Little Ma wanted to persuade him to stay one more time: "Wu Bo, how about this? We'll give Lashou half of the previous monthly subsidy first, and then we can talk about the rest once the new game development is on track. Is that okay?"
"Mr. Ma, thank you for your kindness, but my mind is made up."
Little Ma took a deep breath, picked up the phone on the table, and called TX's HR: "Bring me a non-compete agreement."
Soon, TX's HR brought over a non-compete agreement, which Xiao Ma handed to Wu Bo.
"Once you sign this non-compete agreement, you can leave. This is standard practice in the industry, and I hope you understand. Wu Bo, you're a talented person, and TX welcomes you back anytime."
"Okay, thank you, Mr. Ma."
After signing the non-compete agreement, Wu Bo left TX and went straight to the airport, where he bought a plane ticket to Shanghai.
In the morning, Lin Chen arrived at the company and told Zhang Yiming about Wu Bo's phone call to him.
Zhang Yiming was taken aback. This was unheard of! Two companies were in a business war, and the other company's boss had turned against them? Could you believe it?
However, Wu Bo's job placement is a problem.
Will the boss let Wu Bo go to Meituan? Meituan has Wang Xing, so it doesn't need anyone else to interfere. They might end up fighting over it.
"President Lin, what are your plans for Wu Bo?"
"I plan to set up another group-buying subsidiary."
"Huh? Mr. Lin, you want to learn Tencent's horse racing mechanism?"
"No, no, no, this is a community group buying company."
"Community group buying? What does that mean?"
"For example, if there are 1,000 households in your community, 800 of them need to go out to buy groceries in the morning, and 500 of them need to buy eggs in the morning. But if everyone buys their own, the price will definitely be high, right? So, we help them buy together, bypassing middlemen such as supermarkets and farmers' markets, and go directly to the farms to buy the eggs for them all at once. That's community group buying."
After a moment's thought, Zhang Yiming suddenly realized that this was a huge business opportunity. Damn, even if he only sold 500 catties of eggs a day, he could still make a lot of money. And this was just one residential community. How many residential communities are there in Shanghai? How many residential communities are there in the whole country?
No wonder Mr. Lin wasn't worried at all watching Wu Bo and Jack Ma fight each other every day, and even gave Jack Ma advice from time to time. It turns out he wasn't helping the enemy, but had already won the battle.
In the afternoon, Wu Bo rushed to Xingchen Technology.
"President Lin, I've come to report for duty."
"So fast? Mr. Wu, congratulations on abandoning the darkness and embracing the light, hahaha."
"Then I hope Mr. Lin will take good care of me in the future. May I ask what position Mr. Lin has assigned me?"
"Mr. Wu, have you heard of community group buying?"
"Community group buying?" Wu Bo shook his head.
So Lin Chen explained it to Wu Bo again.
Wu Bo gasped. Good heavens! Luckily, he ran away from Lashou in time. Otherwise, if Lin Chen had secretly built up the community group buying business and then used the profits from community group buying to subsidize merchant group buying, who could have beaten Meituan?
Moreover, by the time you want to do community group buying, others have already occupied the market. If you want to grab a piece, you have to spend a lot of money. You don't even have the money for merchant group buying subsidies anymore, so how can you grab the community group buying market?
However, Wu Bo immediately thought of a problem and said awkwardly.
"Um, Mr. Lin, when I resigned, Tencent made me sign a non-compete agreement, so this community group buying..."
"What community group buying? This is Ele.me supermarket. I'm inviting you to be the supermarket manager. Are you interested?"
Wu Bo was dumbfounded. That's it, that's it, that's the feeling. He often felt this shamelessness when facing Lin Chen.
But now, hehe, I like it.
"I do!"
Thus, without Zhang Xuhao's knowledge, Ele.me Supermarket was established.
However, the first step is not to immediately start business, but to find a supply chain.
Lin Chen also established two subsidiaries, one called Eleme Youxuan and the other called Eleme Supermarket.
Wu Bo was appointed as the general manager of Eleme Select and Eleme Supermarket.
Over the next few days, Wu Bo found an apartment in Shanghai and, after settling in, made a few phone calls.
He recruited several of his key subordinates from Lashou.com.
At this time, Pony Ma's mind was entirely on the new game. He was getting excited about Genshin Impact's increasingly good performance every day, and had no time to care about Lashou.com.
He didn't stop Wu Bo from leaving, let alone a few nameless henchmen.
Once everyone had arrived, Wu Bo began his journey to find the supply chain.
Like an assassin, they disappear into the shadows, waiting for the right moment to deliver a fatal blow.
Jack Ma has been on a tear these past few days, with Taobao Group Buying's recent battle against Lashou.com being nothing short of unstoppable.
Lashou.com suffered repeated setbacks, and its market share was squeezed again and again.
There's nothing we can do, Lashou.com is broke. And to make matters worse, even Wu Bo has left.
It's worth noting that all the initial funding for Lashou.com came from Wu Bo, who is quite adept at attracting investment.
In less than a week, Taobao Group Buying's market share actually surpassed Lashou.com, taking the second place.
When Little Ma heard the news, he was furious.
So what if Wu Bo left? How come he's completely finished?
So he called in a vice president from TX's investment department named Chen Lei. This man was a top student who had returned from studying abroad, with excellent vision and outstanding abilities.
"Chen Lei, I've seen your abilities. Now I'm giving you a great opportunity to show your skills. Wu Bo, the former CEO of Lashou.com, has resigned. Go there and take over his position. Do a good job, and when you come back after a few years of experience, the position of Director of Investment Department will be yours."
Upon hearing this, Chen Lei realized that he was being promoted. Although it wasn't to headquarters, it was at least a promotion from deputy to full-time, which would make it much easier for him to come back later. So he excitedly said, "Thank you for your trust, Mr. Ma. I will definitely make Lashou.com bigger and stronger."
"Okay, here's a small goal for you. Lashou.com is currently ranked third in the country. I'll give you six months. If you just need to move up one place, I'll bring you back as the marketing director. Do you have the confidence?"
"I guarantee I'll complete the mission!" Chen Lei answered loudly, thinking to himself, "I never thought this incredible wealth would finally be mine."
I, Chen Lei, a child prodigy, with a handsome younger brother who went on to study for his bachelor's and master's degrees at a prestigious university with full scholarships, have worked at Tencent for so many years and only received a vice president position.
And look at that director, he graduated from an ordinary university in China, isn't he just someone who followed Mr. Ma a little too early?
Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river, fortunes change, right? Mr. Ma still has good judgment, hehehe!
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