Chapter 526 You Are Not Qualified Yet
The following scene was happening in Cheng Zhu's office.
A future billionaire who will be on the Hurun Rich List is humbly seeking advice from a college student.
When Cheng Zhu brought up the topic of "the merger of Mituan and Dianping", Zhang Xuhao understood that the other party understood his current predicament!
——Understand me, he understands me!
The food delivery platform "Are You Hungry?" is developed and operated by Lazzus Network Technology Co., Ltd.
Zhang Xuhao and the "Jiaotong Gang" of Shanghai Jiaotong University, which he formed while in school, named the platform in a very colloquial and down-to-earth way, but the name of the company is a bit difficult to understand because it is actually Sanskrit.
The three words Lazarus mean: passion and faith.
This actually reflects part of the personality of the founder and his team.
In the early years, what Zhang Xuhao and his Jiaotong University gang did really perfectly fit the name of their company.
They only slept four or five hours a day for several months in a row, and Zhang Xuhao himself often went out to deliver takeout, rain or shine.
He really did deliver food in extremely bad weather.
It was so bad that the rain was as heavy as every time Cheng Zhu did that!
Haoge’s main theme is passion.
Since 2009, Zhang Xuhao has experienced the entrepreneurial boom, the O2O boom, the brutal competition and subsidy wars, and the alliances between giants.
Step by step, a young person born in the 1980s has turned his company into one of the most promising and valuable startups in China!
It can be said that he is the best among all those born after 1985 in China.
There are millions of jobs available across the country!
Such a gifted child of destiny could only become an abandoned child in the tide of the times.
The waves were so huge that even a genius could not resist them!
Now, although this huge wave has not yet appeared, with Zhang Xuhao's ability, how could he not notice it?
It is quite appropriate for Cheng Zhuxuan to point out this day today.
It is not appropriate to talk so deeply when you first meet someone.
Even if he thinks he is a reborn person and can change the situation with his foresight, it is not advisable to do so from the beginning.
Not only was the effect poor, he himself didn't get much benefit either.
But now it’s different. He has laid the groundwork twice and has become much more familiar with Zhang Xuhao.
More importantly, he is very clear: Ele.me’s Series F financing is expected to be brought forward!
This reborn butterfly has already set off a butterfly effect.
Mituan has already started to go "crazy", so Dianping and Ele.me naturally have to follow suit, and the scale of their money burning is expanding!
Being able to talk about the merger basically means that we are family.
Zhang Xuhao said frankly: "If Miduan and Dianping merge, Ele.me will be in an awkward situation."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhu nodded slightly.
The reason is simple. Penguin’s shareholding in Dianping is relatively high, higher than Alibaba’s shareholding in Mituan.
The merger of Dianping and Mituan is destined to not have too great a disparity in proportion.
In this way, wouldn't Penguin stand up and surpass Alibaba?
At that time, the best situation for Penguin and other investors would be: Are You Ele.me and Midian Waimai could just merge!
But Zhang Xuhao doesn't want to.
This young team is full of vigor and passion.
What's more, we were the first to do takeout! It was obviously me first!
By then, the situation will be extremely complicated and no one will be able to understand the final outcome of the situation.
In the huge waves created by these domestic giants, he also doesn't know what will greet him in the end!
He was unwilling to leave early and get off the boat with the money.
But he certainly doesn't want to be abandoned.
Being crushed by a more powerful rice ball would be equally bad.
Zhang Xuhao felt a deep sense of powerlessness.
This young man born after 1985 seems so insignificant when facing the real giants.
Of course, he certainly didn't think that Cheng Zhu had the ability to help him resist the huge waves.
This young man was indeed very successful during this period, but like himself, he was only at the top among his peers and had no qualifications to compete with these giants.
To put it bluntly, we are now supported by the giants.
Zhang Xuhao just wanted to hear Cheng Zhu's advice and his opinion.
This person is so sharp that he can even guess Wang Xin’s weird moves. His insight is amazing. He is really evil and weird!
"Do you think Alibaba would like to see MiTuan and Dianping merge?" Cheng Zhu asked.
"I definitely don't want to for now." Zhang Xuhao replied immediately.
The online car-hailing war ended with the penguin winning.
Alibaba naturally does not want to repeat the same mistake.
What's more, Ali's desire for control has always been frighteningly strong, just like a domineering president.
"But Wang Xin really wants it." Cheng Zhu looked into Zhang Xuhao's eyes and said this suddenly.
This made Zhang Xuhao fall silent.
"Knock knock knock." There was a knock on the door at this moment.
"Come in." Cheng Zhu shouted.
The door was pushed open, and Shen Qingning stood there pretty. After seeing Zhang Xuhao, she realized that it was not the right time for her to come to Cheng Zhu to talk about work.
After greeting Zhang Xuhao, she said, "I'll come back later."
Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhu glanced at Brother Hao.
He immediately showed his signature silly smile and said, "It's okay. I'm not in a hurry for this matter."
Shen Qingning sat down next to Cheng Zhu, asked him to sign two signatures, and then confirmed with him the direction of the next joint signature.
Zhang Xuhao watched from the side, feeling a bit envious.
