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Chapter 360 Don't rush to deny, and don't rush to affirm! 260843 sparks of humanity!
At dawn, in the inky blue sky, a gray-white halo rises on the horizon, the first rays of sunlight appearing, a blend of cool and warm tones.

The wind chimes on the balcony tinkled.

Chen Yansen sat on the sofa, outside the window a vast expanse of white, with the cold wind swirling snowflakes across the sky.

The phone screen is stuck on the Toutiao (Today's Headlines) interface.

Wowo Group announced the shutdown of its servers three days in advance, marking the end of the nearly two-year-old group-buying website competition.

The 16th BeiDou navigation satellite was launched, completing the network coverage plan across the Asia-Pacific region.

eBay is returning to the Chinese e-commerce market, launching the 'eBayStyle Show' channel in partnership with Zouxiu.com, focusing on cross-border e-commerce products.

Within five days of its launch, WeChat's Lingqianbao (Pocket Money) has exceeded 30 billion yuan in funds, once again proving the feasibility of internet finance, following in the footsteps of Yu'ebao (Alipay's money market fund).

Chen Yansen glanced at it quickly, thinking about the phone call he made yesterday evening. Hu Ruihui from the Huazhong University of Science and Technology Association wanted to visit Orange Technology, which was probably because the news about Orange Z1 had already spread.

Hua Ke was the first fish he caught.

Who will be the second one?

Ten minutes later, Chen Yansen came to his senses, got up to get his laptop, opened the editor, and began writing logistics algorithms for Yunsu's transportation trunk lines and sorting efficiency.

For Mr. Chen, 22 hours a day is too long; he always has to find something to do.

At 10:00 AM, Alibaba announced through the media that the Cainiao Express Alliance was established on December 28, with members including Best Express, Tiantian Express, SF Express, and Guotong Express.

In the future, it will serve millions of sellers on Yaomao Mall and Taobao.

Industry insiders generally believe that Cainiao Express Alliance will have a hard time gaining traction, given the formidable obstacle of Yunsu Express Alliance.

Cainiao Network doesn't even have its own independently developed electronic waybill system, and has to obtain patent authorization from Cloud Speed. Coupled with the lack of a last-mile delivery solution, it is no match for them.

When Tiantian Express, SF Express, and Guotong Express joined the Yunsu Express Alliance, they also joined the Cainiao Network Alliance, which is purely a case of opportunistic behavior.

But Ma Liyun didn't care!

His original intention in launching Cainiao Logistics was to leverage existing resources and acquire data and resources in the express delivery industry before making any further moves.

At 3 p.m., Chen Yansen left Ye Qiuping's residential area and took a car to the Science and Technology Park.

On the way, Xu Minggang from Luzhou Xincheng International called, exchanging pleasantries while also updating him on the construction progress of Orange Technology's headquarters.

Chen Yansen gave a few perfunctory replies and then hung up the phone.

the other side.

Cheng Wei sat in his office at Digital Valley, staring blankly at last week's business data.

Today, Didi Bike has deployed more than 50,000 bikes in Yanjing, but its daily revenue is only slightly over 10,000 yuan, which is not even enough to cover the wages of maintenance personnel, let alone make a profit.

"Chang Wei, that mad dog, why doesn't he go to the southern market to challenge OFO one-on-one? Why does he have to fight Didi to the death? He's completely out of his mind!"

Cheng Wei sighed and couldn't help but mutter under his breath.

He heard that OFO had deployed a total of 80,000 shared bikes in seven cities in East China, with daily revenue exceeding 300,000 yuan. Without any competitors, OFO did not need to spend heavily on advertising or lose money on marketing, yet its market share was soaring, which he truly envied.

Cheng Wei continued looking down and found that the number of vehicles deployed in the three cities of Jinmen, Anci, and Tangcheng was 3. Since the local market was monopolized by Didi Bike, the daily revenue was stable at 10 yuan.

In other words, bike sharing is not a false demand; it genuinely solves the last-mile transportation problem.

The current problem is that Ofo is relentlessly targeting Didi Bike, and although Beijing is the headquarters of both companies, its profitability is actually lower than that of surrounding second- and third-tier cities.

Thinking of this, Cheng Wei took out his phone, found an unfamiliar number, hesitated for a moment, and then dialed it.

He had no intention of fighting Chang Wei to the death!

"Beep...beep...beep..."

After about ten seconds, the beeping tone in the receiver suddenly stopped, and then a young male voice came through: "Hello, who is this?"

"I'm Cheng Wei from Didi Bike," Cheng Wei introduced himself.

"Oh? What brings you here, Mr. Cheng? Is Didi Bike struggling and ready to give up?" Chang Wei teased with a smile.

