After receiving a twenty-million investment, Cheng Wei charged back into Kyoto with sweeping momentum and launched a brutal battle against Kyoto's biggest ride-hailing app, Yao Yao.
BiBi Travel began expanding across the board. In just one month, its employee count doubled, while it also entered the Shanghai market and started a subsidy war with Kuaidi.
BiBi Dache immediately began handing out discount coupons worth between ten and twenty yuan, three per day.
At the same time, Kuaidi offered fifteen-yuan coupons while secretly subsidizing taxi drivers by five yuan per ride.
The two Presidents Ma never met face-to-face, but their hard-hitting battle played out every day.
Once the market entered the money-burning phase, Yao Yao, which had the most users, the best service quality, and the lowest no-show rate, instantly found itself at a disadvantage.
Wang Jian, the founder of Yao Yao Zhaoche, had always hoped to become the next Pintuan—to develop independently and escape the restraints of the three major BAT companies. After seeing the online images exposing Pintuan Industrial Park, the ambition in his heart had only soared higher.
As a result, during the first round of the money-burning war, Yao Yao began to teeter on the verge of collapse, just like its name suggested.
"You can't beat them without money. How exactly did Pintuan manage it back then?"
"I... I think I should pay President Jiang a visit."
After mulling it over for a long time, Wang Jian began calling in favors and looking for someone who could introduce him.
Once the news got out, Alibaba and Tencent both trembled, thinking, For fuck's sake, don't bring that dog back!
2012 had been the peak of Jiang Qin's control over the market. In 2013, however, Pintuan began restructuring its framework, and its control visibly weakened. Alibaba and Tencent quickly