The scenes on the afternoon of the 14th began to spread gradually after nightfall. In the magic city, in the capital...
For many people who participated in the competition between Phoenix, Alibaba, and Galaxy, the moment Uber announced it was free, the word "Jinggao" was already like a heavy cloud hanging over their heads.
But at this moment, after hearing Jing Gao clearly ask Xie Shihuang to send a message to Mr. Ma, the head of Ali: "When the war starts, you have the final say. But when the war ends, I have the final say!" , this is like a slap from Jing Gao, the dark clouds fall, and the huge murderous intent crashes down on people!
This is not an adjective, but a tangible fact and crisis!
How many people invested in Didi during its financing process? Not just money, but resources mobilized. All this will come to nothing in front of Jing Gao's words! How much valuation will Didi have left when he ends the war? Is no one responsible for these losses?
A must.
This responsibility may be loss of reputation, resignation, loss, or complaints or even disappointment from partners. The years will never be quiet again.
A murderous intention turns the world upside down!
As Jing Gao said to Cao Danqing in the car after leaving Tomson Golf: This is just the beginning. If it says one month is free, then it should be one month free!
As for Didi's fate, the fate of many people has already been determined. Like a surging river, it goes eastward and cannot look back.
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The World Internet Conference held in Wuzhen in November 2016 was already its third session. Jing Gao, Cao Danqing, Qiao Shuang and Liu Zhen arrived in Wuzhen, a city full of Jiangnan water town style, in the afternoon. After signing in, they checked into a hotel arranged by the organizing committee.
The standards of the Internet Conference are very high. In 2015, both the top leaders and the then Russian Prime Minister Medvedev attended. The official invitation was sent, so of course Jing Gao had to give face to support him.
However, he was occupying a spot in the Phoenix Fund. Phoenix Fund is classified into the field of “venture capital”.
Uber is represented by Chairman Qiao Shuang and newly promoted President Liu Zhen. They were invited as representatives of the "online car-hailing" company.
Liu Zhen was promoted to the position of president of Uber China. On the one hand, he was rewarded for his merits. The recent safety incident was all handled by her on the surface. On the one hand, it is to make up for Qiao Shuang's lack of ability.
The luggage was put away at the Wuzhen Golden Waterfront Hotel, and the assistants were going to stay in the city for the evening. There are more than 1,000 guests here and 700 to 800 reporters. Qiao Shuang has been following Jing Gao for the longest time and understands his thoughts very well. She invited: "Mr. Jing, are you tired? Let me take you to see a place?"
"Okay."
Four people drove out. Assistants followed in their cars. First exit the Wuzhen Scenic Area and then turn onto Wuzhen Avenue. The journey of more than ten kilometers is just a matter of pressing the accelerator. Later, we came to a quiet courtyard villa area in Tongxiang city. Entering the villa area, you will be greeted by the Jiangnan water town style.
Small lakes, rockeries, strange rocks, pavilions, and trees. Distributed in an orderly manner in early winter.
Three cars followed the spacious road and slowly stopped at the entrance of a courtyard house with white walls and black tiles. Qiao Shuang opened the door with the key and took Jing Gao, Cao Danqing and Liu Zhen in. The assistants stayed outside and waited.
Walking in the courtyard, Qiao Shuang introduced: "I bought three villas here. Now all the hotels in Wuzhen are full. Reporters are all over the streets. It is difficult to find a quiet place to talk or drink tea. This one is Mr. Jing’s. Mr. Cao and Mr. Liu’s villas are next to it.”
Liu Zhen looked at this ancient three-in-one courtyard villa with its high eaves and looping pillars. He sighed in his heart. No wonder Mr. Qiao has won Mr. Jing's trust. This thing was done beautifully.
Jing Gao was also very satisfied. In fact, in terms of scenery alone, Wuzhen Scenic Area was better. He will definitely be able to stay there when he comes to attend conferences in the future. However, it was a public place, and it would probably be inconvenient to do anything else at night. It's not as free as here.
"It's pretty good. Xiao Qiao, take them to have a look, and then come to my place for tea. We'll go back to the hotel in the scenic area to rest in the evening. You can also buy a set for yourself."
Qiao Shuang said crisply: "Okay, Mr. Jing."
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The main venue of the Internet Conference is the "Wuzhen Internet International Convention and Exhibition Center" in the Wuzhen Scenic Area.
On the morning of the 16th, the senior leader delivered a video speech.
Afterwards, guests from various countries gave speeches, and the first day of the meeting passed quickly. Anyone who is a little familiar with Internet conferences knows that there is a reserved item next: NetEase Ding Sanshi’s dinner party.
Starting in 2014, he will invite China's Internet giants to have a dinner at the "Jinyi Inn" in Wuzhen B&B Building 5152 in the Wuzhen Scenic Area on the first night of the conference. It claims to gather half of the “Internet”.
On the evening of November 16, 2016, the dinner was held as scheduled. Compared with the previous two gatherings, where there were 8 people in the first and 11 in the second, 17 people gathered this time. However, none of the heads of bat, the three major Internet giants, were present.
Xiao Ma and Ding Sanshi are old friends. They have known each other since the 1990s when China's Internet was in its ascendancy. Including Lei Jun was also the first generation of netizens at that time. Brother Ma was busy at night and couldn't come to attend.
Baidu's Li Yanhong also had something to do, and he sent Baidu President Zhang Yaqin here. As for the jack horse, he didn't come. There is also an interesting rumor floating around.
Alibaba stands at the top of the Internet and is considered the first level master in the world! Well, Alibaba and Tencent alternately rank first in terms of market capitalization. And Ma Yun always speaks with a high profile. Either he looked down on the gatherings of these big guys, or he was excluded by the big guys and wouldn't let him play.
