In early September, the autumn tiger came down the mountain, and the weather was extremely hot.
The swimming pool located in the villa is rippling with blue water, like sapphires scattered on the emerald green lawn. Parasols are set up on the marble in the outer circle, and Lu Fei is lying on a lounge chair.
In sight, the two heroines of the popular summer movie "Youth", Yang Mi and Liu Shishi, were playing in the water, and their lively and melodious laughter echoed in the rough waves.
"Lao Xu, how was the investigation?"
Lu Fei held his cell phone and took off his sunglasses.
"We checked the hotel where Kalanick stayed, and followed his room phone to check the numbers that had been dialed in the past few days. Not to mention, we actually found key clues." Xu Lei said with a smile, "There were several numbers that were dialed.
It’s very frequent, so I checked with my connections, and who do you think it is? Haha, it turns out to be Liu Qing, and there’s Didi’s phone number.”
"I knew there must be something fishy about Kalanick's sudden visit to China. It turned out that he was discussing cooperation with Didi."
Lu Fei slowly stood up.
“Could Didi pull Uber to invest in it?”
Xu Lei speculated: "Or join forces to deal with Shunfeng?"
"How could Kalanick be so arrogant, how could he think highly of Didi? Cooperation is impossible, but Uber may support Didi and fight an agent war with Shunfeng in the Chinese market."
Lu Fei took a sip of iced lemon oolong tea.
"Isn't this a coincidence? As we thought, Shunfeng also invested in Uber's rival in North America, Lyft."
Xu Lei couldn't help laughing, Shunfeng was also training agents.
"But compared with the game that Uber has laid out now, we probably don't have enough chess pieces. I've said that in Europe, Tianzhu, South America, and Southeast Asia, wherever Uber enters the market, all tailwinds have to follow. What are you doing?
Sample?"
Lu Fei squinted his eyes and admired the two hibiscus flowers emerging from the water.
"Not bad, it's going very smoothly."
There was a hint of pride in Xu Lei's tone.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, just like Uber invested in Didi. International taxi-hailing software that competes with Uber, such as Ola in Tianzhu and Russia, all invest in it.
It even plans to acquire the Brazilian taxi-hailing software company “99”.
In markets where there are no competitors for Uber, there are no difficulties. Then create difficulties yourself and enter Mexico, Uber’s third largest market, to establish a base behind enemy lines.
Almost as powerful as Uber.
"But it's a pity that Uber didn't enter the Chinese market in person this time. Otherwise, this battle would have been more and more enjoyable."
Lu Fei actually felt like he was alone and seeking defeat.
"It's fun, but the consumption is still quite large. Although I don't know how much funding Uber provided to Didi, it is estimated that it will be no less than tens of millions of dollars. If Didi continues to engage in a price war with us after replenishing its ammunition,
If so, I'm afraid Shunfeng will have to raise another round of financing, otherwise it will not be conducive to the entanglement with Didi in China, nor is it conducive to the subsequent full-scale agency battle with Uber, nor is it conducive to Shunfeng's global market layout."
Xu Lei pondered for a while, "What do you think?"
"I agree. Among the ones you have on hand now, are there any that are more reliable and useful?"
What Lu Fei is asking is to get the capital to invest in the wind.
It is impossible to wait until all the funds raised in the last round of financing are used up before looking for money everywhere. It will already be too late.
Often when funds are raised in this round, or when half of the funds raised are spent, the company begins to look for a new round of capital targets, otherwise it will be passive in financing negotiations.
Instead of looking for money, you have to let the money come to you!
"SoftBank, it goes without saying."
Xu Lei felt like he was being taken advantage of, "But do you really think you can rely on SoftBank to open up Neon's online ride-hailing market?"
"I have never thought about it this way. In my map of conquering the Asian market, neon is not included in it at all."
Lu Fei also looked disgusted.
The purpose of promoting the "Shunfeng" taxi-hailing software around the world is not only to fight an agent war with Uber to compete for territory, market, and valuation, but also to cooperate with logic and BYD's artificial intelligence and new energy.
Automotive strategy.
BYD, in particular, has integrated a vertical industrial chain covering upstream to downstream businesses, and has strong advantages in cost control.
In previous lives, the reason why they cut prices frequently and stabbed old car owners in the back was because of this vertical industry supply chain system.
Adding these big price cuts on the surface, cleverly naming them, and changing them into BYD's preferential subsidies for electric taxis and even private cars on the Shunfeng platform is equivalent to doing BYD's brand marketing and marketing to the world and increasing overseas sales.
.
Exactly, this is what BYD lacks.
As for the boatman's boat and dock, Mr. Lu has prepared them.
Everything is ready, except for the east wind of new energy vehicles, but this strong wind cannot blow the neon market.
