288: Section 288

However, Wang Mo asking him out for a bike ride today still made her very happy.

Just as Ye Youxue was about to continue chatting with Wang Mo, his phone rang.

Since he was already wearing Bluetooth earphones, Wang Mo didn't stop his bike; he simply tapped the earphone in his ear and answered the call.

The person on the other end of the line was Zhang Fan.

At this moment, Zhang Fan's tone was a little excited.

"Boss, do you know who just called Hello Bike?"

Zhang Fan built up the suspense, not directly revealing the answer.

Wang Mo, almost without any hesitation, immediately said, "Ali Group or Penguin Waimai."

As soon as he said this, Wang Mo could clearly feel that Zhang Fan on the other end of the phone was stunned.

Because Zhang Fan had not expected Wang Mo to guess the answer so directly with a single guess.

Actually, when Thousand Group Battle was nearing its end, Wang Mo had already predicted that the shared bike sector would definitely be noticed by other internet companies.

Among them, it was not surprising that Penguin Waimai and Ali Group would both entertain the idea of a direct acquisition.

The next second, Zhang Fan on the phone continued, "It had to be you, Boss."

"Just now, Ali Group called. Their tone was quite arrogant; they wanted to acquire us, but we firmly rejected them."

"However, from this call, it seems Ali Group has already discovered the potential of the shared bike sector."

"I'm afraid it won't be long before Ali Group makes its move."

Listening to this, Wang Mo also took a deep breath.

"Accelerate the deployment and Delivery (release) of shared bikes. There's no need to hide ourselves too much."

"Now that the existence of shared bikes has been discovered, there's no need to continue being overly cautious."

After giving a few more instructions, Wang Mo finally hung up the phone.

Because before, he didn't want the existence of shared bikes to be discovered too early by other internet companies, so he had always been relatively low-key in their deployment.

But now, when other internet companies finally discovered the existence of shared bikes, there was no longer any reason to be low-key.

Subsequently, Wang Mo finally stopped his bike and looked at Ye Youxue beside him.

"Are you busy sometime soon?"

Hearing this, Ye Youxue was a little surprised.

"No, why?"

"Do you want to go to Eagle Country with me for a while?"

After Wang Mo finished speaking, Ye Youxue's face instantly turned red.

"You, what do you mean? Are you inviting me to travel with you?"

Wang Mo was silent for a moment.

"You could say that. I'm going there to discuss with some technical experts in the gaming field. Their abilities are what I need next."

"Whether the e-sports industry and games I talked about with you earlier can be successfully established is closely related to these employees I'm about to hire."

"With the assistance of these people, I will be able to create the game I envision."

At this current stage, Wang Mo was already considering the development progress of his next software.

Before, once he decided that the next software would be a PC-based MOBA game, he specifically had people research some game companies in this world.

He had also determined how many employees his soon-to-be-established new game department would have.

Although this game, like most of his previous software, would have its main program handled by him, it was, after all, a large-scale client game, and it still required the addition of some experienced employees in this area.

Listening to Wang Mo's words, Ye Youxue nodded, seemingly understanding yet not fully.

Although she didn't quite understand these matters, she could still sense that Wang Mo didn't necessarily need to bring her along. Since he said so, she certainly had no reason to refuse.

···Please give me flowers

Subsequently, Ye Youxue also slowly nodded.

At the same time, as Hello Bike officially rejected Ali Group's invitation, Ali Group also began to secretly research the shared bike sector, preparing to enter it.

Although most internet users at this time did not yet know Ali Group's intentions and upcoming goals, Ali Group's actions could not be hidden from other major internet companies.

More and more internet companies began to pay attention to this so-called shared bike market.

As time passed, arriving at the second day after Hello Company rejected Ali Group, Ali Group employees conducting shared bike market research in various major cities discovered that the number of Hello Bike deployments across the country began to increase dramatically.

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Even the number of cities with Hello Bike services increased.

Originally, Hello Bike only had services in some third and fourth-tier cities.

But in the short few days that followed, Hello Bike's service cities actually reached one-third of all cities nationwide!

The rapid explosion of shared bikes in a short period also directly made many other internet users and young people in various major cities aware of this new market and sector.

And just as many internet users were surprised by the sudden appearance of shared bikes in their cities, a piece of information from a few days ago instantly surged to the top of the hot searches, making more people realize that these so-called shared bikes were not a small market or sector, but a potential boom that could not be underestimated.

This information was about Ali Group's preparation to enter the market.

As early as a few days ago, Ali Group had already wanted to acquire Hello Company, which had discovered the shared bike market!

Ali Group's move directly proved that the potential of this shared bike sector was definitely not low, otherwise Ali Group would not have directly entertained the idea of acquisition.

And after this hot search appeared, most internet practitioners also believed that after Ali Group acquired Hello Bike, it would become the only leader in this sector.

But what everyone didn't expect was that this startup company actually directly rejected Ali Group's acquisition! Chapter 213: Preparing to Enter the Shared Bike Market, Penguin Waimai Taken Down!

"Hello Bike Rejects Ali Group Acquisition!"

This hot search title quickly climbed to the top of the hot searches after it appeared.

A few hours earlier, the news that Ali Group wanted to acquire Hello Bike had just been exposed.

And a few hours later, the rejection information also popped up.

This latest hot search also stated that when Ali Group first contacted Hello Company, Hello Company had already completely rejected Ali Group's acquisition request.

This kind of perseverance is indeed rarely seen in a small company.

Although many internet users, after seeing this hot search, admired Hello Company's choice and their courage to not be acquired by a large company and strive on their own.