Reinventing the Millennium

Fang Zhuo and Ni Runfeng only communicated on the phone for a short time, but they made an appointment to talk in person the next day.

In principle, he supports everyone who starts a business in the Android field, and old friends are no exception.

Not only Lao Ni, but also Qingzi.

When we got home that night, the whole family first had a hearty meal, and then went back to the small home to stretch out a little bit, talk to each other about missing each other, and inevitably talk about company affairs.

However, Fang Zhuoyue, who had slept on the plane, said he felt more energetic, but Su Wei couldn't hold back the sleepiness and fell asleep first.

Fang Zhuo leaned on the bedside, turned on the desk lamp, and read the work report of the Wafer Service Alliance for half the night. He was not tired until three o'clock in the morning.

This also directly caused him to be half an hour late for his meeting with Keiko the next morning.

Yesterday he said "arrange it as soon as possible", and secretary Liu Zonghong really made arrangements immediately. Li Guoqing responded very quickly and directly said that he would arrive in Shanghai in the evening and it would be best to meet in the morning the next day.

However, Li Guoqing sat in Yike's president's office and waited for half an hour, feeling slighted.

When he saw Fang Zhuo hurriedly walking into the office, he couldn't help but put some emotion into his first sentence: "Mr. Fang is such a big arrogant person!"

"Qingzi, I'm so sorry." Fang Zhuozhen expressed his apology sincerely, "I didn't catch the jet lag yesterday, so I fell asleep late today. I'm sorry, I'm sorry."

Li Guoqing wanted to get angry, wanted to make a small fuss, but the expected winner's posture didn't seem to appear, and the unsound arrogance in his heart was automatically extinguished by seven points, and he only said angrily: "This isn't your first time, is it?" Stay with me."

"Then I'll give you a box of tea to express my apology." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "I'll also give you a new project suggestion. You can try projects related to the Android system."

"What? After acquiring Dangdang, you are still not satisfied. Let me do things in Android and let you do whatever you want?" Li Guoqing did not accept the suggestion.

Fang Zhuo said patiently: "Qingzi, I'm sincere. The prospects of the Android system are very good. I also made an appointment with a friend who wants to make an Android phone this afternoon. I only told you this because of our friendship."

"The Android system belongs to you. Doing things within this framework doesn't mean it's up to you to do whatever you want?" Li Guoqing insisted on this point.

Fang Zhuo could only sigh: "What you said is not unreasonable, but it is not easy to get to the point where you want me to deal with it."

Li Guoqing wanted to sneer, but couldn't.

Fang Zhuo stopped talking about Android, made a pot of tea with his own hands, and chatted about the past with this old friend.

"Qingzi, it was not my original intention to acquire Dangdang, and I never thought about what to do with Dangdang. At the beginning, I sincerely wanted to promote Dangdang to become China's Amazon."

Li Guoqing glanced at Mr. Fang and said simply: "Only you know whether you are sincere or false."

"If I wanted to do it at the beginning, I would just do Tesco. Why bother to invest in Dangdang? Why bother to help you find money? What can I get by taking this detour?" Fang Zhuo believes that this point must be clarified, and it can be considered as Complete friendship.

Li Guoqing could say it more simply this time: "Get a plane."

Fang Zhuo: "..."

Forget it, let’s stop talking about friendship. If we talk anymore, we might get into a fight.

He put down the tea cup and said simply: "Qingzi, tell me, why do you have to see me?"

Li Guoqing saw Mr. Fang's official business and felt that this was finally revealing his true face.

He asked back: "The acquisition of Dangdang is such a big deal, shouldn't we talk in person?"

Fang Zhuo was silent for ten seconds.

He then said: "Didn't you all talk about it? Is there anything else you want to talk about?"

Tesco and Dangdang have basically reached an agreement, and the purchase price is 2.7 billion Chinese dollars, which is considered a bargain price.

Because Dangdang now has warehousing construction that requires capital activation and continued investment, and a procurement and supply capital chain that needs to be re-operated. It is difficult to find happy buyers for such subsequent investment in the current financial crisis.

Li Guoqing also tried to find Ali and Penguin, but unfortunately, neither company carried out substantial negotiations.

One company believes that its Taobao mall should be a B2C platform, or it should stick to Taobao's successful asset-light experience.

One company believes that with the help of Dangdang, it will be difficult for Penguin to shift from the C2C of Paipai.com to the B2C of Tesco. The most active person hindering the expansion of Tesco should be Alibaba.

In this way, the happiest buyer is Tesco.

Although Li Guoqing was unwilling to do so, he had to respect reality.

If you really want to sell it, you should get the most money.

However, now sitting in front of Mr. Fang, he really couldn't control his emotions. He didn't talk about many things. This guy bought a plane and named it "Qingzi" and flew it around in the sky.

