Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 616 The richest man has invincible connections

Ji Qi glanced over there, and after finding that he was also a yellow-skinned man, there was a strange look in his eyes, and then he said confidently: "It is impossible for foreign capital to accompany Ctrip to the end, as long as Ctrip shows a weak posture, it will run away at that time." The fastest gainers are these foreign investment companies that hold the most Ctrip shares.”

Lu Yiming was a little surprised that Ji Qi could say such a thing, and then he smiled and said, "It seems that you have grown a lot during this time. So the only way to get back Ctrip at the least cost is to first Ctrip was hammered to death."

Ji Qi nodded slightly, and said with a firm gaze: "Well, as long as Home Inn annexes Ctrip, Home Inns can dominate the entire online travel industry, so I will go all out in this battle and fight Ctrip to the end."

Expanding business is nothing more than comparing who can burn more money.

With a big backer like Lu Yiming, Ji Qi can be said to be full of confidence.

What's more, Lu Yiming also helped him improve the business model of the express hotel before. Even if it's not about burning money but about service quality, Homeinn has an advantage, so Ji Qi doesn't panic at all, let alone think he will lose.

foreign investment?

Foreign capital is nothing.

At this moment, Yang Xiangdong held his wine glass, walked over the crowd to Lu Yiming, and introduced himself with a smile on his face: "Hello, Mr. Lu, I am the managing director of Carlyle Investment Group of America, Carlyle's Asian buyout fund." I will be in charge of the business in the future, and I hope to have the opportunity to cooperate with a young hero like you, Mr. Lu."

Although he harbored hostility in his heart, Yang Xiangdong was a decent person after all, so he wouldn't just shout and kill as soon as he came up, that kind of street gangster's posture was too unstructured.

As a double-degree student with an MBA degree from Harvard Business School and a bachelor's degree in economics from Harvard University, Yang Xiangdong does not allow himself to be so unstyled. He prefers to use financial means and business competition to defeat his opponents.

After all, for the upper class, being able to kill without seeing blood is the real skill.

Lu Yiming also greeted him with a smile: "Where is that, Mr. Yang is so polite. I heard that you have worked in Goldman Sachs for nearly ten years after graduation. Now, he is poached by the Carlyle Group with a lot of money to lead all the acquisitions in the Asia-Pacific region, and he will definitely be able to make great achievements in the future."

The two talked and laughed happily, and those who didn't know it thought they were close friends who hadn't seen each other for many years.

Yang Xiangdong is gentle and elegant, and his conversation makes people feel like a spring breeze. Only a pair of eyes reveals the cruelty and ferocity of a wolf.

As a complete rentier in a civilized society, Yang Xiangdong is a pure "carnivore" in the business field. He is not so much an investor as a hunter, specializing in hunting those who he considers valuable. commercial company.

He has now taken a fancy to Rujia.

"Mr. Lu, the online travel industry is just emerging. Ctrip is the pioneer of the industry, and Home Inn is a rising star. Rather than fighting to the death, the two parties can benefit from cooperation. What does Mr. Lu think of this idea?"

When Lu Yiming heard it, he immediately understood. No wonder this kid came over to toast on his own initiative. It turned out that he was here to make peace.

He smiled slightly, but said bluntly: "I don't think so."

Obviously, Lu Yiming did not intend to cooperate with Ctrip. The most important thing was that he was very displeased with the American and Japanese capital forces behind Ctrip, and did not want to be in trouble with them.

And Yang Xiangdong felt very unhappy with Lu Yiming's attitude.After all, the two confronted each other for several rounds just now, both of them were gentle and smiling, but now Lu Yiming is straightforward, without any euphemism, which makes Yang Xiangdong feel very ashamed.

In fact, he looks down on Lu Yiming's "wild way" investors from the bottom of his heart, but he is a shrewd investment agent, so he will never act arrogantly when profit is at stake.

