Chapter 544 Let’s Do It
"Mi Tuan, are you running out of money?"
Cheng Zhu's words echoed in the box, causing Zhang Xuhao, who was standing beside him, to be shocked and excited!
Cheng Zhu placed his hand on the small glass of Moutai and began to express his views.
"MiTuan's last round of financing was announced in early January this year."
“But it’s already August!”
"In the past six months, MiTuan has not received any new financing!"
"And last month, MiTuan spent tens of millions of dollars to acquire Kuxun to improve its layout in the hotel and tourism sectors."
"Although this makes MiTuan's current layout and industrial chain very complete and covers the widest range of fields, the cost is too high!"
"Plus, they have been spending money recklessly and scrambling to grab market share, as if they were going to have a decisive battle."
"How much money does he still have in his account? How many hundreds of millions of RMB does he have?"
Zhang Tao and Zhang Xuhao looked at each other and their heartbeats began to accelerate wildly.
The hot-blooded Hao Ge's blood, which had been gradually cooling down recently, suddenly boiled at this moment!
Isn’t this a good opportunity for Hungry? to attack Miduan takeaway?
You know, Ele.me’s Series F financing was just completed not long ago, and it also includes Cheng Zhu’s 20 million US dollars.
Miduan only raised US$700 million in January, and it has been burning through funds for half a year.
But Are You Elephant just raised more than 600 million US dollars last month!
"How can you be as rich as me?" The passionate Hao brother's face began to turn red, and there was already a villain in his heart who clenched his fists and roared with veins popping out:
"I have plenty of money!"
I am rich and powerful. I am the one who is rich and powerful now!
You used to think of me as Xiao Hao, but now I am your Brother Hao!
As for Zhang Tao, his thoughts are more numerous and more complicated.
While he was excited, he also felt endless fear in his heart, and that creepy feeling once again swept over his heart.
Wang Xin has been setting up a maze for me!
Yes, the reason why Taozi and Xiaohao have never thought in this direction is because Wang Xin has always acted as if he has no shortage of money, as if Alibaba will continue to provide strong support at any time.
They are making acquisitions and spending money on subsidies, and their main theme is to be fearless.
Zhang Tao even thought: "After Wang Xin stabbed Alibaba in the back a little bit, Alibaba might start to pamper him even more and give him more money!"
——The crying child gets candy!
Another thing is that Wang Xin seems too uncontrollable.
In this case, Alibaba would certainly want to invest more money to increase its shareholding and enhance its control over MiTuan.
In fact, Penguin’s shares in Dianping are much higher than Alibaba’s shares in MiTuan!
Wang Xin has been controlling and reducing Alibaba’s influence on Mituan.
It is normal for Brother Tao to have such an idea.
It’s just that this is the trap set for him by Mr. Wang next door, and this is the effect that Mr. Wang next door wants!
But today is different. Today Cheng Zhu put forward a bold hypothesis - Mi Tuan wants to snatch your father from you!
If Wang Xin really wants to use this opportunity to get into the arms of penguin father, that’s another matter.
Cheng Zhu looked at Zhang Tao and finally said something harsh!
"Brother Tao, if there is not much money in Mi Tuan's account, if you merge with him now..."
"Maybe the operation of the new company will cost all the money in your account, hahahaha!"
In the box, Taozi's mouth twitched slightly.
Cheng Zhu's words made him feel very uncomfortable.
Are you crazy? After the merger, do you have some money in your account? Are you going to spend all my money?
Then wouldn’t I be a fucking scapegoat?
But in fact, the comments in the previous life eventually became such a "complaint".
Wang Xin’s series of operations were extremely successful. When the money in Mituan’s account was almost running out, he successfully merged with Dianping, and he had control over the new company!
Of course, this is also one of the reasons why the ratio will be 50-50 when the two are finally merged.
The only advantage Dianping had at that stage was that it had spare money in its account.
"But now the situation has changed!" Cheng Zhu said in his heart.
Due to the butterfly effect of him as a reborn person, the merger plan was advanced, several months earlier than in his previous life.
Mituan’s large-scale spending has also been brought forward.
Zhang Tao did not realize something was wrong during the merger like he had done in the past!
Until then.