We all start a business with people of the same age, but a confidant and a close female friend are obviously two different things.
At this moment, Cheng Zhu really gives people the feeling of a winner in life.
Making your company bigger and stronger with the person you love, isn't that a double harvest of love and career?
Shen Qingning could clearly feel Zhang Xuhao's gaze, and felt that he was looking at Cheng Zhu for a while, and then at herself.
"Did he misunderstand something?" Ningning thought to herself.
But after being in the company for so long, she has unknowingly become accustomed to this kind of "misunderstanding".
To be exact, most of the employees in the Youcha headquarters initially regarded her as the boss's wife.
People in management like Gu Debo did not feel any resentment at all about a female college student being parachuted into the position of senior executive.
Are you kidding? This is not just a small shareholder, she is also the boss’ wife!
Is there anything wrong with the boss lady having more power?
No problem!
Zhang Xuhao looked at this fairy couple, and in the end he didn't let Shen Qingning leave, but sat here and chatted with them.
In his opinion, Cheng Zhu should have no secrets from Shen Qingning, and there was no need for him to treat her as an outsider.
In fact, all the work related to Hungry? and Youzu Tea is now handled by Shen Qingning, and she has more business dealings with the platform.
The topic returned to the issue of mergers. Zhang Xuhao asked, "Wang Xin wants to merge with Dianping. I agree with it because I know this is a general trend. After all, group buying is in a cold winter period now."
"But I don't think he's thinking about a merger in the near future," he said.
"Why?" Cheng Zhu asked with a smile.
"Because I got some news that Miduan is working on the acquisition of Kuxun these days, and is accelerating its pace in hotel and tourism layout and improving the industrial chain." Zhang Xuhao replied.
"If he wants to merge recently, he doesn't need to do this now. The acquisition of Kuxun will cost at least tens of millions of dollars, which is not a small amount." He added.
Cheng Zhu looked at him with sharp eyes and said, "So, he is spending money like crazy internally and making large acquisitions externally. How does that make you feel?"
"MiTuan is not short of money, so there is no financial worry." Zhang Xuhao replied: "Alibaba will still choose to strongly support him and is unwilling to give up the group buying and food delivery market because of this."
In everyone's eyes, if not, wouldn't Wang Xin be committing suicide now?
There is no follow-up financing, but they are still doing acquisitions and burning money. They are crazy!
In fact, this was a maze set up by Wang Xin using suicidal means!
On the normal timeline, in September 2015, news about Miduan's failure to raise funds spread to the outside world. Miduan also directly released a statement on Weibo, stating that it had obtained the identity information of the rumormonger and would sue him directly!
Look at how tough it is, so tough, so tough!
"What if this is the effect he wants?" Cheng Zhu asked.
"Huh?" Zhang Xuhao was stunned for a moment.
"I know you still think there are many things that are unreasonable." Cheng Zhu picked up the ice cola and took a sip.
Then, he continued: "If it were me, I would never contact Zhang Tao when I was doing these things, and I would never let anyone outside think that I wanted to merge. I would even let people think that I didn't want to merge at all!"
"In this case, all my actions gave Mr. Zhang the feeling that I was giving him an ultimatum."
"This is a declaration of war!"
"I've been acquiring companies to expand my business, and I've been spending money to grab market share. Now I'm going to have the final battle with you!"
"In terms of momentum, just max it out."
Zhang Xuhao raised his hand to interrupt, saying, "But this will make it even more impossible to merge in the end! Because once it comes to the last minute, if he shows the slightest sign of being willing to merge, people will suspect that he was just bluffing."
"But if you keep showing resistance, how can it go smoothly in the end?"
Shen Qingning listened at the side and felt that what Zhang Xuhao said was very reasonable.
Cheng Zhu's guess was as weird as ever and seemed untenable.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Zhu's next sentence silenced Zhang Xuhao.
"There can be a third party, a middleman! Let the middleman facilitate the merger, and during the whole process, he can continue to resist."
This made Zhang Xuhao frown instantly and fall into deep thought.
He was about to refute, but the next moment, a person popped into his mind.
A person who plays an important role in the domestic Internet field, has an extraordinary status, and has accomplished countless great achievements!
And he is very close to Wang Xin.
Even in 2011, when Miduan was able to obtain financing from Alibaba before the market was shaken, he played a significant role in it.
"Bao Fan?" Zhang Xuhao said this name, and mentioned this man who is known as the "King of Mergers and Acquisitions".
It is this person who directly influenced half of the domestic Internet industry.
It even led China Unicom's overseas listing project!
When he thought of this person, Zhang Xuhao suddenly panicked and alarm bells started ringing in his heart.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhu immediately asked, "It seems you know him?"
Brother Hao nodded. Speaking of Bao Fan, he was quite emotional: "There is a saying in the investment circle: If you don't know Bao Fan, it means your business is not big enough!"
What a terrible word this is!
A person can actually become the standard of measurement!
If you don't know him, it means you are not qualified!
"You also know Bao Fan?" Zhang Xuhao asked curiously.
Cheng Zhu heard this and smiled broadly, "If you don't know Bao Fan yet, it means your business is not big enough." Then he leaned back on the sofa and said calmly:
“No.”
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