Lin Yi's chat with Xiong Chang was about a big deal, but there was no need to delay other matters.
After that day, the media quickly reported that Zhang Xuhao from Are You Hungry visited the headquarters of Wanli Travel in Beijing? Lin Yi came out to receive him. The two sides held friendly discussions and reached a series of cooperation intentions.
It's all bullshit.
What kind of cooperation can Lin Yi and Zhang Xuhao have?
The latter came to the capital mainly to negotiate with Xiong Factory on the merger of the takeout business. By the way, he stopped by the middleman Lin Yi to express his gratitude for his matchmaking.
Lin Yi took advantage of it and produced a small piece of news, which was exclusively for someone.
The scope for cooperation between the two companies is indeed very small, so the media cannot make up nonsense. They have to start from the time when the two of them were in the "Youth Daily" together and forcefully introduce that they have had a deep friendship and strengthened each other over the years.
Lin Yi himself wanted to laugh when he wrote the report.
Not to mention what their relationship was at the beginning, Lin Yi and Zhang Xuhao seem to be getting along pretty well now. Apart from the fact that they both have Factory A as their bosses, the main reason is that there is no direct conflict of interest.
Otherwise, Lin Yi believed that both of them would stab each other without hesitation.
In short, this news did not stir up any waves after it was released, until the news of Hungry?’s merger with Xiong Factory Food Delivery was officially announced.
A smart person reacts quickly, and Lin Yi's cell phone rang immediately.
"Hello?"
"Are you hungry? Were you the one who arranged the matter with Xiong Factory?"
"You can't say that. The main reason is that both parties have the intention to cooperate. I only made a small and insignificant contribution in the process."
"Let's talk."
Lin Yi's pretense of modesty did not cause Wang Xing any misunderstanding, and he directly proposed to meet, and Lin Yi did not refuse.
But this time, instead of him going to see Wang Xing, he asked the guy to come find him by himself.
After meeting the person, Lin Yi took Wang Xing around the current headquarters building of Wanli Travel in a very coquettish manner. After sitting down, he did not forget to show off:
"When every group purchased my Yiyi Takeout website, my first impression of you was that your office was luxurious, which was much better than when we were hiding in the basement of the school."
"I went into that negotiation with the mentality of burning the boat, but you didn't even show up and agreed to my asking price of 20 million US dollars through the screen."
"But I have to thank you. Without the start-up capital you gave me, I wouldn't have started my second business, and you wouldn't be sitting here today. It's all fate."
"How about Brother Xing, how do you think Wanli Travel's headquarters compares with each group today?"
He also thoughtfully added: "In fact, in terms of office environment, our headquarters in Lin'an is more luxurious and comfortable. I will take you to see it another day."
Wang Xing was a little speechless at his pretentiousness. Lin Yi was certainly not such a boring person.
"I'm not here to visit your office. If you want to vent your long-standing dissatisfaction with me, please continue."
"We can get down to business after you finish."
Alas, this is no longer interesting.
Since Wang Xing did not cooperate with his performance, Lin Yi stopped enjoying himself and leaned back in his chair.
"Okay, let's talk then."
"Besides the merger between Are You Hungry and Bear Factory Takeout, what other pits have you dug for me that haven't been announced yet?"
Lin Yi smiled mysteriously: "It depends on whether you are sincere when you come today."
That means there is none.
Wang Xing made a judgment in his heart, but he did not feel contempt for Lin Yi because of this.
"I admit that the direction of your counterattack was a bit unexpected. My original thought was that you wouldn't waste time and energy thinking about thankless things like group buying or takeout."
Wang Xing's words are certainly well-founded. Lin's promise to investors to make a profit is not a secret in the industry.
Or rather, it was because of this that Wang Xing generously launched a trial operation in Jianye.
"You have a misunderstanding."
When the conversation got down to business, Lin Yi's attitude became serious, "Do you think you are doing group buying and takeout, which is thankless and investors don't approve of it."
“But is taxi-hailing a good business?”
"You only see that Uber and Wanli Travel are the hot spots in the eyes of capital. The valuations are higher than the other, but you ignore the huge efforts we have made to make profits."
“It’s been a while since each group’s taxi service was launched in Jianye. I believe you’ve seen the data yourself.”
"If you don't believe in evil and think it's because the scope of the rollout is not enough, then you can open a few more cities. I promise to accompany you to the end."
"But that style of play would be boring."
"To put it bluntly, everyone earns their share of hard-earned money. Just because you think your share is less does not mean that my share is more profitable."
Wang Xing did not comment on his remarks, but simply asked: "What do you want me to do?"
Lin Yi replied: "What I mean is that everyone should not make things difficult for each other. The water in the well does not interfere with the river. From now on, everyone will maintain their borders and live in peace and harmony."
"Each group has no boundaries. This sentence sounds very scary to colleagues."
"Let me give you a free piece of advice. Not only should every group have boundaries, but every company should have boundaries, and traveling thousands of miles is no exception."
"You are coveting our taxi business, so why not think about how to improve your own land, especially the treatment of millions of riders."
Wang Xing knew something about Lin Yi's views, not just through previous friendships.
Action is the best explanation.
After Wanli Travel merged with Tuk-Tuk Taxi, it has been subtracting instead of adding, which is completely the opposite of each group's attack on all sides.
Wang Xing gave his own answer: "I guarantee that each group's taxi business will only stay in Jianye and will not appear in any other city."
This does not mean that he accepted Lin Yi's proposition.
Lin Yi knew that this guy was harboring bad intentions, and the reason why he still wanted to keep the business in Jianye that was designated to make ends meet was to leave a seed.
If one day Wanli Trip turns over like the Tuk-Tuk taxi did before, then he can tear up this agreement and make a comeback quickly at any time.
However, Lin Yi accepted it and promised not to cause trouble to Wang Xing again.
Later, other partners asked about this verbal "Mutual Non-Aggression Contract", and Lin Yi said this:
"Even if we force each group to completely cancel the taxi group, they can still do it at any time if they want to cross the border again in the future, and it won't even cost much extra."
"But the presence of each regiment in Jianye actually reminds everyone of us that we may be only one incident away from an existential crisis."
"We'd better always remember what happened to Tuk-Tuk Taxi, and then not pray to the gods and Buddhas in the sky that it won't happen to us, but think about how we can do better."