Reinventing the Millennium

On June 27, Dr. Jiang died of illness in Shanghai.

After Fang Zhuo recovered, he called Dr. Jiang’s family as soon as possible to express his condolences and express his condolences. He will also attend the memorial service on July 2.

Although Dr. Jiang was in poor health recently, his death is still very sad.

Fang Zhuo had another phone call with Zhang Rujing in the evening and talked about Dr. Jiang's last days.

Just over the past week, Dr. Jiang was sick in bed, but he was still doing his best to fulfill his duties as chairman of SMIC, participating in board of directors conference calls through his mobile phone, and striving to ensure everything was safe for the general meeting of shareholders on the 29th.

Zhang Wenyi, the former head of Huahong who was invited by Dr. Jiang, will vote to join the board of directors at this shareholders' meeting, and then take over the position of chairman, allowing SMIC to continue on the road of recovery and advancement.

Zhang Wenyi and Dr. Jiang have both entered official careers and served as chairman of large semiconductor manufacturing companies. They have extremely rich industry experience and are the best candidates for chairman under the current circumstances.

He and CEO Wang Ningguo are high-level partners that Dr. Jiang believes are in line with SMIC's development.

In addition to SMIC's affairs, Dr. Jiang is also obsessed with the commissioning of the solar thermal power plant introduced two years ago.

Fang Zhuo and Zhang Rujing talked for a long time. He talked about the trip to Luzhou that had not yet taken place. Both of them were sighing. But looking back, the past ten years were the ten years that Dr. Jiang fought against the disease, and it was also the ten years that he raced against time. It was a decade during which he promoted many major scientific and technological projects.

There are still regrets, but for him, he shines brightly and has a clear conscience.

In the evening, Fang Zhuo meditated for a long time in his study, but could not finish writing. He once wanted to formally write a poem "Death to the death of a hero, not ashamed to be a hero in the world". At this moment, he felt that it would be a pity to write again. .

When Su Wei walked into the study room and saw that there was no words on the paper, she saw the man in front of her was stunned and comforted: "Didn't you say on the phone that being able to do the job well is the best comfort? Bingxin will be doing risk work next month." Although Dr. Jiang cannot be present for the trial production, he will be pleased when it succeeds."

Fang Zhuo threw his pen, shook his head, and said nothing.

Su Wei put down the hot tea in her hand and left some space to be alone.

The career is not yet in progress, but we still need to move forward.

Fang Zhuo tossed and turned that night. He had been ill recently, and his old friend suddenly passed away. All kinds of emotions were mixed together, and the feelings in his heart were complicated and difficult to describe.

At around five o'clock in the morning, the sky was already bright.

Fang Zhuo opened his eyes and sat up. He felt that yesterday's news seemed to be in a dream, but he soon realized that it was reality. He saw Su Wei who was awakened by his actions and said, "The wind is high and the waves are strong, and there are few fellow travelers." One."

"Can you stop?" Su Wei asked, knowing the answer.

Fang Zhuo nodded and tried his best to stay calm: "I'm going to make a cup of coffee, do you want it?"

"Have a drink." Su Wei also sat up and added, "I took a leave of absence from the company for the past two days. Well, I will also take two days off. After the rest, I will implement our 'Brave Dog' logistics plan. "

Fang Zhuo thought of Zhou Keke's innocence and finally smiled.

There are no hard jobs, only brave dogs.

But the work is really difficult, so I can only be more brave.

After the two cups of coffee were brewed, Fang Zhuo asked about Yu Hong who had returned from the United States.

"She arrived at night, probably at one o'clock in the morning." Su Wei replied, but kept the next sentence in her heart and did not say it out.

Nominally, the newly appointed vice chairman of Yike returned to China to talk about Yike's new products this time, and also to talk about Yike's domestic competition this time, listen to the team reports from the Huaxia region, and also visit the leader by the way.

Since June 16, Fang Zhuo disappeared for several days in a row. This unreasonable situation was noticed by Yu Hong.

Generally speaking, the Yike press conference has just ended, which is a period of work that requires active communication and deployment. Moreover, it is customary to have global online meetings, but the leader did not show up uncharacteristically. This can not help but make the vice chairman I have doubts.

