Reinventing the Millennium

——Big boss fight, come quickly!

——There is a big boss here!

——Come and see, come and see, there is fun here!

The fierce battle on Zhihu has come to an end, but the impact of this battle has caused the reputation of this website to spread rapidly.

The fight is over, but the boss is really a boss.

In the beginning, Xiong Xiaoge always invited others, but now it’s hard to find anyone.

For a while, he, the investor who personally participated in the decision-making, and Zhihu's management were in a hurry. Of course, the invitation code could be released in a big way, and registration could even be opened directly, but what about after a short period of fun?

How can such a new website attract others to stop?

After several discussions and asking Mr. Fang for his opinion, Xiong Xiaoge finally decided to maintain the invitation system. At the very least, he had to create an outline of a community ecology before opening up registration on a large scale.

Even so, Zhihu, which was launched not long ago, is still seeing a growth in the number of users. Both questions and answers are quickly filling up the page.

Mid-March has passed, and Tesco has completed its annual "Tesco Book Day". Compared with last year's event, it has become more leisurely, and because it has been tempered on a Double Eleven scale, every link is satisfactory.

As the main competitor of book e-commerce, Dangdang was very nervous and prepared to engage in competitive interactions within limits.

But Tesco has a clear and well-organized attitude from top to bottom, and its mental outlook has changed after a year.

In late March, a busy promotional event on Tesco came to an end. Gome, which had been rumored a lot, also officially issued a private placement announcement, confirming the introduction of new strategic partners.

Not surprisingly, it was Rhubarb’s fellow citizens who used money to ease Gome’s capital liquidity.

Among them, there are people who flew to Shencheng to persuade Fang Zhuo, and there are people who have only heard the name but never met him. Similarly, there is no shortage of acquaintances.

Fang Zhuo saw that the name of an organization was Victoria Harbor Capital. When he looked at the information again, Ms. Zhou Kaixuan and Zhou's name was clearly on it.

The last time I was invited to Xiangjiang by Ms. Zhou, Ms. Zhou avoided seeing her, which made Fang Zhuo quite regretful.

Now that I see her again, I can only sigh that my hometown is really good to her.

After several consecutive land projects failed, the proud TOM network was also terminated from the market. This year, a new investment institution was registered for her to play with. The Li family's financial resources are really too strong.

But even if Dahuang eases its financial liquidity, the competition it faces this year is completely different from last year.

The main competitors in the home appliance chain market have joined forces to eat a wave of Gome's meat. As Suning topped the market, its stock price also rose sharply. Zhang Jindong has more funds in his hands to promote Suning's expansion. .

Shanghai's Yongle Electric is expected to be listed in Hong Kong in the middle of this year, and it will also become a capital player.

The rest, like Five Star Electric, judging from the news Fang Zhuo heard, are likely to consider mergers and acquisitions to cope with the increasingly complicated industry situation.

In addition to competitors that are making great strides, the dual regulations of administration and banks prevent Gome from accumulating advantages by squeezing suppliers as before. It is dragged to the same starting line or even further behind to compete, and it is bound to experience pain.

Within a period of time, the offline home appliance chain industry will fall into more brutal competition.

This is slightly good news for Tesco, which can sit on the sidelines and quietly expand its scale.

After the e-commerce book activity day, the intense work was obviously relieved.

Fang Zhuo discovered that Su Wei, the president of Tesco, was quite addicted to Zhihu, and even invited Mr. Yu Hong to register.

Su Wei faced Mr. Fang's confusion and replied plausibly: "This model is very interesting, innovative and dynamic. Everyone appreciates this new thing, but they are also discussing the profitability of this model. "

Because quite a few of the invited users are from the business district, Zhihu naturally discusses more business issues at this stage.

She asked Mr. Fang: "What do you think? How to deal with profits?"

"This problem is not easy to solve. The three portals including Sina, NetEase, and Sohu, as well as some similar Sina blogs, are all facing the same profitability problem." Fang Zhuo shrugged, "What can I think? I want to see the old How can investor Xiong solve this problem?"

Su Wei pondered, the three major portal websites have developed their own profitable new businesses to boost their stock prices. Is Zhihu going to follow this path?

She shook her head slightly and didn't think much about it. Anyway, she was very happy browsing this website now. Mr. Xiong was so capable, so that was something that should give him a headache.

