Reinventing the Millennium

Fang Zhuo's first phone call to Tanaka Ming ended.

He reached out to take a glass of water from his assistant, took a few sips, and observed the expressions of everyone in the conference room.

Some people were discussing in low voices, some were looking at the prospectus, and some were pressing their cell phones, but most people looked very satisfied.

Fang Zhuo was not surprised at all by the effect of this half-performance.

Who are these investors in the conference room?

Do they want to see a kind, cute, innocent and well-behaved company president today?

No, all they want to see is a ruthless money-making machine.

On this basis, it doesn't matter whether it is cunning, cunning, playing with the rules, political or business relations, or starting from scratch.

If you are gentle, courteous and thrifty but don't make money, these people will praise your character in person and then sell your stocks.

If you would rather disgrace the world but make a lot of money, these people will privately scold your humanity and then buy your stocks.

As long as the stocks invested are profitable, everything is satisfactory.

"This call is for Sony. It's not yet morning working hours in New York. Stringer's phone should be able to get through."

While looking for the number, Fang Zhuo laughed at himself: "Look, we have different statuses. Now I have to consider whether it is convenient for my collaborator to answer the phone."

Although Japan's Tanaka Mito's panicked performance just now made many people feel pity, but now seeing that Mr. Fang was about to call Sony's American president, they immediately put aside their pity and waited for the call to be answered with a smile on their faces.

Well, the first call didn't go through, which made some frown and wonder if the young president was boasting.

But Fang Zhuo dialed again without changing his expression.

It worked this time.

"Hi, morning, Stringer." Fang Zhuo spoke first, "According to my custom, I want to ask you, have you eaten?"

Stringer heard Huaxia Fang's voice and said with a smile: "After eating, Fang, I also want to ask you, how is the weather over there?"

"The weather is good. I'm in Hong Kong. I can see the moon outside the window and the reflection of the moon in Victoria Harbor. It's very beautiful." Fang Zhuo took the phone and took two steps towards the floor-to-ceiling window, where he could enjoy the view of Victoria Harbor. scenery.

"Hong Kong is very nice. I am deeply impressed by that city." Stringer said, "If you stay in Xiangjiang for a while, maybe I can go to Xiangjiang to meet you for afternoon tea in the near future."

"Are you coming to Xiangjiang? It is very likely that I will arrive in New York before you come to Xiangjiang." Fang Zhuo asked.

Stringer said implicitly: "I may have to go to Tokyo to experience Sony's scenery."

He just became Sony's vice chairman this year, but Sony's global business is not very good.

When Fang Zhuo heard the word "Sony", he was chatting about Tokyo, which he had not been to yet, while thinking about how to discuss key issues.

In the conference room, the young president and the president of Sony America were chatting on the phone, but many people present listened with interest, as if this was some touching scene, and no one urged Mr. Fang to show off their cooperative relationship.

How to show this?

Such small talk already shows a lot!

Look at Fang Zhuo's face towards the Japanese just now!

Even if Stringer is polite, even if the president of Sony America has not yet arrived for work, his attitude has already overcome most of the doubts.

Even if Yike is positioned as a distribution channel as Di Yan said, it is still a well-respected large channel!

It is human nature for a president to make a few big words before a company goes public. Why is the young vice president so strict when you follow Li Xiaochao?

"Stringer, I'm calling you today about something. I've been thinking about it and I'd better ask you directly." Fang Zhuo didn't find an entry point, so he just got straight to the point.

Stringer said with a smile: "Except for driving Sony Music out of the Yike board of directors, I don't think anything else needs to be so serious."

The in-depth cooperation between Yike and Sony Music lies in the fact that the latter owns 10% of the former, which was the condition of the original music copyright cooperation.

"I'm doing an IPO road show here in Xiangjiang." Fang Zhuo said this, scanning the conference room, and found that many people sat up unconsciously when they heard this sentence, "Stringer, I need to explain the IPO in the road show." Ko's iMusic and Apple's iTunes will have a huge impact on the music industry and will profoundly reshape the industry's system."

Stringer said "hmm" and waited for the next step.

"Do you agree with this statement?" Fang Zhuo asked directly.

Stringer pondered for a while and replied: "iMusic and iTunes are development trends rooted in the Internet. I like your statement very much. The Internet is a breakthrough in technology and a choice of the times. Its combination with other industries is The inevitable outcome.”

He answered the question head-on: "I agree with this statement. I have also recently been thinking about the combination of the Internet and Sony. How can we revitalize this company? Fang, what do you think?"

