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29: uber's darkest hour

Travis Kalanick ~

Born in San Francisco, USA in 1977.

Travis Kalanick did not have a family background like Bill Gates, but poorly, he believed in the nonsense of the [Study Uselessness]. When he was one year away, he took the initiative to leave the University of California, Los Angeles.

He dropped out of college in 1998 and developed a search engine with several good friends.

They initially wanted to be an online search engine, but they never thought that this search engine became the world's first search engine for p2p file download resources.

This search engine was directly sued by 29 Hollywood companies for copyright infringement and claimed $250 million, including a Hollywood film company named [Lilith Studio].

Later, he developed a software called "File Transfer Assistant" to cleanse his shame, and the biggest user of this software was Hollywood film company.

Before the company was sold, Travis successfully sold the software to many Hollywood film companies.

But what makes Travis regret so far is that there is no [Lilith Studio] among the companies that have purchased his services.

Travis held a purchase book about [Dingdong Taxi] in his hand and gave it to his friend Jamil Horner with a melancholy look on his face, "I don't know if it's because of my illusion, I found that I and Herman's family had some disagreements."

Jamil Horner looked at the "Invitation and Acquisition Book" sent by someone who sent someone to "Dingdong Taxi" and said with regret: "The capital market has always been cruel, and I think they may no longer remember the case that sued you."

After hearing what his friend said, Travis Kalanick suddenly stood up with a "bang" and hammered his hands heavily on the table and roared angrily: "Uber's cash flow is enough for me to persevere for half a year! I don't believe that I have no more investors, so I can't hold on!"

Jamil Horner saw his friend's expression of "not looking back without hitting the wall", shook his head regretfully and said, "Although my father is the governor of Arkansas, I really don't believe that my father is willing to let my son insist on not allowing [Dingdong Taxi] to enter the operation. Moreover, although the governor of Indiana and the governor of Washington allow you to operate there, they did not give you a written document or operation license, so I think you should slow down, what do you think? If you enter the Singapore market at this time, the cash flow of Uber will definitely not be able to hold on!"

Travis Kalanick first looked at his friend next to him, and then looked at the "invitation acquisition agreement" given to him by [Dingdong Travel] in his hand, and said with a firm look: "Although [Dingdong Travel] doesn't seem to have any problems at all, as a fellow traveler, I saw his problem as soon as possible!"

“What’s the problem?”

Travis Kalanick did not answer Jamil Horner's question, but seriously put his hands on his friend's shoulders and said, "It depends on you whether I can operate the market in Arkansas. I hope you can help me get as much breathing range as possible. Please!"

Jamil Horner nodded in confusion~

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Manhattan is the most densely populated district among the five administrative districts in New York City, USA, and the smallest administrative district.

Although the Manhattan administrative area is small, Manhattan has two largest international airports and Wall Street in the United States. What is most surprising is that as early as 2005, Manhattan had more than $100,000 per capita GDP.

As a financial industry practitioner in Manhattan's "West Village", Kalema Bentley's favorite thing is to be brave enough to get involved in some new things, and Kalema Bentley is also the largest fund manager of the Chinese stock holding fund institution on Wall Street.

Kalema Bentley stood in the bathroom with a serious look on his face, and hummed an English song "California Hotel".

After shaving, Kalema Bentley carefully wiped his cheeks with a white towel and walked towards the restaurant.

As soon as I arrived at the restaurant, Kalema Bentley saw his wife standing in the kitchen and caringly preparing lunch light meal for him~

"Nanali, I'll go home to eat at noon. The stock market has performed well recently. I may not be very busy!"

After hearing her husband's words, Nanali first stroked the hair in her ear, and turned around with a gentle face and said, "It's raining outside. I'll prepare lunch for you. Don't come back at noon. During the rainy season, Manhattan is very traffic jam, so it's too troublesome to toss back and forth!"

After hearing his wife's words, Kalema Bentley smiled happily and continued to read the Wall Street Journal in his hand.

Reading newspapers every day is Kalema Bentley's favorite thing to do.

Other fund managers like to rely on their logic and excellent mathematical concepts to trade stocks, but Kalema Bentley is not. Kalema Bentley likes to find clues from TV news and newspaper news to trade stocks.

Although this method seems to be a stupid method in the eyes of many insiders, Kalema Bentley not only successfully avoided the 1998 financial crisis but also avoided the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis that just passed.

Kalema Bentley was sitting at the table making records while looking at the newspaper, but the appearance of a news made Kalema Bentley suddenly realize a big incident!

[Dingdong Travel plans to go public, Nasdaq bell ringer Mr. Buffett will personally prepare for the company]

Kalema Bentley, who saw this news, unconsciously rubbed his hands. Nanali, who had just prepared a meal for her husband, was about to greet him, but suddenly realized that his husband had actually done his most nervous action.

Nanali first packed the meal she had prepared for her husband in a lunch box, then picked up her husband's cell phone and helped him call a [business taxi] from the uber.

The emergence of this software for Uber Travel really made Nanali a new one as a housewife. In Nanali's opinion, this software is very convenient and has subsidies.

Spend the least money and go the farthest door, this is Nanali's favorite thing to do.

As for helping her husband play uber, it was because it was raining today. If Nanali's husband drove by himself, Nanali would inevitably be a little worried. Moreover, her husband worked very late last night, so Nanali called uber.

