Sprinkle coins every day

Chapter 315 Tengda: I feel like I can do it again! (seeking a monthly ticket)

Lu Kai's two proposals were approved by Zhang Shuo.

Autonet is expected to raise 3 billion, and Qingcheng Group is expected to receive 63.4 billion in liquidity, plus the Dream Fund's one billion dollars in debt, the total is 157.4 billion.

All implemented in place, enough to support the expansion of Germina throughout the year.

The problem of tight cash flow has also been initially resolved.

Zhang Shuo also breathed a sigh of relief, and then chatted with Lu Kai about another matter: "As mentioned earlier, we need to recruit a group vice president from outside to be in charge of the group's Internet business. How is it going?"

"Director Wu and I screened several times, and finally locked one person."

"Who?"

"Lu Qi!"

"He, he."

Zhang Shuo didn't expect that Lu Kai and Wu Sheyuan had quite big appetites.

Lu Qi, born in 1961, is another talented boy in the computer field of Huaxia. He used to be the senior vice president and executive vice president of Yahu. He joined Weisoft in 2008 as the general manager of the Internet business department.

He later served as Executive Vice President of WeiRuan.

It is the highest level of positions held by Chinese in the headquarters of global technology companies.

It is reported that Lu Qi was originally a strong competitor of WeiRuan CEO, but for some reason, in 2016, he said that due to physical reasons, he suddenly resigned from WeiRuan.

Then he joined Qiandu in 2017 as the president of Qiandu.

It is said that the third master placed high hopes on Lu Qi, hoping that Lu Qi could purge Qiandu from the inside, let Qiandu start again, get out of the mobile Internet predicament, and lead Qiandu to greatness again.

During Qiandu's tenure, he did make a lot of achievements.

It's a pity that after only two years in Qiandu, Lu Qi resigned from Qiandu again, ending with regret.

It seems a little sad.

Undoubtedly, Lu Qi is a master of technology, especially in the two fields of search and artificial intelligence. He has made profound achievements and has strong leadership.

The CEO of Weiruan once commented on him like this——

Lu Qi is a very rare talent in the industry, combining senior professional and technical knowledge, outstanding leadership ability and extensive business knowledge.

no doubt.

Lu Qi perfectly meets Zhang Shuo's selection criteria for the vice president of the Germination Group. His arrival will not only lead Qinghe Technology and Qingyun Data, but also make up for the shortcomings of Germination in the search field.

Although Zhang Shuo is unwilling to call Sprout a pure Internet company, in fact every business of Sprout is closely related to software.

Needless to say, smart phones, the software of electric vehicles is also the core.

The issue is--

"Is Lu Qi willing to join Germination?"

Lu Qi is now the executive vice president of Weiruan. Joining Germination, even if he can serve as the rotating president and vice president like Lu Kai, Jiang Yue, and Gu Mingzhang, it is basically a transfer at the same level.

It's not even comparable to the treatment given to Lu Qi by Yuan Qiandu.

"Mr. Zhang, you are being modest."

Lu Kai just laughed, "Looking at the world, there are really not many people who would refuse the invitation from Germination."

Farewell for three days, and treat each other with admiration.

With Weixin breaking the circle, and its layout in semiconductors, smartphones, electric vehicles and other fields, coupled with its dominant strength in the field of mobile games, the sprouts are no longer the sprouts of the past.

Even in the eyes of outsiders, Sprout is already the most valuable unicorn company in the world.

A future with infinite possibilities.

Especially with the advent of the 4G era, as the biggest dark horse in the mobile Internet era, the budding future is full of infinite imagination.

In the eyes of people like Lu Kai who know the inside story, as long as the two businesses of Maili Mobile Phone and Mango Auto are the same, it is not impossible for Bud to surpass Weiruan in the future.

After all, Weiruan is going downhill, and Germination represents the future.

"Director Wu and I have communicated with Lu Qi through emails one after another. Lu Qi himself is obviously a little moved. We only need Mr. Zhang to come forward in person. The last time we met, the negotiation can basically be concluded."

