Chapter 377: Battery Swap Network

The next day, February 21, Lashou officially renamed itself Qiandu Tuangou, building a moat for Qiandu's LBS division alongside Qiandu Waimai.

iResearch data followed closely, releasing the 2012 Top 100 Internet Enterprises, comprehensively evaluated based on active user numbers, revenue, and industry influence.

Penguin ranked first!

Qiandu second!

Mama Ali third!

Kuai Pao fourth!

NetEase fifth!

Shengda sixth!

What no one expected was that Sister Chengzi Payment broke into ninth, while Jinri Technology ranked tenth.

Among the top ten, three were holding subsidiaries under Senlian Capital.

Some netizens even said that if Sister Chengzi Technology were included, Senlian Capital would occupy 40% of the spots.

Kuai Pao and Kuaide Dache ranked seventeenth and nineteenth respectively, Gao De Maps thirty-first, and Byte Technology thirty-eighth.

Once the list went out, it immediately surged to the top of the hot search.

There was no way around it; Senlian Capital had too many listed subsidiaries, making it hard not to attract attention.

Yet in less than half an hour, the hot search was pushed down.

Because paparazzi exposed a video of Dong Jie and Wang Dazhi's secret meeting in Haikou, instantly causing Weibo's servers to lag.

Two people who had nothing to do with each other were suddenly the subject of rumors.

Netizens originally didn't believe it, until the paparazzi released eye-searing photos of the two kissing, which immediately crashed Weibo.

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Zhu Xianzhuang Technology Park, Building Nine.

"Boss, the function and timing verification for the Tiangong T100 are both complete; standby mode power consumption is 0.4mW, full-load operation power consumption is 500mW, it possesses 0.5 TOPS (500 billion operations per second) of local AI computing power, capable of realizing lightweight AI tasks; we recommend adopting 40nm process technology, which can effectively reduce tape-out costs."

Mike, the chief engineer of the Chip Design Department, spoke slowly.

"In terms of audio processing, a 6-microphone array is used, integrating a 24-bit audio codec, supporting Dolby Stereo decoding..." Wu Zheng Shengyu, sitting nearby, added.

"This is the company's first chip product, and also the first AI chip to adopt the OrangeZ1 instruction set; you two have worked hard!"

Chen Yansen leaned against the desk, encouraging Mike and Wu Zheng Shengyu.

The AI chip was just the beginning; his next plan was to turn the Chip Design Department into another HiSilicon, or even the next MediaTek, the next Gao Tong.

Rice must be eaten bite by bite, and the road must be walked step by step.

"Boss, actually, I am more skilled in mobile processor design work," Mike said, seizing the opportunity.

"I know, so the project proposal for the Tiangong A100 has already been sent to both your inboxes."

Chen Yansen said with a smile.

"Tiangong A100?" Wu Zheng Shengyu's eyes lit up.

He and Mike had merely felt that the Tiangong T100 lacked technical depth, insufficient to display their own talents.

Chen Yansen had spent a huge sum of money, not for a mere AI chip; mobile chips were his true goal.

"OK." Mike's reply was simple and clear.

In his view, the Tiangong T100 was merely a warm-up; the Tiangong A100 was the first R&D project since he joined Senlian Capital.

Next, they needed to find a chip foundry.

While ensuring yield rates, the lower the price, the better.

After the meeting ended, Chen Yansen returned to his office.

Twenty-four hours had passed since Ma Liyun's last call, yet he was not in a hurry; at worst, he would just go head-to-head with Mama Ali.

If Wang Xin could accomplish it, there was no reason he couldn't.

Moreover, in 2013, Ali Baba's strength was far from its peak; apart from having slightly more capital than Meituan and a ground promotion team slightly superior to Qiandu's, it had no obvious advantages.

Meanwhile, with the traffic support of Kuai Pao, Pinyue, Gao De, Sister Chengzi App Shangcheng, WeChat, and QQ, Kuai Pao completely held a断层式 (断层式) leading industry position.

Even if Ali Baba acquired Meituan and integrated group-buying market resources, it would be difficult to stop Kuai Pao's expansion pace.

At the same time.

In an electric vehicle factory located in Xicheng, the boss, Wang Zhixiang, could not help but show a trace of joy on his face after hanging up the phone.

Finally, someone was taking over the factory!

In the past year, due to increasingly fierce competition in the electric vehicle market and the significant Matthew effect, the living environment for small factories had worsened day by day.

Yadea, Xinri, and Aima were living more and more comfortably, while medium-sized contract manufacturers like Liang Zhixiang, having neither brand recognition nor sales channels, could only eat by watching others' faces. When the industry became highly involutionary and top brands successively established their own production bases, Liang Zhixiang's order volume also shrank.

Capacity dropped from 50,000 vehicles per month to 4,000; less than one in ten remained.