So he still patiently persuaded: "Mr. Lu, maybe the previous incident caused a little misunderstanding between us, but there is nothing that cannot be discussed in business matters. I hope that we can put aside the past, It is in the best interest of both of us to make the most sensible judgment."

Obviously, although the shareholders of Carlyle Investment are very unhappy with Lu Yiming, capitalists, in order to make money, they can put face and other things aside first.

Hearing what he said, Lu Yiming immediately sneered and said, "You were able to refuse me to invest in Ctrip before, but now I can't refuse you to invest in Home Inns? Isn't this too double standard?"

Seeing that being soft would not work, Yang Xiangdong changed the subject and planned to be tough.

"Mr. Lu, please don't be too arrogant. If Home Inn and Ctrip go to war, there is a high probability that both sides will suffer in the end. Once the IPO fails and the road to listing is cut off, it will be doomed. You don't want your investment to be lost in the end, right? "

First lure, then intimidation, Yang Xiangdong's strategy is perfect every step of the way.

As a lobbyist for capital, he is undoubtedly extremely successful. Whenever he meets a normal investor, he can persuade the other party to stop making peace.

It's a pity that he met such a person as Lu Yiming who didn't play cards according to common sense.

Faced with Yang Xiangdong's threat, instead of being angry, Lu Yiming showed a somewhat mocking and disdainful expression: "Brother, think about it carefully, what do they call me? They call me the richest man! I can afford to lose money, but I don't know if you are lucky Can Lei invest in a loss?"

Yang Xiangdong couldn't help but his face changed slightly, it was obvious that Lu Yiming's words got to the point.

Losing money compared with the richest man?The brain is more or less seriously ill.

"So, are you determined to fight against me? Can't we really turn hostility into friendship?"

Lu Yiming said bluntly, "I can't."

Yang Xiangdong asked, "Why?"

"Because I have bad legs and feet, I can't kneel down."

"Hey, Mr. Lu, it seems that you have too much prejudice against our Carlyle investment."

"prejudice?"

Lu Yiming laughed again: "If you want to talk about prejudice, it is because you have a deep prejudice against the country. You imagined that Xia Guo was poor and weak 100 years ago, and could not fight back. Unfortunately, times have changed. , we also have the right to say no."

Seeing that the persuasion failed, Yang Xiangdong didn't say anything more, turned and left.There was no expression on his face, and no one could guess what he was thinking.

Yu Jiayi didn't dare to take a breath at the side. It wasn't until Yang Xiangdong left that she couldn't help but stepped forward and asked Lu Yiming: "Boss Lu, will this offend anyone?"

The Carlyle Group is an international giant, and she instinctively believed from the bottom of her heart that she should not be offended.

Lu Yiming said with a smile: "What offends you? Foreign investors are cheap. If you act gentle, humble, and polite, they will only think you are easy to bully, and then push forward. But if you act like a barbarian, you are still very powerful." , then they won’t dare to provoke you.”

"I see!"

Yu Jiayi suddenly realized.

Then Lu Yiming said to her: "What's more, when I shorted the US stocks, I already offended the Carlyle Group, and it's not worse than today. So, it's called lice don't itch, debt doesn't worry."

Ji Qi came over and said with a smile: "Mr. Lu is really too domineering! Now the Carlyle Group should give up this idea. If you want me to say, these people are really double-standard dogs. Before you want to invest in Ctrip When they disagreed, now we reject their investment and say it’s our problem, and they have told us both the pros and cons.”

Lu Yiming said flatly: "That's how they are. After all, they were still monkeys 1000 years ago, and they are still animals. They only think about begging for mercy if they can't be beaten, and they don't think about other things at all."

"Haha, Mr. Lu is still the best, he can see through it at a glance. Now I don't have any worries at all, and I have to fight Ctrip to the end!"

"come on."

In the next few hours, many people put forward their opinions and views on tourism-related industries, but Lu Yiming helped Ji Qi solve the problem and ran away with Yu Jiayi.He felt that instead of wasting time on such things, he might as well go home and lie on the sofa and watch more episodes of soap operas.