——It’s too late, everything is too late!
By that stage, Zhang Tao had already been pushed to the table to discuss the merger by many powerful behind-the-scenes forces.
You are not qualified to leave the table on your own!
If they ask you to talk, you have to talk!
These big hands will pin you down to your seat so tightly that you can't move your butt even a little bit.
The only thing you can do is to try to gain some benefits for yourself during the negotiation process.
By then, no matter how much Zhang Tao regretted it, there would be no room for regret.
But there is still a lot of room for maneuver.
In particular, Cheng Zhu made a very good choice of teammates, he chose to team up with the passionate Hao brother!
At this moment, Zhang Xuhao was even more proactive than Zhang Tao in expressing his opinion.
——Brother Hao, I beat up Mi Tuan!
"I plan to continue to compete with Mi Tuan Takeaway in the near future. No, I will increase my spending power."
“Besides that, I think this is a good opportunity to attack [the lower-tier markets]. What do you think?”
Upon hearing this, Cheng Zhu immediately nodded in support.
This is the effect he wanted!
"The sinking markets in third- and fourth-tier cities are Wang Xin's main base. His marketing is really amazing. The people in the company have gone through thousands of battles and are all battle-hardened. But no matter what, the prerequisite is to have money!" Cheng Zhu echoed.
"That's what I mean. Who would follow you if they don't have money?" The passionate Hao brother became more and more excited as he spoke.
[Downstream market] has always been a concern for Hungry?
The senior executives of Hungry? are increasingly aware that they have taken the wrong path.
In other words, it was not that they took a wrong turn, but that they failed to cover the lower-tier markets early enough, which led to them being occupied by the latecomer Wang Xin.
After all, Hungry? started doing food delivery too early, and it must have started from first- and second-tier cities.
There is nothing wrong with this starting point, they are pioneers after all.
"We have never dared to touch the sinking market, and we always end up with failure." Zhang Xuhao said bitterly.
"I know, so you let the frontline employees learn fighting." Cheng Zhu immediately became excited when he heard this: "Is this a rumor or a true story?"
"That's true. I mentioned this at the meeting." Zhang Xuhao admitted it very frankly.
Cheng Zhuchong gave him a thumbs up: "Awesome."
He waved his hand nonchalantly and said with a wry smile: "Outsiders may think this is a farce and ridiculous, but in fact, those frontline employees often really encounter various troubles, and quarrels are just a small matter."
"Fighting happens all the time."
"People are hot-tempered, and most of the people doing these jobs are young people."
Cheng Zhu nodded slightly, he didn't think it was funny.
He even felt that these frontline workers had a hard time.
Zhang Xuhao raised his head and saw that Zhang Tao had not expressed his opinion yet, so he didn't care at all.
"Brother Tao, I will seize this opportunity anyway. I want to have a fight with Miduan Takeaway and test his bottom line!"
"I definitely have more money in my account than he does, so I can afford to have fun." His attitude was extremely firm.
Cheng Zhu sat aside and watched his teammates' crazy output, feeling very satisfied.
"Ah Hao, brother, I was right about you!" he said in his heart.
——Brother Hao is so brave, Brother Hao, keep going!
Zhang Tao looked at Zhang Xuhao, who was much younger than him, and felt like he was being bullied.
Wow, you're volunteering now. Are you going to be the vanguard?
Judging from the tone of this little fat man, it seems that even if I do nothing, he will go and test the waters on his own to see how much money and food the Rice Group’s army has left!
In this case, how could Taozi hurt the feelings of his friendly forces?
"Now is indeed a good time to put pressure on Mi Tuan." Zhang Tao's eyes darkened and his tone was gloomy.
During this period of time, his comments were all stunned by Mi Tuan!
It was a crushing defeat. It was truly a one-sided crushing defeat.
Who wouldn’t be angry when seeing their market share being eroded?
You know, Dianping, Ele.me and Mituan are incompatible.
And everyone in the entire company is at loggerheads!
How bad is the relationship between you all?
When they were about to merge, both founders sent open letters to the company to calm everyone and to eliminate hatred.
It is obvious that Dianping and Ele.me are not doing as well as MiTuan in the [downstream market].
