过于乐观的中国人 - 共享单车初创公司Ofo考虑申请破产，其估值近20亿美元 [美国媒体]

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Hong Kongers may have noticed the bright yellow bikes that have been cropping up around the city in the past year or two.

香港人或许已经注意到了，过去一两年里亮黄色自行车如雨后春笋出现在大街小巷。

But the yellow bikes may soon follow the green ones: Ofo is facing its imminent demise shortly after Gobee.bike announced its closure in July earlier this year.

但小黄车正在步小绿车的后尘（小绿车，香港首家共享单车Gobee.bike）——继Gobee.bike在今年7月份宣布关闭后不久，Ofo正面临即将到来的破产。

Ofo a Chinese bike-sharing startup backed by Alibaba has had insurmountable cash flow problems for a long time: “in order to keep the company running we have to turn every renminbi into three” said Ofo founder Dai Wei in a letter to employees.

作为一家由阿里巴巴入股支持的中国共享单车初创公司，Ofo长期以来一直存在难以克服的现金流问题。Ofo创始人戴威曾在一封发给员工的内部信中说：“为了维持公司的运营，一块钱要掰成三块钱花。”

The bike-sharing industry was extremely hot in China during its boom with hundreds of millions of dollars poured into different startups competing for dominance of key cities. At the height of the mania the proliferation of brightly painted bikes around the city even became a slight social problem.

中国的共享单车行业一度火爆异常——数以亿计的资金涌入各家初创公司，来争夺一二线城市的主导地位。在竞争达到狂热的顶峰时，城市各处像癌细胞增殖一样扩散的各色单车甚至引起了轻微的社会问题。

Now bike-sharing companies have become more subdued as the craze fades.

如今，随着投资热潮的消退，共享单车公司变得更加克制起来。

However it may not necessarily be doom and gloom for Ofo despite its cash flow problems: in August Didi Chuxing was reportedly interested in a joint boyout with Alibaba’s Ant Financial. The buyout would value Ofo at $2bn.

然而，尽管存在现金流问题，对于Ofo而言前景并没有那么悲观和黑暗——据今年8月份的报道，滴滴出行对和阿里巴巴旗下的蚂蚁金服联合收购Ofo表现出兴趣，这次收购将使Ofo的估值达到20亿美元。

Is this the latest example of Chinese overenthusiasm?

这算是中国投资过热的最新例证吗？

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tedp92
OFO bikes are wank. There's no way they can be sustainable if every bike breaks after two rides.

OFO共享单车烂爆了。如果每辆自行车都是骑两下就坏了，OFO是不可能经营得下去的。

dooshemama
lol when I visited China I had to unlock like 5 bikes before I found a functioning one in Nanjing. Plus those bikes do make the city streets so ugly and dirty

哈哈，我去中国时，在南京找到一辆能用的车之前，我得先解锁5辆才行。此外，那些自行车确实让城市的街道变得又丑又脏。

leanhsi
Hope they clear up all their POS bikes before they fuck offf...

希望他们在滚蛋前能把他们那破自行车都清理干净.....

Polypinoon
Tl; dr: clear ponzi scheme falls apart while founder runs of with the money.

明显就是庞氏骗局，计划慢慢败露而创始人却带着钱跑了。

krang123
The weird thing is that Ofo actually appeared to be one of the most legit bike sharing companies out there.
There were some way seedier ones popping up seemingly every day last year.

奇怪的是，ofo实际上似乎是最合法的自行车共享公司之一。去年似乎每天都有一些更乱七八糟的事情发生。

dandmcd
Yep they had billions of dollars of backing by major investors and still managed to run the well dry. Pretty incredible crash and burn really. But if you ever rode an OFO bike you'd know the company couldn't last long trying to maintain millions of shitty bikes.

是的，他们得到了主要投资者数十亿美元的支持，却仍能把这巨额资金用尽。真是不可思议的幻灭。但如果你曾骑过一辆OFO共享单车，你就会知道为了维护数百万辆质量低劣的自行车，这样一家公司是没法长久的。

krang123
I have used Ofo in the past. It's certainly not a bike that I would have paid for but I mean... it was a bike that could be found just about everywhere given how ubiquitous they were.

我以前用过OFO。显然这不是值得我花钱的自行车，但我想说的是.......它就是那种随处可见的自行车，没什么特别的。

bananainbeijing
Just curious why you think it's a ponzi scheme? They had a legit business albeit their bikes are pretty shitty

我只是好奇你们为什么认为这是庞氏骗局？他们的生意是合法的，尽管他们的自行车很烂。

CockSlappinUinDaFace
They were in the business of snatching deposits faster than the competition not renting bikes. That's why most of their bikes are broken they are cheap devices to put a QR code in exchange of a deposit and then go looking for more funding because huge user base.

他们的生意实际上就是比谁圈钱更快，而不是租用自行车。这就是为什么他们的大多数自行车都坏了，这些自行车就是用QR代码来收押金的廉价设备，并凭借巨大的用户群去获得更多的投资资金。

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idahodev
Bike sharing was touted as one of the original inventions by China where the whole world is following. Kind of embarrassing now.

