Reinventing the Millennium

Objectively speaking, problems with the ice core are the last thing the leader wants to see.

However, when the person in charge is Fang Zhuo, and when Fang Zhuo has an obvious connection with Washington, the so-called last round of financing before the listing seems thought-provoking when viewed today.

Shao Zongming comes and goes like the wind. What should I do after saving money? I still have to continue working.

If it goes public, there is still a chance. If it doesn't go public, it will be a real loss.

One glory may not mean everyone will be prosperous, and one loss will definitely lead to... loss together.

I should say it or not, maybe the name is a bit conflicting, but the Yike department is really almost becoming a wearing part.

Yi Ke 23 is as immovable as a mountain. Old friends and new faces from Goldman Sachs come and go. Their emotions will not cause any trouble to Fang Zhuo. The only focus is whether the work with mutual interests can proceed smoothly.

After the November point, the news of the launch of Bingxin will be a small reminder, and there will still be some room for maneuvering.

However, once successfully listed, channels for loosening ties will be opened, and the evolution of future relationships still needs to be considered.

But compared with the momentum of public opinion this year, next year and the year after may be much more stable, which will be a very good and rare development period.

Fang Zhuo knows that the ice core is in a hurry, knows that the top and local governments are in a hurry, and knows that the upstream and downstream industries are also in a hurry. This kind of urgency can only be digested with time.

Apple’s new phone was released on the 28th, and the product news didn’t surprise everyone.

The phone that was accidentally leaked previously fell into the hands of the media. Although Apple warned and announced that it would sue the newspaper, they still fearlessly conducted research and exposure.

Therefore, this is probably the most unanticipated conference since Apple released its smartphone.

Fang Zhuo compared his own mobile phones and felt that the sales this time should be quite good, because compared to Trump and iPhone, Mars has a slightly more radical style this time and tried to expand the screen ratio.

According to his own perception and aesthetics, this is an action that will be praised.

Of course, taking into account the perspectives of different groups, Slefy is still a traditional upgrade, and it still has a second-level price positioning.

Yike's internal meeting focused on the official release of Apple mobile phones and prepared for the busy work next month.

This year, co-founder Yu Hong will still host the new product launch conference. In addition to the two traditional series, the tablet products that were originally rumored to be unveiled have once again failed.

The release of this news made the outside world believe that Yike may have given up on the tablet product line.

However, on the second day of September, many foreign media received another latest news when they received the official invitation letter for Yike's press conference. Yike will launch Galaxy 2 in March next year.

This will be an update after nearly two years, including Yike’s official website also releasing some product pictures, which has brought certain expectations.

Galaxy 2/Gasgoo 2, will it be Yike's blockbuster work to reverse the failed product line?

On September 2, at Yike Global’s online conference, Yu Hong talked about the important innovations in tablets next year after talking about the usual operator cooperation in the United States.

"Your ice core 28nm won't overturn, right? I'm watching media news now, and they are discussing the pros and cons of 28nm technology all day long, and I feel a little panicked."

Risk trial production is about to begin inside the ice core, followed by small-scale mass production.

Due to production capacity issues and considering the subsequent optimization, the first customer of Ice Core's 28nm process will be Yike's tablet Galaxy 2. If everything goes well, the second customer will be Yike's Mars mobile phone.

"Don't worry, trust us." Fang Zhuo vowed and interrupted Mr. Yu's next words, "If you don't believe me, you can call Dr. Liang directly after the meeting is over. You can even listen to them talking face to face when you go to California."

Liang Mengsong and Hu Zhengming are still in California and have started technical cooperation with Intel, on the one hand FinFET and on the other hand multiple exposure technology.

It is expected that Liang Mengsong will return to Luzhou in October to continue presiding over the research and development of ice cores, and the Ice Core Microelectronics Center will send a group of engineers to the United States for technical exchanges.

This is good news since ice cores were restricted.

"Then look forward to our press conference in March next year." Yu Hong said.

Fang Zhuo smiled and asked, "Don't you look forward to the end of the month first?"

Yu Hong said steadily: "After seeing Samsung and Apple, I don't have to look forward too much."

She is already very confident after seeing Samsung and Apple products.

"Come on, give Mr. Yu a round of applause in advance." Fang Zhuo opened the mic and applauded. Hearing the voices from other microphones, he made a small suggestion, "We can do some applause special effects on this line, and we can also do something serious. background sound, so that it will be much more convenient for me to criticize and praise people next time.”

