Chapter 702 How can there be a private car
On New Year's Eve, snow began to fall from the sky, but only in scattered spots.
Gaode's employees have been working overtime during the Spring Festival, seemingly rushing to complete something. They finally went home today and had a reunion dinner with their families.
At this time, WeChat red envelopes were quietly launched, which ignited the Spring Festival period in one fell swoop.
The new function was spread through public accounts and the Spring Festival Gala, attracting 8 million users on New Year's Eve, and 40 million red envelopes were divided up in an instant.
With the help of a powerful social system, the number of WeChat Pay users increased rapidly, and the card binding rate also began to rise sharply.
At this time, Jiang Qin, and the little rich woman who was dressed like a cotton doll, went to his aunt's house to pay New Year's greetings.
"Congratulations on your prosperity! Here's the red envelope." Feng Nanshu spread out her little hands towards Qin Jingqiu.
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Qin Jingqiu looked at Jiang Qin: "Nan Shu never asked for red envelopes during the Chinese New Year, and she wouldn't accept them even if they were given to her."
Jiang Qin grinned: "That was in the past. Now we have to save money to buy milk powder for Jiang Ainan, auntie!"
"Nan Shu, have you learned bad things from Jiang Qin?"
Feng Nanshu leaned against Jiang Qin and said softly, "I follow the chicken wherever I marry, and I follow the dog wherever I marry..."
The corner of Jiang Qin's mouth twitched: "Who did you learn this from?"
"I learned this from Gao Wenhui."
At the same time, in the WeChat group for group buying, Sunai also tagged the boss and the boss's wife every day to send out red envelopes, while others lurked in the group waiting for an opportunity to act. In just a few days, the money for milk powder that Jiang Qin had just saved was divided up.
The Milk Thief
It is such a simple process that turns the custom of red envelopes into the most effective business tool.
This red envelope effect continued until March, and screenshots of red envelope balances could be seen everywhere in the Moments.
And you have to use the red envelope you grab eventually, even if you don’t use WeChat payment, you still have to bind your card to withdraw cash.
First put money in users' wallets, then force users to use it. This reverse business logic has made WeChat Pay the biggest winner of the entire Spring Festival.
From the end of January to March, as the cold gradually subsided and the ice and snow melted, the number of WeChat Pay users increased wildly. By the day of Jingzhe, the number of users had reached 32% of the entire market.
The online businesses of Alipay and UnionPay QuickPass are relatively stable, but their offline businesses have been affected.
"Damn it, sneak attack!"
Ma Yun was shocked and angry, and immediately launched the red envelope business, but it didn't make any splash.
The red envelope, which embodies all kinds of human relationships in Chinese society, is simply the monetization of interpersonal relationships. Social interaction is the fertile soil for interpersonal relationships, so only WeChat can play with the red envelope, which is an unsolvable situation.
At this time, the taxi market, which had temporarily calmed down due to the Spring Festival, began to reignite the war.
Travis said years ago that he wanted to clean up the battlefield and end the war, but Beep and Kuaidi kept delaying and were slow to choose between surrender and death.
Therefore, at the beginning of spring, Uber directly increased its market investment, and took the market by storm, intending to directly defeat Bibi and Kuaidi.
As for Didi, Travis looked down on it.
Didi has been online since December, and its market share has been so small until now, not even reaching the peak level of Bumblebee. How could he possibly look down on it?
In his opinion, Didi would not be an opponent at all, but just a useless stumbling block, the kind that could be overcome with a slightly bigger step.
At this time, Cheng Wei heard a rumor about Didi.
Some people say that Didi is not only operating in Shanghai and Kyoto, but is also developing in Linchuan and the five surrounding cities, but with a very low-key attitude.
"I understand. Jiang Qin wants to use the countryside to surround the city. Shanghai and Kyoto are just feints. They want to become familiar with the second-tier cities, extend the business chain, and surround the whole city."
"This is a classic tactic they used during the group buying period. I told you, the preparations for group buying don't stop there."
Chen Chuanxing and Cheng Wei are communicating more and more frequently, mainly because they currently have the same rival, Uber.
When Chen Chuanxing learned that Didi was entering the second-tier market, his doubts gradually dissipated and he finally understood the path Didi wanted to take.
The big fuss in Shanghai and Kyoto is just to cover up their actions in second-tier cities. Surrounding the cities from the countryside is what they want to do.
"It's a shame this can't work."
Cheng Wei nodded: "That's right. Didi has only developed five cities from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. It will take at least another year to form a siege, but the market can't wait for a year."
Judging from Uber’s current subsidy levels, even if Bibi and Kuaidi join forces, they won’t be able to last more than half a year.
At that time, Uber, without any rivals, will sink rapidly, and Didi's encirclement will not have been formed by then and will be easily dispersed.
This is different from group buying business.
Group buying requires negotiating with merchants one by one, and the timeline can be very long, but for the taxi business, you only need to sign up taxi companies and fleets with operating qualifications to basically control the market.
Uber burned through a billion dollars years ago. Given its desperate attitude, this is not a difficult task for it.
"Mr. Jiang may be limited by the group buying mindset."
"I'm going to say something disrespectful. President Jiang is not as amazing as people say. He only has this one trick. It's just that he has unexpected effects in group buying and takeout, so he seems so powerful."
Cheng Wei nodded, sighed a little regretfully, and then said goodbye to Chen Chuanxing.
