Reborn: Billionaire in College

A few days later, Renrengou announced that it had completed a $22 billion Series C round of financing led by Sequoia China, with participation from Tencent, IDG and other companies.

As soon as the news came out, the outside world was in an uproar.

The main reason is that the number of 22 billion US dollars is too explosive.

In the history of domestic Internet giants, the amount of financing raised has rarely exceeded this figure, not to mention that it was in 2011.

Ranked first was Ant Group’s Series C round, which raised US$103 billion, but was subsequently halted before its listing.

Ranked second is Didi’s F round, which raised US$45 billion and was also immediately subject to regulatory investigation after its listing.

ByteDance also received a round of Pre-IPO financing worth approximately US$40 billion, but its listing was ultimately shelved indefinitely.

The above three have not happened yet, and perhaps will never happen in the future. Now all that’s left is for everyone to buy one.

"Good boy, such shocking news broke out without saying anything."

"22 billion US dollars, if calculated at the current exchange rate of 6.6, wouldn't that be 145 billion RMB?"

"Cold knowledge: 1.19 million in cash has a volume of approximately 145 cubic meters, so 172.55 billion in cash would require cubic meters."

"Upstairs, your knowledge is too cold, and your weird knowledge has increased again."

"..."

Zhang Xuhao didn't feel anything, after all, if the sky fell there would be someone tall to hold it up.

However, Wang Xing was confused. How the hell was he going to fight this battle?

I prayed to God to raise 22 million yuan in financing, but others easily got billion yuan. How can I complain?
………………

On the afternoon of June 7th.

Chen Pingjiang and Gao Songbin stood in the Dongjiang Twin Towers and looked out the window.

It was raining heavily outside the window, the whole sky was terrifyingly dark, and lightning was winding across the sky like a giant dragon, bringing the sound of thunder and shocking visual effects.

The streets in the distance are usually bustling with people, but today there has been no one to be seen for half a day, and even vehicles are very rare.

Gao Songbin worriedly said: "Water has already started to accumulate on the road."

A news report came from the TV behind them: "The cold air from the north is moving southward and will collide with Typhoon Sanba, triggering heavy rains in the entire Yangtze River Delta region. There will be heavy rainfall in the next two to three days, and rainfall in some areas may reach..."

Chen Pingjiang frowned, "With the typhoon and cold front, and the heavy rainfall for several days, our takeaway delivery capacity will be greatly reduced. How is your deployment going?"

Gao Songbin said: "We have already communicated with the higher authorities in advance. Our platform has also activated the emergency mechanism, including reasonable scheduling, extending the delivery time, shortening the delivery distance, eliminating overtime negative reviews, and enabling penalty exemption measures to ensure the safe delivery of riders."

Chen Pingjiang nodded: "This is the first major test since our food delivery business went online. Such situations will happen frequently in the future. We must establish a complete system to ensure not only the transportation capacity but also the safety of the riders. If we encounter extremely extreme rainstorms, we must stop in areas with bad weather. The rider app should also have weather forecasts, bad weather warnings, emergency contacts and other functions to remind the riders of safe delivery."

"Yes, Mr. Chen. Compared with other platforms, our blue riders have more delivery experience. When we were in Dongjiang University City, do you remember the snowstorm when our food delivery service was just launched? That time was not easy either. However, we have accumulated a lot of experience and have also conducted self-protection and safety knowledge training courses for riders in abnormal weather such as typhoons and heavy rains."

Chen Pingjiang sighed, "The situation this time is more extreme than that time, and we only operated in such a small area back then, but this time it's the entire Yangtze River Delta. Bad weather will cause a surge in orders, so you have to be prepared to deal with it."

Just as Chen Pingjiang and Gao Songbin were both frowning.

In a Blue Knight station far away in Pengcheng.

Stationmaster Pan Zhongren, wearing a raincoat and rubber boots, held a loud speaker and shouted outside with an emotional expression.

Outside the door a few meters away from them, heavy rain was pouring down like beads that had broken off the string, or like bullets from the sky pouring down madly.

There were seventy or eighty Blue Knight takeaway deliverymen standing in front of him. Among them were young men in their early twenties, middle-aged men in their forties, and two or three middle-aged women.

