Reinventing the Millennium

November 12th, Monday.

After a busy day, Team Leader Zheng took out his phone and dialed the number newly saved in his address book.

For some reason, he felt a little nervous listening to the blind tone in the receiver.

"Hey, Brother Zheng." Fang Zhuo called him this once and then he said it in a polite manner.

Zheng Danrui said a steady "hmm" and got straight to the point: "What day of the week will you return to China?"

"Oh...Brother Zheng, I just put the player product online this week with Kroger, the second largest chain store in the United States. I'm too busy. I'm afraid I won't be able to go back this week." Fang Zhuo paused, "Next week , I will return to China next week, for sure.”

Zheng Danrui squeezed the phone tightly with his right hand, expressing his dissatisfaction with silence.

Fang Zhuo continued: "Brother Zheng, I have already told Zhou Xin of Guahao.com about this. They are sorting out reports from different data angles. Moreover, Guahao.com has taken a small step towards data integration in East China. One step forward, and that’s a great thing.”

"Well, the business of Guahao.com still has a lot of potential." Zheng Danrui said deeply, and then asked, "Is Kroger a large supermarket chain?"

He had never heard of the name of this brand and suspected that the other party mentioned it casually.

"Yes, yes, we can be ranked second here. If our products are sold, we have to give them almost half of the profit, but there is no way. If you don't give up, you can't make money. There is too much docking work to be done this week. More." Fang Zhuo said sincerely.

Zheng Danrui did not embarrass the CEO of Guanhao.com across the Pacific Ocean, and only hung up the phone after chatting for a few words.

Last week I said I would go back to China next week, but if I don’t go back this week I said I would go back next week.

Are you going to go back to China next week?

Zheng Danrui frowned tightly, lit a cigarette, and considered what impact this incident would have on him if it went in the wrong direction, and how to control this impact.

The distance is so far away that even an iron fist would be hard to hit.

After smoking a cigarette, he felt a little more relaxed. After thinking about Fang Zhuo, he felt that it was not the worst case scenario and he might just come back next week.

Just when the leader of the promotion and application team was feeling anxious because of Fang Zhuo's whereabouts, reporters from CCTV had already visited Fang Zhuo twice.

For the first time, Guahao.com and Yike Technology were on the same page. The boss was on a business trip overseas and had a tight schedule, so he had no time to be interviewed.

The second time, there was a discrepancy between the two companies. The boss of Guahao.com was still in New York, while Yike Technology said that he would return to China this week. However, this "this week" did not work, and the news of rejection soon came.

Reporters tend to be cautious and thief, asking whether the two companies use different channels. When they found out that this was the case, they couldn't help but think more about it.

It is known to many that after the administrative policy was made clear, Guohao.com was cut off from financing, which caused quite a stir.

Now that Fang Zhuo has gone overseas, is the money still on Guahao.com's account? Has the bank loan been repaid? Has a state-owned company, Shenxin Technology, lost its assets?

A series of questions emerged in the reporter's mind, but considering that the situation was still uncertain, he planned to continue to follow up.

However, this reporter briefly reported the situation to the station, and the news that "Fang Zhuoren of the registered network is overseas" quickly spread.

In just two days, both Guahao.com and Yike Technology received more media interview requests. The latter was better, and the former's entanglement with Fang Zhuo was more exciting. A group of science and engineering men were simply blinded by the reporters who broke in. Eye.

——Excuse me, where did Fang Zhuo go?

——Has Fang Zhuo flown to the United States?

——Will Guahao.com declare closure?

——Are the company assets still there?

——What plans does Fang Zhuo have for the future of Guahao.com?

Some reporters compared the news of Fang Zhuofei going abroad with the disappearance of Song Ruhua, the chairman of Top Group. By the way, they also popularized science on why the United States is the landing place for many outlaws. The extradition agreement between the two countries has a long way to go.

In this situation, Fang Zhuo, who was far away in New York, figured it out a little late and only made a fuss.

In order not to affect the normal operation of the company, he briefly accepted an interview with a CCTV financial reporter over the phone and made a solemn promise to return to China next week.

In addition, he also said that his trip was to promote Yiko's M1 music player, saying that it had received very good feedback from the US market.

Naturally, reporters would not believe M1's market feedback. They did not even mention it afterward, but focused on reporting the whereabouts and promises of Fang Zhuo, the president of Guahao.com.

To Fang Zhuo's surprise, the portal NetEase also opened a section for click voting - do you think Fang Zhuo will return to China next week?

This moment made him hesitate. If he returned to China as promised and made "returning to China next week" a word that many people believed, wouldn't there be a precedent for others to use this to deceive others in the future?

I didn’t lie to Boren, but Boren was cheated because of me?

Fang Zhuo was in a weird mood.

But no matter how weird he felt about the domestic situation, he had to deal with the urgent matters in New York before thinking about anything else.

Anliang Chamber of Commerce collects money to do the work, and Kroger's channels are close to being opened. Twenty thousand pieces of M1's goods have arrived in New York and are placed in their rented warehouse. The goods will be transferred as soon as Yike Technology and Kroger sign a formal contract. into Kroger's warehouse and distributed to different stores across the country.

At the same time, everyone in the Yike team had something to do, and everyone was busy nervously. Fang Zhuo personally took care of product promotion. In particular, when choosing a company, he checked the situation one by one.

“This ad agency has a black executive? Cross that out, don’t even consider that.”

"Are the white people in this company from the North? Let's keep it for now."

"Xiaoguan, look at the advertising companies where most of the white executives are from the South? Texas or something like that."

Fang Zhuo spent a lot of time selecting professional advertising companies.

Guan Jin witnessed the boss's selection method throughout the process and asked doubtfully: "Mr. Fang, does this matter? What is the difference between northern white people and southern white people?"

"If you are from the south, you may have lived in a red-necked family environment since childhood, and you will be better able to produce the advertising content we need." Fang Zhuo replied casually.

"What is a red neck?" Guan Jin wondered.

Fang Zhuo stopped what he was doing, rolled his eyes, and replied: "It's an atmosphere of stronger will. We at M1 want to learn from the diamond manufacturer De Beers and change our customs. Why do you ask so much? Just follow the screening I said." "

Guan Jin was still puzzled, but she couldn't go against her boss's words, so she had to work hard to find a company that met the conditions. After two days, she found an advertising company called "Brown Brothers Media".

It's neither big nor small, and there are no black people in the company. The two brothers who founded the company are from Texas.

Guan Jin took a special look when he came to the door, but he didn't notice that the necks of the company's employees were red... However, Mr. Fang did praise himself with satisfaction.

"Mr. Brown, we at Yike need to produce an advertisement for the M1 music player. Please follow my ideas."

Fang Zhuo met with the boss of the advertising company and temporarily took on the responsibility of director of Yike's planning department.