She directly asked Liu Zonghong, the boss's secretary, but received no answer. Then she turned to Zhou Xin, who was in charge of the medical department, and finally asked Su Wei, who would definitely know the situation. Only then did she realize that a minor surgery was "inconsequential."

The surgery is small, the risks are low, confidentiality is high, and recovery is quick.

Yu Hong didn't say anything when faced with such an answer. She just made plans to return to China after resuming contact.

At nine o'clock in the morning on the 28th, Yu Hong arrived at the villa by car and saw the head of Yike who was recuperating. At first glance, he felt that he had obviously lost weight and looked a little haggard.

She frowned and said, "Is there a time when Iron Man is so miserable?"

"I can make steel easily and become soft as a finger." Fang Zhuo showed a three-pointed smile, "What's more, I'm not a real iron man. President Yu is welcome to return to China to take charge of the work."

Su Wei leaned at the door of the living room and answered: "A fence has three stakes, and a hero has three gangs. When Mr. Yu comes back, Yike can rest for a few more days from work. Where is Zhou Xin, hasn't he arrived yet? "

She knew that Fang Zhuo was in a bad mood, and Zhou Xin called him again, so she just called him over for dinner.

"He's on the way, he's almost there." Yu Hong walked into the courtyard and glanced at Fang Zhuo, "Everyone is very concerned about President Fang Da, but President Fang Da has a physical problem and he didn't reveal it at all, which is a bit unpleasant. "

Su Wei smiled and said, "You came all the way to ask for help?"

"Reporting work and spying on the situation. If Mr. Fang cannot be the chairman, then I will do my job." Yu Hong said lightly.

While talking, Zhou Xin's family's car arrived.

In the past week, due to the unexpected suspension of his strongest career brain, Zhou Xin came here very frequently, and his daughter was also familiar with him. As soon as he got off the car, he went straight to the big BOSS in the yard.

"Sister Yu." Zhou Xin stepped into the courtyard and first greeted the American King whom he hadn't seen for a long time.

Yu Lanyu continued to use this title and politely shouted: "Hello, Sister Yu, Coco, please call Auntie."

Zhou Keke blinked and shouted obediently: "Hello, beautiful auntie."

Her words really made everyone present laugh.

Yu Hong couldn't help but laugh, looking at the little girl sitting in Fang Zhuo's arms, and said with a smile: "Ke Ke, don't follow your uncle Fang's bad example, follow his good example."

Fang Zhuo spreads his hands, can he still take the blame?

The arrival of friends and children somewhat diluted the grief.

Zhou Keke was childish and was curious about Yu Hong, who was unusual and had her own aura. He also often made romantic remarks, and was quickly embraced by the latter.

While squeezing Zhou Keke's plump little hand, Yu Hong talked about the competition Yike faced this time.

Just before she left to return to China, Apple, as the latest of the Yusan family, released this year's iPhone 4S. The price in Europe and the United States was consistent with that of Yike and Samsung.

Yes, consistent. This year, Yike, Samsung, and Apple have exactly the same situation in terms of the prices of their flagship phones.

This is more interesting.

Judging from the current product parameters, Apple has the A5 and IOS system, Yike has the ZR02, better CMOS sensors and algorithms, and Samsung has the best screen.

While Yusanjia maintains a balance, they still have their own characteristics. In addition to brand users, the huge number of passerby users may indeed have some difficulty in choosing.

The performance of the three companies is even more uncomfortable for brands such as Nokia, Sony Ericsson, Motorola, and Blackberry, which have announced their July press conference arrangements. These three companies are vaguely working together to consolidate and develop user groups. It is said that they are colluding with each other. , the competitive relationship between them is not like this. If there is no tacit understanding, the situation in front of them is too coincidental.

"I'm really surprised that Samsung hasn't launched its own chips this year." Fang Zhuo mentioned Samsung's Trump phone.

"Samsung has not launched it in South Korea yet. Now there is news that it will launch a flagship equipped with its own chip in the local market of South Korea." Yu Hong here is the first-hand news, but added, "Not sure if this is the case. ."

