Force me to be reborn, right?

Chapter 583: Cheng Zhu behind the curtain, exposed on the Internet
In September 15, a fierce battle broke out in the O2O field.

And in the dark, there are also undercurrents.

Bao Fan was very efficient. After talking on the phone with Mr. Li from Baidu, he set out early the next morning to meet with him.

All this happened in secret, with no way of knowing to the outside world.

During this period, various news media have never stopped reporting on these companies.

The money-burning war continues vigorously, and ordinary people also benefit from it. They can get all kinds of benefits and have a great time.

But only a very few people know that behind all this, there is an invisible big hand driving everything!
But for some people standing at the top of the business pyramid, the information they can obtain is naturally different.

The name Cheng Zhu has been mentioned many times by different people.

This is true whether it is Penguin, Alibaba, or the top venture capital institutions in the country!

Three days later, Cheng Zhu received a call from Zhang Xuhao.

On the phone, the passionate Hao Ge could not hide his excitement, and he was full of praise for Boss Bao.

"Tomorrow, the three of us will sit down and talk together."

"Boss Bao is so damn efficient. I thought this matter wouldn't be done in half a month!"

Cheng Zhu smiled, not surprised by this, and said calmly: "Normal, normal."

His tone was calm, as if everything was within his expectations.

Others may not know how powerful this "M&A King" was in 15 and 16, but how could Cheng Zhu not know?

He can handle more difficult tasks in a short period of time. His personal abilities and network of connections are truly amazing!
If someone else takes action, this task will never be accomplished.

When Bao Fan takes action, not only can he make the final decision, but he can also do it quickly, accurately and ruthlessly!

"You have to be mentally prepared. The price offered by Baidu might be a bit high," Cheng Zhu reminded.

"It doesn't matter. Our sponsor is rich!" Zhang Xuhao's tone was full of the words "wealthy and powerful".

Are you kidding? We have big money sponsors behind us.

The dads will support me!

"Don't label me like that. I don't have any money!" Cheng Zhu immediately said on the phone and started crying poor.

Zhang Xuhao was stunned for a moment before he realized that the other party was also the investor.

"What's wrong? QQ underwear and QQ toys are not selling well recently. It doesn't make sense." Zhang Xuhao laughed slyly.

We are all young people, and there is nothing to be shy about when chatting, so just show your true colors.

"Alas, it's not that my [persistent visit] is not good enough, after all, the QQ market in the past two years is not big enough!"

The cake was so small in size that Cheng Zhu had already taken the biggest bite. But he was a greedy man and could never be full.

After the two of them joked around for a while, Cheng Zhu got back to the point and put forward his own suggestions.

"Baidu actually has a lot of traffic entry resources."

"I personally suggest that if conditions permit, we can cooperate."

In his memory, when Ele.me acquired Baidu Takeout in his previous life, Alibaba had already invested heavily in Ele.me.

Alibaba is relatively lacking in traffic entrances.

Therefore, when Ele.me was paid to acquire Baidu Takeout, the entire acquisition was divided into two parts.

The first part is the sale of Baidu Takeout for US$5 million.

The second part is that Baidu packaged some traffic entrance resources and sold them to Ele.me for US$300 million.

Including Baidu Nuomi and Baidu Maps. The permissions for these are 5 years.

The period for Baidu search is two years.

All together, the total price is only $8 million.

You have to know that was in 17, and it was a bargain sale that shocked the industry.

However, Penguin has no shortage of traffic and may not be willing to spend this money.

For Hungry?, these traffic entrances can only be regarded as icing on the cake.

But even so, Cheng Zhu felt that he still had to fight for it.

Zhang Xuhao thought it made sense after hearing this. It was impossible for him to complain about having too many traffic entrances.

"We'll see about that when the time comes. I guess we can only take our time with this matter," he replied.

"It's okay, Bao Fan is here." Cheng Zhu said.

Upon hearing this, Haozi started praising Boss Bao for being so awesome again.

"No, why don't you praise me a few times?" Cheng Zhu was speechless.

"Praise you?" Zhang Xuhao laughed. "What can I praise you for on the phone? I can't say it."

"roll roll roll!"

After hanging up the phone, Cheng Zhu left the headquarters of [Youqu] and took the elevator to the underground parking lot of the office building, intending to go to [Youcha].

The two companies are about twenty minutes' drive away.

The distance is neither close nor far.

