Reborn: Billionaire in College

To some extent, "So Young" is the first movie about the pain of youth, and it is of the same type as the later "My Deskmate" and "So Young".

There is certainly a market for this type of youth film, otherwise one wouldn't pop up every two years.

After Chen Pingjiang personally drove Yan Yan home, Zhao Shaoyang called.

Chen Pingjiang didn't tolerate it and scolded him.

After being scolded, Zhao Shaoyang felt even better.

Those who are familiar with Chen Pingjiang know that if Chen Pingjiang scolds you, you don’t mind it.

If you hang up the phone without saying anything, then that would be a big problem.

The release of "So Young" obviously brought a lot of trouble to "Tiny Times".

The original daily box office of "Tiny Times" was 6-7 million, but it was almost halved after the release of "So Young".

In addition to the reason of word-of-mouth, there is also the reason why theaters lowered the screening rate of "Tiny Times".

After all, "Tiny Times" was over-marketed before its release.

And just as Guo Xiaosi said, this liar made this film just for his fans to watch, and was therefore criticized by people both inside and outside the industry.

Even People's Daily Online personally made a comparison between the two films.

From the poster of Tiny Times, we can basically judge what kind of movie it is: a group of handsome men and beautiful women are all dressed in branded clothes, with the kind of expressions commonly seen on the covers of fashion magazines, pretending to be cool, indifferent and empty. This tone runs through the whole film, a group of urban young people with unknown identities, surrounded by magnificent material, talking about love and friendship, and occasionally making some whining feelings about life. The characters in the film give people a strong feeling that these people are like models in the windows of luxury stores, wearing exquisite clothes, but they are so fake after all.

"So Young" uses a nostalgic and realistic approach to film the campus life of the 70s and 80s, with various characters and life atmosphere. In contrast, "Tiny Times" is completely a youth idol drama, without any real life atmosphere, with plastic doll-like characters performing little love songs in a corner of the city.

Compared to the real pain brought by the love in "So Young", the love in "Tiny Times" seems childish and ridiculous. It is nothing more than the barriers of money and clichéd misunderstandings. It looks very realistic and that is actually the case.

In terms of values, "Tiny Times" was even more beaten.

Guo Xiaosi and the main creators of "Tiny Times" were simply stunned by the scolding.

On Douban, "Tiny Times" scored only 5.0 points.

"Is it worthwhile to brag about carrying a few boxes of clothes barefoot on a snowy day and running at full speed on the highway to prove that we worked hard? The aunties picked their teeth and sneered!"

“It’s rare to be in a movie where you see all the actors’ acting skills regress.”

"So Young at least evokes the memories of a generation in its details, so whose memories does Tiny Times belong to? Not Guo Jingming's, nor does it belong to all Chinese people. I would simply call this drama the nouveau riche and the aesthetics of a photo studio."

"A Brat is divided into two parts - a review of "Tiny Times"."

"To make up for your short stature, God has already given you the ability to write books and earn so much money. How could God also allow you to be a director?"

"Film critic Shu Qi: This is probably the worst movie I have ever seen in my life."

Compared to the audience's harsh criticism of "Tiny Times", the audience is relatively tolerant of "So Young".

At least the Douban score is 7.0, so it’s not overwhelmingly negative.

Although some people criticized "So Young" for being whining, most of the comments were impartial and focused on the film itself.

"So Young" withstood the pressure and achieved box office revenue of 2 million in three days.

The box office reached 7 million in 4.5 days.

At this time, the box office of "Tiny Times", which had been released for 11 days, had just reached 3.5 million yuan.

Since the release of "So Young", the single-day box office of "Tiny Times" has dropped to only 2000 million yuan.

It's really horrific.

Especially after word of mouth spread, and Renren Entertainment Group’s channels began to take effect.

The gap then widened.

Half a month after the release of "So Young", the box office reached 7 million yuan. In comparison, "Tiny Times" only had 4.3 million yuan.

Wan Yuqian has been walking with a breeze these days, looking very proud.

As an investor, Jia Yueting made some money, but it was just a small amount.

As a film producer, you can only take 30% of the net box office, and the remaining 70% must be given to the distributor, theater chain and cinemas.

According to this trend, the revenue of "Tiny Times" will be at most 5.0 million yuan by the time it is released.

However, no matter what, the movie made money, not to mention there is "Tiny Times 2" coming up. Jia Yueting still has to be nice to Guo Xiaosi, but at the same time he is also deeply jealous of the revenue from "So Young".

