Chapter 589 Cheng Zhu Behind the Curtain, Exposed on the Internet

Chapter 583 Cheng Zhu behind the curtain, exposed to the entire network

In September of 2015, the war in the O2O field was raging.

And in the darkness, there is also a turbulent undercurrent.

Bao Fan was extremely efficient. After making a phone call with Mr. Li from Baidu, he set out early the next morning to interview him.

All this happened very secretly, and the outside world had no way of knowing.

During this period, various news media have continued to report on these companies.

The money-burning war continues to be vigorous, and ordinary people are also benefiting from it. They can plunder wool in various ways, which is very exciting.

But only a few people know that behind all of this, there is a pair of invisible hands pushing everything!

But for some people who stand 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 domestic venture capital institution!

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

On the phone, Brother Hao couldn't hide his excitement and praised Boss Bao in his words.

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

"Boss Bao's efficiency is so damn high. I thought this matter wouldn't be solved in half a month!"

Cheng Zhu smiled, not surprised by this, and said calmly: "It's normal."

His tone was calm, as if everything was as expected.

Others don't know how awesome this [King of Mergers and Acquisitions] was in 2015 or 16, how can Cheng Zhu know?

He can handle jobs that are more difficult than this in a short time. His personal ability and network of connections can be said to be a treasure trove!

It would never be possible if someone else took action.

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

"You have to be mentally prepared, the price offered by Baidu will probably be a bit high." Cheng Zhu reminded.

"It doesn't matter, our sponsor is rich!" Zhang Xuhao's tone was filled with the words "rich and powerful".

Just kidding, the people standing behind us are all big benefactors.

Dads will support me!

"Don't put random labels, I don't have money!" Cheng Zhu said immediately on the phone, starting to cry about poverty.

After Zhang Xuhao was stunned for a moment, he realized that the other party was also from the employer.

"What's wrong? QQ underwear and QQ toys have been hard to sell recently. It doesn't make sense." Zhang Xuhao also laughed.

We are all young people, and there is nothing to avoid when chatting, so we show our true colors.

“Alas, it’s not that my [Insistence on Access] is ineffective. After all, the QQ market in the past two years is not big enough!”

The cake was only so big in total, and Cheng Zhu had already taken the biggest bite, but he was greedy and couldn't get enough.

After the two joked and joked for a while, Cheng Zhu got back to business again and put forward his own suggestions.

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

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

In his memory, when Hungry Me acquired Baidu Takeaway in his previous life, Hungry Me had already received a large investment from Alibaba.

Alibaba is relatively lacking in traffic entrances.

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

The first part is the $500 million sale of Baidu Waimai.

The second part is that Baidu packages some traffic entrance resources and sells them to Hungry? for a price of US$300 million.

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

Baidu search terms are two years.

Taken together, the total price is only US$800 million.

You know, that was 17 years ago, and it was a fire sale that shocked the industry.

However, Penguin does not lack traffic and may not be willing to spend this money.

For Hungry?, these traffic portals are actually just the icing on the cake.

But despite this, Cheng Zhu felt that he still had to fight for it.

When Zhang Xuhao heard this, he also thought it was reasonable. It was impossible for him to think that there were too many traffic entrances.

"We'll have to wait and see when the time comes. I guess I can only work on this matter slowly," he replied.

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

After hearing this, Haozi started to praise Boss Bao for being awesome again.

"No, why don't you compliment me?" Cheng Zhu was speechless.

"Praising you?" Zhang Xuhao laughed loudly: "What can I say to praise you on the phone? I can't praise you."

"Go, go, go!"

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

These two companies are about 20 minutes' drive away.

The distance is neither too close nor too far.

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

The dog man naturally stopped next to his car, and the family should be 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 voice of Mr. Cheng.

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

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

But she felt weird in her heart: "Oh, in the company, two people are talking about Mr. Shen and Mr. Cheng. This way of avoiding suspicion is too confusing. Who are they trying to kill!"

As soon as Cheng Zhu took out a bottle of ice Coke from the refrigerator in his office, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

Shen Qingning, dressed in professional attire, pushed open the door and entered.

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.

She wore a pair of RV black flat shoes with square diamonds on the uppers.

"Do you want Coke?" Cheng Zhu asked.

"No, I'm controlling my sugar recently." Shen Qingning said.

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

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

The dog man opened the iced Coke by himself, and then drank it comfortably. After sitting down opposite her, he crossed his legs.

