The afternoon sun slanted down on the eaves of the Peace Hotel. The living room window of the suite was opened, and the bustling urban atmosphere seemed to come in.
Cai Congxin continued: "There are two points to pay attention to here. Regarding the public opinion offensive on the Internet, this aspect is left to our Alibaba team."
In the world of business, navy is always a topic that cannot be avoided. This is particularly obvious in the mobile phone industry. Before Huawei took up the banner of technology, Xiaomi and Huawei often attacked each other. They are called "Friends".
In the Internet field, the same topic remains. Although Alibaba and other Internet giants have denied it, Mr. Cai still said it very clearly in private today.
"The second point is that Uber is defined as a foreign-funded enterprise, and it is not that they cannot solve problems such as user data security. So, what is our winning point? The foundations of Phoenix Fund and Jinggao are too shallow to communicate to the top. "
Cheng Wei and Liu Qing looked at each other, and in the tacit understanding between the two, they nodded in conviction. This is a plan with a very high probability of success.
Liu Qing said: "Mr. Cai, I know how to handle the press conference later." She and Cheng Wei had a clear division of labor. Promoting Didi’s image to the outside world is also one of her jobs.
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This small meeting lasted until about evening and ended. Everyone dispersed.
Cai Congxin continues to stay in the Magic City, integrating information and forces from all parties to lead this confrontation with Uber.
Cheng Wei flew back to the capital overnight. Didi's headquarters is in Beijing, and he wants to go back and pay overtime pay to appease people. In addition to the US$1 billion in financing received from Ren Zhi, Mr. Cai gave him US$2 billion in funding.
Of course, you have to spend this money sparingly.
Ren Zhi took the car back to his villa to finish dinner. He had the lightest task in the ensuing encounter. He needs to use some resources of Galaxy Group to put pressure on Phoenix Fund. This is an all-out confrontation.
It will not be limited to the field of online ride-hailing. In other fields that Jing Gao and Phoenix Fund are involved in, such as textiles, real estate, banking, venture capital, and film and television, Alibaba and Galaxy have to fight with them to influence Jing Gao's personal will to continue fighting and force him to surrender.
He had to report this to his father.
First, let his father have a comprehensive understanding of Ali's plan. He could actually ask his father to check and fill in the gaps. He has great trust in his father's business ability. But the young eagle will eventually spread its wings and fly high.
Second, as the young master of Galaxy Group, his right to speak in Galaxy Group's sophisticated modern corporate governance structure is actually limited. He needed some authorization from his father. To put it bluntly, he asked Uncle Song to run errands for him.
Liu Qing had a simple dinner and then took a car to the Peninsula Hotel to attend the press conference. The Peace Hotel and the Peninsula Hotel are not together.
Sitting in the car that was driving smoothly, Mr. Cai's voice seemed to be echoing in her ears. “The second point is to prohibit Uber from using Alipay for payment. This method will not encourage users to choose Alipay instead of Uber.
In China, users are always only sensitive to price.
This is an attitude that shows our Ali! Be a friend and a neutral person. In this confrontation, whoever ends up shouting for Phoenix Fund must take it easy. Those venture capital firms such as Hongbin China are still very sensitive. "
Sure enough, ginger is still spicy!
Then, she turned to her father for help, and he asked her to call Mr. Yang. Does this also mean something like this? Lenovo's funding and status may be worse. But the resources Lenovo can mobilize are not necessarily small! She is in the middle of the situation and is limited by her own experience, but she is not good at public opinion battles.
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When Liu Qing went to the Magic City Peninsula Hotel, Didi's press conference site had already been arranged in the hotel. The print media, TV, and online media here in the Magic City all received invitations and came one after another. More than 100 in total.
This was a huge press conference.
LeTV originally had a product launch today, but Didi completely overshadowed it. You must know that LeTV is a star in the public opinion field. Although they have been exposed to various negative news since September, with the capital injection from Phoenix Fund, they soon breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, Mr. Jia continues to run wildly on the road of building cars and ppts.
As a reporter from the Economic Daily, Qiu Yongliang was also in the huge conference room. He chatted with a colleague from China Business News next to him, "Is this Didi planning to merge with Uber?"
Although Jing Gao's statement on "Financial Wednesday" held at Tan Qin's villa at the end of September was not widely reported by newspapers, as practitioners in the financial media, they all knew some fragmentary news.
