Reinventing the Millennium

On the afternoon of the second day of August, a flight from New York landed at Shanghai International Airport.

After a long flight, Fang Zhuo, who had slept before landing, was in good spirits and in a good mood, although today's jet lag may not be as effective.

He got into the car that Yike came to pick up at the airport, opened the domestic newspaper he had bought in advance, and started reading while whistling.

The first sight made him stunned. He felt inexplicably familiar. They were talking about domestic housing prices.

Well, it’s the same thing all over the world.

Fang Zhuo only glanced at the title and did not read the content on the front page. He turned to the second page and saw some reports on the world situation. He thought for a while and soon saw more information on the following pages. Familiar name.

——Mr. Ma’s B2B Alibaba is likely to seek an IPO next year.

——The competition between Penguin’s QQ alumni and the school network is extremely fierce.

——Domestic e-commerce is developing rapidly. B2C companies such as Tesco, Amazon, and Dangdang are all deploying logistics and warehousing. Penguin is making efforts in the C2C track, forming an encirclement with Taobao on eBay.

——The electrical appliance chain market is developing rapidly. The leader Suning plans to acquire Yongle Electric Appliances to continue to consolidate its market position.

Fang Zhuo felt friendly just seeing these words, which was the atmosphere of old friends.

But when he saw the last sports report and saw the names of Stankovic's Intercontinental Basketball Champions Cup and Yao Ming, he still frowned and immediately called the team's general manager and asked for negotiations at the team level. , this small game is enough to train other young players in the country, why add another burden to Yao Ming?

The car stopped and went and arrived at Hang Lung 23 at four o'clock in the afternoon.

When the boss returned, the new employees responded with curious eyes, while the old employees congratulated the Rockets for defending their title this year.

Fang Zhuo greeted everyone with a smile and even high-fived the deputy director, a die-hard fan of the team.

After sitting in the CEO's office, he hesitated for two seconds and decided to make a pot of good tea. Then he started to deal with the important thing that he should do after returning - congratulations on the promotion of Qiu Lanhua in the new district, and by the way, he asked Shencheng if there were any suitable people here. The policy came to settle Ice Core and Sony's image sensor production line.

The experience of the old leader Qiu Di Qiu Lanhua can be considered tortuous, but no matter what, he has gained a higher ranking in the city this time. According to the usual practice, if he can leave Shanghai smoothly, the next step may be to work in other provinces.

If it reaches this level, Fang Zhuo can no longer call him a "little official".

When Judy received a congratulatory call from Mr. Fang, she behaved very calmly.

Not only was he promoted this time, but his good friend Zheng Danrui also had an increased burden. This will undoubtedly be of great benefit to the future work. However, Mr. Fang is a rather slippery guy. He gave me a nod indifferently last time. , and then went abroad directly during this period...

Judy seriously doubted that Mr. Fang had any ulterior motives in going abroad.

But even if we have known each other for a long time, he would not ask this question. He just expressed a warm welcome to the ice core production line and made an appointment for two days to set up a team to have a preliminary chat.

Finally, Judy couldn't help but ask a question: "Why does Mr. Fang want to leave good things to us this time? According to your urine, shouldn't you go to Luzhou as soon as possible?"

"Tsk, it's different after you get promoted. You actually use words like this to attract investment." Fang Zhuo first teased and then said seriously, "I've already looked for it, and Luzhou is also very happy, but it's true that the finance department is out of money, Bing Bing The core project has already made them try their best to dig out the budget, and then BOE came, and oh yes, BOE even transferred a sum of money from me."

He continued: "I thought about it, but I still feel that I need to support the work of the old leader. Of course, it also depends on the sincerity of the old leader."

The sensor production line in cooperation with Sony is not very sensitive to the advancement of process technology. Moreover, because it is a joint venture, it is more convenient for a large number of Japanese engineers to be located here in Shanghai.

Taking various factors into consideration, Fang Zhuo is leaning towards Shencheng. If Shencheng is relatively cold, then he will go to Lin'an. Anyway, it is just a comparison between several hometowns.

Qiu Di was not depressed by Mr. Fang's frankness. He pondered for a moment: "I didn't expect that Luzhou would be so willing to spend money and provide policies. It has indeed improved. Speaking of which, when we first talked about ice core cooperation, , I should go to the leaders a few more times and try to find someone with preferential policies."

Fang Zhuo said with a smile: "You can't squeeze in even if you speak softly."

Judy: "..."

He suddenly said: "Oh! See if I can squeeze in now, right?"

