This was Zhang Yida's first visit to India, and he was a little surprised when he saw the luxurious interior decoration at the airport.
The third brother goes back to playing and making trouble, and the face project can still keep up.
Looking at He Qingxuan walking with his head buried in silence, Zhang Yida wanted to laugh a little and said: "Actually, India is not that scary. There are so many of us here, which pervert dares to be so presumptuous?"
He Qingxuan regretted coming to India. She felt that those dark-skinned Indian men always looked at her with ill intentions.
Before Zhang Yida flew to India, he asked her if she wanted to return to China first. She was very courageous at the time and said she was not afraid of anything.
Zhang Yida told her about the strong culture in India, the bus case, the school case, the whole village participation case...
Her scalp was numb and her teeth were chattering. In the end, she was still unwilling to return to China first and insisted on coming to India with everyone.
A few hours ago, I vowed that I was not afraid of anything. Now I got off the plane and was as scared as a quail.
Zhang Yida said a few words of comfort, but it still had no effect. He thought to himself, the third brother is indeed too notorious, look how scared other girls are.
After leaving the airport, several East Asians with yellow skin and dark eyes greeted me.
After Zhang Yida had a conversation with them, he found out that they were sent by mobikwik, now renamed BBPay, to the airport to greet his group.
After the entourage confirmed the license plate number and their work plates, the group followed them into the car.
People in foreign countries have to be cautious.
The convoy passed through New Delhi and arrived at Gurgaon, 30 kilometers away, which is also known as India's "SZ City".
It is so called because Gurgaon, a satellite city of the capital, first developed from a small village.
After more than thirty years of development, it has already become one of India's major economic and industrial cities, and it is also the third largest city in India with capital inflows.
Gurgaon, a city with many buildings, is the largest IT and high-tech center in North India and is also the headquarters of most foreign companies in India.
There are many Chinese infrastructure companies, mobile phone companies, IT telecommunications companies, etc. here, making it the largest gathering place for Chinese employees in India.
Out of the belief that Chinese people should stick together to stay warm when working hard in a foreign country, Ruixiang did not move the office after spending US$100 million to acquire mobikwik. It just changed the company's name to BBPay, also known as "Baby Payment".
After Zhang Yida and his party got off the bus, they entered the building and took the elevator to the BBPay company.
Many employees in BBPay are Indians. Because India's IT outsourcing industry is relatively developed and it has been colonized for 200 years, English has almost become their second mother tongue, so the software technology is passable and there are even more programmers than in China.
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Therefore, after acquiring mobikwik, Ruixiang only purged some of its mid-level and senior-level employees, and then dispatched some employees from China.
In terms of the company's overall staff ratio, Indian employees still account for the majority.
Looking at a group of Indian coders wearing plaid shirts and ******, who were immersed in coding, Zhang Yida sighed, except for their skin color, temperament, and dress, they were no different from domestic programmers.
In the open office area, I saw a group of programmers raising their heads and observing them curiously.
Zhang Yida put his hands on his chest, clasped his fingers together, and greeted them in English: "Ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon everyone."
Zhang Yida's etiquette is quite Indian. Although these employees did not know him, looking at the seven or eight yellow people following him, they guessed that they must be big shots from China.
They all stood up one after another, clasped their hands in front of their chests, and saluted Zhang Yida in return.
At this time, Bipin Preet Singh, CEO of BBPay, came up from the office.
He had a majestic build and a full beard. He had visited Zhang Yida in China after the company was acquired. He recognized Zhang Yida at a glance. When he approached, he extended his right hand to shake hands with Zhang Yida.
Zhang Yida resisted the urge to stretch out his left hand, and finally stretched out his right hand to shake Singer's hand.
In Indian culture, the right hand is sacred, and shaking hands with the right hand indicates friendship. They also use their right hand to grab food and eat.
The left hand is used for wiping buttocks and is unclean. If you shake hands with others with your left hand, it means being unfriendly or even insulting to others.
Singh smiled and said: "Mr. Zhang, welcome to India."
"Mr. Singh, long time no see, you are still as strong as ever."
Zhang Yida's praise made Singh very happy. As a Kshatriya caste, the noble surname "Singh" represents the lion, and he is the warrior class second only to the Brahmin.
So when others praise him for being strong, that is the best compliment to him.
In fact, he is really strong, weighing at least 200 pounds!
Zhang Yida introduced his entourage to Singer one by one, and then Singer led the group to the conference room.
