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

2015 10 Month 8 Day.

The last day of the National Day holiday.

The entire Chinese internet community was not enjoying the holiday, but was instead stunned by a nuclear bomb with a yield of tens of millions of tons.

[Breaking News: Meituan and Dianping announce a strategic merger.]

The new company has a market capitalization exceeding $150 billion, and Wang Xing and Zhang Tao will serve as co-CEOs.

Tencent will become the largest shareholder of the new company, investing an additional $10 billion.

The top floor of the Weiguang Building.

Lin Che stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking at the gloomy sky outside.

He was holding the iPad with its shattered screen.

On the screen is a famous photograph.

Wang Xing and Zhang Tao were wearing the same blue T-shirts. Although they were smiling, their smiles revealed a sense of exhaustion and determination after breaking through the encirclement.

"This is the corrective power of history."

Lin Che tossed the iPad onto the sofa.

Broken glass shards were scattered all over the ground.

In my previous life, this event also occurred on October 8th.

Even though he, like a butterfly, flapped his wings countless times in this lifetime, this scene still unfolded precisely on time.

only.

This time, the catalyst is not just the capital winter.

It was also because of Wang Xing's fear of Alibaba and his apprehension about the uncertainties surrounding Weiguang.

"elder brother……"

Fatty Wang pushed open the door and came in, clutching a handful of hair, his face full of anxiety.

"This is a big problem."

"The merger of Meituan and Dianping means that the Tencent camp has completely united its forces. They now not only have the largest share of group buying and the largest share of food delivery, but also have Dianping's traffic portal."

"This is a behemoth!"

"and……"

Fatty Wang swallowed hard.

"I heard that Wang Xing said in an internal meeting that the first goal of the new company is to kill Ele.me and kick out Weiguang's delivery capacity."

Lin Che didn't speak.

He walked to the liquor cabinet and poured himself a glass of whiskey.

Ice blocks collide.

"Kick him out?"

Lin Che took a sip of wine, the spicy liquid sliding down his throat.

"He couldn't bear to part with it."

"We currently handle half of Meituan Waimai's orders. If they kick me out, their delivery system will immediately crash."

"but……"

Lin Che turned around and looked north.

That's the direction of Alibaba's headquarters.

"Wang Xing couldn't bear to kick me."

"But some people might force me to kick Wang Xing out."

……

Half an hour later.

Hangzhou, Taiji Zen Garden.

The atmosphere was so oppressive it was suffocating.

The room, which was usually filled with the faint scent of sandalwood, was now filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Mr. Ma was not sitting.

He paced back and forth in the room, his steps quick, his cloth shoes making dull thuds on the carpet.

Tsai Chung-hsin sat in the corner, his face ashen.

On the table was a detailed report about the merger of the two major US-China companies.

The last page of the report clearly states: "Alibaba's shareholding has been diluted to 7%, and it has lost its veto power on the board."

betray.

This is blatant betrayal.

Alibaba nurtured Meituan, but in the end, Meituan took its dowry and joined Tencent.

This is an unforgivable humiliation for Mr. Ma, who values ​​control so much.

"Lin Che".

Mr. Ma suddenly stopped.

He turned around abruptly, his eyes blazing as he stared intently at Lin Che, who had just walked in.

What do you think?

Lin Che stopped at the door.

They did not back down despite Mr. Ma's anger.

"As expected."

Lin Che walked to the table and poured himself a glass of water.

"Wang Xing is an ambitious person. He doesn't want to be a pawn of Alibaba; he wants to be the one making the moves."

"So he approached Tencent, because Tencent only offered money, not control."

"That's like raising a tiger to cause trouble!"

Mr. Ma slammed his hand on the table.

The teacup trembled, and water splashed out.

"Since he doesn't want to be a pawn, then let him be a sacrifice."

Mr. Ma walked up to Lin Che.

The two were less than half a meter apart.

Lin Che could clearly see the burning anger in President Ma's eyes, and the ruthlessness that demanded someone pay the price.

Alibaba has fully acquired Ele.me.

"Koubei.com has also been fully rolled out."

"Now, it's time to choose sides."

Mr. Ma stretched out his hand and pointed at Lin Che's chest.

"Weiguang Flash Delivery took money from Alibaba."

"I need you to do something."

Lin Che put down his water glass.

They did not dodge Mr. Ma's finger.

"Please go ahead, Mr. Ma."

"Cut off."

Mr. Ma uttered two words.

The voice was as cold as the Siberian wind.

"Immediately, immediately, and completely cut off delivery support to Meituan Waimai."

"I want Wang Xing to know the price of betraying Alibaba."

"I want to make sure Meituan can't deliver its food."