共享单车被吹捧为中国的原创发明之一，全世界都在关注。现在就有点尴尬了。

CockSlappinUinDaFace
Mobike and Hello bike still operating. OFO was the worst right from the beginning.
Shitty bikes only made to snatch deposits faster than the competition

摩拜单车和哈罗单车仍在运营。OFO从一开始就是最糟糕的。只是为了比竞争对手更快抢到押金才造出垃圾OFO的。

2gun_cohen
Now "Three New Inventions".

呵呵，“新三大发明”。

Loseryyy
Why embarrassing? Bike sharing itself isn't a bad idea.

为什么尴尬？共享单车本身并不是一个坏主意。

captain_nicebloke
Someone posted on WeChat yesterday Ofo have converted people's deposits into user credits. Can't confirm as I never used Ofo. Can anyone here check on the app?

昨天有人在微信上发帖称Ofo已经将人们的押金转化为用户信用。因为我从来没有用过Ofo，所以没法确认。这里有谁能查看一下这个应用程序吗？

（译者检查了一下，OFO搞了个95元福利包，福利包要找客服才能退，199正常的使用费押金随意退。）

If true though it's basically no you're not getting your deposit back but you can keep using the rickety old bikes until you've whittled it away...

如果这是真的，你虽然不能拿回你的押金（基本上已经没了），但你可以继续用那快要散架的破自行车，直到它报废掉……

CockSlappinUinDaFace
There is an en masse deposit withdrawal request and huge queues at their Beijing offices. Somebody posted a screenshot about deposit withdrawal and it was queued as the 10th million in line. That's 2 billion yuan I don't think they have that kind of cash any more

人们在OFO北京的办公处排起了长龙，争相要求退还押金。有人贴了张申请押金退还的截图，显示排在第1000万位。那可是20亿人民币啊，我不认为他们能拿出那么多现金。

captain_hug
True. I applied for a refund in the app earlier today and it's now up to almost 12 million. Don't think I'll be seeing that 99 yuan before I leave in two months :/

是真的。我今天早些时候在app上申请退押金，现在押金退款金额已经接近1200万。我想我两个月后走之前是看不到那99元了:/

dandmcd
Yes it's true Chinese media has reported that there are millions of people waiting to get their deposits back. Stick a fork in 'em she's dead.

是的，这是真的，中国媒体报道称有数百万人在等其押金被退还回来。再一脚OFO就彻底玩完了。

（译注：Stick a fork in 'em she's dead——俚语，对一个快死的人再踩一脚让他死的更快的意思）

Loseryyy
More than 10 millions of users and there are people like me who are too lazy to apply for deposit return.

有（在等押金被退还回来）的那1000多万用户，也有像我这样懒得申请押金返还的人。

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AquaSquatch
I liked ofo bikes because they were generally taller. Now they're all fucked up.

我喜欢OFO单车，因为它们（车座）普遍更高些。现在它们简直烂得可以。

dandmcd
Bluegogo was the best I miss those blue bikes. OFO's newer bikes had seat adjustment which was great but pretty much all that are left now are broken or stolen.

小蓝车是最棒的，我怀念小蓝车。新款的ofo单车很不错，因为能调整座椅高度，但好多要么是坏了要么被偷了。

mookiept
Bluegogo still exists (at least in Beijing). They were acquired by Didi in January or so and I've been using them for months via Didi app.

小蓝车依然还有（至少北京有）。他们在今年一月被滴滴公司给收购了，因此我这几个月都是通过滴滴的APP来用小蓝车。

drguid
I like them because at any moment they could fall apart and make you died.
The other day the one I was riding de-chained right when I was in the middle of crossing a freeway.

我喜欢共享单车，是因为它们在任何时候都能散架，然后让你死翘翘。前几天，我刚骑到某高速公路中间时，我骑的那辆单车突然就掉链了。

TheMediumPanda
This sort of scheme might work in Europe Canada or other Western parts of the world where people (generally) have a social conscience and don't treat the public sphere as an outhouse. It's a sad testament to gullibility that so many investors were ready to invest when they talked about an IPO last year. Thankfully it didn't happen but it's also a reminder why China is facing a growing resentment over the lack of viable options for placing your money at a time when inflation is running 6-7 percent banks pay less than 1% in interest the housing market is overcooked already and tough restrictions exist regarding sending money abroad. I know we've predicted a huge crash for years but as things stand and looming questions over China's economy emerge housing or stocks or both do look seriously at risk of a meltdown.

这种计划或许在欧洲、加拿大或者其他西方国家能奏效，因为那里的人们（普遍）有社会道德，不会把公共领域当成自家后院。去年在谈到首次公开募股时，有那么多投资者都做好投资准备了，这可悲的证明了他们易受骗。谢天谢地，公开募股没能发生，但这也提醒了我们，为什么中国正面临着逐渐增长的危害：缺乏可行的投资选择，同时通货膨胀率保持在6-7%，银行利率低于1%，房地产市场早已过热且跨境汇款限制严格。我知道我们预测中国经济崩溃已经很多年了，但是随着形势的发展和中国经济出现迫在眉睫的问题，房地产市场和股票市场都看起来有崩溃的严重风险。

kanada_kid
[This sort of scheme might work in Europe Canada or other Western parts....treat the public sphere as an outhouse.]
Lol keep telling youself that. People in Australia and Britain were throwing them into rivers. Get off your high horse.

