Reinventing the Millennium

"Today is an industry symposium, a salon for business leaders, and it can also be said to be a discussion among elites."

Fang Zhuo habitually set the tone of his speech and added the second half of the sentence: "However, industry elites belong to industry elites, and I think we should have some reservations when moving from one industry to another."

He looked at Mengniu CEO Niu Gensheng, who was the first to speak, and said confidently: "Take me as an example. When I talk about online medical registration, everyone here must listen carefully, because you don't understand it as well as I do. "

"But if I talk specifically about the upstream and downstream milk industry chain, I'm afraid Mr. Niu will jump out and point at me and scold me, right?"

Not only Niu Gensheng was named, but everyone else present also nodded.

"Hey, from what you put it, there won't be much for us to talk about today." One guest couldn't bear to hear such an argument.

Fang Zhuo shook his head and said unceremoniously: "I mean don't be superstitious about authority, but it doesn't mean that you don't want to think about it. After all, you are an authority in that industry, but you may not be in another industry."

He directly used the guest who spoke out as an example: "It's like there is a rocket expert standing here, and you run up to him and tell him how to chop wood so that it burns better and can send the rocket to the sky. This expert is just an ordinary person. As long as he looks at you, he loses."

Image, humor, pungency, coupled with the vividness of the young CEO.

The whole room burst into laughter.

The guest who spoke out blushed.

"I'm not against everyone's discussion, nor am I as proud as a rocket scientist, but the criticism just now is really unreasonable." Fang Zhuoyue said more smoothly, "As for who just said that the Internet always has a bright future, in the end When will there be a prospect?”

Fang Zhuo said categorically: "This is not right."

"Let's not go too far. Just two years ago, how could you imagine that two people who are completely different from each other could sit in front of a computer and chat?"

"Penguin's QQ takes advantage of the Internet's reduced communication costs. How much trouble does this save?"

"Isn't the future of the Internet that people talked about two years ago what we are now?"

"The Internet is not a future tense, it is a present tense."

Fang Zhuo gave another example: "Let's take what I'm best at. Our Registration Network is going to pilot a second-generation ID card in Shanghai this year. This is what the ministry will do. The effect is that you can register online at home in Beijing. When I arrived at Shencheng Hospital, I took my second-generation ID card and swiped it on the machine, and the number came out.”

“Would this have been thought of two years ago?”

Fang Zhuo held the microphone in one hand and patted his thigh with the other: "Isn't this the future of the Internet that is coming into reality?"

He said with emotion: "Dear presidents and leaders, senior brothers, the future has come."

The smell from Guahao.com and President Yike is a bit overwhelming.

As the old saying goes, if your mouth is hairless, your work will be weak.

It would be more acceptable if the richest man in China were sitting here and speaking like this, or if a senior who had been immersed in it for many years spoke in this tone.

But a young man who has just joined the industry and says "already" and keeps saying "comrade" is not so convincing.

Many times, it is the butt that determines the head.

The butt doesn’t listen and the brain doesn’t work.

"Mr. Fang, I have heard about your style of conduct for a long time. Today is the first time I see you in person, and you are truly worthy of your reputation." A guest held the microphone, and there was a hint of irony in his words.

"Didn't ask for advice?" Fang Zhuo didn't know this person.

"I am Zhu Yuncan, the deputy general manager of Huiyuan Juice." Last year, the founder of Huiyuan Juice, Zhu Xinli, participated in the show. This year, he was replaced by a deputy general manager.

Fang Zhuo said calmly: "Hello, Mr. Zhu, let's just talk freely today. I'm a junior, so I'm not afraid of offending my seniors, and my seniors don't have to feel like they're bullying me, a junior."

The camera shot showed the young president, and his words were called "openness".

He has a good image, and his previous words coupled with such a candid statement really made other industry executives who met Fang Zhuo for the first time today give him a high evaluation in their hearts.

Zhu Yuncan said directly: "Everyone just talked about the prospects of the Internet and the market value of the website. Is that the same thing as what you said about QQ and its future?"

"Who are you here? They are business people."

"What is the show about? It's about entrepreneurship."

"What is the prospect we are talking about? It is the company's funds and profits. How can the company survive healthily? Mr. Fang, if you use ordinary people to refute, isn't this confusing the public?"

Zhu Yucan spoke plausibly, and some people thought it made sense.

"On the contrary, I feel that this is the same thing and two sides of the same coin." Fang Zhuo smiled slightly, very free and easy, "This is not the first time I have said it today. I have said it in many places that as long as an enterprise solves problems and creates value, it will It’s valuable in itself.”

