Chapter 610 Old routine, new target

Author: Linjiangxian

Chapter 610 Old routine, new target

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yiming looked unhappy.

Forget it about SoftBank. He did team up with Masayoshi Son before, but what does it mean for IDG and Carlyle Investment to find trouble with me?

Lu Yiming has no consciousness at all about the fact that saltwater funds have made countless enemies on Wall Street.

Everyone's rules are the same. Didn't you lose because you were bad?

Lu Yiming made a phone call and said to Li Yiwen depressedly: "Damn it, those shareholders of Ctrip, IDG and Carlyle Investments, actually rejected my acquisition! This is simply unreasonable."

However, after Li Yiwen listened to what he said, he said: "It would be unreasonable if they didn't refuse. I remember that when I was shorting US stocks, some Internet companies that IDG and Carlyle invested in were bankrupted by you.

.You, you, have offended people all over the world, but in the end you don’t even remember the other person’s name?”

Lu Yiming scratched his head and said depressedly: "Is there still such a thing?"

Then he complained again: "How do I know they are so stingy? They are still holding grudges over a trivial matter worth hundreds of millions of dollars? It's so out of control, and they are still messing around in the US stock market. I'm embarrassed for them!"

Hearing Lu Yiming's complaint, Li Yiwen said angrily: "You're almost done. Is that just a matter of hundreds of millions of dollars? The brand image that I have finally built up now has been completely destroyed by you. I heard that several times

All the previous clients of the fund have run away, and this loss cannot be overcome by just a few hundred million dollars. Okay, stop talking nonsense, I’m afraid there is no chance of investing in Ctrip now, what are you going to do?”

The major shareholders behind Ctrip are not easy to mess with, they are all ruthless characters.

I won’t mention SoftBank. Most of the domestic Internet companies have this company behind them.

As for IDG, it is the world's largest information technology publishing, research, exhibition and venture capital company.

The Carlyle Group is also one of the largest private equity investment funds in the world.

Basically, it can be said that behind Ctrip, it is either American or Japanese capital. Even if it is not said to be invincible in China, few people would dare to mess with it.

Lu Yiming thought for a while and said: "Instead of fighting over steamed buns, I want them to know that rejecting my kindness will be the biggest mistake they make in their lives."

They all say that you should join if you can't beat him. Lu Yiming kindly chose to join first, but was rejected. So he had no choice but to beat him to death.

As for whether he can survive the fight?

Lu Yiming didn't think about it at all.

After listening to Lu Yiming's words, Li Yiwen had an ominous premonition in his heart, and quickly asked: "Are you planning to start your own online travel business? Didn't you say before that the hotel reservation system would be difficult to operate, and that it would be impossible to operate without a reliable team?

"

Lu Yiming smiled and said: "Isn't it just a professional team? As long as you are willing to spend money, what kind of professional team can you not find?"

The Internet is really profitable, especially this kind of industry concept. As long as you start doing it, the money will be like picking it up for free. The money will be made much faster every time you close your eyes or open your eyes. No matter how much you invest in the early stage, as long as it works

, you can get your money back in minutes.

Li Yiwen persuaded: "Didn't you tell me before that investing is not just about the track, but more importantly about picking the right players. If you are very optimistic about Liang Jianzhang's team, it means that they are very successful.

Can the person who comes be their opponent?"

After several years of training, Li Yiwen has contacted many people in the investment field and accumulated rich experience.

Especially in the project of investing in Google, he learned a lot and knew that he must have at least one reliable leader to lead the entire company to take off.

As the saying goes, if one general is incompetent, the three armies will be exhausted.

But reliable entrepreneurs are not so easy to find. If you find a newbie, you will really lose your grandma's family.

Lu Yiming said confidently: "They are good, but if they say they are the best, then I still disagree, because I am the best. As for the one who leads the team, I already have a candidate."

"Who?"

"Keep it secret. Okay, hang up. I'm having a barbecue."

"..."

China Shipping, Tianwen Building, Nandan Road, Ctrip Headquarters.

Ji Qi was carefully correcting documents in the office. On the desk in front of him, the pile of documents was half a meter high.

In this era where office work is still paper-based, computers are still just furnishings most of the time. All documents and information are generally transmitted on paper.

After reading dozens of documents in succession, Ji Qi felt his eyes were sore and his wrists were sore. He had to stop what he was doing, lean back on the back of his chair, and take out a bottle of eye drops from his pocket.

After instilling the eye drops, he felt that his eyes felt much better. He picked up the coffee next to him and took a sip, letting the bitter taste spread in his mouth.

A man came in with a stack of information, banged it on Ji Qi's desk, and said, "Mr. Ji, here are the orders and contracts compiled today. Take a look."

Ji Qi said feebly: "Let it go for now, I'll wait and see."

Among the four gentlemen of Ctrip, Shen Nanpeng and Liang Jianzhang are still working in the original company and participating in the company's operations part-time without receiving salary. Only Ji Qi started his own business and has more independent time. He is responsible for the establishment of the company full-time and leads 3,000 yuan per month.

Yuan high salary.