Fang Zhuo gave him a friend-like laugh. Bingxin's project cooperation was indeed discussed with leaders at a higher level than Lao Qiu wherever he went.

"Mr. Fang, since there is such a production line, don't go out to hook up with others. We must wait until we in Shencheng discuss it to the end. Whether it is me or Leader Zheng, we will work hard." Qiu Di gave a manner.

Fang Zhuo expressed his loyalty in the coming period.

A pleasant phone call ended, and a report on Yike's recent domestic situation was also presented on the table.

The market for music players has been completely eroded. This is not an environmental problem that one company can solve. Currently, there are only two most influential companies in the country. Not to mention the independently operated subsidiary Yigou, one is the one that cooperates with Sina World of Warcraft game forum, and the second is Yike Investment.

Compared with the booming e-commerce of Yigou, Yike is indeed a bit miserable in China.

During this period, whenever the media mentions the richest man in the Mainland, the label of Yike is gradually fading away, and the two labels of "e-commerce" and "E-commerce" are becoming more and more prominent. It is generally believed that Yike focuses on promoting the development of E-commerce , it is indeed a good move.

As for the mobile phone project announced by Yike...compared to the popular Nokia, Sony Ericsson and many copycat phones in the domestic market, there really isn't much discussion and expectation.

Fang Zhuo can roughly feel this situation from the reports and news, but he doesn't feel dissatisfied. Yike, Yiguo, Bingxin, Medical Science, etc. are all fine. They are all companies that he can be proud of. Oh yes, there is also Sina. , they are all proud, what is the difference?

Until after get off work hours, the president's office was quite quiet.

Fang Zhuo took a quick look at various reports, and also saw more detailed data from the campus network and QQ alumni competition.

Since the launch of Xiaonei.com, with support from giants, it has entered the fast lane of development. It did not take much time to grow from 800,000 users to 2 million or 5 million users. College student users have a kind of group-like spontaneous publicity. .

However, QQ Alumni, which relies on Penguin, is not too far behind. Although it uses the convenient login of QQ account, it does not import too much traffic rashly. Instead, it carefully studies the actions of the school network and Facebook, and is also developing in depth. Group of college students.

When Xiaonei.com announced that the number of users exceeded 5 million, QQ alumni also safely announced that their users exceeded 3 million.

Although the number of users of QQ Alumni seems to be quite different from that of the school network, it performs very confidently and steadily, giving people the impression that it is extremely capable.

This not only put Wang Xing, Wang Gaofei and other high-level executives of Xiaonei Network under great pressure, but other similar competing companies... died.

5Q.com, which cooperated with Penguin, was quietly acquired by the former, Fudan University’s "Fudan", Renmin University of China's "eDorm", Sun Yat-sen University's "Yiyou", Beihang University's "looface", Stanford's "Breakfast Exercise" started by returnee PhDs... All kinds of campus SNS social networking sites failed and disappeared within two months.

The first is funding. For example, the customer acquisition cost of Xiaonei.com is 1 yuan/user. The website has not tried to make commercial profits. The more users there are, the greater the losses. The grassroots team simply cannot bear this kind of capital cost.

The second is confidence. When Yike and Sina supported Xiaonei.com, and Penguin built its own QQ alumni, as the reputation and users of these two brands continued to grow, the internal morale of several companies collapsed first, and they all felt that they could not compete with the giants. compete.

Under such circumstances, the only two campus SNSs left in the field were Xiaonei.com and QQ Alumni.

Different from the brief reports in the media, the report in Fang Zhuo's hand was much more detailed, and he read it with gusto.

After getting off work, he discussed the matter with Su Wei and Mr. Su with great interest.

"I read in Wang Xing's report that they have been observing Penguin's trends and found that there have been hesitations and swings in the development of QQ alumni."

"On June 15, QQ alumni quietly relaxed the login conditions for QQ accounts and no longer required additional authentication. However, just the next day, this action was shut down again."

"QQ alumni are trying their best to be patient and follow the development path of Facebook and the school network to use the real-name system. They even tolerate the huge traffic library around them. This is quite surprising to me."

Fang Zhuo mainly found this interesting.

Su Wei said lazily: "Maybe it's because it's afraid of learning mistakes, but I think if QQ alumni still can't catch up with the school intranet in the future, it will definitely import huge traffic. After all, facts have proven that its efforts cannot be offset. The first-mover advantage of the campus network.”

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly, thinking about how to sing a high note in socializing with acquaintances at the right time.

Sina's Wang Yan and others have been quietly preparing for Weibo since returning to China. First, they want to connect with blog resources as much as possible, and second, they want to attract celebrity resources from various sources, including but not limited to Yike Music and Sohu Entertainment.

