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Luo Sheng's support for cloud computing services has naturally become a hot topic of discussion at this industry summit forum.

In the afternoon, the organizer hosted a "BALT" or "L-BAT" symposium in a deputy hall. The heads of the four major domestic Internet technology giants gathered together. This is quite rare and the first time.

Naturally, the popularity here is also very hot, attracting more than 70 media and thousands of industry professionals.

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"Mr. Luo's speech on cloud computing in the morning was very exciting, so I am very curious that cloud computing requires such a large investment. According to what you said, Bluestar Group spent 45 billion yuan when it first came up, which is undoubtedly an astronomical sum. I am afraid there is no second company in the industry that can invest such a large amount of capital."

The host introduced the topic and focused on the concept of cloud computing services at the beginning. Well, the host praised Luo Sheng's eyes and said that it was very exciting, but in fact, he also heard it in a fog.

But that's right, host.

At the symposium, Luo Sheng and other four major IT giants all sat on a single sofa. After listening to the host, he picked up the microphone next to him and said: "The huge capital investment is naturally very important. , but the money issue is actually not the most critical issue.”

Host: "Oh?"

Luo Sheng said: "Data information is the foundation of cloud computing services. You may not be able to do it if you don't have data and funds, so I think the four domestic 'BALT' companies are the most suitable companies for cloud computing services. The data is in hand, and it is the key data.”

After a moment's pause, Luo Sheng said in a familiar way:

"Based on the data of content search, since the era of web 2.0, everyone has become a media, and everyone is a self-media, producing content on the Internet, including text, pictures, videos, etc."

"Based on e-commerce data, with the development of e-commerce, online transactions are booming, and each of these transactions contains information about buyers, sellers, and the entire value supply chain behind the goods."

"Based on social data, social networks are not only for communication between people, but also include various important user portrait information such as people's preferences, life trajectory, consumption ability, and value orientation."

"So I think 'BALT' is very suitable to enter this field, of course other companies can also, but relatively speaking, it requires greater investment.

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At the end, Luo Sheng nodded to himself to indicate that he had finished speaking, put the microphone aside, and took a bottle of water and took a sip.

At the same time, the host looked at the other three guests and said: "Mr. Luo has already shared a lot of content about cloud computing, so can the three of you also talk about it, that is the first, the three's understanding of cloud computing , the second and the three have any plans for cloud computing to enter this field? Mr. Li will come first?"

After a while, everyone looked at the head of Bai Du. He also looked very young, but he was very formal in a suit and leather shoes.

Mr. Li immediately made a speech:

"As for cloud computing, you're welcome, it's old wine in a new bottle, and it has nothing new. In the early days, people talked about the relationship between the client and the server a decade or two ago, and later they talked about the relationship between the client and the server. The service of the Internet web interface, now we talk about cloud computing, in fact, its essence is the same."

"The main work is done on the server side, and what the client needs to do is getting simpler and simpler. Is this concept right? Yes, this is a very correct concept, and it's not a concept that was born recently. It existed more than ten years ago, but it is really not easy for the traditional software industry to rely on this."

"So that's why I'm not as optimistic as Mr. Luo, and I want to pour some cold water on this thing. You say that you are Microsoft's office, and you want to make it completely done in the cloud and in the customer. Don't want anything, this is a little bit, it's a thankless feeling that the left hand hits the right hand."

Obviously, Li is always not optimistic. After two or three minutes of speech, the host looked at Brother Xiao Ma, who had already organized the language when President Li was speaking, and then said:

"More than ten years ago, Sun Microsystems also proposed that the network is a computer, but almost no one believed that, including the sale of clients, etc., but it was too early, so it became a martyr."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but burst into laughter. When the media director came out, they immediately showed the camera to the founder of Bluestar Technology. At this moment, Luo Sheng also had a smile on his face, and from his expression, it could be seen that he was still incomparable. easy.

Before they said it, Luo Sheng had expected that they would say so, but it still hasn't changed. They also said the same thing in the last life.

The implication is that Bluestar Technology might become the rhythm of the next "martyr".

