"Does he have any grudge against Kalanick? Is he so persistent in stepping on that foreign devil?"
Cheng Wei actually feels that Kalanick is very annoying both in public and private, but at least he has not directly criticized him in public.
That guy Lin Yi didn’t know what kind of gunpowder he had taken. Although he could be superficially friendly to other colleagues, he seemed to have a special soft spot for Kalanick.
On this matter, Liu Qing obviously had a different understanding: "He didn't dare to compare with us all, so he had no choice but to catch Uber and hype it up."
"But to put it this way, at least he is well aware of the current gap between the two parties, that is, the amount of this round of financing will definitely exceed his."
Lin Yi and Cheng Wei still have a tacit understanding on one point.
That is, although Uber and Kalanick look scary with their fierceness, they actually only regard each other as their biggest competitors.
And what Liu Qing said was very convincing. If before, she could only guess the financing progress of Wanli Travel through various indirect information, once it was made public, it would be a clear sign.
The advantage is mine.
"I have been paying attention to Wanli Travel's situation before, because there are many investors who overlap with each other. We meet with them first and then meet with us. It can be said that we are grabbing food from the tiger's mouth."
"What I'm more worried about is Robin Li from Xiong Factory, who suddenly acted like crazy and ignored the company when he gave him 100 million US dollars. But now it seems that this has not happened."
"According to what I have learned, Bear Factory provided about half of the US$1.2 billion. Although the support is not small, we have two major factories, Goose Factory and A Factory, behind us, and Bear Factory cannot support it alone."
Liu Qing vowed: "We will definitely win this round."
Cheng Wei did not doubt her words. Since Liu Qing came, his achievements in financing were obvious to all, including the merger of Kuaidu. This was the direct reason why he invited Liu Qing.
He also paid a sufficient price for this.
When Liu Qing entered Dudu, he could no longer be considered a founder, but he surpassed the earlier CTO Zhang Bo and others and became the second largest individual shareholder after Cheng Wei himself.
“How much better can we be than Wanli Travel Financing?”
Liu Qing replied confidently: "The specific amount will not be determined until all investors have negotiated, but it is 100% higher than them."
"I will try to widen the gap in terms of amount, so that other investors will see our advantages and will not allow Wanli Travel to make any unnecessary resistance. They will probably succumb without a fight."
Of course Cheng Wei also hopes to see this result, but he still reminds: "Wanli Travel has fewer financing rounds than us, and Lin Yi still firmly holds control of the company."
"According to my last private communication with him, Lin Yi will not shed tears until he sees the coffin, and he will probably have to spend all the money before he can give up."
After this round of US$1.2 billion in financing, Lin's shareholding ratio has dropped to less than 40%, and he has lost his simple majority.
However, even if we do not take into account the difference in voting rights of the shares issued in each financing round, the shareholding ratio of the entire management team including Lin Yijia, his senior sister, and others is still higher than the 51% threshold.
At this point, Cheng Wei is incomparable.
Liu Qing's perspective on the problem is different from Cheng Wei's. In her opinion, it doesn't matter what kind of character Lin Yi is, because if this young man can't see the situation clearly, the investors will teach him how to behave.
Even if Lin Yi can stubbornly spend all the US$1.2 billion by virtue of his control over the company, what future will Wanli Travel have after the relationship with investors is so tense?
If there is any pity, it is that investors on both sides may waste an extra $2 billion because of this stupid insistence.
Doesn’t it seem like a waste?
Because apart from these two companies, there is also Uber in the market. Even if they can make peace, they will still have to invest in competing with Uber.
"whatever."
Liu Qing said with certainty: "This game is almost over."
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Like the previous round of financing, Dudu was completed later than Wanli Travel, and was not officially announced until July.
However, this time, they did not succumb to traveling thousands of miles away. Instead, they broke news as big as a nuclear bomb.
Representative Liu Qing quickly announced after the merger that the business integration of the two companies was highly recognized by investors, and the scale of this round of financing reached an astonishing US$2.4 billion.
This not only sets a domestic unicorn financing record, but is likely to be the world's largest single financing for an unlisted company this year.
Such good material certainly needs to be written down in detail.
Suddenly, all the technology and financial media used large special reports to tell the story of Dudu's fortune to this day, and his treatment was more grand than the previous thousands of miles of travel.
"Dudu actually played a little trick. They did not announce the post-investment valuation of this round, but only announced that the financing amount was US$2.4 billion."
"From this point of view, their financing amount is twice that of ours, and the gap is almost as large as the gap between Dudu and Kuadu before the merger. It gives the impression to outsiders that Wanli Travel has seriously fallen behind."
"Are we really that miserable?"
"According to our own market statistics, the merger between Dudu and Kuaidu is nothing more than the completion of the business integration of both parties, and nothing will be created out of thin air."
"On the contrary, there are actually many overlapping positions between the two parties. It was just because of Cheng Wei's promise not to lay off employees that the entire team was bloated. They made a lot more money than us in terms of costs."
"Back to financing, according to our observations, Dache's post-investment round in this round is about US$12 billion. The US$2.4 billion they can get is basically considered top-tier financing, which means they can get what is available on the market.
All the money was scanned."
"Of course, we must admit that after this round of financing, the other party's advantages continued to amplify, and many investors chose them between the two parties."
"But it doesn't mean that we have no chance at all. We still have at least about half a year, which is enough time for a lot of things to happen."
“When Wanli Travel was first launched in 2013, and even after we received US$100 million from Xiong Factory at the end of the year, who could believe that we could counterattack and become the number one in the industry in a short period of time?”
This time, Lin Yi did not focus on putting pressure on his team, but gave them a rare encouragement. The good news is that for now, the company's military morale is still stable.
But Lin Yi didn't feel so relaxed. He knew that even if he could be determined, others might not be able to be so determined.
At this time, he naturally looked at the most trustworthy person beside him.
The senior sister just gave a firm look in return.