Chapter 506 People in the Era

The fuse of the crazy group buying war in China today originated from [Groupon] on the other side of the ocean.

One year ago!

Google made an acquisition offer to Groupon, hoping to acquire the group buying website for about 6 billion US dollars.

Then, it was rejected by [Groupon]...

The news spread like wildfire and reached the eyes of countless entrepreneurs and capital in China.

Then, overnight, countless entrepreneurs were excited!

From 1999 to now...

From the wild era of China's Internet to the contention of a hundred schools of thought, they have witnessed too many myths!

When ICQ in the United States emerged, they watched the Chinese version of ICQ, Q Dog, rise strongly and create the current giant [Tengji Empire].

Google in the United States has developed vigorously, and Sodu in China has quickly occupied the mainstream, impacting the Internet search engine with thunderous force. When countless people have not reacted, they have embarked on the road to becoming a god...

eBay, an American e-commerce company, is getting more and more crazy, and Hangzhou Ma has repeatedly hit the wall with [Taozhu.com], and finally tempered into steel, creating an online shopping empire that can compete with [Tengji]...

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In every era, there is a myth, taking advantage of the Internet's wind outlet, and then rising strongly!

Countless analysts, behind this group of entrepreneurs, analyzed countless data, and finally agreed that [group buying] is definitely a brand new outlet, no less than Qgou, Sodu, and [Taozhu.com].

At that moment, countless entrepreneurs rushed into this track with red eyes like wild beasts!

They missed Qgou, missed Sodu, and missed [Taozhu.com]...

This time!

They never want to miss the huge wind outlet of [group buying] again!

In a year!

There are corpses everywhere and rivers of blood, but they keep coming one after another, one wave after another...

Every day, we see a new group buying website rising, and every day, we see some people who can't withstand the pressure of capital and leave sadly...

Every day, we hear that a certain entrepreneur became rich overnight, standing in front of reporters, saying that he threw money into the furnace and burned it one by one, and he couldn't burn it all. We can also see open and secret fights, from the Internet to offline...

But there are still countless entrepreneurs joining the battlefield with capital. No matter how cruel the fight is, it can't resist the determination to sit at the table and compete with big companies like [Tengji] and [Taozhu.com]...

However...

One year later.

No one could have imagined!

This [Thousand Group War] that is enough to be recorded in the history of the Internet started with [Groupon], but it also ended with [Groupon]!

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[Qianshou.com].

In the conference room

A day ago, CEO Shen Mingqiang, who was full of vigor and ambition and wanted to defeat [Fengchao Jisong], was smoking one cigarette after another.

On the big screen in the conference room, the market value curve of [Groupon] in the Nasdaq market was displayed.

Fall!

Fall!

Fall!

His eyes flashed with a trance, and an unprecedented sense of confusion swept over his whole body.

In this group buying war that lasted for nearly a year, the capital behind [Qianshou.com], such as [Soudu], [Shengshi Entertainment], and [Hongsen Capital], has invested a total of 2 billion RMB!

Almost, they have done all the "money-burning" activities that can be thought of and all the things that can be done...

They have won nearly 15 million users and are ready to take the next step!

What's the next step?

Everyone has a very clear and precise plan!

With the help of the trend of [Groupon] going public, their [QianShou.com] went public, with a valuation of 10 billion, and then split the stock and raised more funds...

The capital behind [QianShou.com] made a lot of money, and had enough control over the future [group buying market]. It expanded again in new areas and entered the [takeout] line. With its huge market value and advantages, it swallowed [Fengchao Jisong] fiercely. Shen Mingqiang, an entrepreneur who started his business in the millennium, suddenly became the spokesperson of capital, with a net worth of more than 1 billion, and became a myth of the new era!

Everything is beautiful, everything is the best, but...

The listing of [Groupon], the originator of group buying, was far less than expected, with a falling stock price and more and more pessimistic voices...

All of these will inevitably make more capital lose confidence in the [group buying] market and believe that it is an unfeasible path.

"We have at least 15 million users. Going public may not necessarily result in a fall in stock price..."

After smoking the last cigarette, Shen Mingqiang finally stood up and expressed his position.

Li Hong from Sodu did not say anything, but just silently read the news.

Jin Zhengzhong from Shengshi Entertainment looked worried, and after a while, he looked at Pang Lei from Hongsen Capital and said nothing.

Pang Lei's face became more and more gloomy. He invested the most and paid the most in this group buying war. Although he had 15 million users, he had no way of ensuring that Qianshou.com would be better than Groupon because of the precedent of Groupon's listing...

Pang Lei realized that he was standing on the edge of a cliff, in a dilemma. At this critical juncture, he could not sell his shares immediately, otherwise, the entire Qianshou.com would only accelerate its collapse, causing unpredictable consequences for investors in the Hongsen Capital system.

At the moment before [Groupon] went public, it was really appropriate for him to sell the shares of [Lingshou.com] at a high price. At that time, countless takeovers were waiting.

However, he greedily waited for the highest position...