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly. What Samsung did was not that important.

This year, Yike was the first to appear, and Samsung followed up with the same price. The Android camp had some intention of fighting hand-to-hand, but the price brought by Steve Jobs hosting the Apple conference turned out to be the same, and hand-to-hand fighting became a tacit understanding.

Especially in the European and American markets, due to the existence of operator subsidy sharing, the three-party alliance is very lethal to other brands.

Bargaining power? Fight for independent chips? Fight screen performance? Combining photography skills? Fighting for operator cooperation?

The combination of various factors makes the competitiveness of other brands not optimistic.

Fang Zhuo was also a little surprised by the formation of this situation. However, after watching a friend's press conference during his recuperation, he estimated that this would be Jobs' last appearance like this.

He picked up the teacup and frowned slightly.

Su Wei was more concerned about the changes in Fang Zhuo's expression in the past two days, and said with a smile: "I really can't stand you. You are all at home, and you are all sick. At this time, we have to talk about work. Today I have to make a three-part agreement. Who can No mention of work is allowed either.”

Fang Zhuo has no objection, his vacation is not over yet.

Yu Hong thought for a while and nodded as she thought it made sense.

Zhou Xin naturally has no objection. He rarely talks about medical work when he comes here, so he will talk about it when it is about to go public.

However, regardless of work, no one knew what to talk about for a while, and the living room suddenly became quiet.

The little girl Zhou Keke looked left and right, and asked strangely: "What's wrong? Who said the wrong thing?"

"No one said anything wrong. We are just thinking about how to train Keke in the future." Fang Zhuo replied, "Keke, what do you want to do in the future? What are your goals?"

Everyone looked at Zhou Keke.

Zhou Keke didn't have any stage fright when facing everyone's attention. He even replied without any hesitation: "I want to be the chairman of Yike!"

Everyone was stunned and burst into laughter.

Zhou Xin laughed along, a little shy, and clarified: "Hey, hey, I've never taught her like this at home. It has nothing to do with me. Even if I teach her, it's still to teach her medicine."

Yu Lanyu also said: "That's strange, why haven't I heard you say that at home?"

Zhou Keke made everyone laugh, and he looked a little proud, and asked: "Can't it be done? Can't be done?"

"Chairman Yike..." Fang Zhuo said after he finished laughing, "It's not impossible, but I may still be here for a long time. I won't give it to you. You can't ask for it. Before you become the chairman, you must first What to do?"

Zhou Keke lowered his head and thought for a moment, then raised his head and said seriously: "I want to deceive investors first."

Fang Zhuo: "..."

He never expected to hear such an answer from Zhou Keke's mouth.

The living room burst into laughter again, and Yu Hong burst into tears.

Su Wei repeatedly praised: "There is a successor, there is a successor!"

Fang Zhuo was helpless and looked at Zhou Xin unkindly: "Isn't this your fault? Isn't this your influence at home?"

"It shouldn't be strange..." Zhou Xin thought hard, "I remember that I rarely talked about these things at home. Those things happened a long time ago, and I won't talk about them if I have nothing to do."

Fang Zhuo corrected: "It didn't happen a long time ago. It's not about deceiving investors, it's about a win-win situation with investors."

Zhou Keke was taught by words and deeds and immediately said: "Yes, I want to win-win with investors first!"

Fang Zhuo: "..."

The laughter in the living room couldn't stop.

With Zhou Keke putting aside work, the chat became active again.

Su Wei got up to make coffee, while Yu Hong hugged Zhou Keke and leaned on the sofa.

Zhou Xin talked about his sea fishing, and Yu Lanyu talked about his daughter's embarrassing things from time to time.

Fang Zhuo just listened with a smile, and agreed to Zhou Xin's invitation by the way. Everyone will move to the yacht tomorrow to fish, eat and drink on site, and also look at the boundless sea view to feel better.

After all, it’s time to get ready, and then continue to set off, to live up to our old friends.

On June 29, Fang Zhuo and his party went to sea in the morning, and everyone fished together on one side.

