Reinventing the Millennium

Fang Zhuo was sitting in his office and saw Fuld's interview statement from the Internet.

He was deeply shocked.

Is this still the head of Lehman nicknamed Gorilla?

"I'm really wronged Fuld." Fang Zhuo sighed while turning the screen to Mr. Yu Hongyu opposite.

Yu Hong read the news reports carefully and had only one feeling: "How bad is Lehman's current situation?"

"Ever since the previous few people loosened financial restrictions, Lehman's business has been on the edge of risk. This is the logic behind its massive profits in the past few years." Fang Zhuo feels that he can write a book on Lehman's affairs in the future. "The continued increase in risks has exceeded Lehman's tolerance, and the non-performing assets on its books should be quite large."

"CDO, CDS, CMBS, well, as far as I know, many of the CDS acquired by Lehman are project insurances that have already defaulted. Looking at it this way, such a speculative Lehman deserves it no matter what the final result is."

Fang Zhuo has a lot of Lehman data in his mind, some of which are real, and some of which are speculations from Kong Yu's team. Lehman still has some methods that can be used, but no matter how you look at it, it is difficult to escape the avalanche of stock prices.

As for whether Lehman will die or whether there will be any changes, I can only say that there is little hope.

Moreover, several trusts that came out to speak out this time because the funds behind the New York Economic Exchange were named, they were merciful. At least they have not adjusted their ratings of Lehman, which can be regarded as a small deterrent.

Yu Hong went through the logic in her mind and vaguely knew that Mr. Fang, in addition to publicly shorting Lehman, had really made a lot of money through fund raising as Fuld said.

She doesn’t pay much attention to this aspect and focuses all her energy on preparations for the launch of Mars.

But soon, Yu Hong received a somewhat related task.

"In mid-September, BOE's deputy general manager will come to New York. Please greet him when he arrives." Fang Zhuo mentioned the news from domestic manufacturers.

Yu Hong was a little surprised: "From BOE? What are you doing in New York?"

Fang Zhuo pondered, what should I answer? Come on? Come to insert the knife?

Previously, he promised BOE's Wang Dongsheng to help him find connections with the U.S. judiciary and talk about the investigation of the LCD Alliance. Now he has found a clear path through the context behind the New York Economic Institute.

If all goes well, BOE will have to stop its losses in the face of the U.S. investigation into monopoly practices.

Seeing Mr. Fang's hesitation, Yu Hong said simply: "Okay, there's no need to tell me, I'm not interested in this either. He's in the middle of the month, and you're going back to China on the 13th, right?"

Fang Zhuo nodded. He was going back to China to see the last step of 65nm mass production of ice cores. This was the beginning of competition between ice cores and major manufacturers.

In addition, I unexpectedly received a call from SMIC Jiang Shangzhou two days ago and wanted to make an appointment.

Fang Zhuo had great respect for Jiang Shangzhou, who was committed to the development of the domestic semiconductor industry. He had also dealt with Bingxin when he sought help from SMIC experts and had a good impression, so he met them all during this trip.

"Can't you wait for the pre-sale?" Yu Hong asked.

"It's all the same. I'm waiting for your good news at home, and I'll be back soon." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "With you, King Yi Kemei, in charge, I have nothing to worry about."

Ever since we connected with the operator, the optimization progress of Yike Mars has been very good. Now we are considering moving the pre-sale date to the end of September or early October. A preliminary look at the market reaction will give me some peace of mind.

Yu Hong said sincerely: "With regard to Mars, the King of the United States alone cannot do it. Without you, the chairman, to be on the front line, the cooperation between Yike and operators, Google or Sony would not be so smooth."

She witnessed firsthand Mr. Fang's efforts and attempts along the way, not only the company's authority issues, but also the ups and downs involved.

Fang Zhuo was slightly startled and said in surprise: "I thought you had long realized that the person standing in front of you was the King of Commerce, so you were so determined."

"Bah!" Yu Hong grabbed the documents on the table, "This time we are promoting the pre-sale with the operator. I have to compare it with the European market, otherwise, it will be somewhat unsuccessful."

She is the co-founder and has a background in marketing. Pan Ben from Europe turns out to be her younger brother. The cooperation framework that needs to be established has been laid. She must achieve better results in order to appease the difficulties along the way.

Fang Zhuo blinked: "It's okay. If you can't compete in terms of performance, you can secretly tell me that I will transfer him back to the country. It just so happens that there is a real shortage of people in the country."

Yu Hong glanced at Mr. Fang, unwilling to accept this seeming favoritism.

