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  Chapter 1187 Once successful, all bones will die

  There are large and small industry associations in all walks of life in America. Behind these industry associations, there are different interest groups. The strong ones include the military-industrial complex, the medical association, the truck driver association, and so on.

In the federal taxi industry, there are naturally large and small associations, but the most powerful is the Federal Transportation Trade Association. I don’t know if the taxi companies and drivers that have joined this association have earned a dollar. But the committee members of the Federal Transportation Trade Association, as well as the federal transportation and transportation executives who support the association, have made a lot of money, such as issuing a taxi license, and the price is more than 350,000 dollars!

If Kalanick launches Internet taxi-hailing, the first thing he will face is the Federal Transportation Trade Association of the American states. This hard bone has to be gnawed over, so that he can start business in the American states, otherwise he will wait. Let's close the door on the lawsuit.

Even if you pass this hurdle, it is only the first step. Next, you will have to face insurance companies, order payment issues, etc., and a lot of troubles are waiting. It is easy to launch an Internet taxi software, but it will It is not so easy to operate. It takes a lot of money, public relations, hiring the top lawyer team, being sued and suing other people tirelessly, and then it can develop.

And when these thunders have finally waded through, and they have to face a lot of follower companies that suddenly appear, and then fight again, the last one that survives can be listed on Nasdaq. One will succeed and ten thousand bones will dry up!

  Perhaps, many geniuses have come up with the same idea as Kalanick, but they all gave up in the end and never realized it at all, because they knew it was too difficult.

Kalanick also knows that the difficulty of hailing a taxi on the Internet does not lie in the software, but in the various troubles encountered after its launch. The first person to eat a crab may have a full stomach, but he may also be caught by the crab hand!

Kalanick alone may make it happen, but he needs to rely on the big Wall Street investment banks and powerful figures in Washington. When the Internet taxi company finally goes public, he has definitely lost the controlling stake in the company. Even being kicked out directly is unknown.

After speaking, Kalanick looked at Song Yang expectantly. If he went to Song Yang, he might lose his status as a major shareholder, but as long as he could get the same treatment as Evan Spiegel's Pets company, Kalanick would Lannick was content.

As long as Song Yang is willing to support him, the problems that Kalanick is worried about will no longer be a problem. Song Yang has one of the best lawyers in America all year round, and they are all over the world. They will be afraid of the Federal Transportation Trade Association. ? !

   "Nice idea!"

   Kalanick just had a smile on his face, but then Song Yang's next words made Kalanick's smile freeze on his face.

   "But it's not enough!"

  Song Yang looked at Kalanick, "You also said just now that the Internet will change a series of habits of users such as food, clothing, housing and transportation. If we want to do it, why only the Internet taxi-hailing industry?!"

   "Since we want to do it, we should enter the two major industries of Internet taxi-hailing and Internet food delivery, otherwise we will regret it sooner or later!"

Song Yang said in Kalanick's stunned expression, "North America Global Investment Fund will invest in your new company. The new company will have two major businesses: taxi-hailing and food delivery. This is a money-burning industry. You have to do it well. Enough preparation!"

Regardless of whether it is in America or Yanjing, the food delivery companies, after becoming the industry leaders, have all extended their hands to the taxi-hailing industry, but the taxi-hailing industry has always been difficult to reach into the food delivery industry. It is a passive beating. In the final analysis, it is still a matter of frequency of use. A person may order takeaway three times a day, but it is impossible to take a car three times a day. If you don’t do it now, you will not be able to get it back if you are taken the lead in the future. , Money can't buy it!

"Google will launch a map service to provide map support for taxi and food delivery platforms for your new company, PayPal payment platform will provide payment channels and insurance, Fortinet will be responsible for platform security business, American Telecom will provide communication support, Skype will provide free calls Services, the North American Global Investment Foundation will provide global legal support..."

  Song Yang said one item at a time, and he could provide support for Kalanick's new company, and the latter was drooling.

   "North America Global Investment Foundation, together with PayPal, Google and other companies, will jointly complete the first round of investment in your new company. The first round of investment will not be less than 20 million US dollars. I hope to get 65% of the equity!