More importantly, Jia Yueting has a clearer understanding of Renren Group’s publicity.

That is an existence that you really cannot afford to offend.

WeChat, Weibo, Renren, Toutiao, and Zhihu all worked together to cut at least one-third of the box office revenue of "Tiny Times" and gave it to "So Young".

Even though Jia Yueting was unhappy, he had to sit there obediently.

It is worth mentioning that the success of "So Young" has given Xu Zheng a lot of confidence. At present, "Lost in Thailand" has been completed and is scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival.

…………

When the film industry was in an uproar over two youth films.

The taxi war between Tencent and Alibaba is still going on fiercely.

Burning 1500 million in one day is nothing. The subsidy war is getting more and more intense. On the most intense day, Kuaidi burned through 3000 million and Didi burned through 4000 million.

Cheng Congwu frowned and asked, "Mr. Chen, they are burning money like this. On the surface, it seems that they are not targeting us, but in fact, it has a great impact on us. They have increased the user registration rate of their own taxi APP. Should we intervene?"

Chen Pingjiang smiled and said, "What are you interfering with? Do you want to go down and burn money yourself?"

"Of course not, but we have to do something, right?"

Chen Pingjiang waved his hand: "Keep calm, Lao Cheng, how long can they keep burning like this?"

"But now there are rumors that the two companies may merge. If they merge, it will be a big trouble for us."

Just as Chen Pingjiang said, after the competition between the two sides became fierce, the financial investors behind Kuaidi and Didi were the first to become unable to sit still and had to intervene.

First, the angel investors Wang Gang and Li Zhiguo from both sides sat down for tea. The main purpose of this meeting was to let the two sides compete in a healthy way. After the meeting, the two sides still competed, but there was a certain tacit understanding behind it. In addition, the two sides also discussed the possibility of merger.

But this tacit understanding is limited.

First of all, if Kuaidi and Didi merge, who will be in charge of the core business?
Cheng Wei naturally insisted on being the one in charge of the management. Everything else could be discussed except this one thing.

Lu Chuanwei of Kuaidi has the same idea. He has always hoped that Kuaidi could develop independently. If it were to merge with Didi, he also hoped that his team would master the core business.

This alone is difficult to resolve, not to mention the irreconcilable conflict between the two big capitals, Alibaba and Tencent.

After the merger, which company has more shares and which company has fewer shares?
After the merger, will the payment method be Alipay or Tencent Pay? These are the questions.

"Don't worry, they can't merge so quickly. It will take at least a year." Chen Pingjiang insisted.

Although the merger of Kuaidi and Didi is certainly not good news for Chen Pingjiang.

But he also knew that if the two companies were pushed to the limit, a merger was inevitable.

Capital likes to gather together and seek security.

They didn't want to repeat the tragedy of the Thousand Regiments War.

Even if you win less, at least you won’t lose money.

The reason they cannot reach an agreement right now is that the external pressure is not enough. Once Uber enters China, with AutoNavi eyeing it covetously, the two companies will merge as quickly as possible.

Cheng Congwu was worried, but he didn't expect that Xiao Ma, one of the protagonists of the incident, would come to Dongjiang again and have a secret meeting with Chen Pingjiang.

When he saw Chen Pingjiang, Xiao Ma Ge felt a little embarrassed.

"Mr. Chen, I didn't expect that I would become your rival in the taxi-hailing project. The main reason is that you hid the information too well and only released AutoNavi at the last minute. But AutoNavi's platform is the finishing touch."

Xiao Ma Ge has not had a good time in the past two months.

On the one hand, Chen Pingjiang quietly created AutoNavi Taxi, which brought changes to the taxi market.

Investing in Didi, swallowing up Kuaidi, and punching Alibaba, Pony Ma is really not afraid.

But once he met Chen Pingjiang, Xiao Ma Ge felt a little overwhelmed and felt inexplicably lacking in self-confidence.

Another thing is that Didi and Kuaidi are fighting each other to the death and burning money like burning paper, but Chen Pingjiang is still sitting on the Diaoyutai and not taking any action, which makes Pony Ma even more insecure.

He knew very well that if Chen Pingjiang did not move, he would be fine, but if he moved, he would seek death.

This was the case with the WeChat micro-chat war.

The same is true for this year's red envelopes and zero-balance passes.