Stringer likes to communicate with young people, and he approves of Fang Zhuo very much. In the limited number of communications, he was surprised by the vitality of Fang Zhuo's thoughts.

"Stringer, you don't want to ask me about the combination of the Internet and movies, do you? I don't understand this." Fang Zhuo said with a smile. He knew that Stringer was not only responsible for music, but also for the film field.

Stringer accused: "Fang, you are not sincere. You have to know that I gave up half my breakfast time to answer your call. Also, my cat is impatiently waiting for me to comb it."

"That's it...Sony's current decline is indeed quite serious. I have some unsystematic thoughts on this aspect." Fang Zhuo looked at the conference room in deep thought.

Everyone listened quietly, like a group of clay sculptures.

Li Xiaochao frowned, as if he was also thinking about Sony.

Wu Zheng, Yang Lan, Liang Qihua and others are all preparing to listen to the "unsystematic ideas" of the young president.

As for Xu Kaiwei, there was only a smile on his face. He had already said that it was just a road show. How could Mr. Fang not be able to grasp it?

"Let's talk when we meet. Yike will be listed soon. Remember to buy the stocks then. I'm very confident. We will have a new phone launch conference next, and I will personally host the launch." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

"Then remember to give me an invitation letter. I want to come and see your new phone." Stringer didn't force it. He has heard a lot of ideas about Sony recently, but in addition to ideas, Sony's internal changes are very important, and this is very important. Give him a headache.

The call is over.

The president of Sony Music personally admitted that Yike and Apple will have an impact on the music industry, and also confirmed Fang Zhuo's statement of "reshaping the system."

What could be more convincing than this?

One is the president of an industry giant, and the other is the vice president of Xiangjiang Investment Department. No one would think that the two think in the same dimension.

Then, the previous doubts from Di Yan's mouth seemed a bit ridiculous in the context of such a phone call.

Fang Zhuo put away his mobile phone and did not go to Li Yingke's vice president. He took two steps and joked first: "I made two unplanned phone calls tonight, so I also ask everyone to keep unplanned confidentiality. If it were spread that I made a phone call or something, I wouldn’t admit it.”

Laughter erupted in the conference room.

Xu Kaiwei almost applauded.

"Mr. Xu, don't, don't applaud. I haven't finished speaking yet." Fang Zhuo quickly stopped the Goldman Sachs president and carefully re-described, "I just said that this is a reshaping of the music industry system, and it will have a profound impact. ."

"Usually, that statement means it will take a long time."

"But this time is different. In other words, everything related to the Internet will be very fast. I said that my expectation for industry sales in 2004 is three times to 3.6 million units, but I did not say that in 2005."

"I personally think that in 2005, which is the year after tomorrow, the sales volume of the entire MP3 player is likely to exceed 20 million units."

Fang Zhuo stretched out his hand and drew an arc in the air: "Then, continue to maintain this growth rate."

“Our goal is to replace Walkman as the most suitable music player for consumers in this era, and the demand for electronic products that will explode in this era is likely to exceed everyone’s imagination.”

"iMusic and copyrighted music are the moats for our products, but the energy of the product itself will not be lower than the profit that the music brings to us."

“This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity given to us by the times, and it is also a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that is presented to you today.”

Fang Zhuo's consistent posture is already a different style in everyone's eyes.

The young man from before was a company owner from the mainland who was doing business in the United States. Although he looked good, his taste in clothes was only average.

Today's young CEOs are business elites who are actively expanding overseas markets and making global plans. Not only are their abilities and looks top-notch, but they are also very low-key in their clothing. At first glance, they are people who focus on their work.

Applause erupted for the first time in the conference room, and Di Yan awkwardly followed the applause. Seeing that her boss Li Xiaochao was also applauding, she gradually became uneasy.

The question and answer session continues.

What followed was indeed not as sharp as Xu Kaiwei said.

"Mr. Fang, what is your corporate culture at Yike?"

"Oh, we are Making Progress."

"Mr. Fang, do you think Yike's market value will surpass Sina's?"

"Good question. Since the spread of my answer is likely to affect Sina's stock price, I suggest you hold the stocks of these two companies. I am very confident."

Fang Zhuo answered questions one by one with ease, which made people more and more remember the identity behind his first brother in the road show.

A business elite, the chairman of Sina, a CEO who is at home in Shanghai, and good at operating various types of capital. The combination of so many elements adds a bit of convincing personality charm.

Some people still lament in their hearts that Mr. Fang does not look like he is from the mainland, but more like a character from Tai Long Bay Road, Hong Kong Island.

