King of Capital

Chapter 34: Cashing in on Fame
After sending away Yu Ying who had come all the way from the capital to deliver the jade pendant, Xie Jingxing drove to a luxury car rental shop located in the old western-style house district of Jianyeli.

The car stopped at the side of the street, and Liu Qiming suggested tactfully: "Mr. Jing, it's very popular online right now, do you think I should arrange a driver for you?"

Xie Jingxing couldn't help but smile. When he was studying in New York, he kept a golf club in his car for a long time. His private lawyer said it would be more reasonable if he could carry a few golf balls.

Liu Qiming's proposal is similar in nature, but it is really unnecessary in China. Moreover, he is still an intern after all, and being a driver or bodyguard does not fit the image of a "four-have youth".

"Cheng Wei from Didi called me yesterday and he wants to arrange a time to visit you. He is very interested."

Liu Qiming stopped talking and turned to business. In fact, he knew very well that it was not appropriate to arrange bodyguards at this time.

Xie Jing Xing thought for a few seconds and replied: "I'm going to be busy next time, so you can talk to him. Don't worry too much about the details, just speed up when necessary."

"You really extended a helping hand as a white knight. Didi is having a hard time now." Liu Qiming flattered with a smile.

Xie Jing Xing shook his head: "You, that's a bit too much."

The joke in which Pony Ma compared the price subsidy war between Didi and Kuaidi to a competition of internal strength between martial arts masters has been widely circulated. But in fact, it was another platform - Bumblebee - that first started the price war for online ride-hailing services.

At the beginning of this year, Didi received investment from Penguin and could not wait to completely take over the Beijing market, so it went south to seize the Shanghai market and tried to strangle Kuaidi, which used Hangzhou as its base.

As a result, a Cheng Yaojin suddenly appeared and inexplicably collided with the Bumblebee online ride-hailing platform created by Wang Wei, CFO of Tudou.com, resulting in a bloody collision.

Didi's strategic intention is to take over Shanghai and strangle Kuaidi's possibility of connecting Shanghai to Hangzhou and radiating to the whole East China; the Bumblebee, which was born in Shanghai, is eager to show its potential and hopes to use its home advantage to step on Didi and become famous in one battle.

When Wang Wei met with investors, he once shouted a slogan: My life is like walking on thin ice. If you give me money, I can kill Didi...

However, just as both sides were preparing to fight to the death, Cheng Yaojin appeared out of nowhere again.

Last month, Shenzhen urgently halted online ride-hailing services, and this month, Beijing followed suit, announcing that online ride-hailing services had disrupted the traditional taxi market.

Didi was suddenly forced into a corner. The war was going badly and his way back to his base in Beijing to become a local emperor was cut off. If he couldn't take over the Magic City, he would die!

Cheng Wei had no choice but to raise his arms and shout: In my lifetime... Just give me a month, I will kill the Bumblebee...

The two sides are now in a blood-thirsty battle. Bumblebee adopts a price subsidy strategy, while Didi chooses to spend money crazily on marketing and promotion.

Radio stations, local satellite TV stations, and even harassing text messages have been used.

At this time, the most important thing, Xie Jingxing, who happened to be rising in fame, had money and investment intention and became one of the latter's most ideal investors.

Liu Qiming said that Didi has had a difficult time recently, implying that they can take advantage of the situation and lower the price as much as possible, but there is no need to be too proactive.

Xie Jingxing didn't understand why he was so shy in speaking today, with an overly respectful and cautious tone, which was not conducive to work.

"Master Jing, to be honest, I couldn't understand why you wanted to participate in a variety show a week ago."

Liu Qiming sighed and said with emotion: "Now it seems that I am indeed short-sighted. In the past, I believed that only by becoming a celebrity can I realize my fame. You have given me a completely new direction."

"In my opinion, this is a bonus from mobile smart terminals. This wave of bonuses came too fast and too violently. It is normal that we cannot react in a short time."

Xie Jingxing tilted his head to look at a charming figure walking towards him outside the window, and hurriedly explained: "It's the same with investing in Didi. This is related to the competition of mobile payment ports. Compared with the strategic layout, the room for price reduction is insignificant."

"Understood. I guarantee that I will acquire shares in Didi within one month!" Liu Qiming said firmly.

Master Jing is a very eccentric person. Since returning to China, he has been doing all kinds of things without leaving any trace. This is the first time he mentioned the word "strategy", which is of great significance and cannot be missed.

With the popularity of Mr. Jing on the Internet, Cheng Wei was drooling over it and had no reason to refuse. "A trendy toy brand called 'Pop Mart' sent me a business plan via private message on Weibo. I'll forward it to you later. Go take a look."

Xie Jingxing had a strange expression on his face and gave one last instruction before opening the car door and getting out.

There are already more than 20,000 private messages piling up on his Weibo. With such a large number of messages, all kinds of strange species have emerged, and there was even a man who sent him nude photos.

Of course, there were also girls who posted artistic photos, which made him feel like some rap stars choosing concubines on Weibo...

After the internship is over, I can create an email account and link it to my Weibo homepage. Then when I screen business plans, I won’t have to feel nauseous and angry at the same time.

He hopes that more and more high-quality projects like "Pop Mart" will come to him on their own initiative. Based on this, he needs to continue to work hard to expand his fame.

Xie Jing Xing was tired and excited, and smiled at the girl who walked in front of him: "Today is the queen style."

"I hope I won't embarrass you. How are you going to thank me?" Song Anli's rosy lips curled into a smile.

A pair of wide-leg jeans and a slim short-sleeved shirt is ordinary, but with the eight-centimeter shoes on the feet, it instantly makes her look seductive and charming.

Red bottom, side slits, shallow mouth, stiletto heels… every step is on the tip of the heart, making it difficult to control.

Xie Jing Xing took the initiative to hold her arm and said in a complicated tone: "Do you have to work so hard just to make me owe you a favor?"

"Fortunately, I have to save face too."

Song Anli gradually handed all her body weight to him, relying on him for support to take each step with a swaying posture.

Xie Jingxing was speechless for a moment. It seemed that he shouldn't use the excuse of being with friends and lacking a female companion to ask the other party out.

The two walked into the luxury car rental store side by side in an intimate manner. A young man sitting at the front desk, wearing a baseball cap and a Richard Miller watch, approached them with open arms and said exaggeratedly, "Welcome, Mr. Xie."

"This is my friend Yan Wenhua, a used car dealer and car rental company owner."

Xie Jing Xing didn't hug him, but stretched out his free arm to bump fists with him, while introducing him.

Song Anli stretched out her hand earnestly and said, "Hello, Mr. Yan, I am his colleague Song Anli, just call me Anli."

"I watched your show, so you two are working partners, can I give you some spoilers?"

Yan Wenhua glanced at the two people's arms linked together, leaned forward slightly, and shook hands with Song Anli in greeting.

Xie Jingxing raised his eyebrows: "I can give you a spoiler for "Superman."

"You'd better die, I haven't even seen it yet!" Yan Wenhua retorted with his eyes glaring.

This guy is from Lingnan. He studied in Hongkong when he was a child and went to college in New York. He was deeply poisoned by capitalism and was extremely fond of the DC universe, extreme sports, luxury cars, watches and all other things that seemed unreliable.

After graduating and returning to China, Yan Wenhua went to Shanghai to open a supercar club. He spent every day renting luxury cars and selling used cars part-time to make some pocket money.

Xie Jingxing came to him for the next M&A project and needed to build up some personal connections.

　There should be more in the evening. I will have dinner and continue writing.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)