Compared to touching the ceiling in Weiruan, for Lu Qi, Mengya Wuwu is a better choice.

"Okay."

Zhang Shuo was very pleased that Lu Kai did not set up obstacles when recommending Lu Qi, but acted very frankly.

honestly.

Once Lu Qi joins Germination, he will definitely be one of the strong contenders for the future CEO of Germination.

It can also be regarded as Lu Kai's competitor.

But the good thing is that Germination Group implements a rotating president system, which ensures that high-level talents like Lu Kai, Lu Qi, and Gu Mingzhang can coexist in Germination.

rather than holding each other back.

"Next Thursday's Internet Conference, Lu Qi will also be invited to participate? Just choose during the Internet Conference, and you arrange for me to meet Lu Qi." Of course Zhang Shuo is also happy to see it.

"it is good!"

Lu Kai responded with a smile, and then got up to leave.

.........

Two days later.

Zhang Shuo went to Yangcheng, presided over the meeting of the board of directors of Qingcheng Group, informed Weixin of the need to pay 50 billion service fees, and proposed a 5 billion capital increase and timely launch of the B round of financing.

Not surprisingly.

Both proposals were unanimously approved by the board.

Both Pei Weiping and Wang Xin had passed through beforehand, and it was useless for other directors to object.

Even if you feel a little uncomfortable, Mengya's request is reasonable and reasonable. You can't just charge no service fee just because Mengya is the controlling shareholder of Qingcheng Group?
In business talk business, there is absolutely no such reason.

If it wasn't for Qingcheng Group being a subsidiary of Sprout, and it was replaced by Nomi.com, Ali Dianping, etc., they would probably be happy to pay a higher service fee than Qingcheng in order to obtain Weixin traffic support.

In just two months of drainage, the daily activity of Qingcheng APP has increased by 30%.

How terrifying is this?
Those who can participate in the investment of Qingcheng Group are smart people, of course they understand this truth.

It's just that Wang Xin's expression is a little tangled.

So after the board meeting, Zhang Shuo made an appointment to meet Wang Xin in his office.

As the chairman of the Green Orange Group, Zhang Shuo not only has an independent office in the Green Orange Building, but also the most luxurious office in terms of specifications and interior decoration.

Although Zhang Shuo rarely comes to the Green Orange Group a few times a year.

Every time I come, I mainly attend the board meeting, and often leave directly after the meeting. I don’t even use this office, but it is still cleaned every day.

The desktop is spotless, and the purified water in the water dispenser is changed every day.

Make sure it's always available.

In these small details, Pei Weiping is usually meticulous.

"Mr. Lu told you, right? If the capital needed for this capital increase is inconvenient, the group can help to advance part of it." Zhang Shuo took the initiative to open the topic.

"said."

Wang Xin was a little cautious, "Thank you Mr. Zhang for your concern. I am really nervous recently."

After all.

Wang Xin is an entrepreneurial talent. He used to be the boss. Facing Zhang Shuo, he still feels uncomfortable.

Strictly speaking.

In terms of starting a business, Zhang Shuo can even be said to be Wang Xin's descendant.

Definitely need a mentality adjustment process.

Fortunately, Wang Xin is also a professional. After opening the topic, he immediately began to report on his work, focusing on the report on the integration of Meituan and Qingcheng, as well as the expansion of Qingcheng in new business formats such as tourism and hotels.

In fact, Zhang Shuo had heard about it a long time ago.

In the past two months, under the personal leadership of Wang Xin, the Culture and Tourism Business Department of Qingcheng Group has done a great job with the help of Weixin's guidance, and its market share has been rising steadily.

Services in all first- and second-tier cities have been launched one after another.

Compared with Du Qingqing's era, the trial operation in Binhai and Yangcheng is undoubtedly a big step forward, and a new city is won every three days on average.

This is not only due to Wang Xin's leadership, but also to the powerful ground push team that Wang Xin has cultivated since the days of the mold group.

This powerful local promotion team, with its strong execution ability, continues to conquer cities and territories in the field of tourism and hotels with reference to the previous group buying war mode.