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

"103 million." Shen Qingning replied.

"Tsk, there's not 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 records?" Shen Qingning immediately frowned, with a bit of dissatisfaction in his tone.

"Hmm? Is there?" He really picked up his phone and started to look through the chat history, and then found that there was indeed one.

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

The cold girl looked at him, a little speechless, and her tone became more and more dissatisfied: "You are getting less and less concerned about the work of Youcha now."

"Isn't it because of you?" Cheng Zhu still crossed his legs and answered very casually.

"Then I hope that Mr. Cheng will pay more attention." Her tone was cold.

Recently, Shen Qingning was still under a lot of pressure.

Because Cheng Zhu gradually began to change from a half-hands-off shopkeeper to a complete hands-off shopkeeper.

He really handed over almost all the affairs of Youcha to her, and the main point was to be assured.

But listening to Ningning's reproach, especially the stiff Mr. Cheng, he felt that he had to quibble for himself, not to prove himself!

And he came to the company today to pretend.

He first asked: "During the summer vacation, we spent so much money. How many new stores did we open?"

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

87 new stores were opened in two months. The expansion speed is very fast, and it can even be described as terrible.

After all, Yuzu Tea is not a franchised store. The store area of ​​each store is not small, and it must be opened in the core area of ​​the city.

It is precisely because of this that although milk tea sells so well and has such huge profits, the financial situation is still not enough to make ends meet.

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

Cheng Zhu is determined to expand wildly in a short period of time.

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

"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 straight and fair calves were tightly pressed together and then tilted to the left.

The sunlight outside the French window shone on her body, and her cold white skin became even whiter under the light.

Cheng Zhu just looked at the cold girl in front of him who had no faults in her appearance, and suddenly dropped a bombshell.

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

A simple sentence, but it was enough to shock!

This made Ning Ning stunned for a moment.

Penguin invested in milk tea?

Just listening to it makes people feel incredible!

But Cheng Zhu is very confident.

The reason is very simple. In his impression, Mi Tuan and Penguin invested in Heytea together in his previous life.

However, this was a relatively later thing.

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

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

Then, it is not a fantasy to bring Penguin in.

Shen Qingning couldn't help but say: "If there is really Penguin in the next round of financing, Youcha 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 Youcha and your work results." The dog man began to defend himself.

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

She had already begun to look forward to it in her heart: "When there is really an injection of capital from Penguin, the benefits will be really huge!"

She has now invested too much time and energy in Youcha.

For her, Youcha has become one of the most important things in her life at present.

Ningning naturally hopes that Youcha will get better and better.

Therefore, the arrogant girl thought in her heart: "Forget it, forgive him, it doesn't count as nothing done during this period."

But Cheng Zhu would not just pretend like this.

He immediately continued: "Are you hungry? Will discuss acquisition with Baidu Waimai next. I will only tell you this. Please don't tell anyone yet. Keep it a secret for me."

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

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

He crossed his legs, drank another sip of iced cola, 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."

"Next, the proportion of takeout in the catering industry will become larger and larger, and this industry will develop better and better. Now is just the beginning."

"In the future, half of the revenue of Yu Cha will probably come from the takeout platform, and this is because we are an online celebrity restaurant, and there will be many people eating in."

"Don't think that I don't have many shares in Ele.me now, but I actually have a lot of say."

"This will definitely be beneficial to the future development of our Yu Cha."

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

"I will pave the way for you, so that you can feel at ease."

"Otherwise, you will probably have to work hard in the future."

At this point, the dog man looked at her with a smile.

Alas, it's still me who cares about you the most.

Upon hearing this, the arrogant girl actually made a rare small complaint:

"You talk like my dad."

Time passed, and the relevant process of [Are You Elephant] acquiring [Baidu Takeaway] was underway.

Everything was as Cheng Zhu expected. Penguin was not particularly interested in Baidu Takeaway's desire to sell traffic entrances in a package and take the opportunity to make another fortune.

Baidu's traffic is indeed not low, but can you be higher than my Penguin?

After all, the current situation is different from the previous life, and the situation of Alibaba and Penguin is also very different.

Penguin is determined to realize traffic, while Alibaba wants to obtain new traffic and more traffic entrances.

Therefore, everyone's negotiations are stuck on this point.

Since Hungry and Mi Tuan have been burning money like crazy, Baidu Takeaway, although ranked third, has a market share of only a dozen percent.

The most despicable thing is that Zhang Xuhao is still burning money to encroach on your market while negotiating with you.

