My Age of Investment

At night, an office in Silicon Valley is still brightly lit.

Xia Jingxing, who had only slept for two hours since yesterday, had red eyes, and he, who was sitting at the top, glanced at the executives on the left and right.

"The situation is now clear to everyone! There is only one week left for us. We must rush to release products ahead of our competitors and become the first to break the old era and usher in a new era in the mobile phone industry."

Lin Bing looked serious, he was digesting the shocking news brought by his boss.

Apple, it has been officially confirmed, will hold a product launch event a week later, that is, on December 8th. At that time, the smartphone that Apple has worked so hard to develop for several years will be officially unveiled.

It's fine if you don't know what functions Apple phones have. Now that they know, they won't easily hand over the epoch-making honor to others.

At the same time, due to their similar functions to Apple's mobile phones, conflicts broke out in patent applications, as evidenced by the last time Jobs visited the door for negotiations.

But unfortunately, the conflict of conflicting interests was too great, and they and Jobs could not reach an agreement.

Then we can only abandon all illusions and face the enemy head-on!

"Mr. Xia, is this news accurate? We have been monitoring Apple's every move, and even the owner of the coffee shop downstairs in their company has been bribed by us. The boss will tell us what Apple employees talk about every day."

Zhou Guangping spread his hands, "But we haven't heard anything about a product launch event."

Xia Jingxing pursed his lips, he didn't intend to tell a few people, this was actually the news that Yang Zhiyuan passed on to him.

Like them, Apple has also reached a cooperation with Yahoo, and the latter's email application will be installed on Apple phones to enrich Apple's functions and bring users a better experience.

Although Yahoo is lagging behind Google, but the tiger is not dead, it is still the only one in the mailbox, the number of users is much higher than Google Gmail, AOL mail and Microsoft Live Hotmail.

It was not surprising that Jobs found Yahoo to cooperate. The only thing that surprised Xia Jingxing was that Yang Zhiyuan actually told him the news and that he would appear at the Apple mobile phone launch event.

In fact, with such a big news conference, Apple can't hide it for long.

But Xia Jingxing still had to remember the favor from Yang Zhiyuan, because for them, even if they knew about Apple's movements an hour earlier, they would be more calm in dealing with it.

"There is no need to delve into the source of the news.

It must be true, there is no possibility of fraud, Apple strictly guards against it, and will not use this kind of thing as a game. "

Xia Jingxing said indifferently: "Our first consideration now is to put our product launch ahead of Apple, even if it is a day earlier."

"No big problem, we are ready for this day."

Huang Jiangji, who has always been reticent, said excitedly: "This time we must give Apple a hard blow, and see that Jobs will not be arrogant in the future."

Zhou Guangping nodded, and then smiled sullenly: "That's right, I saw that the old man was upset and engaged in racial discrimination. We can hold him in."

"Don't be careless, there are still many problems with the mobile map developed by Naftec."

Looking at Xia Jingxing, Lin Bing said with a serious expression: "This is also a weakness of our mobile phone. If we don't solve these problems, we will never be able to bring users an extremely perfect experience."

Zhou Guangping suddenly said bitterly: "It's all the idiot Naftek's fault. If they hadn't held us back, the mobile phone would have been released long ago."

Lin Bing glanced at Xia Jingxing's face, and found that the latter's expression was as calm as usual, and he didn't respond. He probably had already gotten used to this person who said nothing.

"Don't say that, Naftec used to make car maps, they just cut into the mobile field, and some hands are normal.

Moreover, they attach great importance to the cooperation with us, and have mobilized the most elite R\u0026D personnel from the whole company to form a rapid assault force. In just a few months, they have come up with a barely passable plan, which is already good. "

Lin Bing shrugged, "We must respect these partners, or let Google cooperate with us?"

Zhou Guangping pursed his lips, and said: "Without a basic mobile service ecosystem, it is really troublesome, and it is controlled by others everywhere."

Lin Bing smiled and comforted: "This is the inevitable process from being weak to being strong. Android was just a small company before, but now it has a complete mobile phone operating system, and it also cooperates with Microsoft, Yahoo, and Naftec. Waiting for a group of companies to reach a cooperation."

"Moreover, Android has recruited browser, email and other application function development teams. Soon, Android will have its own basic application ecosystem." Huang Jiangji added.

"Where's the map?" Zhou Guangping said which pot was left unopened. As we all know, this is a sensitive industry.