It was almost time to get off work in the evening, and there was no one to disturb me in the president's office.

Su Wei happily scrolled through Zhihu, while Fang Zhuo leaned next to her and watched her, occasionally chatting about home affairs.

"Yu Lanyu's due date is at the end of this month, and Zhou Xin will be a father soon."

"I'm afraid he won't be able to go fishing for a long time."

"I'm considering asking Qi Qi to change departments. The work in that investment department is a bit too busy. Please go back and help me vaccinate her."

Su Wei listened to the voice, sometimes answering attentively, sometimes answering a few sentences.

When she got off work, she stretched, pointed at the screen, and said with a smile: "Look, Mr. Xiong's profile has been changed. He no longer mentions his 'co-founder'."

Fang Zhuo took a look and saw that Lao Xiong's current profile was "Pay attention to your qualities", which looked like a disciplinary committee member.

He couldn't help laughing: "Yes, everyone can find value in this website."

Su Wei glanced at Mr. Fang: "You just want to have fun, right?"

Fang Zhuo shrugged: "There are not many fun-loving people in this world, or maybe everyone is a fun-loving person. With such a busy work schedule, you can understand if I have some fun occasionally, right?"

"I suspect there is something in your words." Su Wei narrowed her eyes.

"..." Fang Zhuo could only say, "Sometimes I express my feelings directly and don't think too much about it."

Su Wei snorted: "Mr. Xiong is using your name to promote it. Now it is said in the world that many people were personally invited by Mr. Fang."

"It's almost the same. I'm also in it." Fang Zhuo smiled slightly and didn't care about this.

In fact, he said he was looking for fun, but because of his busy work and considering the impact, he only answered one question on Zhihu, which was just one sentence - "Strange, why is Mr. Huang afraid of short selling", and two interactive sentences in the comment area Let others open a new question to offer advice.

However, the media frequently mentioned the battle between Mr. Fang and Mr. Huang when reporting on it.

Fang Zhuo felt that he was really wronged. He had not browsed Zhihu for several days.

Moreover, this dispute was initiated by Dahuang.

After Su Wei clicked the last like, she ended the day's work laughing with Mr. Fang.

On the way back, she remembered something interesting she saw today.

"In the afternoon, I discussed a new website with others, which was quite interesting." Su Wei said, "The name is 5Q.com, which is somewhat similar to Facebook abroad. There is also a similar school network in China, which is designed for schools. social contact."

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly.

Su Wei added: "This kind of social networking based on schools is different from others on the market. Compared with portal websites, blogs are more personal. Compared with blogs, Zhihu is a question-and-answer method with a bit of authenticity. , at the very least, current users basically know who they are, and their school-based connection is more real.”

"Socializing with acquaintances and socializing with strangers." Fang Zhuo helped summarize.

Su Wei's eyes lit up and she said, "Yes, isn't QQ, which was started by Penguin, also a way of socializing online? Do you think this will impact Penguin?"

"The blog is so popular, has it been affected? Pony turned to QQ Space, and the private traffic method is more profitable." Fang Zhuo shook his head, "With such a large amount of traffic in hand, it is very stable."

He added: "However, Xiaonei.com shares life by uploading photos. This method is different from portals, blogs, and Zhihu. It is still very dynamic. If the management can grasp it well, a new world may emerge."

Su Wei smiled and said: "So, you are optimistic about it to a certain extent?"

"That's right. I like to see these new things on the Internet." Fang Zhuo replied, "I'll ask Yike Investment to ask Xiaonei.com to see if they can invest a sum of money to give it a try."

Su Wei asked strangely: "Why on campus? That 5Q network is backed by Thousand Oaks Interactive, so it is stronger."

“The positioning of the school is relatively clear,” Fang Zhuo said. “Furthermore, I know that the founder of the school, Wang Xing, is from Tsinghua University and has accumulated a number of high-quality universities. This foundation is quite important.”

Su Wei was surprised: "Have you heard of the school before?"

Fang Zhuo blinked: "Shouldn't it?"

Su Wei thought for a while, oh, yes.

She said with great interest: "I will register for one in a few days to see how it works, and then I will post a question on Zhihu. How about you analyzing this social method?"

"I'm very busy." Fang Zhuo did not agree.

Su Wei curled her lips.

