Beijing.

After the plane landed, Chen Dongcheng got into the hotel's concierge car and went straight to Didi's headquarters.

When we arrived at Didi headquarters, the front desk recognized Chen Dongcheng, respectfully called Mr. Chen, and invited Chen Dongcheng to Cheng Wei's office.

After knocking on the door, Chen Dongcheng walked in.

The office is still in the same dilapidated appearance as we saw three months ago.

Many people may not believe that a company that is about to be valued at 3.5 billion US dollars can have such shabby office conditions?

"You're here, sit down quickly."

Cheng Wei and Liu Qing share an office.

Today Liu Qing happened to go out to contact capital and try his best to finalize the financing matter. Only Cheng Wei was processing the documents in the office.

"Give."

Cheng Wei threw a bottle of mineral water to Chen Dongcheng and drank a few big sips himself.

"We just had a meeting."

"Tell me, why are you so anxious?"

Cheng Wei sighed and gave Chen Dong a cigarette: "As expected, something happened to the private car. Several cities have begun to regulate private cars one after another. Many taxi companies took the opportunity to start raising prices and asking us to give more

subsidy."

"Didn't we consider it from the beginning? Let's first talk about what measures you have taken to deal with it."

"I have asked the public relations department to respond proactively, and Liu Qing has also contacted relevant departments many times, but the superiors have some concerns about the implementation of the special car bill."

"It's just a small talk, so talk to someone who has a strong voice."

Cheng Wei thought so too, but it was hard to find such a person.

Without full benefits, who would be willing to put in a good word for you and do such a big thing for you?

You must know that the biggest impact of promoting the private car bill is the taxi company.

The relationship between the taxi companies that have been running rampant for many years has long been entangled, and they want to take a piece of their plates.

The difficulty of it can be understood by just thinking about it.

"I asked Liu Qing, and Liu Qing also admired CEFC Fund very much. The energy behind them should be able to promote our implementation of the special car bill."

Cheng Wei bit his cigarette butt and spoke firmly: "The Private Car Act is too important for taxi-hailing software platforms like us. We must implement it no matter what."

After sitting in Didi for a while, the two of them went out to eat at noon.

When Cheng Wei saw Chen Dongcheng, he hugged the wealthy man's thigh no matter what he said.

Two steak lovers found a Western restaurant to chat while eating.

"I'm in the process of contacting a new office building and will move in soon."

"Congratulations, it's too shameful for you to stay here any longer. How can there be a unicorn company that rents a small office in its C round?"

"What is a unicorn and not a unicorn? It's all a false name. What's the use if you don't live on."

Cheng Wei was very open-minded: "Besides, it's not like you don't know Kuai's side. Ah Li is very strong. It's very difficult to defeat them."

"In the final analysis, Ahri has to nod his head to stop the war quickly. In the end, it's just a negotiation between Ahri and Tengxun to divide the share ratio of the merged company."

"Yeah, it's funny to say that we can't avoid them no matter how we avoid them."

Cheng Wei shook his head and smiled bitterly, and then asked: "How is your Shangdong Technology?"

“It just completed its B-round financing, and its valuation is not as good as Didi’s, at only US$200 million.”

Cheng Wei looked at Chen Dongcheng with a speechless expression: "You have a big appetite too. Our two circuits are different. Your circuit is only big, so it's pretty good to have this valuation."

Chen Dongcheng smiled and shook his head: "But as a training exercise, I am quite satisfied with Shangdong Technology's results."

"Practice work?"

Cheng Wei paused while cutting the steak and said speechlessly: "A company with a valuation of 200 million US dollars, you have the nerve to talk about your skills."

After eating and drinking at the Western restaurant, we returned to Didi.

Cheng Wei held an impromptu small meeting, and Chen Dongcheng attended as a director.

"As for subsidies, everyone should be prepared first. Recently I got news that Kuaidi is also seeking financing, and the amount raised is not much less than ours."

As soon as Cheng Wei finished speaking, everyone in the conference room looked sad.

There is a powerful enemy called Uber outside, and there is a centipede bug inside.

Chen Dongcheng, who is familiar with this period of history, knows very well that the best winner is Didi.