After all, it was Zhou Xin who had studied this and gained the most, while the others only had one or two.

When enough fish are caught, the yacht turns off its power and floats on the sea.

It was such a rare gathering together, so easy to put down work, so accompanied by Pistachio Zhou Keke, everyone chatted while eating, unconsciously reminiscing about the past ten years.

Looking back at this moment, from the end of 2000 to the middle of 2011, more than ten years seem to have gone by in a blink of an eye.

"I still remember that Brother Fang wanted to cheat, ahem, win-win with the investors." Zhou Xin said with emotion, "At that time, Mr. Xiong and the others were so fierce that they went straight to Hang Lung 23, and seven major investors joined hands to When I came here, I was really frightened, I thought it was going to be gone, oh yes, Mr. Wang of Shenxin also seemed to be ready to make a move."

"The eight major sects besieged Guangmingding." Yu Hong mentioned the news reports at the time, "It's a pity that the devil is as high as the Tao."

Fang Zhuo tapped the table with his fingers to remind him of the words.

"Who else is there behind? Yes, Mr. Kong ran to the office with gasoline." Su Wei recalled, not afraid of Fang Zhuo knocking on the table, "When Mr. Kong poured gasoline on his head, he definitely didn't expect that he would be able to do it today." Hang out on Wall Street.”

She turned her head and asked, "Hey, what were you thinking at that time? How did you get him to come to the company?"

Fang Zhuo recalled the situation at that time, was silent for a moment, and said: "At that time, I was between two choices. It was okay to let him come over, or it was okay to find someone to get him in afterwards. Later, I still felt that he also had to pay back the mortgage. It was not easy. It just stayed like this. Now, he can carry gasoline with a sense of recklessness, and I was indeed right about him."

Kong Yu was an inconspicuous achievement at that time. Even Fang Zhuo himself did not expect to create a bald gasoline man.

"It's not enough to be reckless. You have to be reckless and calculating." Yu Hong mentioned another incident, "President Fangda plotted against Sina, maliciously acquired the No. 1 portal, and forcibly expelled Duan Yongji and others. This matter has been going on for a long time. Xin, last year it was revealed by the media that you acquired Morningstar Semiconductor, right?"

Fang Zhuo frowned and nodded: "Indeed, I didn't expect that after so long, people would still find out what happened back then, Morningstar, it's great that Morningstar is under my hands now, if you want me to buy Morningstar sooner, Morningstar has already launched the 'Morning Light' chip."

"Yes, yes, if you have successfully acquired the hostile takeover, there will naturally be someone to defend you." Su Wei said with a smile, "It's like the devil descending from the sky, he is really the patron saint of Sina."

Fang Zhuo took a sip of water: "It's not that exaggerated."

"Sina is very motivated." Yu Hong commented, "Sina has nothing to do. It was taken over by a hostile takeover. What can it do? What makes me nervous the most is how obsessed Sony is and invites you, this scourge. Isn’t this the chicken inviting the weasel into its nest?”

Fang Zhuo discovered a problem, why did he suddenly attack it in groups?

He looked at Zhou Keke, who was listening carefully, and said, "Keke, don't listen, and don't believe it after you hear it. They are all scumbags, and they all make biased evaluations and arrangements."

Once the topic of reminiscing about the past is started, it is difficult to stop.

"Well, there is also the chariot that tied Changhong to the ice core. Poor Mr. Ni is so old now, and he is still working on an Android entry-level machine here. Even his son is at the company." Su Wei smiled. Said, "Mr. Ni should not have looked at you like that when he was on the plane."

Fang Zhuo objected: "This is really evil. Without me, Changhong would be in a much worse situation now. This is a true win-win situation."

Zhou Xin asked: "Then who is the fake win-win?"

Fang Zhuo thought.

Everyone stopped, curious about the answer.

"I want a win-win situation with Dangdang, but Qingzi is not happy, and Dangdang is gone." Fang Zhuo said slowly, "I want to live in peace, but Lehman came to short me, and Lehman is no longer here. I warned Nokia and mentioned the patent. But Nokia is unwilling to sit down and talk, and its situation is now worrying."

