Reinventing the Millennium

The second day of the China Internet Industry Conference was far more lively than the first day. What was even more unique was that everyone was discussing the situation of Yike.

A serious conflict broke out between Mr. Fang and BIS?

Can the conflict between Yike and important markets be alleviated?

The media from all walks of life have devoted themselves to writing special articles about Yike and Mr. Fang?

A corner of the mystery surrounding Yike was kicked off by the leak of a phone call recording, and what was seen through this corner was that Mr. Fang was fucking someone inside...

Don't talk about others, even Ma Min rarely gossips like this. He even sat directly next to Pony to discuss Yike's present and future. Pony originally didn't want to come today, but when he heard about the recording incident last night, Reconfirm attendance immediately.

When the head of Yike walked in, the originally lively venue seemed to be muted with a click of a button. The excitement of many people had no time to fade away, and Mr. Fang's inadvertent eyes froze on his face again.

Mr. Fang actually came over today?

This similar surprise made Ma Ren, who turned around, stand up immediately. He also stepped forward to greet him, and warmly led the person in the center of the whirlpool to sit on his side.

Seeing the three YAT people sitting together, whispers started to sound again in the venue.

After asking Mr. Fang to take a seat, Ma Chen asked three questions in a row:

"Aren't you?"

"Really?"

"Do you really want to go?"

Fang Zhuo didn't answer, knowing what he was asking.

Ma Chen has led Alibaba's strategic expansion this year. One of the reasons is his judgment on Yike's competitor. However, to truly verify it to a certain extent, and now seeing the look on the face of the man in front of him, he was still shocked. .

He looked left and right, and everyone else was keeping their distance. It was the three of him who were talking, and he could only say to Pony: "Fuck, Mr. Fang is still awesome!"

Pony didn't hear Mr. Fang's answer, but he also felt that he got a silent answer, and it was difficult to nod his head in disapproval.

Ma Ren raised his thumb and sighed: "It's not a shame that Duji and Penguin died in the hands of people like you!"

Pony was choked when he was about to speak, his breath stuck in his throat, and he coughed repeatedly.

Fang Zhuo said at this time: "Ali is waiting for Yi Ke to deal with the situation on Ami's side, right?"

"Mr. Fang, what do you want me to say?" Ma Min was a little embarrassed. Normal competition didn't sound very fair, but the two of them couldn't be fair.

"Pour Pony a glass of water first, don't choke him to death." Fang Zhuo whispered, and Mr. Ma didn't need to answer the question.

Pony calmed down and couldn't bear the mood of the past two days. He pointed out a question: "I would like to see how Alibaba will respond to Yigou's expansion of the short video platform! Is Yike just Yike? Let me see Which one is better, the Yike type or the Ali type?"

Ma Chen's expression changed slightly. He looked at Fang Zhuo and suddenly found a tacit understanding.

Fang Zhuo said leisurely: "Does Penguin still want to wait until both sides suffer? Why not Yi Ke and Ali join forces to eat Penguin first."

"Yike and Alibaba have already begun full-scale competition. Can they stop?" Pony was not afraid.

"You're kidding, Pony, you know me, I love joking the most." Fang Zhuo shook his head.

Pony knew this and knew that Mr. Fang liked to make jokes that made him laugh.

"Mr. Fang, are you joking when you scold someone on the phone?" Ma Chen changed the subject.

Fang Zhuo looked at Ma Chen and said slowly: "Mr. Ma is a bit aggressive today. Do you have to listen to what I have to say?"

"Just curious." Ma Ren smiled, "Not only am I curious, you see Pony is also curious. It's not just us who are curious, maybe everyone here is curious, but if you don't want to say it, forget it."

Fang Zhuo was uncharacteristically: "Since you ask that, I have to say it."

Ma Ren and Pony stared at Mr. Fang, feeling that he was probably going to make a joke again, but they felt lucky to hear the real answer.

"What happens to Yike still needs to be decided by the board of directors." Fang Zhuo said.

As expected, Ma Ren and Pony heard the joke.

"But no matter what happens to Yike, I really want to do Alibaba's e-commerce business this time." Fang Zhuoping said straightforwardly about the next stage of domestic competition.

Ma Ren couldn't laugh or cry: "You made Yike so conflicted with the outside world, and then you turned around and came to fuck me. What's your logic?"

He pointed at Pony next to him: "Aren't you going to acquire Duji? You are so crazy, why don't you just kill the penguin completely?"

Fang Zhuo glanced at Pony, with a look of eagerness in his eyes, and answered Mr. Ma's logical question: "Nothing but familiarity."

Ma Ren: "..."

Pony: "..."

