Liu Jianni is very familiar with the industry she has been in for many years. After Wanli Travel refuted the rumors, no investor jumped out to refute it.
However, they did not help in this matter. When they received the interview invitation, they all responded uniformly with no comment.
Only Xiong Factory responded directly, saying that the rumors on the Internet were untrue and that the cooperation with Wanli Travel was business as usual.
For this reason, Lin Yi also expressed his gratitude to Robin Li, which somewhat eased the embarrassment between the two parties after the last trip to the United States.
However, the attacks on the Internet could not stop for a while, so Lin just ordered to follow his previous instructions.
In fact, this turmoil on the Internet does not have much impact on the company's actual business, because as long as users do not directly feel that there is a problem with the company, only a small number of people will care about and see this kind of business news.
If there is any major impact, it may be that Zhang Jiaqi, an intern in the legal department, is complaining like crazy.
Lin Yi's request greatly increased their workload because there were too many people to prosecute.
Strictly speaking, this can be regarded as public revenge. Ever since the last scandal between him and Gu Caiwei, Lin Yi has been very unhappy with some unscrupulous people on the Internet.
Although the people who spoke out this time may not be the same group as last time, in Lin Yi's opinion, since they all eat this bowl of rice, they are all from the same group.
Of course Liu Taishan is not alone in these two moments. The real money-making ability of rich people is not just used for verbal disputes.
His third blow is coming soon.
In September, Shenzhou Private Car announced the completion of Series B financing, while their previous Series A was completed in July, and they received a total of US$800 million within three months.
This is certainly not a small amount of money.
It seems that Liu Taishan has realized that he always makes those off-the-table moves that are not on the table. He can only scratch the surface and cannot really shake Lin Yi.
Things on the battlefield must be resolved on the battlefield.
"Shenzhou Taxi just sees the busy taxi market and comes here to pick up bargains. To put it bluntly, I can't even keep up with the hot ones when I enter the taxi market. What's the point?"
"But is there any way we can counter him?"
Lin Yi was targeted by people named Liu one after another. Although it was not a serious injury, he was still disgusted by such endless little actions.
"It's difficult. If it is the Taishan Group that is behind the scenes and launching public attacks on us as you said, then it will be difficult for us to retaliate against him in the same way, because... he has nothing worth attacking."
"Ha ha!"
Lin Yi understood. Of course what Liu Jianni meant was not that Liu Taishan was blameless, but that the other party had no reputation on the Internet for a long time.
There is no need for Lin Yi to bother to find out the dirty information about Taishan Group or even make it up randomly. A casual search on the Internet can reveal a lot of it.
But miraculously, they have remained unscathed for many years.
If Lin Yizhen really wanted to dig out those things and re-fry them, it might not be difficult to build momentum and find people to support him.
But if things get really urgent, a certain leader will use his influence and put on a good show that will be responded to by hundreds of entrepreneurs, asking hundreds of entrepreneurs to support him and loudly shout "fight to the death to win the battle to defend honor."
In fact, the elders are all decent people. Whoever they speak to on the surface does not necessarily represent their true thoughts. They can even play some tricks with language.
I'm just using the topic to express myself.
In short, Ryu Taesan is a very special person, especially if the public opinion points the finger at him, it may arouse a large number of chain reactions.
"Hey! So there's nothing I can do to him?"
"Strictly speaking, that's the case, but you don't have to belittle yourself because of this. You have to know that in the entire business world, there are only a few people who are qualified to oppose Liu Taishan. Considering your age, this is no small achievement.
Already."
Liu Jianni's words were obviously said in a very calm tone, but Lin Yi always felt a sense of black humor when listening to them.
Well, Lin Yi quickly accepted this reality.
"Then let him be proud for a few days first. I hope our return to him will not wait until the day he dies."
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It's not all bad news for Lin Yi recently. Something he has been waiting for for a long time happened as scheduled.
After the National Day holiday, group-buying duo Yituan and Dianping announced the end of years of feuding, turning hostilities into friendship and officially merging into one company.
This news is neither surprising nor surprising.
The surprising thing is that after the merger of these two companies, they can be said to have a dominant position in the group buying market, which will have an extremely far-reaching impact on the industry.
It's enough for analysts to write countless reports.
It is said that after the last round of financing, Zhang Xuhao, who was on vacation in Bali, thought he had a winning chance and flew back home overnight after seeing the news.
Commenting on the previous two rounds, he was Hungry?’s most important investor and Zhang Xuhao’s most important ally in countering the influence of each group.
Before the team fight is over, a teammate suddenly becomes gggg. Who can I ask for explanation?
What is not surprising is that anyone who has followed and observed the industry for a long time can easily notice that this kind of integration of intentions has been going on for a long time.
What surprises Zhang Xuhao about this result is that the review seems to be willing to let go despite clearly not falling behind.
But if you haven't heard any news at all, it can only be said that his information in the industry is too limited.
Not only every group and Dianping, including Nuomi under Xiong Factory, any two of them have had similar negotiations, and it is not surprising that they finally came up with such a permutation and combination.
And even for ordinary people who know nothing about the industry, they will feel that this news seems inexplicably familiar.
That's because this isn't the first major merger in the Internet industry in 2015.
As early as January, before the Spring Festival, the two major taxi-hailing software companies officially announced their merger with Kuadu, and behind the merger were Goose Factory and A Factory respectively.
Then in April, Wuba and Ganji, which often run TV advertisements, announced their merger.
Then there is the relationship between each group and Dianping. If there is anything dramatic, it is that the two companies also announced the appointment of a joint CEO, which will be jointly held by Wang Xing of each group and the original boss Zhang of Dianping.
There is no need for Lin Yi to be a prophet now. Netizens all joked that I have seen this episode.
Anyone who has a memory of more than seven seconds can guess that the term of this so-called co-CEO will not exceed one month.
This is not the only similarity between the two mergers. For example, the biggest victim is Bear Factory.
After the merger of Dudu and Kuadu, Lin Yi's Wanli travel was left alone. He has been treated coldly for more than half a year and has not yet come out.
Wanli Travel was the top player in Xiong Factory before.
As for the merger between each group and Dianping, Xiong Factory, which had previously vowed to invest heavily in o2o, was also the one sitting on the throne. Robin Li even made bold statements about adding an additional 20 billion.
Now, should I invest this money or not?
Stimulated by this incident, Xiong Factory also began to take stock of the chips in its hands, and then prepared to accelerate the long-planned merger plan.
Yes, this year's merger wave isn't over yet.
Lin Yi knew that in the remaining three months, there would be several major mergers. This was the so-called year of big mergers in 2015.
This is determined by the development stage of the industry. People working on the Internet have now discovered that their peers are copying too quickly, and it is impossible to come up with any special tricks in the business model.
Therefore, all players in the industry are too homogeneous and can only burn each other's money and internal conflicts. The most unhappy people in this situation are the investors who contributed money.
So they slapped the table, and they stopped playing!
Under the will of the various financial backers behind the scenes, including the three BAT giants whom Lin Yi once "challenged", everything happened naturally.
What impact will the merger of each group have on Lin Yi?
The dawn he had been waiting for had already seen the light.