Reborn Millennial Gamer

In early September, the autumn tiger comes down the mountain, and the weather is extremely hot.

The swimming pool located in the villa was rippling with blue water, like sapphires scattered on the emerald green lawn. Parasols were set up on the marble in the outer circle, and Lu Fei was lying on a lounge chair.

In sight, Yang Mi and Liu Shishi, the two heroines of the popular summer movie "Youth", were playing in the water. The waves were turbulent, and their lively and melodious laughter echoed.

"Lao Xu, how was the investigation?"

Lu Fei held his cell phone and took off his sunglasses.

"We checked the hotel where Kalanick stayed, and followed his room phone to check the numbers that had been dialed in the past few days. Not to mention, we actually found key clues." Xu Lei said with a smile, "There were several numbers that were dialed. It’s very frequent, so I asked my connections to check, who do you think it is? Haha, it’s Liu Qing, and there’s Didi’s phone number.”

"I knew there must be something fishy about Kalanick's sudden visit to China. It turned out that he was talking about cooperation with Didi."

Lu Fei slowly stood up.

“Could Didi pull Uber to invest in it?”

Xu Lei speculated: "Or join forces to deal with Shunfeng?"

"How can Kalanick be so arrogant, how can he think highly of Didi? Cooperation is impossible, but Uber may support Didi and fight an agent war with Shunfeng in the Chinese market."

Lu Fei took a sip of iced lemon oolong tea.

“Isn’t this a coincidence? Just as we thought, Shunfeng has also invested in Lyft, Uber’s rival in North America.”

Xu Lei couldn't help laughing, Shunfeng was also training agents.

"But compared with the game that Uber has laid out now, we probably don't have enough chess pieces. I've said that in Europe, India, South America, and Southeast Asia, wherever Uber enters the market, all tailwinds will follow suit. What are you doing? Sample?"

Lu Fei squinted his eyes and admired the two hibiscus emerging from the water.

"It's not bad, it's going very well."

There was a hint of pride in Xu Lei's tone.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Just like Uber invested in Didi, all taxi-hailing software that competes with Uber in the world, such as Tianzhu’s Ola and Russia’s Yandex.Taxi, all invested in it.

It even plans to acquire the Brazilian taxi-hailing software company “99”.

In a market where there are no competitors for Uber, there are no difficulties. Then create difficulties yourself and enter Mexico, Uber’s third largest market, to establish a base behind enemy lines.

Almost as powerful as Uber.

"But it's a pity that Uber didn't enter the Chinese market in person this time. Otherwise, this battle would have been more and more enjoyable."

Lu Fei actually felt like he was alone and seeking defeat.

"It's fun, but the consumption is still quite large. Although I don't know how much funding Uber provided to Didi, it is estimated that it will be no less than tens of millions of dollars. If Didi continues to engage in a price war with us after replenishing its ammunition, If so, I'm afraid Shunfeng will have to raise another round of financing, otherwise it will not be conducive to entanglement with Didi in China, nor will it be conducive to the subsequent full-scale agency battle with Uber, nor will it be conducive to Shunfeng's global market layout."

Xu Lei pondered for a while, "What do you think?"

"I agree. Among the ones you have on hand now, are there any that are more reliable and useful?"

What Lu Fei asked was to seek capital for investment tailwinds.

It is impossible to wait until the funds raised in the last round of financing are exhausted, and then look for money everywhere. It will be too late.

Often when funds are raised in this round, or when half of the funds raised are spent, the company begins to look for a new round of capital targets, otherwise it will be passive in financing negotiations.

Instead of looking for money, you have to let the money come to you!

"SoftBank, it goes without saying."

Xu Lei felt like he was being taken advantage of, "But do you really think you can rely on SoftBank to open Neon's online ride-hailing market?"

"I have never thought about it this way. In my map of conquering the Asian market, neon is not included at all."

Lu Fei also looked disgusted.

My purpose of promoting Shunfeng, a taxi-hailing app, around the world is not only to fight an agent war with Uber to compete for territory, market, and valuation, but also to cooperate with Logic and BYD’s artificial intelligence and new energy. Automotive strategy.

BYD, in particular, has integrated a vertical industrial chain covering upstream to downstream businesses, and has strong advantages in cost control.

In the previous life, the reason why big price cuts were made every once in a while to backstab old car owners was because of this vertical industry supply chain system.

By changing these large price cuts on the surface and cleverly naming them into BYD's preferential subsidies for electric taxis and even private cars on the Shunfeng platform, it is equivalent to doing BYD's brand marketing and marketing to the world and increasing overseas sales. .

Exactly, this is what BYD lacks.

As for the boatman's boat and dock, Mr. Lu has prepared them.

Everything is ready, except for the east wind of new energy vehicles, but this strong wind cannot blow the neon market.