Everyone stretched their heads to look at Pan Zhongren standing on the stage.

"Brothers and sisters! I thought many people would ask for leave during the evening shift today, but I didn't expect everyone to come! Even many brothers from the morning and afternoon shifts are still insisting on working. To be honest, I am very touched. On behalf of the group and the people of Pengcheng, I would like to express my gratitude to you. Thank you for not fearing hardships and bad weather to ensure the normal operation of people's lives."

"At this moment, we are not fighting alone. Behind you are our colleagues, including me, Mr. Gao from the group, and Mr. Chen from above. Thank you!"

As he spoke, Pan Zhongren bent down and bowed deeply.

Unexpectedly, someone in the audience laughed, "Boss, don't make it so serious! Besides, you can only represent the group at most, how can you represent the people of Pengcheng?"

"Haha, Xiaowei, just shut up, aren't you afraid of getting hit on the head?"

Suddenly, a dazzling light tore through the thick dark clouds, illuminating everyone's face a little.

Xiaowei, who was just speaking, shrank his head in fright, and some people who were quick to react quickly covered their ears.

The scene was silent.

Then there was a loud "boom" and a thunder came from far away and finally exploded beside my ear.

Pan Zhongren glared at Xiaowei, then shouted at the top of his voice: "Do you remember the content of your pre-employment training? Don't stand under or next to trees, don't go near billboards, stay away from electric poles on the road, especially in old residential areas. No matter how uncomfortable it is, don't wear slippers or sandals, and don't go barefoot, otherwise you will easily slip and get injured when wading. Stay away from deep water areas and walk towards the middle of the road, because you are not sure whether there is a manhole cover under the water that has been swept away, and you cannot accurately judge the water situation. Once you slip into the lowland, it is very dangerous."

"Don't worry, it will be delivered later. Our customer service colleagues will appease the customer, and all negative reviews will be deleted."

"Finally, everyone must promise me to pay attention to their own safety and not to take bad weather lightly, because this time it's not just heavy rain but also a typhoon. Promise me that you must come back safely."

Before Pan Zhongren could continue speaking, a young girl ran over and said, "Manager Pan, it's Mr. Liu, the city manager, calling."

Pan Zhongren quickly answered the phone. Others didn't know what the conversation was about, but they saw Pan Zhongren saying "OK" non-stop, and his face looked very happy.

After a while, Pan Zhongren hung up the phone and picked up the speaker again: "Brothers and sisters! Just now, our General Manager Liu conveyed the instructions of the Group Chairman Chen and CEO Gao. In order to thank everyone for their efforts and to prevent everyone's passionate hearts from cooling down, the Group has decided to add a reward called bad weather delivery fee for this time and in all kinds of bad weather in the future. For each delivery, the delivery fee will increase by eight yuan!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the audience suddenly became lively.

"Oh my god, that's fine. It's already ten yuan after adding up all the other things. In bad weather, the price of a customer's order has increased by two yuan, and now the group has added eight yuan. So if you add it all up, I can make twenty yuan for one order."

"Yes, if we deliver 60 orders a day, we will make over a thousand."

"Damn it, I'm done. I won't leave work until midnight tonight."

"..."

Pan Zhongren said, "Okay, I've said everything I wanted to say. Everyone, get ready and set off when the order comes. I'll wait here for you to return safely and have a celebratory drink together."

"come on!"

"Come on! Go for it!"

The audience was very excited.

"Brothers, that's a lot of nice of you. I have an order." Xiao Wei raised his phone proudly and walked out the door.

"Slow down on the road."

"I know."

As soon as he walked out of the station's gate, Xiaowei felt bean-sized raindrops hitting his helmet and cheeks.

The helmet made a rattling sound when it was hit, and there was a slight stinging sensation when it hit my face.

Xiaowei muttered, "Damn, is the sky broken? It's raining so heavily."

After getting on the electric bike, Xiaowei rushed into the rain with a swish.

Xiaowei didn’t feel anything in the house at the station, but when he got to the main road, he realized how heavy the rain was.

It seemed as if there was a layer of fog in front of my eyes and I couldn't see clearly.

There were almost no pedestrians on the road, only a few vehicles driving slowly.

