Reinventing the Millennium

Fang Zhuo returned to Shanghai on the last day of August.

It is natural that Yike mobile phones are selling well in China, and some waves have not caused big ripples. Instead, the company has received enthusiastic calls from many channel dealers and many inquiries from friends about running the Android system.

The company once again reiterated the open source of the Android system and the significance of the PRO Alliance, and welcomed more friends to join the Android camp.

There are two companies that have been confirmed, one is Hanwang and the other is Meizu. They are expected to launch products equipped with Android system at the end of the year or the beginning of the year.

This may have more implications for companies on the sidelines.

Fang Zhuo is looking forward to the blooming of a hundred flowers in the Android camp.

As for competition with each other, from the foreseeable period of time, Yikedu has a strong advantage.

Before replying, Fang Zhuo also hosted a high-level meeting focusing on the future at Sina.

The news of the launch of Yike mobile phone is still in our ears. Sales volume exceeding one million is already in front of us. Is the future of tens or even hundreds of millions of users still far away?

This will definitely have a profound impact on the Internet industry.

Fang Zhuo has said similar things on different occasions, but this time at Sina, the board of directors was held first and then the executive meeting was held. This was an expression of indifference. The next step for Sina's development is to actively embrace the mobile Internet.

In the past few years, Fang Zhuo, who has acquired Sina in good faith, has expressed his respect for Sina's management with practical actions and rarely interferes in the actual operations of the company.

However, this time the formation was very serious and had the tone of setting the tone.

After the executive meeting, the level of communication between Fang Zhuo and CEO Wang Yan went even further, directly using the "ALL IN" rhetoric.

If today's Sina website is evaluated from the perspective of traffic, it is indeed lagging behind Penguin Portal, but its ten years of hard work in the content, especially the news field, is still the most professional in the country.

In particular, in August this year with "Watch the Olympics, go to Sina", it has gained new brilliance.

Fang Zhuo believes that characteristics like Sina cannot be wasted, and we must look forward to new developments in the mobile Internet era in a timely manner, making Sina a traffic depression in the next era, and making Sina the most dazzling headline in the next generation.

Of course, this still requires the foundation of a large amount of smart hardware, and is linked to the development of the Android camp next year.

Fang Zhuo talked a lot with Wang Yan to ensure that he could understand his intentions and determination.

When Fang Zhuo first took over Sina, he had a crucial communication with Wang Yan.

At that time, he made a statement - should he be an ordinary Sina CEO with no aspirations, or be a business strongman who could solve Sina's profit dilemma and lead Sina to create glory?

Now is the time to fulfill the second half.

As long as Sina seizes the opportunity of ALL IN mobile Internet, his CEO will be a figure that Sina and even China Internet must write more about.

The communication between the two was generally smooth.

Wang Yan only asked the question at the end: "Mr. Fang, you actually think that Sina is not brilliant enough now?"

Sina has a portal website that remains at the forefront, a vibrant social platform, and online games with high reputations. It is a company that needs to add an S to go from the Three Musketeers of the Internet to BAT.

Wang Yan is quite satisfied with Sina today. He still remembers the time when he was struggling to earn advertising fees.

Fang Zhuo was very emotional: "Since I became the chairman of Sina, there has been a saying that I don't care about Sina and that Sina is just my godson. This is complete nonsense. I treat Sina as my own!"

He added: "Brother Wang, you have done a good job. It's not that Sina is not brilliant enough. Who doesn't want his own son to be more brilliant?"

Wang Yan thinks it makes sense. Mr. Fang is definitely not the kind of person who is distant and distant.

Sina's next development will take time, and strategic awareness is the first thing to build.

Fang Zhuo planned to have another communication with Wang Yan and others before the Spring Festival, and also take a look at their internal arrangements for Sina.

When people return to Shanghai, a dense schedule immediately appears in front of them.

This trip to the capital was more or less like a vacation in conjunction with the Olympics. He had a few days to watch the games live, but his family basically witnessed the entire Olympics, which was the first time it was held in China, and they were much more involved.

In the first week of September, I need to fly to Hong Kong. Morningstar Semiconductor is about to go public. As a shareholder and partner, Fang Zhuo happily accepted the invitation. I am very happy to see that Morningstar has reached a new stage of development.

However, it is a little regrettable that MediaTek seems to have made progress in the field of TV chips, and Morningstar's competitive pressure is further increasing.

And the mobile phone chip, which Morningstar regards as an important opportunity for transformation...

Qualcomm has officially initiated an internal project to create a mid- to low-end product.

Yike mobile phone Mars2 continues the best-selling momentum of the previous generation, which consolidates the relationship between the iron (3+1) angle. The cooperation between Qualcomm, Yike and Bingxin is still in the sweet period, not to mention, Fang Zhuo also helped introduce the intention to change Product positioning customer Huawei.

Unlike Morningstar and MediaTek, which are stumbling on chip development, Qualcomm is very confident and does not think this is a difficult task.

In response to such a situation, even if the two heads of Morningstar and MediaTek met and communicated in person, Fang Zhuo could only do business. It was not that he had not been given a chance, but the chance was indeed time-limited.

On the evening of September 3, after a busy day, Fang Zhuo came home and was just about to relax when he suddenly received a call from an American golf friend.

Austin, a golf friend, was a friend introduced by Geithner at the New York Fed. Like Lu Peining, a core staff member of O'Brien, he can basically be regarded as Geithner's spokesperson.

On the phone, Austin enthusiastically invited the party to practice golf again when he had time. By the way, he also talked about the increasingly disturbing atmosphere in the U.S. financial market. Everyone seemed to have lost their way.

