The same "Lao Lai", Luo Yonghao, Jia Yueting, David, who is more noble than whom?
When many people no longer think about when they can get back the 99 yuan / 199 yuan deposit, recently, the long-dormant little yellow car ofo has quickly appeared on Weibo hot search because of the launch of the function of pulling friends to help return the deposit.
The advertisement claimed that inviting friends to recharge 10 yuan would immediately refund 2.5 yuan. This means that if you want to return the $99 deposit, you need to invite 40 friends to "enter the pit", and if you want to refund the $199 deposit, you need to pull more people. This kind of trick of "not counting your own pits, but also pit good friends" has really aroused public indignation. After being ridiculed and criticized by the whole network, in just one day, the official conveniently withdrew the relevant advertisements.
In fact, this is not the first time ofo has used such tricks. As early as 2019, Ofo launched the "Daily Money Return" function, coupled with the gradual disappearance of ofo's small yellow car on the street, Ofo gradually became a rebate app. As Xiao huangche became insolvent and gradually stopped operating, Ofo left the market with nearly 20 million user deposits and more than 1.6 billion debts.
When everyone is indignant about ofo's operation, I feel sad for ofo's founder David - it is sad that I can't imagine that the former entrepreneurial star has fallen to this point.
It is not easy to start a business, and after the failure of entrepreneurship, it is even more difficult to make a comeback. As things stand, the odds of ofo turning over are slim. It is estimated that David also has the courage, courage and resources of Shi Yuzhu, and can rebuild the giant by relying on brain platinum.
Also stifling is Jia Yueting of FF (Faraday Future Faraday Future).
In July, FF was listed in the United States through a backdoor listing, successfully raising $1 billion and ushering in a brief increase in stock prices. Many people once thought that Jia Yueting's promise to "return to China next week" would be fulfilled. However, then the stock price began to go all the way down. In October, the short-selling agency J Capital Research released a 28-page short-selling report, which detailed a number of FF's crimes, which summarized three mainly: first, FF did not have the ability to mass-produce; second, FF's financial situation was worrying, and the capital deficit was quite serious; third, Jia Yueting was unreliable.
The emergence of this report obviously gives FF, who is struggling with mass production, a blow. The anxious FF had to take a lot of time to deal with the short report, so that FF, which was supposed to submit the third quarter financial report on schedule, could not submit it within the specified time. As a result, this abnormal behavior was warned by the US Securities and Exchange Commission. FF recently received a warning letter from the commission and gave a 60-day grace period, if it is still unable to submit within 60 days, FF will be delisted.
After the stock price suffered a slash, FF91 repeatedly postponed the delivery date, the new factory plan was repeatedly stranded, the third quarter financial report was not released as scheduled, so that it was warned by the US Securities and Futures Commission, Jia Yueting's "return to China next week" plan was afraid that it would once again fail.
While David and Jia Yueting gradually confirmed the name of "Lao Lai", Luo Yonghao worked tirelessly to one day remove him from the list through selling art.
In order to start again "decently", Luo Yonghao chose to merge into the torrent of live broadcasting, hoping to express the debt he owed in the "humble" way of "making quick money". This determination, action and perseverance are admirable, but they also make people feel some sympathy and helplessness.
In March last year, when he first entered the live broadcasting industry, in order to sell a razor, in front of hundreds of thousands of netizens, Luo Yonghao leaned over and shaved off the iconic beard he had retained for many years; later, Lao Luo personally turned the platform through an "old machine conference" that went out of the circle; after being restricted from high consumption, out of gratitude to SAIC Maxus, Luo Yonghao spoke for SAIC Maxus' caravan; and in September this year, Luo Yonghao starred in a high-profile advertisement for Guazi used cars.
Among these or propaganda or endorsement measures, it is difficult to say how sincere Luo Yonghao is, but it can be seen that Luo Yonghao is hard enough. And such a hard work, although it is detrimental to his image as a "paranoid" and "emotional ingenuity", but for Luo Yonghao's current situation, such an act of selling art is worthy of respect.
As the saying goes, "a big husband can bend and stretch", when you have a firm belief in your heart, and do not hesitate to tarnish your current conduct, endure a moment of adversity, the noise of the outside world is not enough to be afraid, and the behavior that seems to damage your own character is not shameful.
I don't know if Jia Yueting, who is far away in the United States, also holds the belief of a person of high character. As far as the current situation is concerned, Lao Jia is obviously in an extremely unfavorable situation, not only has his character been greatly questioned, but his desire to achieve great achievements is also facing a greater test.
In contrast, David, the founder of Little Yellow Car, is much more desolate. Not only was it overwhelmed by hundreds of millions of deposits, but also because of recent operations, the character was splashed with a layer of dirty paint. The little yellow car is afraid that it is out of the game, but I don't know whether David is still saved, and whether it is possible to regain people's trust through other means - of course, provided that the deposit problem of the little yellow car can be properly solved.