"I want a win-win situation, but others don't want a win-win situation, so what can I do?"

Fang Zhuo was also helpless.

"There is a business that we cannot win together," Zhou Xin said. "The competition between Yike and Penguin for mobile communications is fierce. Fortunately, the 'Hippo Incident' brought the war to Penguin's homeland."

Yu Hong stretched out her right hand and said one by one: "Look, just look at the names everyone calls you, the mysterious man, the king of retail investors, Fang Changyi, Fang Laomo, Bingqingyujie... How should I say..."

Su Wei held back her laughter: "Why do you feel like there are so many things to describe?"

Yu Hong's eyes lit up: "Wei Wei's summary is accurate."

Fang Zhuo shook his head disdainfully: "No matter how you arrange it, justice will prevail in people's hearts."

Yu Hong nodded and said: "Yes, yes, that's the posture."

Fang Zhuo: "..."

The topic was so topical that Zhou Xin took a few big mouthfuls of fish and suddenly asked a question: "Brother Fang, in the past few years, have you ever felt that... well, it's just not quite... not quite that way?"

He didn't say it clearly, but everyone understood the meaning.

Fang Zhuo thought for a few seconds and said: "It's really embarrassing to say that I gave Ali a calligraphy last year, and then I got it back."

Yu Hong’s brief comment: “No quality.”

Su Wei couldn't help laughing: "Indeed."

Zhou Xin was silent, and so was I.

"It's not all my fault, it's Xiao Liu's instigation." Fang Zhuo sighed.

Su Wei said, "Yeah, it's easy to talk about this while he doesn't come up today."

Fang Zhuo: "..."

He shook his head slightly and took a breath. Listening to so many things in the past ten years, he felt a little dazed. He sighed: "Forget it, it's all over. Those who forgive me, I also forgive them. Those who don't forgive me, That has passed, that is, time flies so fast.”

"Open a small bottle of wine." Su Wei suggested, and then said to Fang Zhuo, "Just take a sip."

Fang Zhuo smiled and said, "It's not that serious."

The atmosphere is here, drink some wine to suit the occasion.

Everyone's wine glasses touched together, and the "bang" sound was the sound of ten years passing by.

"Ten years." Su Wei pursed her lips, "Too many things, too many people, the spring breeze of peaches and plums, the night rain of rivers and lakes, it's too fast."

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly, indeed, it was too fast.

Jianghu night rain ten years of light.

How many people, how many things.

…

On June 29, just as Fang Zhuo and others were reminiscing about the past, SMIC held a shareholders’ meeting.

However, a shocking scene occurred during the afternoon resolution.

Major shareholder Datang Telecom voted against the election of CEO Wang Ningguo to the board of directors. The latter only received 46.41% of the votes in favor, which was lower than the 50% votes required to be re-elected as a director.

In other words, SMIC became a listed company without executive directors.

This result shocked most of the shareholders and management present and quickly escalated.

When the conference ended, Wang Ningguo walked out of the venue in despair. He looked at the sunset blankly. After getting in the car, he was stunned for a long time and said to the driver: "Go to Yike and find Mr. Fang. I'll call him."

Just when the conference was about to end, Fang Zhuo, who got off the yacht, received the same shocking news. Dr. Jiang's favorite Wang Ningguo actually lost the election? Dr. Jiang died of illness just two days ago, and Datang suddenly rebelled at the shareholders' meeting?

Liu Zonghong on the shore saw a cold light flashing through his boss's eyes, and his expression became stern.

"Okay, okay, it's raining all over the place, it's raining all over the place." Fang Zhuo grinned, but there was no smile on his face, "Since it's raining all night, don't stop."

He closed his eyes, opened them again, and spit out the names of nearly ten senior executives of SMIC in a low voice: "Call Zhang Wenyi, Wang Ningguo, Zeng Zonglin... and invite them to come to Yike for a meeting."

There was an explosion and thunder broke out on the ground!

Peach plums, spring breeze and a glass of wine, the night rain in the rivers and lakes will not stop.

If there is no rest, then there will be no rest.

(End of this volume.)