After all, cars in Xiaoli are heavily skewed towards local brands.
Not to mention that Neon has focused its national fortunes on hydrogen energy vehicles, and it is absolutely impossible for electric vehicles to be satisfactory.
Therefore, Neon was not included in Tongfeng's strategy goals at all, but Bangzi, Singapore, Indonesia...
"What can we do about this? As you promised in advance, Masayoshi Son is eagerly waiting for news from us."
Xu Lei sighed helplessly.
"Although SoftBank is not of use on Neon's side, you can use it when expanding your business in Europe."
Lu Fei reminded that compared with the Southeast Asian market and the Eastern European market, the Western European market is the most important.
"No wonder you want to involve Deutsche Bank."
Xu Lei said with a smile: "But Southeast Asia, what are you going to do? You can't do it on your own, right? Why don't you join Line? Because of its influence in Southeast Asia, and it will be listed this year, its market value is estimated to be about the same as Facebook.
It’s also worth hundreds of billions of dollars!”
"I have my own arrangements."
Lu Feiyan revealed briefly and concisely that under the instruction of him and sisters Li Fuzhen, Kakao under the name of Line created Grab, a taxi-hailing software specifically tailored for the Southeast Asian market.
It not only provides online ride-hailing services, but also, like Meituan, will extend to food delivery, hotels, catering, ticketing and other businesses in the future, becoming a comprehensive life and entertainment service platform.
It just so happened that Li Fuzhen was in charge of Samsung's hotel and park business.
It just so happens that Ivanka and her family also have real estate, resorts, hotels and other businesses, and they may cooperate in developing them in Europe and the United States in the future.
"Hiss~"
Xu Lei couldn't help but think about this grand future blueprint, and took a breath, "Can we also get involved?"
“Don’t worry, Meituan, there will be no shortage of Feigou.”
The smile on Lu Fei's lips grew stronger and stronger.
"Not to mention Meituan's investment in Grab, if Feigou takes a stake, it can directly become our branch in Southeast Asia."
Xu Lei knew very well that Southeast Asia had no place in Feigou Jingdong's international e-commerce map. It was like tasteless food, but it was a pity to abandon it and simply supported an "obedient" platform.
"How is it over there in Xiangjiang?"
Lu Fei stretched his waist.
"A Xiangjiang consortium was formed, with the Huo family and the Hu family leading the investment, and the next round will be led by the Zheng family, the Guo family, and the Li family."
Xu Lei smiled and said: "In addition to giving money, they agreed to help us resolve the matter of cooperation between Shunfeng and Xiangjiang Taxi Company."
"Hu family? Which Hu family?"
Lu Fei frowned in confusion.
"Hu Yingxiang, the former richest man in Hong Kong."
Xu Lei introduced: "They were also the first delegation of Xiangjiang entrepreneurs to go north to the mainland and inspected many cities from north to south. Like Mr. Huo, his Xiangjiang Hehe invested in the Hua Xia Hotel and earned back the cost.
The hotel donated it free of charge.”
After a pause: "He was also the first to propose the construction of a cross-border bridge connecting Hong Kong, Lisboa and Zhuhai. He can be regarded as the 'first person to build the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge'."
"oh?"
Lu Fei was very surprised.
Xu Lei couldn't help but sigh: "If the Hu family hadn't put their energy and funds in the mainland, and most of the projects would be donated to the government as long as the original cost was recovered, otherwise, the position of the richest man would still not belong to Li Jiacheng, but it would be hard to say
"Yeah."
"This Hu family is qualified to ride on my coattails. If there are high-quality projects in the future, I can take them with me."
Lu Fei showed a satisfied smile, he was patriotic after all.
"The Hu family is also the key to the smooth march into Xiangjiang."
Xu Lei explained: "Hu Yingxiang and his father were nicknamed the 'Taxi King'. At that time, they could almost monopolize the entire taxi business in Hong Kong. If you take a taxi in Hong Kong, it will be theirs nine times out of ten."
Although the influence of family management has declined over the past many years, it still has great energy in the taxi industry. Helping Shunfeng get it done is like a blessing."
"That would be perfect."
Lu Fei waved to Liu Shishi and Yang Mi.
"Not only that, don't forget our Caifubao. Now we can take advantage of the favorable wind to break into the taxi payment scene in Xiangjiang. It will be easier to spread this big business in Xiangjiang."
You can hear Xu Lei's excitement through the phone.
"There is still a future."
Lu Fei raised his chin and thought about map surveying.
The Here map navigation "robbed" from Nokia can also be used in Hong Kong, Europe, South America, Southeast Asia and other areas, plus logic, Shenzhou, Penguin, Line, Feigou and other software and hardware, if there are special needs
, it is even possible to create a prism similar to Forebo.
As long as the country really needs it...
