Monday, August 1st. Beijing, Didi headquarters.
Didi CEO Liu Qing walked into the office floor on high heels, and people kept saying hello along the way.
"Good morning, Mr. Liu."
"Hello, Mr. Liu."
This is the case in the workplace. Small employees may not take the initiative to say hello when they meet the boss of the company on the road. But after arriving on a floor, the level in the company is not much different, but you need to say hello and say hello.
Liu Qing’s experience in Didi is quite legendary. She received a master's degree from Harvard in 2002 and immediately joined Goldman Sachs after graduation. Large international investment banks usually recruit graduates with backgrounds.
So, don’t be fooled by chicken soup articles again. A person's ability to get into Goldman Sachs or Morgan Stanley has a lot to do with his own hard work, but what is more important and decisive is his background.
What do public figures like to say the most? All foreign workplaces are fair, and foreigners never compete with each other. hehe!
Liu Qing is the daughter of Mr. Liu, the first-generation leader recognized by the Chinese business community, and her entry into Goldman Sachs Asia has been a success. Promotion later is also a matter of course.
In 2014, Liu Qing, who had become the managing director of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific, had dinner with the already famous Didi founder Cheng Wei for the third time in Beijing: Goldman Sachs wanted to invest in Didi, but was still rejected.
The real reason is of course not that Mr. Cheng is stupid. It is Liu Qing who is arranging the merger of Didi and Kuaidi. One round of angel investment is certainly not worthy of successive visits from Goldman Sachs' Asia Pacific managing director.
Liu Qing said: "If we are not allowed to invest in Didi, then I will work for you." Then he joined Didi.
Of course, anyone with a little experience will understand that a normal resignation handover takes a month, let alone a high-ranking boss. Liu Qing didn’t go to Didi that quickly. Done in one sentence, that is.
But no matter what, this is still a very legendary experience! Because the senior executives of Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific go to serve as senior executives of a start-up company, which is really not something ordinary people can do. This is the same as when Cai Chongxin gave up his annual salary of several million US dollars and went to Ma Yun for a salary of 500 yuan.
But whoever wants to believe this: the story of a wise minister defecting to the Ming Lord is a fool. The actual joining process is like this.
After the two met, Liu Qing said the above words angrily. When Mr. Cheng returned, he held a board meeting and said he wanted to recruit Liu Qing. Then, I chatted with Liu Qing for a week. Mr. Cheng told her: Half of Didi’s salary is yours, and the rest is ours.
Then call on seven or eight Didi executives, and the group goes out for a walk. I’ll fly to Xining first and plan to drive there for two or three days. Then, during this journey, at the foot of the Himalayas, Cheng Wei and Liu Qing talked all night long.
Liu Qing cried that night, and then decided to resign and wrote a letter to Goldman Sachs Asia Pacific executives. Return to Beijing and join Didi. Later, he lived up to expectations and made great contributions to Didi's financing and served as Didi's president.
Therefore, you should read less chicken soup articles!
Why are successful people so keen on telling these stories? First, show off! The thing I regret most in my life is founding Alibaba. Hey. Second, who can tell you the real secret to a company’s success?
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"morning!"
Liu Qing placed her handbag on the assistant's workbench outside the office and ordered: "Ada, help me make an appointment with Mr. Kalanick from Uber. I need to communicate with him about the merger with Uber China.
In addition, the heads of various departments are notified to hold video conferences. We must continue to increase subsidies and put sufficient pressure on Uber China. forcing them to sue for peace. "
"Okay. Mr. Liu." Assistant Ada responded quickly.
Liu Qing walked to her office, turned on her computer, and was getting ready to work when her personal cell phone suddenly rang. It was a call from one of her friends.
"Jean, are you at work?"
"Um."
"I have definite news. Uber China has been acquired by an investment institution in Beijing called Phoenix Fund. They are preparing a media conference here in Shanghai and are expected to announce it at 11 a.m. this morning. Their official website and official WeChat account It’s already hanging out.”
Liu Qing was stunned, Phoenix Fund? Is there such a person in the venture capital circle in Asia? Although she left Goldman Sachs, she was solely responsible for Didi’s financing. How can a company that can buy Uber China worth US$7 billion have no membership name?
"Okay, thank you. I'll treat you to tea when you come to the capital another day." Liu Qing hung up the phone and started to inquire.
She had a hunch that she might have met her opponent!
At the same time, various gossips about the change of hands of Uber China were spreading rapidly as the public relations team of Phoenix Fund called the media in Shanghai to invite them to attend the press conference.
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Qiu Yongliang is a reporter at the Magic City Reporter Station of Economic Daily. He is thirty-four years old this year. Not long after I got to work on Monday morning, I called the editor-in-chief into the office, "Xiaoqiu, go to the International Convention Center. At 11 a.m., Phoenix Fund will hold a press conference there to acquire Uber (China)."
Qiu Yongliang said in surprise: "Is this a temporary mission?"
The editor-in-chief said angrily: "Yes."
Qiu Yongliang questioned: "Isn't it fake news?" Their Economic Daily is a newspaper affiliated with the National Academy of Sciences. Although the traffic is not enough in the new media era, the authority is definitely enough. Nowadays, who dares to believe press releases from public accounts and self-media?
The editor-in-chief picked up the tea cup and drank water, and said depressedly: "It's true. The economic circle here in Shanghai has basically confirmed this. The Phoenix Fund invited various online media. But we need to get this news first-hand reports.”
Economic Daily is a newspaper that specializes in reporting on the domestic economy. If you can’t even get first-hand information on such a big news as Uber (China) being acquired. That's a joke.
"Okay." Qiu Yongliang understood, neatly went out to pack his things and headed straight to the International Conference Center on the Huangpu River. On the way, I sent a WeChat message to Liu Zhen, the head of strategy at Uber (China) and the person in charge of media and government public relations.
Of course, the WeChat account he contacted was not managed by Liu Zhen personally, but the account used by her team responsible for communicating with the media.
Later, information came back: Uber China had no knowledge of this.
Qiu Yongliang was even more confused. Big news! The confidentiality of this acquisition was made! Even the company's executives don't know.
He also interviewed Mr. Liu Zhenliu in person a few days ago. Mr. Liu categorically said that Uber (China) would not sell it. Moreover, he is quite disdainful of Phoenix Fund. Now slap me in the face!
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Similar to Qiu Yongliang, most of the media in Magic City were receiving news from the circle and quickly rushed to the Magic City International Conference Center. Although I didn't receive an invitation, I didn't believe that Phoenix Fund dared to turn them away.
Wenhui Po, Xinmin Evening News, Shanghai Daily, Oriental Morning Post, Xinmin Weekly, Southern Weekend, Southern Metropolis Daily, Liberation
Also, TV stations and online video media who heard the news. If the Phoenix Fund holds an impromptu press conference, it certainly cannot send a letter directly to the authoritative media, as that would be a scam. Basically they are sent to online media.
And the news spread immediately.
When Qiao Shuang, president of Phoenix Fund and chairman of Uber (China), walked into the conference room on the third floor with a group of assistants and team, click. Bursts of white light shined.
Jinggao was sitting in the media box in the conference room, with his press card hanging around his neck. Watch this scene.
