Reinventing the Millennium

The topic of IDC's evaluation of CEOs in the 21st century just started to appear on Twitter. The discussion was not enthusiastic. When Fang Zhuo started to list successful and failed CEOs, the discussion had ripples but was still general.

The real buzz came when Motorola Sanjay, who was elected as one of the top ten failed CEOs, broke the defense. He first responded, then saw Fang Zhuo's response, and then responded again, and then... Fang Zhuo didn't reply. Got it!

It's already uncomfortable to have a company acquired, and it's even more uncomfortable to be named by a well-known person in the industry, but the most uncomfortable thing is... the new job is not available.

Sanjay's resume is very elite. Before going to Motorola, he worked at Qualcomm. He also knew Fang Zhuo at that time. Now that he is not staying at Google, he is looking for other senior management positions in Silicon Valley.

Because of the failure of Motorola, the results of this search were different from his expectations. After much consideration, he decided to serve as the CEO of a consumer electronics start-up company. However, when the decision was close to being finalized, he was rejected by the entrepreneurial team.

Sanjie was surprised. He had already condescended and talked about this matter nine times out of ten. Why was it gone?

He asked the reason, got angry after being perfunctory, and finally got a rhetorical answer.

——As Mr. Fang said, why doesn’t Google want you?

Why... you have to ask Google!

Sanjay also wanted to work at Google, but why didn’t Google give him a chance?

If Google doesn't give you a chance, why do you, surnamed Fang, still add fuel to the fire by talking about this!

Sanjay's emotions were detonated because of this incident, and then he noticed that the Twitter of the head of Yike was actually very influential in the surrounding area. He immediately refuted and criticized Fang Zhuo in a series of tweets.

Such behavior attracted a lot of onlookers as Fang Zhuo turned a blind eye.

The style of the comment section on Sanjay's Twitter has become increasingly strange.

——Did you criticize Mr. Fang today?

——Sanjay, it’s your time to go to work.

——If it doesn’t work, go to Yike and submit your resume.

Sanjay insists on raging every day, and Fang Zhuo insists on ignoring Sanjay when tweeting every day. When they arrived at YouTube's live broadcast salon, the former was invited over, which made the viewers who knew about the live broadcast extremely looking forward to the meeting between the two.

However, many viewers who subscribed to the live broadcast channel and were pushed did not expect that Mr. Fang actually played an interesting gadget on his mobile phone before the salon officially started.

“Are you looking for Jeff Bezos?”

Bezos is the CEO of Amazon and was previously rated as one of the most successful CEOs by Fang Zhuo.

Fang Zhuo's expression was stunned, and he repeated his question again: "Siri, Siri, who is the worst CEO in the world? It's the worst CEO, not the best one."

"Are you looking for Jeff Bezos?" Siri insisted on her answer.

Fang Zhuo faced the camera and the audience with some confusion and shook his phone: "Siri, Siri, do you understand my question? It's the worst, not the best."

"You once ranked Bezos among the ten best CEOs, behind you, but the second place is the biggest loser." Siri replied, "That's what you told me."

"Siri, Siri, I am asking for your objective opinion, not my opinion. We are not playing brain teasers." Fang Zhuo criticized the logic of this answer, "Who is the worst CEO in the world?"

"This is a subjective question. From an objective point of view, perhaps the people you mentioned such as Kazuo Hirai, Kallasvuo, Sanjay and others can be listed as candidates." Siri gave a calm answer.

Sanjay in the guest seat clenched his fists.

"Siri, Siri, I only want your subjective answer. The subjective analysis you can show is what we are interested in." Fang Zhuo requested.

This time Siri took a while to speak out: "I am just an intelligent voice assistant and do not have human subjective analysis capabilities. Judging from our communication, this problem arises between Bezos, Schmidt, Jobs, and Gore." When it comes to choosing between En and others, you said that everyone under you is a loser, what I can offer is..."

Fang Zhuo interrupted: "Siri, Siri, I am facing the media's camera."

"Understood, you once told me that you were happy to be considered the best CEO in the world alongside so many outstanding people." Siri corrected herself.

Fang Zhuo praised: "Siri, Siri, you already have the potential to become a leader."

Siri: "Thank you, I will continue to work hard."

Fang Zhuo put down his phone amidst laughter at the scene.

He raised his eyebrows: "Some people may have used Siri, which we just acquired. It has independent applications in the Apple and Android stores, but they definitely feel that it is not as smart as what I have, because it is specially optimized by us. The best voice assistant ever.”

"To be precise, it is specially optimized for the communication between me and it. Instead of local recognition, it recognizes my questions and tone through the cloud, then integrates the previous communication data, and finally selects objective or seemingly subjective answers."

Fang Zhuo did not deny that this is a specially optimized Siri.

He continued: "We think this level of performance can be fully achieved in the next few years. Right now, it is just a mediocre voice assistant."

