Reinventing the Millennium

Fang Zhuo would not pay attention to an ordinary meeting of Tesco.

The matter of Fanke has passed from his heart, and the conversation with Chen Nian is just a small wave. At most, the unexpected phone call from Lao Xiong and Lei Zi gave this wave a little more color under the sun.

After the industry conference ended, Fang Zhuo’s call for mobile Internet appeared in the media, and the Yixin data he disclosed also appeared on Penguin’s desk.

More than 40 million.

This was actually within Penguin’s expectations.

But that rather mysterious "high active user ratio" makes Penguin restless and thorny.

How high is it?

The main thing is that Letters from Penguin is not very playable in this dimension.

The number of users of Letters has just exceeded 25 million, which is considered very good in the current environment. However, the number of active users is less than 7 million.

Also, the letter now faces a problem.

Laixin not only competes with Yixin, but now with the homogenization of QQ's functions, some users are just diverted to Laixin and continue to use QQ, which cannot form an effective fission.

This leaves Penguin with a choice to make internally.

Should we cut off this function of QQ to fully support mailing, or should we continue to let this ace software innovate?

Without cutting off QQ, Laixin would have been at a disadvantage in its competition with Yixin. Cutting off QQ... Perhaps QQ, which has a huge number of users, is Penguin's answer to its fight against Yixin?

Even Ma Huateng and Liu Chiping are very hesitant when it comes to choices that may determine the rise or fall of a company.

However, external competitive pressure is increasing, which does not allow Penguin to slowly measure it.

All in mobile, how to All, this is also a difficult problem.

In the evening of July 4th, Fang Zhuo arranged the chores before leaving.

Originally, he wanted to attend an event of Zhou Xin's charity foundation, but because he was too pressed for time, he had to postpone it.

Fang Zhuo didn't like this kind of action very much, so he thought Zhou Xin was trustworthy and just donated some money if he had nothing to do. However, Teacher Xiao Su criticized this idea.

——It’s not like you are asked to show up occasionally. Your reputation as a rich man can play a role in publicity. A little more effect will be beneficial.

Fang Zhuo felt that it was right. The title of the richest man had always been very useful in communicating with others, and it might also be beneficial to other things.

Having dinner with their parents, Zhao Shumei and Fang Tong have always behaved like idle clouds and wild cranes since they realized they couldn't spend all the money. However, recently, Zhao Shumei has been serious about communicating about company affairs whenever she appears at the dinner table.

"According to the usual practice, Tesco's listing will be successful within the year, right?"

"I heard that the relationship between Goldman Sachs and Yike is not harmonious, but it won't cause trouble in the listing of Yike, right?"

"Oh, it's better to go public as soon as possible. After burning so much money from investors, listing will be an explanation."

Comrade Zhao Shumei focused on the issue of Tesco's listing.

Fang Zhuo said nothing about this, and Su Wei just smiled and explained everything, but never mentioned anything else.

This meal gave me the feeling of a company meeting.

"Ahem, Mom, Qi Qi came back from Xiangjiang. I asked her. She may be responsible for some work of Zhou Xin's charity fund later. If you have nothing to do, you might as well care about her life events." Fang Zhuo put down his bowls and chopsticks and mentioned It's time for my sister's job change.

Because of his major, Zhao Suqi occasionally helped Fang Zhuo handle some financial matters. The work was not too busy, but he needed a trustworthy person to do it.

"She has an idea." Zhao Shumei's attention was diverted as expected, and she was talking about her niece again.

However, before leaving, she patted Su Wei on the shoulder and encouraged her: "Have a good time and go public."

Su Wei waited until the two of them went upstairs and finally couldn't help laughing.

"Obviously it's a good launch, but why does it sound like it's a good time to have a baby? It's a eugenic and fast birth."

"Everyone knows Shumei's heart." Fang Zhuo also smiled.

Su Wei got up and walked around. Well, if everything goes well, the listing will be completed within the year, but the company will not end after listing, and the follow-up work is also very important.

In particular, this is still a period of transformation from PC to mobile, which also has a great impact on e-commerce.

Smartphones have really become an organ outside everyone’s body.

She was thinking about it, but instead of talking about these considerations, she asked about the meetings in the past two days and the schedule for the next time.

Fang Zhuo told interesting stories, a little regretful that Qingzi was a stranger to him.

"He seems to be avoiding me a little bit."

Listening to these words, Su Wei didn't know whether she was self-aware or not, and commented: "Mr. Li has too many ideas now. There are some things that you can't hide from."

She knew that one of Mi Tuan's strategies was to force previous projects to burn money. Li Guoqing's Dang Tuan.com was in this category, and it seemed to be really effective.

