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"Proud? You have made such a big noise, are you still proud?"

"At least it's a pretty successful business."

"That's it?"

Zhou Buqi really couldn't tolerate such a thing for a moment.

Tang Binchen said: "The Facebook side has already fermented and opened the dialogue. Banmi has also responded, but his attitude is not very sincere and is also weird."

"Yin and Yang are weird?" Zhou Buqi couldn't understand, "You haven't realized the seriousness yet?"

Tang Binchen said: "Maybe in their eyes, this is a very ordinary tourism project. Regarding the reaction from Silicon Valley, the attitude from Banmi is as if they are victims, saying that they have been suppressed by the United States and suffered When it comes to unfair treatment in the market, this is the US suppressing Chinese companies.”

"ah?"

Zhou Buqi was stunned. This reason was really a big basket, and anything could be put into it.

Tang Binchen was also baffled by this. "Banmi seemed to feel that he was being targeted and was very angry. He publicly talked to Zuckerberg and said that in the worst case, Banmi would return to China to develop, and return to a place where Facebook can't go yet."

Zhou Buqi laughed angrily and said: "How shameless! You want to go back to China to develop and engage in corporate escort business for a company in Silicon Valley. Others don't agree, but the country agrees? You can't harm Silicon Valley. How about returning to China to harm domestic companies? Do these domestic companies agree? Major Internet companies are also affected by such external intrusions.”

Tang Binchen continued: "Isn't this matter fermenting on social media? There are more users who know about Banmi. Yesterday, the founder of this company also expressed proudly on social media, saying In the past few days, Banmi’s UV, PV and registration numbers have reached record highs.”

This is really a very common Internet gameplay.

Product promotion relies on fame.

If you can't get a good reputation, you can also become famous for scandals.

Negative news is better than no news.

Maybe after this incident spreads, Banmi's user base will really experience a surge... After all, this is an emerging startup company, and the "Company Escort" project is also very innovative, and there is market demand. Big and attractive.

It's just that the impact of this incident was too bad.

If Banmi is a world-class product that is used by white people, black people, Indians, Arabs, Mexicans, etc., and Banmi relies on this business to invade Silicon Valley, this is actually not bad. It's still an unethical project, but at least it's universal.

But now Banmi is a matchmaking program for domestic tourists and foreign students "tour guides". It is so unethical to only let Chinese people do such bad things. It is simply a shame to be thrown abroad.

Tang Binchen said in a deep voice: "You have to follow up on this matter immediately and find out more about it. Maybe Banmi wants to take this opportunity to get more financing. Once they get more funds, they will It’s even harder to control. This matter won’t have much impact on us, but it will have a big impact on our country’s external image and the overseas working environment of Chinese people.”

Zhou Buqi said coldly: "Financing? Do they still want to start a new round of financing?"

Tang Binchen said: "Let's see how they want to solve this matter."

"Okay, I understand, I'll handle it."

Zhou Buqi understood the cause and effect of the matter without any hesitation.

He immediately called Liu Qing.

She no longer works part-time as the president of Modu International Department. Her current title is senior vice president and chief investment officer of Ziweixing. She is in charge of the investment business. She is very familiar with the domestic investment market.

Zhou Buqi asked crisply: "Do you know about a start-up company called Banmi?"

Liu Qing really knew, "Well, I've heard something about it. It's ugly. Liu Chang, the founder of Banmi, is quite strange. He used to be the public relations director of companies such as Penguin, Sina, and NetEase. As a result, Such a big thing happened. When faced with Facebook’s questioning, it seemed like they had been wronged a lot.”

Zhou Buqi snorted: "Maybe he did it on purpose."

"It's possible. I heard that Banmi is running Series B financing."

"Go stop them!"

"ah?"

Liu Qing was a little surprised.

After all, Boss Zhou has never interfered with the development of the industry, and has never used his industry status to suppress other startup companies or entrepreneurial teams.

Zhou Buqi said: "You come forward and settle this matter! Just like what I said, the company escort project they created lacks virtue! Contact the investors who are connected with them, and they are not allowed to give rice. Invest! Anyone who dares to invest should not be involved in the IT industry in the future!”

Liu Qing took a deep breath, "Is it so serious? Has it affected Ziweixing International?"

Zhou Buqi said coldly: "It affects every overseas Chinese!"

Liu Qing didn't understand for a moment, but she could hear the big boss's annoyance, and immediately expressed her position, saying: "Okay, I will go to understand the relevant situation immediately and contact all investment institutions in Banmi. In order to prevent the next round of In order to raise funds, we must also strive to get all the investment institutions from the previous round to withdraw their capital.”

Zhou Buqi said: "Yes, let them divest their capital and quickly draw a clear line. If something happens, all directors and investors will bear joint and several liability. Don't blame me for not warning you!"

Liu Qing said very cautiously: "If we put pressure on them to close down, it might not be a good idea. I think... stop the new round of financing, and then put some pressure on them to make them realize their mistakes and immediately cut off the company's travel business. It would be better to apologize publicly and reduce the negative impact of this incident.”

After all, she is a woman and she doesn't want to be too harsh.

If we were to kill it directly, given Ziweixing's influence in the country, it would certainly be possible, but it might also leave a domineering impression on the industry.

It's best not to kill them all.

Give them a chance to change their ways.

Tourism business can be done.

If you correct your evil ways, stop engaging in these crooked ways, and do some serious business in the tourism industry, there will be opportunities for Banmi to restart financing in the future. Even if it is a corporate tour business, it is not impossible. The platform can contact the company directly and use formal company channels to invite tourists to visit, instead of contacting employees privately as tour guides to infiltrate secretly.

Zhou Buqi accepted her suggestion, "Okay, you go handle it and give me the results." Then, he lowered his tone and said coldly: "If the other party dares to resist, you can also tell me. Their behavior, They are suspected of breaking the law, I can contact the relevant departments and arrest them all!"

"No, no!"

Liu Qing didn't want to see blood.

Then leave the impression of a female devil to the outside world.

She moves quickly.

That night, I submitted a report to Boss Zhou.

Shuobanmi was established two years ago. Its main business is a platform business that connects tourists with tour guides, from which the platform takes a commission. There are too many such businesses in China and the competition is too fierce, so Banmi is targeting overseas markets, mainly the Greater Bay Area, and is operating around Silicon Valley.

The company has completed Series A financing and received 5 million yuan.

The investor is a domestic private capital called China Star Capital.

After receiving the news, Huaxing Capital did not hesitate and immediately agreed to Ziweixing's request and froze Banmi's account. There are more than 1.6 million yuan of funds left in the account, which they will no longer be allowed to use.