After all, cars in Xiaoli are heavily skewed towards local brands.

Not to mention that Neon has focused its national fortunes on hydrogen energy vehicles, and it is absolutely impossible to make electric vehicles satisfactory.

Therefore, Neon was not included in Shunfeng's strategy goals at all, but Bangzi, Singapore, Indonesia...

"What can we do about this? As you promised in advance, Masayoshi Son is eagerly waiting for our news."

Xu Lei sighed helplessly.

"Although SoftBank is not of use on Neon's side, you can use it when expanding your business in Europe."

Lu Fei reminded that compared with the Southeast Asian market and the Eastern European market, the Western European market is the most important.

"No wonder you want to involve Deutsche Bank."

Xu Lei said with a smile: "But Southeast Asia, what are you going to do? You can't do it on your own, right? Why don't you join Line? With its influence in Southeast Asia, and it will be listed this year, the market value is estimated to be about the same as Facebook. It’s also worth hundreds of billions of dollars!”

"I have my own arrangements."

Lu Feiyan revealed briefly and concisely that under the instruction of him and sisters Li Fuzhen, Kakao under the name of Line founded Grab, a taxi-hailing software specifically tailored for the Southeast Asian market.

It not only provides online ride-hailing services, but also, like Meituan, will extend to food delivery, hotels, catering, ticketing and other businesses in the future, becoming a comprehensive life and entertainment service platform.

It just so happened that Li Fuzhen was in charge of Samsung's hotel and park business.

It just so happens that Ivanka and her family also have businesses in real estate, resorts, hotels, etc., and their cooperation may expand to Europe and the United States in the future.

"Hi~"

Xu Lei couldn't help but think about this grand future blueprint, and took a breath, "Can we also get involved?"

“Don’t worry, there will be no shortage of Meituan and Feigou.”

The smile on Lu Fei's lips grew stronger and stronger.

"Not to mention Meituan's investment in Grab, if Feigou takes a stake, it can directly become our branch in Southeast Asia."

Xu Lei knew very well that Southeast Asia had no place in Feigou Jingdong's international e-commerce map. It was like tasteless food, but it was a pity to abandon it and simply supported an "obedient" platform.

"How is it over there in Xiangjiang?"

Lu Fei stretched his waist.

"A Xiangjiang consortium was formed, led by the Huo family and the Hu family, and the next round will be led by the Zheng family, the Guo family, and the Li family."

Xu Lei smiled and said: "In addition to giving money, they agreed to help us resolve the cooperation between Shunfeng and Xiangjiang Taxi Company."

"Hu family? Which Hu family?"

Lu Fei frowned in confusion.

"Hu Yingxiang, the former richest man in Xiangjiang."

Xu Lei introduced: "They were also the first delegation of Xiangjiang entrepreneurs to go north to the mainland and visited many cities from north to south. Like Mr. Huo, his Xiangjiang Hehe invested in the Hua Xia Hotel to earn back the cost and put it into operation. The hotel donated it free of charge.”

After a pause: "He was also the first to propose a plan to build a cross-border bridge connecting Hong Kong, Lisboa and Zhuhai. He can be regarded as the 'first person to build the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge'." "Oh?"

Lu Fei was surprised.

Xu Lei couldn't help but sigh: "If the Hu family hadn't put their energy and funds in the mainland, and most of the projects would be donated to the government as long as the original cost was recovered, otherwise, the position of the richest man would still not belong to Li Jiacheng, but it would be hard to say Sigh."

"This Hu family is qualified to give me a ride. If there are high-quality projects in the future, I can also take them with me."

Lu Fei showed a satisfied smile, he was patriotic after all.

"The Hu family is also the key to the smooth march into Xiangjiang."

Xu Lei explained: "Hu Yingxiang and his father were nicknamed the 'Taxi King'. At that time, they could almost monopolize the taxi business in Hong Kong. If you take a taxi in Hong Kong, it will be theirs nine times out of ten." Family management, although its influence has declined over the past many years, it still has a lot of energy in the taxi industry. Helping Shunfeng get it done is like a blessing."

"That would be great."

Lu Fei waved to Liu Shishi and Yang Mi.

"Moreover, don't forget our Caifubao. Now we can take advantage of the favorable wind to break into the taxi payment scene in Xiangjiang. It will be easier to spread this big business in Xiangjiang."

You can hear Xu Lei's excitement through the phone.

"There is still a future."

Lu Fei raised his chin and thought about map surveying.

The Here map navigation "robbed" from Nokia can also be used in Hong Kong, Europe, South America, Southeast Asia and other areas, plus software and hardware such as Logic, Shenzhou, Penguin, Line, Feigou, etc., if there are special needs , it is even possible to create a prism similar to Forebo.

As long as the country really needs it...

