No wonder Wang Xing was so excited.
After Meituan absorbed Wowo.com's market share, it can now truly compete with Lashou.com. Although its market share in major cities is still not as high as Lashou.com, Meituan is stronger than Lashou in second- and third-tier cities.
Most importantly, Meituan is now backed by Huasuan.com.
After such a long period of fierce competition, the situation in the group-buying industry is now relatively clear.
From the initial three musketeers of Gaopengmanzuo, to the rising star Lashou.com, and then to the strong entry of Wowo.com.
It can be said that talented people emerge in every generation, each shining in their own way for a few months.
However, since the launch of Huasuan.com's group-buying channel, it has almost completely strangled the group-buying traffic.
It was only then that everyone realized that the 2.0 version of the group-buying war was dominated by two traffic-driving platforms: Huasuan.com and Taobao Big Data.
Both companies have already placed their bets.
Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the future leader in group buying will undoubtedly emerge from between Meituan and Koubei.
Wang Xing felt victory was just around the corner, so he personally mustered his troops and went to the Wowo Group headquarters to handle the takeover.
Wu Bo panicked when he heard the news that Wowo Group had been acquired by Lin Chen.
He believes that Lashou.com may become the next Wowo.com, and will be completely devoured by Huasuan.com and Taobao's big data.
Moreover, he could sense that the capital was now ignoring him. They used to invite him for foot massages every day, but these past two days they haven't even invited him for meals.
Just when he was at a loss, an unexpected big shot approached him.
"Hello, is this Mr. Wu from Lashou.com?"
"It's me. And who are you?"
"I'm Ma Huateng from TX."
"Huh?! Really? Are you Little Ma?"
"Haha, you really know Lin Chen well. He calls me Brother Ma too."
"Hey, Little Ma, what brings you here?"
"Here's the thing, I'm thinking of investing in Lashou.com, and I don't know if you'd be willing to sell a portion of your shares."
Upon hearing Pony Ma's words, Wu Bo was taken aback, but then his mind started working. He thought to himself, why not just sell Lashou.com to Pony Ma now? It's probably the highest value Lashou.com has ever been, worth about 7 billion.
"Brother Ma, how about I just sell Lashou.com to you?"
"Haha, that's not impossible. I'll offer five billion."
Wu Bo frowned: "Isn't that a bit too little?"
Xu Maodong: Do you want to listen to what you're saying?
Ma Huateng said, "Mr. Wu, I know a little about the group-buying platform. Today I'm offering 5 billion, but in a few days I might only be able to offer 3 billion. You understand what I mean?"
"Well, it seems Mr. Ma has investigated this very thoroughly. In that case, let's make it 5 billion. I'm tired, so I'll take a break for a while."
"Wait, Mr. Wu, actually, besides valuing Lashou.com, I also value your talent. I hope you can stay and help me. I'll offer 5 billion to acquire 95% of Lashou.com's shares, leaving you with 5%, but you must continue to be the CEO of Lashou.com."
“Mr. Ma, it’s not that I don’t want to help you. I built Lashou.com from scratch, and I have an emotional attachment to it. But the current situation is that without a traffic-generating platform, it’s impossible to succeed. Our fate is in the hands of others.”
"Hahaha, traffic generation? What a joke! As the largest social platform in the country, do you think Tencent doesn't have traffic? Mr. Wu, you need to broaden your horizons. Traffic doesn't necessarily have to come from Huasuan.com."
Upon hearing this, Wu Bo's eyes lit up. That's right, Tencent has over 600 million registered users. Who can compete with it in terms of traffic? As long as QQ is willing to promote it, driving traffic to Lashou.com will be a piece of cake.
"Mr. Ma, you're brilliant! Okay, then I'll work for you."
"Mr. Wu, welcome to TX. How about this, come to Shenzhen tomorrow and we can discuss it in detail."
"Okay, Mr. Ma."
That evening, Wu Bo called Zhang Xuhao out and invited him to join him for a Super Supreme 8888 Set Meal.
"Holy crap, Apo, what happened to you? Did you win the lottery? You're so generous!"
"Ah Hao, I have something to tell you."
"Hmm? What is it?"
"I have already reached an agreement with Tencent and am preparing to sell Lashou.com to Tencent."
Zhang Xuhao fell silent after listening. He had worked with Lashou and Meituan on group-buying home delivery, and had heard about the things in the group-buying circle to some extent.
He knew that one day Lashou.com and Meituan would go to war, but he didn't expect that Tencent would also emerge in the middle of it.
Why are you telling me this?
"Actually, I wanted you to tell Lin Chen that if Meituan comes to take advantage of Lashou one day, they should go easy on them."
"Oh, Po, you're already chickening out before we've even started?"
"I'm sure I'm not afraid of anyone else, but that's Lin Gou. Why don't you give it a try?"
"Ahem, I was just saying. Didn't you see that I'm already in Lin Chen's shape?"
"Hey, the reason I'm treating you to Super Supreme 8888 today is to tell you that we're brothers, and no matter what happens in the future, we'll be Super Supreme Brothers for life."
"Good brother, next time I come to Shenzhen to see you, let's meet up again at Super Supreme 8888!"
Goodness, these two are so gay, even the two massage girls are confused. Will they be asked to do group sex later?
Lin Chen has been quite busy lately.
Xiaomi's new product launch is about to take place, and on the other hand, Liu Qiangdong also called to tell him that the logistics park is completed.
So Lin Chen and Lei Jun came to Wushang again and met Liu Qiangdong, who was already there.
"Brother Dong, you guys are really professional. This logistics park is really well built."
"Haha, after all, we've manufactured so many times across the country, we already have experience. By the way, Xiaomi has a separate area over there, let's go take a look."
The three of them rode in an electric sightseeing vehicle and toured the area.
Upon arriving at the Xiaomi campus, one sees three giant warehouse buildings, which include not only ordinary warehouses but also high-end temperature and humidity controlled warehouses as backup.
Meanwhile, there are also office buildings for administration and factories for packaging. A row of dedicated vehicles are parked at the entrance, delivering goods directly from Xiaomi's warehouse to JD Logistics. It can be said that Xiaomi's products can be packaged and delivered according to various needs as soon as they arrive.
"How is it? Not bad, right?"
"Not bad, not bad." Lei Jun nodded in satisfaction.
However, Lin Chen said, "Brother Dong, the hardware facilities are indeed quite good, but shouldn't you upgrade JD Logistics?"
"Huh? Upgrade what?" Liu Qiangdong asked, puzzled.
"I just checked, and JD Logistics still mainly relies on traditional manpower, including sorting, loading, and so on."
"Yes, isn't that how logistics works these days?"
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