Once the snowball starts rolling, it can't stop.
At this point, both Hao Yun and Lin Jun can only watch this snowball getting bigger and bigger.
The difference is that Hao Yun looked at it worriedly, while Lin Jun looked at it excitedly.
As for the founding team of Modern Bicycle and founder Zhang Tao, they are completely confused.
The shared bicycle project is no longer a pure Internet product, but has been completely transformed into an accessory of financial tools by someone.
The number of users is still increasing, and more bicycles are being produced. The entire project is like a bicycle wheel that has been turned. If you want to keep this bicycle from falling over, you can only keep riding.
However, what is puzzling is that those venture capital companies seem to be completely unable to see the risks. They are like sharks that smell the smell of blood, and they all swarm up.
In less than a week, he has received at least 20 calls from investment companies asking if they need financing.
Among them, there are even international financial giants like Xiahai Investment Bank, and they start with 200 million yuan.
To be honest, Zhang Tao doesn't know what to do...
…
Friday night.
Software Engineering 1801 class meeting.
Today's class meeting was the same as usual, and Director Zhang didn't come again. But what is different from usual is that this time a young and beautiful female teacher in fashionable clothes came.
When she reached the podium, the female teacher wrote her name on the blackboard, then turned to face the students in the class.
"My name is Liu Mo, and I am your instructor Zhang's junior sister. From today on, I will be your counselor."
After hearing this, there was discussion in the class.
Although except for the squad leader and the league secretary, everyone had never seen the counselor several times on weekdays, but when they suddenly heard that the counselor was gone, everyone still showed surprise on their faces.
"Where is Director Zhang?"
"Why did you stop doing it all of a sudden?"
"Yeah, isn't he acting well...even though I haven't met him a few times."
"Too strange."
Hao Yun was sitting in the classroom with an embarrassed expression on his face.
Speaking of which, he has to be blamed for this.
If it weren't for his 20 million, Director Zhang would still be a counselor at Jiangcheng University.
Although it is definitely not as good as Mr. Zhang's current status, the future should be bright.
Moreover, you don’t have to worry about whether you will suddenly go in one day...
The class had been talking about it for a long time, but no gossip came out of the discussion.
Finally unable to contain his curiosity, the little fat man Zhou Xuan raised his hand at the encouragement of his roommate.
Noticing that hand, the newly appointed Director Liu nodded and said with a smile.
"This classmate, please speak."
Zhou Xuan pushed away the chair and stood up.
"Teacher, may I ask why Instructor Zhang is no longer the counselor of our class?"
"Well, Director Zhang has been quite busy recently, and he will probably leave his job in a few days."
"Resignation?!"
The students in the classroom looked at each other, exchanging unexpected glances.
It was quite sudden...
Why are you resigning
Seeing the surprised expressions on the students' faces, Liu Mo smiled slightly and continued with a somewhat proud curve in the corner of her mouth.
"Okay, students, you don't have to worry about your teacher Zhang. He is doing very well now. Maybe he will be Mr. Zhang in a while. Do you know that shared bicycle? It is his product."
Upon hearing this, the students sitting in the classroom were shocked.
Especially Zhou Xuan, who didn't have big eyes at first, was stunned because of these words.
"What the hell?! Did Director Zhang create that shared bicycle?"
Wang Ziyi, who was sitting next to him, swallowed and said with a look of disbelief.
"Good guy, it turns out he started a business...I said I didn't see him much this semester."
Yuan Gaofei also had a shocked expression on his face. He held it in for a long time before he suddenly choked out a sentence.
"Do you think that after we graduate, all of our instructor's companies will be listed on the market?"
"You have an open mind."
"It's not all just imagination, is it? I heard that the modern bicycle seems to be entering Shanghai soon?"
"What the hell? So fast? Where did he get so much money to build those bicycles..."
These words stopped Yuan Gaofei.
yes…
Where did their guide get this money
In my impression, Zhang Tao usually only wears a plaid shirt and rides a second-hand bicycle. He doesn't look like he is very rich, and his status as a second-generation rich man is even more incompatible with him.
According to the news, Modern Bicycle seems to have released 100,000 bicycles in one week, right
Even if one car costs 200 yuan, the bicycles that have already been launched alone cost 20 million yuan!
"You are stupid... Whoever starts a business these days uses his own money," Zhou Xuan said with a knowing expression, "Don't they all make a PPT, then raise funds, and then start making products."
"Can this bicycle rental project be financed?" Wang Ziyi muttered, "Damn it, if I had known I would start a business."
"Do you think an individual can get financing?" Zhou Xuan glanced at him and said, "Let me put it this way, being able to get financing is also part of his ability. But just getting financing is really nothing. If this kind of project If you can’t go public, your work will be in vain.”
Yuan Gaofei asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"Why?"
"Because it's not profitable," Zhou Xuan sighed and said, "Have you ever used that bicycle? I actually used it when I took the subway the day before yesterday. The deposit of 299 is free for three months, and after three months it was 4 Cents, whenever you want to recoup the cost of a car.”
Sitting in the back and listening to the conversation of some buddies in the next dormitory, Hao Yun sighed softly in his heart.
Sure enough, most people don’t understand the business model of modern bicycles.
It’s hard to say whether it will happen in the future, but at least now most ordinary people don’t understand it.
You thought they were earning rent, but it turns out they were earning your deposit.
Fortunately, this industry is still in its infancy. Most Internet giants have just become interested in this new thing, but they have not yet reacted.
If it continues to operate according to the business model of modern bicycles, the possibility of eventual explosion is actually very small, because the bicycle itself is still profitable.
However, once those Internet giants come to their senses and come up with policies that offer free rides or even give money and receive red envelopes while riding, the life of modern bicycles may not be so easy.
Once an industry operates in an unhealthy state for a long time, no matter how good the starting point is, it will eventually become a piece of cake, ultimately harming the interests of users themselves.
After all, nothing in this world is free, even if it is something that does not cost money at the moment, it is just because it is not time to pay for it yet.
Fortunately, the Xia State in this parallel world seems to have a stricter definition of monopoly behavior. In the anti-monopoly regulations, price wars in the form of subsidies are explicitly prohibited.
Maybe modern cycling in this life will have a different ending.
But no matter what, Hao Yun felt that it was basically impossible to expect Lin Jun to help him eliminate this project...