The unveiling ceremony of the Peking University Young Entrepreneurs Association was held grandly today.
Zhang Yida was also invited to attend the ribbon-cutting ceremony, and also presented an honorary certificate for the vice-president unit of the association, which cost 100,000 yuan.
He was originally going to be elected as the president, but he didn't agree. He felt that he had enough things to do and didn't want to be distracted anymore, and his age and qualifications were not good enough.
So I handed over the certificate of appointment of the president with a membership fee of 200,000 yuan to my senior brother Tang Lin, CEO of Yiyindai.
Other vice-president units include Renrenyouxin, Meilihua, Wandoujian, Honeybaby, Dagou.com, and more than ten companies. Each company also has a membership fee of 100,000 yuan.
In addition, there are about 30 governing units, all of which are medium-sized enterprises that have received financing, and each has a membership fee of 50,000 yuan.
The largest number are ordinary member units, with about a hundred companies, all of which are entrepreneurs from Beijing University. The scale of the companies is smaller, and each company only charges a membership fee of 10,000 yuan.
At last count, there were 162 member units with membership fees of 4.68 million yuan.
As the president, Tang Lin spoke in the hotel conference room and said:
"Today, 162 of our companies have established the Beijing University Youth Enterprise Association here. In the days to come, I hope that all entrepreneurs, brothers, sisters, and sisters will help each other...
In addition, regarding membership fees, the association spends them in two parts.
First, the association will rent an office of 200 square meters in Zhongguancun as the association's location.
Then hire 3-5 people to be responsible for managing the association's affairs, coordinating the resources of various enterprises in the association, and striving to allow everyone to share resources and achieve win-win cooperation.
In addition, the remaining membership fees will be added to the association's "Enterprise Assistance Fund".
If any member companies encounter difficulties later, they can apply for assistance from the assistance fund...
All accounts mentioned above will be published, and financial statements will be sent to the mailboxes of each member company every quarter.
All operational processes of the association are open and transparent..."
After Tang Lin finished speaking, the audience burst into applause. These operational details were added one by one after extensive discussion.
According to everyone’s opinion, since we are going to create this association, we must do it well. It cannot be superficial or formal.
We must truly help every company so that every company can gain something from this association.
Only in this way can the association operate more steadily and for a longer period of time.
Tang Lin's speech was rather dogmatic, and what he talked about was also the rules and regulations of the association, members' obligations and responsibilities, etc.
When it was Zhang Yida's turn to speak on stage, the content was relatively free and he could express himself as he pleased.
When Zhang Yida came on stage, he first said to everyone in the audience, "Hello, senior brother and senior sister!"
There is nothing wrong with this. It is true that there are no junior brothers or sisters of his here. It will be two months to September before he can be promoted to senior brother.
Zhang Yida continued to preach:
"I started my business not long ago, so I won't talk to you about management and strategy. It would be too impractical.
I am currently working on a poverty alleviation loan project, and I will tell you about it."
Then Zhang Yida told everyone about the Grameen model and rural loans. He called on companies with resources in this area to expand rural business and help farmers become rich.
For example, building raw material processing plants, rural e-commerce, agricultural product procurement, planting bases, breeding bases, and other things related to rural development in rural areas.
There are some entrepreneurs in the audience who are interested in contacting Zhang Yida after the meeting. The rural business is still somewhat related to their enterprises.
Then more than a dozen vice presidents, including Renren Youxin Yang Yihu, Honey Baby Liu Lan, and Beautiful Talker Xu Yi, also took the stage to speak, introducing the company's own business or expressing some opinions on the company's management and development strategy.
The founding meeting of the association came to a successful conclusion. When Zhang Yida was about to leave, a tall, thin boy wearing glasses stopped him.
"Mr. Zhang, please stay!"
Zhang Yida turned around and looked familiar. He asked:
"Who are you……"
"I am Dai Wei, a graduate student in economics at Guanghua College." Dai Wei first introduced himself and then said:
"A few alumni and I started a bicycle company, and I would like to ask Mr. Zhang to visit and give us some suggestions."
Zhang Yida now knew who he was, his name, face, and the bicycle company, and he immediately identified the number.
"Founder of fof shared bicycle, Dai Wei."
Zhang Yida suppressed the surprise in his heart, shook hands with Dai Wei calmly, and said:
"You are senior brother, just call me Zhang Yida. Where is your company? Come on, let's go take a look.
I don’t think we can talk about it, but we can chat together and communicate with each other!”
"Okay! Then I'll call you Yida. Our company is in China World Trade Center Phase 3. Do you want to go there now?"
Dai Wei was a little happy, thinking that the invitation would be rejected, but he didn't expect Zhang Yida to be so approachable, and he had become famous at a young age but had no airs.
After saying hello to Tang Lin and others, Zhang Yida and Dai Wei left together.
After arriving at the parking lot, Dai Wei looked at Zhang Yida's Volcano Panamera and admired:
"This car is really nice, the waistline of the body is beautiful!"
"Haha, I bought it casually. There are traffic jams every day in the capital, and it's not as convenient as the subway!"
Zhang Yida also pretended to be cool.
After the two got into the car, Dai Wei felt the leather seats in the passenger seat and then said:
"It's quite comfortable. If one day I succeed in starting a business, I will also buy this car."
Zhang Yida laughed twice and encouraged:
"Come on! When the wind comes, pigs can fly into the sky."