After a while, Brother Ma continued to carry forward: "...not only will the transformation fail, but there will also be many problems. In fact, the concept advocated by cloud computing seems to be too early. Just now, Mr. Li also mentioned that search and mailboxes have just been born. When it comes to processing, it’s in the cloud.”

"In the future, various integrated business software systems, including various management systems in the enterprise, can be processed in the cloud, and they can not be processed by the local LAN server, but by the public infrastructure of the public network. It is indeed very imaginative that computing power, processing power and even logic components can be like water and electricity. I think it may take hundreds of years and a thousand years for you to realize this, but it is still too early."

Brother Xiao Ma finished his speech. Obviously, he is not optimistic about cloud computing services.

At this time, Luo Sheng suddenly picked up the microphone and said with a calm smile: "For a brand-new field, it is understandable to enter cautiously, it should be. So Bluestar Technology also invested 45 billion yuan, there is no global All in this field."

The hearts of all the people in the meeting were dumbfounded.

The hearts of the bosses at the moment: Ronaldinho, will you chat? If you keep talking like this, you will really kill God.

Also 45 billion? This makes people want to scold people, it's so irritating.

Luo Sheng didn't know that everyone rolled their eyes, and he continued to add: "We have the right to regard this investment as the cost of trial and error. We believe that the cost of trial and error is much lower than the cost of making mistakes. The cost of trial and error may be the loss of a little money. , which is acceptable; but the cost of being wrong may not be a matter of losing a little money, but an existential crisis.”

The host forcibly held back, and some people in the industry who attended the meeting were very depressed.

It really doesn't hurt to stand and talk. You spent tens of billions. Bluestar Technology's revenue in the first quarter was more than 10 billion, and it was more than 50 billion in a year. You can afford to lose money. Well, this is an existential crisis, isn't it?

We can't afford to lose, okay?

However, everyone has nothing to say, because Luo Sheng said before that the four "BALT" companies that are suitable for cloud computing services in China are all profitable, and each has their own user data accumulation.

After Luo Sheng put down the microphone, the host turned to look at Mr. Ma, who was Ahri, who immediately said with a smile:

"I think Mr. Luo's speech on cloud computing was very good just now, including the morning. Anyway, I listened to it with relish, and it was really interesting, probably because I was the only person who didn't understand technology."

The crowd laughed.

"However, in my understanding of cloud computing, it is ultimately a kind of sharing, a sharing mechanism for data processing and storage. I think... The trial and error that Mr. Luo just talked about also made me think about a problem. Mr. Li said that there is nothing new now, it is nothing more than 'old wine in a new bottle', to be honest, this is what I am most afraid of."

"Old wine in a new bottle, you can't see through it, but this thing is the most terrible when it suddenly explodes when there is no reaction at all. If I have never heard of this thing or even have no foundation, this is not terrible, the terrible thing is... Just like Yahoo first came out as a search engine, and it did very well, and then Google came out, and many people think this is similar to me.”

"Later Google almost killed Yahoo, and now Yahoo's market value is less than half of Google's, and even at the peak of Google's market value, Yahoo was only about one-third. So I think that any new thing comes out, we seriously go Think about it, pay attention, there may be new problems."

The host immediately looked at Mr. Ma and asked, "So Mr. Ma is optimistic about cloud computing?"

Mr. Ma replied without hesitation: "I think Mr. Luo can invest tens of billions of dollars without hesitation. It is definitely not a decision made by his brain. Doing it but constantly urging others to do it is mostly a liar.”

"But if a person is not only doing it himself, but also invests in it on a large scale, it is basically impossible to fake it. No one will cheat himself and ask others to do it. I think this person is very amazing, so if Ahri has If you have spare money, you will definitely consider trial and error in the field of cloud computing services, which will make a hole."

The host smiled and said: "It's evenly divided between optimism and pessimism. It seems that the topic of cloud computing has been discussed, and the winner will not be determined in a short time."

The symposium lasted for about 40 to 50 minutes. After that, Luo Sheng returned to the hotel to rest for a while. This IT Leaders Forum exchange meeting will last for two more days, but Luo Sheng does not plan to participate in the next two days. , and take off at night.

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