Chapter 731 Interview

Chapter 731 Interview

After the Spring Festival, the weather was still cold for a long time, but the market atmosphere had already started to heat up.

Kuaidi and Didi gradually exchanged markets while confronting each other but not engaging in direct contact.

At present, the majority of people in Tianjin use Kuaidi to hail taxis, while Didi has taken up most of the market in Jiangcheng and Yuzhou, and it seems that it is not suffering any loss.

But at this moment, Kuaidi's final sniping attack on Didi officially began.

In the second half of 2014, they studied the development history of group buying and used the Tianjin market as a breakthrough. In fact, they had only one goal, which was the Kyoto market that was firmly controlled by Didi.

Now, the time is ripe.

Chen Chuanxing decided to give it his all and take over Kyoto!

After taking over the Kyoto market, the third round of financing will make Kuaidi the largest taxi-hailing platform in the country. He can then sit down with Cheng Wei to negotiate terms and discuss how much money to give him to leave.

Doing business is really fun, Chen Chuanxing couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing friendly competitors declining, seeing original capital being accumulated, and seeing people constantly coming to him to give him money, this satisfying feeling made him feel extremely excited.

However, they don’t have much money left, so they have to be more cautious in every step.

At this time, Bibi had already taken root in the Jinling market, but its speed was much slower than that of Kuaibi.

Cheng Wei feels very regretful about this situation.

At that time, he was so afraid of Jiang Qin that he hesitated for several months. He watched Kuaidi enter the Tianjin market but did not react immediately.

In his opinion, an iron-blooded tyrant like Jiang Qin will not leave no tricks up his sleeve, and the radical Chen Chuanxing will definitely be taught a lesson. But the reality is that Didi has no ability to resist except to expand into the lower-tier markets.

This caused Bibi, which started later, to miss a good opportunity, and now it is far behind in terms of market share and growth rate.

The Internet business war is a competition of speed, and the final market advantage will be transformed into capital advantage. With the accumulation of real money, the winner will eventually take everything.

Think about it, it was he who initiated the business alliance.

He found two horses and asked the father and daughter of the Liu family to act as matchmakers. However, because of a moment of hesitation, Cheng Wei found that the fruits he cultivated were about to be eaten by others.

Yes, business integration is beneficial. As a result, Kuaidi and Bibi suppressed Didi and controlled the market rhythm.

But as Kuai becomes increasingly powerful, Beep will also be drained of nutrients.

What made him even more desperate was that the investment representative of SoftBank came again after the New Year. Cheng Wei got the news in advance and wanted to invite the other party to dinner, but was politely rejected.

Capital will not settle for second best, it will only choose the strongest one.

At the time of Jingzhe, the weather was about to get warmer, but not yet warm. The branch of Kuaidi, which was located in Tianjin, appeared in Kyoto and began to contact various online and offline advertising channels. The pop-up interface of the promotional activities also passed the review.

"On March 15, Kuaidi officially entered the Kyoto market and planned to eat into Didi's market share within two months."

"Two months? Don't be ridiculous. It took them three months to capture Tianjin."

Liu Qing looked at Cheng Wei: "The actual time is not important. What is important is that SoftBank, Hillhouse Capital and Apple all trust Chen Chuanxing more."

Cheng Wei fell silent.

"Cheng Wei, you should reflect on why you were scared by the toothless Didi and slowed down. Three months in the taxi market is enough to determine the winner. I don't know if you regret it now."

Cheng Wei clenched his fists, thinking that if the pace of taking a taxi could be slowed down, he would definitely not hesitate this time.

March arrived in the blink of an eye, and a spring rain fell over the city.

The slightly gloomy sky was filled with water vapor, but the air seemed much clearer.

It has been several days since Jiang Qin returned to Shanghai from Jeju, and news about group buying entering South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong has gradually come in.

It seems that Pintuan’s development focus this year has been on overseas markets, which is why it has lost interest in the taxi market.

When he thought of this, Cheng Wei felt even more stupid.

At this time, people within the taxi-hailing platforms and industry insiders in the relevant industrial chain also began to predict the winners and losers in the taxi-hailing market. Without exception, everyone believed that Kuaidi would definitely win.

"Kuaidi's decisive move before the New Year really laid the foundation for its first-mover advantage after the New Year. This can be written into textbooks as a classic case."

“So, what President Ma said about the second half of the year determining the next year is indeed true.”

“I heard that SoftBank has already prepared money for Kuaidi, and it seems that they have been in contact before the New Year.”

"It's a pity for Bibi, don't you think? He was the one who proposed the business alliance, and this is really a waste of time."

Discussions in the circle no longer mention Didi. People are just comparing Kuaidi and Bibi. The meaning is already very clear.

The combination of Kuaidi and Bibi overwhelmed Didi in market share, and Kuaidi took advantage of its strength to gain a greater advantage. Chen Chuanxing deserved to win this war because he did not hesitate.