Fang Zhuo said and showed it again: "Hi, Siri."

The phone lights up, and after a short wait, he proactively asks: "Hello, can I help you with anything?"

"Turn on the music for me." Fang Zhuo ordered.

The phone starts playing music.

Then, he showed the search, map, weather and other functions in turn.

After the display, Fang Zhuo smiled and said: "Although it is not as smart as the one shown just now, it is still a convenient gadget. We hope to launch an update on Yike mobile phones before Christmas."

He thought for a while and then said: "At the very least, you can ask your phone to play songs or search for recipes for another dish when you have water in your hands. According to the company's plan, we hope to train Siri in an orderly manner in the future. Come out, this is a program about machine learning."

YouTube’s live broadcast channel has already appeared “Is this the real Yike mobile phone launch?” “I hope you can continue to download Siri in the store” “So, what just seemed to be Siri, but are it actually your subjective opinion?” etc. question.

Fang Zhuo sat back on the sofa and smiled at the guests opposite.

Schmidt, who facilitated this live broadcast salon today, was not present, but Google CEO Larry was here. On the one hand, he has a good relationship with Mr. Fang, and on the other hand, he was also curious about the technical direction of Yike mentioned by Schmidt.

Larry took on half of the host's responsibilities, but he was unaware of this. He asked, "Did you mean that Siri just now can be used only for you? Is it possible to have such an effect only if you ask?"

"We have now set up two modes, one is 'Hey Siri', which is used to facilitate daily mobile phone use, and the other is 'Siri, Siri', which is experimental." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "We plan to It’s up to all users to choose which one, the latter may be more interesting but also more frustrating.”

Larry was quite surprised and proposed to use Mr. Fang’s mobile phone to try it.

He called Siri in the second mode.

"Hello, I can build an information database for you so that we can communicate better in the future." Siri first gave the request to create information in the database.

Larry glanced at Mr. Fang and agreed to the request.

Then he asked the same question: "Siri, Siri, who is the worst CEO in the world?"

Siri gave a different answer this time: "If it's the near future, I think it's hard not to include Samuel Palmisano in the discussion. He transformed IBM into a company that only focuses on immediate profits. This is simply It’s a disaster.”

Larry laughed when he heard the name.

Samuel Palmisano is the current CEO of IBM, whose Chinese name is Peng Mingsheng. He succeeded Gerstner and implemented an EPS operating strategy focusing on net profit at IBM.

Judging only by market value, IBM is still a big company, and Samuel seems not to be included in the discussion. However, judging from IBM's brilliant standards, during Samuel's time in power, the company's growth was far inferior to that of other giants.

If you go by the logic of Siri's answer, this failure is more implicit.

Larry found it really surprising and interesting. He suspected that this was Mr. Fang's point of view. However, Mr. Fang couldn't optimize such a surprise problem. He asked again: "Are there any names worth discussing?"

"I think Sanjay Jha is also a candidate worthy of discussion. During his tenure at Motorola, he did not seize the opportunity to transform smartphones, which led to the company's eventual acquisition by Google. He needs to bear great responsibility." Siri mentioned a certain person Guests present.

Just when Larry wanted to continue playing, Sanjay, who was not only called by Mr. Fang, but also called by a mobile phone, burst out: "That's enough! Fang Zhuo, do you need such a trick to belittle others?"

Siri's promotion was interrupted, and the conventional salon discussion officially began.

Sanjie sat on the soft sofa and felt his body stiffen with anger: "Fang Zhuo, do you think that the acquisition of Motorola was entirely due to me?"

"Obviously not entirely." Fang Zhuo gave the answer.

Sanjay said angrily: "Then why do you keep slandering me on Twitter?"

"That's it, Sanjay." Fang Zhuo reminded the person in front of him, "You received a salary of US$100 million from Motorola in 2008. Why do you think they asked you to be CEO?"

Sanjay's breath suffocated.

Fang Zhuo continued: "Is it so that you can help Motorola sell it at a good price this year?"

He spread his hands: "You don't bear all the responsibilities, but you should bear many responsibilities."

Sanjay remembered his rebuttal on Twitter and quickly copied it: "You are evaluating Motorola over the past ten years, but I only joined Motorola in 2008. Is your selection really fair?"

His follow-up rebuttal never received a response from Fang Zhuo.

If he had gotten a response, Sanjay thinks he might not be here.

Faced with this question, Fang Zhuo calmly replied: "You only took 2 years to complete what others took 10 years to complete. Isn't this enough to be included in the discussion?"

Sanjay: "..."

He scratched his face and felt his head was itchy.

Sanjie thought about being decent or even more dishonorable, and after enduring it again and again, he stood up: "Fang Zhuo, you have such double standards! You have a good relationship with Sony's Stringer, so you ignored Sony's quagmire and just Stringer’s poor leadership is all blamed on his predecessor, Nobuyuki Dei! You are excusing Stringer!”

