"Hello, Professor Zhang!" Jing Gao smiled and shook hands with Professor Zhang, who looked quite happy, and invited him to take a seat.
"Mr. Jing, hello!" Professor Zhang has traveled extensively and has gained a lot of experience. There is no sense of restraint in this luxurious Chinese-style banquet hall, and you feel very comfortable.
Sitting in front of the elegant round glass turntable dining table, Jing Gao poured tea for the fat and fair Professor Zhang and said with a smile: "Professor Zhang's online articles made me break out in a cold sweat. Today I'm inviting Professor Zhang to dinner. One of them is I would like to explain Professor Zhang's problem, and one is to ask Professor Zhang for some advice. Sometimes, sweating more is a good thing."
Jing Gao said as he slowly turned the teacup in front of Professor Zhang.
Professor Zhang picked up the exquisite white porcelain tea cup and felt the aroma of the tea before he drank it. He smiled and said: "I have heard that Mr. Jing likes to drink tea and is well-known in Beijing. The color, aroma and shape of the tea leaves are first-class. I don’t know much about tea, what kind of famous tea is this?”
He scolded "Uber" mainly on two points. First, data security. Second, transfer of public power. This is a reminder to the country that this is where his humanistic sentiments and tutoring lie.
But he didn't have any problem with Jinggao himself. So this meeting was also an opportunity to express his attitude by chatting about tea.
"Thank you Professor Zhang for your compliment! Please try it." Jing Gao happily extended his hand to invite Professor Zhang to taste tea: "I haven't actually studied tea in depth, I just like to drink it. I have been invited to participate in auctions and purchases everywhere.
Today this is Lushan Yunwu Tea. Belongs to green tea. The color is emerald green, the fragrance is like an orchid, the taste is rich and refreshing, and the buds and leaves are plump and white. "
Professor Zhang took a sip of tea, put down the cup, and praised: "Mr. Jing, great tea!"
Jing Gao laughed, and the atmosphere became more harmonious.
Assistant Jing Shufeng asked for the food to be served, and General Manager Huang Mingyuan came with the waiters from Jinghe Club. He personally arranged the dishes and introduced a few things.
It's not about memorizing the introduction, but simply talking about the name of the dish, ingredients and techniques. Historical allusions actually lower the quality of Jinghe's restaurants. People nowadays are actually quite disgusted with the introductory words: Who created this by such and such celebrity, and what is the story behind it.
Tourist attractions sell too many gimmicks like this.
Jinghe Club now focuses on Shandong cuisine instead of the previous cuisine. To be more precise, Jinglu cuisine. There are some changes in techniques to adapt to the taste of Beijing.
Eating lousy fish fillets and drinking red wine, Jing Gao got into the subject: "Professor Zhang, Uber's shareholder list cannot be printed on an A4 paper. But the actual control rights can be counted in the name of Phoenix Group.
Of course, Phoenix Group currently only has 19.2% of the shares remaining, accounting for more than 50% of the voting rights. The data center operated is in Qian Province. "
Professor Zhang pondered for a moment and put down the chicken soup spoon in his hand: "Mr. Jing, I know that Uber's data is in China!
The question I raised in the article is: Can overseas Uber users book rides in China? If so, does this mean deep data exchange?
This means that although your data is in the country, others have access rights.
In addition, will Uber do big data analysis with this data? The travel information of some of our personnel is very critical. So does this mean Uber is overstepping its boundaries?
Furthermore, Uber’s huge size and market share have actually constituted a de facto monopoly. Moreover, after the subsidy war ended, rents have begun to increase, forming a new system of exploitation. Does Uber need to be broken up? "
Jing Gao's Kuaizi paused in mid-air, picked up the tall glass, took a slow sip of red wine, and said, "Professor Zhang, these three questions of yours are very sharp! They made me break out in a cold sweat.
I’ll answer them one by one!
Deep data exchange, this does not exist. Although Uber and Uber are shareholders of each other, there is no exchange of data. In terms of compliance, both parties have their own insistence!
Data exchange is also mutual! Uber's side is afraid that their congressmen will find trouble with them, so naturally we can't bow down.
Can my answer solve Professor Zhang’s doubts? "
Professor Zhang nodded slowly and did not express his position directly.
Jing Gao paused briefly and said slowly: "I would say that Uber has not used big data to analyze user data, and I guess you don't believe it, Professor Zhang. Today's major Internet companies are doing this within the scope of the law.
The law is the minimum moral requirement.
For profit-seeking capital, there cannot be too high moral requirements. I require my senior executives to perform well, and I will not criticize them for big data analysis as long as it is run within a compliance framework.
The same goes for monopoly.
Uber has indeed de facto monopolized the domestic ride-hailing market. Although there are taxi-hailing companies on the market that were reinvented by Liu Qing, Cheng Wei and others. Neither Shenzhou, Dida, nor AutoNavi pose a threat to Uber’s business.
Of course, I don’t recognize these words when they come out from here! "
Professor Zhang shook his head, but his expression was still calm, not angry. After all, although Jing Gao's answer was not to his liking, it was still quite candid. If he is in his position and is willing to tell the truth to him, what else can he say?
"Mr. Jing, I will still criticize Uber in the future, call for national legislation to strengthen information management, and conduct an antitrust investigation into Uber!"
Jing Gao smiled and was not angry. This is not to say that he is a great man with unlimited funds and does not rely on the business he spends his time building.
How could this not matter? Cash and impact from a career are completely different concepts! Just by relying on the Uber business, he can hold the title of National XX Representative and XX Committee Member!
Rather, when he reaches his position in life, he will have a much calmer mind when looking at problems, people and things. What comes out next is: belly volume!
An inappropriate analogy: When you are thirty years old and in the prime of your life, a kindergarten kid angrily threatens you. Would you be angry or care?
Of course this analogy is inappropriate.
Specifically, once the laws and regulations to protect user information security are finalized, his companies and other companies will definitely follow suit. On the contrary, antitrust calls will give him a headache. However, there are many monopoly companies on the market, and basically every Internet giant is a monopoly!
Uber can handle it.
Jing Gao turned the table and turned the red wine "Costour" in the beautiful glass decanter to Professor Zhang, "Professor Zhang, try my red wine again.
Chateau Costour, a second-class Bordeaux winery, has first-class taste and quality. I bought this winery last year. The bottles of red wine we drank today were from the 1988 vintage. This year it is already very drinkable. "
Professor Zhang followed his instructions and refilled his red wine glass. He also knew that Jing Gao was trying to ease the atmosphere at the wine table, but he had to say that there was something unique about this man's success.
He really had no intention of falling out with Jing Gao in person, and it was obvious when he came to this meal. But this does not prevent him from speaking sharply when talking about specific issues. There are some principled things that he will not give in to.
"Mr. Jing, I'm not proficient in red wine..."
Jing Gao said with a smile: "I don't understand either. They are all memorized words from promotional materials! Professor Zhang has entered many fields over the years and has a wide range of contacts. Is there anything interesting that you can tell me?"
