Forcing Me to Be Reborn?!

The usual, each of us gets a bottle of cold Coke.

Clearly, Brother Hao has something to discuss.

Nowadays, cold Coke has become the standard setup when the two talk business.

"Recently, Baidu Takeout's market share has been declining significantly," Zhang Xuhao said in a deep voice.

"It's normal, when the first and second fight, the third suffers," Cheng Zhu shrugged, completely unsurprised.

"But more importantly, there's no major move on their side," Zhang Xuhao spoke again.

"The current situation is chaotic, what can be done?" Cheng Zhu countered.

Baidu always does this, precisely catching the trend, then diving in, but just can't do well midway through, the execution is so poor that you wouldn't believe they were among the first entrants.

Completely unclear on what they accomplished early on after entering the market?

You can only say there's a significant problem internally.

Zhang Xuhao nodded slightly, saying, "But, didn't you previously ask Brother Tao to help spread the word that [Meituan] wanted to merge with [Dianping]?"

"But with everyone fighting so fiercely now, would Gong Zhenbin believe it?" Brother Hao was puzzled.

"Firstly, the message spread was: Meituan wants to merge."

"Wanting to merge and merging are two different things."

"If he believes it, that's great. If he doesn't, he'll also feel it's an early entry into a major showdown."

"In either case, it will make Baidu Takeout more cautious, not knowing how to handle themselves."

"Moreover, they actually have many favored projects internally, which might cause some hesitation," Cheng Zhu said.

Upon hearing this, Zhang Xuhao slapped his thigh suddenly, and said excitedly, "I remember now!"

"I heard before, Baidu is interested in advancing into artificial intelligence!"

"Oh wow, your information is quite up-to-date," Cheng Zhu took a sip of cold Coke, smiling.

"You know too?" Zhang Xuhao was a bit surprised.

"I know a little," Cheng Zhu began to be modest.

Brother Hao, combining this information, suddenly slightly opened his mouth: "So...is acquiring Baidu Takeout really a possibility!?"

"Damn! I really talked so much before, and you didn't believe a word, did you?" Cheng Zhu was amused yet annoyed.

"Nonsense! Even if you went to tell Wang Xin, he wouldn't believe it!" Zhang Xuhao was speechless.

He wasn't wrong about that.

In the previous life, Baidu decided to sell Baidu Takeout because both internal and external environments were changing.

It's just that Baidu was problematic in one aspect.

Determined not to do O2O anymore, deciding to leave, but kept waiting for a good price.

One moment talking with Meituan, the next with SF Express.

News about being sold was everywhere, but in the end, ha, we just didn't sell, just hyped the price!

Persisted in raising the price, thinking if not, the entry into O2O would be wasted effort, right?

The final result was shockingly missing the prime time to sell out, can you believe it?

While entering hesitated, even hesitated while exiting.

This made [Baidu Takeout] not sell for a good price, even could be described as a bargain sale.

This company went through so many troubles and still lost a lot!

At this moment, Cheng Zhu looked at Zhang Xuhao, saying: "Honestly, although acquiring Baidu Takeout is a possibility, the specifics would indeed be very challenging."

"Right? I thought so too," Zhang Xuhao also took a sip of cold Coke, saying: "It's not easy."

He knew very well, if at this stage they could somehow acquire Baidu Takeout, then [Eleme] would have a temporary advantage in the big battle with [Meituan Takeout]!

Money, as a matter of fact, would be easy to solve, after all, I, Brother Hao, have not only one Money God supporting me.

But the issue is that the Money God's money is not blown in by the wind either.

People do business for profit, always.

Moreover, the current situation is still not very clear, Baidu Takeout is just caught between the big brother and the second brother, spread by the flames of war, in an extremely embarrassing situation.

Unexpectedly, Cheng Zhu did not think the same.

"Actually, there is another way," Cheng Zhu suddenly spoke.

Zhang Xuhao, upon hearing this, immediately sat up straight.

——Please speak, Think Tank!

Cheng Zhu looked at him and spoke a piece of information that buzzed in his mind.

"We go find Bao Fan, the [King of Mergers and Acquisitions], to help," Cheng Zhu said in a deep voice.

"I messed up the merger between [Dianping] and [Meituan], I'm really ashamed!"

"Hao, you know, Boss Bao really appreciates me, he highly values me!"

"I'm very touched!"

"Why don't we give him a new project as a gift?"

Zhang Xuhao: "???"

What the hell, what is he talking about!?

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As the sun set, inside Star City.

Lin Lu's mother, Meng Yue, drove straight to Star City after work.

Yes, she was driving the Land Rover that Cheng Zhu used for a while.

Today is a big day for [Bo Te]'s opening event, she felt as a mother, she definitely needed to make an appearance.

She didn't attend the daytime opening activities, thinking her presence as an elder would make the young people uncomfortable.

So, she planned to have a look after work.

After all, isn't this the project she supported with 5 million cash herself?

After the Land Rover drove into Star City's underground parking lot, Meng Yue parked in the VIP parking area, then got out of the car with her bag.

She was dressed quite formally today, wore a long black dress, revealing only her ankles.

A pair of pearl earrings as the only jewelry for decoration.