What he needs to do is try to prevent this historical trajectory from changing too much.

"Mr. Chen, would you like to say a few words?"

Cheng Wei saw that all the management members were looking sad, so he could only give Chen Dongcheng a wink.

Everyone in the conference room looked at Chen Dongcheng.

Although this person has only come to Didi a handful of times, the help he has provided to Didi in the past is not ordinary.

Whether it was the C-round capital injection or joining forces with Cheng Wei to poach Liu Qing into Didi.

Including the fight between Tengxun and Ahri, this man was behind it all.

"Then let me just say a few words. I predict that in a while, after Ali and Tengxun cultivate users' payment habits, they will slow down subsidies.

At that time, there were only two ways before us, either fight to the end with Kuai, or sit down and shake hands and talk."

"You should also be aware of the current requirements of relevant departments. The direction of private cars is completely rejected. There are also only two ways to develop the private car business.

Either joint rental companies, but this means we have to master the bargaining power against the rental companies.

Either build your own fleet, but this requires huge investment in license plates and vehicles."

Chen Dongcheng concluded: "So, all we can do is continue to fight, wait until there is news from above, and wait until Ali behind Kuaiduo realizes that merger is the only outcome."

Cheng Wei responded: "Mr. Chen said exactly what I wanted to say. You don't have to worry too much. If Uber enters the country recklessly, it's not necessarily who will win."

The role of Chen Dongcheng and Cheng Wei is to provide reassurance to the management.

If the management messes up the situation first, the employees below will be unmotivated to work.

Everyone else in the conference room left, leaving only Chen Dongcheng, Cheng Wei, and Wang Gang.

Wang Gang was a little worried: "Since Uber officially announced its entry into the country, I can't eat well or sleep well. Do you think we can really defeat Uber?"

Chen Dongcheng nodded firmly: "Absolutely, we can only focus on the domestic market, not profit, and would rather bear high losses.

But not Uber, their global board of directors will not accept bottom-line losses."

Cheng Wei felt unhappy when he thought of Kalanick: "I considered introducing Uber in the C round before, but Kalanick's grandson actually opened his mouth and asked for 40% of our shares."

Kalanick has long coveted the domestic market.

Cheng Wei took the initiative to deliver it to the door, and it was understandable that the other party wanted to take a bite of fat.

It’s just that Kalanick underestimated Cheng Wei’s ambition. At that time, Cheng Wei said, “If you want to fight, then fight,” and walked away gracefully.

Since then, Kalanick has sent several elites to Shanghai to start pilot projects, intending to use Shanghai as a bridgehead.

Wang Gang was a little upset and turned on the TV in the conference room.

Just as a scene was broadcast, Chen Ou and several executives from Jumei Youpin officially rang the bell at the New York Stock Exchange.

Cheng Wei asked Chen Dongcheng with some envy: "Do you think we can go public?"

"Of course you can, otherwise I would have nothing to do if I invested so much money in you."

"With internal and external troubles, you are the only one who is still so optimistic."

Cheng Wei, Wang Gang and Chen Dongcheng sat in the conference room and quietly watched Chen Ou being interviewed by reporters.

At this time, Chen Ou was enjoying great success and became the youngest CEO of a listed company on the New York Stock Exchange in 220 years.

Cheng Wei couldn't help but eat a lemon. He was about the same age as Chen Ou, and Chen Ou had become the CEO of a listed company.

He still doesn't know if he can go to the stage of going public.

"Hey, if your company goes public, wouldn't the title of youngest CEO become yours?"

Cheng Wei pointed to the news title and looked at Chen Dongcheng beside him.

Chen Dongcheng waved his hands indifferently: "That's just a false reputation. If you don't believe me, just wait for a while and you will know how miserable Chen Ou is."

"Really or not?"

Cheng Wei didn't believe it: "I think their performance is good and they have already started to make profits."

"Believe it or not, why don't you take a gamble?"

Cheng Wei thought of Chen Dongcheng's previous accurate predictions and was immediately stunned: "My wife won't let me bet."

After watching TV for a while, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and Liu Qingfeng walked in furiously.
To be continued...