Before Lin Yi could convince his CFO, another news came out from Uber.
Kalanick was sued in South Korea.
The reason is that the UberX business launched in South Korea by Uber, which he serves as CEO, is suspected of using private vehicles without operating qualifications to provide transportation services.
To put it simply, you drive a black car.
From a factual point of view, there is no problem, because the essence of private cars engaging in online ride-hailing business is to use black cars to access the Internet.
From the very beginning of his business, Kalanick unabashedly declared that his purpose was to completely eliminate the outdated and backward taxi industry.
The taxi industry does have a big problem, which Lin Yi realized when he was almost robbed by a taxi in Shanghai.
But there is another problem with online ride-hailing, which is that it has always been on the edge of the law since its inception.
At the beginning, uber was not called uber, but called ubercab. The suffix cab means taxi in English.
So after Ubercab went online, it received a notice from the San Francisco Department of Transportation, saying that since your name is cab, it belongs to the taxi business and you have to be under my control.
Kalanick said get the fuck out of here!
He directly removed the cab from the Ubercab, then threw the notice from the San Francisco Department of Transportation into the trash can, not intending to pay any attention to it.
This person's character is evident.
Kalanick's image as a madman comes largely from his many sharp confrontations with regulatory agencies across the United States and other countries around the world. He completely ignores the laws of various countries and goes his own way.
To a certain extent, Cheng Wei's small and treacherous actions were just learning from the advanced experience of his predecessors in the industry, and their nature did not seem to be a big deal compared to this one.
In any case, Lin Yi felt that if he didn't stab Uber with such a knife delivered to his door, he would feel sorry in his heart.
Liu Jianni finally agreed to Lin Yi's plan, but she spent a lot of effort on implementing it.
For example, she did not ask Lin Yi or a serious executive like herself to come forward to criticize Uber. Instead, she found a public relations director below and "accidentally" revealed her opinions about her peers during an interview.
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“We believe that Uber is a very unruly company that has a long history of numerous illegal records in many countries around the world.
Kalanick's prosecution in South Korea is just one of the trivial cases, but as a close neighbor of South Korea, we empathize with the unbridled arrogance of multinational companies.
I personally believe that the so-called technological innovation is not a reason for any company to trample on the law and do whatever it wants. Moreover, Uber has no respect for life at all, and it can be said that it cares about human life.
Recently, a vicious incident occurred in India in which an Uber driver raped a female passenger. We have not seen Uber conduct any deep reflection on this matter or see it make any improvements.
They just prevaricated and emphasized that this was just an accident, but were unwilling to respond directly to what responsibility Uber should bear for the safety of passengers.
Especially as a woman, I don’t have any trust in the Uber brand.
I don’t think I will ever use Uber myself, nor will I advise my female friends to use Uber…”
The publication of this report was certainly not "accidental"; rather, it was decided upon very carefully and after careful consideration of every word for a long time.
If the parties involved were not willing to publish such an outrageous theory that was obviously going to cause outrage, the media would not be able to publish a single word of it.
According to Liu Jianni's request, the entire article stated that it was not an official evaluation of Wanli Travel, but the opinions expressed by the public relations director "in his personal capacity."
This is just a small means of safe isolation from a legal perspective. In fact, anyone who is not blind will know what is going on.
As the most talked-about taxi-hailing app in the technology industry this year, Wanli Travel’s public criticism of Uber was certainly a piece of bad news, and it immediately detonated the public opinion field.
Not to mention that experts and media from all walks of life have jumped in to interfere, saying that "innovation means breaking the rules" and "online ride-hailing is not a place outside the law". They are noisy and inconsistent.
The reaction on the Internet is more interesting. Whenever this kind of topic comes up, a group of Sanwu trumpets who don’t know where they come from will come out to ridicule and ridicule, but they can still generate a lot of heat.
"How can Wanli Travel have the nerve to talk about Uber? Aren't all domestic taxi-hailing apps developed by plagiarizing the ideas of other American companies? I haven't asked you for royalties yet!"
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"If Uber is illegal, then under what laws do Wanli Travel and other taxi-hailing companies operate? Is it easy to laugh at a hundred steps?"
The only thing they avoided was the Uber incident in India, because there has indeed been no such major safety incident since Wanli Travel was launched.
Naturally, Lin Yi wouldn't take seriously the nonsense on the Internet, but he didn't know whether it was real people or not, but Uber responded very quickly.
They immediately announced that the public relations director, who had skipped speaking directly, was suing Wanli Travel for "defamation and damaging Uber's reputation."
This reaction was part of the preparation before Wanli's trip. Of course, they would not push their employees to the front desk to resist the thunder, and were prepared to actively respond to the complaint.
The lawsuit itself is nothing.
If delaying tactics are adopted, this kind of case will not be decided within a year or two. By then, the industry structure may have been turned upside down.
Uber has directly targeted Wanli Travel. One advantage for the media is that they can request interviews at one time.
Wanli Travel did not make much statement on this. It just said that "it does not believe that the company has any fault. It has taken all necessary legal measures and the court's decision shall prevail."
Everyone is very sorry. Is this the end of the matter?
of course not.
Soon, Lin Yiyi himself gave an interview, although he did not directly respond to the matter, but he made reference to it without mentioning his name.
“Many people say that I am the youngest successful entrepreneur, but I never encourage young people to worship or imitate me, because I know how much I weigh, and I also know that the development of Wanli Travel depends on the efforts of so many people.
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"But some entrepreneurs may have lost their minds due to the excessive pursuit of the market, and only arrogance and arrogance remain in their minds."
"I have had two entrepreneurial experiences, both of which were classified in the technology industry. In fact, they are more accurately classified as business model innovation, but I have never believed that I or my peers should have any privileges above the law."
"Entrepreneur, this is a very novel title, but no matter what his name is, what's so great about this identity?"
"Can he not eat whole grains or can he ascend on the spot? Has he gotten rid of all human vulgar tastes or has he evolved into another species through reproductive isolation?"
"When an entrepreneur claims that social conservatism, backwardness, or people's ignorance and short-sightedness have hindered his own innovation, who gives him the qualifications to take on such a challenge?"
"The law should be the greatest consensus in society. Of course it will have inherent flaws and lags that develop with the progress of the times."
"But no matter what, it is the bottom line that our society should and can only stick to. Before we update this consensus, who has the right to privately judge and decide for everyone what is advanced and what is correct?"
"If someone is committing murder, arson, rape or robbery, we usually call them outlaws and will punish them with the law without hesitation."
"But when entrepreneurs break this rule, they seem to be able to get a free death medal and receive extra tolerance."
"What is this called, showing mercy outside the law?"