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"Red Mountain is betting on both sides. They're the last ones who want the money-burning war to continue indefinitely." Zhang Xuhao agreed.

"However, Red Mountain won't just stand by and watch Meituan die," Cheng Zhu said in a low voice.

In reality, Meituan is doing very well as a whole. Anyone with eyes can see that Wang Xin is the one taking the righteous path; his strategy is the correct one.

As for something like Dianping, that's just the wrong way to go!

Red Mountain has invested so much in Meituan, and the prospects are just too enticing.

"So, Red Mountain will also continue to help, but with even more effort to facilitate a Meituan and Dianping merger?" Zhang Xuhao asked.

Cheng Zhu gave a definite response: "That's inevitable, and it's beneficial for both parties!"

Zhang Xuhao knew very well that everyone's positions were different, and so were their ideas.

Red Mountain and Tencent were naturally more inclined towards a merger.

To Tencent's Daddy, the most satisfying outcome would be for Meituan, Dianping, Eleme... to all merge together under their banner!

This way, Tencent becomes the only true god in the O2O domain, the undisputed king!

"So what should I do next?" Zhang Xuhao really considered Cheng Zhu his think tank now.

Cheng Zhu pondered for a moment, then said, "Wait a moment, let me think."

He really stopped talking, closed his eyes, and started to think.

The slightly chubby vixen came out of the bathroom after a shower, her face flushed post-coital, and looked surprisingly at the boss holding the phone to his ear without speaking for a long time, as if he'd fallen asleep while maintaining that posture.

"Did he fall asleep during the call?" Hu Yan thought to herself.

"Was his body drained by me?" She felt a bit shocked and scared.

How tired must this person be to fall asleep in the middle of a call?

The voluptuous female illustrator was truly worried that something might happen to her boss.

If the Mr. Dragon of Hang City knew her wild thoughts, he might again show her his true prowess.

Cheng Zhu remained silent, and Zhang Xuhao didn't make a sound for fear of disturbing him.

But the longer Cheng Zhu stayed silent, the more nervous Brother Hao felt inside.

Eventually, he was burning with anxiety.

After a long while, Cheng Zhu suddenly asked, "How much money does Eleme have left in the bank?"

"Uh." Zhang Xuhao was stunned for a moment.

Indeed, this question was quite sensitive.

But he didn't hide anything from Cheng Zhu, replying, "F-round financing raised over 600 million US dollars, but before the financing, there was actually 170 million left in the bank."

"Recently, we've been burning a lot of money with Meituan, but there's still a little over 500 million left," he replied honestly.

"Five hundred million USD..." Cheng Zhu fell into a brief silence, then said, "That's enough!"

He began mentioning something he had discussed with Zhang Xuhao before.

"Do you remember what I told you last time?"

"Which time?" Brother Hao was a bit baffled.

His interactions with Cheng Zhu had become too frequent lately.

So frequent that even women started suspecting if he was having an affair.

"About acquiring Baidu Takeout that time." Cheng Zhu replied.

"Hiss—" Zhang Xuhao took a deep breath, surprised, "What! Were you serious back then!?"

"Yeah, what did you think I meant?"

"I thought you were just hyping me up!"

I, Zhang Xiaopang, would acquire Baidu Takeout?

I would take over one of the internet's three giants, Baidu, their fully committed project?

"This damn 500 million isn't enough at all!" Zhang Xuhao felt like his head was buzzing.

No matter if Baidu's Mr. Li is pretending or really intends to invest 20 billion yuan in O2O.

Based on the current situation, Baidu Takeout's momentum isn't bad either; it's in an ambitious stage right now.

Look at that stance; it's as though they plan to go all out in O2O!

There's no choice; Baidu is already showing signs of decline.

Among the BAT giants, everyone feels this "B" is somewhat undeserving of the other two.

But in any case, it's not something for me, Zhang Xiaopang, to mess with!

"I never said you have to negotiate the acquisition immediately, why are you so anxious?" Cheng Zhu was speechless.

Of course, he could understand inside.

The suggestion he made, at this stage, would seem a bit crazy to everyone.

"We can take it slowly!" Nine-headed Insect Cheng Zhu began soothing Ben Boerba Xuhao.

"How do we take it slowly?" Zhang Xuhao was puzzled.

"That might require some cooperation from our dear Brother Tao." Cheng Zhu chuckled.

Baidu often boasts but fails to deliver.

And they often grab onto a promising industry early, enter at the beginning, and then... can't get it off the ground!

O2O is like this, so is autonomous driving, and even the later AI somewhat.

Always getting up early, only to miss the boat.

The final result is that they're always living off past achievements.

This is partly related to the complex internal situation.

The handsome Mr. Li indeed has a good eye, always spotting the future's new trends.

But it just never gets implemented...

There are many in the team whose business abilities are lacking.

Yet, no matter how fast Baidu slipped after the Dianping and Meituan merger.

Currently, Baidu is truly determined to do well in group buying and takeout!

Therefore, this left Zhang Xuhao a bit puzzled, not understanding how Brother Tao could help?

"How does Brother Tao need to cooperate?" he asked.

In his impression, Dianping's Zhang Tao wasn't even familiar with people at Baidu, everyone was also archenemies.

"That's easy!" Cheng Zhu grinned.

His next words made Zhang Xuhao feel incredibly sneaky.

"We don't need him to do anything; he just needs to leak some news about the Dianping and Meituan merger to let Baidu know!" Cheng Zhu said blandly.

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