All round car designer

Chapter 565 Meeting Baixun Again
Just do it.

The three of them just cooperated to complete the acquisition of Human not long ago, so they have long been familiar with the process of corporate mergers and acquisitions. As long as the specific plan for the acquisition is determined and the acquisition offer is issued to the other party, the rest only needs to wait for the other party's reply That's it.

"If the acquisition of Gaoteng Maps is successful, I plan to merge this business under Autohome. What do you think?" After discussing the quotation plan, Zhou Fei looked at Jiang Yang and asked.

"Theoretically speaking, Gaoteng Map also belongs to the Internet industry. If it is merged into Autohome, I can accept it, but in terms of business operation, does Brother Fei have any suggestions?" Jiang Yang nodded and did not object.

The acquisition of map software, on the one hand, is for autonomous driving services, and on the other hand, it is also for subsequent sharing services. Zhou Fei has already said before that Jiang Yang will be responsible for the sharing, and it is reasonable to assign Gaoteng Maps to him.

Jiang Yang was a little unsure about the future development of Gaoteng. Should he continue to keep his original business?
"I understand what you mean. My idea is that once the acquisition is successful, the original map service will continue to be retained. Although Gaoteng is no longer the previous Gaoteng, I think it can be rescued. Anyway, in a short time , Autonomous driving and sharing are not Gaoteng maps, you can’t buy them and leave them in your hands.”

Zhou Fei paused, and then continued, "If Gao Teng is in your hands, and the operation can be improved, then even if the subsequent sharing develops, this business should not be lost. In case it is really impossible to save, Then cut off the traditional business and focus on serving our four modernizations of automobiles."

Serving intelligence and sharing is the main reason for acquiring Gaoteng Maps.

camp? "Jiang Yang suggested.

The current map software has already jumped out of a single function that can only provide people with navigation. They can provide services such as taxi booking, hotel booking, food recommendation, and scenic spot recommendation. The reason why the gap is getting bigger and bigger.By the time Gao Teng realized this and tried to catch up, it was already too late.

"No need to do that." Zhou Fei immediately shook his head and said, "Although Autohome belongs to the nature of the Internet, it still belongs to the automobile industry in essence. If we learn from Baixun and engage in diversified operations, it will exceed our main business. There is no need to waste energy on this.”

Now that Zhou Fei said so, Jiang Yang didn't say anything more. It was just a whim of his.

"This acquisition offer is sent in the name of Autohome. During the waiting period, we are all ready to deal with this matter as soon as possible." Zhou Fei continued.

"Okay, I hope that this acquisition will not encounter any more competitors, so that it will end sooner." Ma Huafu muttered.

The speaker is unintentional, but the listener is interested. Speaking of competitors, Zhou Fei thought of Baixun for no reason. Could Baixun also be interested in acquiring Gaoteng Maps?
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Shanghai, Baixun headquarters.

"Mr. Xu, Nikola just called. Schneider will arrive in Yangcheng next Monday to learn about the preparations for the Nikola EV1 and Nikola ES2 project teams. Schneider hopes that Mr. Xu will also be able to participate."

The secretary stood beside Xu Yingteng and said respectfully.

"I see. You can arrange the itinerary. I will also go to Yangcheng when the time comes." Xu Yingteng replied while flipping through the materials in his hand.

This time, the joint venture between Baixun and Nikola also adopted the strategy of developing two models at the same time. EV1 is a pure electric SUV, and ES2 is the second-generation model of Nikola ES1.

Although there is no sign of Baixun in the name of the model, Baixun, as the main creator, also participated in the development of the model, but it is the first time to build a car, so this time Baixun is mainly learning For the purpose of the next new car development, Baixun will play a key role in both naming and design.

"By the way, how did you deal with the matter I asked you to inquire about?" Xu Yingteng asked.

"I have already inquired about the future of the company. Gaoteng is divided into two factions. One group hopes that the company can continue to operate. It doesn't matter even if it sells part of the equity to introduce foreign capital, while the other group is more inclined to cash out directly. Gao Teng, the proportion of the latter is a bit more. Even their chairman and founder Zhang Yuanxi is inclined to sell Gao Teng. According to the current situation, if there is no actual action, Gao Teng will probably go bankrupt and liquidate .”

The secretary answered quickly.

After all, a large part of Baixun's business is distributed on Baixun Maps, so the degree of mastery of market information is higher than that of Zhou Fei. Xu Yingteng has long been aware of the difficulties faced by Gaoteng Maps and has been paying attention. The opponent's dynamics.

During the heyday of Gaoteng Maps, the market share was close to that of Baixun Maps. Zhang Yuanxi approached Xu Yingteng himself and expressed his willingness to acquire Baixun Maps. However, Xu Yingteng refused at that time, and the matter was over. up.

Now that times have changed, Baixun Maps is developing better and better, and its market position has been further consolidated, but Gaoteng has been reduced to the point of bankruptcy and liquidation.

When he learned that Gaoteng was in trouble, Xu Yingteng had the idea of ​​buying Gaoteng Map, but the acquisition cost was higher at that time, and Xu Yingteng wanted to build a car, so the priority of building a car was naturally higher. It is because of the acquisition of Gaoteng, so I have been waiting until now.

The map application market is neither big nor small. If Baixun can merge Gaoteng, Baixun will have an absolute advantage in this market, and Xu Yingteng will have greater pricing power. Profits will increase accordingly.

Now that other matters have been dealt with, Xu Yingteng should put the acquisition of Gaoteng Map on the agenda next.

"Let the finance department estimate the current market value of Gaoteng, and then send the materials to me. Try to be as fast as possible. Before I go to Yangcheng, the acquisition offer must be sent over." Xu Yingteng raised his head and said.

The reason why he was so anxious was that Xu Yingteng was worried that other competitors would also look at Gaoteng Map, but Xu Yingteng's default potential opponent was the Virtue Map, and he never thought that Zhou Fei would also be interested in Gaoteng Map. After all, the business of Feichi Group is a bit far from the map application.

On the other hand, Virtue Maps, if it can swallow Gaoteng's market share, it will become a map software company comparable to Baixun Maps. Xu Yingteng is worried about this, but he never thought that after the failure of the last cooperation Afterwards, he and Zhou Fei will meet again in another way.

(End of this chapter)