Dai Wei's father is a deputy ministerial-level leader of a state-owned enterprise. His family background is quite good. Buying a car worth more than one million yuan is absolutely out of the question.
However, Zhang Yida would not foolishly ask someone about their family situation. After all, they had only known each other for less than an hour.
Zhang Yida chatted with Dai Wei while driving.
"Why did you choose to start a business in the bicycle field?" Zhang Yida asked the co-pilot Dai Wei casually, holding the steering wheel and looking ahead at the road.
"I personally like cycling and bicycles. Because of my hobby, I want to start a business in this area." Dai Wei replied while looking at the non-stop traffic outside the window.
"That's great! You can take what you like as the direction of starting a business." Zhang Yida said with a smile.
“Bicycles are hard to make!
We have done online rental of mountain bikes, with only one order in two months; we have done financial installment of high-end bicycles, selling a total of 5 bikes; we have done a second-hand bicycle trading platform..."
Dai Wei began to complain to Zhang Yida and listed his past entrepreneurial projects. Without exception, they all failed.
"They are all too low-frequency and cannot be scaled up!" Zhang Yida concluded.
"Yes, the trading frequency is too low. I can't stand it any longer." Dai Wei said with emotion.
“Are bicycles already a product that has been eliminated with the development of society?
Otherwise, I have done so many projects, why haven’t I completed any of them?”
Dai Wei couldn't help but ask about Zhang Yida.
"Anyway, as far as I know, both Forever and Phoenix have not been doing well in recent years.
You can try to make high-end bicycles."
Zhang Yida suggested.
“High-end bicycles need to create a brand new brand, which is too difficult!
This market has always been firmly controlled by established foreign bicycle manufacturers."
Dai Wei shook his head, this suggestion was definitely unreliable.
Zhang Yida said nothing and concentrated on driving.
After a while, Dai Wei asked again:
"What do you think of cycling tours? Rent bicycles to tourists and take them riding everywhere."
"I feel like this is quite popular recently. Do you want to try in this direction?"
Zhang Yida knew that this was Daiwei's last project before starting a shared bicycle business, and of course it failed.
However, there is progress, and it is said that it has received 1 million angel round financing!
"Yes, I think there should be good opportunities in this direction combined with tourism!"
Dai Wei said with longing.
“Just do it if you feel you have the chance, don’t be timid, just do it!”
Zhang Yida cheered him up.
Daiwei Shale, he also thinks the direction is good! The main reason is lack of money and investment. But he just met Zhang Yida, so he can't say it clearly.
After a while, the third phase of the China World Trade Center arrived. Zhang Yida parked the car and went up to the 56th floor with Dai Wei to their company, Beijing Back Technology.
When walking into Byker Technology Company, the first impression that struck Zhang Yida was that it was "narrow and small".
Narrow means that the entire company’s office area does not exceed 100 square meters.
If we are small, there are only about ten people in the entire company.
"Sorry, our company has just started, making you laugh." Dai Wei said a little shyly.
"It's okay. It's good. It has an entrepreneurial atmosphere. Ruixiang used to work in a mass entrepreneurship and innovation center. That kind of shared office was worse than yours."
Zhang Yida waved his hands repeatedly, indicating that he was okay.
Then Dai Wei introduced to everyone:
"This is Mr. Zhang Yida, the founder of Ruixiang Jinke. Mr. Zhang is also an alumnus of our Peking University. He built Ruixiang to a scale of US$3 billion in less than a year after starting his business.
Now I would like to ask Mr. Zhang to tell you a few words!"
The other four partners of Daiwei, including some employees, had also heard about Zhang Yida's deeds, and they all applauded.
Zhang Yida could not hold back his enthusiasm and spoke:
"Hello everyone! It's a great honor to come to Byker Technology to visit and study today.
Let me tell you about Ruixiang’s entrepreneurial journey! Ruixiang was established in October last year, and at that time it was still working in the mass entrepreneurship and innovation center...
Later, I was lucky enough to receive US$50 million in Series A financing from Black Shirt Capital and Zhenke Fund, and Ruixiang got on the right track step by step...
With the funds later, Ruixiang started product research and development in mobile payment, credit management, financial technology and other fields...
Along the way, my biggest feeling is that entrepreneurs must be tenacious and have the courage not to admit defeat.
Seeing Back Technology is like seeing the original sharp direction.
Come on everyone! I hereby wish that Byker Technology will develop better and better!"
After Zhang Yida finished speaking, everyone applauded. Dai Wei called the other four alumni founders to the conference room and introduced Zhang Yida one by one.
A few people sat together and chatted about cycling tours. Zhang Yida now had a clearer understanding of their entire team and business.
After the conversation was almost over, Dai Wei looked at Zhang Yida with a smile and asked:
"Yida, tell me your truth, what do you think of our project?"
"I think it's okay, but we must pay attention to the safety of customers while riding and don't cause any accidents during the operation."
Zhang Yida suggested truthfully that in the last life, it seemed that a safety accident occurred while a tourist was riding, which led to the failure of the Byker Technology cycling project.
"Well, cycling safety is something that must be paid attention to during the operation. We will pay more attention to this." Dai Wei also nodded, feeling that Zhang Yida's suggestion was very pertinent.
Then Dai Wei asked again with hope:
“Put aside cycling safety and just look at the prospects of this project, what do you think?