Kalema Bentley, who was standing by, kept recalling that if [Dingdong Travel] went public, who is the bank that is most likely to underwrite their stocks?

[Dingdong Travel] Although Kalema Bentley has never done it, Kalema Bentley knew that since 1999, if they had a company listed, no company's stock would plummet!

Thinking of Kalema Bentley, who was here, unconsciously picked up the phone that he put at his hand. When he was about to look at the time, Kalema Bentley found that the screen of the phone was stuck on the [uber] car call interface.

Nanali, who was sitting beside her, saw her husband frowning and looking at her phone, immediately explained: "It rained today, you slept so late yesterday, so don't work so hard, just take a taxi!"

Kalema Bentley actually wanted to experience [Dingdong Travel] this morning, but in order not to let down his wife's kindness, Kalema Bentley had to nod with a smile.

Kalema Bentley just walked to the door, and a 5-seater Buick business car parked at Kalema's doorstep~

Kalema Bentley, who was sitting in the passenger seat of Buick Business Car, frowned and looked at the driver beside him. I wonder if it was because the previous passenger was drinking or for some other reason, Kalema Bentley actually smelled a strong smell of alcohol from the driver beside him.

When Kalema Bentley suddenly remembered that this car was not specifically for him~

Kalema Bentley was relieved!

Kalema Bentley lowered the car window into a small gap. Looking at the drizzle outside the window, Kalema Bentley couldn't help but feel much better!

"Master, how much money can you earn in a day when you open a Uber?"

"Hmm? This is the second day I just ran away, but the recent review of Uber's driver seems to have been much easier!"

"I took this opportunity to run to the Uber, and I rented this car from the car shop with a credit card."

Kalema Bentley was stunned when he heard the driver's words: "Is it so serious that people and cars are not in line with such a serious problem? Can Uber still let you drive as a driver?"

"You don't understand this!"

"I think your end is Wall Street. It seems that your income is very high. It is normal for you to not know this. New York City actually banned Uber operations as early as last month."

"It's just that the most popular travel software in New York now [Dingdong Travel] controls drivers too strictly. I was revoked for driving due to drunk driving. Now I don't have a job, so I can only rent a car and go to the uber~"

Kalema Bentley basically didn't listen to the driver's words!

But Kalema Bentley learned the comparability of the two companies from the driver's mouth. Kalema Bentley, who had arrived safely at the destination, instinctively looked back at the license plate of the Buick business car and walked into the office building behind him.

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Ronan Landry has run nearly $410 since he left the house at 3 a.m.!

"Oh! fxxk! This is faster than Gun Bank. I only worked for $40 a day." Ronan Landry sat on the Buick business car and took a sip of vodka hard and sighed excitedly.

"But Manhattan has two weeks of rainy season. If I persist in these two weeks, I can not only buy a second-hand Ford, but also go to the red light district to have fun!" Ronan Landry sat in the main driver's position while eating the hamburger in his hand and watching the order popped up on his smartphone.

【Ding ~】

Ronan Landry, who was about to grab the order, saw the driver popping out of the uber software prompting him to click on it with a puzzled look~

[Drivers in the Manhattan area of ​​New York, please note that the rainy season will come even harder in the afternoon. I hope that all drivers can ensure that customers have a good experience while driving safely]

"Tsk! No matter how hard it rains, you can't take away someone's [Dingdong Travel] order. They directly launched a "One-price carpooling" function this morning. Look at how you can sting!" Ronan Landry complained about the uber software on his phone disdainfully.

Suddenly, a long-distance order popped up with a "ding" sound, from Manhattan to eastern Queens, an order worth $210.

Ronan Landry, who was quick-witted and quick-eyed, no longer cared about the hamburger in his hand, and directly used his index finger to guide him.

[Ding! The order grab is successful, I hope you can rush to the passenger location as soon as possible]

Ronan Landry saw this $210 order and took a sip of water and said to himself: "fxxk! There is really a big order, I love you so much! Uber!"

Before leaving, Ronan Landry took a sip of vodka and opened the window before Ronan Landry drove towards the destination.

The rain in Manhattan is getting heavier and heavier, and the emerging market of online car-hailing has finally ushered in their first test.

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[Uber drivers are drunk driving, and they have two lives in one car. Is it because the driver's access mechanism is not rigorous enough, or is the step-by-step pressure of Dingdong travel that has enabled Uber to start its evil path]

[According to Reuters, a Wall Street fund manager who did not want to reveal his name said that he had made this car this morning and he felt guilty that he did not wake up this matter immediately. For the girl, he was willing to pay a compensation]

[Uber's public relations manager has not given any feedback on this incident so far]

[As of now, the Dingdong Travel Public Relations team has not expressed any opinions on the incident, but its chairman, Ms. Shanshan Ferr, once went to nypd to learn about the situation in person as soon as the accident was exposed]

Various news about Uber has spread rapidly among major media in just one hour.

Moreover, on Netflix's social hot search list, all kinds of negative information about Uber seemed to explode, everywhere, either complaining about him or on the way to complain about him.

Travis Kalanick, who looked tired, finally arrived at the New York Airport at 11 o'clock in the evening of New York time.

Travis Kalanick, who had just got off the plane, received a summon from nypd. Travis Kalanick became more relaxed after finding out.
Chapter completed!
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