As one of the co-founders of [Dianping], Long Wei is quite familiar with Wang Xin and Bao Fan.
Before Wang Xin founded [Meituan] and ventured into the group-buying track, he even made a phone call to Long Wei specially.
"Do you know a company called Groupon in England? Are you guys going to do group buying?"
Long Wei's answer was: "No."
At that time, [Dianping] was heavily investing in mobile and had no thoughts of doing group buying, sticking solidly to its original business.
Until later when Groupon abroad became explosively popular, its valuation soaring rapidly, causing the domestic group-buying market to go completely crazy!
Leveraging its inherent advantages, [Dianping] couldn't resist jumping into the fray.
This turned Long Wei's promise to Wang Xin into a mirage.
Of course, this didn't really matter because, after all, he was just a co-founder, and [Dianping] was ultimately led by Zhang Tao.