But he also said that he is very confident in the determination of the current administration to stabilize the situation, and important companies like Fannie and Freddie will definitely have stable prospects.

When the phone call ended, Su Wei noticed that Fang Zhuo was thoughtful and asked, "What good thing makes President Fangda so dazed?"

"It's really a good thing. Some people want me to close the net." Fang Zhuo thought, "However, I am wondering whether Geithner will get a good position by November, and he has begun to avoid suspicion. "

Xiao Ao avoided it earlier, and Lu Peining became a member of the mobile phone address book a few months ago.

But Austin is different. This is the first time the two have had more formal communication.

Su Wei heard this so-called closing of the net and asked, "Is this too vague? Is it really a signal?"

"I talked to Geithner about the two houses last time." Fang Zhuo shook his head slightly, "They know better than me what this golf club does, but they are still happy. Austin will not come to me for no reason. This is a tacit understanding.”

He added: "I asked Kong Yu to meet with Austin again in the United States to talk about it. We may not be able to elaborate on it on the phone."

Last time I talked with Geithner about the rumor that the United States was taking over Fannie and Freddie, it was partially denied at the time. Now, it is most likely a belated verification.

Fannie and Freddie will not be allowed to go bankrupt.

Accordingly, when the two companies began to be taken over, the Lehman moment was not far away.

Fang Zhuo went to the study to contact Kong Yu, who was in New York, and briefly and implicitly mentioned the possible change in the situation. This was a signal from a high-end customer, and the authenticity was quite high.

Kong Yu has been in charge of the operations of the MIGA fund department from last year to this year. At this time, his tone sounded like "it's finally over". He also didn't say much on the phone, but said steadily that he would do his job well. .

Fang Zhuo put down the phone and thought about the next situation for a while.

Once Lehman collapses, you can ask the companies on the acquisition list one by one. Just like Morningstar Semiconductor, which is just around the corner, it will encounter a series of bad news, and the attitude of Germany's investment promotion will probably be different. .

However, the ice core still needs to maintain a low-key development, and it can stay low-key as long as it can.

Fang Zhuo's thoughts kept coming and going, and finally he couldn't help but pick up his cell phone and call Liang Mengsong, who had quietly joined Luzhou Bingxin.

"Dr. Liang..." Fang Zhuo paused after talking on the phone, and then said the usual greetings, "How are you in Luzhou? Are you getting used to it?"

"Very good, it can't get better than now." Liang Mengsong still sounded energetic late at night, "The foundation of the Ice Core Wafer Factory is very good. Except for the technical ability, Mr. Qiu is good at everything else."

Fang Zhuo: "..."

He pretended not to have heard such comments about the CEO as soon as he joined the company, and asked warmly: "Dr. Liang, if you have any problems in life or work, you can tell me as soon as possible."

"Mr. Fang, you don't need to worry about life issues. The basics of ice core are good, but there is still a long way to go with Taiwanese reporters." Liang Mengsong was not too polite, "But ever since Taiwanese reporters were replaced by Cai Lixing, they have been messing around. I heard The manpower optimization plan that we have been adhering to has changed, and we have begun to engage in disguised layoffs, which is a good opportunity for us.”

The manpower priority plan is an internal policy of Taiji. It provides special management to the last 4% of employees in performance appraisals to help them progress and improve the company's human quality. It is rare to actually lay off these people.

However, the Taiwan Journal led by Cai Lixing began to undergo changes that were different from those in the past.

Although Liang Mengsong has left Taiwan News, there is still the latest news.

He may be the one who cares most about Taiwanese journalists in Bingxin today.

"Hmm... I also heard some rumors, and there will be some follow-up in this regard." Fang Zhuo pondered, he is probably the second person in Bingxin who cares about Taiwanese reporters, and his focus is more specific, just to see if there is a suitable one. Talents can get to Luzhou.

"Very good, Mr. Fang, dig me just like you did." Liang Mengsong was very happy.

Fang Zhuo: "..."

Dr. Liang's words are indeed more straightforward.

But it can still be considered a compliment.

Fang Zhuo can understand Dr. Liang’s emotions during the two-year non-compete agreement and believes that he can turn these into a steady stream of motivation for progress.

It was getting late at night, and Dr. Liang quickly said that he would continue to sort out some research, without any intention of continuing to be polite.

Fang Zhuo let Dr. Liang go, thinking that Ice Core can close the process gap by at least half a generation next year, and after 40nm, the master and apprentice may be able to work hard in the second half.

Eleven o'clock at night.

When Fang Zhuo stood up and prepared to rest, there was a sudden call from Yu Hong on the mobile phone in his pocket.

"It's probably bad news." Yu Hong's tone was solemn. "Five minutes ago, Taiwan Journal and SMIC reached a settlement again. Mr. Zhang announced his resignation as SMIC CEO. This may be one of the conditions for the settlement."

There is no sound on the phone.

Yu Hong waited for twenty seconds: "Hello, Mr. Fang?"

"It's probably good news to hear bad news that doesn't come from Yike." Fang Zhuo let out a breath.

Yu Hong could hear the feeling of joy in hardship and said slowly: "I happen to be in Washington State and will help keep an eye on the latest news. You probably need to use the phone now, so I won't say anything."

"Yeah." Fang Zhuo didn't say much, and he wasn't even in the mood to ask about the latest U.S. market situation of Yike Mars2.

He held the phone and found Mr. Zhang's number. He thought about it over and over again but never dialed it.

Two minutes later, a message from Mr. Zhang was suddenly received on the phone.

"I'll take a flight back to China later. See you in Shanghai."

Fang Zhuo only replied with one word: "Okay."