Volume 4 Crazy Growth 2017 Chapter 798 Crazy Bicycle
Finally, under Zhou Dongsheng's well-reasoned persuasion, Principal Wang agreed to participate in this good show with an unfaithful attitude.
After all, it does sound quite interesting. For the cynical Principal Wang, it's just a bet of "eating shit". It's not his first time and he's already used to it.
Ahem, this of course means that this is not the first time he has made such a bet, not that... you know what I mean, right?
"No wonder you can make a fortune by relying on online celebrity media. I have to say that you have really figured out this trick. You know how to draw inferences from one example. This trick is not bad in the investment field..."
Principal Wang said in amazement, after all, the so-called capital hype is nothing more than these tricks, and Zhou Dongsheng is obviously the master now.
“Well, it doesn’t matter whether I make money or not. I just think it’s fun. But in the end, I can always make money…” Zhou Dongsheng said shamelessly.
Naturally, these words were met with sneers from the other two, but it must be said that these words were quite to the liking of Principal Wang.
After all, his business trajectory also follows this path. From e-sports to live streaming to the pan-entertainment empire, doesn’t it vividly interpret the saying “interest is the best teacher”?
"But since we're going to act, we have to do it in its entirety. You can hold my shares temporarily, so that I can play the villain more vividly..."
Not only did Principal Wang recognize Zhou Dongsheng's ideas, he also completely got into the role and started to offer suggestions.
Zhou Dongsheng's eyes lit up when he heard this. "Hey, you are indeed Principal Wang. I really hadn't thought of this if you hadn't told me. If there is one mistake, this bet will be in vain!"
However, Chen Ou on the side could not help but smile knowingly, watching the two of them singing a duet, but Chen Ou's heart was as clear as a mirror.
Although this cooperation was originally led by Zhou Dongsheng, Principal Wang's words clearly stated his position.
The fact that Zhou Dongsheng holds shares on behalf of others means that Zhou Dongsheng's shares in this project have already exceeded half, and he has absolute control.
Despite this, Chen Ou saw through it but did not say anything. After all, that's how business is. If this business really has enough prospects, he doesn't have to hang himself on this tree.
For him, this experimental cooperation is just a vanguard in the shared power bank industry.
After all, if someone plays cards seriously and throws out a royal flush at the start, that card must be very good!
Then, the three of them smiled at each other tacitly, and in this atmosphere where everyone had their own ulterior motives, this brief meeting came to an end.
On the other hand, Zhang Xiaoguang, who traveled to Shenzhen, said that the progress of the acquisition of Jiedian was smooth. After all, as both parties were willing and the price was very fair, there were naturally no twists and turns.
Unless a Cheng Yaojin suddenly appears and insists on stealing your love, everything will naturally happen.
Regardless of the current embarrassing situation of the shared power bank industry or the unloved status of Jiedian, the possibility of this variable is infinitely approaching zero.
In addition, with the funds in place all at once, the entire acquisition process, under the leadership of Zhang Xiaoguang, went extremely smoothly.
Finally, it completed the acquisition of 80% of Jiedian's shares at a price of 160 million yuan. Once the relevant handover of share transfer is completed with its parent company Haiyi Shares, it will be able to achieve absolute control over Jiedian.
Since the establishment of Dongsheng Group, it has been attracting attention from all walks of life. After all, Zhou Dongsheng has emerged as a rising star in the past two years, and has already shown signs of being a leader of the young new generation.
Coupled with the astonishing rate of wealth growth and repeated successful investment cases, it is reasonable that it has attracted so much attention.
It is no exaggeration to say that with Zhou Dongsheng's current weight, he is already qualified to become a key factor influencing the investment strategies of certain institutions, and he can be said to have begun to show a celebrity effect.
In particular, the unusual choice of acquisition to enter the market was a drastic move that made people think a lot and gave rise to various interpretations.
Some people believe that Zhou Dongsheng has tasted the sweetness of shared bicycles and has begun to make further efforts to bet on the shared power bank industry, hoping to continue to get a share of the sharing economy.
Some people are not optimistic about this decision, and simply think that this is Zhou Dongsheng's overconfidence. However, no one can succeed all the time, and this time Zhou Dongsheng will definitely fall...