Fang Zhuo shook his head and said, "Forget it, I'll pass by the company later and go to Qindao."

"Let's go find Mr. Zhang, or should you start a nationwide tour together?" Su Wei said with a smile, "Oh, yes, I encountered an interesting problem in a meeting today. We talked about Yi Xin and the situation facing penguins. You have to choose one before letters or QQ, tell me, how should they choose?"

Yixin is now the standard equipment of everyone in Yiguo company, and it is also talked about when chatting.

"That depends on Mr. Zhang, I'm fine with that." Fang Zhuo answered the previous question first, and then thought for a while, "Because Yixin is getting stronger and stronger, something must be given up over there, otherwise it will be difficult to maintain the core business, right?"

He deconstructed it a little and gave his own thoughts: "I know what you mean, well, make a choice from the perspective of Penguin, but I think we can slowly accept the second position of communication products and focus on other areas. You how do you feel?"

Su Wei was stunned, shook her head and said: "Impossible, how is this possible? Who can accept it!"

"Then no matter what choice you make, it's wrong. If you have to choose, I'll choose Q." Fang Zhuo said.

"What about the letter that has already cost a lot of money?" Su Wei asked.

"Die." Fang Zhuo shrugged and picked up his bag, "You're asking me this, what can I do? Let's die first."

Su Wei felt that these words were particularly plain and cruel.

…

Fang Zhuo took a car to bypass the company, then went straight to the airport and took the "Qingzi" to fly to Qindao.

This time, I first went to visit Zhang Rujing, an old friend of Hangchi's business, and then took Qindao as the first stop, flew to Beijing, to Xi'an, to Yangcheng, transferred to Pengcheng, to Xiangjiang, back to Luzhou, passed Suzhou, visited Wuxi, and finally went to Return to Shanghai.

Fang Zhuo wanted to see with his own eyes the current situation and mental outlook of domestic semiconductor-related companies.

Of course, because of the report from the China Wafer Manufacturing Service Alliance, he did not have high expectations for this current situation. He just wanted to see it with his own eyes and take a look around.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the plane landed at Qindao, and soon saw Zhang Rujing who was preparing to receive the wind banquet.

"Hi, Mr. Zhang, your style is still the same!" Fang Zhuo was very happy and went up to give him a thick hug.

"Thank you, the richest man, for remembering me. I am getting old, and you, Fang Zhuo, are getting stronger and stronger!" Zhang Rujing laughed.

"How can you use a strong word to describe me? It sounds a bit awkward." Fang Zhuo shook his head, sat down, and poured wine.

The reception banquet was a private banquet without the company of local leaders.

"I've read in the news that you, Mr. Fang, are leading the competition among the four giants, and that this year is the year of YBAT's war." Zhang Rujing said with a smile, "It is said that Mr. Fang has made Ma Huateng shed tears and Ma Yan's heart. It’s broken, it’s just Li Yanhong.”

He continued: "Besides, your new phone has just been released, shouldn't it be busy? Why do you have time to come to my place?"

"What a mess." Fang Zhuo blinked. Unexpectedly, Mr. Zhang was quite concerned about current affairs. "The people under me can do things. What do I pay them for? Isn't it just to make me free, Lao Zhang?" , you have to learn from me.”

Zhang Rujing nodded happily because he wanted to learn from the richest man. Since the richest man invested money in his factory, what he said made sense.

He raised his glass and said, "Okay, learn from Mr. Fang and also learn from Yike. Your chip is pretty good."

Fang Zhuo clinked his glasses and said with a smile: "Yeah, hey, this is my Zhurong Fire."

"I really don't know whether you gave the name of your company serious consideration or just casually." Zhang Rujing drank a glass of wine and complained, "Zhurong Chip, Freshwater Pearl Project, how did these come about?"

Zhurong Chip was naturally appointed by Fang Zhuo.

As for this "Freshwater Pearl Plan", it is an internal plan of the Wafer Service Alliance.

If Fang Zhuo was right, Secretary-General Liu Yangyang was probably the one who took the initiative in naming the name.

The so-called freshwater pearl project means that all aspects of domestic semiconductors are inferior to those of foreign countries. Foreign companies are like precious sea pearls, while domestic companies are like relatively cheap freshwater pearls.

However, although freshwater beads are cheap, if you choose them carefully and string them into a necklace, they will look beautiful.

The Wafer Service Alliance plays the role of a string of beads, and its method in the past two years has been to connect domestic companies and help introduce foreign funds for investment.

The semiconductor industry fund set up above is called a "big fund" by the industry, and the matchmaking of the wafer service alliance is called a "small fund."

The two funds are developed simultaneously. The former can often connect administrative resources and planning, while the latter can respond quickly and invest money happily.

