Top of the Great Era

Chapter 3217 Big Basket

"Proud? You've made such a big fuss, and you're still proud?"

"At least it's a successful business."

"That's it?"

Zhou Buqi really couldn't tolerate such things for a moment.

Tang Binchen said: "Facebook has already fermented the issue and has had an open dialogue. Banmi has also responded, but the attitude is not very sincere and even sarcastic."

"Sarcastic?" Zhou Buqi couldn't understand, "You haven't realized the seriousness of this yet?"

Tang Binchen said: "Perhaps in their eyes, this is just a very common tourism project. Regarding the reaction from Silicon Valley, Banmi's attitude is as if they are victims, saying that they are suppressed by the United States and treated unfairly by the market. This is the United States suppressing Chinese companies."

"what?"

Zhou Buqi was stunned. This was really a big basket of reasons, and anything could be put into it.

Tang Binchen was also puzzled by this. "Banmi seemed to feel that they were being targeted and were very angry. They had a public dialogue with Zuckerberg and said that at worst Banmi could return to China to develop its business, to the place where Facebook could not go for the time being."

Zhou Buqi laughed angrily, "How shameless! He returned to China to develop his career and went to a Silicon Valley company to engage in corporate escort business. They disagreed, but China agreed? He couldn't harm Silicon Valley, so he returned to China to harm domestic companies? These major Internet companies in China have also been affected by such foreign invasions."

Tang Binchen continued, "This matter has fermented on social media, and more users have known about the company Banmi. Yesterday, the founder of this company proudly stated on social media that Banmi's UV, PV and registration numbers have reached historical highs in the past few days."

This is really a very common way of playing on the Internet.

The promotion of products depends on fame.

If you can't get a good reputation, you can still become famous for scandals.

Negative news is better than no news.

Maybe after this incident spreads, the user scale of Banmi will really experience a surge... After all, this is a new startup company, and the "company companion" project is quite innovative, with huge market demand and is very attractive.

It’s just that the impact of this incident was too bad.

If Banmi is a world-class product that is used by whites, blacks, Indians, Arabs, Mexicans, etc., and Banmi relies on this business to invade Silicon Valley, this is actually not so bad. This is still an unethical project, but at least it is popular.

But now Banmi is a docking project for domestic tourists and foreign students' "tour guides". It is too unethical to let only Chinese people do such bad things. It is simply embarrassing abroad.

Tang Binchen said in a deep voice: "You have to follow up on this matter immediately and find out more. Maybe Banmi wants to take this opportunity to get more financing. Once they get more funds, it will be more difficult to control them. This matter will not have a big impact on us, but it will have a great impact on our country's external image and the overseas working environment of Chinese people."

Zhou Buqi said coldly: "Funding? They still want to start a new round of financing?"

Tang Binchen said: "Let's see how they want to solve this matter."

"Okay, I get it, I'll take care of it."

Zhou Buqi understood the whole story and did not hesitate at all.

I called Liu Qing immediately.

She is no longer the president of Shanghai's international department. Her current title is senior vice president and chief investment officer of Ziweixing, in charge of investment business. She has a good understanding of the domestic investment market.

Zhou Buqi asked straightforwardly: "Do you know anything about a startup called Banmi?"

Liu Qing really knew. "Well, I heard some things. This incident was very ugly. Liu Chang, the founder of Banmi, is quite strange. He used to be the public relations director of companies such as Penguin, Sina, and NetEase, but he ended up causing such a big incident. Facing Facebook's questioning, it was as if they had suffered a great injustice." Zhou Buqi snorted, "Maybe he did it on purpose."

"It's possible. I heard that Banmi is working on its B round of financing."

"Go stop them!"

"what?"

Liu Qing was a little surprised.

After all, Boss Zhou has never interfered with the development of the industry, nor has he used his industry status to suppress other startup companies or entrepreneurial teams.

Zhou Buqi said, "You step forward and settle this matter! Just say what I said, this escort project they came up with is lacking in virtue! Go contact the investors they are working with and tell them not to invest in Banmi! Whoever dares to invest, forget about working in the IT industry in the future!"

Liu Qing took a deep breath, "Is it so serious? Has it affected Ziweixing International?"

Zhou Buqi said coldly: "It has affected every overseas Chinese!"

Liu Qing didn't understand for a moment, but she could hear the big boss's anger, so she immediately expressed her opinion, saying, "Okay, I will go and find out the relevant situation right away, and contact all the investment institutions of Banmi. We must not only prevent the next round of financing, but also strive to get all the investment institutions in the previous round to withdraw their capital."

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, let them withdraw their investment and quickly draw a clear line. If something really goes wrong, all directors and investors will bear joint liability. Don't blame me for not reminding you!"

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Liu Qing said carefully: "If we put pressure on them to shut down, it may not be a good idea. I think... it would be better to stop the new round of financing, and then put some pressure on them to make them realize their mistakes, immediately cut off the company's travel business, and then publicly apologize to reduce the negative impact of this incident."

After all, she is a woman and doesn’t want to be too cruel.

If they were to kill directly, although Ziweixing could do it given its influence in the country, it might also leave an impression of being domineering in the industry.

It's best not to kill them all.

Give them a chance to mend their ways.

Tourism business can be done.

If they change their ways, stop doing these crooked things, and do some legitimate tourism business, Banmi will have the opportunity to restart financing in the future. Even if it is a company tour business, it is not impossible to do it. The platform can directly contact the company and invite tourists to visit through formal company channels, instead of privately contacting employees to act as tour guides and infiltrate secretly.

Zhou Buqi accepted her suggestion, "Okay, you go and handle it, and then give me the results." Then, his tone sank and he said coldly, "If the other party dares to resist, you can also tell me. Their behavior is suspected of being illegal. I can contact the relevant departments and arrest them all!"

"No, no!"

Liu Qing doesn't want to see blood.

Then she left the impression of a female devil to the outside world.

She moves very quickly.

That evening, a report was submitted to Boss Zhou.

Banmi was founded two years ago, and its main business is to connect tourists with tour guides, and the platform takes commissions from them. There are too many such businesses in China, and the competition is too fierce, so Banmi is targeting overseas markets, mainly the Greater Bay Area and Silicon Valley.

The company has completed its Series A financing and received 500 million yuan.

The investor is a domestic private capital called Huaxing Capital.

After receiving the news, Huaxing Capital agreed to Ziweixing's request without any hesitation and froze Banmi's account. There was still more than 160 million yuan of funds left in the account, which they would no longer be allowed to use.