Speculations are speculations, interpretations are interpretations, but under the influence of Zhou Dongsheng, the shared power bank industry has caught the attention of many investment institutions.
In addition, market research on this industry has become a topic for major institutions. They also want to see what prospects and potential this industry has that will allow Zhou Dongsheng to go all in.
For the vast majority of institutions, what they want to do is never to be the first to try new things in the market. After all, the risk of doing so is too high.
Although the institution itself is engaged in venture capital, perhaps what it hates most is risk itself. There is no contradiction between the two.
Therefore, they are often more willing to be the second or third person to enter the market, making full use of their capital advantages to compete for a share of the cake and force a piece of the pie.
This approach undoubtedly better meets the needs of the organization.
With so many organizations paying close attention, the entire shared power bank industry seems calm, but in fact, undercurrents have begun to surge secretly.
However, when faced with the ultimate question of whether shared power banks are a "real demand or a false demand", many institutions are still taking a wait-and-see attitude, standing back and patiently waiting for the market to respond.
Once it passes the test of the market, it will inevitably be a grand occasion like opening the floodgates, just like the current shared bicycles, which have shown a trend of flooding and have begun to spread across the country, and even overseas markets are not spared.
When Ofo took the lead in launching its overseas strategy, it meant that the battlefield of shared bicycles was no longer limited to the domestic market.
Once Ofo controls the overseas market, it will naturally be able to form an overwhelming advantage over other competitors, like a dimensionality reduction attack. At that time, this may become the deciding factor in the shared bicycle industry.
For this reason, even if other competitors want to follow suit, they are powerless due to their limited strength.
But for Mobike, which is following closely behind, it will certainly not sit idly by and watch the small yellow bike dominate the overseas market.
Mobike is one of the few competitors that has the strength to follow up, and it immediately announced its strategy of entering the overseas market.
Although this move is not as effective as the Ofo bike taking the lead, it is enough to slightly balance the Ofo bike's rising popularity.
After all, in a marathon, a temporary lag behind is not a big deal. What really determines the outcome is the final sprint stage.
Before that, it is enough to keep up with the first echelon and not fall behind. The rest is naturally to continue to accumulate strength and wait until the final sprint stage to fight to the death.
However, the reason why the two companies dare to expand so drastically is naturally because they have sufficient capital as a backing.
In fact, as we bid farewell to the old and usher in the new, and as time has officially entered the prosperous Year of the Rooster, the fire of shared bicycles has not only not diminished in the slightest, but has become even more dazzling with the addition of fuel from many well-known organizations.
The main reason why the two companies have spread their war to overseas markets is ultimately due to the intervention of overseas capital. Without the help of overseas capital, even a dragon from abroad would find it difficult to cope with the entanglement of the local snake.
Now, as the two families have begun another round of tit-for-tat competition, as per convention, they naturally began to display their military strength.
The simplest and most brutal way is, of course, to pull out your arsenal and show off your strength.
From countries to corporate competition, such means always lead to the same result.
It is worth mentioning that Ofo was the first to announce that it had completed its D round of financing of nearly 500 million US dollars, proudly showing off its strong muscles.
If we look closely at the list of institutions that have participated in this round of financing, we will find that they are all well-known investment institutions at home and abroad, and some of them are even national institutions that have come out to support it. This is undoubtedly the confidence that Ofo has in taking the lead.
When the financing reaches this level, no matter how prophetic and domineering Zhou Dongsheng is, the shares in his hands will inevitably be diluted.
After all, when the yellow bike was just a small boat, Zhou Dongsheng could naturally occupy a place in it, but when it rose to an international giant ship capable of sailing across the ocean...
Zhou Dongsheng's place also rose accordingly and became an entire floor of cabin space, but similarly, on an international giant ship that was like a small city, there would inevitably be a few more passengers.
In fact, before launching a new round of financing, Dai Wei naturally fully solicited the opinions of investors, and Zhou Dongsheng naturally agreed wholeheartedly.
During this dilution process, investors who are the first to get on board actually have a choice and can make additional investments to protect their shares from being diluted.
Zhou Dongsheng did so in the previous rounds of financing, but as the shared bike business began to expand rapidly, Zhou Dongsheng did not choose to make additional investments and even began to reduce his holdings slightly, thereby cashing out some of the cash.
