I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 326 I'm going to prove him wrong! I'll make him regret the decision he made today!

The taxi stopped in front of the coffee shop. Fang Qingye pushed the door open and saw Zhang Yimin sitting with a strange young man. He walked over.

"Mr. Fang, please have a seat," Zhang Yiming greeted him warmly.

"This is my good friend, Wang Xing, CEO of Meituan."

"Hello, Mr. Fang." Wang Xing immediately stood up, extended his right hand with a smile, and said, "I've heard of you before, it's a great honor to meet you today."

"You're welcome, Mr. Wang." Fang Qingye also extended her right hand, a faint smile on her face.

The three sat down again, and the waiter brought Fang Qingye another latte. They drank and chatted.

"Mr. Fang, I invited you here today to talk about the group buying industry. Groupon, an American group buying website, has achieved great success in the United States and generated high profits. Now everyone is looking forward to replicating it in China."

Wang Xing first gave a brief introduction to the bright prospects of the group-buying industry, and then began to extoll the advantages of his Meituan.

“I adopted an AB city strategy. The so-called AB city strategy is that Meituan divides all cities in the country into five levels: S, A, B, C, and D, based on their size. The highest level, S, only includes Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. Meituan’s strategy is to not compete in the S level, but to do well in the A and B levels, and temporarily give up on C and D.”

Wang Xing spoke fluently and attentively, while Fang Qingye listened very carefully.

He sensed that, unlike Zhang Yiming, a science and engineering student, Wang Xing, despite also studying engineering and graduating from Tsinghua University's Department of Electronic Engineering, possessed a strong businessman's temperament.

If Zhang Yimin were to talk about these topics, he would focus more on analyzing the technical advantages of his website. But Wang Xing is different; what he says is very persuasive.

unfortunately
He met someone who knew the future outcome.

The group-buying websites that participated in this fierce competition either disappeared or changed their business, including Meituan, which eventually switched to food delivery.

Finally, Wang Xing took out a document from his briefcase and handed it to Fang Qingye: "President Fang, I only mentioned the key points just now. This is my financing report. Take a look, and I hope you will invest."

Fang Qingye took the proposal and flipped through it before saying, "President Wang, I'm not very familiar with the group buying industry. Let me learn more about it—including your company—and then I'll give you an answer, okay?"

A hint of disappointment flashed across Wang Xing's face, but he still said politely, "Okay, Mr. Fang, please take your time looking through it. If you have any questions, just call me directly, or you can ask me to come over and talk to you in person."

"Ok."

After finishing her coffee, Fang Qingye said goodbye and left.

Back at the hotel, Fang Qingye sat on the sofa and carefully looked at the financing report.

Indeed, this report is quite well done, explaining in detail the strategies Meituan adopted in this round of group-buying wars.

If this strategy is followed, coupled with financial support, Meituan can win this war, and these strategies can also be applied to the food delivery industry!
History has proven this to be true.

unfortunately
Having already invested in Ele.me, I can no longer support Meituan. Even if Meituan wins according to historical trends, I must eliminate Meituan in the next food delivery war!

At the very least, Meituan and Ele.me should be forced to switch positions with themselves from their pre-rebirth state.

Knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to victory in every battle. Fang Qingye took the financing report and began to study it carefully.

The next morning, Fang Qingye flew to Shanghai as planned. Sitting in business class, he sent Wang Xing a text message that was very simple: he was not interested in the group-buying industry and therefore did not intend to invest.

After turning off her phone, Fang Qingye opened the financing report again and looked at it carefully.

"He refused!" In Zhang Yimin's office, Wang Xing's face turned ashen as he looked at the text message Fang Qingye had sent.

"I'm going to call him and ask him why!" Wang Xing said, dialing the number.

"Sorry, the number you dialed is switched off." A sweet voice from the 10086 operator came through the receiver. Wang Xing suddenly put down his phone.

"Didn't get through?" Zhang Yimin quickly asked.

"The other party's phone is switched off."

“I remember now, Mr. Fang bought a ticket for the 10 o’clock flight and is on the plane now,” Zhang Yimin suddenly said.

Wang Xing sat on the sofa, lost in thought. Zhang Yimin, seeing her friend like this, wanted to say a few words of comfort, but suddenly saw Wang Xing stand up and say sharply:

"Fang Qingye looks down on me, doesn't he? I'll prove him wrong! I'll make him regret the decision he made today!"

After saying that, he strode outside.

"Wang Xing, where are you going?" Zhang Yimin asked hurriedly.

"I need to find investment! I don't believe that just because a butcher died, we have to eat pigs with hair on!" With that, he turned and left the office.

Zhang Yimin watched Wang Xing's disappearing figure and couldn't help but sigh.

Fang Qingye arrived in Shanghai around 12:00 PM. After getting off the plane, he took a taxi straight to Guoding Road, where his company was located, as he wasn't used to being picked up at the airport.

Besides, there aren't many people in the company, and no one has time to pick him up.

After checking into the Fortune Hotel and having dinner, it was already past 2 PM. I walked to the university student entrepreneurship base and met Li Li, who was busy at her company.

Seeing Fang Qingye come in, he quickly stood up and greeted her, "Boss, why didn't you tell me you were coming? I could have picked you up from the airport."

"You're so busy, yet you still have time to pick me up?" Fang Qingye said with a smile, looking at the pile of documents and reports on Li Li's desk.

"It's alright, I can squeeze in some time," Li Li said with a smile.

"Where is Dr. Wei?" Fang Qingye asked, looking at the empty seat opposite Li Li.

"Today is their team meeting day. They're discussing it in the conference room on the fourth floor. I'll call her down," Li Li said.

"No need, I'll go up and take a look."

Fang Qingye followed Li Li up to the fourth floor, and when they pushed open the conference room door, they saw a laptop in front of Wei Xinghua, with dense computer language code on the projector screen on the wall in front of her.

A dozen or so people were listening attentively around the table, each with a laptop in front of them. Fang Qingye noticed that the team size had increased.

Upon seeing Fang Qingye enter, Wei Xinghua stopped her lecture to welcome her.

Fang Qingye greeted everyone with a smile, and then Wu Cai asked Wei Xinghua how the mathematical model was going.
"The model has been built and is currently being programmed. It will undergo verification in the final stage and is expected to be ready for trial operation in May," Wei Xinghua said.

"Thank you for your hard work. Li Li is looking for an office location for you. Once it's settled, we'll move there. The company will start trial operations once the software is debugged, not necessarily until July," Fang Qingye said.

"Then you need to find some helpers for Li Li as soon as possible. She's been so busy lately, with checking accounts, applying for a business license, and looking for an office. You, as the boss, don't even care about that girl."

Wei Xinghua actually stood up for Li Li.

"Hehe, I know, that's why I came to Shanghai to solve this problem. I plan to bring back all the trainees from other companies that I've assigned there, and have her manage them."

"Thank you, boss," Li Li quickly replied.

Wow, I finally have soldiers under my command!
(End of this chapter)