At the beginning of the new year, he had a lot of dinner parties to organize, and the first group to be invited were the leaders of the Shanghai Transportation Commission.
The road operations in each city are under the jurisdiction of the transportation department. Although Bibi’s business is currently declining sharply, it still has to treat the leaders to a meal.
Drinking is inevitable at parties. Bibi is a start-up company. Unlike Jiang Qin, a long-established business veteran, Cheng Wei does not have his own driver and relies entirely on Kuaidi for travel. This has been his habit since the confrontation with Kuaidi.
But what Cheng Wei didn't expect was that as soon as he arrived at his destination, he saw Jiang Qin at the door.
"Mr. Jiang?"
Cheng Wei was somewhat surprised: "I've heard of your name for a long time, and today I finally get to meet you in person!"
Jiang Qin was stunned for a moment: "Who are you?"
"Oh, let me introduce myself. I'm the CEO of Bibi. My name is Cheng Wei."
"Beep? I know, hello, Mr. Cheng!"
Jiang Qin suddenly changed his single hand to two and shook his hand tightly: "Thank you for your hard work in the past six months, leave the rest to me."
Cheng Wei: “?”
"It's okay if you don't understand. You will understand. Oh, and remember to come to my little princess's full moon banquet in the second half of the year."
Cheng Wei watched Jiang Qin wave goodbye to him, go out and get into a Maybach, his expression slightly confused.
What does it mean to have worked hard for me? The rest is up to you? He was puzzled, so without thinking too much, he quickly visited several leaders of the Shanghai Transportation Commission and invited them to a dinner tonight.
They had already made an appointment, but unexpectedly, several leaders all refused, saying that they had to hold emergency meetings in the next few days.
Cheng Wei expressed his understanding, but before leaving, he saw an open sheepskin document bag with the name of Linchuan Municipal Government on it on the director's desk.
A month later, Cheng Wei's dinner was almost ready, and at this time, he received an email from Travis in his mailbox, inviting him and Chen Chuanxing to dinner.
Although they were just having a meal, everyone knew that Travis was going to give an ultimatum.
Cheng Wei and Chen Chuanxing met in a cafe, exchanged ideas, and decided to attend the dinner together.
"How do you get there?"
"Let's take a taxi. Damn it, we can't compete with them in the market, so let's drink that son of a bitch to death."
As Cheng Wei spoke, he opened the quick one and showed it to Chen Chuanxing, causing his mouth to twitch: "Isn't this inappropriate for you?"
Cheng Wei was stunned for a moment: "You are not happy to scold him?"
"I fucking said it's inappropriate for you to use my Kuaidi coupon to take a taxi, right?"
Cheng Wei laughed awkwardly, explaining that he was used to it, and then turned on Didi: "If you haven't used Didi before, give it a try."
Chen Chuanxing pursed his lips and said, "There aren't many Didi cars. I have to wait for half an hour, right?"
"It's a good time to prepare myself mentally. By the way, I met Mr. Jiang in person before."
Cheng Wei pressed the taxi button and said casually.
Chen Chuanxing was stunned for a moment: "How can you meet him? I heard that you have to make an appointment a month in advance to meet him."
"We met by chance, at the entrance of the Transportation Commission. I guess he was treating the leader to a meal. If you're in the taxi business, you have to deal with your superiors."
"What did he say to you?"
"Nothing much, just a brief chat."
Chen Chuanxing looked at him and said, "Didn't he give you some advice on how to beat Uber?"
Hearing this, the two looked at each other and couldn't help but laugh.
In the first half of the taxi war, Jiang Qin gave instructions to Bumblebee, extending his life for three months. He was called a business textbook by people in the circle, and all kinds of nonsense voices came one after another.
In the end, when Didi officially left the stage, not even a splash of water was made, which was quite funny.
Now no one shouts the five words "business textbook" anymore, and the braggarts have also stopped talking. The reputation that Mr. Jiang has accumulated in the group buying wars, food delivery wars, and payment wars is about to be lost in the taxi war.
Some people also say that Jiang Qin only has three axes, which are very powerful, but they are gone after the fight.
Therefore, when Chen Chuanxing asked Cheng Wei whether Jiang Qin had taught him, it was actually partly sarcastic.
However, just as the two of them started talking, Cheng Wei suddenly felt his phone vibrating, and then he found that a driver had accepted the order, which made Cheng Wei stunned.
At present, Uber has the highest response efficiency in Shanghai, and can accept orders within five minutes in the bustling urban area.
The average time for Bibi and Kuai is eight to twelve minutes, but Didi seems to take less than a minute...
Chen Chuanxing looked at him: "What's wrong?"
"I've received the order."
"Maybe there happened to be a car nearby."
As soon as Chen Chuanxing finished speaking, a white Dongfeng Citroen with its double flash lights on stopped not far from them.
The car window was rolled down, and a man wearing glasses inside waved at them, shouting "Get in the car."
The smiles on Cheng Wei and Chen Chuanxing's faces gradually disappeared. After waiting for five seconds, the driver saw that they didn't move, and became a little impatient. He couldn't help but honk the horn. The two men quickly came back to their senses, but their scalps instantly felt numb.
"Fuck, a private car?!"
"How could there be a private car?!"
(Double at the beginning of the month, please give me a monthly ticket...) (End of this chapter)
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