Rebirth 2010: I taught Mr. Lei how to make a mobile phone

Chapter 298 Are you hungry? The meal is here!
Of course, the story is not over yet. Tudou later went public at a loss and missed the best listing window, which made Baidu see an opportunity to acquire it. As long as it could swallow Tudou, iQiyi would stand out and become Youku's most powerful challenger.

There are even rumors that after the merger, Wang Hui will become the chairman of the board of directors of the new company and iQiyi's Gong Yu will become the CEO.

Unfortunately, in addition to Baidu's investment, iQiyi's initial investment team also received a $5000 million investment from US private equity firm Providence.

There was a lack of consensus within the company, and Li Yanhong did not seem to be resolute in his attitude, so a good opportunity was missed.

Now Chen Mo finally sorted out some of the connections in his memory about video websites. No wonder Baidu later acquired PPS and then merged with iQiyi to catch up. Now it makes sense.

After chatting with Zhou Shouzi for a long time, Chen Mo also got some warnings. When the capital game reaches a critical point, most people will resort to any means. But fortunately, this woman only wants money, unlike Zhai Xinxin who wants money and life.

This little thing that happened to Tudou is nothing compared to the shooting by Haixin and the poisoning by Youzu.

What about the other side? It is just that there are more benefits, which makes some people jealous.

The worst thing he had against himself was playing with actresses and teachers. He only had one actress and one teacher, and he did it all behind people's backs. Only his allies with whom he had vested interests, such as the two senior executives of AutoNavi, his own confidants and God knew about it.

Among all the bigwigs in the business circle, my story is as pure as a white lotus, just like Lao Ma spent 12 billion to watch the performance of the H University Song and Dance Troupe, and it was only spread privately. No one dared to break the rules. Otherwise, if they don't let me play, then no one else can play.

Even if it is really exposed, it will only be a little bit of public opinion. The worst that can happen to an unmarried man or woman is that their personal morality will be damaged. If public opinion is stirred up, the navy can just rush in and it will be gone.

The harm is not as great as the risk of job losses.

But I have to say it, I should be nicer to Xiao Ma Ge in the future, even rabbits bite when they are angry.
As for AB Station, the suggestions in the report coincided with his ideas, but Zhou Shouzi didn't quite know his appetite. Since they were both AB Station, he could just take them all in and merge them like Youku Tudou. He thought the name CiliFun was a good one, abbreviated as C Station, but they had to discuss it first.

Why are the salaries of high-level talents so high? In addition to their abilities, the resources and connections accumulated from their past resumes are all potential value, and information is the most expensive.

The reason why the other side can develop so fast is because of the information gap that Chen Mo brings with him. This is the biggest plug-in for the reborn.

But as time went by, Chen Mo discovered that a butterfly effect was occurring around him. For example, group buying, social networking, digital technology, and mobile games had all undergone changes to varying degrees.

It has accelerated the progress of some things. If Chen Mo's information gap has a life cycle, starting from 10 years ago, it would only be 14 years at most.

As a result, only more than two years had passed, and with the changes in some things, Chen Mo felt that his information gap had been reduced by four years, and there were only 10 years left.

Therefore, Chen Mo plans to speed up the layout and have stronger risk resistance before the unknown comes.

The rest is a report on the food delivery sector.

There are many takeout delivery brands on the market, including Daojia Food Club, GreenTao.com, Line 0, Meican, etc.

The largest one is Daojia Food Club, which is headquartered in Beijing. It is a delivery platform targeting white-collar workers.

But Zhou Shouzi’s recommendation was Ele.me.

There is only one reason: the model is new, the operation is light, and the founding team is a group of young people with plans and ideas.

After reading the entire report, Chen Mo nodded slightly, "How did you know about Ele.me?"

Zhou Shouzi smiled shyly, "I saw that there was an angel investor in Ele.me among Shunwei's investment portfolio, so I took a look. And not only Ele.me, but also DJI, YY, AutoNavi, Meituan, and other companies that Shunwei invested in before are all developing very well now. YY will also be listed in the second half of the year. The timing is just right, and it feels like stepping on the pulse of the times.

It seems there is someone behind this, I wonder which senior person in the investment industry it is. "

"Want to meet him?"

Zhou Shouzi was a little excited when he thought that his boss was a Shunwei joint partner and he should know who he was, otherwise he wouldn't have said that.
"Of course, boss, do you know each other?"

"You've seen it!"

It took Zhou Shouzi a moment to understand this sentence. The next moment, his pupils trembled and the excitement on his face turned into shock. How could this be possible?

"You'll understand after spending more time with me. Let's go!"

After saying that, Chen Mo stood up and went to get his coat.

Zhou Shouzi hadn't come back to his senses yet, "Ah? Where are you going?"

"Bring your people with you, and let's take over the company mentioned in your report!"

"Uh now?"

"What else? You'll get used to my style slowly. Let's head to Shanghai and set off!"

That evening, Chen Mo and his group arrived at a five-star hotel in Shanghai.

The next day, they met the founder of Ele.me: Zhang Xuhao.

Unlike the standard template of sports stars having a miserable childhood, entrepreneurs’ success stories are basically from wealthy ancestors and affluent families. After all, people like Liu Qiangdong and Lei Jun are a minority of outliers, and that was when they caught up with the good times. What if you ask them to try it 20 years later? Even Tour de France champion Pogacar would have to deliver food on a bike.

