After Lin Yi returned to the company, he casually chatted with his senior sister and Wang Kai about the meeting with Brother Xiao Ma, and also revealed a little bit of his psychological activities at that time.
This knowledge point is obviously beyond the scope of the senior sister, but although Wang Kai is born in the 1980s, he has watched the same anime as Lin Yi.
"The Wall of Sighs comes from "Saint Pluto". Legend has it that it is the deepest wall in the underworld. Behind it is the "Pure Land of Bliss" where the gods live. However, the ghosts in the underworld can never cross it, so it is called the Wall of Sighs."
Li Moyan didn't care about "Saint Seiya", she was thinking about something else.
"According to what you say, we have reached a settlement with Tuk-Tuk Taxi, which means the subsidy war is almost over?"
"No no no."
Lin Yi shook his head, "We must make a clear distinction. Goose Factory is Goose Factory, and Dudu is Dudu. Brother Xiaoma is Brother Xiaoma, and Cheng Wei is Cheng Wei."
"The reason why we need to make such a clear distinction is because we cannot treat Goose Factory as an enemy. The Big Three of BAT can only be guided but cannot be fought against by us."
It's not that Lin Yi lacked ambition. If you want to blame him, just blame him for being born too late.
"As for the subsidy war, it is not up to us when it will end. Until then we have no choice but to persist."
It was obviously not the first time that Lin Yi had mentioned the theory of the Big Three. As partners, the senior sister and Wang Kai were both very familiar with it and were not surprised.
"Then do you want to tell Robin Li about your meeting with Brother Ma today? I wonder if he will mind your private contact?"
"It must be said."
Lin Yi was not afraid that Robin Li would hear about today's events from other channels. He was not a spy agency that would send people to monitor him.
"Robin Lee shouldn't be so petty. He should understand that everyone has someone they can't refuse. To me, Brother Ma is such a person."
"But today's events can make him understand that Xiong Factory is not the only one worried that the money-burning war in the taxi-hailing industry will continue to develop and become uncontrollable."
"Although the bat is not short of money, it is not good to do anything with money. No one can remain indifferent to burning it like this."
"Brother Ma's appearance today means that the attitude of Goose Factory is similar to that of Bear Factory to some extent. In this case, he will be more confident."
For those who are traveling thousands of miles at this moment, Li Robin's confidence is simply more important than Lin Yi's own confidence. He has tried his best to "manage upwards."
The fact was just as Lin Yi expected, when he told Robin Li about the conversation with Brother Ma, the other party was happy.
But he hid part of it.
Regarding the news that Goose Factory was about to take a stake in Dianping, he did not tell Robin Li, but instead told a person who did not seem to have a close relationship with him.
The Goose Factory is not a Dudu, so Wanli is not a Bear Factory either.
Wang Xing was surprised when he received Lin Yi's message, but not the news itself.
Although Goose Factory and Dianping have not been announced to the public, Wang Xing cannot be kept in the dark about such a major industry change.
His attention to reviews is by no means less than Lin Yi’s attention to Dudu and Kuaidu.
What Wang Xing was thinking was, what did Lin Yi mean by sharing this news with him?
He still did not raise this question directly. Even though it was news that he already knew, he still expressed his gratitude politely.
…
On February 20, Facebook on the other side of the ocean announced that it had acquired a small company with only 50 employees for a sky-high price of US$19 billion. It was the WhatsApp that Goose Factory was looking for.
That year, Zuckerberg, who was born in Harvard University and married a Chinese-American wife, was very popular in China. He was affectionately called Zuckerberg by some people who were not related to him. He was another American dreamer after Bill Gates.
spokesperson.
In order to help Facebook enter China, he will visit the country many times in the future and even gave his daughter a Chinese name.
A week before this, Uber from the United States, the originator of taxi-hailing software, officially announced its entry into China.
Lin Yi has no time to care about young Jewish tycoons, and he doesn't seem to pay much attention to the entry of his American counterparts.
Uber's model is fundamentally different from the current path taken by Wanli, Dudu and Kuadu, and there will not be direct competition in the short term.
In fact, even before this official announcement, Uber had already conducted a trial operation in Shanghai in July last year, but the scale and scope at that time were very small. It was mainly targeted at foreigners in Shanghai and some people working in multinational companies."
"Shanghai Elite".
Compared to Dudu and Kuaidu, Lin Yi may be the one who pays the most attention to Uber, but the time has not yet come, so he didn’t do any more reaction besides sending someone to keep an eye on the opponent’s movements.
The subsidy war is not over yet.
After Wanli Travel and Dudu Taxi used the trick of random red envelopes, Kuaidu and Zhifubao also responded very rudely:
The amount of instant discount for each order was increased to 13 yuan, and the connotation was very obvious by declaring, "We do not fly or cheat, and passengers do not have to rely on their character or luck. 100% instant discount of 13 yuan."
Because Wanli and Dudu did not follow up, the bidding game ended here for the time being.
None of the three companies continued to escalate their countermeasures, but the outflow of funds caused by subsidies did not decrease at all and reached a new height.
By late February, the maximum single-day subsidy amount for Wanli Travel reached 40 million yuan. If this rate continued for a month, it would be equivalent to spending 1.2 billion!
Not to mention that Lin Yi's hands were shaking when he signed the appropriation, and even Robin Li felt frightened after seeing the report.
But the good news is that the previously very steep growth curve is quickly turning smooth, which shows that the "market limit" predicted by Lin Yi has emerged.
"The scale of Wanli travel has reached its peak, so Dudu and Kuaidu are facing the same situation, and the turning point should appear soon."
Although Lin Yi vowed, Robin Li was still a little worried. After all, the expenses for each extra day were not a small amount.
Lin Yi explained to him: "The current situation is like three young people in martial arts competing for internal strength. They have been fighting for a long time. In fact, no one is willing to continue fighting, but if any one of them withdraws first, they are worried about being attacked by the other two.
hurt."
Robin Li frowned, wondering why Lin Yi suddenly mentioned martial arts. Lin Yi, who has been abroad for many years, has a more Western style and doesn't like this kind of tone.
"so what?"
"So at this time, we need a martial arts senior with high moral standing and profound skills to directly force the three people away. This not only demonstrates his own skills, but also demonstrates his status in the world."
Robin Li didn't understand what Lin Yi was referring to at the moment, but he soon figured it out.
If the Internet is a world, then at this point in time in 2014, there is one who is the most famous. It cannot be said to be universally recognized, but at least he is the number one master in the world that most people will immediately think of.