Reborn: Billionaire in College

After hearing the news, Liu Qing's first thought was "Was this done by Gao De?"

Otherwise, how can they act in sync?

"Tell me what happened exactly." Life had been so smooth during this period, and he had always been living in the spotlight, that Liu Qing almost forgot the feeling of frustration.

The subordinate's face was solemn: "Our offices in Guangzhou and Chengdu were searched and their mobile phones were confiscated. In Shanghai, many private car drivers were retiring through 'fishing enforcement'. As for Beijing... the traffic enforcement team directly smashed the driver's car window."

Liu Qing felt dizzy when he heard the news.

What are you afraid of?

If they just release the news that they are going to investigate online ride-hailing services, there is still time to mediate.

Unexpectedly, four places attacked at the same time, leaving me no time to react.

"This is probably not the work of AutoNavi. Chen Pingjiang is just a businessman. He doesn't have such a big influence to interfere with the decision-making of so many places. Besides, it would be too embarrassing if we only investigated Uber and not AutoNavi." Liu Qing frowned and thought for a long time before continuing, "It is probably a decision made by a higher level."

This is difficult to handle.

During this period when Liu Qing was in the limelight and People's Uber was expanding rapidly, it also brought about various chaos.

These chaos are simply hidden underwater and have not yet erupted.

Such as: express drivers maliciously raising prices, safety issues, lack of supervision, taxi drivers cheating on customers, and congestion at train and bus stations.

In other words, Uber's order volume has indeed increased, but the problems it has brought have not decreased at all. The rapidly expanding orders and mismatched management capabilities have created a huge difference.

This mismatch has further exacerbated the chaos.

But Uber didn't care at all.

In Liu Qing’s words, “We are just a platform that provides orders. We cannot effectively supervise drivers. What drivers do is their personal behavior.”

Of course, this is not said to the outside world, but to the inside.

This kind of performance-only approach ignores the platform's restraining and regulatory responsibilities, and it would be strange if nothing goes wrong.

After figuring everything out, Liu Qing immediately ended his vacation and returned to the company.

She planned to go and see the situation before deciding on her next move.

only……

As soon as he arrived at the company, Liu Qing felt dizzy.

“It’s so abominable! This is a naked monopoly. It directly blocked our Uber!”

Uber’s WeChat public accounts, including “Uber China,” “Uber Recruitment,” and Uber in nine cities including Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, have all been blocked. Any articles shared by users that contain the Uber field will be downgraded to be visible only to the sharer.

Not only that.

Sharing Uber orders and download links through WeChat also showed unsuccessful.

Uber order mini program has been banned!

By default, no fields related to Uber will appear on the Weibo hot search list, and Uber China’s account has been blocked.

Tencent followed suit.

"Did you call to ask why we were banned?"

"We asked, and their reason was because Uber violated WeChat's policy. But when we changed people and called again, a different WeChat customer service replied that it was a technical reason, 'system jitter'."

Liu Qing was so angry that his teeth were itching. For the first time, he felt the same pain as he had experienced with Alipay.

"Is there any telling how long to 'shake'?"

"There is no specific time... Besides..."

Liu Qing almost despaired and looked at his subordinates with incredible eyes: "Anything else?"

The subordinate nodded innocently: "WeChat has taken the initiative to close the WeChat payment interface, and now only Baidu Wallet and Alipay are left.

Although WeChat has voluntarily given up this market, it is still not good news for Liu Qing.

Although Baidu Wallet has cheap transaction fees, few people download and use it.

Although many people use Alipay, the transaction fees are expensive.

The most popular user is WeChat, especially the elderly. They can live without Alipay but not WeChat.

Now that the WeChat payment interface has been closed, it will only cause inconvenience to users.

Uber is spending money just to seize the market, but ultimately it still needs to retain users.

If users just take advantage of the benefits and then switch back to Amap, then the conversion rate will be problematic.

All these events prove that AutoNavi has made an effort and Chen Pingjiang and Cheng Wei have taken action.

This made Liu Qing feel a little regretful.

Uber's early-start plan was a little late. It only slightly opened up the situation.

"Help me book a plane ticket. I'll go back to Beijing first." After much consideration, Liu Qing planned to return to Beijing overnight to find out what was going on through the Liu family's channels.

Just two days later, a briefing was drafted by Liu Qing and sent to Uber CEO Travis Kadoorie in the United States.

The very next day after the briefing was sent out, Kadorlank rushed to the country.

This matter is not small, the Chinese market position is very important, he must come in person.

Interestingly, on the second day of their arrival in China, Kadollanc and Liu Qing appeared on a media outlet’s television interview.