But the most reliable guess is that although Ding Sanshi and Ma Yun both belong to Zhejiang merchants, they have been at odds with each other for more than ten years. He was not invited.
Back then, after the Internet bubble burst in the early 21st century, it slowly recovered. Ding Sanshi, who persisted in not delisting, received investment from BBK's boss Duan Yongping, survived the Internet winter and soared to become the richest man in China. At that time, Ma Yun was still looking for investment.
As a Zhejiang businessman, Ding Sanshi is 7 years younger than Ma Yun, but he made his fortune earlier. Ding Sanshi came forward to help Ma Yun resolve some of the troubles in the early days of Taobao. The feud between the two began in 2005, when eBay banned Taobao from the entire advertising business. Ma Yun called everywhere and asked for Ding San's stone. Ding Sanshi agreed at first, but regretted it when faced with twice the price on eBay.
From the perspective of 2016, Ding Sanshi's decision was simply unbelievable. Just do this for some advertising money? Don’t you even want Jack Ma’s friendship? However, pay attention to your position at the time. The boss doesn't care about the feelings of the younger brother.
And Ding Sanshi once said publicly in a media interview: Ma Yun is nothing great. It seems a bit disdainful.
There was noisy outside the window, and the media was waiting. The big guys in the store were sitting drinking and chatting. The dishes made from pork carefully selected by NetEase have been well received. The Zhejiang cuisine in this small shop is truly authentic.
There was an official banquet in the evening, and all the big guys came out around 8:30, and then gathered here one after another.
Ding Sanshi was sitting on the main seat, drinking rice wine, listening to a group of people chatting on mobile phones, and sighed: "Can you stop talking on mobile phones?"
Today Huawei’s Yu Chengdong and Xiaomi’s Lei Jun are both here. In addition, Zhou Hongyi, chairman and CEO of Qihoo 360, and Zhao Ming, president of Honor Mobile.
Note that Honor and Huawei belong to the same company, but they are two mobile phone brands.
Zhou Hong, a little drunk, sat in the chair and said with a smile: "What are you talking about if you don't talk on the mobile phone? There is a ruthless person in the mobile phone circle!"
After saying this, everyone who knew the inside story laughed in agreement. By the way, the biggest news in the Internet circle is that Uber is free! It made Didi extremely embarrassed. Valuations keep falling, one price a day
The fact that Coolpad Mobile Phone, a subsidiary of Phoenix Fund, has set up a chip design company in Shanghai has long been spread in the mobile phone circle.
Rebus disses Huawei in the media every day, talking about it as a "friendly businessman". But his personality is still very gentle. He just smiled and said nothing. The first one to open a gap in the mobile phone industry through price is Xiaomi!
Price war is a "skill" that all mobile phone companies must know. Because the mobile phone industry has developed into a blue ocean and the competition is very cruel.
The last company that focused on sales regardless of cost was called "LeTV". LeTV mobile phone is half dead now. The more you sell, the more you lose.
Yu Chengdong is nicknamed "Yu Dazui", but that refers to bragging about Huawei mobile phones. He did not comment on Jing Gao or Phoenix Fund at this time. Who is still a fool? It is obvious that Coolpad mobile phones belong to the "other" category. As one of the top three mobile phone manufacturers in the world, why would he evaluate Coolpad? To increase the popularity of Coolpad?
That is to say, a small mobile phone manufacturer like 360, which sells 10 million units a year, has a sense of crisis.
In addition, whoever dares to call Ali that way must have a very hot temper if he brings a message to Ma Yun? Young and energetic! He didn't have a seizure.
Those who don’t know the specific details, such as Jerry Yang, founder of Yahoo, and Zhu Min, former vice president of the International Monetary Fund, are asking people around them for details.
Ding Sanshi smiled slightly, "Taking Ma Yun" was a show he loved to watch, and asked Shen Nanpeng, the global managing partner of Sequoia Capital: "Mr. Shen, I heard that you and Jing Gao have met a few times. Can you tell us about it?"
Shen Nanpeng gave a bitter smile and waved his hand: "No. No. I met Mr. Jing in the venue today, and I didn't even dare to say hello to him. He is too powerful now."
This is a bit exaggerated. These venture capitalists basically listened to Cai Congxin, followed Alibaba, and bet on Didi. This is the current situation. Their inner hope now is: Mr. Ma will get angry and confront Jing Gao.
Everyone was waiting for Ali's reaction.
Zhang Chaoyang, chairman and CEO of Sohu, interrupted and said with a smile: "Mr. Cao, you have to be careful." He knew that Weibo did not cooperate with Phoenix Fund in controlling comments, but stood firmly on Alibaba's side. .
Sina Chairman and CEO Cao Guowei took a sip of wine slowly and said: "I still believe that Alibaba can turn the situation around. Alibaba will not be able to make out even one month's operating money. After all, it is impossible for Phoenix Fund to do business in a desperate manner. of."
Lenovo Group President and CEO Yang Yuanqing said: "The problem with Phoenix Fund is that the person in charge is too young. Alibaba has experienced battles with eBay, Amazon, etc." He said, shaking his head slightly.
The meaning is very obvious.
Should Lenovo use Didi or Uber? Do you need to think about this? Mr. Liu’s daughter is serving as the president of Didi, and her career is in jeopardy.
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While a group of "big guys" were chatting here, Ma Yun had just come down from an international wine shop and said to her assistant with a slight hint of drunkenness: "Call Mr. Li and let's go visit Xiajing Gao together."
