Lin Yi has not had much contact with Wang Xing recently because he is busy with the subsidy war in front of him.
Of course, Wang Xing is not idle either. Each group is now very hard at both group buying and takeout, and fighting on both fronts is still going on.
There is another reason, that is, each group is from Factory A after all, and Wanli Travel is fighting Kuadu, but Lin Yi feels that Wang Xing does not seem like the kind of person who has scruples.
Brother Ma is not the kind of person who makes random remarks. He suddenly mentioned Wang Xing. Even if it was an innocent question, there must be a reason.
Lin Yi didn't spend much time to think of the reason why he came to the capital this time.
"Group buying websites are now a typical two-power structure. Each group and Dianping are far ahead. In terms of qualifications, Dianping has a deeper accumulation. It was established long before the concept of o2o emerged, and its user reputation is also good."
"But from an operational point of view, each group grows faster and the team's combat effectiveness is stronger, so that it can catch up from behind and get the first position."
"Personally, I actually admire Dianping's development path, which is a more old-school or traditional Internet company's entrepreneurial thinking."
"Polish the product."
"Of course this is not wrong, but how can I put it? I think today's market environment may not give entrepreneurs so much time and opportunities."
"For example, in our taxi-hailing software industry, the one who thought about polishing the product before to win in the end was probably Shake Taxi, right?"
Shake Taxi is one of the first pioneers of taxi hailing software. It was established earlier than Cheng Wei’s Dudu and was once the market leader.
But now, even if it has not completely disappeared, its presence in the market is almost negligible, especially after this subsidy war, except for the top three players who have their own backers, all other players have been eliminated.
Brother Xiaoma knew about Shake Taxi, because it was this company that originally rejected Goose Factory's investment, so they went to Dudu and Cheng Wei.
He understood Lin Yi's complaint about being too slow in reviewing: "So you are optimistic about every group?"
Lin Yi did not admit it: "What I am talking about is that in the past, since the rise of the 020 concept in 2010, the large-scale entry of capital has transformed the industry, and Dianping has also been caught up in this wave."
“Judging from the current market position, Dianping actually still has a chance, so I think it’s not too late for Goose Factory to enter the game.”
Brother Xiao Ma smiled slightly. Although this was not a secret, Lin Yi was really keen and immediately realized that he was here to discuss the investment in Dianping.
Although Liu Chiping didn't tell him that Lin Yi had mentioned Dianping when he came to find Goose Factory for investment, this was not surprising.
Because Dianping has been in contact with Xiong Factory for a long time before, and each group will definitely pay close attention to the trends of Dianping. If the relationship between Lin Yi and Wang Xing is really that good, it is possible that they have analyzed each other before.
Xiao Ma is not secretive at all. At his level, there are not many people in the industry who need to worry about it.
"Goose Factory has just invested US$400 million in exchange for 20% of the equity of Dianping. This news will be announced soon."
After revealing a big news to Lin Yi in advance, Xiao Ma asked again: "You just talked about each group and the comments, but it seems that you haven't commented on the sticky rice that Xiong Factory is preparing to make from scratch?"
Of course Lin Yi knew what happened to Nuomi, but Robin Li was now his half-boss after all. Even if he was sure that Xiao Ma would not do anything to inform, he would not say things he shouldn't say behind his back.
"Currently, the gap between Nuomi and the top two is still too big, but how far it can develop in the future depends on the determination of Xiong Factory, and of course it also depends on the right time, place and people."
Brother Xiao Ma noticed Lin Yi's defensiveness, so he didn't ask any more questions. After all, the relationship between the two was not like Lin Yi and Robin Li.
The two skipped the topic. Lin Yi accidentally noticed that Xiao Ma seemed to have difficulty moving, so he asked casually.
Maybe he thought this was no secret, so he said bluntly: "My lumbar spine has never been very good. I had it treated once before. It's getting better recently."
If there is a tendency for recurrence, I may need another surgery."
When he mentioned this, he also had an implicit meaning that he came to see Lin Yi when he was ill and expressed his great importance to the taxi-hailing industry.
But what Lin Yi thought of was another thing. Reminiscent of what Xiao Ma said just now that Liu Chiping had not returned from abroad, and he recalled a major event in the Goose Factory during this period.
"Did Mr. Liu go to the United States?"
This question came out of nowhere, and Brother Ma looked very surprised.
"Well... this opportunity is very important to the Goose Factory, and it may not be available again for many years to come. Although Xiao Ma is unable to go due to injury, we cannot overemphasize it."
This statement is even more strange. It seems a bit like "teaching Brother Xiao Ma" how to do things.
This matter actually has nothing to do with Lin Yi.
There has been a rumor that Goose Factory had negotiated to acquire Hatsapp in order to enter the international market.
Because of Xiao Ma's back injury, he was unable to go to the on-site negotiation, which delayed the opportunity and was intercepted by Zuckerberg's Facebook.
hatsapp is now a mobile messaging start-up company with few employees but already has 500 million international users. It is worth a lot of money. There are almost only the above two companies that have the strength and willingness to acquire.
In the information society, social software is a very special infrastructure. It is a land that transcends reality and a more abstract but objectively existing boundary.
After Goose Factory missed out on hatsapp, it was difficult for hat to go overseas, and its internationalization strategy has always been tepid. Many people deeply regret this.
Lin Yi is also one of them.
So even though the two sides were enemies rather than friends at this time, and even though he shouldn't have known about this, he still took the liberty to make a few suggestions.
Lin Yi comforted himself in his heart and said:
Even if Goose Factory can really win HatsApp, it will not be able to greatly increase its strength in a short period of time. Instead, it will have to incur a huge cash expenditure, which will affect the support for Tuk-Tuk taxis.
Brother Xiao Ma was very personable. He did not blame him for being abrupt, nor did he delve into what he knew. However, he gave this answer:
"The Goose Factory treats this as the most important thing, and sending Martin to come forward when I can't make the trip already illustrates my attitude."
"However, the acquisition of hatsapp failed. The other party regretfully stated that it had to terminate negotiations with Goose Factory due to force majeure."
Xiao Ma didn't explain much, so Lin Yi didn't know what the social giant was thinking.
force majeure.
Just such a brief message made him instantly understand a question that had been misunderstood before:
Goose Factory has never missed a hatsapp, and the so-called absence of Ma Ge is even more nonsense, because this opportunity has never belonged to Goose Factory.
This world seems to be unobstructed by the sky and the sea, but in fact there are invisible high walls everywhere, separating the species called human beings one by one.
Although in Lin Yi's view at this moment, bat was already an unattainable behemoth, a Titan that covered the sky with one hand.
But on the other side of the sea, the city gate on the top of the mountain has never been completely open to them.
After saying goodbye and going out, Lin Yi raised his head and looked at the gloomy sky at that time. Dark clouds shrouded the earth, like a sighing wall in the deepest part of the underworld that had never been illuminated by sunlight for tens of thousands of years.