He continued angrily: "Do you think that Yike Company can prosper forever? Will it not encounter crises? Today you evaluate the past ten years like this, and proudly rate yourself as the most successful CEO. In the next ten years, when the things that Yike relies on are gone, you will be the CEO who has gone from the best to the worst!"

Sanjay was once a senior executive at Qualcomm, and he also analyzed market competition from the perspective of Motorola’s CEO position.

Although Yike is more powerful than Samsung in the Android camp, Yike faces far greater risks than Samsung. Needless to say, the geopolitical factors here need not be elaborated. One possible direct consequence is that Yike will no longer be able to follow suit. The cost advantage of ice core purchasing chips.

In Sanjay's view, since Yike has linked up the wafer manufacturing links, an advantage that is not easily taken seriously is the cost involved. As a result, its previous generation models will still have a very good price reduction and competition. force.

"Are you talking about the ice cores responsible for wafer manufacturing? You can tell me this directly." Fang Zhuo mentioned a question that was often asked during this trip in the United States, "Even if Yike does not purchase from ice cores, can we? Can’t we find Taiji as an OEM? Can’t we find Samsung as an OEM? Will they reject our order?”

Without such a sensitive link as ice core, would Yike and Taiji still have a competitive relationship?

As an industry insider, Sanjay knows the answer to this question very well. Well, after all, Bingxin is a third-party company. If Yike mobile phone changes its foundry, there seems to be no problem. Geopolitics cannot affect Yike's products. It's all banned.

The former CEO of Motorola turned his thoughts around and found that his "curse" seemed to be unable to be supported by reality. How could it be so magical?

"Sangjie, instead of relying on other competitive factors, let's analyze a company's core competitiveness." Fang Zhuo calmly dealt with the issues that were mentioned more than once, and said earnestly, "I heard that you haven't taken the This is what will be most helpful to you in a new job.”

Sanjie had a cold face and showed no intention of sitting down again.

Fang Zhuo saw that Larry, who was completely unable to play a hosting role, was still playing with his mobile phone.

"Just like Siri, Sanjay, you see, we should pay more attention to the cutting-edge of technology and find ways to implement it."

Sanjay glanced at the mobile phone in Larry's hand and sneered: "Smart assistants are all deceptive. You just give answers first and then ask questions."

He didn't think there was anything surprising about this Siri, and the previous so-called subjective answers were just lies. Isn't "optimization" just a euphemism?

Fang Zhuo smiled and said: "Sanjie, as a technology company, we must pay attention to development. In some aspects, you may not be able to match Siri now."

Sanjay gave him a disbelieving look.

Fang Zhuo didn't even take the phone and asked directly: "Sanjie, please repeat what I say now, Siri, Siri, please repeat what I say now."

Not giving Sanjay a chance to say no, he continued: "Blue."

Siri said after three seconds: "Blue."

Sanjay was silent for a few seconds. Seeing that his competitor had already answered, he accepted the challenge: "Blue."

Fang Zhuo said again: "Red."

Siri: "Red."

Sanjay followed: "Red."

Fang Zhuo named the third color: "Green."

Siri: "Green."

Sanjay: "Green."

Fang Zhuo asked a question: "What color is the grass?"

Faced with the tedious process, Sanjay answered a little faster this time: "Green."

Siri gives different answers: "What color is the grass?"

Sanjay frowned: "Green, what's the problem? Are there more restrictions? Different seasons?"

Fang Zhuo praised: "He is worthy of being the former CEO of Motorola."

Siri still insists on repeating: "As expected of the former CEO of Motorola."

The response in the live broadcast channel was faster, and the audience only reacted at this time. They repeated instead of answering. It was a boring and... irritating little trick.

Sanjie was quite confused when he heard the laughter at the scene. What were he laughing at? Are you laughing at yourself as a former CEO?

At this time, Fang Zhuo gave an interruption of "Siri, Siri": "Siri, you can really be the CEO of Motorola. I will help you recommend the position to Google."

Siri politely replied: "Thank you, I think I will be very competitive."

Sanjay suddenly heard the audience shouting "repeat, repeat", and suddenly realized that this was a clumsy brain teaser, but Siri is even more clueless than humans!

He looked at Fang Zhuo's eyes, thinking about being humiliated in such public places and live broadcasts, and felt that there were ants crawling on his body and heart.

Sanjay glanced at Larry and walked backstage silently.

Fang Zhuo stood up to persuade him to stay.

Larry said, "Hey, aren't you going to recommend Siri to us? We already have it."

Google CEO eliminated Sanjay for the second time.

"Well, at least, Siri won't do Motorola any worse." Fang Zhuo sat down and gave a very likely realistic situation.

It’s all about selling oneself, and with Siri in charge, the price may be higher.