At this time in the Pintuan (Kyoto) branch, Ye Ziqing was dealing with matters that needed to be dealt with at the beginning of the year and was working overtime until late at night.

Yao Shengdong passed by Ye Ziqing's office and found that the light inside was still on. He couldn't help but shout outside.

"Boss Ye, aren't you going to get off work yet?"

"The work is not yet finished. Mr. Yao, please leave first. I still have to be busy for a while."

Yao Shengdong pushed the door open and walked in: "How should Didi defend its market? Didn't the boss tell us? It's coming soon. I heard that they have reserved the two large screens in Sanlitun for three months."

Yao Shengdong is a veteran of the Kyoto branch and is mainly responsible for group purchasing and supply chain business, while Ye Ziqing is in charge of food delivery and taxi business.

Although the two people have different divisions of labor, because their businesses are related, a lot of information is shared.

It is understandable that outsiders did not know this, but he knew that Didi had loosened its grip on the Tianjin market, otherwise Kuaidi would not have taken over the market so quickly.

Now they are about to beat you at the front door, but you still don't move? "The boss won't let me move, saying whoever moves will be in trouble."

"ah?"

"He also said that in the current situation, the weak will be sympathized with."

At night in the same space and time, Cheng Wei started to organize parties and socialize everywhere.

For example, the leaders of the Shanghai Transportation Commission and the Kyoto Transportation Commission basically have to be taken care of. Maybe one day this will become a real help. After all, who can predict what will happen in the future?

But the laughter at the wine table cannot dispel the depression of reality, and Kuai has already begun to enter the Kyoto market.

Bibi has also developed a response plan, which is to give up the Jinling market and directly seize the Shanghai market, and cooperate with Uber.

But even the fastest speed still takes time. Although Cheng Wei was reluctant to admit it, he knew very well that they could not catch up.

However, just as the Spring Equinox was about to arrive, Cheng Wei, who had just finished a drinking party, suddenly received a message from Liu Qing.

Kuaidi was ordered to rectify its violations of market regulations and fined three million yuan by the Market Supervision Bureau. Currently, Kuaidi’s CEO Chen Chuanxing has been summoned for a talk.

After seeing this message, Cheng Wei sobered up instantly and became energetic.

Holy shit, what the fuck is going on?

Cheng Wei immediately contacted Liu Qing and several senior executives of the company, and rushed to the company under the dark and windy weather.

At this time, Chen Chuanxing, who was being interviewed, was also confused and dumbfounded.

Their operation in Kyoto had just begun, but due to such a coincidence in timing, the rhythm was completely disrupted.

When the bigwigs who got the news heard that Kuaidi was summoned for rectification, they could not help but look at each other in bewilderment.

"Wow, Beepbeep is so lucky!"

"No, why were you summoned for a talk and rectification?"

"It is said that the marketing department conducted random inspections on Kuaidi drivers and found that some drivers did not even have the basic registration procedures. Some drivers cancelled orders after accepting them and ran illegal taxis. Some vehicles did not match the registration information. The most amazing thing was that they caught a driver who was drunk."

"Isn't this too coincidental?"

"This is a warning to others. After all, operating private cars is not legal. Kuaidi has been too high-profile recently."

"This is really God's blessing. Now the opportunity to beep has come. I wonder if they can seize it."

In fact, Bibi, which had missed the best opportunity due to hesitation, did seize the opportunity and began to rapidly advance its business from the moment it was interviewed.

They have done business in the Shanghai market before and have some experience. When Kuaidi undergoes rectification and review, they can easily surpass Kuaidi's current market share.

God will never let down a person with great ambition.

So in March, Bibi started to provide regional targeted subsidies.

Opportunities don't always come.

So in late March, Cheng Wei personally went to Shanghai to take charge, and his attack strategy was exactly the same as Kuai's.

To be honest, he is under a lot of pressure, because everyone knows that the headquarters of group buying is in Shanghai, which is the most positive aspect.

Early Saturday morning, posts about recruiting drivers began to appear on various channels, and Chen Chuanxing became the one who couldn't sleep.

Faced with this rapidly changing situation, everyone watching the market exclaimed that it was exciting, thinking that this business war, with all the back and forth, was almost catching up with competitive sports.

But as the business progressed, Cheng Wei began to sense something was wrong.

In the taxi industry, the first thing to grab is drivers, so Bibi must provide driver subsidies that are sufficiently favorable, at least higher than Didi. This is the basic idea of ​​burning money.

However, Didi can also spend money to defend its market and increase subsidies to compete with Bibi.

But when Bibi started to advertise on a large scale in Shanghai, Didi did nothing and didn't even offer any discounts.

It was not until the second weekend after Bibi began its official operations in Shanghai that a letter of interview from the Market Supervision Bureau was placed on Cheng Wei's desk.

(End of this chapter)

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