MTL - The Growth of the Richest Man-Chapter 148 Uber Inc (1)

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Taking advantage of customers' trust in Yongchang Company to do this kind of back-end applet makes Zhang Yong feel a little uncomfortable. After all, doing so is not very aboveboard. But on the one hand, doing so will not cause much damage to users. On the other hand, after all, it is only a short-term behavior and will not continue forever. Zhang Yong also decided to turn a blind eye. However, the procurement of new servers and the research and development of the company's own supercomputer are still on the agenda. When Chen Tianshi completes the development of the Renren Credit big data processing program, and when the company's own lithography machine research and development is completed, it will still be carried out by himself. Let’s look at the research and development of supercomputers, otherwise, we can only rely on the outside world to supply core technologies, or we can only do this kind of background operation against our conscience.

The mall is intriguing, and Zhang Yong has been fighting in this mall for more than two years. Although the word of mouth is positive, in fact, those thick and dark things have not been done well.

For example, when Zhang Yong was filming his first movie "No. 32 in Area B", he was an unscrupulous boss. The wages of Li Li and Wang Le, as well as the rent of the venue, were not paid - and they have not been paid yet.

For another example, when acquiring Meditation Technology, in fact, to a large extent, it was an act of robbery.

For example, many of the initial structures of Renren's rank system and Renren Mall are copied from Tubao.com or Tengxun.com, although there is a trend of being better than blue.

In a more serious situation, Zhang Yong used to embezzle part of Yu’e Bao’s money for emergencies; even now, part of Renren Fund’s money is cashed out in the form of investment and used for lithography machine light sources. technology developed.

This time, a small operation in the background can solve a big problem. Although it is disgraceful, it is not the first time to do such a thing. At most, after one operation is completed, the server purchased by Meditation Technology will arrive, so let’s gradually reduce this operation.

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Zhang Yong's personal public information is not too much. The personal information he discloses to the public, such as e-mail, Renrentong account, mobile phone number, telephone number, etc., are operated and maintained by a special person in the President's Office of Yongchang Group Yes, so you won't receive too many harassing messages. However, Zhang Yong's personal information released to the public is not completely absent.

A year ago, when Zhang Yong was shooting a movie in the United States, for the convenience of recruiting actors, he recently sent out a batch of personal business cards. On the business cards, there was a mailbox that he temporarily registered at that time to receive the resumes of actors. After this mailbox was used up at the time, it gradually became unused, but it was still used by many people. Occasionally, some fans or other reporters wanted to send letters to this mailbox. However, Zhang Yong did not hand over this mailbox to the office of the President of Yongchang Group for operation and maintenance. Instead, he checked the account occasionally, but he would not reply. Therefore, such unanswered mailboxes were gradually not sent by many people. letter.

But one day in late April 2009, Zhang Yong opened his mailbox occasionally to see if any old fans sent him any news, but unexpectedly found that an e-mail sent to him from the United States . Half of the content is in English, and the other half is in Chinese, but the Chinese is very lame to read. It seems that the author may have translated it using translation software or something, so it is too blunt. The letter was sent half a month ago, and Zhang Yong has not logged into this account for more than half a month.

"Dear Mr. Yong Zhang,"

"I am very pleased to be able to write this letter to you, and I hope to receive your reply."

"I was born in San Francisco in 1977. I have been fascinated by computers since I was a child, and learned to program in the sixth grade. After graduating from high school, I was admitted to the University of California, Los Angeles, and studied with Bill Gates in 1998. The first P2P file download resource search engine. In 2001, I founded a technology company to provide enterprises with services such as improving the way files are spread on the Internet, increasing the speed of file transfer, and helping enterprises save server expenses."

"This year, when I was visiting Paris, because I couldn't get a taxi, I wanted to develop a mobile taxi app and founded Uber. Unlike many other taxi services, Uber provides The high-end private car reservation service connects user needs with drivers who provide car rental services. Users only need to send a taxi request through the App with one click, and a vehicle will be picked up nearby. The express company promises to deliver the goods to the door the next day. We 5 You can do it in minutes. It’s just that we’re delivering a luxury car that can take you anywhere you want to go.”

"However, we are a start-up company~www.novelbuddy.com~ The company's initial publicity costs and the subsidy activities for recruiting drivers are very high. I can't afford this cost now, so I urgently need financing. Investors are needed to invest in this project of mine.”

"Mr. Zhang is a very successful businessman. As far as I know, you also invested in a taxi company two months ago, but your company uses bicycles. Although there is a big difference between bicycles and cars, the business philosophy, It's all the same. I believe that Mr. Zhang also knows the importance of early investment in the development of a software."

“My company has developed the software, has signed transportation agreements with hundreds of drivers in California, and has been tested in several cities in California. Now, every day, Uber rides the number of rides. , can reach thousands of orders, and the daily turnover can reach more than 100,000 US dollars.”

"Perhaps, you think this number is very small, but what I can tell you is that our company has just been operating for less than two weeks. Two weeks ago, the number of taxi orders in our company was still 0. After two weeks, we The number of orders has increased to several thousand, and the growth rate is still rapid. I believe that in the near future, the number of orders for our company will not be a problem if it exceeds 10,000 or 100,000."

"I hope to get your $8 million angel investment, and am willing to transfer your 49% stake in Uber in exchange for this. After getting your support, I believe that my ride-hailing software can quickly occupy California ride-hailing. Market, and gradually promote to the United States! As an investor, you can share the value-added of the company's later development."

"You are an excellent entrepreneur and an excellent businessman. I sincerely hope to have your support!"

"Travis Kalanick salutes!"