Reinventing the Millennium

Guohao.com is developing rapidly, and all employees are extremely busy.

Because of the unexpected national honor, Fang Zhuo temporarily postponed a media conference that he originally planned to hold, planning to wait for the company to digest the benefits of this period before announcing greater results.

During the Labor Day Golden Week holiday in early May, all employees continued to work overtime.

In fact, Fang Zhuo had never even met Yu Hong and Su Wei. Instead, product manager Xu Keden took the opportunity to buzz in his ears.

On May 13, the busy state of the registration network finally eased slightly, and the string that was tight up and down slowly relaxed.

"Boss, please invite me to dinner tonight."

Yu Hong entered the office carelessly, took off her coat and wiped the sweat from her forehead: "It's suddenly been very hot these past two days. It's heating up so fast."

The weather in Shanghai in May is already quite hot, especially after two laps of the city's hospitals, it makes people want to drink three bottles of ice water in a row.

Fang Zhuo seriously finished writing a piece of information before looking up and saying, "Why am I inviting you to dinner?"

"Because Weiwei and I don't want to pay." Yu Hong complained, "I met a vice president in the past two days and he asked me how much a marketing director gets..."

She continued: "I said I would get 1,500, but the deputy dean didn't believe it and said it couldn't be that low."

Fang Zhuo encouraged: "Didn't you tell him Zhou Xin's salary? That's our technical director."

"No, I'm not as damaged as you. We've been tired for half a month. You can do whatever you want." Yu Hong was really tired. Not only was she in Shencheng, but she also returned to Lin'an and Jinling from time to time.

"That's okay." Fang Zhuo thought for a moment, "I just happened to be discussing changes to the salary system with our Director Su. How many people are there tonight? You can eat anywhere, and the company will reimburse you."

"The last time you invited Penguin Ma and Shen Xin to dinner, Weiwei always said that the Cantonese food there was delicious." Yu Hong already had a goal, "I'm going to try it."

"Cuiyuan, it's done."

So, in the evening, the four shareholders of Guahao.com tasted the authentic Cantonese cuisine from the master chef of Cuiyuan.

No alcohol, just juice, purely for the food.

Zhou Xin ate happily, but just when he was studying the snow clams, he heard Yu Hong ask Fang Zhuo, "Is Yike really good?" Then, the technical director's ears perked up and he paid attention to the trends while eating.

"I don't know if it's possible. Xu Keden has already made M1-9. I found that his team's speed of building machines has become faster recently." Fang Zhuo took a mouthful of food, "Anyway, he said that the technical difficulty of making this machine is not high. It’s high, but the cost is not low.”

Su Wei took a sip of juice and asked, "Is that gadget expensive?"

"The hard drive we got from Toshiba is 75, the display module is 24, the processing chip is 10, the controller chip is 8, and the other parts add up to almost 100." Fang Zhuo pointed his fingers to the three registered shareholders. Computing costs.

Su Wei was quick in mental arithmetic and said: "217 yuan, the cost is not bad."

Fang Zhuo grinned: "The unit of measurement is US dollars."

$217? Nearly 1,800 yuan?

The three people were stunned, the cost is not low, the cost is very high!

Although Yu Hong, the marketing director, did not know the specific market situation of music players, she still felt that it was not good: "1,800 yuan? Crazy? Who are you selling this to? Are you trying to deceive venture capital again?"

Fang Zhuo said dissatisfied: "What do you mean 'again'? I have said it before, it is benchmarked against Walkman, a high-end machine in Sony's product line."

"It's two different things to talk about it and to really go to someone else's house." Yu Hong threw down her chopsticks.

"Our machine adopts the latest technology and is the trend of the future. Why is it expensive? You can't say that if you have money, you can buy Sony, but if you don't, you can buy Yike." Fang Zhuo said plausibly, "Moreover, we are the best music player in the northern hemisphere. "

Yu Hong didn't dare to answer the conversation. She didn't just say it casually, she really meant it.

She remembered that she had flattered him before, but now she felt a little regretful.

Fang Zhuo talked eloquently: "Really, I'm not lying to you, the hardware modules are the best. M1 is purchased globally. You should not think it is expensive, but think about why it is expensive and whether it is worth it."

"But Sony has been a famous brand company for many years, so that it can support their high-end machines." Su Wei frowned worriedly.

"So, we can only rely on the development of the times to compete with them." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "The registration network is the combination of the Internet and medical pre-diagnosis, and M1 is the combination of the Internet and music. Both are the future of the times. You have to use the same enthusiasm as the registration network to make M1."

Zhou Xin lowered his head, murmured for a long time, and said in a low voice: "I still want to make a registration website."

As soon as the technical director's words came out, the atmosphere at the dinner table became a little stagnant.

Fang Zhuo pondered for a while and tapped the table with his fingers: "The registration network can be used, but the Internet is very vast. It's good to take a look outside at the right time."

Zhou Xin was silent and speechless.

Yu Hong changed the topic, stopped talking about M1, and deliberately picked something funny.

Su Wei added the conversation knowingly, and the atmosphere at the dinner table slowly became lively again.

After dinner, Yu Hong took advantage of Zhou Xin to go buy a laptop accessory. Fang Zhuo said, "Boss Fang, what should I do if Director Zhou doesn't want to go to another battlefield with you?"

"Don't be anxious, give him time." Fang Zhuo sighed with a smile, "I don't know if there is a management like us in the world. There are bright flowers and brocade, but always thinking about green, dark and red."

He patted Yu Hong on the shoulder: "Don't worry, it's not a bad thing for young people to have a fire in their hearts. I have a way."

Yu Hong slapped Fang Zhuo's hand away with her backhand: "Are you plotting against your employees again?"

"Calculation is not a derogatory word. It is very valuable to know what you are going to do." Fang Zhuo began to feel drunk again in his words.

…

After a brief discussion, Fang Zhuo promoted three marketing managers within Guahao.com to cope with the market expansion. At the same time, he also began to think about how to sell the M1 music player.

Unlike Guahao.com, which can rely on administrative power to develop, players must rely on market capabilities.

Two days later, Fang Zhuo suddenly received a call from CCTV producer Hu Meng.

"Mr. Fang, the top 12 of "Win in China" will start recording next week. Did you remember?"

The moment he received the call, Fang Zhuo remembered one more thing and said with a smile: "How could I forget? I have made several machines for our show. Uh, can you bring machines to your show? ? Or do you just rely on your mouth?"

Hu Meng: "..."

Why does this sound a bit like sarcasm?

She replied patiently: "What kind of machine? Not a big one."

"It just so happens that my machine is mainly compact." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

Hu Meng agreed: "That's okay, don't go too far."

"Hey, your program has already been broadcast, right? Let me study it to avoid making a fool of myself." Fang Zhuo expressed his humble and studious attitude.

call ended.

While Fang Zhuo asked people to find the "Win in China" program broadcast by CCTV Finance, he asked Xu Keden to quickly make a beautiful casing for the M1 prototype.

You have to take it out to meet people first. Functionality aside, the first impression is very important.

This wave, if you use the machine to go on CCTV, you will save a lot of advertising and marketing expenses.

As the New Year is approaching, I have a drink every two days, and I originally thought about saving my manuscript...