In his view, Cheng Wei was a useless person. Apart from having a keen business sense, his operational ability was terrible. He was not only crushed by Kuaidi Dache, but also kicked out of Didi Dache's management by Qiandu.

It is clear that Cheng Wei neither understands business operations nor basic financial knowledge, and he didn't even know the simplest dual-class share structure. He deserved to be kicked out by Li Yanhong.

"Mr. Chang loves to joke. With Didi's funding and deployment scale, how can Ofo win? I just think that the subsidy of five riding coupons a day is not beneficial to anyone. In the long run, it will only allow Ofo in the south to reap the benefits."

Cheng Wei suppressed his anger and patiently tried to persuade him.

"Are you trying to teach me how to do things? If Didi Bike can't afford to operate, just cancel the subsidies."

Chang Wei snorted coldly, showing no respect for Cheng Wei whatsoever.

In fact, he understood Cheng Wei's meaning, but he did not want to give up.

At this time, Ofo and Didi were just starting out, and the marketing expenses required to suppress competitors were not high. If they waited until they became larger in the future, it would be a waste of money and the difficulty would increase exponentially.

He wants to nip the threat in the bud!

We will never give Cheng Wei the opportunity to grow too powerful!

"I'd like to see how long Ofo can last!" With no room for further discussion, Cheng Wei ended the call with a snap.

"Song Tianlu, come in!"

Cheng Wei stormed to the office door, poked his head out, and shouted at the head of the marketing department.

He wants to completely eliminate all ofo's orders!

"Boss, what are your orders?" Song Tianlu jogged over, bypassing the desk, and immediately came over.

Upon entering the office, Cheng Wei plopped down and looked at Song Tianlu, saying, "Have the product's customer subsidy policy revised, increasing the daily 5 riding coupons to 10. Also, mimicking the Kuaidi Dache's red envelope feature, add a lucky draw red envelope activity on the order completion page, giving away cash directly."

10 coupons a day?

Free bike rides, plus cash rewards?
Song Tianlu was slightly taken aback, feeling that his boss's marketing strategy was a bit ruthless.

"The issue of the number of coupons is easy to solve; the operations team can adjust the parameters in the backend. However, the 'lucky draw' red envelope feature needs to be developed."

Song Tianlu responded immediately.

"It's okay, let's adjust the number of cycling coupons issued first, and we can add the red envelope feature gradually," Cheng Wei said, waving his hand.

"Okay, boss, I'll check with Haibo." Song Tianlu nodded, turned and left the office, heading towards the R&D department's office area.

"Chuo Mu Niang, so what if you have a powerful background! Do you really think you can run rampant in the business world just because you have a family background?"

Cheng Wei muttered curses.

He admitted that he couldn't do what Cheng Weixing did, but that didn't mean that a business newcomer like Chang Wei could ride roughshod over him.

If he didn't have any tricks or abilities, how could he have become the general manager of Zhifubao's B2C business unit?

That afternoon, Didi Bike users in the Yanjing area discovered five more riding coupons in their accounts after being notified by a pop-up ad.

"Hey, these internet companies are just wasting investors' money all day long. Instead of thinking about making money, they're just doing all sorts of fancy stuff. How can you do business like that?"

"To be honest, it was more comfortable before. Back when it was competing with Didi Chuxing, even going out to buy groceries required a car to pick you up and drop you off."

"No problem! Although shared bikes are free, riding one in the dead of winter is just torture!"

"The internet these days is really something else. Since there are shared bikes, why not share cars or shared wives?" "Haven't shared wives already existed?"

At the entrance of the alley, a few gossipy uncles played chess while chuckling, revealing a sly expression that all men would understand.

"Gentlemen, if car-sharing really existed, would you use it?"

At this moment, a middle-aged man standing aside watching the game asked a question.

"Use it! Why wouldn't you use it?"

"Use it for free!"

Several middle-aged men playing chess answered casually.

After hearing this, Wang Fengli seemed to be thinking about something, and turned his head to look at the pedestrians riding bicycles past on the roadside.

Driven by Didi Bike and Ofo Bike, shared bikes have become a fashionable item in Yanjing. Simply scan with your phone, ride and park anywhere, and it's free.

This thing can raise hundreds of millions in funding and be valued at billions?

Wang Fengli smiled and shook his head, a business plan gradually becoming clear in his mind.

Sharing wives is illegal, but isn't sharing cars just the internet version of car rental?
Wang Fengli became more and more excited as he thought about it, feeling that he had found a completely new business track.

At the same time, upon learning that Cheng Wei had increased the subsidies, Chang Wei, not to be outdone, changed the number of coupons issued each day to twelve.

However, the coupons for Ofo bikes can only be used for 30 minutes, and a deposit of 199 yuan is also required.