After all, when Ofo reached this scale, Zhou Dongsheng felt that the time was ripe enough to start reaping the benefits, which was undoubtedly his original intention.
Especially as the sharing economy is gaining momentum, the market is overly enthusiastic and has gradually lost its rationality...
For Zhou Dongsheng, who experienced the ups and downs of the stock market in 2015, this is naturally not too unfamiliar.
Although we are still in a bull market stage with a straight rise, the more the market rises, the closer it is to the turning point from bull to bear.
If you want to get out of the market unscathed, you can't just sell your stocks when the turning point comes. Instead, you have to cash out slowly while the market is going crazy...
Regardless of whether it is the primary market or the secondary market, the basic logic is always the same.
Compared with the luxurious team of Ofo, Mobike is naturally not much behind. Under the influence of Pony Ma, a luxurious team was built for Mobike, and the word "Tenda" was firmly imprinted on Mobike.
However, compared with Ofo’s impressive Series D financing, Mobike is slightly inferior, with a financing scale of only US$250 million, which is not just a little bit different.
However, unlike the Ofo bike which was decided in one fell swoop, Mobike used a combination of tactics. After first releasing the news of 250 million US dollars, it immediately announced a new round of strategic financing.
The specific amount has not been disclosed, but this round of strategic financing was achieved by a well-known overseas capital, Temasek from Singapore.
Mobike’s first overseas stop was also chosen in Singapore. With the support of such a local company, Mobike’s overseas strategy is sure to get off to a successful start!
Zhou Dongsheng, who has invested a lot of effort in Mobike, also chose to reduce his holdings slightly and began to cash out in an orderly manner.
According to Zhou Dongsheng's plan, he will use the entire 2017 to slowly fleece the two leading sheep, and get out of here unscathed when the turning point comes in 2018!
It doesn’t matter if he loses a little. Zhou Dongsheng isn’t greedy anyway.
Thanks to the influx of overseas capital, Zhou Dongsheng was even able to do something convenient and directly exchange the chips in his hands for green US dollars, which invisibly saved Zhou Dongsheng a lot of effort.
Zhou Dongsheng sent all the profits he had fleeced from these two leaders to Lu Sifang. Seeing that the Bitcoin market had begun to break through the thousand-digit mark, Zhou Dongsheng naturally added as much as he could.
After all this tinkering, Zhou Dongsheng couldn't help but sigh that he really didn't make a penny and it was all "in vain."
However, while the shared bicycle industry is in full swing, the shared power bank industry has obviously just begun with the completion of the acquisition of Jiedian.
Zhou Dongsheng estimated that the time was ripe, so he prepared the drama that had already been prepared and was ready to be staged.
To this end, Zhou Dongsheng sent a message to Principal Wang, "Old Wang, it's time to take action. Please post it on your Moments so I can take a screenshot..."
The most realistic business wars often unfold in such a simple and unpretentious way (funny).
After Principal Wang received the news, he was not at all vague. After all, seeing Zhou Dongsheng making a fortune from shared bicycles, even Principal Wang was a little jealous.
If Zhou Dongsheng can replicate such a miracle, then I will bear the loss.
So, a message titled "If shared power banks can succeed, I will eat shit! I'm posting this as proof!" appeared in Principal Wang's circle of friends. Principal Wang took the lead and sounded the clarion call for attack.
Principal Wang’s circle of friends is undoubtedly a mixed bag, and for a while this circle of friends began to circulate widely.
What's more, with the help of Zhou Dongsheng, a man with ulterior motives, this circle of friends began to spread wildly on the Internet.
As time passed, the popularity grew. Seeing that the time was almost ripe, Zhou Dongsheng took out his mobile phone, happily edited a Weibo post and sent it out.
" I made a bet with Principal Wang, a bet of my dignity as a man. If the project fails, I'll just do it as a charity. If it succeeds... hehe."
A screenshot of Principal Wang’s Moments was then attached. For a moment, this Weibo post was like a fuse, completely igniting the heat. The topic soared to the top three in hot searches.
Countless spectators flocked to the scene to witness the birth of another "bet of the century".