Xia Jingxing did not evade this question, and replied, "You don't have to worry about the map, I have arrangements."

"oh."

Zhou Guangping glanced at Xia Jingxing, and shut up knowingly.

Xia Jingxing looked left and right, and punched the solid wooden table, "There is nothing to say, let's start our own actions! This time, we must give full play to the name of our Fuxing mobile phone."

"Yes!" Several people replied in unison.

Some time ago, Xia Jingxing had already decided on the name of the mobile phone. It was called Fuxing Mobile. It had no special features, but the biggest feature was that it was bound to the entire industrial group.

A blockbuster product is enough to bring fire to the entire group.

It turns out that the name of Orange mobile phone conflicts with the name of Orange, the third largest mobile phone operator in the UK.

This company has some connections with Li Jiacheng. In the 1990s, Li Jiacheng briefly acquired this company and reaped a profit of 168 billion Hong Kong dollars through the bidding between Vodafone and Mannesmann.

Orange's brand trademarks outside of China are now in the hands of Vodafone. Although it is equivalent to being hidden, it cannot use the name at the risk of infringement.

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After the order was issued, Fuxing Mobile North America Branch was like a high-speed machine, and all departments began to work intensively, including inviting guests and audiences, and everything was proceeding in an orderly manner.

At the same time, they also followed Apple's lead, keeping a low profile, sneaking into the village and not shooting guns.

After everything is arranged, it's time to wait for that day to come.

Unlike senior executives, Xia Jingxing didn't feel that there was anything to be nervous about. He even took time to visit the Envision Capital (USA) business incubator next door.

The business incubator and the VC fund deployed by Vision Capital in Silicon Valley work in the same place, and the hedge fund department has all moved to No. 40 Wall Street in New York. This place was vacant, so Andrew brought people to move here.

After several months of decoration and recruiting members of the entrepreneurial training camp, the incubator has become a model.

When Xia Jingxing walked into the incubator, the open office area of ​​thousands of square meters was buzzing with people. The young entrepreneurs were manipulating the chairs under their buttocks to slide back and forth, having fun, and the spacious venue seemed to be transformed into a Large playground.

Seeing this scene, Xia Jingxing not only didn't feel disgusted, but smiled, feeling that the place was full of vigor and there was no intrigue, which reminded him of the campus incubator time a few years ago.

Passing through the noisy crowd, Xia Jingxing saw Andrew holding a hamburger in one hand and controlling the mouse with the other in a corner.

"Come on, fuck him!"

"This son of a bitch, I'm going to kick his balls."

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Andrew was wearing headphones, staring at the computer intently, and kept spitting out all kinds of dirty words.

"Hey, I lost!"

Andrew sighed in frustration, and threw the earphones aside, he suddenly noticed the black figure in front of him, so he looked up, and finally found Xia Jingxing who was looking at him with a smile.

"Daren, when did you come?"

Surprise was written all over Andrew's face, he quickly stood up, and regardless of the hamburger crumbs in his hand, he started to pat Xia Jingxing on the shoulder.

The boys who were playing games with Andrew also noticed Xia Jingxing at this time, and they all stared at this big man curiously.

Xia Jingxing noticed that Andrew and the other boys were wearing a black hoodie with the ancient Chinese seal logo of "Vision" on the chest.

"The clothes are pretty good." Xia Jingxing patted Andrew's fat belly again.

"Really? I think so too!"

Andrew turned his head to look at the boys behind him, and said with a smile: "The little guys also think this is a great place! Not only do you distribute clothes, but you can also play games without paying Internet fees, and the friends around you are also nice to speak, and they are all talented people. , like a dream home.”

Xia Jingxing smiled, and said that the incubator was like a paradise on earth, but any gifts were secretly priced.

"What kind of team are they?" Xia Jingxing asked after glancing at the group of children who were younger than him.

Andrew's stomach twitched, "Games, those who make web games. Of course, they occasionally play games to find inspiration. As a mentor, I will definitely accompany them to grow up together."

"You are really a good mentor with a wide range of interests and hobbies."

Andrew smiled, "Want to see their products? They're pretty good."

Hearing this, several boys immediately looked at Xia Jingxing with bright eyes, but Xia Jingxing's next words dimmed their eyes.

"No, I'm here to find you."

Andrew nodded, then spread his hands towards the little fellows, and began to follow Xia Jingxing out.

The two came to a small conference room.

"Tell me, why do you want me?" Andrew looked at Xia Jingxing with a strange smile.