Lu Yiming's departure did not cause much commotion, and the event ended in a relaxed and enthusiastic atmosphere.

A few days later, Yang Xiangdong participated in a program, and the host asked Yang Xiangdong: "I heard that Mr. Yang, you have led many private equity investment cases in Asia, including Goldman Sachs' investment in the National Bank of Bangguo and Xiaguo Netcom. And Recently, Ctrip, which is invested by Carlyle Group, has encountered a commercial attack, what do you think about this?"

Yang Xiangdong said solemnly: "Ctrip and Home Inns are both excellent Xiaguo enterprises. Both companies have a bright future. I originally planned to promote the cooperation between Home Inns and Ctrip. After all, in the emerging field of online travel, , Instead of fighting each other individually, it is better for everyone to unite and move forward hand in hand.”

Speaking of this, Yang Xiangdong deliberately showed a deeply regretful expression, and said, "It's just a pity that my proposal was rejected by the richest man in Lu."

What he said was so sincere that when the audience who didn't know the truth heard this argument, they felt in their hearts that Lu Yiming was a little ignorant.

The host asked: "Why did the richest man Lu reject your proposal? Isn't this a win-win thing?"

Yang Xiangdong said with emotion: "The richest man in this matter is too impulsive and irrational. Maybe it's the continuous success that made him become arrogant. All in all, he doesn't appreciate my persuasion."

The host looked at the information in his hand and said: "It is rumored that there is a huge conflict among the four gentlemen of Ctrip. As one of the founders, Ji Qi was squeezed out of Ctrip by the other three. Ji Qi cooperated with Lu's richest man to found Homeinn. Is that the case?"

Yang Xiangdong categorically denied it: "It doesn't exist, it's just spitting blood. We attach great importance to the interests of our partners, and the interests of the founders are naturally our top priority. How could we drive the founders away? Speaking of season In short, everyone knows that the reason why he chose to leave Ctrip to start Homeinn is because of the planning of the richest man Lu. I have every reason to suspect that he also sent people to spread the rumors of the four gentlemen at Ctrip."

"The richest man in Lu wanted to invest in Ctrip at the beginning, but after our research, we found that the motive of the richest man in investing in Ctrip was not pure. For the healthy development of Ctrip, we had to reluctantly reject the investment of the richest man in Lu. I guess it should be this At that time, Lu's richest man hated Ctrip, not only spreading rumors that Ctrip's four gentlemen were at odds, but also created Home Inns to compete with Ctrip..."

In Yang Xiangdong's statement, Lu Yiming has completely become a big villain.If the investment fails, they poach people's corners after changing hands, and then retaliate. No matter how you look at it, they are sinister and vicious, not like a good person.

In Lu's garden, Lu Yiming, who had had breakfast, looked at the newspaper and said with emotion: "While smearing me, he also took advantage of the situation to promote Ctrip. It seems that Yang Xiangdong has some skills."

Most people focus on the matter of eating melons, but they don’t know that eating melons is exactly what Yang Xiangdong wants. Because there are discussions, there is topicality, and topicality means that Ctrip’s name begins. be remembered by more people.

It has to be said that fighting against a master greatly stimulated the fighting spirit in Lu Yiming's heart.

"It's interesting, it seems that I have to pay back."

After breakfast, Lu Yiming leisurely ran to the headquarters of Home Inn, slapped the newspaper on Ji Qi's desk, and said with a smile, "Have you read the newspaper this morning?"

Speaking of this, Ji Qi felt very angry, and snorted softly: "The ability of the wicked to sue first is really amazing. I was just about to fight back. We can't just keep the truth silent forever."

Lu Yiming said: "Now Ctrip has a high exposure rate. Although Home Inns are also mentioned, it is used as a negative example. Do you have any publicity plans to reverse this situation?"

Ji Qi thought for a while and said, "We can continue to increase advertising."

