Xiao Bei's final remark left Li Zhaohui and Zhang Lei completely speechless.
Yes, ofo Technology's model was easy to imitate.
But they had still chosen to seek direct investment because they wanted market share!
Once market share took off, the most practical benefit for the two groups would be a payment gateway.
Tencent and Alibaba were now both fighting to become number one in payments.
The more traffic, the better.
And ofo Technology was precisely a source of payment-gateway traffic they valued!
Hearing this, Zhang Lei's gaze toward Xiao Bei carried a trace of gravity.
He truly felt now that Xiao Bei did not seem like a student who had just entered university!
This young man could cut straight to the heart of any issue.
He could not be underestimated!
But before coming here, Jack Ma had said that no matter what, they had to acquire shares in ofo Technology.
Compared with WeChat Pay, Alibaba Pay still had less traffic.
With that in mind,
Zhang Lei glanced at Li Zhaohui beside him.
Then he said to Xiao Bei, "President Xiao, your analysis is correct, but a 500 million valuation for the A-round is too high. I can make the call on my side and offer a 200 million valuation!"
After hearing Zhang Lei's words, Li Zhaohui sneered inwardly.
Tencent did not actually place that much importance on ofo Technology's financing.
After all, the product was far too easy to replicate.
If they could buy in, they would; if not, they would forget it. At worst, they could make one themselves.
That was Tencent's style, but Li Zhaohui did not mind setting Alibaba up.
After all, the two were competitors.
With that thought, Li Zhaohui said expressionlessly, "President Xiao, how about this? Let's settle it in one go. Tencent can raise