  In addition, I hope Kalanick’s new company’s Internet taxi-hailing and food delivery platform can be carried on the P6 flagship mobile phone launched by Alcatel next year, maybe there will be surprises! "

Song Yang offered Kalanick a condition. The Internet taxi-hailing and food delivery businesses were all crazily burning money to grab the market in the early stage. He would definitely attract investment institutions to enter the market from the very beginning. Song Yang didn't expect to keep so much money all the time. Equity, when it goes public, if you can leave about 30% to 40% of the equity in Kalanick's new company, it will be very popular.

Kalanick is a little strange. Why doesn't Song Yang allow the taxi-hailing platform to be used on Alcatel's P5 flagship phone to be released this year? Instead, he has to wait until next year's P6 flagship phone. Supporting him to come out of the mountain again is already good, what more bicycles are needed.

Song Yang didn't explain anything to Kalanick, and he no longer expected the Alcatel P5 mobile phone. The outside world is quite enthusiastic about the P5 mobile phone. It can be said that there are endless calls for various touts that the P5 will be a graphene mobile phone, but his family knows that they For family matters, Song Yang is no longer prepared to watch the tragedy after the P5 conference, so he can only stud. When the P6 mobile phone is released next year, Alcatel mobile phone can make a smart phone. This year is not expected...

   "Director Bruno, thank you for everything you have done!" Kalanick stretched out his hand to Song Yang, suppressing his excitement.

  Song Yang nodded, "North America Global Investment Foundation, the office building in San Jose, your new company can temporarily use it, wait until the time is right, and move out!"

The North American Global Investment Foundation and the Bruno family have invested in a large number of real estate and office buildings, such as the building where Evan Spiegel's new Pets company headquarters is located, which is an industry under the North American Global Investment Foundation. Its expanding chain of pets Most of the clinic stores are also purchased by the North American Global Investment Fund.

There is definitely no money now, but when the new Pets company starts to make money someday, it will have to use a large part of the profits to pay rent. clean.

Kalanick, who was supported by Song Yang, left with Evan Spiegel contentedly, looking at Irene, Marcus, Greg and others waiting aside, they also knew that now Song Yang's side , The busiest thing is the sale of Skype.

  Song Yang looked at Kalanick's leaving figure, but Song Yang expected that he would be able to get Uber out. At that time, with the smartphone launched by Alcatel, the impact would be even greater!

When Marcus and Greg saw Kalanick leaving with excitement on their faces, they looked at each other and didn't know what Song Yang talked to them, but looking at the expressions on their faces, they also To be able to know, I am afraid that he got some kind of promise from Song Yang.

   But at this time, it’s not the time to pay attention to Kalanick and Evan Spiegel. The busiest thing for Greck and Marcus is to find buyers who are interested in Skype to bid together!

  "It has been basically determined that the most interested buyers of Skype include Microsoft, Murdoch Group, Cisco, Yahoo, Telephone and Telegraph, Verizon, and Comcast.

  Blackstone Investment and Bain Investment, although they also asked Skype for the price, they have not decided whether they really want to participate in the acquisition competition! "

Irene handed over a list to Song Yang. These major buyers are all powerful and able to come up with a lot of cash. If ICQ wants to sell Skype, it must collect cash, not some bad stocks. Such a thing, that thing is actually too slow.

   "Comcast?!"

  When Song Yang saw a familiar name on the list, he couldn't help asking.

Comcast Group also participated in the great merger of ICQ that year, merging its own TV network into ICQ in exchange for a 16% stake in ICQ, but even after the Internet crash, Comcast Group’s investment was a huge loss Incomparably, the new head of Comcast, Brian Roberts, gritted his teeth and did not sell the equity.

  The stock price of ICQ recovered and returned to a market value of US$300 billion, which also rewarded Brian Roberts, unlike Bronfman and General Electric who lost everything in the end.

  Song Yang did not expect that the Comcast Group, which escaped disaster, would want to get involved in Skype.

  (end of this chapter)