"The name is not important, the key is whether it can be useful." Fang Zhuo said disapprovingly, "I have been doing the 'Let's see who doesn't like semiconductors' scholarship in college since 2001 or 2002. Over the years, I often receive handwritten thank-you letters. There are also many who go to Ice Core directly after graduation, so what’s the big deal?”

Zhang Rujing said with a smile: "You always have money, how can the school leader say anything."

Fang Zhuo sighed: "It's good to have money. It's good to have money. This time I just want to see where mine, my money and my friends' money have been invested."

Zhang Rujing nodded and started pouring wine again.

Since leaving SMIC, he has been extremely low-key from Shanghai to Qindao, working hard on domestically produced large silicon wafers.

However, there are difficulties in technology and talent.

Zhang Rujing was very grateful to Fang Zhuo. Whenever he had something to say, no matter what, sometimes it was not Fang Zhuo who answered him, and the problem could always be solved.

Fang Zhuo is not a god, and money cannot solve all problems. As long as there is progress, Zhang Rujing will be happy.

At the dinner table, the two of them drank one glass at a time and got drunk quickly.

Fang Zhuo usually pays attention to his drinking, but Zhang Rujing even refuses to drink at all. He is really in the right mood tonight.

After three drinks, the food was not delicious. Zhang Rujing simply got up and took Fang Zhuo to visit the factory next door to introduce him to his current work progress.

Fang Zhuo happily agreed.

The two walked in front, arm in arm, while the others walked a few steps behind.

"Mr. Fang, tell the truth, did you invest all the money the Service Alliance got from abroad?" Zhang Rujing's voice was slightly louder.

The people following behind quickly took a few steps back.

Fang Zhuo didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mr. Zhang, what are you thinking? If I want to invest money, I will invest it openly. I will tell the world directly about my ice core. This is not a shameful thing."

"You have far-reaching thoughts, who knows." Zhang Rujing praised.

"What's the use of thinking too deeply? Recently, two groups of people in Bingxin have had objections to the technical direction. I'm confused and don't know what to do." Fang Zhuo said distressedly.

Zhang Rujing said: "So, you came to me for advice?"

"Oh, that's not true. You are old. This is a disagreement in the latest technology. Can I not listen to the company's internal technical analysis and instead make judgments based on your old man's thinking?" Fang Zhuo said calmly.

Zhang Rujing: "..."

It's really true.

He said angrily: "You came here just to stimulate me, right?"

"No, I'm taking you to other cities to see the investment situation and industry progress. You are not from the alliance, but you still have experience. Old arms and legs can use your remaining heat." Fang Zhuo expressed his sincerity. invitation.

"Okay, agreed." Zhang Rujing only heard the words "use the remaining heat".

Fang Zhuo smiled and said: "Hey, you, Mr. Zhang, how about you, Mr. Zhang, here in Qindao? The industrial environment here, well, I still think you can just stay in Shencheng."

"It's not like you're in charge. It's not easy for me to change my state of mind and change my place. I signed a non-compete agreement." Zhang Rujing laughed about what happened before and talked about his observations of the current situation naturally, "I heard The reporter's side has started working overtime during this period, so we have to work hard to move forward. Isn't there any technical barrier there?"

When Fang Zhuo heard the business, his drunkenness quickly faded, and he muttered: "The reporter seems to be concentrating on conquering the advanced manufacturing process. It is more than one advancement. The trouble now is that it has two technologies, and we can't borrow them." The stone from other mountains.”

He talked as he walked and introduced the technical judgments of Liang Mengsong, Qiu Ciyun and Hu Zhengming, which involved the gate-first and gate-last solutions, respectively, with technologies represented by IBM and Intel.

Zhang Rujing seemed to have returned to the position of the head of SMIC for a moment, walking silently in the factory area, worrying about the company's technical route selection.

After a long time, he sighed: "It is not easy to catch up here. It will inevitably require trial and error. Mr. Fang, I shouldn't say anything, but I will tell you an extremely personal point of view. If it is my choice, I will choose the opinion of Liang Mengsong’s team. Professor Hu is indeed very powerful and has high attainments, but sometimes people who are always in contact with front-line craftsmanship have a natural sense of smell.”

"Liang Mengsong has always been studying advanced manufacturing processes. Looking at his career from Taiwan to ice core, he was born to do this."

"I vote for Liang Mengsong."

The no-vote cast a vote.

"You are still investing here, but the big silicon wafer has not been produced. I am here to hold you accountable today." Fang Zhuo pretended to be intimidating without mentioning his tendency.

"Yes, yes, I still have to work harder." Zhang Rujing assumed a new identity and was always committed to moving forward.