Everyone could tell that the boss was in a good mood. Most people thought it was because they had seen a competitor's product, while a few people were more aware of the happy events in the boss's family.

After the formal meeting ended, Yu Hong asked Weiwei's situation online alone.

"Everything is fine. Originally I said she shouldn't care about work anymore, but she said that looking at documents every day is also a kind of exercise." Fang Zhuo replied with a smile.

Yu Hong only called Weiwei two days ago. This was just a habitual inquiry. She thought about it and asked about the latest situation of the ice core. She was in the United States, and although ice cores were restricted, in the public opinion here This is not the end, many people still hope to push for further restrictions.

"As long as you bear with it, there will be news about Bingxin being listed in Xiangjiang next month." Fang Zhuo said, "Goldman Sachs has already found someone to work on it."

"Goldman Sachs can really tolerate you." Yu Hong couldn't help but say.

"There are times when it can't bear it." Fang Zhuo was referring to the time he shorted Yike. "When things have reached this point, everyone should just make do with it. I can't do anything, and they can't do anything either."

Yu Hong smiled and said: "Okay, you are in China and you are back in Shanghai. Anyway, there is no problem in terms of safety."

Fang Zhuo thought for a moment and said: "It won't reach that point this time. I'm not coming back to avoid them this time. If Goldman Sachs is really dissatisfied, it can be considered that it is not a force majeure for its family. Including me, we They are all victims.”

He continued: "In the whole incident, I was actually the most severely damaged. If it can't be harmed, it should come to me."

"Okay, Mr. Fang, your words are very powerful." Yu Hong could almost imagine Mr. Fang's confident expression when he said this, and said, "I will go back to China to see Weiwei in October, hoping to bring our beautiful sales results."

Because of the performance of the two competitors, everyone has raised their expectations.

After Fang Zhuo quit Line, he briefly thought about the sales issue. This time, Samsung may suffer the most. If its flagship this year does not meet expectations, next year it will need to carry another 28nm technology route. Under two pressures I don’t know if something will go wrong while busy...

In September, inside Yike, everyone from top to bottom was energized to welcome the arrival of new machines of the year. Liu Qiangdong engaged in emotional marketing, which was also affected internally to some extent.

On the morning of Thursday, the 5th, Yike President Office welcomed the person in charge of YMS.

Qi He flew in from Berlin in a hurry and didn't bother to rest. The first thing he did was to find his boss.

"Mr. Fang, Hanwang is considering withdrawing from YMS. The impact of this matter is not good." Qi He mentioned the business in his hands with dark circles under his eyes.

Hanwang was one of the first domestic manufacturers to launch the Android system. When it first transitioned to the mobile phone market, many people were not optimistic about its future. However, with its starting advantage, Hanwang also enjoyed a lot of success.

However, when everyone began to be optimistic about Hanwang's development, it inexplicably began to lose ground.

It is not as good as Meizu, not as good as OPPO, not as good as Kesheng, not as good as VIVO, and this year, it is not as good as Huawei, which is undergoing transformation.

This surprised many media and third-party organizations.

What happened to the King of Han?

This issue cannot cause too much trouble, because the smartphone market is developing too fast, and everyone is rushing forward.

"What should we do? Shall we acquire it?" Fang Zhuo motioned for Qi He to sit down first, and then asked rhetorically.

"At this stage, our system ecology still has a lot of room for growth, and these rely heavily on entry-level models." Qi He said seriously, "I think at least from this year to next year and the year after, we still have to work hard. To maintain YMS manufacturers.”

It’s not that he doesn’t know the company’s internal judgment on the development of smartphones, but even if there are only a few left in the end, there are still many brands, and it is still worth continuing to bundle them for a few years.

"This time, not only domestically, Kesheng's deployment in overseas markets is also very good." Fang Zhuo talked about a piece of information that Qi He was not clear about.

Qi He couldn't help but frowned. If factors from overseas markets were taken into account...

"I would say that at this stage of shuffling and elimination, YMS does not need to ask for more, but only needs for excellence." Fang Zhuo discussed, "It has the size of Yike, and there are two or three companies in the mid- to low-end, and there is Ke Sheng, Meizu’s market performance is also good, and its coverage is quite broad.”

It is impossible for Apple to use YMS, and it is also difficult for Samsung. If these two are removed, the entire market can only accommodate four or five influential brands.

YMS can maintain three or four companies in the same camp, and this ecosystem is already good.

Seeing that Qi He didn't answer, Fang Zhuo said: "Of course, my idea may not be correct in the current market. You can investigate and discuss again. I'm not saying to drive away collaborators."