This is the famous "choose one of two" situation.

It is also the most brutal part of the war between giants.

Force partners to choose sides and use the power of the ecosystem to strangle competitors.

Lin Che fell silent.

He quickly calculated in his mind.

Cut off Meituan?

This means that Weiguang Flash Delivery will lose 50% of its order volume.

This means that the income of tens of thousands of delivery workers will be halved.

This also means that he will completely offend the Tencent camp and tie himself to Alibaba's war machine.

From a business perspective, this is suicide.

But from a political point of view...

Lin Che raised his head and looked into President Ma's unquestionable eyes.

At that moment, Mr. Ma was furious.

If the investment is refused, Alibaba may immediately withdraw its investment, or even use Alipay's API to sanction Weiguang.

"it is good."

Lin Che nodded.

He agreed readily and decisively.

Without any hesitation.

"Weiguang Flash Delivery will cooperate with Alibaba's strategy."

"Within three days, we will gradually reduce the delivery capacity supplied to Meituan."

"We will stop accepting orders completely one week from now."

Mr. Ma's expression softened slightly.

He patted Lin Che on the shoulder.

The force was significant.

"very good."

"Lin Che, you're a pragmatic person."

"If you win this battle, all the market share of Ele.me and Koubei will be yours."

"Alibaba's resources are also yours."

Lin Che bowed slightly.

"clear."

"Then I'll go back... and prepare the knife."

……

Leaving the Tai Chi Zen Garden.

The wind was strong outside, making Lin Che's trench coat flutter loudly.

Shen Nan had been waiting by the car. Seeing Lin Che's gloomy expression, he hurriedly came to greet him.

"Boss, what did Mr. Ma say?"

"Choose one of the two."

Lin Che opened the car door and climbed into the back seat.

The voice sounded tired.

"Let's cut off Meituan."

"What?!"

Shen Nan was shocked and almost jumped up.

"Cut off Meituan? That means we'll lose half our orders! Those newly hired Flash Delivery drivers haven't even had a chance to warm up to the job yet; if we don't have orders to deliver, they'll rebel!"

"Moreover, Wang Xing will definitely launch a fierce counterattack. If he goes and builds his own logistics network, we'll have another formidable enemy!"

"drive."

Lin Che closed his eyes and leaned back in his chair.

My fingers tapped lightly on the leather armrest.

Tap. Tap. Tap.

"Who said I was really going to cut it off?"

Shen Nan was stunned, looking at his boss in the rearview mirror.

"But didn't you just promise Mr. Ma?"

Lin Che opened his eyes.

In that instant, the weariness in his eyes vanished, replaced by a cunning and calculating shrewdness.

"The promise was for Ali's benefit."

"Doing it is for yourself to see."

He took out his phone and dialed Fatty Wang's number.

"Fatty."

"Get ready."

"Go register ten... no, twenty labor dispatch companies."

"Give them a rustic name, like 'Run Fast,' 'Swift Legs,' or 'Never Starve.'"

"The legal representative found a few unrelated distant relatives."

Fatty Wang on the other end of the phone looked completely bewildered.

"Bro, what are you doing? Renovating?"

"Using alternate accounts."

Lin Che looked at the scenery rushing past the window and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Mr. Ma doesn't allow us to use the name 'Weiguang Flash Delivery' to deliver food to Meituan."

"Then we'll give it to you under a different name."

"Outsource the delivery riders of Weiguang to these labor service companies."

"Take off your clothes and put on a yellow vest."

"The system backend still uses our Microlight Brain."

"But this money..."

Lin Che's fingers traced across his knee.

"Don't travel through the tent of dim light."

"Go underground."

Shen Nan was stunned.

What's this called?

This is called "crossing the Chencang pass in secret".

This is called profiting from both ends.

On the surface, Weiguang Flash Delivery responded to Alibaba's call and severed ties with Meituan.

In reality, those hundreds of thousands of delivery vehicles were just rebranded and continued to frantically accept orders on the Meituan platform.

"Boss, what if this gets discovered..."

Shen Nan felt a little guilty.

"Discover?"

Lin Che took a coin out of his pocket.

Ding.

It bounced up.

Catch it.

"As long as Meituan offers food delivery, Wang Xing won't expose it."

"As long as Ele.me is fighting a battle, Jack Ma will not have time to check the accounts."

"We are helping them maintain a balance."

Lin Che looked out the window.

As night falls, the lights are on.

The desires of this city are awakening.

"Is the war over?"

He muttered to himself.

"No."

"The real war has only just begun."

"Now it's a battle between two camps."

"And we..."

Lin Che gripped the coin in his hand tightly.

"It's that ghost that's in the trenches, dealing in arms."