Weibo focuses on socializing with strangers, which is different from QQ alumni and school network.

Fang Zhuo is very curious about Penguin's reaction after seeing Weibo. Should he continue to develop QQ alumni or follow him to engage in micro-innovation?

Such moments of choice often reveal the interestingness of the business logic behind them.

It would be even more interesting if backstabbing could be added.

Fang Zhuo thought about it for a while and realized that a goodbye was better than a wedding, and Xiao Su was even more touching.

A night of silence.

Fang Zhuo was not very busy on the second day after returning to China. The jet lag yesterday was not gone. Today he took his time and communicated with Mr. Bingxin Qiu about Liang Mengsong's technical route and discussed tomorrow's negotiations with the leaders of Shencheng.

Both of them felt that Shanghai had SMIC leading the way, and Bingxin was not the first to cooperate with the government, so they should discuss this matter as efficiently as possible.

It was time to get off work that day. Fang Zhuo talked on the phone for a while with his parents who had returned to his hometown. In the evening, he went to see Zhou Xin, Yu Lanyu, and Zhou Keke, a family of three.

Except that Xiao Keke wet Fang Zhuo's pants and caught him off guard, the dinner was very enjoyable.

On the second night after returning to China, I took a break from work, and Xiao Su was moving.

Another night without words.

On the third day after returning to China, the cooperation negotiations with the leaders of Shanghai went very smoothly.

Fang Zhuo talked about the significance of this cooperative production line with Sony. On the one hand, it can bring the possibility of technology introduction, and on the other hand, it will indeed have a pioneering role in the domestic CMOS field.

Before he went to Tokyo for inspection, it was very difficult to find two experts in this field in China. To be honest, there were too many technical fields that needed to be caught up. The more contact he got, the more he felt that there was a long way to go. But every time he made a breakthrough, it made people feel more confident. happy.

In this negotiation, my brother Zheng Danrui was present, and my old leader Qiu Di was present, but the tone of communication with each other was relatively formal.

That is to say, at the reception in the evening, Fang Zhuo smiled and toasted the two of them with two more glasses of wine. It was considered that the deep friendship was all in the wine, and there was no need to say more.

The fourth day of work continued to discuss project implementation cooperation, because it involved Japanese engineers, government investment, and bank loans, so things needed to be clarified, but generally there was a good consensus within a framework.

In the evening of this day, the government and business parties still planned to have dinner together.

However, just when Fang Zhuo walked out of the conference room, secretary Liu Zonghong hurriedly stepped forward and whispered a surprising news.

——Lehman Brothers, a well-known American investment bank, released a short-selling report on the listed company Yike.

Lehman Brothers? Short Yike?

Fang Zhuo was at a loss when he heard the news.

Which Lehman Brothers?

Is it the Lehman Brothers that went bankrupt during the financial crisis?

Lehman, if I don’t destroy your property properly, what are you doing here, brother?

Is it because of the little friction with Lehman head Fuld at the New York Economic Institute charity dinner?

But... that friction is too small!

Is this what Fuld is like?

Fang Zhuo's confusion turned into laughter and laughter.

It’s okay for others to short Yike, this Lehman, this Lehman...

President Yike stopped and remained silent.

Secretary Liu Zonghong felt heavy in his heart, but he also guessed the boss's mood. After a few seconds, he continued with the second news: "Mr. Fang, Yike's stock price fell by 3% in response. Mr. Yu just called me." Come here, but I didn’t pick up because you were in the conference room, do you want to go back?”

Fang Zhuo waved his hand and said thoughtfully: "No hurry, where is Lehman's report?"

Liu Zonghong replied: "It has just been sent to the mailbox. It has not been analyzed yet. The notebook is in the bag. Mr. Fang, at this time..."

At this time, we are negotiating cooperation with the leaders of Shanghai City, and it seems that it is not appropriate for the bad news to be known.

"Well, Lehman, ha, cough..." Fang Zhuo laughed unconsciously and continued, "It's okay. I'll take a brief look when I get in the car. Leader Zheng and Leader Qiu are familiar with each other. Besides, I don't want to hide this. I can’t hide it, it just so happens that if I cry about being poor again, I can get us some more discounts.”

Liu Zonghong felt relieved when he saw his boss's relaxed attitude, but he was still a little heavy.

This is none other than the famous Lehman Brothers who wants to short Yike!

It is one of the five major investment banks on Wall Street!

The other party's move seemed to be menacing!

I really can’t help but worry about this!