Lin Yi didn't know if Wang Huiwen was exaggerating, but overall it wasn't a bluff, because no matter whether he was hungry or casual, every group at the moment was a ferocious beast.
It only took them two years to stand out from the group buying market, and later came from behind in the takeout market. From this perspective, each group can really compete well.
Lin Yi never despises any group, but he is not afraid of any group either.
Each group was fast in the past and is still fast now, but it will not always be this fast. They must have flaws, otherwise the subsequent yellow-blue war would not have lasted for so many years even with the intervention of giants.
Facing Wang Huiwen's threat at this moment, he just asked casually: "Did Mr. Wang also say these words to Zhang Xuhao? Did it scare him?"
Wang Huiwen thought of Zhang Xuhao's attitude: "He was even more impatient than you. He kicked me out before I could finish saying these words."
Lin Yi smiled. This time, he simply felt that Zhang Xuhao seemed like someone who could do such a thing. The scene should be quite hilarious.
After laughing, he straightened his expression and said solemnly: "You said that I am more patient than Zhang Xuhao, but that does not mean that I am weaker than him."
Wang Huiwen nodded: "I don't think so either. I know that stance determines attitude."
"I explained your situation from the beginning. If you were sitting in Zhang Xuhao's position now, I don't think you would have that much patience with me."
This time, neither of the two people on the other side spoke, and Wang Huiwen took over on his own.
"I know this is not an easy decision."
He glanced at the silent senior sister next to him: "For you, selling the company may be more difficult to accept than failure and bankruptcy."
He paused before saying, "I only told half of the story about the school just now."
"Although you didn't expose it in person, you should have thought that the school was founded by Wang Xing and I in the fall of 2005 and sold to Chen Yizhou in October 2006 for US$2 million."
"This is a very painful decision for us. Before this, I was the most vehement opponent in the team, but in the end we had to face reality."
"When it was listed in the United States and valued at $7 billion, I did think about what would have happened if we hadn't sold the campus."
"But now I have figured it out. If the campus had not been sold at that time, it might have been forced to close due to a broken capital chain. I don't think that would be a better ending than now."
"And in that case, there probably wouldn't be every group today, and there wouldn't be Wang Xing and me."
After Wang Huiwen finished telling this story, he smiled kindly: "I don't ask you to make any decision on the spot. This plan has my contact information. You can bring it to me when you figure it out."
"But be careful, I won't wait for you too long."
After Wang Huiwen said these words, he stood up and left. When he left the Jingdian campus, he showed a smile of success.
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After Wang Huiwen left, only Lin Yi and his senior sister were left in the small activity room. The two of them were silent for a long time, but there was no ambiguity in the atmosphere.
It was the senior sister who spoke first: "Last time, you said that we would wait until each group actually comes to acquire us. Now that they have put the plans on the table, it is time to make this decision."
This time Lin Yihe told the truth.
"Senior sister, I have known for a long time that each group will definitely enter the food delivery industry, so from the very beginning of the business, selling to each group has been the last resort."
"Of course, if we can quickly become bigger and stronger and overcome the hurdle of being hungry, then I will never be afraid of confronting every group."
"But now we haven't decided the winner against Are You Hungry? To be precise, we are at a disadvantage, and each group will enter the stage with a strong force."
"What Wang Huiwen said just now is not nonsense. Among the three parties, including Are You Hungry?, we are the ones in the most unfavorable situation right now."
"I didn't even tell you and Jianguo in the past because I didn't want you to think that I didn't have a strong will to start a business. In fact, I have spent 120% of my efforts on the casual takeout website."
"But after all, this website does not belong to me alone, so now, it is time to let you and Jianguo know all this."
"Senior sister, what do you think?"
The senior sister has always been a straightforward person. This time she was silent for a while before saying, "I have never doubted your determination to start a business."
"But Lin Yi, do you still remember what you said when you invited me to join on behalf of yourself and Jianguo?"
"You said that I have a sense of justice, that I don't want to live a mediocre life, and that I want to help others. Then you also said that your business is not just for money."
"We had only met two or three times at that time. I don't know why you understand me so well. After thinking about it for a long time, I only had one answer."
"Because you are such a person, you can see through me at a glance."
"I think this is not a misunderstanding on my part, so I would like to ask, do what you said back then still stand now?"
Lin Yi replied without hesitation: "Of course it counts."
The senior sister smiled happily: "Thank you for your answer."
"The period of time since I started my business with you and Jianguo has probably been the busiest stage of my life. When I was young, practicing martial arts was not so hard."
"But I think it was also the most fulfilling period. As early as Lao Yang, who sold Malatang, I discovered that what we were doing was valuable."
"This sense of accomplishment reached its peak in the first two months. I am very happy that we organized such an event. I am prouder than any event I have held in the student union."
"Although you did the interview with Youth Daily alone, I think it was an encouragement and affirmation for our entire team."
"Did you know? When Han Xue and some other people found out that I was just a small shareholder, they once asked me why I was willing to help two junior brothers. Is it because Jianguo is my younger brother?"
"no."
The senior sister looked directly at Lin Yi: "Because I have always believed that we are doing the right thing, and this belief reached its peak on May 20th."
"With this premise, I actually don't care too much about success or failure. When you said you two started a business not just for money, of course I wouldn't take this as a goal."
This was the first time that Lin Yi and his senior sister had such a direct and frank communication since they started their business together, and Lin Yi had no reservations in front of his senior sister.
"Sister, I am very grateful for your trust."
"Because of you and Jianguo, and with your help, I believe that we have been doing the right thing, but I feel that this is not all."
"Of course we have to do the right thing, but we cannot ignore success or failure. We also need success in the secular sense."