As soon as he entered the garage, he saw Shen Qingning's Land Rover.

The dog man naturally stopped beside his car, and the family was in order.

After getting off the car, Cheng Zhu took the elevator upstairs. As soon as he entered the company, he was greeted by the words "Mr. Cheng".

"Xue Fang, go call General Shen and ask her to come to my office." Cheng Zhu said.

"Okay." said the female employee named Xue Fang.

But she felt it was a bit weird: "Oh, in the company, two people keep calling each other Mr. Shen and Mr. Cheng. It's too annoying to avoid suspicion like this. Who are they trying to kill?"

Cheng Zhu had just taken out a bottle of ice cola from the refrigerator in the office when there was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

Shen Qingning, dressed in a professional outfit, pushed the door open and walked in.

She wore a sleeveless shirt on the upper body and a black skirt on the lower body, which just reached her knees, revealing a pair of well-proportioned and straight calves.

On her feet, she wore a pair of black RV flat shoes with square diamonds on the uppers.

"Would you like a Coke?" Cheng Zhu asked.

"No, I'm trying to control my sugar intake recently." Shen Qingning said.

"Why, losing weight?" Cheng Zhu asked casually.

Ningning didn't reply, but just sat quietly on the sofa.

The bad man opened his iced cola and took a sip refreshingly. After sitting down opposite her, he crossed his legs.

"How much money is left in Youcha's account now?" Cheng Zhu asked.

"1.03 million." Shen Qingning replied.

"Tsk, you don't have much money left. Why didn't you tell me earlier?" He frowned slightly.

"Didn't I tell you last Tuesday? Do you want to look through the chat history?" Shen Qingning immediately frowned, with a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone.

"Huh? Is there?" He actually picked up his phone and started looking through the chat history, and then found that it really existed.

"Ahem, I was too busy recently, so I may have accidentally missed some of the things you sent me." Cheng Zhu was a little embarrassed.

The cold girl looked at him, somewhat speechless, and her tone became more and more dissatisfied: "You are becoming less and less concerned about Yucha's work now."

"Then isn't this because of you?" Cheng Zhu still had his legs crossed and answered in a relaxed and casual manner.

"Then I hope Mr. Cheng would pay more attention to it." She said in a cold tone.

Recently, Shen Qingning has been under a lot of pressure.

Because Cheng Zhu gradually began to change from a half-hands-off boss to a completely hands-off boss.

He really handed over almost all matters concerning Yucha to her, with the main purpose of giving her peace of mind.

But listening to Ningning's reproach, especially the blunt voice of "Mr. Cheng", he felt that he had to defend himself, or prove himself!

Besides, he came to the company today just to show off.

He first asked, "With so much money spent during the summer vacation, how many new stores have we opened?"

"A total of 87 new stores were opened in July and August, mainly in third-tier cities." Shen Qingning answered immediately. She knew a lot of the data by heart.

87 new stores were opened in two months, which is a very fast expansion speed, even terrifying.

After all, Yuzu Tea does not take the franchise route, and each store has a large area and must be opened in the core area of ​​the city.

That is why, even though milk tea is selling so well and making so much profit, the company’s financial situation is still not making enough money.

According to the plan, more new stores will be added in September and October.

Cheng Zhu was determined to expand rapidly in a short period of time.

"Then it's time for the next round of financing this month," said Cheng Zhu.

"Yes, the next round of financing must be carried out this month." Shen Qingning nodded slightly.

The dog man looked up at her, and saw that she was sitting opposite him. Because she was wearing a skirt, her legs were tightly pressed together. Her two well-proportioned, straight and white calves were tightly together, and then tilted to the left.

The sunlight from the floor-to-ceiling windows shone on her body, and her fair skin looked even whiter under the light.

Cheng Zhu was just looking at this cool and elegant girl in front of him who had no faults in appearance, when he suddenly dropped a bombshell.

"Next time I raise funds, I will try to bring Penguin in."

Just a simple sentence, but enough to bring shock!
This made Ningning stunned for a moment.

Penguin invests in milk tea?

Just listening to it sounds incredible! But Cheng Zhu is very confident.

The reason is very simple. In his impression, MiTuan and Penguin had invested in Heytea together in the previous life.

But, this is a relatively later matter.

At that time, Heytea’s valuation was already in the tens of billions.