Suddenly, my neck felt itchy and I wanted to be roped.

"Haha, I guess Didi and Uber didn't expect that our price war was a sword dance with the wind, aiming at Uber!"

Xu Lei grinned.

“It depends on the news from Didi and Uber.”

Lu Fei put his arms around their small waists, but was absent-minded. The two giants Shunfeng and Uber were about to face off.

Behind the scenes will be a money-burning war of the century between China Capital and capital led by Wall Street, closely surrounding taxi-hailing software.

…………

"Strange, really strange."

In Wanliu Academy Villa, Liu Chuanzhi just climbed out of the indoor swimming pool, drying his body and talking to himself.

"Dad, what are you thinking about?"

Liu Qing came over carrying the fruit plate.

"Kalanick told you that he met Lu Fei before meeting you, right?" Liu Chuanzhi frowned.

"Yes, he said that meal was the worst meal he had ever eaten in his life, bar none." Liu Qing ate the iced watermelon.

"Since Lu Fei knew that Kalanick came to China, why didn't he do anything except meet and have a meal once?"

Liu Chuanzhi's doubts became more and more serious.

"Dad, what you said next..."

Liu Qing was puzzled.

"Based on my understanding of this little bastard Lu Fei, knowing that Uber refuses to follow Shunfeng for the sake of peace, I will never let Uber go easily. But up to now, there has been no action at all."

Liu Chuanzhi ate watermelon and muttered "abnormal".

"Dad, with Uber's size, Shunfeng won't be able to deal with it for a while." Liu Qing changed the subject, "Don't think about it for now. Uber said it can acquire up to 5% of the shares from old shareholders. What do you have here? No intention to sell?"

“Then it also depends on what price Uber offers?”

Liu Chuanzhi looked sideways.

"Yuri is the same as Kalanick, 5%, 2500 million US dollars." Liu Qing made no secret.

"In other words, if Uber takes 20% and Yuri takes 5%, the entire Didi valuation is US$5 million, about 31 billion RMB." Liu Chuanzhi touched his chin.

"What do you think?"

There was a look of pride on Liu Qing's face.

"Too little, too little, just this little. Why should I invest in Didi? Isn't it because I want to wait for billions or tens of billions of dollars before making a move? What's more, now Uber has also taken a stake, after Didi The valuation may usher in a wave of bullishness.”

Liu Chuanzhi shook his head and laughed.

"Are your uncles willing to take action?"

Liu Qing pursed her lips.

"Haha, they can't afford to be too early if they can't make a profit. When they hear that Youyi has invested in Didi, they won't sell it."

Liu Chuanzhi waved his hand: "You, please stop targeting us people."

"Oh, in the end, there will only be Uncle Luyun."

Liu Qing sighed softly.

"What! Lu Yun wants to sell his shares!"

When Liu Chuanzhi heard this, he stood up.

Liu Qing was startled when he heard his serious inquiry and repeatedly confirmed that he heard correctly. Lu Yun really wanted to sell his shares.

"How could he sell it? Why would he sell it?"

Liu Chuanzhi's brows knitted together.

"Yeah, Dad, I'm also very confused. He was obviously the one who proposed the founding of Didi, and he is also one of the founders of Didi. It has only been less than two years of development, and he is actually thinking of cashing out."

“And it’s at such a critical moment for UNO to invest.”

"Yes, it's so incredible. I can't understand what he is thinking at all, even though he holds a lot of Didi shares..."

Liu Qing cast an inquiring look.

"It may be that the money invested in you before was misappropriated from the precipitated funds of Yipay, and now it needs to be repaid, or maybe he cashed out to start a new business." Liu Chuanzhi looked at the calm water, "This Taishan meeting, it is said that Yipay is going to launch a 'credit loan' and has recently become very close to some P2P platforms."

"P2P!?"

Liu Qing was shocked. During the subprime mortgage crisis that year, the P2P crisis was earth-shattering. He never expected that Lu Yun would dare to touch P2P.

"True or false, who knows?"

Liu Chuanzhi raised his hand, "Perhaps because of such a large proportion of financing from Uber, Lu Yun felt that rather than having his shares diluted by 25%, it would be better to simply sell them and be done with it. After all, the current Internet is full of opportunities. "

"Ugh……"

Liu Qing felt half admiration and half sympathy in her heart.

What I admire is that Lu Yun is able to fight and lose despite Lu Fei's horrific torture and suppression. He has been able to sustain himself for so many years. His will is commendable, but what I sympathize with is that now this will to refuse to admit defeat, I'm afraid. The smoke has disappeared, otherwise——

How could we fall into P2P?

At this thought, I shuddered suddenly. If Didi failed, would I also end up like this?

It seems that Mr. Lu has never let go of the Liu family...

Why is it?