Reinventing the Millennium

Mr. Fang’s Weibo came to life on the first day of 2008 in the Gregorian calendar, which attracted many onlookers.

Including Weibo officials also noticed the movement of this special account, and quickly and quietly launched a new emoticon of "little yellow duck".

Come on duck, what kind of duck is it? I don’t know, but it’s probably not a big problem if I stick to the cute style.

When Fang Zhuo was halfway through interacting with domestic netizens with great interest in Silicon Valley, batches of little yellow ducks suddenly appeared in the comment area, which... actually showed that his godson was not annoying.

The Weibo comment area is not too complicated. Apart from various greetings, there are mainly three genres of questions.

——When will Yike mobile phone be launched in China?

——When will Weibo acquire the dating network?

——Why did the fund shorting Lehman rollover again?

"The mobile phone will be launched as soon as possible. I also want Mars to be tested by everyone. When there is definite news, I should be able to tell you in advance."

"What's the deal with acquiring a dating network? Weibo has an independent operations team, and I'm not responsible for making the final decision."

"The fund is being rolled over, because I think Lehman still has fireworks."

Fang Zhuo found that he really couldn't answer these questions in detail.

And after he got to know a little bit, he found out that after Penguin acquired Friends.com, it kept the brand operating independently. However, the booming development of Weibo made Penguin hesitate for a while and decided to completely merge Dating.com and Friends.com in December in order to seek Bigger growth in social media.

Judging from the current situation, Penguin, after acquiring Friends Network, has indeed become the number one in the acquaintance social track. However, the popularity of this track seems to have declined, and Penguin has not come up with any good solutions.

Fang Zhuo sighed after understanding this. He was very curious about how Penguin could solve this leap in social networking for all people. Unfortunately, dating networks did not seem to be able to turn things around, and traffic methods were not a panacea.

On the first day of January, in addition to interacting through Weibo, the head of Yike, who has been in a good mood recently, carefully looked at the reports from the company and the actual experiences of various Internet factions.

Naturally, people in the United States cannot shop online, but you can still take a look at the page design of Taobao.

After half a day of leisure, in the evening, Fang Zhuo, a fisherman, invited Mr. Yu to have dinner to relieve her busyness.

The eye-catching sales volume of Yike Mars does not mean that we can rest easy. On the contrary, everyone at Yike Company has become even busier after the Christmas holiday, especially Yu Hong. In her words, she can’t wait to handle official business with only three heads and six arms.

In addition to market performance and continuous publicity and promotion work, the work of the second generation Mars has actually been put on the agenda.

If nothing else happens, the conference will still be held in June, and the upgrades currently finalized include the GPS module, the upgrade of the rear camera from 2 million to 5 million, algorithm optimization of the front and rear cameras, etc.

According to internal estimates within the company, there will be competition for touch-screen phones this year, but the intensity may remain to be seen.

Yu Hong had been busy from the afternoon until eight o'clock without eating anything. She was not polite or polite in front of an acquaintance like Mr. Fang. She ate by herself until she was half full before she calmed down. She glared back at the boss and said, " I heard that domestic manufacturers are making moves?"

"Yes, seeing that our mobile phones are selling so well abroad and the Android system is open source, of course they are smart enough to try it." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "Lenovo mobile phones and Tianyu mobile phones have directly contacted Google. Inquire about the feasibility of installing Android system.”

Yu Hong thought: "From the perspective of the Android system, this is a good thing."

"It is indeed a good thing, but they are not very firm. It seems that they just tried it out and then stopped making any progress. It may also be related to the fact that several services cannot be used in China." Fang Zhuo said, "Or they are more optimistic about Microsoft's Wp and With Nokia's Symbian, we only fired the first shot, and we can't compare with those two companies in terms of momentum."

Yu Hong looked at Mr. Fang and guessed, "Is it possible that he is worried about you and Yike?"

"This is a possibility. After all, Yike and Android are too closely related, but it will not become a big problem. As long as our sales continue to rise, the Android system will have great appeal." Fang Zhuo replied.

Unlike Google's Android, the current Android company is independent, and Yike, one of the shareholders, is a mobile phone manufacturer that has been eliminated directly, which inevitably makes people worried.

However, Yu Hong has felt the attraction and several changes brought about by Mars sales in the past two days. In addition to handling company affairs, she also has a lot of energy to deal with the media and cooperation contacts with various small and medium-sized operators.