Therefore, the password tables for Ofo bikes in QQ groups, WeChat groups, BBS, Renren.com, and Baidu Cloud still enjoy extremely high popularity and attention.

"Boss, the maintenance staff and the taxi driver are fighting!"

Just as Chang Wei was pondering the plan to open the city, his subordinate pushed open the door and walked in, hurriedly reporting.

"The reason?" Chang Wei raised his head and asked calmly.

"Our initial guess is that the taxi drivers felt that Ofo bikes were affecting their business, so they threw all our bikes into the river," the subordinate explained slowly.

Fuck!
These idiots!

Chang Wei was instantly flustered, then thought for a moment and asked, "Only the yellow bikes?"

"They didn't even spare Didi Bikes," the subordinate added.

"What a load of rubbish!" Chang Wei's anger surged, and he instructed his subordinates, "Have the legal department make a trip there. We must not forgive them and teach these people a profound lesson."

Otherwise, if everyone follows suit, how can he run his company?

"Okay, I'll take care of it right away," the subordinate nodded in response.

"By the way, have the frontline maintenance staff tally up the losses," Chang Wei added.

To his surprise, the number reported by the maintenance team was only over 6700 vehicles. What about the remaining 1300 vehicles?

It's worth noting that Ofo deployed a total of 8000 bicycles in Yanjing.

Are they all in the river?

Or perhaps the mechanical lock was removed and it was used as a private car?
We must replace our locks with smart locks as soon as possible!
Chang Wei opened his mouth, looking blank, and then secretly made up his mind.

……

……

Hangzhou, Xingchi Technology Headquarters.

"31.7, not bad, enough to buy tens of thousands of new customers for the mall."

Wang Zihao pursed his lips and gave a self-deprecating laugh.

From spending tens of millions a day to earning just over three hundred thousand a day, Brother Hao naturally experienced a psychological letdown.

But his position was promoted from advertising director to COO, so it seems he made a profit again.

“Mr. Wang, OFO bikes can’t compare to Pinduoduo. Only by conquering the national market can we achieve our profit goals through economies of scale,” Hu Weiyi said with a smile.

She spent several months with Wang Zihao, gradually figuring out his temperament and gaining an understanding of his business capabilities.

Although young, Wang Zihao is extremely efficient and composed in his work.

"Once the year-end report is finished, we will immediately open the financing window for OFO bikes. Tencent, Hillhouse Capital, and Sequoia Capital are all interested. After the New Year, it will be time for us to expand."

Wang Zihao hummed in agreement and changed the subject.

Didi Bike has completed two rounds of financing, and Ofo Bike has completed one round, while OFO Bike has not yet accepted financing.

Although Chen Yansen is not short of money, he does not want to invest too much in bike sharing. In any case, as long as he maintains control, he might as well spend the venture capital money.

It's not some cutting-edge technology, there's no need to keep it all to yourself.

The right choice is to get a few more suckers to share the burden!

Unlike Orange Z1 and Tiangong T100, Chen Yansen always uses a splitting strategy for projects that can bring him huge returns, separating them from Orange Technology.

Therefore, although the chip design department where Mike Keller and Wu Shengyu worked was located in the same office building as the employees of Orange Technology, the entities that signed their labor contracts were not the same company.

Two days later, the last working day of the year.

At 8:15 a.m., as his December salary arrived, Chen Yansen's system panel displayed 260843 more threads of humanitarianism.

"Synthesis, add some!"

He was already used to the enhancement process. In just a few breaths, his physique improved from 64.48 to 90.56, just one step away from breaking through 100.

The skin becomes increasingly tough, and the density of muscles and bones increases rapidly. Blood rushes out from the heart and brain, instantly flowing through the limbs and bones.

His body was brimming with energy and strength, almost overflowing.

"Huh? What is this?"

Chen Yansen stood in front of the full-length mirror, carefully examining his eyes. A ring of metallic luster had appeared on his iris, which he would not have noticed if he hadn't been so observant.

It faintly emitted a dark golden light.

After trying different methods for a while, I didn't find anything surprising.

Chen Yansen didn't care; as long as the kidneys were good, that was enough.

He then pushed open the villa's gate, got into the driver's seat of the Bentley Mulsanne, and sped off towards the Zhuxianzhuang Science and Technology Park.

at the same time.

Hu Ruihui led a dozen or so R&D engineers from the Loongson team to the virtual city by car.

"Mr. Hu, I think Orange Technology might disappoint you," a researcher said dismissively.

Ultimately, Orange Technology is merely a smartphone assembly company. It may have made some technological breakthroughs in voice interaction engines, but instruction set technology is far more difficult than the former.

"Don't rush to deny it, and don't rush to affirm it either," Hu Ruihui said calmly.

(End of this chapter)