Beijing.
In late May, the atmosphere of early summer is already filling the night. At about nine o'clock in the evening, the office of "Jingcheng Xiangcheng Technology Co., Ltd." located in a Grade A office building in Wangjing Business District was brightly lit.
This is the full name of the company "Chengcheng Takeout". After all, it not only provides takeout services, but also provides a one-stop service of "eating, drinking and having fun", plus air tickets, hotels and other services.
The whole process is a high imitation of Meituan.
Not long ago, after the financing negotiation meeting of Orange Takeaway, due to too many investors, the initial valuation was raised to US$6 billion. The editor-in-chief of "Chinese Entrepreneur" magazine posted an article in his WeChat circle of friends. Specifically commented on the business practices of Phoenix Group.
"After the first decade of the 21st century, Tencent, which often imitated its opponents to death, has begun to go its own way. For example, it has contributed killer applications like WeChat to consumers and developed A hit game like The Face of the King.
And in 2017, we suddenly discovered that there is another domestic Internet giant repeating the path of early Tencent. However, this time the imitation is not a product, but a business model! He does what others do.
Phoenix Group started as a venture capital company, acquired Uber, imitated Didi, and won the status of a giant in the shared travel field. Uber is currently valued at around $50 billion.
Then, Phoenix Group began to imitate Alipay. Phoenix Pay relies on the Uber app and the strength of related companies to develop urban services, and is quickly becoming the third largest payment software, surpassing UnionPay Pay.
However, I have to complain to Mr. Jing from afar: You guys are so similar to Alipay. I hope you can provide some innovations.
Now, Phoenix Group has once again entered the field of food delivery + OTA, and then imitated Meituan in all aspects. The interface and functions are roughly similar. In today's era of respecting intellectual property rights, this makes me really worried and melancholy. Is there something wrong with us? "
I went through this article for a while, and every sentence was on point, but it was a bit strange. I would like to ask, what is the difference between payment software that does not rely on social networking, food, and e-commerce portals and Alipay?
Open the App and scan the QR code to pay. Plus Yu’E Bao. Users need these basic functions! Can you still play tricks?
Phoenix Pay’s functions are even less than those of Alipay due to Jinggao’s restraint in “financial innovation”. Related products are added in redundant places.
For example: Uber, Xiaoyuan Bicycle, local hospitals, social security entrances. Now of course you can add the entrance of "Orange Takeaway".
The functions of Xiangcheng Takeout and Meituan are similar. This is normal, right? Because I am learning from Meituan. When you have a successful business model in front of you, why look for a different approach? Jing Gao just takes the money and hits it on the right path!
How can there be any intellectual property rights in the imitation of business models? It’s just cruel business competition, right? The leftover is king!
Tang Xuan didn't care at all about the doubts from the outside world. After a meeting in the evening, she took a call from her former boss An Xiaoqian in the office.
"Xiao Tang, are you under a lot of pressure lately?" An Xiaoqian called her former assistant and confidant in the villa in Shenzhen City. There are nannies and maids in her villa, her life is very well arranged, and her work goes smoothly.
Although the Coolpad she took over had just undergone a major purge by the Integrity and Compliance Department, the basic mobile phone base was still there. Moreover, with the support of Human Resources Director Liu Sumei, her old departments at Haiyi Group moved south one after another, allowing her to quickly complete control of the entire company.
This is still very different from the "Orange Takeout" currently created by Tang Xuan. Although Orange Takeout is inherited from Baidu Takeout, Baidu Takeout’s plates are already very small, full of problems, and the pressure from external competition is huge.
Tang Xuan sat in the office chair, smiling bitterly and rubbing her calves, "Mr. An, don't mention it. Because of financing matters, my phone calls have been blasted recently." She has a very good relationship with An Xiaoqian. The two are now in charge of separate parties, and their personal friendship will not change.
"Really raising money for $6 billion?"
"Yes."
"It's easier to make money in the Internet industry than in the financial industry!" An Xiaoqian sighed with emotion. She brought Haiyi Group's sales to more than 20 billion US dollars, largely due to its financial business.