After she left the office, Fang Zhuo thought about the pre-sale for a while.

The European market is more complicated, but the U.S. market is not simple due to differences in different states. The former has 3G, which Deutsche Telekom has been working on for a long time, while the latter has T-Mobile's equipment deployment that needs to be strengthened.

If the two sides really want to differentiate themselves...

Fang Zhuo thought about it, but he still felt that Xiao Yu was more popular.

This is definitely the perspective of an objective and impartial third party.

Before returning to China, Fang Zhuo's schedule was not relaxing for a single day. He had to communicate with operators about the attitude of Mars pre-sales, confirm the Android system optimization schedule with Google, review the company's project cooperation with Stanford, and fly to New York maintains the fund's clients through two charitable events.

There is a team at Stanford that is doing research on PC-side photography optimization, and they are also interested in changing directions. After Fang Zhuo went there and generously donated money, the two parties established a cooperation mechanism based on the Android system's shooting algorithm.

From sensors to batteries to algorithms, Yike’s focus is also thinking about the direction of the next generation of evolution after Mars is initially polished.

On September 7, Fang Zhuo arrived in New York and felt the pursuit of funds from small circles.

MIGA funds have been making profits. Especially after the small turmoil of Lehman Fuld, they have attracted the attention of funds with a keen sense of smell, and then some have entered through the relationship of several cooperative trusts.

Fang Zhuo is willing to attract funds, but he doesn't want to be too arrogant. The control of size also depends on his skills.

In addition to new customers, some special settings have been made for old customers.

Fang Zhuo took into account Xiao Ao's preparations for the increasingly popular campaign, upgraded his funds to a family fund, and set up a completely American fund shell. In name, this company was responsible for managing the family funds, and then transferred a few more funds. Dao voted to the MIAG department.

Of course, he also gave Representative Ao the option of quitting as soon as possible, but Representative Ao believed that any reasonable and legal business activities should be protected and respected.

Fang Zhuo respects Xiao Ao's respect.

The time to return to China was September 13. On this day, Fang Zhuo finally accepted an exclusive interview with Time Magazine and received an unexpected news from Google.

The interview with Time Magazine was about sportsmanship and business philosophy.

Fang Zhuo did not mix the two together this time.

The former is "higher, faster and stronger" for the Rockets.

The latter talks about Yike's purpose around "let the progress of technology and thinking be reflected in products, this is what we are doing".

If nothing else happens, "Times" will use Fang Zhuo's championship trophy in his left hand and Mars' selfie in his right hand as the cover this time, with the caption "Making Progress."

Fang Zhuo has become increasingly familiar with the contact and use of American media, and is looking forward to more results on Mars.

At three o'clock in the afternoon on the 13th, Fang Zhuo was about to return to China on his private jet Qingzi. At this time, Schmidt reported a new situation.

"South Korea's LG has made tentative contact with Google and has shown a certain interest in both the Open Handset Alliance and the Android system."

Fang Zhuo didn't panic when he heard the news before Mars was about to start pre-sale, but just commented: "This is a good thing."

"I think so too, but I asked Google to maintain a limited response." Schmidt said sincerely, "The most important thing for Android right now is to serve Yike Mars and make Mars a leader in the smartphone era. .”

Fang Zhuo half believed it.

Schmidt continued: "Google, Yike and T-Mobile are the template for business cooperation, and we will definitely be a well-deserved iron triangle."

Fang Zhuo only believes a quarter now.

"LG is willing to review the Android system, which is a good thing." He reiterated, "The release of Mars will definitely attract the attention of manufacturers. We are waiting for the pre-sale at the end of this month and the Christmas release, and LG will become more enthusiastic. "

"I hope so." Schmidt praised Mr. Fang's business leadership style.

Fang Zhuo ended the call with Schmidt.

With the exclusive interview and praise from Time Magazine, with partners’ estimates of Mars pre-sales, and with the open source Android system arousing the interest of LG manufacturers, the Qingzi returned to China and landed in Shanghai.

The first thing Fang Zhuo did when he arrived in Shanghai was to contact Jiang Shangzhou, who had made an appointment with him in advance.

However, Jiang Shangzhou had time, but the place where he made the appointment was the hospital ward.

"Mr. Fang, did what you said while drinking still count?" Jiang Shangzhou was wearing a white hospital gown, but he was in good spirits after seeing Mr. Fang.

Fang Zhuo helped this senior, who was exactly sixty this year, sit down and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Perhaps, in another place, he could talk about ice cores, semiconductors or SMIC more smoothly.