Winning the new financial era

Chapter 189 Chinese Rising Star
"How to name the shared electric scooter brand?"

Huang Xiaofeng began to ask Zhang Yida to "give a name".

"Unlike shared bicycles, scooters are equivalent to a new brand.

It is necessary to choose a simple and easy-to-remember name, which is conducive to dissemination and promotion.Just call it green!Anyway, I plan to paint all the scooters in green. "

Huimin Bike is also called Little Green Bike, so Zhang Yida decided to give the scooter this name.

"Green, that's a good name, it's concise and concise, let's call it this!"

Huang Xiaofeng clapped his palms and said with a smile, Mr. Zhang's name is still so rude and straightforward, and Mr. Zhang has a distinctive style.

"Scooter development needs to involve three key points: smart hardware + Internet of Things + cloud unlocking.

Although Huimin Bicycle has a mature solution, it is only on the software.

In terms of hardware, the structure of bicycles and scooters is still somewhat different, and some adjustments and modifications are required.

In addition, the battery life of the scooter also needs to invest heavily in research and development.

Anti-theft is simple, you can build an electronic lock, if you can't unlock the lock, people who want to destroy it will have no choice.

The structure of the scooter also needs to be carefully designed to make it not easy to disassemble.

Don't throw it on the street, but some people disassembled the parts and sold them for money. "

Zhang Yida began to instill the design logic of the product into Huang Xiaofeng, and the latter nodded repeatedly. Mr. Zhang really has a level and considers problems comprehensively.

"Mr. Zhang, in this way, in terms of software, we continue to use the domestic one, and the underlying logic is the same.

Of course, we also need to carry out some localization upgrades on the software.

In terms of hardware, we recruit some engineers in the direction of new energy battery research and development, and the scooter hardware design team can tap some from traditional scooter companies. "

Huang Xiaofeng quickly analyzed the problem clearly. The biggest difficulty in sharing scooters is still in the hardware.

Especially the battery life, you have to run for tens of kilometers after a single charge!

The user uses it once, which is basically a few kilometers.

Charge it once, but it must be used ten times and eight times!
"This project still has some technological content, which is much more difficult than the development of bicycles.

For the supply chain, domestic electric scooter manufacturing companies can be considered.

After the product design is finished, take a trip to Pengcheng and Jiangdong Province, where there are many smart manufacturing equipment OEMs. "

Huang Xiaofeng nodded. He was right. The domestic OEM manufacturing capacity is very strong, and the cost is low. It is indeed the best choice.

"Scooters are produced from China and shipped to the United States, which involves international logistics.

Go back and look for companies in this field, and pick a few with the best service quality to start cooperation.

When the US market is opened up, their orders will be indispensable, and we will strive to get a cooperation price that is satisfactory to all parties..."

Scooters have to be shipped across the ocean to the United States, and the logistics and transportation link must also be taken into consideration.

Unlike Huimin bicycles in China, Fujitec includes manufacturing and transportation.

"Okay, Mr. Zhang, after the R&D team here is recruited, I'll go back to China."

Huang Xiaofeng knew that he was going to be busy again in the future, and he would have to travel back and forth between China and the United States.

There is also Singapore in Southeast Asia, and I have to visit it from time to time.

But as the CEO of a global transportation company, you must have the awareness to become a global flying person.

If it develops well in the future, should the company be equipped with a business jet?

You don’t need Huimin Bicycle to pay the full price, you can find Musical.ly to make up together!

"Storage operation, maintenance, charging and recycling of scooters should also be planned accordingly.

Every city should establish an operation center and pull up a ground team like Huimin Bicycle.

Marketing, public relations, and government relationship maintenance in landing cities are also very necessary.

What congressman's son, the governor's daughter, recruit a few!
To do business on other people's land, you still need to manage the relationship..."

Huang Xiaofeng didn't know whether to laugh or cry, Mr. Zhang had taken all aspects into consideration.

Nothing wrong!That's all you have to do!

From the most upstream supply chain, to production research and development, international logistics, warehousing operations, public relations and marketing in landing cities, to government relations, maintenance, charging and recycling...

Zhang Yida communicated with Huang Xiaofeng about the development details of Green Scooter in all aspects.

This is a complex but exciting project that combines software and hardware, the Internet of Things and smart cities, technology and culture.

It's not as simple as buying a few cars, making an app, and throwing it on the street.

Zhang Yida clearly knows that the valuation of Huimin Bicycle has a ceiling, which is around US$50 billion, and it will be difficult to break through after reaching it.

Of course, this refers to domestic business.

After the international layout is completed, Huimin is very likely to break through the valuation of 100 billion US dollars.

Huimin Bicycle is about to start its next round of financing. On the basis of a valuation of US$18 billion, it will add an international concept.

Zhang Yida believes that venture capital institutions like founders like him who have a lofty concept and a nice voice.

"Find a CEO for Green Scooter! I think Uber is good, let the headhunters dig their people."

Huang Xiaofeng's eyes lit up, this is a good idea!
Uber itself is a unicorn in the field of transportation and travel. It has a lot of internal talents. If it recruits a localized talent, it must understand the US market better than itself.