Tang Xuan said: "Mr. An, Mr. Jing separated Phoenix Financial and Phoenix Payment and wanted to build a financial group. The position of the person in charge is still vacant..." After the split, Phoenix Financial has a large number of Haiyi Group employees.
An Xiaoqian smiled and said: "I won't get involved. I help Mr. Jing do a good job in the mobile phone business, and my merits are complete. Haha, it's a lot of pressure! Currently, the top three companies in the global mobile phone industry are Huawei, Samsung, and Apple.
Every business looks invincible. Huawei’s wolf nature, Samsung’s full industry chain support, and Apple’s ecosystem. After much deliberation, I think only Samsung's path is feasible. The problem is, from Jing Gao's point of view, there is a high probability that we will not be able to sell it in North America.
The beautiful country can allow Samsung to own the entire industry chain of chip design and manufacturing, but it will never allow Phoenix Group and Coolpad to own it. "
Tang Xuan smiled and lowered her voice and asked: "Mr. An, you and Mr. Jing are still in contact... haha!"
An Xiaoqian smiled, looked at the night sky outside the villa, and sighed softly: "We are both sensible people and have no contact outside of work."
Tang Xuan said: "Mr. An, if you ask me, you should simply come back to take charge of the financial group and bring back the foreign trade business. Wait until Wang Baocai and his gang mess up the mining business. Then Haiyi Group will be reorganized directly. I don't think Mr. Jing may No. He is now really gradually hiding his wealth in front of the public. If you stand in front of the stage, that is also very good!"
She considered mentioning it to Mr. Jing at an appropriate time.
An Xiaoqian smiled delicately, looking like a peerless beautiful woman, "Xiao Tang, you really dare to think!" She then said calmly: "Wang Baocai is indeed not suitable to be the leader. He is only suitable to do specific tasks, and he is also There needs to be supervision.”
Tang Xuan laughed, relaxed, and asked again: "Mr. An, what's going on with Evergreen Group? Mr. Jing just called me and said that he had negotiated with Yao Shengming and allowed him to invest 100 million US dollars in Xiangcheng Takeaway, so that I’ll offer a high price and try to negotiate a deal.”
"What?" An Xiaoqian frowned immediately. There was something strange about this. How did Jing Gao and the Yao family become cooperative?
After An Xiaoqian ended her call with Tang Xuan, she called Jing Gao and reminded: "Jing Gao, the Yao family is not easy to get along with. You have to be careful about seeking skin from a tiger."
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Early in the morning, on the first floor of Villa No. 11 of Tomson Golf.
Jing Gao took a dip in the constant-temperature swimming pool on the first floor and exercised his body functions. At this time, Nie Yunxi happened to come in wearing a swimsuit. She stopped immediately.
"Professor Nie, I've finished my exercise and will be coming up soon." Jing Gao swam from the center of the swimming pool to the other side, preparing to get out of the swimming pool. He had previously promised to allow Nie Yunxi to use the fitness equipment in the villa, including the swimming pool.
Nie Yunxi has a very good figure, and her skin is frosty and snowy. Wearing a white swimsuit, she is as beautiful as a beauty. She is as big as she should be, as round as she should be, with slender and round legs, an extremely charming and beautiful young woman. She knew that Jing Gao was afraid of her embarrassment, but she didn't believe that Jing Gao didn't look at her swimsuit just now. After seeing it, he said, "Mr. Jing, let's go our separate ways!"
Is it necessary to ask whether Jing Gao agrees or not?
They each swam in the swimming pool. Jing Gao did not disturb Nie Yunxi. After swimming for more than ten minutes to complete his exercise goal, he left to take a shower, change clothes and eat.
Later, he met Nie Yunxi who came to eat in the restaurant on the second floor. Chen Qingshuang and Gu Xixi are both there.
Nie Yunxi had already bathed and changed clothes. She was wearing an exquisite goose-yellow top and white cropped trousers. She was 1.68 meters tall, ranked thirty-fourth, and she was slim and graceful. She sat down gracefully, drank the porridge, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Jing, why did you choose to compromise with the Evergreen Group? This is very dangerous."