Lu Yiming shook his head slightly, and said, "Not enough. Now the public opinion is not good for Home Inns. Once this preconceived impression is formed, it will be difficult to change it only by advertising. Besides, do you still have money in your hand?"

The capital of 3000 million is quite small, but it is not much. The rapid expansion of Home Inns mainly depends on Ji Qi's wanton burning of money.

And once the money can't be burned, the speed of development will naturally slow down.

"I think it's better to take this opportunity to let Homeinn start the A round. If Homeinn wants to break the game, it must first come up with performance data that can make people's eyes shine."

Ji Qi said worriedly: "Isn't Homeinn being criticized by them now? The public opinion is not good for us. I don't think the company's valuation will be very high when the news of financing is released at this time."

In the angel round investment, Ji Qi received 3000 million from Lu Yiming. Although he has made a lot of achievements, the current situation is not clear, and behind Ctrip, many American and Japanese capitals are extremely powerful, so in many people's eyes Come on, Ctrip's odds are far higher than Home.

At this time, the A round of financing, not to mention whether anyone dares to take a big gamble, even if they are really daring, I am afraid that the valuation will be very low.

Lu Yiming's eyes were firm, and he obviously had a plan in mind: "Don't worry about this, just let me handle the matter."

Ji Qi said: "Alright then, let's hold a meeting to inform about this matter."

In the office, several company executives were shocked when they learned that the company was going to launch a round of financing.

"How long has it been since the angel round? Is it going to be a round of financing so soon?"

"That's right, and why did you choose this time?"

"Mr. Ji, why is it so sudden?"

Several executives couldn't help but ask Ji Qi for details. It's really at this juncture that Home Inn's situation is not good.

Ji Qi waved his hand, motioning for everyone to be quiet, and then said: "I'm just telling you this, Mr. Lu said that he is fully responsible for the specific operation. In fact, I was as shocked as you when I heard the news."

When they heard that Lu Yiming was in charge, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"The richest man in Lu himself did it himself? Then there should be no problem."

"You say, who will Lu's richest man find to be an investor in Home Inn?"

"I do not know."

In anticipation and apprehension, Ji Qi waited for five full days before Lu Yiming's call came.

"Tomorrow I will bring investors to the company, you guys prepare."

Ji Qi was startled: "Come tomorrow? Is the time so tight?"

Lu Yiming said: "At present, the military situation is on fire. Of course, you can do things as quickly as possible. Can you make money by slowing down? Be quick with your hands and feet, and don't make mistakes."

"Understand!"

"You turn on the fax machine, and I'll send you the information later. You send the guest list and photos along with it, and make a proper registration."

"Alright Mr. Lu."

Due to time constraints, after finishing the phone call with Lu Yiming, Ji Qi hurriedly summoned the company's top management.

"Mr. Lu called just now, and the investment investigation team will come to our company for inspection tomorrow. Everyone has worked overtime today, and will do everything that needs to be prepared. The materials are ready to see if there are any mistakes. The A round is very important. Yes, don't make a mistake."

"Come tomorrow? Time is too tight. Then you have to act quickly."

"At the level of Lu's richest man, I don't know what kind of ruthless role the investors he brings will be."

"Indeed, to be honest, I'm still looking forward to it. Lu is always the richest man in the Xia Kingdom, so he won't bring some richest man from other countries over?"

"Then this is too high, and it will definitely become super big news."

While everyone was discussing, the fax machine in the corner buzzed, attracting everyone's attention.

Ji Qi said: "It should be the guest information passed by Mr. Lu."

Someone urged: "Hurry up and see who is there."

"I gonna go see."

Ji Qi came to the fax machine and waited patiently for Ji Qi to take the transmitted documents to the desk.

"This is……"

When the information was unfolded, everyone's eyes were focused on it, and then everyone was astonished, with shocked expressions on their faces.

"incredible……"

"As expected of Mr. Lu, this is the connection of the richest man in Xia Kingdom?"

"I can only say, invincible."

(End of this chapter)