Reinventing the Millennium

The arrival of old friend Ni Runfeng is not only a good time to chat about the future of the company in his hands, but also at the right time.

The cooperation with ICBC was finalized and the contract with Bank of China was about to be signed. Gome was constrained by the capital chain and became particularly calm. Bingxin went to Beijing to demonstrate the production line planning with Qimonda and did not encounter any objections.

Under this situation, even though Fang Zhuo's schedule was still very full, he could still find time to save up for a cocktail party with friends.

Such as Sohu's Zhang Chaoyang and Sina's Wang Yan, they all organized banquets many times, but Fang Zhuo was really busy and could only apologize and decline.

Others, like Wanda, gave up on Gome and turned around to discuss business cooperation with Yongke Real Estate. Wang Jianlin’s visit was also directly handed over to Liu Suyi due to business arrangements.

However, no matter what, some people still seem arrogant and unkind even if they don't meet each other. Therefore, Fang Zhuo held a cocktail party directly at the China World Trade Center on the night of the 23rd. He hoped that those who met for the first time would be happy at first sight, and also hoped that There is no obvious difference between old acquaintances.

This day is also the time when Yu Hai, the younger brother of Yike's co-founder and president Xiao Yu, arrives at work. His job content is half-secretary, and he has rarely said anything unnecessary to Mr. Fang ever since he met him.

Fang Zhuo finished his meeting in the evening and took the car back to the Guomao International Trade Center to prepare for a drink in the evening. He finally had time to chat with Secretary Yu on the way.

"Xiaohai, why do you study marketing?"

Yu Hai replied nervously: "Influenced by my sister."

"Don't be so nervous. We are not outsiders. President Yu and I founded Yike together, and she was the co-founder." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

Yu Hai started to speak but stopped.

Fang Zhuo glanced at him and asked, "What did Mr. Yu tell you?"

"My sister said, don't take her identity seriously, um... She said, she is Mr. Fang's subordinate. She told me not to be too ambitious and too low-handed, not to pretend to be powerful, not to be self-conscious about my figure, otherwise, she would be the first to fire me. Get out." Yu Hai paused and did not continue.

College students are not deep-minded, and their thoughts are written on their faces.

Fang Zhuo smiled: "What's the other thing you haven't said yet?"

Yu Hai was a little surprised and replied: "I also said, don't be too rigid, and learn more successful ways of doing things from Mr. Fang."

Seeing that Mr. Fang was not dissatisfied, he summoned up the courage to ask, "Mr. Fang, what is the method of success?"

"The method of success...it's hard to say." Fang Zhuo didn't mind chatting with Yu Hai more and said, "Since your sister is Mr. Yu, based on her success, no matter what, you should be relatively not short of money. Bar."

Now that Yu Hong is successful, it will naturally make her family's life better.

This is even more obvious for Zhou Xin. From the beginning, he has been thinking about how to give his family more money and make it easier for his parents.

Yu Hai nodded, that was his sister.

"If there are such conditions, can you consider what career you want to pursue?" Fang Zhuo asked, "To make the products you handle more popular with consumers? Do you want to lead the company to go public? Do you want to satisfy the public? Some kind of demand? We have to have the original intention first before talking about other things, right?"

"Otherwise, any talk of success will be empty talk."

Yu Hai remained silent.

After a while, he asked: "So, Mr. Fang, what is your success goal? Has it been achieved?"

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly under Yu Hai's expectant eyes: "I don't want to talk to you about this."

Yu Hai felt the... difference behind Mr. Fang's gentle smile.

Okay, maybe this is a topic that only my sister can discuss with Mr. Fang.

Anyway, I still listen more, watch more, learn more and think more.

Yu Hai did not get carried away just because he had a powerful sister from Yike. He kept in mind her advice to him and cherished the opportunity to be with Mr. Fang.

At the cocktail party that night, he still followed Mr. Fang, neither too close nor too far away, trying his best to appear discerning.

Fang Zhuo didn't introduce Yu Hai to the head of Sohu and the president of Sina because of his relationship with Xiao Yu, which was a network that he actually couldn't get into at all.

"Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang, let me introduce you." Liu Suyi is in the capital, so naturally he also attended the reception. He has been traveling around the real estate circle in the capital for the past half month and met many new friends. "This is Wang Jianlin from Wanda." Mr. Wang, Mr. Wang, this is our Mr. Fang."

The person he introduced today was Wang Jianlin, the head of Wanda, who was almost ready to reach a cooperation.

"Mr. Wang, I have admired you for a long time." Although Fang Zhuo met for the first time, his words were quite sincere.

Wang Jianlin spoke Mandarin with a Dalian accent. While shaking hands, he said enthusiastically: "Mr. Fang, I have wanted to visit you in Shanghai for a long time, but I never had the chance. I finally met you in person today."