The atmosphere of the road show changed from calm to enthusiastic, and finally ended successfully.

From this perspective, it was Yingke’s Di Yan who turned a mediocre road show into something memorable.

At the end of the road show, potential investors left one after another, verbally expressing their optimism for Yike's stock.

"Mr. Fang, when you return to Shanghai, remember to come to my show when you have time." Yang Lan did not forget this before leaving.

Fang Zhuo smiled at her: "You have to keep a low profile in Shanghai, try your best."

Yang Lan did not continue the invitation.

When everyone was almost gone, Li Xiaochao came to Fang Zhuo.

"Mr. Fang, the road show is great. This is almost the best road show I have seen in the past few years." Li Xiaochao praised.

Fang Zhuo laughed twice but said nothing.

"Di Yan missed Yike. This was her fault at work. She will be reassigned later." Li Xiaochao added.

Di Yan's expression was ugly, but she just accepted the blame in a low voice: "Mr. Li, Mr. Fang, it was my fault at work. I didn't analyze Yike's business model well."

Fang Zhuo looked at Li Xiaochao strangely and said, "What does this have to do with me?"

When you deal with your own employees, what do you say when you bring them to me?

Do you want me to ask for help?

When he thought that this might really be the case, he really said: "If Mr. Li wants to deal with Mr. Di because of my relationship, then there is no need. Everyone will make mistakes at work, just like a good friend of mine. One mistake of his is destined to be ridiculed by me for the rest of my life."

Li Xiaochao asked curiously: "What mistake?"

"He sold Tencent's shares." Fang Zhuo laughed.

Li Xiaochao: "..."

Yingke was also the one who sold the shares at the same time. Did the CEO of Yike do this on purpose?

He calmed down his emotions, nodded slowly and commented: "Well, Tencent, not bad."

Superboy stopped mentioning his employees and waved to her to leave first. Then he extended an invitation to Fang Zhuo: "Mr. Fang has done a great job for both Sina and Yike. Can you please give me a compliment tomorrow night?" Give Mr. Fang a chance."

If it were your dad, I would be happy to hear about his plan to acquire land in the Mainland.

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly and refused: "I was busy before the listing. I will definitely do it next time. I may fly to Singapore tomorrow."

"Hey, you are so ignorant." The female companion who followed Li Xiaochao spoke up to defend the rich man.

Fang Zhuo glanced at the woman whose name he didn't know, then looked at Superboy in surprise, looked at the woman again, and looked at Superboy in surprise again, as if to say - what's going on? Is it a shame to have a woman like this around you? Is this the son of the top rich man in Hong Kong?

He looked around like this, not saying a word, and yet it seemed like he had said everything.

Li Xiaochao didn't change his expression when talking about Tencent's investment, but now his face turned ugly.

"I'll ask Mr. Fang for advice when I have time in the future." He left with his female companion.

Fang Zhuo waved goodbye with a smile.

"Don't you want to deal with this guy?" Xu Kaiwei came over and asked.

"I don't know him. I haven't dealt with him before. I might have a little difficulty with his father, but it's not too big. Maybe his father has forgotten who I am." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

"Then he looked very ugly when he left just now." Xu Kaiwei asked.

"Oh, I know how to read faces. I told him that if his girlfriend can't give birth to a son, he won't be happy to leave." Fang Zhuo said in a serious tone.

Xu Kaiwei didn't believe it, but he half believed it when he looked at Fang Zhuo's expression.

real or fake?

Bullshit, right?

However, conversations between young rich people may just be boring, and it’s hard to tell.

…

Yike's road show in Xiangjiang ended.

That night, Yi Ke and the Goldman Sachs team held a small meeting.

An investment executive who did not attend the meeting immediately called Shen Nanpeng of Ctrip when he returned to the hotel room. He had previously followed Ctrip's listing project for a period of time, and now he was following Yike's listing road show.

"Mr. Shen, Ctrip is right to postpone its listing."

Shen Nanpeng asked on the phone: "How do you say it?"

“The road show in Xiangjiang was a big hit!”

Shen Nanpeng asked again: "How did Mr. Fang do the road show?"

"Well, it's just a very special kind of phone call. It's hard to say, but it's very popular."

Shen Nanpeng asked: "?"

What new trick is this?

"Anyway, the road show was very effective. I think some fund managers asked Yike to enter the Japanese market before leaving. Mr. Shen, Ctrip has postponed it very well this time. Just wait for Yike to go public."

Shen Nanpeng: "Well..."

How about buying shares of Yike?

Although, I have invested a sum of Mr. Fang’s ice core through IDG...