Fang Zhuo approached and whispered: "Unless..."

Su Wei quickened her pace a little unnaturally, walked around half a circle with her high heels and sat in the car. How could she be so reckless just for discussing the model of the Internet? Impossible, absolutely impossible!

…

On March 24, Fang Zhuo scheduled a trip to inspect the ice core and go to Lin'an in April.

One is to see the risk of mass production of the process, and the other is to see the progress of factory construction in Lin'an.

The former has leapt from last year to this year under the leadership of Professor Hu Zhengming, and the latter has accelerated with the official divestment of Qimonda from the parent company.

Both of these are critical, and we need to see if there are any more resources to promote them.

Two days later, the Changhong shareholders' meeting that he had been waiting for was held in Fucheng, and the next head of such a listed company was finally determined.

Changhong's shareholders' meeting was not peaceful.

Whether it was the retirement of Ni Runfeng, the old boss who had led the company through ups and downs for decades, or the secret struggle between Zhao Yong, who had administrative factors, and Zhang Xuebin, an external executive, it was all reflected in the shareholders' meeting.

Ni Runfeng's speech and recommendations were interrupted.

Zhao Yong's statement was interrupted.

Zhang Xuebin's work report was interrupted.

Some leaders' speeches received only sporadic applause.

It seems that Changhong, which has just emerged from the decline, has a sense of internal and external troubles.

This feeling made the shareholders and shareholder representatives at the scene heavy in their hearts. The last thing they wanted to see was the decline of Changhong.

In the end, both Zhao Yong and Zhang Xuebin gave an additional work speech before voting.

What Zhao Yong was talking about was Changhong's past, Changhong's reform and future. He had real corporate experience and also worked in a local government, so it was reasonable to talk about these things.

Zhang Xuebin, as an outsider who switched jobs from Skyworth to Meiling, had some collusion with outsiders. His speech did not mention the history of Changhong, but only expressed that Meiling and Changhong should solve problems through development in the context of the new era of liquid crystals.

Talking about the past, future, and reform, just look at Meiling in full swing and just follow along.

The voting result of the shareholders' meeting was that Zhang Xuebin defeated Zhao Yong by a narrow margin and took over Changhong.

That is to say, Zhang Xuebin was authorized by the Changhong shareholders' meeting to serve as the head of two companies, Changhong and Meiling.

As soon as the news came out, Changhong's stock price rose.

Many stock investors exclaimed that Changhong’s Meiling and overseas channels have been saved!

Zhao Yong made a comeback and came back again, and he could only accept this result.

Just when the results of Changhong's shareholders' meeting were announced, Zhihu promptly asked questions about this latest incident, asking everyone for their views on the changes in Changhong's management.

The response to this question was tepid, but the account of the boss who had been silent for a while was opened.

Fang Zhuo answered this question personally.

"Changhong is a company that has gone through ups and downs. I am very familiar with Mr. Ni Runfeng, and we usually call him Lao Ni."

"But to be honest, it was Lao Ni who brought the spring breeze to Changhong and also suffered heavy rains. There is nothing to avoid."

"Watching the retirement of such an old entrepreneur, I seem to be able to see the typical changes in the typical head of a typical Chinese company in different periods."

"Fortunately, I think that at the moment when Lao Ni leaves office, Changhong has entered a new and upward stage of development, which can be regarded as giving him a powerful ending that is not so good but full of imagination."

"In the past few years that I have known Lao Ni, we have helped each other. We have met each other as soon as we met. I sincerely wish Changhong will be better and his retirement life will be better."

Mr. Fang's answer was somewhat cryptic but seemed to be final.

Big bosses appear, and likes soar.

Fang Zhuo read the comments for a while, feeling quite emotional because of the retirement of a familiar person.

He clicked and agreed to the answer Weiwei was going to write, thinking about the changes in domestic online social networking and the emerging vitality.

Soon, a long reply article from Mr. Fang appeared again on Zhihu.

Likewise, the number of likes on this piece of content is also very enthusiastic.

That night, Penguin boss Ma Huateng, who had been regularly browsing Zhihu recently, finished reading Mr. Fang’s analysis at home, touched his chin, and fell into deep thought.

Socializing with acquaintances, socializing with strangers, words, pictures, the vitality of social networks...

It's interesting, it's interesting.