Chapter 731 Interview

After the Spring Festival, the days were still cold for a long time, but the market atmosphere had already started to heat up.

Kuaidi and Didi gradually exchanged markets while confronting each other but not in direct contact.

At present, most people in Tianjin use Kuaidi to take taxis, while Didi has taken up most of the market in Jiangcheng and Yuzhou, and it seems that it has not suffered any loss.

But at this moment, Kuaidi's final sniping against Didi has officially begun.

In the second half of 2014, they studied the development history of group buying and used the Tianjin market as a breakthrough. In fact, there was only one goal, which was the Kyoto market firmly controlled by Didi.

Now, the time is ripe.

Chen Chuanxing decided to give a full blow and take over Kyoto!

After the Kyoto market is eaten, the third round of financing will make Kuaidi the largest taxi platform in the country, and he can sit down with Cheng Wei to negotiate terms and discuss how much money to give him to leave.

Doing business is really fun, Chen Chuanxing couldn't help but sigh.

Seeing the decline of competitors, the accumulation of original capital, and people constantly coming to give him money, this hearty feeling made him feel extremely excited.

However, they didn't have much money left, so they had to be more cautious in every step.

At this time, Bibi had already taken root in the Jinling market, but the speed was much slower than Kuaidi.

Cheng Wei regretted this situation.

At that time, he was so scared of Jiang Qin that he hesitated for several months and watched Kuaidi enter the Jinmen market, but he didn't react immediately.

In his opinion, an iron-blooded tyrant like Jiang Qin would not leave no tricks behind, and the radical Chen Chuanxing would definitely be taught a lesson, but the reality is that Didi has no ability to resist except sinking the market.

This led to Bibi, which started later, missing the opportunity. Now, whether in market share or growth rate, it is far behind Kuaidi.

The Internet business war is about speed, and the final market advantage will be transformed into capital advantage. Under the accumulation of real money, the winner will eventually take the whole game.

Thinking back, it was he who facilitated the business alliance.

He found Shuangma and asked the father and daughter of the Liu family to act as matchmakers. As a result, because of a hesitation, Cheng Wei found that the fruit he cultivated was about to be eaten by others.

Yes, business alliances are beneficial. Kuaidi and Bibi suppressed Didi and controlled the market rhythm.

But when Kuaidi became increasingly powerful, Bibi would also be drained of nutrients.

What made him even more desperate was that the investment representative of Softbank came again after the New Year. Cheng Wei got the news in advance and wanted to treat the other party to dinner, but was politely rejected.

Capital will not settle for second best, but will only choose the strongest one.

At the time of Jingzhe, the weather was about to warm up, and the Kuaidi branch in Tianjin appeared in Kyoto and began to contact various online and offline advertising channels. The pop-up interface of the promotional activities also passed the review.

"On March 15, Kuaidi officially entered the Kyoto market, intending to eat up Didi's market share within two months."

"Two months? Don't be ridiculous, it took them three months to take over Tianjin."

Liu Qing looked at Cheng Wei: "The actual time is not important. What is important is that Softbank, Hillhouse and Apple all believe in Chen Chuanxing more."

Cheng Wei fell into silence.

"Cheng Wei, you should reflect on why you were scared by the toothless Didi and slowed down. Three months in the taxi market is enough to determine the winner. I don't know if you regret it now."

Cheng Wei clenched his fists and thought that if Kuaidi's pace of taxi-hailing could be slowed down, he would definitely not hesitate this time.

March came in a blink of an eye, and a spring rain fell from the sky above the city.

The slightly gloomy sky was filled with water vapor, but the air seemed much clearer.

It has been several days since Jiang Qin returned to Shanghai from Jeju, and news about Pintuan entering South Korea, Thailand, Singapore and Hong Kong has gradually come.

It seems that Pintuan's development focus this year has been on overseas markets, so it has lost interest in the taxi market.

When he thought of this, Cheng Wei felt even more stupid.

At this time, the insiders of the taxi-hailing platform and the industry insiders of the relevant industrial chain also began to predict the winners and losers of the taxi-hailing market. Everyone believed that Kuaidi would definitely win.

"Kuaidi's decisive move before the New Year really laid the foundation for the first-mover advantage after the New Year. This can be written into the textbook as a classic case."

"So, what Mr. Ma said about the second half of the year determining the next year is indeed a truth."

"I heard that SoftBank has prepared money for Kuaidi, and they seem to have been in contact before the New Year."

"Actually, it's a pity for Bibi, don't you think? It was he who proposed the business alliance, and this is really a waste of time."

The discussion in the circle no longer mentioned Didi, but only compared Kuaidi with Bibi, and the meaning was actually very obvious.

The combination of Kuaidi and Bibi overwhelmed Didi in market share, and Kuaidi took advantage of its advantages to become stronger, thus gaining a greater advantage. Chen Chuanxing deserved to win this war because he did not hesitate.

