"At this point, there is indeed no turning back." Yang Pinjie said helplessly. In order to obtain Masayoshi Son's funds, he took this chess game, using deposits and shared bicycle loans to increase his data in a short period of time and create false prosperity.

But when it reaches its limit, the price of wanting to gain more users has become very high. In addition, the online car-hailing market is also playing with subsidies, which has caused ofo to obtain a new user to be much larger than expected, which has quickly emptied the user's deposit. The original plan was just to call a small part of the deposit. But now, it is obvious that it can no longer turn back. If you look back, you will die. There is still a glimmer of chance to continue moving forward.

"Since this is the case, you don't need to think about it anymore, but you can appropriately reduce some subsidies to old users. For new users, we will continue to work hard. In short, we will only win if we have 20 million daily transactions in October." David said solemnly.

"Okay, that's all." Yang Pinjie nodded and continued: "There is another thing. There are already some rumors on the Internet that we ofo used the user deposit. The sound is not very loud now, but I'm worried that one day it will explode."

"It's good if you don't admit it. They can't have any evidence, and users can't get a refund because of a little report. At worst, we can just refund the money normally in the early stage." David frowned and said.

Yang Pinjie said: "I am not worried about the user side. It is not difficult to get through, but what I am worried about is whether it will affect Masayoshi Son?"

Ofo has been established for a few years and has provided services for such a long time. Many users are still sticky, and each person has a deposit of not much, only 200 yuan. Unlike banks, many people have their lives in their deposits, and they will be frightened by a little bit of trouble.

"It is indeed difficult to hide such a thing completely, but it is not a problem to be solved with money. Find these media and tell them not to report this news, at least not to report it randomly before October." David said seriously.

Yang Pinjie said: "The problem is that the one who reports this matter now is Tengxun News. We may not be useful for spending money on the official side. I contacted the media platform, but they have not heard back and seem to disagree with the withdrawal."

"That's the money is not in place yet. Give it a little more. You can't let other media reprint it in large quantities, otherwise you can't spend money." David said.

If you spend more than one billion yuan a day, there is no need to care about this little money. It is the most important thing to spend the most difficult time safely.

Yang Pinjie nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll send someone to the deep sea and try to solve this problem in the next two days."

"Well, success or failure is here now." David nodded and said.

...

In Hangzhou City, thousands of miles away, Ali's boss Ma was feeding a few pastoral cats in a bamboo forest in his own house. There were also several open bird cages in the Accord next to him, and several unknown birds of different colors were laughing and laughing.

Not far away, Cai Chongxin and Zhang Yong walked over together. When they got close, Ma Yun immediately greeted, "Come on, come on, we will feed each other. This cat's idea is simple. If you give me some food, you will think that you are the master. If you feed me late today, I will get angry with me."

Cai Chongxin smiled and said, "There is no way. They have never suffered. They have lived a very smooth life. They think the world is that simple."

While speaking, Cai Chongxin also scattered some cat food on the ground, but the few cats on the ground did not snatch it. It seemed that there was too much cat food and there was no need to fight for it.

Ma Yun wiped her hands and said, "What's the matter with me?"

Zhang Yong said: "There has been a message from Alipay that the number of daily users of ofo has exceeded 20 million."

After Toutiao drew its investment in ofo, Alipay became ofo's only payment software. Therefore, Alibaba is clear about ofo's rental revenue and number of users, and even who often use shared bicycles can also know.

Ma Yun smiled and said, "This money can really make the devil push. The whole Chinese young people only have 300 million to 400 million, which actually made him use 20 million."

Zhang Yong said: "But the price is that the entire capital chain of ofo is so fragile that it is vulnerable. According to my estimate, if the subsidy continues like this, all their deposits will be exhausted next month. With the loans owed to us, even if we get Son's $1.6 billion, I'm afraid that half of them will be left.

With David's investment strategy, I'm really worried. Even with $800 million, he will definitely win Mobike, let alone Toutiao is ready to enter in person."

"Actually, you don't have to worry." Ma Yun sat on a stone chair next to her and said, "You don't really think Masayoshi Son is a fool, right? Ofo's funds have been consumed so much, how can he not know?"

"That's true, but if this is the case, isn't Son ready to invest?" Zhang Yong asked.

Ma Yun shook her head and said, "Masayoshi Son originally just wanted to test David's execution ability. In fact, even if David ultimately fails to meet the requirements, as long as he shows his ability, investment will not be a problem. At most, Masayoshi Son took the opportunity to suppress the price.

But unfortunately, there was something wrong with David's due diligence report, coupled with such a crazy investment strategy, it has made it difficult for Masayoshi Son to make a decision, and SoftBank is also opposing this investment."

Zhang Yong asked: "Will Son not tell ofo if he is not ready to invest?"

Cai Chongxin smiled and said, "We asked Masayoshi Son not to tell ofo for the time being."

"We?" Zhang Yong's face only showed a moment of surprise, but he soon understood.

Ma Yun sighed: "We have invested hundreds of millions of dollars in ofo before. I don't want the money to be wasted, so I am ready to take over the entire ofo business."

Once ofo cannot get Masayoshi Son's money next month, the virtual bubble will explode instantly. Even if the entire company can hold on for a while, the bicycle sharing business will be lost. It is very likely that Mobike will be cheaper, that is, Teng Xun behind it.

For Alibaba, it is already very distressing to lose hundreds of millions of dollars in investment, but it is even more unacceptable to such a large number of payment users being stolen.

Cai Chongxin continued: "All ofo's bicycles have been mortgaged to us. As long as there is a problem with its funds, we can apply for forced recovery of the collateral, and then we need to quickly take over the business."

"But if David and the others don't cooperate, it will be difficult for us to take over smoothly. Once we miss the time and waste it in internal friction, we will have no chance."
Chapter completed!