[这种计划或许在......能奏效，因为那里的人们（普遍）有社会道德，不会把公共领域当成自家后院。]
真是笑死，继续自欺欺人吧。澳大利亚和英国的人们都把共享单车丢河里去了，少摆你那臭架子了。

westiseast
The Manchester mobikes were thrown in canals and the scheme had to stop. By contrast the London scheme has been running for about a decade under private/public joint management and is highly successful without all the nonsense you’ve seen from Chinese schemes.

在曼切斯特，摩拜单车纷纷被人丢到运河里，计划因此被迫中止。相比之下，在私人/公共联合管理下，该计划已在伦敦成功运行了十年，没有任何你在中国看到的那些糟心事。

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kanada_kid
[This sort of scheme might work in Europe Canada or other Western parts....treat the public sphere as an outhouse.]
So is Manchester the US and France not part of the western world? Two companies had to exit two of those regions because of vandalism and theft. /u/themediumpanda is just being a racist idiot with his superiority complex. Humans arent good enough for dockless bikes.

[这种计划或许在......能奏效，因为那里的人们（普遍）有社会道德，不会把公共领域当成自家后院。]
所以曼彻斯特、美国和法国不也是西方世界的一部分？那两家公司是因为车辆毁坏和偷窃现象频发不得不退出其中的两个地区。网友TheMediumPanda不过是个自我感觉良好的种族主义白痴罢了。实际上人类还没优秀到能实行无锁共享单车制。

BillyBattsShinebox
Europe and especially the UK has WAY more vandals than China does. Stuff in China breaks because people just treat things badly and generally don't give a shit but there's very rarely any malicious intent behind things. The UK on the other hand is absolutely full to the brim with complete and utter cunts who just break things because they're complete and utter cunts.

欧洲，尤其是英国发生的车辆毁坏行径远比中国的多。在中国，东西坏了，只是因为人们待物没轻重且并不在乎，但很少有恶意毁坏设施的行径。然而另一方面，英国却充满了一群黑心的真混球，他们破坏东西只因为他们这些渣滓喜欢想这么做而已。

CockSlappinUinDaFace
This doesn't work in Europe. Europe has vandals as well. Docked bikes work you swipe the dock the bike is released you ride it and then return it to another dock station where they are easy to retrieve for maintenance or send them to a higher demand location no chance to leave them in shaddy areas. The ones sponsored by Barclays in London are built like tanks.

这在欧洲也行不通。欧洲也存在蓄意破坏分子。有锁的公共自行车这方案能行，你刷卡解锁自行车，骑车到另一处公共自行车停放处归还车；将车统一停在某放置处不仅便于维修检索，也便于转移至能提供更高需求的安放点，所以你是不可能把车留在偏僻的旮旯里的。由巴克莱赞助的那些在伦敦的自行车安放点建得就跟坦克一样坚固。

marmakoide
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A9lib%27
It's been working in Paris since 2007. Vandalism is a problem (2 millions euros/years lost to it) but not enough to stop the scheme. It's not running for a profit it was a city council initiative that is privately contracted.

2007年巴黎就有单车共享这个体制了。蓄意破坏车辆的确是个问题（每年因此损失200万欧元），但这不足以终止这一计划。这个计划不是为了盈利，而是一个私下签订的市议会倡议。

FileError214
The shared bikes in America were a real flash in the pan. Now it’s all about these goddamned scooters. Only homeless people ride (presumably hacked) Ofo bikes.

共享单车在美国真是昙花一现。现在全是那些该死的小摩托的新闻了。只有无家可归的人才会骑这些（估计车被黑了）共享单车。

Eat_the_Path
How many bike share companies is that now? I'm pretty sure it's not the first and they've all started the same way so it won't be the last. They get big investments at startup produce a billion bikes dump them everywhere and hire some thugs to vandalise the competition. Repairing bikes is hard so they just end up in a massive pile and not enough money can ever be made.

现在有多少个这样的共享单车公司？我确定这不是第一家破产的公司，且他们公司的初始运营方式都是一样的，所以OFO不会是最后一家宣布破产的公司。他们在创业时得到大笔投资，生产了10亿辆自行车，到处扔，还雇了人破坏竞争对手的生意。但是单车的维修工程太过艰难，所以这些共享单车最终会变成一堆垃圾，以至永远赚不到足够的钱来弥补损失。

ponyplop
The problem isn't the bikes themselves it's the tools who use/abuse them hoard them in their apartment complex and put personal locks on the damn things.

问题不在于自行车本身，而是有人私用滥用、偷藏在自家公寓里，还往车上安私锁。