In the previous life, mobikwik under the leadership of Singh performed well and became the second largest payment platform in India after Paytm held by Leech Financial Services Holdings.
When Lan Lan approached him about the acquisition a few months ago, he was initially reluctant to sell the company.
Lan Lan communicated with him many times, and finally asked Zhang Yida for instructions. Zhang Yida offered generous acquisition conditions of "a one-time payment of US$100 million in cash and retaining him as CEO", and he finally decided to sell the company.
Part of the US$100 million acquisition fee was paid to mobikwik's early investors. As the founder and CEO, he also received US$30 to 40 million.
With freedom of wealth, he also remained as CEO of BBPay and received full support from China's super unicorn Ruixiang Group.
This made Singer, who had previously been unable to raise capital and was used to living a hard life, suddenly start to tremble.
In short, he is very satisfied with his current life.
Singer looked at the extremely young chairman and felt very envious. He envied him for becoming famous at a young age and worth hundreds of millions.
"Singh, how many registered users are there in BBPay now?" Zhang Yida asked first.
"There are currently 10 million registered users and 100,000 cooperative merchants." Singh replied.
Zhang Yida nodded slightly and asked again: "Then tell me what application scenarios are available now."
Singer thought for a moment and then began: "After users deposit money into their electronic wallet, they can purchase products or services through applications, web pages, mobile websites, text messages or phone calls.
You can also use it to pay for mobile phones, TVs, data cards, broadband, landline calls, as well as electricity bills, gasoline bills, insurance premiums, etc.”
“Have you ever thought about working with a railway mobile booking app? This is a big use case.
India has a total railway mileage of 65,000 kilometers, ranking fourth in the world.
You can reach almost any city in India by train. India's railway system also carries more than 25 million passengers every day.
With this application scenario in mind, it’s easy for BBPay to have over 100 million users.”
What Zhang Yida said immediately attracted Singer's attention. Then the latter's eyes dimmed again, he shook his head and said:
"Our country's railway system is too deep. An average of 41 people die on the railway every day, and an average of nearly 15,000 people die in railway accidents every year."
Speaking of this, Singer looked serious, glanced at Zhang Yida, and said: "Do you think it is normal for so many people to die?"
Zhang Yida thought to himself, it's normal, who has nothing to do to hang out on the train? They also launched a "hanging ticket", which is the only one in the world.
However, Zhang Yida saw Singh's serious expression and anger in his eyes, and knew that he was a patriot, so he did not joke with him about the train.
"Then you mean...corruption?" Zhang Yida asked tentatively.
"Yes." Singer said angrily: "Every year, the funds allocated by the state are embezzled by those corrupt elements.
The safety measures and safety education along the railway lines are simply not in place."
"I'm very sorry about this and hope everything will be fine."
Zhang Yida's fake compassion won Singer a lot of favor, and the latter said: "Mr. Zhang, you are really a kind person.
Have you ever thought about doing charity in India and helping people in need?"
Holding the grass, I have long heard that Indians are excellent at "rolling donkeys downhill". Zhang Yida just wanted to say: The rumors are indeed not groundless!
"It is our duty to contribute to charity."
Zhang Yida said righteously. Singer looked at Zhang Yida with a happy face, but heard Zhang Yida continue to say:
"However, we at BBPay are still at a loss. If we want to help more people, our company must first generate profits.
Doing charity is not something that happens overnight, it is the way to do it slowly and steadily."
Zhang Yida said to Singh again: "I still admire Mr. Singh's noble qualities.
The mobile payment industry in which BBPay operates is also an industry that benefits the country and the people.
If we can operate BBPay, think about it, how many people can benefit and how much economic prosperity can be promoted?"
"Mr. Zhang, what you said makes sense."
Zhang Yida added: "Mr. Singh, you are a Kshatriya, and there must be family members who are officials in your family.
You ask them to help you get off the line, talk to the officials of the railway system, and promote BBPay.
If BBPay can buy train tickets, it will bring convenience to more than one billion Indian people.
I think this is something that benefits the people and we should promote it.”
Singer opened his mouth and wanted to refuse, but he didn't say anything for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement.
After the matter was settled, Zhang Yida continued: "Financial technology has many subdivisions, and mobile payment is only one of them.
We now have tens of millions of users, so we should consider adding more services."
Singer nodded thoughtfully and said, "You are the chairman, you have the final say."
"Well, I suggest we add several services such as loans, insurance and investment."