At this moment, Zhang Tao gritted his teeth and decided to enter the sinking market!
"In fact, there are obvious differences between Dianping, Miduan and Ele.me. The nature of our company means that when we enter the sinking market, we will not be able to please everyone and it will be more difficult," he said in a deep voice.
“Dianping’s genes are actually an information community with media attributes.”
“We used to survive on advertising.”
"For group buying and takeout, local sales staff are extremely important, and Wang Xin's Mi Tuan is very good at this."
Zhang Xuhao nodded and said, "It can't be helped. He poached Gan Jiawei from Alibaba."
Cheng Zhu was listening at the side and knew Gan Jiawei.
Gan is a very rare surname. Anyway, there is no one around him with the surname Gan.
Gan Jiawei was originally the vice president of sales at Alibaba.
Later, he went to Miduan and served as COO.
This guy is an expert in ground promotion!
Are you hungry? The fact that Miduan overtook you in terms of local marketing has a lot to do with this person!
The three people in the box talked more and more excitedly, and they all felt that: this opportunity is rare and will never come again!
For the passionate Hao Ge, this is a good opportunity to defeat Wang Xin.
No matter whether Dianping and Mituan will merge in the future, he is unwilling to merge with them!
Just do it!
As for Taozi, no matter whether there will be a merger in the future, he will not lose money by joining Mituan now!
Even if we merge, my benefits will only be greater in the future!
"According to the current situation, it would be good if Wang Xin is willing to split 60-40 with me."
"But if I deal with him, won't there be a chance that we can split the business 50-50 even if we merge it in the future?" This is what Taozi is thinking.
If Mr. Wang next door knew this, he would probably faint in the toilet crying.
"Brother Tao, Brother Tao, my bottom line has never been 64 points, it has always been 55 points!"
But this is his last trump card, and he will definitely not play it now.
Therefore, a delicate situation arises!
It can be said that this meal was a great pleasure for both the host and the guests.
The three of them clinked glasses frequently in the box and drank happily. The more they drank, the more ambitious they became!
When everyone was drunk, Cheng Zhu spoke up, "Next month, uh, my short video platform will be launched. If it really takes off, we might be able to do group buying and takeout together in the future!"
"Okay!!!" The drunk Zhang Xuhao slammed the table and shouted, "Wait for you!!!"
Zhang Tao was not as drunk as him, and did not take Cheng Zhu's words seriously.
A newly established platform is definitely not qualified to cooperate with Dianping and Ele.me.
It is easy to imagine how difficult it is to grow to a scale that can match the competition.
More importantly, it takes time for your platform to develop.
Zhang Tao can't wait.
But he thinks it is a good thing to have such ambitions and dreams.
Therefore, Brother Tao also took the initiative to pick up the wine glass and said, "Okay, let's have another one!"
The night gradually deepened.
Long Wei never received a reply from Zhang Tao, nor did he receive a call from him.
Such impressive data slapped in their faces, yet they remained indifferent?
"Could Zhang Tao have been drunk before I sent the message?" Long Wei guessed.
"No, no, he can drink a lot."
"And when I called, it wasn't that no one answered the phone, it was that he just hung up."
This gave Long Wei a very bad feeling.
He began to realize more and more deeply how evil Cheng Zhu was!
"No, what on earth is he talking about with Zhang Tao?" Long Wei was anxious.
After more than an hour of long waiting, he felt like ants were crawling on his body!
"What is it? What could make him ignore such beautiful data!"
After thinking it over again and again, Long Wei decided to contact Bao Fan and talk to Boss Bao about this matter.
This traitor started to tip off the person and made a direct phone call.
Bao Fan hesitated for a moment and replied, "Okay, I already know the situation. I'll call Lao Zhang in half an hour!"
"Okay." Long Wei felt relieved.
Zhang Tao can choose not to answer his call, but not Boss Bao!
Twenty minutes later, Cheng Zhu and others left the restaurant together, and waved goodbye with the help of their respective drivers.
Zhang Xuhao has the worst alcohol tolerance and is completely exhausted.
Cheng Zhu also felt very drunk. It was the first time he drank to this extent after his rebirth.
Zhang Tao is in relatively the best condition and can drink a lot, but he can’t drink any more. If he drinks any more, he will have to fall down!