Nowadays, Cheng Zhu and Penguin's heavily invested Dianping have close ties with Ele.me. Zhang Tao and Zhang Xuhao will definitely want to participate in Youcha's next round of financing, making the ties between them even closer.

So, pulling up the penguin is not a fantasy.

Shen Qingning couldn't help but say: "If Penguin is really among the investors in the next round of financing, then Youzu Tea will really be in the limelight, and there will be many hidden benefits for future development."

"That's natural, so don't think that I'm busy with other things every day, as if I don't care about Yuzucha and your work results." The dog man began to defend himself.

Shen Qingning raised her eyes and glanced at him, too lazy to argue with him.

She was already looking forward to it: "If Penguin really injects capital, the benefits will be huge!"

She now spends too much time and energy on pomelo tea.

For her, grapefruit tea has become one of the most important things in her life.

Ningning naturally hopes that pomelo tea will get better and better.

Therefore, the tsundere girl thought to herself: "Forget it, I'll forgive him. It doesn't count as nothing I did during this period of time."

But Cheng Zhu wouldn't just pretend to be like this.

He immediately continued, "Are you hungry? We will discuss the acquisition with Baidu Waimai. I will only tell you this. Please don't tell anyone else. Keep it a secret for me."

"Are you hungry and Baidu Takeout?" Shen Qingning was a little surprised.

"Yes, I asked Bao Fan to help me with it. There should be news about it in a while." Cheng Zhu said calmly.

He crossed his legs, took another sip of iced Coke, and continued, "This will definitely be of great benefit to us, after all, we are too deeply tied to the platform."

"I have been mainly busy with these things during this period."

"In the future, takeaway will account for a larger and larger proportion of the catering industry, and the industry will develop better and better. Now is just the beginning."

"In the future, half of the revenue of Pomelo Tea is expected to come from food delivery platforms. This is because we are an online celebrity restaurant and there will be many people eating in."

"Even though I don't have many shares in Ele.me now, I actually have a lot of say."

"This will definitely be beneficial to the future development of our pomelo tea."

"I will definitely help you get these things done safely."

"I've paved the way for you, so you can feel at ease."

"Otherwise, you will probably have a hard time in the future."

Having said that, the dog man looked at her with a smile.

Alas, I am still the one who feels sorry for you the most.

Upon hearing this, the arrogant girl actually made a rare small complaint:
"You talk like my dad."

As time goes by, the relevant process of [Are You Hungry] acquiring [Baidu Takeout] is underway.

Everything happened as Cheng Zhu expected. Penguin was not particularly interested in Baidu Takeout's intention to sell the traffic entrance in a package and take the opportunity to make a fortune.

Baidu’s traffic is indeed not low, but can it be higher than my Penguin?
After all, the current situation is different from the previous life, and the situations of Ali and Penguin are also very different.

Penguin is focused on monetizing its traffic, while Alibaba is more interested in acquiring new traffic and having more traffic entrances.

Therefore, the negotiations were stuck at this point.

Since Ele.me and MiTuan have been burning money like crazy, although Baidu Takeout ranks third, its market share is only a few percent.

The most despicable thing is that Zhang Xuhao is talking to you while continuing to spend money to encroach on your market.

Anyway, if you keep putting it off, it will only become less valuable.

In the end, both sides took a step back.

As for Baidu, it is still sold in packages.

However, the term has been reduced a bit, and these traffic entrances are basically signed for two to three years.

【Baidu search】Only one year is signed.

This result is also what Cheng Zhu hopes to see.

"After all, in a few years, we will enter a special period around the world. Due to special reasons, everyone is locked up at home and cannot go out. It is difficult to even get takeout."

"During that period, there were both good and bad times for the entire food delivery industry."

"But these traffic entry resources will definitely be useless by then, and there is really no need to package them for so many years."

Cheng Zhu had expected that the acquisition of Baidu Takeaway by Ele.me would go so smoothly.

In fact, in the previous life, Huaxing Capital wanted to bring together Mituan and Baidu Takeout.

Bao Fan wanted Wang Xin to take over Baidu Takeout as well.

But Xin Ge doesn't like it!

Brother Xin felt that the other party’s market share in the country was too small and had little value.

As for now, Lao Wang probably really wants to eat up Baidu Waimai.

But his situation is very complicated now, with internal and external troubles. If he goes to Ali to get money again, the road ahead will only be more difficult!
Under such circumstances, Boss Bao can naturally get things done beautifully once he takes action.