What made Xiaowei even more distressed was that if he didn't pull down the visor of his helmet, the rain would hit his eyes and he couldn't open them. But if he pulled down the visor, everything in front of him would become completely blurry and he couldn't see clearly after a while.

We drove two kilometers and arrived at the nearest Miaocha store in Yuanfang Square.

"Beauty D37, are you ready?"

"It's ready. Here, this." The clerk at Miaocha found the order that Xiaowei wanted to deliver from the busy counter.

Xiaowei pointed to the pile of takeout bags next to him and said, "These are for delivery."

"Yes, there are so many people placing orders today that we are overwhelmed. Please be careful on the road, it is raining too heavily."

Xiaowei waved his hand, took his order and walked out quickly.

"Ding!" The phone rang, Xiaowei took it out and saw that it was a message pushed by the Blue Rider APP. "There is obvious water accumulation in the middle of Qiushan South Road, the depth is unknown, nearby riders try to take a detour."

Xiao Wei was stunned. "Damn, my luck is so bad. I just want to take that road. If I take a detour, it's too far."

After hesitating for a while, Xiaowei decided to go over and take a look.

As soon as he walked out of the gate of Yuanfang shopping mall, Xiaowei saw his good friend Dazhuang walking towards him in a hurry, and the two greeted each other.

"Slow down, bro."

"Okay."

After getting in the car, Xiaowei frowned after driving less than a kilometer, feeling something was wrong.

The wind was so strong that he could hardly control the electric scooter. After trying to rush forward for a while, he passed a wading road.

Xiaowei observed that the water was about half the height of the wheel, which was not a big problem. The only difficult thing was that there was a small slope here, and a large amount of water slowly flowed in one direction.

He had ridden less than 20 meters when the strong wind and the water flow caused the bike to lose its balance and Xiaowei was thrown out along with the bike. Fortunately, the bike was not going very fast and he was not injured.

After falling, Xiaowei felt that he was fine. He quickly looked at the Miaocha packaging bag and found it was intact. He immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

He gritted his teeth, picked up the electric scooter again, and rode it again.

Soon, the man and the car arrived at the flooded section of Qiushan South Road.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Xiaowei finally frowned.

The vehicles parked on the roadside were all flooded to varying degrees. The taller SUVs were fortunately only had their entire wheels submerged, but the sedans with low chassis were in a terrible state, with the accumulated water directly covering the front.

Xiaowei silently gestured in his mind and felt that he should be able to pass it.

Although the company has relaxed the delivery time, there are only ten minutes left before delivery. After thinking about it, Xiaowei decided not to take a detour, as it would take at least 20 minutes longer.

Someone happened to see this scene at the door of a roadside store. After thinking about it, he silently opened his mobile phone and started taking pictures.

Just after taking two steps into the flooded area, the electric bike encountered a pothole and the front wheels sank instantly, forcing Xiaowei to get out of the car and pull the front of the car out.

Only then did he realize that the water had already reached above his thighs.

This section of flooded road was very difficult to walk on, and Xiaowei had to get off the bike several times to push it.

It took five or six minutes to pass this flooded section of road that was about a hundred meters long.

After passing, Xiaowei breathed a sigh of relief.

Unfortunately, when we arrived at the resident's house, we were still two minutes late.

After knocking on the door, it opened shortly afterwards.

It's a young girl.

When she saw Xiaowei's face full of rain and his body covered in dirt, she felt guilty, "I'm sorry, I didn't know it was raining so hard outside. I wouldn't have ordered takeout if I had known."

Xiaowei grinned: "It's nothing, we do this job. Also, don't stop ordering takeout, we rely on weather like this to make more money, the platform gives us a lot of subsidies."

"That...that was hard work."

This sound of hard work made Xiaowei feel that the whole journey was worth it.

"Twenty dollars in hand, move on to the next order."

But he was not so lucky with the next order.

No matter how hard we tried, we were still five minutes late.

As soon as I opened the door, a young man frowned and said, "What's going on? It's been so long, I'm already hungry."

Xiaowei smiled awkwardly: "I'm sorry, it's raining so hard outside, I'm driving a little slowly."