After getting into his business car, Brother Tao asked the driver to take him home.
He had originally planned to call Long Wei after the dinner.
But he was so drunk that he completely forgot about it.
A few minutes later, his phone, which had been muted, started vibrating continuously.
Brother Tao had already closed his eyes to rest, and was about to take a nap, but now he opened his eyes a little impatiently, wondering who was calling him at this time.
As a result, when he saw the name of the caller, he involuntarily sat up straighter in the car and stopped slumping in the chair.
"Hello, boss!" Zhang Tao answered the phone immediately.
Just like every time they met, he followed the people from Huaxing Capital and called Bao Fan "Boss".
"Lao Zhang, what have you been thinking about these days?" Bao Fan didn't beat around the bush and went straight to the point.
Zhang Tao immediately said, "It may be difficult to come up with an idea for this matter right now. We are very divided in our company right now."
He did not state his own position, but instead, in his capacity as the company's founder, informed others that the disagreements within his own company were very, very huge!
"Oh, is that so?" Bao Fan asked.
He called to test me.
He now has his answer.
After the two chatted for a few more sentences, the call ended.
At this moment, Bao Fan felt that Zhang Tao seemed more indecisive than before.
But in fact, he was more than just wavering, he was even ready to fuck Wang Xin!
Shake hands and make peace?
No! Let's finish this fight first!
"What exactly happened at today's dinner?" Bao Fan was a little curious.
"Just as Long Wei said, Zhang Tao also saw such tempting data today."
Bao Fan put his phone on the table, and the bald man uttered a name: "Cheng Zhu."
"Oh, that's interesting."
On the other side, Cheng Zhu sat in his four-seater commercial vehicle with a dazed look in his eyes.
He drank a little too much today and was almost reaching his limit.
"Mr. Cheng, are you okay? I have some honey water in the car." said the driver Xiao Wang.
"It's okay. If I drink a few more glasses I'd really feel uncomfortable." Cheng Zhu replied.
On the way back to the hotel, he remembered something.
He just picked up his phone and started sending WeChat messages to the chubby fox in Shanghai.
"I'm drunk and I won't be coming to the apartment."
In the high-end apartment, Hu Yan had already finished taking a shower, washed herself smelling delicious, changed into a set of underwear, and put on full makeup.
She seldom goes out and always goes out without makeup at home. Her makeup skills are actually average, and her makeup effects are not as exquisite as Zhang Qiqi's.
But the simple makeup paired with a pair of black-framed glasses will give a different feeling.
Of course, the main reason is that she has the "slightly plump figure" that men love most, and she has an amazing big fat butt.
She had been waiting all night.
Waiting for the boss to come.
After dark, she began to feel uneasy.
I even felt a little hot and turned down the air conditioner in the room by one degree.
At this moment, her cell phone rang and she immediately checked WeChat.
But when she saw the content of WeChat, her peach blossom eyes under the black-framed glasses dimmed slightly in an instant.
Hu Yan knew that Cheng Zhu had a business dinner tonight.
Although she felt disappointed and her heart and body felt empty, she still replied:
"Okay, boss. Have a good rest then."
After putting down her phone, she walked to the full-length mirror, looked at herself in the mirror, and sighed slightly.
But some thoughts have been aroused, and it is destined to be difficult to fall asleep tonight.
The chubby fox knows herself very well. Her mind is full of yellow garbage and her physical constitution is extremely special.
I'm sure I'll be tossing and turning in bed later.
So, she simply walked to the bedside table and opened the drawer, which contained version 1.0 and 2.0 of the headphones, as well as the new product she insisted on visiting - the little seal.
I can only rely on myself.
Sure enough, once people have expectations, they will also have troubles when their expectations are not met.
Just as she reached out to the little seal, her cell phone rang again.
She walked towards her phone with the little seal in her left hand, then checked WeChat with her right hand while holding the seal in her left hand.
That was another message from Cheng Zhu.
"You don't seem to understand what I mean." The dog man typed.
"Ah?" Fox Yan replied.
"I'm drunk and don't want to run back and forth. Just come to the hotel and take care of me."
(ps: asking for monthly ticket~)
(End of this chapter)
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