This time, Xiao Ma Ge came here to test the waters and see what Chen Pingjiang's next plan is, what he is up to, and how he views the battle in the taxi market.

Facing Ma's embarrassment, Chen Pingjiang just smiled and waved his hands: "Ma, you're too polite. It's true that our group has a good relationship with Tencent, but Tencent is also independent. It's normal for you to have your own ideas and plans. Business is business, there's no reason to feel embarrassed."

Xiao Ma Ge sighed, saying that Chen Pingjiang's character was the reason why he was willing to make close friends with him.

Just as Chen Pingjiang said, Ma Huateng is the boss of Tencent after all and he has to serve the interests of Tencent's shareholders. It is impossible for him to withdraw from whatever Chen Pingjiang does, because if he does that, the shareholders will curse him to death.

However, within a reasonable range, it is still possible for the two parties to communicate with each other to prevent misjudgment.

"Mr. Chen, I won't hide it from you. I kind of regret my investment in Didi. But now I'm in a dilemma. The sunk costs are too high and I can't withdraw." Pony Ma shook his head and smiled bitterly.

He knew very well that even if Didi won the battle against express delivery now, it would still have to face Chen Pingjiang in the end, right?

Now several companies are just paying the price. After a decisive battle, only the winner will be qualified to meet Chen Pingjiang.

This is what makes people feel most discouraged and lose confidence.

At this point, Chen Pingjiang could only helplessly say: "If there is an opportunity to withdraw later, even if it means some losses, try to withdraw."

This is the only hint Chen Pingjiang can give.

If Xiao Ma Ge listened, he would only lose a little; if he didn’t listen, he would most likely be trapped.

Even if Didi merges with Kuaidi, it still has to face Uber. Even if it kills Uber, it still has to face the iron fist of supervision. Its life will definitely not be easy.

This is also the reason why Chen Pingjiang was not moved at all when Didi and Kuaidi were fighting.

Because there is absolutely no need to rush now!

Instead of competing with them and spending money to expand the market and suppress competitors, it is better to wait for Didi to make mistakes on its own, which will cost almost nothing.

There is absolutely no need for Chen Pingjiang to take on the great pressure and spend a large amount of money to launch a sniper attack now. The gain will not outweigh the loss.

And even if that's the case, if he kills courier services or Didi now, won't he have to face Uber himself in the end?

In this case, why not just wait for Didi to develop rapidly and defeat Uber, and then AutoNavi will come out to clean up the battlefield?

Although Chen Pingjiang didn't say much, his words were very important, and now that he had said this, Xiao Ma Ge had no choice but to be serious.

After thinking about it carefully, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll listen to you. As long as there is a chance, I will definitely run out."

Then, Xiao Ma Ge changed the subject and rubbed his hands: "I wonder if AutoNavi is interested in receiving financing?"

Chen Pingjiang sneered. This little brother Ma actually wanted to get a piece of the pie.

"Brother Ma, don't even think about it. Tencent is lucky to get away without losing money this time. At least it won't be suffocated like Alibaba and Jinshajiang Venture Capital."

Ma Huateng smiled awkwardly, but when he keenly heard the words "killed by surprise", he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

what does this mean?
This means that both Kuaidi and Didi on Alibaba and Jinshajiang stage will lose.

There will only be one winner, and that is Gaode.

If others were so confident, Xiao Ma Ge would probably not believe it, but if Chen Pingjiang said so, he would have no choice but to believe it.

"so serious?"

Chen Pingjiang smiled and said, "What else? You know that Uber will enter China in the future, right?"

Brother Xiao Ma nodded: "I have heard of it."

“So, Didi not only wants to defeat express delivery, but also wants to defeat Uber, and finally defeat me.”

"..."

After thinking for a while, Pony Ma asked, "You know a lot of people. If there is any organization that wants to acquire Tencent's shares in Didi, please introduce them to me."

Chen Pingjiang laughed when he heard this: "So what do you think of me?"

"?" Xiao Ma Ge thought he had heard it wrong.

Unexpectedly, Chen Pingjiang repeated it again: "Transfer Didi's shares to me, and you Tencent withdraw."

Ma Huateng looked at Chen Pingjiang deeply in silence.

This person really doesn't play by the rules.

He said it was so serious before that Didi would not win, so he advised me to leave as soon as possible, but I didn't expect that he would ask me to sell Didi's shares to him.

What is this intended to do?
Is this an attempt to trick someone? (End of this chapter)