Zhang Xuhao is a standard template for starting a business. He grew up in a wealthy family with no worries about food and clothing. His parents were not ordinary wage earners. His father was in the fishing gear business and his mother ran an eyewear store.

His ancestors were even more impressive. His grandfather Zhang Shaohua started from scratch and opened several factories. He was a well-known "Button King" in Shanghai, and his uncle was known as the "Bearing King".

Zhang Xuhao is an out-and-out third-generation rich man who comes from a business family.

Therefore, when he was young, he would go to his mother's store from time to time to help run the business, and at the age of 16, he started to speculate in stocks with his New Year's money.

Environment shapes vision and character. When Zhang Xuhao was studying for a master's degree at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he began to become restless. He started the takeout business with 12 yuan given by his father and tens of thousands of yuan collected by other roommates.

As the saying goes, Zhang Xuhao is a typical example of someone who failed in his business and was forced to go back and inherit billions of dollars in assets.

It must be said that Shanghai Jiao Tong University is truly a place of good feng shui. In the same place, in the same dormitory, a small group of people started their own businesses, and produced Ele.me and MiHoYo.

Later, there was even a "China Unicorn List" that ranked the unicorns according to the number and total valuation of unicorns founded by alumni of each university.

Shanghai Jiao Tong University has incubated 20 unicorns, second only to Tsinghua University's 33. Although it ranks second, its total valuation exceeds one trillion yuan, more than twice that of the first place.

Therefore, in 09, Zhang Xuhao, together with his classmates Kang Jia, Wang Yuan, Ye Feng and Cao Wenxue, five young men founded Ele.me on campus.

At that time, smart phones were not yet popular, and their strategy was this.

A few of them developed a food delivery platform, providing users with promotional pages of menus of nearby restaurants. Users called the food delivery platform to place orders based on the phone number on the promotional posters. The platform then passed information to the restaurants and made a certain profit from it.

After the process was established, they began to put it into practice. They printed many flyers and distributed them on bulletin boards, in club rooms, and in dormitories throughout the school.

Then they bought more than a dozen electric bikes and hired a dozen classmates to deliver meals together, gloriously becoming the first batch of "riders" in China.

After the model was successful, Zhang Xuhao and others began to iterate rapidly, transforming the centralized takeout into a platform-based takeout. Users could order food online without having to make a phone call, and restaurants could receive orders directly on computers and contact "riders" to pick up the food. This became the original model for takeout.

However, the only condition is that the restaurant needs to purchase a system called Napos provided by Ele.me.

Later, Zhang Xuhao participated in various entrepreneurial competitions to attract the attention of capital, and contacted GSR Ventures and Shunwei Capital successively. In the end, Shunwei's US$500 million was far greater than GSR's US$100 million, and Zhang Xuhao had no reason to refuse the offer.

Currently, Ele.me has only expanded its business in campuses in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. The next step is to enter campuses across the country and expand from campuses to society.
The expansion of the business requires a lot of capital and manpower, especially on a national scale.

The previous funds were used for basic system construction and expansion in four locations. There was more than enough energy but less money for further expansion. At this time, Zhang Xuhao received a call from Chen Mo.

On April 4, Zhang Xuhao met with Chen Mo, one of Shunwei’s bosses and also his investor.

Chen Mo, Zhou Shouzi and Zhang Xuhao, three young men of similar age, began their first meeting.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, the three of them sat down, and Zhang Xuhao first introduced the current development of Ele.me.

The team has a size of about 16 people, covering four cities, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, and campuses. Currently, its user base is mainly campus users. For the food delivery platform market, Ele.me has only accumulated some reputation on campus and is a small and transparent entity in the entire food delivery market.

Chen Mo only asked two questions, "Does Ele.me still need funds?"

Zhang Xuhao nodded, Chen Mo also nodded, and continued to ask,

"If the other side wants to buy it, will you sell it?"

Zhang Xuhao shook his head.

This time Chen Mo didn't shake his head, but smiled and said, "Don't be so hasty to shake your head. It may not be too late to make a decision after listening to it."

After saying that, Chen Mo walked out of the meeting room and took a walk outside, while Zhou Shouzi started his performance inside the room.

This was the countermeasure the two had discussed in advance at the hotel last night.

Chen Mo is responsible for making the final decision, and Zhou Shouzi is responsible for winning people's hearts. How to win people's hearts?

Through the method of capital crushing.

If we think about the problem from the other party's perspective, that is, the benefits of agreeing to Bi'an's acquisition to Ele.me, and the consequences of refusing Bi'an's acquisition, as well as Zhang Xuhao's personal efforts and gains.

The benefits can be divided into three categories: first, massive financial support, no worries about subsequent financing;

Second, WeChat Pay provides technical support and integrates into Ele.me’s existing system to complete the last step of the puzzle and form a closed loop for ordering meals;

3. A development plan, which includes a resource package from Xiaomi and the entire army, and even does not rule out cooperation with Shanda Internet cafe terminals, which will provide strong assistance to Ele.me in opening up the market.

The three-pronged approach shortened Ele.me's initial development period by at least one to two years and directly penetrated the entire food delivery market.
(End of this chapter)