperation. Lin Yi patiently discussed it with this guy on the phone.
It is convenient for bosses to communicate directly, that is, they can make decisions themselves without having to ask anyone for instructions, so the efficiency will be higher.
Zhang Xuhao was also very satisfied with the results of Are You Hungry's activities in the past two days, so he still wanted to promote this cooperation, and finally the two parties reached an agreement with difficulty.
The ordering systems on both websites remained independent and unchanged, and then their interfaces for this charity event were quickly connected to each other.
On the map created by Are You Hungry?, thirteen cities were directly lit up this time, ranging from Bingcheng in the north, Yangcheng in the south, Rongcheng in the west, and Shencheng in the east. It felt like the whole country was united.
Of course, another idea must be retained. On both sides of the page, the order volume and real-time pledged donation amount generated by Suishi Takeout.com and Hungry? are displayed respectively.
From Lin Yi's point of view, he insists that both parties are equal; and the reason why Zhang Xuhao can accept it is that it can be clearly seen on the page that the amount of Hungry is several times the casual amount.
Li Jianguo expressed concern that if the two sides were put together in this way, it would appear that they had lost their momentum.
But Lin Yi felt that the other party was already bigger than him, which he was not embarrassed to admit. As for the original intention of the event itself, he hoped to show everyone a kind of "unity" at this moment.
strength.
The main title of this page is called "We work together, come on Yucheng!".