This kind of work intensity is much greater than before December.

"Schmidt will like your confidence." Yu Hong commented, "Now the media has reported the relationship between you and Schmidt, and the relationship between Yike and Google."

Fang Zhuoran.

Yu Hong pointed out what she observed: "Your expression started to become strange."

"It's nothing strange or not, it's just the honeymoon period." Fang Zhuo said disapprovingly, "What Google needs is a mobile phone to build the brand of Android system, and what Yike needs is to use the Android system to build the brand of our mobile phone. When Google To achieve the goal, it is possible for it to be used as a mobile phone."

"Schmidt also said his epitaph sincerely." Yu Hong said something that impressed her deeply at the celebration banquet. She really refreshed her impression at that time.

"Jobs talked about soul, and Schmidt talked about epitaph, so what? I also talked about self-innovation and maintaining progress." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "But I am still relatively true. If Yike Company can maintain progress In ten or twenty years, I might be the god of management in China."

Japan has a long-established god of management. In addition to his business achievements, he also lived long enough.

Just as Yu Hong was about to speak, she saw a call coming from Mr. Fang's cell phone. Immediately, his expression changed a little after receiving the call.

"how?"

Fang Zhuo shook his head slowly: "It's not about the mobile phone, it's Mr. Qiu who called. I heard that in two months, Taiji will be using the 40nm process technology."

Qiu Ciyun mentioned the news circulating in the industry that Taiwan Journal will take small-scale orders for 40nm general-purpose and 40nm low-power processes in early March, which also means that Taiwan Journal will have large-scale mass production of 40nm in the second half of the year.

Just as Bing Xin touched the back of the Taiwanese reporter, the latter ran forward again.

"Liang Mengsong will be able to join the ice core in the second half of the year." Yu Hong reminded of the good news.

Sure enough, Fang Zhuo showed a smile on his face and nodded: "Liang Mengsong joins, and his development must follow the Basic Law, but this is indeed worthy of my drink."

He was just about to pour himself a glass of red wine when the phone rang again, this time it was Stringer from Sony.

"The Yike mobile phone is really good. Congratulations to Mr. Fang. It seems that the Android system also has good prospects." Stringer called to express his congratulations and mentioned the Android system.

"We have just made some small achievements, and we still have to see if we can stabilize the Android system in the future. Jazz, if you don't make this call, I still want to call you." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "I have to put forward my sincere apology again. Invitation, I think it is a win-win situation for Sony Ericsson mobile phones to join the Android camp."

Yu Hong next to her was a little surprised. Is Boss Fang showing kindness?

However, Stringer on the other end did not take long to clearly refuse: "The development of Sony Ericsson mobile phones is continuing the department's plan, and I still respect their opinions."

Fang Zhuo felt a little regretful, and continued to chat with the old knight about a few other topics. He thanked him again for his congratulations before ending the call.

"What are you thinking about?" Yu Hong asked.

"I'm wondering which of these influential manufacturers will join Android first." Fang Zhuo mused, "Sony is Microsoft's WM, Nokia insists on Symbian, Apple is iOS, and Motorola and Samsung are almost at the same time. Note."

Yu Hong then considered this interesting idea, which may affect competition in the mobile phone industry this year.

Just as they were discussing this topic, Fang Zhuo received the third call tonight, from Schmidt, the temporary leader of the Iron Triangle.

When Fang Zhuo hung up the phone, he couldn't help but laugh: "It was quite lively to have a meal today. It seemed that many people were eating with us. Guess what Schmidt told me?"

"It can't be such a coincidence, right?" Yu Hong was surprised, "Is it about the mobile phone manufacturer?"

"Samsung contacted Schmidt and expressed its interest in the Android system." Fang Zhuo nodded, "But Samsung is unwilling to join the Pro Alliance and is unwilling to conduct cross-patent licensing."

Yu Hong looked at Mr. Fang's eyes and suddenly understood Samsung's confidence.

Samsung is willing to carry open source Android but is unwilling to enter the Pro Alliance patent framework of Yike and Google. It clearly knows that there are important touch screen patents in it, but it believes more in the value of the patents it owns.

Those values ​​can bypass the Pro Alliance and can be used to complete important authorizations with Yike.

Samsung is unwilling to share patents and only wants to maintain limited cooperation.

This was its response to Android at the beginning of 2008, and also its response to the sales of Yiko Mars.