Then……

Falling into a passive situation!

"Li Zongyao, an old fox, knows that single group buying will not work. We must use O2O, an online-to-offline business model, and convert [group buying] into [Lai Niao takeout] in advance... We are doing takeout now, and it is already too late. , only by cooperating with that old fox... Only in this way can the market value be maintained. We can't even completely cut off the cooperation with [Honeycomb Takeout]..." Pang Lei said after hearing Jin Zhengzhong sigh. Got this sentence.

When he heard this, Pang Lei's face became more and more gloomy.

Just when he finished saying this, a burst of laughter suddenly came from outside the conference room.

The door opened.

Li Zongyao walked in with a smile on his face.

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Hangzhou.

West Lake.

The long viewing path in the distance is crowded with people and the river is flowing continuously. The Leifeng Pagoda on the mountain is faintly visible in the sunset. In the distance, small boats are rowing by, and the tourists are happy and happy.

When Ma Yunhua received Zhang Sheng, although it was not formal, he paid great attention to it.

When Zhang Sheng and his lawyer entered Hangzhou, he immediately sent several luxury cars to pick him up. They bypassed the West Lake, bypassed the tourists, and finally arrived at a very secretive private house on the edge of the West Lake. In the clubhouse.

That was Lao Ma's private club. It rarely received people on weekdays. The visitors were either dignitaries or financial tycoons.

When he stepped into the private club, Zhang Xing was very excited. He had been in business for many years and was considered a leader. He claimed that he was not a capital, but he should have a place in the capital.

However, even when [Weibo] and [Group Buying] were at their craziest, I was never invited. When talking about cooperation, at most I was arranged to be in the tea room of [Jiahu Technology], drinking face to face with Lao Ma. Tea.

On the other hand, Zhang Sheng was calm from beginning to end.

Following the tall and beautiful front desk, we walked through a tree-lined path, walked into a small courtyard with simple decoration, but also a cave. Finally, we met Lao Ma in a teahouse next to the theater stage.

"Brother Zhang, haha, you are finally here! Sit down, sit down!"

When Zhang Sheng stepped into the tea room, he heard a burst of hearty and enthusiastic laughter. Ma Huayun came over wearing slippers and pulled Zhang Sheng to sit down.

"Brother Zhang, when a famous actor from Yanjing comes over to show off his voice, don't leave today. Let's listen to two voices while drinking West Lake Longjing... Haha, isn't it fun..."

Zhang Xing, who was following behind him, was a little nervous. After following Zhang Sheng in, he sat in the tea room and looked at the girls who were wearing simple clothes and getting taller and more beautiful. Unconsciously, he felt a little hot. He took a deep breath. After taking a breath and sitting in the seat of Zhang Sheng's entourage, he looked at the stage again, vaguely feeling that he had traveled to ancient times.

When he turned his eyes again, he saw a beautiful girl, quietly and skillfully making cups of fragrant tea...

"Haha, okay, okay!"

This is not the first time that Zhang Xing has come to a similar club, but he feels a little restricted whether it is because Lao Ma has too much aura or because of his humble status at this moment.

But Zhang Sheng didn't feel this way. After taking his seat, he followed Lao Ma and laughed.

During this period, the two of them tasted tea together and chatted about it, as if they were close friends. Even Zhang Sheng's knowledge of tea ceremony amazed even arty people like Lao Ma. The beautiful girl making tea next to him was even more surprised. I was so surprised that I felt like I had met a colleague.

Time always passes by in a hurry.

Zhang Xing felt his chest became more and more stuffy.

He listened to Zhang Sheng and Lao Ma chatting from the tea ceremony to people's hearts, from people's hearts to overseas affairs, from overseas affairs to drama...

Zhang Sheng's level of involvement is incredible, and even Ma Yunhua finds his insights in some fields incredible...

gradually……

The place that was originally Ma Yunhua's home court actually became Zhang Sheng's home court.

When the sun set and the sunset gradually filled the sky, Zhang Sheng even sat on the tea-making seat at Ma Yunhua's strong invitation and personally showed everyone his skillful and professional tea-making skills!

Zhang Xing saw this scene...

Unconsciously, my heart felt sour and sold with my mother!

When Zhang Sheng made tea for himself in the past, he just poured it into the water and handed it to him. He even didn't pour some of the tea after the first brew, and the tea he drank was all low-quality fake tea!

He once thought that Zhang Sheng didn't even know the basics of making tea.

Now that I think about it...

It's not that he doesn't understand, it's that he doesn't deserve it!

With such complicated emotions, several people sat there until the evening.

When it's 5:30 in the evening...

A gentle light lit up in the distant courtyard, and then, on the stage, a group of people began to sing on stage one after another.

With melodious singing.

With a smile on her face, Ma Yunhua looked at Zhang Sheng inadvertently, and then suddenly sighed: "Brother Zhang... this journey has not been easy!"

"It's not easy..." Zhang Sheng responded with a smile while listening to the play: "After stumbling along, I finally realized that one person's power is too weak..."