After this matter was finalized, it immediately shocked the entire market!

Bao Fan is once again in the limelight, almost as much as when he facilitated the merger of Didi and Kuaidi.

Various media outlets also went out frantically, began conducting various interviews, and reported on the incident frantically.

Zhang Xuhao has a rosy complexion every day and looks full of energy.

The hot-blooded Hao Ge is now in a state of long-term boiling blood. If the vampire ancestor comes to suck him, his mouth will be burned with blisters.

When he was interviewed by the media, he actually echoed what he had said to Cheng Zhu before.

——"What can I praise you for on the phone?"

He chose to brag in front of the media!
Two days later, an interview with Zhang Xuhao was released by the media.

The main content of this interview is about [Are you hungry?] and [Baidu Takeout].

During the interview, Zhang Xuhao expressed his gratitude to Bao Fan and the Huaxing Capital team he led in a very polite manner.

He was generous in praising their professional abilities.

“This time, we are very lucky to be able to cooperate with Huaxing Capital and Mr. Bao Fan.”

"In this regard, I think Mr. Bao Fan and the Huaxing team are absolute experts."

“Everything went so smoothly thanks to them.”

"During the whole process, Mr. Bao Fan made many suggestions, and it was precisely because of these suggestions that we were able to reach a consensus quickly."

"Therefore, I would like to sincerely thank Mr. Bao Fan and Huaxing Capital again."

Haozi first laid some groundwork.

In his opinion, this acquisition will definitely cause a sensation in the business world.

With the support of the legendary figure Bao Fan, the sensation will definitely be even greater.

Throughout the whole event, it can be said that everyone achieved mutual success.

Bao Fan himself also needs to perform more heroic deeds, as opportunities like this to show off one's skills are very rare.

But is that enough?

"Yeah, is that enough?" Haozi thought.

You know, the last time Tao Ge’s [Commentary] raised funds, it relied on the sentence “A sophomore student invested 3500 million US dollars”, which directly dominated the Weibo hot search list!

By the way, the popularity of the entire financing event exploded!
Various media outlets reported that major platforms were flooded with messages like crazy.

The heat of the whole incident actually lasted for a long time.

All of this depends on the many gimmicks of Cheng Zhu!

Wow, this advertisement is of immeasurable value!
Haozi: I’m jealous!
Why didn’t I think of doing this when I was raising funds for Ele.me last time?

Well, I'm going to grab the opportunity this time!
In addition, Brother Hao really wants to push Cheng Zhu from behind the scenes to the front of the stage.

He was grateful to Cheng Zhu in his heart.

At first, I just went to him to find him for business establishment, but somehow it turned into a matter of having a military strategist who could decide the outcome of the battle.

I was really embarrassed to praise you over the phone, I really couldn't say it.

But in front of the people of the whole country, I dared to speak out!

Therefore, after thanking Bao Fan and Huaxing Capital, Zhang Xuhao immediately spoke again and threw a bombshell to the media, making the media instantly realize that there was something big going on here!

"Actually, there is one person I must thank, or rather, there is one person I must thank the most."

"If he hadn't been giving me and Ele.me advice all the time, we would never have come this far."

"In other words, things did not develop in this direction at the beginning. It was with his help that the situation was turned around step by step, and the overall development was moving in a good direction. The market share of [Are You Hungry] now ranks first in the country, approaching 60%!" said Zhang Xuhao.

"Brother Tao and I sometimes call him military advisor in private." Zhang Xuhao also pulled Zhang Tao out to add heat and hype.

——Little Fatty, you’re quite good at it!
The interviewer's eyes lit up instantly. She had begun to smell something unusual, so she immediately asked, "Who is he?"

Zhang Xuhao smiled. He did not give a direct answer, but said another sentence first, raising the heat and hype even more.

After hearing this, the interviewer couldn't help but clench his hand holding the recorder!

Zhang Xuhao: "I can tell you who he is, but please don't bother him too much, because he has been very busy in his company recently, and he also has to take care of his university studies."

A person who directly influences the direction of the domestic takeout industry behind the scenes, and he is also taking care of his university studies?!
(ps: The rules of the Qidian monthly ticket list have changed. Since we didn’t lose any votes, our ranking jumped directly from 28th to the top ten.
There has been a change of plan, get ready to rush to the top of the list!
Brothers, please give me a monthly ticket!!!)

(End of this chapter)