(At the beginning of its development, it was also slow. From finding a taxi company to receiving investment, it also directly spent billions to promote it. So don't say that it's unrealistic. From the beginning, it occupied the market with money!)）
Long Chao simply said that the driverless car was just a small collaboration and an interlude in the press conference.
The real cooperation was still with Di.
If this nationwide and international ride-hailing app worked well, it would be a company with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars.
The initial valuation of the other partners that were introduced by the company was 20 billion US dollars. Therefore, the 10% shares held by Longteng Group, TT Group, and Sequoia Capital were unavoidable.
Many reporters and audience members could tell that the collaboration announced this time was just an appetizer.
The Soaring Dragon Group was not the only company attending the press conference this time. The ST Group and Sequoia Capital would not be here to do nothing, right?
Therefore, the cooperation between the Umbrella Corporation and the Soaring Dragon Group to develop driverless cars and related technologies was only the beginning.
However, many cameras were aimed at Li Yan, the boss of Qiandu.
The Soaring Dragon Corporation had previously invested over a thousand degrees in artificial intelligence and cooperated to develop driverless cars and driving technology. But now, the Soaring Dragon Corporation was cooperating with the Umbrella Corporation?
Was this the company that had abandoned Qiandu?
However, Li Yan's expression did not change at all. He still had a faint smile on his face, as if he did not take it to heart.
In fact, this was the case. Qiandu was also working on driverless cars and driverless technology, but it didn't invest as much as Tesla. After all, their main business was still the search engine.
Therefore, Qiandu had nothing to say about the cooperation between Soaring Dragon Corporation and Umbrella Corporation.
Then, Li Yun officially announced," Today, Umbrella Corporation will establish a new company--!”
"The new company will cooperate with Longteng Group, TT Group, and Sequoia Capital to launch a global ride-hailing app!”
"This software combines advanced algorithms and artificial intelligence systems (it's just a program that creates hype). It can plan the shortest and fastest route to the user when the user uses the public car.”
" This software has already cooperated with many taxi companies around the world…"
"At the same time, this software is not only limited to taxi drivers. All private car owners can also use it. It provided services such as taxis, express trains, private cars, hitchhikes, designated drivers, and buses.”
Li Yun then introduced the various functions and positioning of the app to everyone. She explained it in detail and clearly. With the pictures and videos on the big screen behind her, almost everyone understood what the app was.
However, China didn't allow private cars to participate in the operation now. The fact that this DiDi taxi had dared to launch it so brazenly meant that it had already received the approval of the higher-ups.
At least, they had gone through preliminary negotiations. After all, the company was co-founded by Longteng Group, TT Group, and Sequoia Capital.
The Long Teng Group played a big role in this!
At the same time, many people understood that this was a huge cake.
When Li Yun announced the establishment of the company, the Umbrella Corporation had already launched the company on various platforms for users to download.
At the same time, both WeChat and TT directly pushed the app to DiDi to download.
There were hundreds of taxi companies in the country, and even overseas, many taxi companies encouraged drivers to use DiDi to pay for their monthly traffic fees and other subsidies.
In fact, Lin Yu had exchanged for a new program and used the new interaction technology. The data consumption was very small, but it was indispensable to make up for it.
Some taxi drivers didn't use a smartphone, and the company could also provide subsidies to replace them with a smartphone dedicated to the company.
Many drivers expressed that it did not matter. Since there was a subsidy and it did not consume much traffic, they would use it. Perhaps business would be good?
With this mentality, many taxi drivers used DiDi.
Many WeChat users, as well as other users, also received a notification from Di Da Che. The content was simple and crude: You take a taxi, I'll pay.
As long as you used a taxi or downloaded a taxi, you could get a cash red packet. You could pay for a taxi with a cash red packet.
This kind of attraction was not enough!
But add a headline!
Three billion in cash, free red packets!
They had just experienced the excitement of WeChat's '500 million share' event. This time, when they saw 3 billion red packets being given for free, many people were excited!
Previously, Lin Yu had used 500 million to promote WeChat. How much was 500 million?
Now, it was 3 billion red packets!
No matter what, he should be able to get a red packet, right?
In the end, after they downloaded DiDi, or registered on WeChat or TT, they did get cash red packets. There were quite a lot of them, ranging from 3 to 10 yuan, but they could only be used to take a taxi.
"What a scam. I fell for the Japanese's trick. This cash red packet can't be withdrawn at all. It can only be used to take a taxi!”
"As expected, it's all a trick!"
"I managed to get 10 yuan. Let's see how this taxi works!”
"I managed to get 5 yuan. Coincidentally, I'm going to take a taxi with my girlfriend. I'll give it a try!”
Many people who managed to grab red packets and had a lot of cash in red packets directly used DiDi to give it a try.
Those who were about to go out, or were about to take a taxi, a bus, or a subway, would get a cash red packet and calculate that taking a taxi was more cost-effective. Therefore, they would directly use the common sense of DiDi to take a taxi.
Now that DiDi was online in all major cities, as long as the nearby users had a car, they could still receive users very quickly.
If there were no cars nearby, or if it was a city that didi hadn't developed into yet, it would show: Unfortunately, there were no cars nearby. Or,'It's a pity that DiDi hasn't reached your city yet, and we're working hard at the moment.'
"I don't even have a car here. I can't even try it.”
"I don't have it either!"
"I tried it just now. It was very fast. The moment I placed the order, the system picked it up and assigned it to the driver. The driver came over in a minute.”
"Where is upstairs?"
"Shanghai!"
"…That's a big city, so DiDi will definitely develop leisurely. Of course it'll be fast!”
"I found that DiDi is really fast, and DiDi will also specify the route according to the road conditions. When I was in Beiping, it took me at least half an hour to go out by taxi. Half the time, I was stuck in traffic. Although they took a detour this time, they only took 15 minutes to get there. The main driver even asked me if I was in a hurry. He said that the route planned by the system had to be detoured, but the speed was fast…"
"Is there no one like me who is ready to register as a driver?”
"I'm already submitting the information!"
"I've done some calculations. Right now, Di Di is developing and giving out red packets. These are all real money. In addition, there are subsidies for registered drivers. I'm going to buy a car and become a Di Di driver.”
"I've already registered. If I pull a customer off the highway, after deducting the highway fee, I can still earn 10 yuan. This is not a loss at all. It's equivalent to waiving the highway fee.”
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