It's all good.

After winning the Thousand Regiments War, the former Space-Time Mild Group expanded its business from group buying to takeaway, travel, hotels, movie tickets and other local life businesses in only three or four years.

Not without reason.

Also reflected from the side, it was indeed a very cost-effective deal for the Qingcheng Group to absorb the mildew group.

Merging business is still in the second place, the key is the rare talent.

It is no exaggeration to say that although Qingcheng Group has not participated in the food delivery war from the beginning to the end, Qingcheng has already taken the lead in the local life service track.

Not to mention, the two new businesses of Qingcheng Bicycle and shared power bank are still in the process of incubation.

"How do you respond to Qingcheng's attack on hotels and tourism business, dolphin travel and camel travel?" Zhang Shuo asked.

Whether it is dolphin travel or camel travel, they are all old players in the tourism industry.

"They're in a bit of a hurry."

Wang Xin is naturally also paying attention to the dynamics of these two competitors.

"According to the information I got, Scarlet Capital seems to intend to attract Tenda and promote the merger of Dolphin Travel and Camel Travel in order to build a moat and prevent Qingcheng from expanding in tourism and hotel business."

"Oh, it's the old trick again."

That's all the capital can do. If they can't beat them, they will promote mergers and form a market monopoly.

Zhang Shuo was not surprised that Tengda participated this time.

Not to mention Tengda's recent knots with Germination, even if it is only for business considerations, after the wholly-owned acquisition of Dacong Dianping, Tengda intends to expand its investment in the local life service track.

It is expected to use local life service scenarios to promote Tenda Maps and Caifutong.

The latter two are of great significance to Tenda.

Especially Caifutong, originally wanted to challenge the status of Zhifubao, but the challenge was not successful, but Weixin paid halfway.

Let alone challenging Zhifubao now, they are at a disadvantage in the competition with Weixin Payment.

Take the local life service track, because Zhang Shuo is very interesting, he did not disable Zhifubao in the Qingcheng app, and Ari Dianping also introduced Weixin payment.

Although you have to pull down to find it, at least it's not an alternative.

As for Nomi.com under Qiandu, due to the good cooperative relationship between Qiandu and Sprout, and Qiandu itself does not have a payment tool, it uses Weixin Payment as the main payment tool.

In other words.

Among the four giants of local life services, Weixin Pay has three, and Caifutong has only one.

Sit down!

In addition to the local life track, Weixin Pay is superior to Caifutong in various scenarios such as mobile game recharge payment and offline payment, and it seems to be a strong challenger to Zhifubao.

How can this not make Tenda anxious? !

"If dolphin travel and camel travel merge, how much impact will it have on Qingcheng's tourism and hotel business?" Zhang Shuo asked.

"To be honest, the challenge is not small."

Wang Xin is also very pragmatic. "After all, these two are old-fashioned travel websites. Not only are they rich in experience, but the key is to accumulate a sufficient number of customers and merchants. Once merged, it will be difficult for other new forces to get involved."

Since there is the shadow of Tengda behind him.

No need to think about it, after the merger of the two companies, Tenda will definitely divert traffic through ICQ.

This will further weaken the advantages of the Green Orange Group.

Although Weixin's reputation is better than that of ICQ, user inertia cannot be ignored. Coupled with the huge user base accumulated by ICQ, even if Tenda looks ugly, it still has huge traffic.

The value of the ICQ secondary entrance must not be ignored.

"Then what can you do to prevent the merger of these two companies? For example, anti-monopoly." Zhang Shuo asked.

"It's hard to stop."

Wang Xin is not optimistic, "You understand Huaxia's anti-monopoly, especially in the Internet industry."

"All right!"

Of course Zhang Shuo understands that even after a few years, the change is limited.

A fine of hundreds of thousands or millions is probably not even a scratch for the giants. Only a few companies such as Ari and Meituan have tasted the iron fist of anti-monopoly.

Tengda has always been a thief.

"Hey, about dolphin travel and camel travel, I have heard people complain, saying that using Xiaomi and Apple mobile phones, new users and old users, the same hotel, the price is different, it seems that there is a phenomenon of big data killing familiarity .I don’t know, have you noticed related problems?”