Qi He nodded slowly, planning to ask about Kesheng's overseas data after leaving the office.

He knew that Kesheng had negotiated cooperation with overseas operators through Yike channels, but he had never paid attention to the actual situation. Now it sounds like the effect is probably very good.

In this case, the biggest impact of Kesheng will be on Samsung, because Samsung is pursuing a market-wide strategy, covering both the upper, middle and lower levels.

He took two sips of tea, and temporarily filed the YMS partner matter in his mind, and then said: "Mr. Fang, I want to meet with people from Baidu later. They still want to talk about the default engine."

Baidu has no domestic rivals, only challengers.

However, when the mobile terminal began to be more controlled by mobile phone manufacturers, Baidu gradually felt the slightest driving force for change.

Baidu has already reached a cooperation with OPPO, and they had previously stated that they would work with Yike. However, Suning has failed to do so, and Alibaba is obviously a long-term competitor...

There are empty slogans but no actual results. Baidu feels that there can still be cooperation in competition. Is there anything in the world that cannot be discussed?

Therefore, after news of dissatisfaction among YMS partners emerged in the industry, Baidu tried to contact the person in charge of Yike Ecosystem to see if cooperation could be possible.

The reason for the new contact is simple - we have been willing to talk to Yike before. We respect Yike's size and influence, but YMS's trash fish manufacturers cannot be bundled together.

Now that the miscellaneous fish is gone, we are willing to talk with sincerity.

"Why would Baidu think we would give up cooperation with Sogou?" Fang Zhuo was a little surprised.

"Maybe it's because... YMS's browser does not force users to change engines, nor does it make frequent replacement requests." Qi He said about YMS's product strategy.

Not being coercive or rude to users is exactly what is considered to be freeing up space for collaboration.

The discussion within YMS is that Baidu probably believes that since you have not cooperated with Sogou forcefully or come up to violently fuck me, it can be negotiated.

"Oh, because we are not gangsters enough, right?" Fang Zhuo understood the meaning.

Qi He nodded and said thoughtfully: "The vice president of Baidu contacted me and said that the price was negotiable."

"How is it easy to negotiate?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Qi He shook his head. We haven't met yet and haven't discussed this in detail yet.

"We have a cooperation agreement with Sogou. I also talked with Wang Xiaochuan last time." Fang Zhuo said, "You are meeting someone today, right? Then ask about the price. You can try it with our price and Google's. I’m a little curious.”

YMS negotiated with Baidu, and then offered a price that was equivalent to sending the beggar away. The other party was sincere this time, which inevitably made people curious.

Qi He said simply: "Okay, there's still an hour left, I'll go get something to eat and then we'll talk."

He really had no appetite on the plane and would feel hungry after landing.

At 10:30 in the morning, Qi He, who was 80% full and had a cup of coffee, met Baidu Vice President Lu Zhendong. He didn't waste time and asked directly.

"Mr. Lu, how much can Baidu pay you per year? As you know, we have cooperation with Sogou."

Lu Zhendong sensed Yike's rejection from such a straightforward question. He went straight to the topic without any pleasantries, just because he wanted to refuse.

He cheered up and said: "Mr. Qi, we sincerely want to cooperate with Yike this time. Baidu and Yike have a lot of room for cooperation. Two hundred million a year, how about it?"

Lu Zhendong looked at Qi He, this should be the highest offer in this area in the country.

"We will sign a new default engine cooperation agreement with Google this year." Qi He said slowly, "If Baidu is sincere, you can refer to our similar cooperation in this regard."

He held out his right hand.

Lu Zhendong thought to himself, it had more than doubled, he had to go back and ask for instructions.

He said: "Mr. Qi, Google is different. It faces the global market. Your cooperation is the basis of this. Moreover, even so, it is only 500 million, which is not really..."

When Lu Zhendong said this, when he saw Qi He's smiling expression, he suddenly became excited and asked: "Is it five hundred million...US dollars?"

Qi He gave a confirming look.

Lu Zhendong's first reaction was impossible, his second reaction was blackmail, and his third reaction was...

This must be exaggerated. This is Yike's usual trick. Even on the basis of the global market, how could Google be willing to give Yike $500 million?

Lu Zhendong said with a smile: "Yike really has a big appetite."

"Mr. Lu, how do you think we should talk?" Qi He wanted to hear Baidu Xin's sincerity.

Lu Zhendong stood up and shook hands with Mr. Qi vigorously: "Mr. Qi, let's have a good talk next time."