Reinventing the Millennium

Microsoft really changed its CEO.

Even though this news has been brewing since YouTube Salon, the official launch is still surprising.

No matter how bad Microsoft has been since it entered the 21st century, its revenue has tripled... Moreover, the new CEO Nadella is an Indian. Can he really lead the giant forward?

There are many doubts from the outside world.

However, the reaction of the secondary market is quite stable, which vaguely means...

Fang Zhuo sent a congratulatory message to Ballmer who was out of office: It seems that everyone thinks that Nadella will never be worse, and it is worth observing.

Ballmer: I forwarded it to Nadella and told him that this is the greatest expectation of the outside world.

Fang Zhuo thinks this old man has a good mentality. If he loses his position as CEO of Microsoft, he can only go home and become a billionaire.

The next day, he was asked questions about the new CEO by reporters at the Silicon Valley R\u0026D Center, involving personal evaluation and prospects.

"Like everyone, I am not very familiar with Nadella, but judging from his statement yesterday, there is no doubt that he is going to make organizational reforms that meet everyone's expectations."

"This aspect is definitely positive. Ballmer and Gates decided on a new CEO in such a short time after realizing that there were problems in the company. The support of the board of directors is obviously sufficient."

"This is very important. On the other hand..."

"For example, Olympus is a well-known Japanese company. I heard a friend mention that there has been a confrontation between its CEO and the board of directors recently, and the situation is worrying."

"So, if companies committed to reform have such a unified top-level understanding, half the battle will be won."

"As for the rest, everyone and I are looking forward to whether the elephant can dance again."

Fang Zhuo's answer was serious.

"The outside world says that if Ballmer would not break into your salon, he would not lose his position as CEO. What does Mr. Fang think of this?" the reporter asked.

"It's Microsoft's past ten years, oh, that's what they say when evaluating CEOs. It's actually been almost 11 years. It's its performance over the years that made Ballmer choose to initiate changes." Fang Zhuo shook his head and said, "I have to Said, if Ballmer had done this before my evaluation, he would definitely not have been included in the discussion. I am already full of respect for him for being able to make such a decisive decision."

The reporter’s final question was: “How does Mr. Fang think Nadella will try to promote Microsoft’s progress?”

Fang Zhuo pondered again and again and said: "No matter what, mobile is the next step that Microsoft cannot avoid. Let's keep watching together."

He ended the interview and walked into the R\u0026D center to prepare for the launch of the Yike General Office meeting.

This time, Fang Zhuo flew to the United States to respond to some of the doubts raised by public opinion here, to reconnect with some friendships, and to see if Japanese companies could bring benefits.

As for the company, co-founder Ms. Yu Hong did not fly over. She is responsible for a considerable part of global affairs in Shanghai. The US market is led by Vice President Schroeder.

The general office meeting began, discussing the development of Yikeyun.

Since the official launch of Yike Cloud, the data of the entire Yike system has been gradually accessed. The remaining plan for this year is to support domestic enterprises.

However, just as the mobile phone business has succeeded in the global market and formed a positive cycle, both Qi He of YMS and Wang Jian of cloud computing have expressed the possibility of further developing their business.

With the investment of Amazon, Google and Microsoft abroad, this will obviously be more difficult.

In addition, platforms and data have different levels of sensitivity.

Yike's user data in the United States and Europe is now stored locally, and a data center will be built in Houston within this year, all to prevent gossip.

Fang Zhuo expressed in principle the idea of ​​doing well in the domestic market first.

The atmosphere at Yike's general office meetings has been quite relaxed since its establishment, so Qi He and others expressed moderate opinions.

Qi He: "Mr. Fang, if you have too many lice, it won't itch. Anyway, you have to defend the ice core in the United States. Defending one is a defense, and defending two is also a defense."

Wang Jian: "Mr. Fang, the risks you mentioned will only happen if we can expand our business. We are just trying it now. We may not be able to make it big. Maybe we will be successful."

Liu Qiangdong: "Mr. Fang, you said Ballmer is aging, don't give him the chance to say that about you."

Fang Zhuo heard a lot of opposition.

Putting aside the thorns inside, it makes sense.

"Where's Mr. Yu?" Fang Zhuo didn't hear Yu Hong's voice.

"Everyone has basically said what I mean." Yu Hongliangmai said, "I am thinking about the company's ecology. As the sales and inventory of our products continue to increase, we will naturally be able to launch more ecological services. This point It’s the same as YMS in China. At the very least, it’s possible to build a cloud space.”

She continued: "There are definitely difficulties, whether it is technical requirements or subsequent regulatory requirements, but since the path is in the right direction, it is worth giving it a try. There is no need to be too forward-thinking. Microsoft has also had antitrust investigations. , Large companies always face problems in all aspects.”

When soldiers come to block it, let's talk about making it bigger. First, we can make money first.

"Then..." Fang Zhuo muttered, "Let me think about it again."

As Larry previously commented on Yike Observation, he wanted to further promote the company from mobile phone hardware to the positioning of a technology company, and technology and user ecology are undoubtedly the moats of technology companies.

The general office meeting then discussed the next topic.

After the meeting ended, Fang Zhuo repeatedly thought about his own ideas and everyone's opinions, and felt that the mobile ecosystem could also try to dance with elephants such as Microsoft and Google.

However, Google GMS has always been an obstacle and a problem.

The basis for Yike's overseas cooperation with Google is the adoption of its GMS framework, which Google must maintain no matter what.

Perhaps, it can be operated by an independent overseas company?

Then, operate it to a certain level and then buy it back into the company?

Fang Zhuo had a lot of thoughts for a while and was hesitant. When he thought about independent operations, he also thought about the online meetings developed and used within the company, and felt that he could also be freed to independently develop the market.

While he was thinking about the strategic development of Yike in Silicon Valley, influenced by the business news during this period, a wave of evaluations of CEOs in the 21st century were also organized in China.

Fang Zhuo's previous comments were personal, and he put himself first.

This time, he received the best evaluation from the domestic media and became the first of the top ten new century CEOs. Others who also received the honor were Ma Chen, Ma Huateng and others.

However, what really caught Fang Zhuo's attention was the negative selection. During this period, Qingzi, who struggled with Penguin but failed, was also awarded the crown.

First Dangdang, Dangdang is gone, then Dangtuan, Dangtuan is gone.

The former is doing better and has taken the money, but the latter is now in a state of turmoil, and its equity is at risk of shrinking rapidly as Mi Tuan develops.

The latest news is that Li Guoqing has left Pengcheng and basically accepted the result of being expelled from the Dangtuan team.

"Jobs was even kicked out of the board of directors. What does this mean to me? Don't worry, I, Mr. Li, will make a comeback."

When he participated in LeTV events as an investor, he calmly expressed his position to the media.