Since other methods did not work, Zhang Shuo could only give Wang Xin some evil tricks.

In my impression, big data killing has been widely exposed since 2018. Dick Taxi, Motuan, including dolphin travel and camel travel, all have similar problems.

But Zhang Shuo can't do it. These companies only started to mature in 2018.

It must have started early.

Yuan Shikong Zhang Shuo hated this behavior deeply, and the Fly Restaurant, second only to the food delivery industry, just took this opportunity to pierce this pustule in advance.

It can also warn latecomers not to be too ugly when eating.

It can be said to serve multiple purposes.

"That's a good deal...cough..."

Wang Xin's eyes lit up subconsciously, and then he realized something was wrong, and quickly changed his words and said: "This is a good breakthrough, I will arrange someone to test it."

Once the relevant evidence is in hand, it is a trump card against the merger of the two companies.

"You can arrange it."

Zhang Shuo glanced at Wang Xin, "I declare again, Qingcheng must not engage in such crooked ways. If you find out, then don't blame me for being merciless."

"Don't worry."

Wang Xin looked embarrassed, but he really listened.

At the end of the conversation, Wang Xin did not forget to congratulate Zhang Shuo: "Mr. Zhang, congratulations."

"Congratulations on what?"

Zhang Shuo was at a loss.

"Congratulations on receiving the Youth Medal."

"Oh, you said that, thanks."

Today is the May [-]th Youth Day, and just yesterday, the official announcement of this year's youth medal winners, Zhang Shuo's name is impressively listed, becoming the only young entrepreneur.

It is a great honor.

The fact that Zhang Shuo can be officially nominated is not only because Germination has done a good job, but also because Germination is fulfilling its corporate social responsibility. It is indeed a role model and a benchmark.

The meaning of pushing Zhang Shuo to the foreground is also self-evident.

.........

Met Wang Xin, Zhang Shuo met Pei Weiping.

It must be rained and dewed.

Compared with meeting Wang Xin, Pei Weiping was an old subordinate and one of the executives that Zhang Shuo relied on and trusted the most, so the atmosphere of the conversation was naturally more relaxed.

"50 billion service fee, is it stressful?" Zhang Shuo asked with a smile.

Ari can easily spend 350 billion, which is because of Ari's size and brand influence. In addition, Ari has already achieved profitability, so he is naturally full of confidence.

Green oranges are different.

Counting from the roots of Qingcheng retail, it has only been established for two years, and it is still in a period of loss.

It's almost fatal.

But there is no way, the brothers have to settle accounts clearly.

If Qingcheng collapsed because it couldn’t pay the service fee, or if it didn’t work well, that’s nothing but proof that the business model that Zhang Shuo gave Qingcheng wasn’t working.

As early as when Qingcheng opened its A round of financing, it was doomed not to receive blood transfusions from Germination.

Need to be self-reliant.

In the business circle, if you can't make a profit yourself, the so-called self-reliance, in fact, only financing is left to go, and it is difficult to obtain loans from banks.

this is the truth.

"There must be pressure. I still have to pay it in five years, otherwise I won't be able to bear it." Even when encountering difficulties, Pei Weiping spoke in a leisurely manner.

"But it's okay, I can still resist."

"In addition to the capital increase and B-round financing you proposed, I also plan to issue some corporate bonds at the right time, and cry with the Yangcheng officials to see if I can get some bank loans."

After all, Qingcheng Group is also an enterprise of Yangcheng.

Yangcheng can't ignore it at all.

If this is the case, the Qingcheng Group can move its headquarters to other cities, such as Jiangxia, Shancheng, and Rongcheng. It is estimated that they will welcome them with both hands, and they will definitely give them what they want.

Because it is not a physical manufacturing industry, relocating the headquarters is a matter of minutes.

Can Yangcheng really remain indifferent?

A unicorn company valued at 70 billion, even in Yangcheng, should be offered as a treasure.

"It's a good idea that crying babies have milk."