In this era, for a company employee, three thousand yuan a month is definitely a high salary.

But for a company executive like him, a founder-level executive, it is definitely a pitifully low number.

Although the shares in his hand were continuously diluted, Ji Qi's passion for entrepreneurship has not faded even a little bit. In order for the company to be listed as soon as possible, he was almost a sleepless and forgetful worker. He was the first to come to work and the last to leave after get off work. Under management, everything large and small inside and outside the company is handled in an orderly manner, and the development speed is rapid.

At nine o'clock in the evening, he finally finished his work and called his wife in the United States. After chatting for a while, he was about to go home, but as soon as he got up, the phone in his hand rang again.

He thought it was a call from his wife, but after pressing the answer button, he heard a man's voice on the receiver.

"Hello, I'm Lu Yiming, I'm the CEO of Ctrip, right? Do you have time to go out for a late-night snack?"

Before co-founding Ctrip with Liang Jianzhang, Ji Qi had been a gold medal salesperson for several terms. Therefore, he had always been versatile, and his best thing was dealing with interpersonal relationships. Hearing Lu Yiming's voice, he had already guessed Lu Yiming's purpose.

They were inseparable, but he did not refuse immediately. Instead, he said: "Mr. Lu's call came at a very timely time. I haven't even had dinner yet."

Lu Yiming smiled and said, "Isn't that just right? Come out and have a drink. I'll wait for you at the Liangshe Night Banquet."

"good."

Ji Qi put down the phone, turned off the computer, locked the desk, and left the office.

At this time, Ji Qi's heart was still pounding.

Among the four gentlemen of Ctrip, he has the worst background.

Although Shen Nanpeng and Liang Jianzhang do not have prominent family backgrounds, they still have enough food and clothing. Moreover, these two are "prodigy" level geniuses. At a young age, they have already shown outstanding talents and IQs. This is natural. Straight A student.

Only Ji Qi relied on his own hard work and hard work to make his way from the countryside to the prosperous metropolis of Zhonghai as a small-town problem solver, barely becoming the lowest among the top academics.

Therefore, his desire for wealth and success is particularly strong, and being able to establish a relationship with a "big shot" like Lu Yiming is undoubtedly a great joy for him.

"I don't know what Mr. Lu is talking to me about. If the other shareholders don't agree with the investment, there's nothing I can do. Are you planning to buy my shares?"

With doubts, Ji Qi walked towards the door of the company.

But unexpectedly met Fan Min in the corridor who had just come back from outside.

Fan Min is the fourth of Ctrip’s Four Gentlemen and graduated from China Shipping University.

"Hey, Lao Ji, are you going to get off work? You're quite early today."

Ji Qi is a workaholic. He works overtime at the company until very late every night. It is normal for him to do so at 11 or 12 o'clock. Now it is only around 9 o'clock, and he has gone home from get off work. This is a strange thing for Fan Min. matter.

Ji Qi said casually: "Ah, yes, I have other things to do tonight. Mr. Fan, you haven't gotten off work yet."

Fan Min said: "Come on, I'll put my things in the office and leave."

"Okay, I'll leave first."

Ji Qi drove his car to Liangshe Night Banquet.

Liangshe Night Banquet is a very stylish restaurant and one of the most expensive restaurants in Zhonghai.

The restaurant has only one menu with eighteen dishes, namely: The Wizard of Oz, The Mirage, Alice's Dreamland, The Golden Peach of Samarkand, Fish Show under the Moon, Cold Vegetable Soup, Western Market Dumplings, Cherry Tart, KALEIDOSCOPE Kaleidoscope, CRUST crust, WONTON wontons, LOLLIPOP lollipops, Golden Tongue.

Standing at the door of Liangshe's night banquet, Ji Qi's mood could not be calm for a long time.

To have the title of "the most expensive" in a place like Zhonghai is undoubtedly something that even a "company boss" like him would not be willing to spend.

Under the guidance of the staff, Ji Qi entered the private room and saw a large round table with a diameter of more than two meters, with more than a dozen dishes that could be called works of art, and felt great shock in her heart again.

Is this the life of the richest man?

"Mr. Ji, nice to meet you."

Lu Yiming took the initiative to shake hands with Ji Qi.

Ji Qi was flattered and asked: "Mr. Lu, do you want to buy my Ctrip shares?"

He thought a lot along the way and felt that Lu Yiming was most likely after the few shares he held.

However, what he didn't expect was that Lu Yiming directly denied his speculation: "I did think about investing in Ctrip before, but since I have been rejected, I will not bother anymore."

Ji Qi was suddenly a little stunned and asked, "In that case, why did Mr. Lu invite me out today?"

He didn't believe that Lu Yiming made such a big fuss and invited him over just for a late-night snack.

Lu Yiming said straight to the point: "Of course it's for you. I'm preparing to found a new company, and I need talented people like Mr. Ji to join me. The CEO position is vacant."

After hearing this, Ji Qi was a little bit dumbfounded. He was thinking about Ctrip and its shares along the way, but he didn't expect that the situation was still small.
To be continued...