Anyway, if you continue to drag it out, it will only become less and less valuable.

In the end, both sides took a step back.

Baidu still sold the contract in a package.

However, the contract period was reduced a bit, and these traffic portals were basically signed for two to three years.

[Baidu Search] only signed for one year.

This result is what Cheng Zhu hopes to see.

"After all, in a few years, it will be a special period for the world. Everyone is locked up at home for special reasons and can't go out. It's hard to eat takeout."

"That period was good and bad for the entire takeout industry."

"But these traffic portal resources will definitely be useless at that time, and there is really no need to package for so many years."

Cheng Zhu had expected that [Are You Hungry] could acquire [Baidu Takeout] so smoothly.

In fact, in the previous life, Huaxing Capital wanted to match Mi Tuan and Baidu Takeout.

Bao Fan wanted Wang Xin to eat up Baidu Takeout as well.

But Brother Xin didn't like it!

Brother Xin thought that the other party's market share in the country was too small and had no value.

As for now, Lao Wang probably still wants to eat up Baidu Takeout.

But his current situation is very complicated, with internal and external troubles. If he goes to Ali to get money again, the road ahead will only be more difficult!

In this situation, Bao Boss can naturally do things beautifully.

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

Bao Fan once again became the talk of the town, just like when he facilitated the merger of Didi and Kuaidi.

All kinds of media also went out frantically, began to conduct various interviews, and reported on this matter frantically.

Zhang Xuhao's face was rosy every day, and he looked very energetic.

The hot-blooded Hao brother is now in a state of long-term blood boiling. The vampire ancestor came to suck him and burned his mouth.

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

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

He chose to praise you in front of the media!

Two days later, an interview about Zhang Xuhao was published by the media.

The main content of this interview is about [Ele.me] and [Baidu Takeaway].

During the interview, Zhang Xuhao thanked Bao Fan and the Huaxing Capital team he led in a very good manner.

He praised their professional ability.

"This time, we are very lucky to reach a cooperation with Huaxing Capital and Mr. Bao Fan."

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

"Everything can go so smoothly, they have made an indispensable contribution."

"During the whole process, Mr. Bao Fan made a lot of suggestions, and it is precisely because of these suggestions that we can quickly reach a consensus."

"So, I still want to sincerely thank Mr. Bao Fan and Huaxing Capital again here."

Haozi first laid the groundwork.

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

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

The whole event can be said to be a mutual achievement.

Bao Fan himself also needs to do more feats, as there are very few opportunities to show his talents like this.

But is that enough?

"Yes, is that enough?" Haozi thought.

You know, the last time Tao Ge's [Comment] raised funds, it relied on the phrase "a sophomore student invested 35 million US dollars", which directly dominated the Weibo hot search list!

By the way, the popularity of the entire financing event went off the charts!

Various media reported on major platforms and swiped the screen like crazy.

The popularity of the entire event actually lasted for a long time.

All this is based on the many gimmicks of Cheng Zhu!

Good guy, this GG is invaluable!

Haozi: I'm jealous!

When I was raising funds for Hungry last time, why didn't I think of doing this?

So, this time I will seize the opportunity!

In addition, Hao Ge really wants to push Cheng Zhu from behind the scenes to the front.

He is grateful to Cheng Zhu in his heart.

At first, he just went to him to find a merchant to settle in, but inexplicably it turned into a military strategist who can decide the outcome of the world with one move.

If I praise you, I'm really embarrassed on the phone, I really can't say it.

But in front of the people of the whole country, I dare to say it!

Therefore, after thanking Bao Fan and Huaxing Capital, Zhang Xuhao immediately spoke again and threw a heavy bomb to the media, making the media realize that there is a big story here!

"In fact, I have another person who must be thanked, or in other words, there is another person who 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, the development of the situation was not going in this direction at the beginning. It was with his help that the situation was reversed step by step, allowing the overall development to move in a good direction, and making [Ele.me] now rank first in the country in terms of market share, approaching 60%!" Zhang Xuhao said.

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

——Little Fatty, you are quite good at it!

The interviewer's eyes lit up instantly. She had begun to smell something unusual, so she immediately asked: "Then who is he?"

Zhang Xuhao smiled, but he did not give a direct answer. Instead, he said another sentence first, raising the heat and gimmick again.

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

Zhang Xuhao: "I can tell you who he is, but please don't bother him too much, because he is 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, he is taking care of... university studies? !

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