"It's interesting. It seems I have to return the favor."

After breakfast, Lu Yiming leisurely ran to the headquarters of Home Inn, slapped the newspaper in his hand on Ji Qi's desk, and said with a smile: "Have you read the newspaper this morning?"

Speaking of this, Ji Qi felt very angry and hummed: "The ability of the evildoer to complain first is really amazing. I was just about to fight back. We can't just let the truth be silenced forever."

Lu Yiming said: "Ctrip's exposure rate is very high now. Although Home Inn is also mentioned, it is used as a negative teaching material. Do you have any publicity plans to reverse this situation?"

Ji Qi thought for a while and said, "We can continue to increase advertising."

Lu Yiming shook his head slightly and said, "Not enough. Public opinion is now unfavorable to Home Inns. Once this preconceived impression is formed, it will be difficult to reverse it through advertising alone. Besides, do you still have money in your hand?"

Thirty million yuan of capital is a lot less, but not a lot. Homeinns' rapid expansion mainly relies on Ji Qi's massive money burning.

And once the money can no longer be burned, the speed of development will naturally slow down.

"I think it would be better to take advantage of this opportunity and let Homeinns open the A round. If Homeinns wants to break through, it must first produce impressive performance data."

Ji Qi said worriedly: "Isn't Home Inn being criticized by them now? Public opinion is not good for us. If news of financing is released at this time, I don't think the company's valuation will be very high."

Ji Qi received 30 million from Lu Yiming in the angel round investment. Although he has achieved a lot, the current situation is unclear, and behind Ctrip, many American and Japanese capital forces are extremely powerful, so many people

It seems that Ctrip's chances of winning are much higher than Jiajia.

When raising Series A financing at this time, not to mention whether anyone dares to take a big gamble, even if they are really brave, the valuation will be very low.

Lu Yiming's eyes were firm, and he was obviously confident: "Don't worry about this, just leave the matter to me."

Ji Qi said: "Okay, let's hold a meeting to inform you about this matter."

In the office, several company executives were shocked when they learned that the company was going to launch Series A financing.

"How long has it been since the angel round? Is it going to be Series A financing so soon?"

"Yes, and at this time?"

"Mr. Ji, why is it so sudden?"

Several executives couldn't help but ask Ji Qi for details. It was true that at this juncture, the situation at Homeinn was not good.

Ji Qi waved his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and then said: "I'm just telling you this. Mr. Lu said that he is solely responsible for the specific operations. In fact, I was as shocked as you when I heard the news."

When they heard that Lu Yiming was in charge, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"The richest man Lu is doing it himself? Then there should be no problem."

"Who do you think Lu's richest man will find as an investor in Home Inns?"

"I don't know."

In a mood of anticipation and anxiety, Ji Qi waited for five days before receiving a call from Lu Yiming.

"I will bring the investors to the company tomorrow and you can prepare."

Ji Qi was suddenly surprised: "Come tomorrow? Time is so tight?"

Lu Yiming said: "The military situation is raging right now. Of course, you have to work as fast as you can. Can you make money by taking your time? Be agile and don't make mistakes."

"Understand!"

"You turn on the fax machine, and I will send the information to you later. You can send the guest list and photos and register them properly."

"Okay Mr. Lu."

Due to time constraints, Ji Qi quickly summoned the company's senior executives after finishing the phone call with Lu Yiming.

"Mr. Lu just called. The investment inspection team will come to our company tomorrow for inspection. Thank you for your hard work today. You have to work overtime and do all the materials that need to be prepared. Prepare all the materials to see if there are any omissions or errors. The A round is very important.

Yeah, don’t make any mistakes."

"Come tomorrow? Time is too tight. Then we have to act quickly."

"At the level of Lu's richest man, I don't know what kind of ruthless characters the investors he brings will be."

"Indeed, to be honest, I'm looking forward to it. Mr. Lu is the richest man in Xia Country. He won't bring over some richest man from other countries, right?"

"Then this is too outrageous. It will definitely become big news."

While everyone was talking, the fax machine in the corner buzzed, attracting everyone's attention.

Ji Qi said: "It should be the guest information sent by Mr. Lu."

Someone urged: "Hurry and see who is there."

"I'll go take a look."

Ji Qi came to the fax machine and waited patiently for Ji Qi to put the transmitted information on his desk.

"This is……"

When the information was unfolded, everyone's eyes were focused on it, and then everyone was stunned, with shocked expressions on their faces.

"incredible……"

"As expected of Mr. Lu, are these the connections of the richest man in Xia Kingdom?"

"All I can say is, invincible."
Chapter completed!