"Ordinary people enjoy the beauty of the Internet and are willing to share this beauty. This is the prospect of the arrival of the Internet. Are these two different things?"

"It's the same thing!"

Fang Zhuo's last two sentences were spoken very quickly and his pitch was raised.

The scene therefore seemed a bit intense.

However, the program team likes this kind of heated debate atmosphere. Not only the audience likes to watch it, but they themselves also like to watch it. It is better than these people talking about company figures to make people sleepy.

Zhu Yuncan still shook his head and said tit for tat: "Is the company good? Can the company survive? I don't know how many companies closed down in the Internet industry last year. As a practitioner, doesn't Mr. Fang know?"

"The Internet bubble in the past two years was affected by many factors. First it was the United States, and then our side was also affected." Fang Zhuo briefly explained the sequence, and then talked about the development sequence, "But the Internet The United States also takes the lead in development, and we come later. Let’s not say too much. China’s Internet development must reach the level of the United States before we start discussing bottlenecks.”

"What is before the bottleneck? What is before the bottleneck is development and improvement."

"This bubble is a big wave of gold rush. As a practitioner, I know it very well."

He added: "Of course, Mr. Zhu is not a practitioner. He probably doesn't know much about it. He is just watching the excitement."

Zhu Yuncan was furious.

But other guests next to him spoke up: "Mr. Fang is always a young man and always very optimistic. I envy this. But can a company survive if it is all about beauty and feelings? According to what Mr. Fang said, venture capital is You have to invest more in the Internet, but the fact is that they are very careful to avoid it.”

"According to Mr. Fang, the stock market should also be optimistic about the Internet, but the stock prices of the three listed portals are all around US$1."

"Feelings are good, but the reality is before our eyes."

"Reality is reality. It won't listen to Mr. Fang!"

The guest who spoke needed no introduction. Fang Zhuo knew him. He was Wang Kangzhen, the vice president of Jardine Venture Capital. He had contacted Guohao.com when it was conducting its second round of financing, but was eventually eliminated from the list.

"Mr. Wang is an investor and is used to looking at numbers. I understand." Fang Zhuo smiled and was not surprised by another speaker's speech. "The transfer of value takes time, and Mr. Wang also needs me to invest." Is this the truth?"

Wang Kangzhen laughed: "I understand, that's why I didn't invest in Mr. Fang's company."

The heated debate escalated and they started attacking each other!

Full of gunpowder!

Different camera positions were adjusted, those who filmed Wang Kangzhen filmed Wang Kangzhen, those who filmed Fang Zhuo filmed Fang Zhuo, and those who filmed the onlookers on the side filmed the onlookers.

Fang Zhuo smiled. The other party must know whether Jardine Venture Capital did not invest or was screened out, but it is boring to talk about it on this occasion.

He only thought for a second and said, "Come to think of it, I shouldn't actually stand up and speak for the Internet today."

Everyone present was surprised. Did this young man give in? Realize that you have offended someone?

However, Fang Zhuo continued: "The program team invited me here neither because of the registration network nor because of Yike Technology. I am standing here today as the president of Yike Investment."

Producer Hu Meng outside the camera nodded.

Some guests already understood what Fang Zhuo meant, but the person involved in the debate, Wang Kangzhen, had not yet reacted.

Fang Zhuo said lightly: "It's because of investment companies like Mr. Wang that I thought, hey, I can also invest."

"So, here I am."

The young CEO shrugged, his tone was relaxed, and his expression was leisurely, which was particularly irritating.

Among the guests, Wang Kangzhen was also angry, "Gan, what a sharp-tongued person!"

Some people didn't expect Fang Zhuo to be so hurtful and couldn't help laughing.

Before Wang Kangzhen could formulate a counterattack in anger, someone else raised his hand to hand over the microphone.

Fang Zhuo looked at this scene with joy and no fear, and finished his work: "Don't worry, come on, come on, you come one by one."

These words were not said out of anger, but they matched the look of the young president and the enthusiastic speech on the spot...

Another roar of laughter.

The heated debate atmosphere strangely eased down.

After all, this is a young man.

Two presidents and one CEO of the three major portals were sitting underneath, beating around him. What a big deal!

Wang Yan, who was sitting next to Fang Zhuo, saw the looks of others looking over him. He was also a little helpless. The argument made him look a little dumbfounded... and he didn't react at all.

"Look, look, you don't raise your hands anymore."