"Don't accept the order if it's raining heavily. Wouldn't it be nice to go home and sleep? Wait for me to complain to you." After saying that, the man took the takeaway and slammed the door shut.

Xiaowei's hands were shaking with anger. He took a few deep breaths, tried to calm himself down, and took another new takeout order.

Until twelve o'clock in the evening, Xiaowei had completed a total of 480 orders and earned a total of yuan.

Of course it’s fun to make money, but what’s even happier is being able to help others.

For example, a girl was at home alone and had a severe stomachache. It was raining too hard and she couldn't go out to buy medicine. Xiaowei brought the medicine to her, and she kept expressing her gratitude.

For example, an older sister used to deliver meals to her elderly father who lived alone every day, but she couldn't do it today, so she ordered takeout. When she opened the door, the old man's grateful eyes made Xiaowei unforgettable. Later, the older sister who ordered the meal called to express her gratitude.

Although his rubber boots were filled with water and creaked when he walked, and although his cheeks were numbed by the rain, Xiaowei's heart was still burning.

This situation is happening in Nan'an, in Shanghai, in Dongjiang, and in every city in the Yangtze River Delta.

One after another, blue figures wearing windbreakers walked through the streets, in the wind and rain, with sweat and rain on their bodies, and delivered takeout to the users with a smile on their faces.

Such things cannot escape the public's eyes.

As various short videos were uploaded to Weibo and circulated on WeChat, the Blue Knights became famous.

Related topics once again topped the hot search list.

The topic "Heavy rain in the Yangtze River Delta, delivery guy insists on delivering food in the rain" topped the list.

There were various comments on the topic, and some people also posted videos they had taken.

Among them, some delivery guys fell down while riding their bicycles, some rode through water, and some took half a day to get up after falling down.

Various local media and official media have reposted the video provided by netizens.

A large number of attention and comments instantly overwhelmed the original post...

"I was very hungry tonight and ordered takeout. I was worried that the rider would not be able to make it, so I called him and told him not to deliver the food as the weather was bad and to keep it for myself. I clicked to confirm receipt. The rider didn't say anything at the time, but he still delivered the food to me in the end, but was just more than ten minutes late. He kept apologizing and didn't want to give a bad review. I ate the takeout with tears in my eyes. Although it was cold, I felt very warm in my heart! Salute to everyone who works hard for life!"

"My son just asked for takeout, but I told him not to order it because it was raining so hard and the delivery guy might not be safe."

"This platform has clearly issued a red rainstorm notification, so can't the system be temporarily suspended?"

"It's really heartbreaking to watch. Whose son and whose father is this? How many people in different cities are fighting so hard for a living? I hope everyone is safe and sound!"

"I want to say thank you to the delivery guys all over the country for their hard work {heart} and take good care of yourselves."

"So dedicated, thumbs up to these guys."

at first……

The reviews are still very positive, with most expressing gratitude to the delivery guys and urging them to be careful.

But soon the style of painting began to be distorted by some people with ulterior motives.

"I can only say that some people who order food don't put themselves in other people's shoes."

"It's hard to say. In this case, the delivery fee will be increased. Objectively speaking, although the weather is bad, the deliveryman also made money. But I usually can't bear it. When the weather is bad, I will go hungry and order after the rain and snow stop."

"If you can't deliver it, you can report it. I don't know why they are trying so hard?"

"I don't know why everyone in the comments section is saying it's the takeaway's fault. No one held a knife to force him to accept the order. Even though it's not easy and hard, he volunteered!"

"Some people are really speechless. Didn't the deliveryman take the order himself? Didn't you watch the news? Deliverymen in Shanghai earn more than 10,000 yuan a month. Those who earn a few thousand yuan a month feel sorry for those who earn tens of thousands a month."

"It can only be said that Zhou Yu fought Huang Gai, one was willing to fight and the other was willing to be beaten."

"I just want to ask Renrengou, why don't you shut down the system in such bad weather?"

“The platform also has responsibilities!”

"This is simply taking advantage of others' misfortune. Your platform makes money without doing anything, but forces this guy to work in the wind and rain."

"I suddenly felt that Chen Pingjiang had changed. He became a capitalist, and finally he turned into an evil dragon."

"Boycott Renrengou!" (End of this chapter)