At its peak, there were 800 employees; now only over 100 remained, and they could not afford to support any more.

Fortunately, the land, equipment, and production lines could still fetch some money; Wang Zhixiang had started looking for buyers half a year ago.

However, many electric vehicle factories had gone bankrupt due to broken capital chains, usually purchasing only at asset-depreciated prices, making the transaction price simply unbearable to look at.

Therefore, Wang Zhixiang had been forcing himself to hold on.

One month ago, staff from Kuai Pao Technology found him; after repeatedly reviewing the factory's asset and liability information, they gave him a "wait for notification" reply.

He thought there was no hope left, but three minutes ago, the other party called again, reconfirming the cooperation intention.

Kuai Pao Technology would fully acquire Liang Zhixiang Electric Vehicle Factory at a price of 270 million Yuan.

Compared with those bankrupt and closed peers, Wang Zhixiang was extremely lucky.

In fact, Pei Yi not only bought Liang Zhixiang but also acquired a battery manufacturing factory named Shuangshi, to build Kuai Pao's battery swap network.

After all, in 2013, electric vehicle range was only 60 to 70 kilometers; they needed charging in less than half a day, otherwise it would delay afternoon delivery work.

Once the acquisition process was complete, the working capital on Kuaipao's account would be nearly exhausted, and with Dazhong Dianping launching a subsidy war, Series B financing had become inevitable.

Penguin, Gao Ling, and Jin Sha Capital, which had participated in Kuaipao's Series A financing, were already eager; currently, only Mama Ali remained under consideration.

DST, Gao Sheng, Huake, and over a dozen other companies also showed certain investment inclinations.

Chen Yansen instructed Old Gao to conduct preliminary communications first and eliminate the investment institutions with the lowest bids.

Kuaipao held ninety percent of the food delivery market share and forty percent of the group buying market share, and had also launched a grocery business; naturally, it had this confidence.

Just as Ma Liyun hesitated, Kuaipao was also integrating production resources in the electric scooter industry and, in places like Sujiang, had hired 1,400 people from the families of Kuaipao riders, placing them in electric scooter factories and battery factories.

For Chen Yansen, this meant several thousand threads of humanistic fire would be added every year.

The next morning, Ma Liyun's phone call came in.

"President Chen, Mama Ali wants ten percent equity in Kuaipao," Ma Liyun said, making an outrageous demand.

"President Ma, Penguin provided Kuaipao with first-tier traffic entry points on WeChat and QQ, yet I only gave five percent," Chen Yansen said, smiling and shaking his head.

"Mama Ali can also provide traffic support," Ma Liyun replied.

Hmm?

Did Mama Ali truly intend to raise Kuaipao as a 'godson'?

"First-tier traffic entry point?" Chen Yansen pressed.

"Second-tier channel," Ma Liyun answered immediately.

There was still a difference between a godson and a biological son.

"Six percent; let Mama Ali lead Kuaipao's Series B financing, with Penguin second," Chen Yansen said after a moment of thought, also expressing sincerity.

"I hope President Chen can guarantee that in the next two rounds of financing, Mama Ali's cumulative shareholding will be raised to twenty percent," Ma Liyun added another requirement.

In other words, Senlian Capital would have to offer sufficient benefits to make Mama Ali completely abandon the food delivery business.

"I cannot guarantee that," Chen Yansen refused decisively.

Giving Mama Ali a six percent financing share in Series B was already a significant concession, and Penguin's sentiments also had to be considered.

In his plan, the upper limit for Penguin and Mama Ali's shareholding was fifteen percent, with the remaining fifteen percent reserved for state-owned and foreign capital.

"No room for negotiation?" Ma Liyun's face immediately darkened.

"Or President Ma could choose to expand Taobao Food Delivery's business scope and spar with Kuaipao first," Chen Yansen smiled lightly, his tone full of provocation.

"Six percent it is," Ma Liyun squinted with a cold sneer, thinking to himself: Then I won't guarantee Mama Ali won't enter the group buying track in the future.

Both men harbored ulterior motives and did not take the cooperation seriously at all.

Chen Yansen deliberately dragged out the time, wanting only to make Mama Ali miss the best entry timing.

Ma Liyun, meanwhile, planned to wait for the right moment, letting Kuaipao cultivate the market first, then cutting in by riding the wave.

Once user habits were formed and the market scale took shape, Mama Ali could leverage its capital and traffic advantages to harvest market share at a lower cost.

He calculated shrewdly, waiting only for Chen Yansen to reveal a flaw, so that Senlian Capital's layout would become Mama Ali's wedding dress.

But Ma Liyun overestimated his own strength.

How could Chen Yansen possibly give him a chance?

Mama Ali didn't even have a navigation map; what would it use to perfect the ecosystem? Rely entirely on Taobao App for traffic diversion?

Within half a year, internal strife would erupt within Mama Ali!

(End of this chapter)