The richest man started taking advantage of loopholes after joining Alibaba.

Beijing. Wangjing.

This is Meituan's "base".

In an unassuming Fujian teahouse, the air is filled with the faint aroma of rock tea.

Wang Xing sat opposite him.

He was wearing his signature blue geek T-shirt and frameless glasses.

He doesn't seem like a businessman.

Like a programmer who just finished writing code all night.

"Mr. Lin, please have a taste."

Wang Xing picked up the purple clay teapot and poured Lin Che a cup of Da Hong Pao tea.

The water was flowing like a torrent.

There was no unnecessary small talk.

"I heard Didi blocked your API?"

Wang Xing raised his eyelids, his gaze peering through his glasses as if examining a piece of code with a bug.

"It's sealed off."

Lin Che picked up his teacup.

I didn't drink it.

I just held it to my nose and sniffed it.

"But it's untied now."

He put down his cup and tapped his fingertips lightly on the table.

"Because they are afraid of pain."

Wang Xing smiled.

That smile was reserved, even a little shy.

But those who know him well know that this man harbors an extremely strong desire for expansion deep down.

T-shaped strategy.

A borderless war.

He wants to take over everything in the O2O field.

"I also want a piece of the pie in the travel industry."

Wang Xing didn't beat around the bush.

He took an iPad out of his bag, swiped the screen, and pushed it in front of Lin Che.

The image above is a strategy map that has not yet been released.

Meituan Taxi.

"If Weiguang is willing to merge into Meituan."

Wang Xing pushed up his glasses, his voice as calm as if he were discussing the weather.

"We are China's largest local life services platform."

"Eating, drinking, playing, and traveling – a complete closed loop."

"Valuation..."

He held up three fingers.

"I'll give you three billion US dollars."

Three billion.

It was a full billion yuan higher than Didi's offer.

Moreover, this is a true alliance of equals.

Meituan has the scenarios, and Weiguang has the transportation capacity.

Once merged, it would be a nuclear weapon-level entity.

That was enough to keep Cheng Wei awake at night.

Lin Che looked at the picture.

He neither immediately agreed nor refused.

Instead, he picked up his phone.

"Click."

I took a picture.

The photo shows the pot of tea, half of Wang Xing's face, and the prominent "Meituan Taxi" PPT.

"Mr. Wang."

Lin Che put away his phone, a meaningful smile curving his lips.

"The tea is good."

"But I need to think about this."

"after all........"

He stood up and straightened his collar.

"Sometimes a backup plan is more valuable than the main wife."

........................

Ten minutes later.

A post on WeChat Moments caused a sensation in the entire venture capital community.

Posted by: Lin Che.

Image: The photo of him drinking tea with Wang Xing.

The copywriting only has two words:

Complementary.

There was no explanation.

No statement was made.

But those two words were like a depth charge, detonating directly within Didi's board of directors.

Beijing. Shangdi.

Cheng Wei stared at his phone screen, his face turning deathly pale.

"Complementary?"

He slammed his phone onto the sofa.

"Is this supposed to be complementary? This is going to kill me!"

Liu Qing stood to the side, her face equally grim.

If Weiguang really does side with Meituan.

Didi is not facing a disruptor, but a terrifying behemoth of similar size with unlimited traffic entry points.

That would be the end for Didi.

"We can't let them merge."

Liu Qing took a deep breath, her nails almost digging into her flesh.

"We must stop them."

"Even at the greatest cost."

She turned to look at Cheng Wei.

"Call Lin Che."

"Now."

........................

Weiguang Building.

Lin Che has just landed in Hangzhou.

My phone started vibrating incessantly.

Caller ID: Cheng Wei.

Lin Che did not answer.

He tossed the phone to Fatty Wang.

"Let it air dry."

"Wait until the fifth vibration before connecting."

Fatty Wang held the hot phone, watching it buzz on the table like a grenade that could explode at any moment.

the first time.

the second time.

........................

the fifth time.

Fatty Wang pressed the answer button and casually turned on speakerphone.

"President Lin!"

Cheng Wei's voice came through the receiver, carrying undisguised anxiety and a hint of weary resignation.

"I am Cheng Wei."

"We agree."

Lin Che leaned back in the boss's chair.

He was fiddling with the coin in his hand.

"Agree to what?"

He asked the question he already knew the answer to.

"All the conditions."

Cheng Wei gritted his teeth, each word seeming to be squeezed out from between his teeth.

"Weiguang will continue to operate independently."

"Didi invested $5 million, acquiring a 10% stake."

"besides........"

There was a three-second pause on the other end of the phone.

It was as if they were undergoing some kind of difficult mental preparation.

"Weiguang Payment interface, retained."

"It's ranked after WeChat Pay."

Won.

A complete victory.

Lin Che suddenly gripped the coin.

Snapped.

"Mr. Cheng."

Lin Che's voice remained languid, revealing no trace of joy or anger.

"If you had said so earlier, we wouldn't have had to go through all this trouble!"

"Send the contract over."

"I still need to have tea with Mr. Wang Xing next time."

"Don't!"

Cheng Wei panicked.

"The contract is coming soon! In ten minutes! The legal department will send it over within ten minutes!"

beep.

The phone hangs up.

Lin Che tossed the coin high into the air.

Catch it.

"It's done."

He looked out the window.

The night in Hangzhou is in full bloom.

In this game, he exploited Wang Xing's ambition and Cheng Wei's fear.

He dodges back and forth between the two giants.

They managed to raise Weiguang Mobility's valuation to three billion US dollars.

Moreover, they secured the most crucial payment gateway.

"Brother, you're amazing!"

Fatty Wang's hands were trembling as he looked at the electronic contract that had just been sent to him.

"What about Wang Xing? Didn't we stand him up?"

"Pigeon?"

Lin Che took out a can of tea from the drawer.

That was a top-grade Da Hong Pao that Wang Xing gave him before he left.

"Fatty."

Lin Che opened the tea canister.

A rich aroma of tea wafts through the air.

He grabbed a handful of tea leaves and sniffed them.

"Wang Xing is a smart man."

"He knows I won't really sell myself to him."

"He was also using me to test Didi's bottom line."

Lin Che sprinkled the tea leaves back into the jar.

He patted the crumbs off his hands.

His gaze gradually deepened.

"but."

"This pot of tea is finished."

"It's our turn to treat us to the next round."

He turned around.

His gaze fell on the map on the wall.

This is not the travel section.

Instead, it is another, much larger, more frequent, and bloodier battlefield.

【takeout】.

There.

Ele.me is burning through cash like crazy.

Meituan Waimai is rapidly expanding its market share.

Baidu Waimai is attempting to enter the market.

"Mr. Wang."

Lin Che looked at the can of tea, a cold smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"Your tea is delicious."

"But your territory........"

He stretched out his hand.

It performed a grabbing action.

"I've got my eye on it too."