At this time, in the Pintuan (Kyoto) branch, Ye Ziqing was dealing with things that needed to be dealt with at the beginning of the year, and worked overtime until late at night.

Yao Shengdong passed by Ye Ziqing's office and found that the lights were still on, and couldn't help shouting outside.

"Boss Ye, aren't you going to get off work yet?"

"The work is not yet done, Boss Yao, please leave first, I have to be busy for a while."

Yao Shengdong pushed the door and walked in: "How should Didi defend its market? Didn't the boss tell us? Kuaidi is coming. I heard that the two large screens in Sanlitun have been reserved by them for three months."

Yao Shengdong is an old man in the Kyoto branch. He is mainly responsible for group buying and supply chain business, while Ye Ziqing is responsible for food delivery and taxi business.

Although the two people have different divisions of labor, because the business is related, many messages are shared.

If outsiders don't know, it's understandable, but he knows that Didi has let the market go in Jinmen, otherwise Kuaidi wouldn't have eaten up the market so quickly.

Now that they are about to hit the door, why don't you move?

"The boss doesn't let me move, saying whoever moves will be unlucky."

"Ah?"

"He also said that in the current situation, the weak will be sympathized."

Under the night of the same time and space, Cheng Wei began to gather parties and socialize everywhere.

For example, the leaders of the Shanghai Transportation Committee and the Kyoto Transportation Committee should basically be taken care of. Maybe one day this will become a real help. After all, who can predict the future?

But the laughter on the wine table cannot dispel the depression of reality. Kuaidi has already entered the Kyoto market.

Bibi has also studied a set of countermeasures for this, that is, to abandon the Jinling market and directly grab the Shanghai market, and cooperate with Uber.

But even the fastest ones need time. Although Cheng Wei is reluctant to admit it, he knows very well that they can't catch up.

However, just when the spring equinox was about to come, Cheng Wei, who had just finished the wine party, suddenly received a message from Liu Qing.

Kuaidi was ordered to rectify and fined three million yuan by the Market Supervision Bureau for violating market regulations. At present, Kuaidi CEO Chen Chuanxing has been interviewed.

After seeing this message, Cheng Wei sobered up in an instant and became energetic.

Damn, what the hell is going on?

Cheng Wei immediately contacted Liu Qing and several executives of the company, and went to the company quickly under the dark moon and high wind.

At this time, Chen Chuanxing, who was being interviewed, was also confused and dumbfounded.

Their action in Kyoto was just about to begin, but the rhythm was completely disrupted by such a coincidence.

The big guys who got the news looked at each other in surprise when they heard that Kuaidi was being interviewed for rectification.

"Oh my god, Bibi is so lucky!"

"No, why was it interviewed for rectification?"

"It is said that the market department randomly checked Kuaidi drivers and found that some drivers did not even have basic registration procedures. Some of them canceled orders after receiving orders and ran illegal taxis. There were also vehicles that did not match the registration information. The most amazing thing was that they caught a drunk driver."

"Isn't this too coincidental?"

"This is a warning to others. After all, private car operations are not legal, and Kuaidi has been too high-profile during this period."

"This is really God's blessing. Now Bibi's opportunity has come. I don't know if they can seize it."

In fact, Bibi, who had missed the perfect opportunity due to hesitation, did seize the opportunity and began to rapidly promote business since Kuaidi was interviewed.

They have done this market in Shanghai before and have experience. When Kuaidi is undergoing rectification and review, they can completely surpass Kuaidi's current market share.

God will not disappoint a man of ambition.

So in March, Bibi began to make regional targeted subsidies.

Opportunities are not always available.

So in late March, Cheng Wei personally went to Shanghai to take charge, and his offensive approach was exactly the same as Kuaidi's.

To be honest, he was under a lot of pressure, because everyone knew that Pintuan's headquarters was in Shanghai, which was the best of the best.

On Saturday morning, posts about driver recruitment began to appear on various channels, and Chen Chuanxing became the one who couldn't sleep.

Faced with this rapidly changing situation, everyone who was watching the market exclaimed that it was exciting, thinking that this business war was almost as exciting as competitive sports.

But as the business progressed, Cheng Wei began to notice something was wrong.

In the taxi industry, the first thing to grab is drivers, so Bibi must provide drivers with sufficiently favorable subsidies, at least higher than Didi, which is the basic idea of ​​burning money.

But Didi can also burn money to defend the market, increase subsidies, and compete with Bibi.

But when Bibi started to advertise on a large scale in Shanghai, Didi did not take any action, not even offering discounts.

It was not until the second weekend when Bibi started to officially operate in Shanghai that a letter of interview from the Market Supervision Bureau was placed on Cheng Wei's desk.