Fang Zhuo walked aside and said with a smile: "I have long heard that Wanda's commercial real estate is excellent. I have always wanted to visit your headquarters when I came to Beijing, but things at the bank have been busy. They The bank has meetings every day, and Mr. Liu happened to come to the capital. He is much better at real estate than me, so I asked him to learn more from Wanda."

Wang Jianlin laughed and said, "I learned from Mr. Liu."

Liu Suyi answered: "Learn from each other, learn from each other."

Several people laughed.

Wang Jianlin chatted warmly for a few words, then turned around and motioned to his secretary, taking the exquisite gift box from her hand. The other party said: "I heard from Mr. Liu that Mr. Fang likes to drink tea, and a friend just gave me a set a few days ago. Tea set, I came to visit Mr. Fang today, I couldn’t be empty-handed, so I borrowed flowers to offer to the Buddha.”

Fang Zhuo said with a smile: "Mr. Wang, you are too polite. I am in a hurry today and can only take care of the good wine. In this way, Mr. Wang, when you come to Shanghai, you must notify me. I will use this method." Use the tea set to make tea for Mr. Wang."

Wang Jianlin nodded repeatedly and promised to visit Henglong when he came to Shanghai.

Fang Zhuo chatted for a while, then handed the gift to Yu Hai and asked him to help collect it.

Today's cocktail party was the first time I met Mr. Wanda and Mr. Wang. When I heard that Mr. Fang had a large-scale cocktail party at China World Trade Center, friends brought friends, friends brought friends, and the number of people swelled.

Now that Fang Zhuo was done with the situation, he responded with a smile and tried to leave a good impression on his friends in the capital before replying.

He turned roughly in a circle, and Yu Hai had a lot of gifts in his hands, so much so that he needed to put them aside temporarily and sort them out after he finished.

"Mr. Fang, you didn't invite Mr. Huang here today." Zhang Chaoyang became more personable after drinking, and his teasing became more casual.

Fang Zhuo saw that many people adjusted their positions when they heard Mr. Zhang's words, pricked up their ears, and said with a smile: "I said I invited him here, do you believe it?"

Zhang Chaoyang was suspicious for a while. He never believed that there was such an invitation under such a big conflict. He shook his head and said, "Invite him? I don't believe it."

Fang Zhuo nodded and said, "Yeah, I knew you didn't believe me, so I simply didn't invite you."

Zhang Chaoyang laughed.

"Mr. Zhang, don't drink too much and act crazy here, otherwise I will throw you out." Fang Zhuo patted this person on the shoulder and continued shopping around.

Today there are many guests from the real estate, financial, and Internet circles, and there are also a few people who seem to have quite a background after hearing the introduction. We met face to face, and changed our business cards. We have a more or less acquaintance, and maybe there will be some cooperation in the future. We can start talking about it today.

It was a simple chat and reception, with no additional activities arranged. Zhang Chaoyang and Songshen Zhang, who had enjoyed their drinking, sang one song at the end, which won bursts of applause from everyone and successfully pushed the atmosphere of the reception to a climax, leaving all the guests excited about today. Made a deep impression.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, the guests left one after another, and Lao Ni and others took a rest after drinking. Liu Suyi became more energetic as he drank, and helped Yu Hai take the gifts to Mr. Fang's room.

"Mr. Fang, just use the tea set given by Mr. Wang to make tea." Liu Suyi was polite.

Fang Zhuo naturally didn't care about this and watched Liu Suyi unboxing it.

Yu Hai watched from the side.

A set of tea sets is antique and exudes the aura of being expensive.

"This teapot is pretty good-looking." Yu Hai didn't dare to touch it, but just expressed his first impression.

Liu Suyi exclaimed: "It must be a work by a famous artist, the price is high, and it must be beautiful."

Fang Zhuo sighed slightly: "Xi Shi pot."

It's time for me to be given this by others.

Liu Suyi and Yu Hai didn't know each other, but they were in awe when they heard Mr. Fang's words. Mr. Fang's success was justified and he could talk about everything.

Soon, Fang Zhuo stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, drinking tea and looking at the night view of the capital below. The mood of finishing business and having a cocktail party were intertwined. He couldn't help but sigh: "The capital is so beautiful. I have been here for so long. I don't know why. I really feel like I’m in a foreign country as my hometown.”

He looked at the night scene for a while, then looked away and shook his head slightly: "But it's time to return to his hometown, Mr. Liu, let's go together at the beginning of next month."

Liu Suyi heard this and asked: "Mr. Fang, where are you going back to? Luzhou?"

Fang Zhuo was silent.

Liu Suyi knew that the ice core team was also in the capital this time. When he saw this, he knew that he had guessed wrong. He stood up and took the purple clay pot to refill Mr. Fang's tea.