"Okay, let me contact Korn Ferry."

"Remember to ask them to give you a discount!" Zhang Yida laughed, and added: "All the companies under my name are entrusted with the job of poaching people. Count them among their senior customers! There is a discount!"

Wang Xiaofeng scratched his forehead and thought: "It's amazing too!"How much business has this contributed to Korn Ferry International?They are all senior customers.

But it's normal to think about it. Mr. Zhang's business is so big, there are nearly 10 companies that have obtained financing, and there are hundreds of branches and subsidiaries.

With so many companies, how many people do they need to hire each year?At least dozens of people make a bottom line!
Zhang Yida stayed in the United States for a few more days, interviewed dozens of R&D engineers with Wang Xiaofeng, and admitted 10 of them.

These 10 people include scooter designers, new energy battery R&D engineers and other positions, all of whom are biased towards hardware.

The software direction will be drawn from China. After Zhang Yida returns to China, he will select an elite technical team and let them go to the United States to join Green, a bicycle sub-brand that benefits the people.

……

The day before returning to China, Zhang Yida met with a powerful person.

Looking at the unpretentious middle-aged Chinese man in front of him, Zhang Yida's eyes lit up, as if he had discovered a rare treasure.

Bull man!
In the future, the chairman of the Nasdaq listed company with a market value of 200 billion US dollars.

Among the Americans and Chinese, the last two who were so successful were Wang An and Yang Zhiyuan, but they both had their curtain calls. This one is a rising star.

"Mr. Zhang, I'm very glad to meet you today. But unfortunately, Zoom has no shortage of development funds, so I can only refuse your kind intention of investing in shares."

Yuan Zheng said neither humble nor overbearing, although he has a good impression of the youngest CEO of Nasdaq, but his company does not have any financing plans in the near future.

"Well, as far as I know, Zoom raised a $3000 million Series C round of financing in February!"

Yuan Zheng nodded and admitted that there is such a thing.Zhang Yida continued:
"In the field of video conferencing software, there are many strong enemies. Big companies such as Cisco Webex, Microsoft Skype, Google and LogMeIn are all tilting resources towards this field."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yida raised his voice: "How can 3000 million US dollars be enough?
I think that before these giants fully wake up, Zoom should seize the time to develop and form its own moat as soon as possible. "

"In fact, we haven't stopped research and development for a moment, and have been rapidly iterating products.

In addition, burning money to start a business is not my style, nor is it suitable for Zoom.

Zoom has always been profitable and has maintained a monthly business growth rate of more than 20%. "

Yuan Zheng laughed dumbfounded and said that he was born in technology, and he didn't have too many tricks in marketing, and he always took one step at a time.

"Actually! Scale does not necessarily require spending a lot of money on marketing.

Zoom has always focused on the product itself, and the quality of the product is excellent, and the number of customers is naturally increasing. "

Yuan Zheng knew that Zhang in front of him was always a "speed player", and his Internet marketing style was particularly fierce.

Of course, this route is not impossible to succeed. Yimin Wangjin has only been in operation for 21 months, and it has been registered on NASDAQ?

However, I can't play that game by myself.Deep cultivation of technology and products is its own advantage.

Zhang Yida also had some headaches in the face of this unprofessional entrepreneur.

The company itself is profitable, and it has only received financing in the past few months. It was jointly invested by Qualcomm, Li Jiacheng, and Yang Zhiyuan.

Investor background is bigger than one!The title of CEO of a newly promoted listed company is not easy to use at all!

Yuan Zheng's excellence was proved a long time ago.

Served as the vice president of Cisco, and led the Cisco team to complete the breakthrough of video conferencing software from 0 to 8 million US dollars in revenue.

That's why there are so many big shots who are optimistic about him.

I heard that his personality is also very strong. When he left Cisco in 2011 and started his own business, a team of more than 40 engineers followed him...

Talent and ability are obvious to all, and his success is not accidental.

"Zoom now has 6.5 corporate customers? Are they all small and medium-sized enterprises and educational institutions?"

Zhang Yida suddenly asked.

Yuan Zheng didn't know why he asked this, nodded and said: "Yes, our target customer group is them."

"Have you ever thought about promoting video conferencing software to China?" Zhang Yida asked seemingly casually.

"I have thought about it, but there has never been a suitable opportunity. And Chinese companies don't like to use office software. They lack awareness of payment."

Yuan Zheng has obviously studied the Chinese market, and what he said is an indisputable fact.

"Yimin Wangjin, as the No. [-] Internet finance company in China, is willing to be the first to eat crabs."

When Zhang Yida said this, Yuan Zheng didn't understand at first, but then he realized that this was an advertisement for himself?

It is said that there are tens of thousands of start-ups in China's Internet finance market.

As an industry leader, Yimin Wangjin should serve as a pointer.

Big brothers have already bought video conferencing software, so I'm afraid the younger brothers will also be moved by the news!
Should Yimin Wangjin invest in Zoom?
Yuan Zheng fell into hesitation.

　Sober up, got up on the bed and updated Chapter 2!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)