A few seconds later, Ma Chen said slightly sarcastically: "If Yike could do it, he would have done it long ago."

Fang Zhuo shook his head: "Old Ma, times have changed."

Although Yike did encounter problems, the e-commerce offensive has already been set up.

The horse's nose was like an F in his throat. He looked at Mr. Fang's serious eyes and turned to Pony and said, "Today is a special situation. Let's not mess with people like him who just go out and fuck other people when they have nothing to do. He is really crazy."

Pony nodded in agreement, but didn't think Mr. Fang was just having fun.

As a former traffic overlord, that kind of traffic feels like...

Now looking back on the past few years, Yike has seized the evolution from 2G to 3G and seized Penguin's position in the field of mobile communications. Now from 3G to 4G, new video-based performances have emerged. Who knows what new developments will emerge in the e-commerce business? profound changes?

He believed that it was impossible for Ma Min not to be aware of the danger. On the contrary, he might have already felt it was very dangerous, which is why Alibaba has launched massive attacks and crazy expansion in various fields this year.

However, Alibaba’s social media platforms have never achieved much results. Even Penguin’s QQ has been siphoned off traffic by Yike, not to mention that Alibaba wants to make a breakthrough...

This kind of difficulty in breaking through and cooperating with the "Alibaba traffic theory" put forward by Mr. Fang yesterday is like a rope slowly approaching the neck.

At exactly this moment, Mr. Fang’s recording scandal broke out!

From this point of view, Pony felt that God was simply helping him. It wasn't that Ali would definitely win, but...if it hadn't happened, Ali would have been even worse.

As Ma Chen said just now, Mr. Fang is crazy, don’t mess with him, but if you don’t mess with the madman, he won’t come...

Mr. Fang used to be so sharp and sharp, but now that Yi Ke may have been injured abroad, I'm afraid, maybe he's not like Ouyang Feng, who practiced the Nine Yin Manual backwards, and is even more crazy and sharp!

"Don't mess with him." Pony seemed to listen to the advice and pointed to the host on stage, indicating that today's meeting was about to begin, but in the end the other party always said, "I don't believe that Alibaba's e-commerce can be killed by Yike ”

Ma Ren glanced at Pony, what if he didn't say anything.

Internet industry conferences will be held as usual.

However, today's meeting was always filled with whispers, and the topic was inseparable from the three YAT people, mainly focusing on Yike and Mr. Fang.

If he hadn't been sitting in the front row and if there wasn't someone to whisper to next to him, Ma Dan would have wanted to whisper too. Although he had interrupted his communication with Mr. Fang, the other person's words still held great weight.

Ma Chen himself thought about the competition in Alibaba’s core business for a while, and also calculated the business development in multiple fields. He believed that the business boundaries that short videos can expand remain to be seen. Moreover, Taobao and Tmall have brands and inertia, and their own Shopping videos can also be enabled on Taobao’s software.

New forms of competition always require trial and error to know their effects.

However, this time I felt Mr. Fang’s determination and enthusiasm in person, which was really a good opportunity for the Alibaba team to attack.

Ma Min looked at Mr. Fang who was listening to the speech on the stage. He always felt that Bingxin could not get rid of the restrictions due to the sensitivity of the industry. However, Yike seemed to have room for maneuver because of the sensitivity of the industry. However... Mr. Fang did have some room for maneuver. Qualification determines Yike's fate, whether that fate is good or bad.

However, overall, I'm afraid it can only be broken.

The second day of the Internet industry conference ended in whispers. The head of Yike took the stage in the evening, but he was talking about mobile Internet, ecological development, and the changes brought about by short videos.

Admittedly, this is indeed a hot topic nowadays, and Mr. Fang’s sharing is also very informative.

But it is really difficult for everyone to care about this now. They only pay attention to the next direction of Mr. Fang and Yike. Many people are already anxious when they see Mr. Fang talking about mobile Internet leisurely.

Mr. Fang, Fang Crazy...you are like that in private, so don't do it on the surface anymore...

The meeting ended with no additional interviews. The parties at the center of the whirlpool quickly left and would not attend the third day of the set interview session.

This made the media who confirmed the news extremely disappointed, and reporters who flew from abroad had already gone to Yike's headquarters, trying to make the trip worthwhile.

It is difficult to interview the parties here in Shanghai, but Washington on the other side has no scruples.

At the latest White House press conference, press spokesman Qiao Xi was asked by reporters questions related to Yike and Fang Zhuo, asked about Yike's business in America, and asked "Fuck u, then come on", Ask "Yike's business will be completely destroyed" and ask the white house what it thinks about this matter.