"When you go back this time, you have to make good arrangements for Yongke Real Estate and don't focus on East China for the time being." Fang Zhuo took a sip of tea and said lightly.

Liu Suyi heard the tone of voice that could not be criticized, and looked at Mr. Fang with some doubts. He immediately understood the situation quickly and did not raise any objection, and said smoothly: "It happens that the market in Beijing needs to be opened up. When the time comes, I will sit here and see if I can take it in. Gome’s land.”

Fang Zhuo nodded, and he also decided to thank customers behind closed doors after returning. Yike's hardware skills needed to be cultivated, and the bank's public opinion storm this time also had to be digested.

…

The last few days of November were uneventful. MIGA Fund received funds from Xiong Xiaoge, Zhou Xin and others. Together with the overseas fundraising and the sale of Yike stocks by Su Wei and Fang Zhuo, the funds needed by Bank of China have been prepared. complete.

The Bank of China was also impatient, saying that it had set the time for signing the contract on the 2nd at the beginning of the month.

It has the same process as ICBC. After the contract is signed, supervision and review are required. There are only two days until the road show, and the progress of all aspects of work is quite tight.

December 2nd, another media meeting.

This time, because there was only one step away from the final cooperation, President Li was even more high-spirited.

But Fang Zhuo completed three-year large deposits with two banks, and his homesickness was on the horizon.

He finally patiently compared all aspects of the work and booked a flight ticket for the 4th. Before replying, he did not forget to visit Lao Xiong.

Xiong Xiaoge's net worth is not bad, but the place where he lives is quite low-key.

Fang Zhuo felt that it was no wonder that Mrs. Xiong planned to change houses.

"Lao Xiong and I have known each other for a long time, and this is the first time we have come here. I didn't expect Sister Yan to be so elegant and dignified." Fang Zhuo was a little surprised by Xiong's sister-in-law Luo Yan's appearance. "Looking at it this way, I think Lao Xiong was also like this when she was young. He must be a talented person."

Luo Yan smiled and said: "He was like this when he was young. His career may not be as successful as mine, but he has a temperament that attracts me."

Fang Zhuo nodded in approval: "Yes, Lao Xiong is quite a gentleman. I have always admired him."

Xiong Xiaoge poured wine: "That's why you bully someone, right?"

Fang Zhuo said displeased: "Sister Yan is here, can you please stop damaging my image."

Luo Yan only smiled, she also knew a thing or two about Fang Zong.

The atmosphere of the family dinner is more casual.

Fang Zhuo and Lao Xiong were very familiar with each other. Although it was the first time they met Luo Yan, this actor was born in the United States and had started a business in the United States. He was very polite and generous in dealing with people and would not make people feel cramped.

After two drinks, the topic was chatting for a while, and the topic suddenly turned to Gome.

Luo Yan listened to a few words and asked curiously: "Mr. Fang, what's going on between you and Gome? Have you ever had a holiday before?"

Fang Zhuo took a sip of wine: "We have never interacted with each other. Really, for some reason, Gome was very hostile to me. Mr. Huang asked the supplier to cut off my goods. When I heard the news, I was bristle!"

Sister-in-law Xiong nodded repeatedly: "Then, he went in."

Fang Zhuo was just about to eat the food when he suddenly paused: "???"

He immediately explained: "This has nothing to do with me."

Sister-in-law Xiong was noncommittal.

Fang Zhuo glanced at Sister-in-law Xiong, then looked at Old Xiong: "Sister Yan, you didn't listen to Old Xiong's nonsense, did you? I have first-hand information here. It is absolutely true, and I will not lie to you."

Sister-in-law Xiong smiled and said, "Yeah, I don't understand you guys very well. Anyway, I believe in Old Xiong. If he believes in it, so will I."

Fang Zhuo was a little annoyed: "Old Xiong, how do you usually slander me at home?"

Xiong Xiaoge clapped his fingers and counted: "I haven't slandered you either. I didn't say anything about stealing money from our investors, sneaking into Sony's board of directors, or the land bid was inexplicably only 40 million higher...none of this."

Fang Zhuo put down the wine glass: "If you say it, you will say it. If you don't say it, you won't say it. I'm not a petty person!"

Luo Yan smiled beside him and said, "No, Mr. Fang, Lao Xiong really didn't say that. I only saw it in newspapers and news. Women like to read some gossip."

Fang Zhuo: "..."

It seems that it might as well be what Lao Xiong said.

Gossip and rumors cannot be trusted, Sister-in-law Xiong!

He filled up the wine and gave a toast to the couple. Looking at Old Xiong's condescension and Sister Xiong's smile, he drank the wine in one gulp: "You're being bullied here. It's better to go back."

Enough bullying outside, it's time to go home.

Although the capital city is nice, Hang Lung 23 is my forever home.

On December 4, everything was settled, and Fang Zhuo and his party got on the flight home.