Zhang Shuo was very relieved that Pei Weiping did not stick to the circle set by the board of directors, but found a way out by himself, which is what a qualified professional manager should do.

You can't wait for everything, you have to give full play to your subjective initiative.

"I'll let you know too."

In private with Pei Weiping, some things can be said more thoroughly.

"Next year's second tranche of [-] billion service fees, the group's initial idea is to increase capital. When the third tranche of [-] billion service fees next year is almost ready to start the C round of financing."

wait until then.

The valuation of Qingcheng must have already exceeded [-] billion, and it is no problem to raise [-] billion.

"it is good!"

Pei Weiping also quietly breathed a sigh of relief, feeling more confident.

.........

After returning from Yangcheng, Zhang Shuo went to see the old man again on the weekend, and chatted with the second uncle by the way.

"Don't eat alone, okay."

Tang Yi was very pleased with Zhang Shuo's ability to adjust his business strategy in a timely manner, and said with a smile, "The funding problem has been solved. Next, is Germination making another big move?"

"No way."

Zhang Shuo made a fool of himself on purpose.

"Xiao Shuo, what you said last time about building a research university in Binhai City, how is it going?" Mr. Tang rarely cared about Zhang Shuo's affairs.

This surprised Second Uncle and Zhang Shuo.

Since the old man retired, he has enclosed himself in a small courtyard, and he doesn't hear anything outside the window, but he rarely cares about the affairs of the outside world. Even if he witnessed the sprout from scratch, he never made a sound.

did not expect.

Today, however, he broke the precept, and rarely cared about the progress of the preparations for the construction of Haibin University.

"Sprout is already conducting feasibility studies on the site selection, planning and design, school-running philosophy, school-running scale, and school-running methods of Seaside University. A detailed project report has not yet been formed."

Zhang Shuo answered honestly.

"This is a major event that will benefit thousands of years. We must be cautious and hurry up. It is the name of Haibin University. It is easy to be confused with Binhai University. Can I make a suggestion?"

"Of course, please tell me."

Zhang Shuo was flattered, the more he knew about Old Tang's resume, the more he respected this old man.

"Let's call it Oriental University of Technology."

"Hiss, this name is domineering!!!"

According to Zhang Shuo's original intention, of course he did it in such a low-key way, how dare he choose such a domineering name.

But when Mr. Tang opened his golden mouth, the meaning was completely different.

"Okay, let's call it Oriental University of Technology."

Zhang Shuo is also under a lot of pressure. If he doesn't do a good job, he will really live up to his good name.

.........

Monday, May 5.

Only one weekend has passed, and the news that Dolphin Travel and Camel Travel are about to merge should be deliberately released by Scarlet Capital and Tenda.

Test the reactions of all parties.

It also coincided with the eve of the Internet Conference, and this news attracted even more attention.

Netizens scolded first.

"Liu Liu, join if you can't beat it?"

"Let's go, what the hell is this set, let's play house here?"

"If these two companies are merged, do we customers still have the right to speak? Don't let others slaughter us."

"Monopoly, this is Chiguoguo's monopoly!!!"

"I was wrong, and I solemnly apologize to Mengya. Before, I complained about Mengya's lack of ideals. Now it seems that compared to Tengda, this salty fish, Mengya is many times better."

"Without comparison, there is no harm."

……

There is no doubt that netizens are usually dissatisfied with Tenda's ugly eating, but they can only vent their dissatisfaction on the Internet.

Other than that, nothing can be done.

At the same time, the news that Autonet plans to transfer some of its shares before going public, including the news that Qingcheng Group is about to start its B round of financing, has also quietly spread in the venture capital circle.

The pot was fried in one go.

Just like before, countless investors and investment institutions started to go crazy, using various methods to get in touch with the Sprout Investment M&A Department, Qingcheng Group, Automobile Network, etc. to inquire about news.

Everyone wants a piece of it.

And the legend about King Meng's awakening naturally became more and more popular, which slightly washed away Zhang Shuo's stigma.

It's hilarious.

I guess it lasted for a while.

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