Suddenly, my neck felt itchy and I wanted to be tied up.
"Haha, I guess Didi and Uber didn't expect that our price war was just a sword dance in the wind, aiming at Uber!"
Xu Lei grinned.
"It depends on the news about Didi and Uber."
Lu Fei put his arms around their small waists, but was absent-minded. The two giants Shunfeng and Uber were about to face off.
Behind the scenes will be the money-burning war of the century between China Capital and capital led by Wall Street, closely surrounding taxi-hailing software.
…………
"Strange, really strange."
In Wanliu Academy Villa, Liu Chuanzhi just climbed out of the indoor swimming pool, drying his body and talking to himself.
"Dad, what are you thinking about?"
Liu Qing came over carrying a fruit plate.
"Kalanick told you that he met Lu Fei before meeting you, right?" Liu Chuanzhi frowned.
"Yes, he said that meal was the worst meal he had ever eaten in his life, bar none." Liu Qing was eating iced watermelon.
"Since Lu Fei knew that Kalanick came to China, why did he not do anything except meet and have a meal once?"
Liu Chuanzhi's doubts became more and more serious.
"Dad, what you said next..."
Liu Qing was puzzled.
"Based on my understanding of Lu Fei, this little bastard, I will never let Uber go easily after knowing that Uber refuses to follow Shunfeng in order to make peace. But up to now, there has been no action at all."
Liu Chuanzhi ate watermelon and muttered "abnormal".
"Dad, with Uber's size, Shunfeng won't be able to deal with it for a while." Liu Qing changed the subject, "Don't think about it for now. Uber said it can acquire up to 5% of the shares from old shareholders. What do you have here?
No intention to sell?"
“Then it also depends on what price Uber offers?”
Liu Chuanzhi looked sideways.
"Yuri is the same as Kalanick, 5%, 25 million US dollars." Liu Qing made no secret.
"In other words, if Uber takes 20% and Yuri takes 5%, the entire Didi valuation is US$500 million, about 3.1 billion RMB." Liu Chuanzhi touched his chin.
"What do you think?"
Liu Qing had a look of pride on his face.
"Too little, too little, just such a small amount. Why should I invest in Didi? Don't I just want to wait for billions or tens of billions of dollars before I make a move? What's more, now Uber has also invested in Didi, after Didi
The valuation may usher in a wave of bullishness.”
Liu Chuanzhi shook his head and laughed.
"Are your uncles willing to take action?"
Liu Qing pursed her lips.
"Haha, they can't afford to be too early if they can't make a profit. When they hear that Youyi has invested in Didi, they won't sell it."
Liu Chuanzhi waved his hand: "You, please stop targeting people like us."
"Oh, in the end, there will only be Uncle Luyun."
Liu Qing sighed softly.
"What! Lu Yun wants to sell his shares!"
When Liu Chuanzhi heard this, he stood up.
Liu Qing was startled when he heard his serious inquiry and repeatedly confirmed that he had heard correctly. Lu Yun really wanted to sell his shares.
"How could he sell it? Why would he sell it?"
Liu Chuanzhi's brows knitted together.
"Yes, Dad, I'm also very confused. It was obviously him who suggested the establishment of Didi, and he is also one of the founders of Didi. It has only been less than two years of development, and he is actually thinking of cashing out."
“And it’s at such a critical moment for UNO to invest.”
"Yes, it's so incredible. I can't understand what he is thinking at all, even though he holds a lot of Didi shares..."
Liu Qing cast an inquiring look.
"It may be that the money invested in you before was misappropriated from the precipitated funds of Yipay, and now it needs to be replenished, or maybe he cashed out to start a new business." Liu Chuanzhi looked at the calm water, "This Taishan meeting, it is said that
Yipay is going to launch a 'credit loan' and has recently become very close to some P2P platforms."
"P2P!?"
Liu Qing was shocked. During the subprime mortgage crisis that year, the P2P crisis was earth-shattering. He never thought that Lu Yun would dare to touch P2P.
"True or false, who knows?"
Liu Chuanzhi raised his hand, "Perhaps because of such a large proportion of financing from Uber, Lu Yun felt that rather than having his shares diluted by 25%, it would be better to simply sell them and be done with it. After all, the Internet is full of opportunities now.
"
"well……"
Liu Qing felt half admiration and half sympathy in her heart.
What I admire is that Lu Yun is able to fight and lose despite Lu Fei's horrific torture and suppression. He has been able to sustain himself for so many years. His will is commendable, but what I sympathize with is that now this will to refuse to admit defeat, I'm afraid.
The smoke has disappeared, otherwise——
How could you fall into P2P?
As soon as I thought about this, I shuddered suddenly. If Didi failed, would I also end up like this?
It seems that Mr. Lu has never let go of the Liu family...
