giants of the era

Chapter 518 Confidence crisis!

At this point, Airbnb has attracted countless investors.

In order to win her, William offered a sky-high price of 10 billion U.S. dollars. The price couldn't help but stunned people. The venture capitalists shook their heads and sadly withdrew from the competition.

The rich and powerful Lord is really not to be trifled with.

The acquisition of more than 10 billion US dollars on the Internet can also be called a big deal, and it immediately attracted the attention of the media.

Airbnb was dubbed "the EBay of housing" by Time Magazine.

However, the tree attracts the wind.

The acquisition of Airbnb by William is equivalent to being acquired by Li Zetian. Therefore, many things related to Airbnb have been magnified, and soon there are business rivals that have shocked the scandal of Airbnb.

"It's awesome! Airbnb houses installed cameras, and the landlord secretly filmed the tenant's sex~~love video, threatened money, and even asked to have sex with the female tenant!"

"Airbnb is actually a 'dating~cannon artifact'. Many landlords do not charge tenants money, but ask tenants to accompany him to do some indescribable things every night, such as sex!"

"..."

The Airbnb scandal has been revealed, which can not help but make the site even more popular.

Some netizens said: "Wow! I didn't even know there was a website like Airbnb before. After seeing these news, I realized that there is such a powerful 'joy ~~ gun artifact'! Ha ha, my family There are a lot of vacant rooms, which beauty wants to rent, it’s free~~~”

"Damn, you are crazy, you are a beast in clothes, how can you install a camera in the room? It's immoral, it's shameless! I have used Airbnb a few times, and the experience is novel, but when I think that I may have been secretly photographed, I think I feel disgusting in my heart, and I will never use Airbnb again!"

"It's okay, not all Airbnb hosts are so perverted. Many hotels have actually installed cameras in the rooms. So, my advice to everyone is, whether you are using Airbnb or staying in a hotel, you must Be careful, it’s best not to have sex. Don’t be afraid of [-], just in case.”

"If you don't have sex when you get a hotel room, then why go to the hotel?"

"..."

At this time, the most depressed person was William. He never expected that something would go wrong just after he bought Airbnb.

"Jingle Bell!"

Suddenly, the phone rang.

William answered the phone, and a voice came from the other side saying: "Mr. Li, the number of registered users of Airbnb has skyrocketed!"

"Really?!" William was stunned, and the scandal can also cause a surge in Airbnb users?But looking back, this data may be true, but if the reputation of Airbnb is bad, the company will soon hit the ceiling and the development space will be limited.

This is a wave of unrest and another wave, and soon another scandal broke out.

"Shocking!!! A host on Airbnb was ransacked by travelers!"

As soon as the news came out, Airbnb couldn’t help but suffer from a major crisis of trust in the Internet, which seriously threatened the development of Airbnb.

William suddenly felt dizzy, "Oh, damn, there are so many problems with Airbnb!!!"

When William returned home, he felt very uncomfortable and had no appetite to eat.

Li Zetian glanced at him and said, "Is something wrong with Airbnb?"

"Yes, the constant scandals have led to a major crisis of trust in Airbnb. If it is not handled properly, it may lead to the decline of the Airbnb website!" William said with a worried face.

Li Zetian said lightly: "Since it is a crisis of trust, then create some very valuable solutions to build a trust network."

"Yes, our team is trying to find a way!" William nodded. He raised his head and looked at his father. He was as calm as usual, with a smile on his lips. William couldn't help thinking that his father was omnipotent. There is already a solution.

"Dad, you must have thought of a solution, tell me!" William poured Li Zetian a glass of red wine courteously.

Li Zetian smiled slightly and nodded: "I really thought of a lot of ideas."

"Then tell me quickly!"

"Okay, but I will say a part, and the rest is up to you."

"Ok, no problem."

Li Zetian pondered at this moment, and said: "The way to build trust is actually very simple, such as creating a new 'identity verification' function, by linking other social networks of travelers or homeowners, such as Facebook, Weibo, WeChat, etc., to establish effective trust. Endorsement. The authentication function can also be added to the Airbnb platform to realize the real-name system and help enhance trust between travelers and hosts.

The other is to establish a real evaluation system.Since the reviews come from both parties, landlords and tenants are very worried that if they leave a real review that includes negative, then the other party will give themselves a negative review.To solve this problem, Airbnb should allow only when both parties have completed the review to be displayed at the same time. "

Li Zetian paused, looked at William and said: "Trust is a problem that needs to be faced and dealt with for all products, but this problem is the most important for Airbnb! Therefore, a set of The credit mechanism is the top priority of Airbnb, which mainly focuses on four aspects:
1. Tenant's trust in homeowner.

2. Landlord's trust in landlord.

3. Mutual trust between tenants and landlords.

4. Everyone trusts Airbnb. "

After hearing this, William couldn't help admiring his father, but at the same time he smiled wryly: "Dad, why do you know more about Airbnb than I do? I'm so ashamed!"

Li Zetian took a sip of the red wine, smiled lightly, and did not speak.

William sighed in his heart, feeling that he would never be able to surpass his father in this life.

After dinner, William immediately went upstairs to sort out what Li Zetian said just now, and then contacted Joe Gebbia, CEO of Airbnb, to launch these trust-building functions.

After hearing William's story, Joe Gebbia was shocked: "As the founder and CEO of Airbnb, I don't know Airbnb as well as the other party. Fortunately, I agreed to be acquired, otherwise, if there is such a strong competition opponent, Airbnb must not be its opponent!"

After a while, Joe Gebbia said: "Okay, Mr. Li, I believe that with your words tonight, Airbnb's crisis of trust will be resolved soon!"

"Well, that would be the best!"

After William finished speaking, he hung up the phone.

A week later, the Airbnb website and APP were updated.The new Airbnb has established a very useful trust mechanism, which immediately won the support and favor of many people, and the business volume increased rapidly!
William finally breathed a sigh of relief when Airbnb came back to life.

So focus on Uber and shared bicycles.

William not only wants to make Uber into a taxi software, but also wants to add shared bicycles to it.This does not seem to be contradictory, because they all solve people's travel problems, which should be more conducive to the development of Uber.

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