The show is even broadcast live, simultaneously on television and online.

In response to the host's questions, Kadorlank spoke freely.

“When drivers open the app, they’re basically on the clock. When they close the app, they’re off the clock. Right now, there are very few jobs where you can come and go whenever you want. Uber is able to provide both a service to consumers and give partners the flexibility to work.”

"Obviously, when Uber entered China with such a product, the "successors" of China's sharing economy felt varying degrees of pressure. Whether it was car rental, private car, carpooling or express service models, they were all frequently raising funds and conducting mergers and acquisitions. Of course, some companies also withdrew from the historical stage."

"I really hope to share the market with AutoNavi, but it depends on whether they are willing to do so. I always believe that competition will lead to better services. When a market is monopolized, only consumers will suffer. Even the government will face the problem of being unable to get rid of its big tail."

"I am not distressed by competing brands in China. On the contrary, I enjoy the competition process. In the long run, they will become more like us. Because even AutoNavi did a terrible job in the sharing economy before."

"We pioneered this industry, we were the first, and everyone else came later."

"For me, the question in China is not how to make Uber different from itself, but how good the experience is in the service. For example, how to efficiently transport passengers from point A to point B; how many trips can drivers have per hour; how to help drivers arrive quickly before the next order appears, etc."

Kalanick said a lot, and Liu Qing sat beside him and kept smiling.

At this time, the host asked another tricky question.

"How do you see the issue of passenger safety, because some people complained about driver harassment not long ago."

Kalanick frowned slightly and then chuckled. "I always believe that if the system and user experience are designed properly, the platform is reliable because it will serve customers and drivers. Uber wants to ensure that passengers and car owners are responsible, making Uber cars safer than anywhere else in the city. One of the ways the Uber platform works is that users provide feedback. This feedback forms a star rating for drivers. Through this feedback, users can get a general idea of ​​how the driver performs. Drivers who do not perform up to standard are not allowed to drive on the platform. This is Uber's way of ensuring service quality through system settings. This feedback comes from customers and ultimately affects the car owners' business, so usually the car owners know how they perform in the system, and they will learn how to improve."

Chen Pingjiang and Li Xi, who were watching the live broadcast, burst into laughter.

This kid is really good at talking. He said a lot, but when you think about it carefully, it’s as if he said nothing.

He didn't answer the host's question directly at all.

Li Xi was a little uncomfortable with Kalanick's high-handed talk: "He always talks about being the first. We are all latecomers. How arrogant."

Chen Pingjiang disagrees.

"Your technical department should still assist AutoNavi in ​​developing a big data system and help AutoNavi solve safety issues. You should install cameras in the car, automatic alarm functions, etc."

Li Xi nodded: "No problem, I'll have the people below contact Gao De later."

Renren handed over AutoNavi and became the major shareholder of the new AutoNavi. It is normal for it to provide some technical support to its own company.

Moreover, whether it is Gaode or Didi, the research and development of AI and big data is lagging behind, and there are not many people in the engineering projects themselves who can write code.

There's no way to come up with something this complicated.

In the end, Renren.com was still needed for assistance.

After the merger, Renren has done a lot of work for AutoNavi, and Pangu AI is also doing the same work.

With the support of technology, Didi's various algorithms have made rapid progress.

For example, Amap collects more than 50 TB of travel data from drivers every day, and plans more than 50 billion routes every day. Therefore, it has designed a set of premium algorithms and automatic matching algorithms based on data analysis to achieve intelligent scheduling.

At the same time, data mining is carried out on huge amounts of data, and artificial intelligence technology is used to predict traffic demand, intelligent allocation and dynamic pricing, thereby improving operational levels.

It is conceivable how much benefit Gaode has gained.

This set of algorithms alone is priceless and far exceeds the level of Uber.

And the iteration speed is very fast!

The automatic matching algorithm directly assigns user orders to the nearest driver calculated by the system to improve order acceptance efficiency and driving efficiency, reduce empty driving rate, and maximize transportation capacity.

Does this system sound a bit like that of food delivery riders?

Correct!
It was shared by Renrengou, and on this basis, it was updated and delivered to Gaode for use.

The feedback from drivers was generally positive.

This is the power of big data and AI.

Everything can be solved through the Internet, reducing the driver's idle rate and increasing the occupancy rate and the driver's response rate!
These advantages are not available in the traditional taxi industry, which requires drivers to keep their eyes and ears open and pick up passengers on the roadside.

This alone is enough to prove that with the support of Renren and Pangu AI technology, AutoNavi has become even more powerful.

After nearly two months of hard training and practice, Chen Pingjiang finally decided to attack. (End of this chapter)