After initialing the agreement, Blackshirt Capital and Zhenke Fund did not dare to delay, and completed due diligence and payment within a few days.
The efficiency is very high, which is what Zhang Yida specially requested. Now is the time to race against time. He is so impressed by the meat grinding mill of future generations of shared bicycles, and Huimin Bicycle must be grown as quickly as possible.
After the investigation was completed, the two institutions quickly transferred 25 million US dollars. The other 25 million will take time to arrange, and the payment will be completed within half a month.
25 million U.S. dollars is equivalent to 153.5 million yuan. After receiving this money, Zhang Yida immediately transferred 100 million to the Fujitec factory and asked them to manufacture another 100,000 bicycles.
The other more than 50 million was used to recruit troops, establish three operation sub-centers in Modu, Pengcheng and Yangcheng, and recruit a team of offline dispatchers.
The R&D team at the headquarters also optimizes the product based on user feedback collected since the bicycle was launched, including APP, smart locks and other software and hardware.
As for advertising popularity, there is no need to invest too much energy for the time being.
Huimin Bicycle became an Internet celebrity product as soon as it was launched online, bringing with it its own traffic. Coupled with the aura of Zhang Yida, a young entrepreneurial leader, it became a hot topic online, and netizens paid great attention to Huimin Bicycle.
So there is no need for any big advertising, just place bicycles step by step.
Huimin Bicycle is like a machine running at high speed, and all goals are focused on one point, which is to seize market share.
Huimin Bicycle now rents an entire floor of its office, covering more than a thousand square meters.
The whole company is in full swing, with people constantly coming in and out.
This is recruiting people. Considering the popularity of shared bicycles, Zhang Yida has already started recruiting people in advance.
In fof's previous life, it expanded too fast and lacked manpower. It was in a hurry to recruit people and was in a hurry. If it expanded too fast and did not have enough team management capabilities, it would be a disaster.
Huimin Bicycle.
Inside Zhang Yida's office.
An ordinary-looking young man in his thirties stood in front of Zhang Yida's desk and reported in a low voice:
"Mr. Zhang, according to the information we have collected so far, several companies are already contacting major bicycle manufacturers.
However, they are still in the contact stage and no orders have been placed. Currently, there are no strong competitors on the market.”
Zhang Yida glanced at the man with a smile and praised:
"Mr. Hou, you did a good job. Next, your business intelligence department will continue to keep an eye on all the major bicycle manufacturers. If there is any trouble, report it to me in a timely manner."
"Don't worry, Mr. Zhang. If the bicycle manufacturer receives orders for other shared bicycles, Mole will notify me as soon as possible."
The young man said confidently.
His name is Hou Jiaji, and he was originally the business director of a multinational business competitive intelligence company. He was recruited by Zhang Yida to Huimin Bicycle with a high salary to manage the company's business intelligence department.
Compared with the thrilling activities of the previous company, Huimin Bicycle's methods of detecting competitors are too childish. The business he has undertaken abroad is basically about patents and technology, that kind of game between large companies, Huimin
It's a bit of a small scene in comparison.
But he is quite content. Although the business is not very sexy, it makes a lot of money and is safe.
Zhang Yida asked Hou Jiaji to join the company for many purposes. The first was to find out about followers and who was going to enter the shared bicycle industry, so that Huimin could make preparations and layout in advance.
In addition, Hou Jiaji will also be responsible for inquiring into the business progress of various shared bicycle companies and cooperating with Huimin to prepare various responses.
Huimin Bicycle needs to raise a round of funding in three months to double its market size. This is an internal job. External intelligence cannot be relaxed. Zhang Yida is very cautious and will not give any chance to his competitors this time.
If a strong competitor emerges and the financing pace and market expansion are faster than Huimin, Huimin will quickly start other preparations.
After waving Hou Jiaji to step aside, Zhang Yida began to think about the operation of Huimin Bicycle. Doubling the data in three months was not something that could be achieved by just patting on the head.
But the matter was so important that Zhang Yida could only temporarily put down the business of several other companies and devote his main energy to Huimin Bicycle.
…
Dai Wei saw Zhang Yida launching a Huimin bicycle on the Internet, frowned and said to himself:
"This is a great idea! Why didn't I think of it before?"
Seeing Dai Wei looking at his phone in a daze, several partners also came over to take a look, and they all said with emotion:
"This project has a future! If there are 20,000 bicycles in Beijing alone, then millions of bicycles will have to be put into use across the country. If the project is completed, it will be ready for the market!"
"It's definitely enough to be listed on the market! It's another big business worth tens of billions. This Junior Brother Zhang is amazing!"
"What's the use of envying other people's riding? We need to take action. Our cycling projects are not bad either, and we can still make money!"
