Moving was just an episode in Lin Yi's life that was not worth mentioning.
He still remembered the bet he made with Robin Li. Every day when he woke up, he told himself that if he didn't hurry up, the company would belong to someone else.
"All the US$120 million that the company received in this round of financing has been received. I specially asked the finance department to show the account balance to everyone."
Liu Jianni has not yet agreed to serve as Wanli Travel's CFO. The company's financial director is now sent by Xiong Chang. Because of such a large sum of money, Robin Li is worried about letting them spend it randomly.
Lin Yi wasn't just talking, he really asked the financial officer to show the interface of opening the bank account to his subordinates clearly.
The purpose of this behavior is no different from taking a suitcase and pouring money on the table, it is to dazzle and dazzle people.
Sure enough, there were so many zeros on the screen that I couldn't even count them for a while.
Regardless of whether they were present or participating in the meeting via video, a clear and heavy intake of breath could be heard in the venue.
Seeing that the effect was achieved, Lin Yi ended this very deliberate performance and then continued:
"The money has been prepared. This money is our ammunition for the next six months and is available for you to use."
"But I also have my own requirements. I need to see Wanli Travel enter 25 cities before the end of November, and 50 by the end of December."
"Yes, not long ago, the goals were 20 and 40 respectively. Based on the size of the taxi market, we expect the next batch of cities to enter are: Suzhou, Fengtian, Pengcheng, Bingcheng, Xidu, Jianye, Di
Hua, Jincheng, Luzhou, Qindao."
"But now that we have more money, we are not thinking about how to spend the money, but how to convert resources into the strength of the company."
"This number sounds like a lot, but the market size of most cities is equivalent to a district in the capital, so it is not unachievable."
"The next six months will be very, very hard for everyone, but please grit your teeth. This is the first time we have received a large amount of financing beyond our expectations before our competitors. This is the closest we have ever been to our entrepreneurial goal.
time!"
Lin Yi had already learned from Liu Jianni that on the day the news of Xiong Factory’s investment in Wanli Travel was announced, Dudu Taxi and Kuadu Taxi simultaneously launched a new round of financing.
To a certain extent, Lin Yi also helped them, because when they meet investors, they will say, "Wanli Travel has raised US$120 million, and my market share is larger than him!"
Although the amount of the last round of financing of those two companies was less than a fraction of Lin Yi's, this situation will not last long.
And it's not all bad.
Lin Yi knew that although Robin Li paid 100 million U.S. dollars, he was still worried about not being able to guarantee it. After Dudu and Kuadu both received the same amount of financing, he would not feel that he had lost money.
"In the final analysis, I only ask you for one thing, and that is: market share! Market share! Market share!"
Of course, the gambling terms in the financing agreement are not public. Only senior executives like senior sister and Wang Kai know about it. Now he wants to pass this pressure on to everyone in the company.
Lin Yi made everyone understand his determination by saying important things three times, and his tone was full of "rich wealth".
After the meeting ended, he found CTO Wang Kai alone. The latter thought he was here to ask about the connection and drainage with Xiong Factory Map, and immediately patted his chest and assured:
"I know, we are already on call 24 hours a day. As long as the Bear Factory doesn't let up, we can definitely get it done by the end of December."
Xiong Chang is Wang Kai's old employer. He knows the other party's working methods very well. In fact, he is confident in completing the task, but he habitually expresses caution.
Unexpectedly, what Lin Yi wanted to explain was not this at all: "I will communicate with the Xiong Factory. You can take care of it yourself. There is another important thing to do."
"I need you to increase the number of servers in the company to 1,000. The hardware is good and I have money in the account now, but such a large scale may involve structural adjustments. You have to do it in December
We will deliver the goods before the end of the month, and if there are not enough people, we will hire them.”
Now Wang Kai was really surprised: "The company only has dozens of servers now, and the carrying capacity has far exceeded actual needs. With this number, how much order volume do you plan to handle?"
"You prepare according to the upper limit of 10 million orders."
If the man in front of him hadn't just received $100 million from his old employer, which shocked the entire industry and boosted the morale of the entire company, Wang Kai would have almost suspected that he had gone crazy.
Mr. CTO had to remind him dutifully: "Lin Yi, do you know how close Wanli Travel's current order volume is to tens of millions? I can pull up the data and give you a look."
Lin Yi didn't care: "If you prepare the server, there won't be so many orders by then, and all the responsibility will be borne by me."
"If there are so many orders by then, but the backend processing capacity is not enough, then I can only ask you."
Wang Kai understood. This was an order, not a consultation.
He still felt crazy, but since his boss said so, he only had one choice: follow through.
It must be said that the recent success of this financing has also had a very obvious effect on Lin Yi's prestige within the company.
Wang Kai is considered a partner of the company. He used to argue with him frequently, but now he does not dare to challenge his opinions easily.
Not to mention the lower-level employees, like those brought out of school by Zhang Xun, are now so optimistic that they blindly worship them.
No matter what others do, Lin Yi is not blind.
After completing the crucial step of joining the Xiong Factory and obtaining a large amount of financing, he is seriously preparing for the next step.
Lin Yi still gave his CTO some tips and patted him on the shoulder: "The largest financing scale in this industry before was only 15 million US dollars. I asked for 100 million from Xiong Factory. Guess how I ended up talking to Robin Li?
Explain the purpose of this money?"
Wang Kai didn't ask any more questions, as long as he knew that Lin Yi planned to do something big. After receiving the new task, he originally wanted to go back to work, but he didn't expect Lin Yi to think of another one.
“How is Wanli Travel’s current investment in network security?”
Wang Kai didn't know why he thought of this, so he answered honestly: "It's quite satisfactory. Our current energy is mainly on business and we haven't spent too much time on this aspect, but it will not be worse than our peers."
Lin Yi demanded: "Spend some money to improve our security level. If we can't find it outside, it's worthwhile to even build a separate team."
Nowadays, the most indispensable thing for traveling thousands of miles is money. Lin Yi doesn't want to give others the opportunity to do evil, even if it is only a very small possibility, in order to save this cost.
Wang Kai said in surprise: "Do you think someone will launch a cyber attack on us?"
Lin Yi didn't say much: "It's essential to be on guard against others."