Jing Gao announced that he would only give Didi one month and would not wait until the expiration date. I said this on September 28th, and today is October 17th. Calculating, there are only about ten days left.
A reporter from China Business News shook his head: "Logically no. Didi wants to sell itself, so how can it be so grand? Unless it's a reverse takeover."
The Sina Finance reporter next to him came over and chatted: "That's not the news I received. I heard that the two companies will continue to compete. Two days ago, Uber's first round of financing was less than 800 million U.S. dollars, which made various analysts It’s shocking. So, there must be big news today.”
nonsense. There's big news, who can't see it? Qiu Yongliang smiled politely.
Amid the discussions among the reporters, time passed slowly. At two minutes to 7 o'clock in the evening, Liu Qing and two Didi executives came in through the side door and walked to the podium to sit down.
The media immediately became excited, and the sound of clicking sounded.
Didi's secretary to the board of directors, who presided over the press conference, exchanged a few pleasantries with the reporters and then got straight to the point, "Now, I would like to ask Mr. Liu to announce Didi's major decision."
All the cameras in the room focused on Liu Qing, who was sitting in the middle of the rostrum.
Liu Qing was dressed formally and had a serious expression. He gently adjusted the microphone, picked up the manuscript and started reading, "
Hello friends from the media. As a company rooted in China, Didi has always been committed to providing convenient travel for the public. This is our philosophy. Therefore, we refuse to be acquired by a foreign-funded enterprise with purely American culture! "
The professionalism of journalists is quite good. There was only a slight buzz in the entire large conference room, which could accommodate more than two hundred people. This news is very unexpected! Didi actually refused to merge with Uber. But most people are still patiently waiting for the next step. At the same time, pay attention to Liu Qing’s keywords: “pure American culture” and “foreign-funded enterprises.”
As we all know, Uber’s management and employees are very young. Some of them have visited Uber’s headquarters in Silicon Valley. Within Uber, email communication is entirely in English. But what happened to foreign-funded enterprises?
Some people know it, some people don't.
Liu Qing continued: "According to public information, the shareholders of Phoenix Fund are: Jiuge Capital, Xia Shang Real Estate, and Ms. Qiao Shuang. Ms. Qiao Shuang, as a corporate legal person, holds 0.5 shares. Xia Shang Real Estate holds 1, Jiuge Capital holds 98.5% of the shares.
These can all be checked on Tianyancha. And based on the information in my hand. Jiuge Capital is a company registered in the Virgin Islands, a tax haven. Their main office is located on Hong Kong Island.
So there is no doubt that this is a foreign-invested company that enjoys tax incentives for foreign investment. "
There are many companies setting up companies in tax havens. All Chinese concept stocks listed in the United States have this problem. This is determined by the structure of bypass supervision. Therefore, for many Internet companies, control is definitely in the hands of the founders, but most of the equity is in the hands of foreign investors. Are they considered foreign capital?
For example, Alibaba.
Liu Qing paused and continued: "There are a large number of online ride-hailing users in China. Their data is related to security and must not be in the hands of a foreign-funded company. On behalf of Didi, I hereby report to the relevant departments that Uber is suspected of harming the public Data security. We will hand over the specific materials to the relevant departments in two days.
This concludes today's press conference. thank you all. "Liu Qing stood up, bowed, turned and left.
Behind her, the entire conference room was like an exploding vegetable market. boom. This news is so exciting!
has a problem! has a problem! Qiu Yongliang muttered in his mouth. But the impact of a big news starved his brain of oxygen, and the huge noisy environment around him made it impossible for him to think anymore. But I want to write a manuscript immediately to spread the news!
That's crazy.
Didi actually wants to report Uber. What kind of hatred is this? What kind of resentment is this? This has never happened before in online ride-hailing competition. Currently, he only knows one example of this kind of thing: I heard that a certain company reported Kuaibo.
A reporter quickly rushed to Liu Qing, held up the microphone and shouted: "Mr. Liu, Mr. Liu, I have a question..."
Reporters one after another rushed to the front: "Mr. Liu, are you sure Didi will not merge with Uber? This is different from your previous view..."
Liu Qing ignored the shouts of these reporters. She usually behaved like a arrogant queen to others. Just leave now. The security guards stopped the reporters who were rushing to interview and asked Liu Qing and others to leave along the passage.
In the huge conference room, more than a hundred media were bombarded with big news.
After the dark clouds came over, the storm finally fell! He hit Uber head-on and Jing Gao head-on.