Qiao Xi answered in a more relaxed tone: "I believe that for any company, America is an important market, and this is no exception for Yike."

"Yike's business activities here must comply with various regulations. BIS has obviously communicated with it in this regard. Otherwise, Yike would not have obtained three consecutive temporary permits."

"We have no intention of destroying any company that abides by the rules and regulations, but I believe there will be no company that does not believe in our capabilities."

"Yike is still operating freely in America, but as far as I know, BIS's temporary license ends on December 31."

When Qiao Xi said this, he smiled inquiringly and said, "Maybe I should also call Mr. Fang? I personally like Yike's mobile phone. For this reason, I really hope to have a candid chat with him. Let’s talk, as long as he doesn’t curse.”

The White House spokesperson ended the topic humorously.

Many media present, including the New York Daily News, the Washington Post, and the Financial Times, quickly reported on the relevant content.

——Mr. Fang, stop your stupid behavior!

——Yike has one foot on the cliff!

——Mr. Fang, come to Jesus!

Not only did the White House spokesperson respond to this matter, but as if offended by the leaked call recording, the U.S. Trade Office (USTR) quickly released a bombshell news that it would not rule out imposing additional tariffs on Yike in the future, and would also consider imposing additional tariffs on Yike. Yike has received subsidies to conduct fair competition investigations.

Clearly, USTR demonstrated its destructive capabilities.

Such news plunged Yike's stock price for two consecutive days, and in response to the so-called additional tariffs, some media quickly named this possible measure.

——Yike Tax.

The SEC issued the "Yi Ke Regulations" because of Yi Ke's short selling. The previous Supreme Court case was also called "Yi Ke v. Qualcomm". Now, Yi Ke is expected to have another influential clause.

In addition, some media gave it a common name, calling it the "Fuck Tax" from Mr. Fang.

In sharp contrast to such public opinion, the sales of many of Yi Ke's products have skyrocketed, especially the new flagship Mars 9 series, which has been warmly sought after.

Many users flocked to Mr. Fang's Twitter to leave messages, strongly requesting Yi Ke mobile phones to open the laser engraving function, hoping to be able to open the laser engraving function on Marsk 9”.

Fang Zhuo, who did not accept media interviews, reposted such a suggestion on Twitter and commented: It sounds like a crazier proposal than mine.

The president of Shiyihao revealed his attitude.

However, he may no longer be "Shiyihao". Sanjay, who was once evaluated by Fang Zhuo as "one of the top ten failed CEOs in the world" and found a job at GlobalFoundries, posted a photo on Twitter, which was a gift for President Fang.

A trophy and the honor of "the craziest president in the world".

From Shiyihao to Shiyifeng, it may be just a distance of a phone recording.

After such public opinion and news, a piece of information that is more considered to be the substantial deterioration of Yike's situation is that the international rating agency Standard \u0026 Poor's directly adjusted Yike's AA+ to BB+ , which means that there are major instability factors and the future outlook is "negative".

The third temporary license obtained by Yike from BIS has not expired yet, but the leakage of relevant information has put the company under pressure from many aspects, and it seems that the dark clouds are pressing down on the city and are about to destroy it.

At such a critical juncture, Robert, the new CEO of Intel who flew from the United States, ended his activities in Beijing and flew directly to Shanghai, wanting to meet the head of Yike.

Before he arrived at Yike headquarters, he had already called Mr. Fang on the way from the airport to No. 333 Lujiazui Ring Road, and couldn't wait to put forward the conditions.

"Yike's overseas business is facing a huge crisis. Mr. Fang, you should not try to challenge BIS, you should not try to challenge USTR. There is still a chance to save it now. We at Intel are willing to help Yike."

Fang Zhuo listened to this and asked directly: "What do you want?"

"Yike's Zhurong chip, I think everyone has a good space for cooperation. I think Yike Optoelectronics still lacks the design of high-end mobile phone chips, which is extremely regrettable. "Robert said, "If Yike is willing to spin off this business to Yike Optoelectronics, Intel is willing to help Yike Optoelectronics develop."

The former CEO of Intel wanted the high-quality resources that had been incorporated into Yike Optoelectronics, and now he has even set his sights on the Zhurong series of chips.

Fang Zhuo said with a smile: "You have a bigger appetite than Brian."

Robert did not deny this, and said directly: "Mr. Fang, the situation is no longer the same, and everyone must face the reality."

"What should we do after we face the reality?" Fang Zhuo said this, but he did not say it to Robert, but asked the members of the general office who were attending the meeting.

This time, all members of the general office meeting were present, and even the US president Schroeder flew over. He listened to Mr. Fang's external call and replied to the other party for his boss: "Give up your fantasy and prepare for struggle."