During the symposium, Fang Zhuo had been sitting all the time before. Now he simply stood up from his seat and spread his hands helplessly: "Okay, okay, let's not quarrel. As the host said, the show wants us to gain true knowledge and insights." To benefit young entrepreneurs.”

"I just expressed my views on the prospects of the Internet."

"Mr. Zhu from Huiyuan, Mr. Wang from Yihe." Fang Zhuo looked around and began to call names. Oh, there was a guest who spoke out just now that he didn't recognize. He didn't know which company he was from. He made up the number, "And Mengniu." Mr. Niu all has different opinions."

"The stock market, stock price, market capitalization, these things are indeed reality, they are real, but this reality is extremely easy to change."

"I can assert that all three portals on Nasdaq are undervalued."

"If the three bosses don't believe it, I'll make a bet here today and say Sina is better."

Fang Zhuo sat down again and nodded to Wang Yan who was affected: "Within one year, if Sina's stock price more than doubled, and the three bosses each purchased 5,000 music players from Yike, what if I If you lose, the machine will be given to the three bosses for free.”

Huiyuan Zhu Yuncan, Mengniu Niu Gensheng, and Yihe Venture Capital Wang Kangzhen were all shocked.

What, what do you want your machine to do?

However, the atmosphere has reached this point.

Before the three bosses could reply, other guests were already booing.

"Bet, Lao Niu, bet with him! If you win, I'll give you half of it!"

"Mr. Fang is so confident, Mr. Wang, are you not confident?"

"Mr. Zhu, Mr. Zhu, accept the challenge!"

The scene was a bit chaotic, but the program team was satisfied to capture the scene.

As the oldest and most incomprehensible CEO of Mengniu, Niu Gensheng thought this was an interesting thing. The most important thing was that he had not spoken to each other just now.

Niu Gen thought vividly, picked up the microphone, and said with a smile: "Well, Mr. Fang, if I lose, I will buy you 5,000 players. If you lose, you will buy me 5,000 pieces of milk. How about that?"

In this case, regardless of winning or losing, whenever the news media mentions this matter, it will be publicized.

There is nothing worthwhile in gambling, it is just a battle of wills, and promoting the product is the most important thing.

Fang Zhuo immediately understood what Mr. Niu meant and nodded in agreement.

The other two people in the dispute, Huiyuan Zhu Yuncan, followed suit and made a bet with fruit juice. As for Jardine Ventures, Wang Kangzhen had no product promotion, so he directly agreed to the previous bet.

At this point, the debate about the future of the Internet and the market value of portals has turned into a year-long bet.

As the center of the bet, Sina CEO Wang Yan is the most innocent.

He watched dumbfounded as the host repeated the bet in front of the camera.

Wang Yan was baffled that Mr. Fang really knew how to get things done, but he was indeed very optimistic about the Internet and his own Sina.

Recording continued in the afternoon.

However, as President Xiao Fang sat down, the guests present suddenly felt a little bored. The scene just now was still exciting.

"Mr. Fang, you are really optimistic about our Sina." Wang Yan sat for a while and whispered to Fang Zhuo next to him.

"Well, should I bet on NetEase just now?" Fang Zhuo asked pretending to be worried.

Wang Yan didn't know what to say: "You, me, this."

"Haha, Mr. Wang, I have confidence in you. Don't look at what I said before about Sina, but I have been using Sina since I learned how to surf the Internet." Fang Zhuo made a fist with his right hand and lightly hit his chest. Use your emotions."

Wang Yan was silent, feeling a little proud and proud that Sina was the best portal website in the country.

However, he is a little bit depressed. Since last year, Sina's situation has been a bit chaotic. As the CEO of his own company, he seems to be less confident about the stock price than his neighbor. Seeing that the first quarter report of this year will be released next month. Going out.

Last year, I spent a lot of money to cooperate with Xiangjiang Sun TV...

The impact of this stock price...

Wang Yan frowned.

"Why, Mr. Wang is not confident yet? Mr. Wang, can you do it? If you can't, I will do it." Fang Zhuo laughed in a low voice.

Wang Yan was amused by Fang Zhuo's little joke again and said: "If you have confidence, if you have confidence, you can't let Mr. Fang lose. Sina has become the face of our Internet, we can't lose."

Fang Zhuo nodded and said casually: "Mr. Wang, our Yike Investment has just been established. This first transaction is to buy our Sina. Do you have any objection?"

"Welcome, welcome, warm welcome." How could Wang Yan refuse such a thing? He even extended his hand and was very generous.