Dai Wei also dismissed his thoughts and said to everyone with a smile:
"Yes, our cycling tourism project is also good. We can build a small but beautiful company one step at a time.
Let’s work hard together!”
Having said that, Dai Wei is still a little bit sour in his heart. How great it would be if the bike sharing project was his own!
Zhang Yida also told him that he was a bicycle enthusiast and it would be great to join forces with me, Daiwei, to start a business together.
How can you manage so many companies? I have been focusing on the bicycle industry, so I can be considered an expert.
The shared bicycle project is definitely not bad if you play it on your own.
Dai Wei could only sigh a few words in his heart. If he were asked to do a shared bicycle now, he would definitely not go.
Cycling tourism projects are on the rise, so I won’t rush into sharing bicycles. After all, it’s still hard for a hero to spend a penny! If I had tens of millions, I would do it now!
How about asking for a few million from home? Build 2,000 cars first?
Forget it! Let me finish the cycling project first and then talk about it!
At the critical moment, Dai Wei's indecisive side showed up again. He was eager for the prospect of shared bicycles, but he was reluctant to part with the current cycling project that was showing some improvement.
…
A cafe in Beijing.
A tall middle-aged man in his 40s and a woman in her 30s were drinking coffee and talking.
"Weiwei, do you know that Huimin Bicycle has recently appeared in Beijing?" the middle-aged man glanced at the woman and said.
"Huimin Bicycle is the shared bicycle, right? Zhang Yida is quite discerning and has created another star project." Fu Weiwei smiled gently and said calmly.
The middle-aged man is Li Bing, the chairman of Yiju.com, a US-listed company, and an angel investor. He met Zhang Yida once at the May Fourth Party, and he is also an alumnus of Peking University.
Li Bing glanced at Fu Weiwei and then said:
"Since you think the shared bicycle project has good prospects, are you interested in giving it a try?"
Although he and Zhang Yida are schoolmates, the shopping mall is like a battlefield, and Li Bing has no psychological burden at all about competing with Zhang Yida.
"Me? I've always been in the news media, but I'm afraid I won't be able to do a good job in sharing bicycles."
Fu Weiwei shook her head repeatedly. She had been working as a journalist after graduating from the Journalism Department of Zhejiang University in 2004, and it has been 10 years now. When she was suddenly asked to start a bicycle company, she felt that she might not be qualified.
Li Bing smiled helplessly at first, then looked at Fu Weiwei and said:
“Weiwei, your automotive media company is doing well. Are you still worried that you can’t be a bicycle company?
And I will also help you later, and I can provide funds and resources."
Fu Weiwei took a deep look at Li Bing and began to think about it.
As the boss of a listed company, Li Bing is providing funds and resources behind him. Should he give it a try?
The prospect of this shared bicycle is much more promising than the automotive media company I currently run.
Fu Weiwei looked at Li Bing and asked:
"I have a question? Why did you choose me to do shared bicycles? In fact, you can do it yourself?"
Li Bing laughed dumbly, pursed his lips, and then said:
“Next, I will join forces with Dong Ge, Penguin, and other big guys to start an electric car company.
You know Tesla! Our goal is to compete with it or even surpass it.
The West is too far ahead of us in fuel vehicle technology and cannot catch up. Our chance of overtaking in corners lies in electric vehicles.
You know how much I like cars. So all my energy will be devoted to electric cars.
The bike sharing project can only be left to you.
As for why I chose you?
First, because we are friends and know everything.
Second, you have worked as a reporter and run a company, so I trust your abilities.
Third, being a female entrepreneur, and a beautiful one at that, is quite a gimmick! You can compete with Zhang Yida in the ring!"
Li Bing explained the situation clearly and sincerely. Fu Weiwei stopped hesitating and said:
"I can promise you to build this shared bicycle, and I will do my best to do it well.
After a pause, he looked at Li Bing with a smile and said:
"If you make a mistake, don't blame me!"
Li Bing rubbed his temples and said:
"You have to have confidence in yourself. Zhang Yida is just a student who started sharing bicycles.
In terms of social experience and management level, how are you worse than him?
Believe in yourself, you can definitely do it!”
Fu Weiwei nodded noncommittally and said:
"Okay then! So what should we do now?"
Li Bing tapped his fingers on the table a few times, considered for a few seconds, and then said:
“Recruit a team and start research and development. Make the product as fast as possible.
On the bicycle side, once the style is confirmed, place an order with the OEM immediately.
We are currently lagging behind Huimin Bicycle, and we must catch up. Otherwise, the gap will only grow wider!"
In this way, after the two reached an agreement, Li Bing invested 10 million and jointly founded a technology company called "Baimo Bicycle".
We began to recruit technical engineers and developed our own shared bicycles.