Every flight it takes is damage to its own soul and reputation!

Li Guoqing thought of this and said in a deep voice: "What else should we talk about? The first thing is that your plane must be renamed! It can no longer be called Qingzi!"

Hearing this, Fang Zhuo said helplessly: "So, rumors hurt people. That plane was never called Qingzi. It was called, uh, it was called 'A Little Expensive'. How could I be so boring and make fun of this?"

Li Guoqing frowned, thinking that the person involved would not deny it at this time, so he immediately continued: "The second thing is, no matter what the occasion, whether in public or private, you can no longer call me Qingzi."

Fang Zhuo was silent.

"You just said you wouldn't be this boring!" Li Guoqing pointed out the certainty of what he just said.

Fang Zhuo waved his hand: "I'm used to shouting, so do your best."

He didn't give the other person a chance to get entangled, and frowned: "If you come to me and say this, it's really a waste of our mutual time. I think you are also a free and easy person. Just sell it, sign and leave, and make a comeback. This way How nice is it to be neat and tidy?"

Li Guoqing stood up, stared at the person opposite him who made him unable to be free and easy, and said word by word: "Fang Zhuo, even though Dangdang has been sold this time, I still refuse to accept it!"

“If it weren’t for the financial crisis, Dangdang would not have been acquired!”

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly: "It's a chain reaction."

Li Guoqing continued to express his emotions: "If Xiong Xiaoge hadn't interfered, Dangdang wouldn't have been unable to find enough funds!"

Fang Zhuo was really shocked now. He had never heard what else Lao Xiong had done.

However, Lao Xiong is indeed a person with subjective initiative.

He still nodded in agreement: "Mr. Xiong is really not a good person."

Fang Zhuo now discovered a problem. People like Lao Xiong might take the blame for their actions sometimes. Qingzi's emotions were obviously more on his side.

Li Guoqing's emotions reached a high point: "If Dangdang is not acquired, can it be said that I will definitely not be as good as you?"

Life is so long, who knows when the rivers will be east and west?

Li Guoqing stared at Mr. Fang.

Fang Zhuo pondered over and over again. After all, he gradually became more sophisticated as his wealth grew. He nodded slowly and found an example: "Yes, Jiang Ziya only started his business when he was sixty years old. Don't be too hasty, there is still a chance."

"Are you saying that my success in starting a business again can only be a myth?" Li Guoqing read and understood.

Fang Zhuo discovered that as long as people are biased, they can distort anything.

He planned to end this communication and nodded directly: "Yes, Qingzi, I'm just waiting for you to stand in front of me after you succeed again. What does it matter now?"

Li Guoqing's trip was just to satisfy his own unwillingness. He turned around and left after hearing these words.

But before he walked out of the office, he said one last thing: "Dangdang employees are innocent."

Fang Zhuo replied: "Yes, I know. I see they are welcoming Master Wang on Weibo."

Li Guoqing's breath suffocated. When Dangdang has reached this point, its employees are by no means innocent!

He satisfied the sense of ritual of communicating with the other party's boss before selling himself to the company, no longer hesitated, and strode out of the office.

There are many opportunities in other industries!

There will be a day when we meet again!

Li Guoqing felt helpless. All the fatigue from the past period of time had receded, and the fire was burning in his heart again.

When he was about to walk out of Yike, he suddenly heard voices in the office next to him.

"President Fang said that the Qingzi is undergoing maintenance and the table will be refitted inside. That table is uncomfortable to use."

Li Guoqing paused. He just wanted to use the money to buy a plane and name it "Fangzihao". Fortunately, the current situation in his bank card effectively stopped this impulse.

He looked back at Yike's president's office and started moving forward again.

Only the winner deserves to buy a plane.

…

A friend he had just returned to the country to meet seemed to be very obsessive. Fang Zhuo wanted to persuade him but was afraid of adding fuel to the fire, so he had no choice but to let him go.

The country is so big. He once said he was willing to give Qingzi advice, and this sentence will always be valid.

However, I saw Ni Runfeng in the afternoon. He was in really good condition.

"I've always heard that this person gets old and loses energy easily after retirement. Lao Ni, why are you getting younger and younger as you live?" Fang Zhuo praised his old friend when they met.

"After retirement, I have more time and can see more things. The more I see, the more fresh the world becomes." Ni Runfeng is 64 years old, but he looks like an entrepreneur in his fifties.

"Have some tea, Lao Ni, you have improved." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "When I called you yesterday and heard the fighting spirit in your words, I felt that you are different from before."

"There is no difference. I just think the world is interesting and the development of technology is interesting. A few years ago, I never imagined that I could take selfies with a mobile phone, share the photos taken directly on the Internet, and interact with other people." Ni Runfeng said. Then, he took out a Mars2, demonstrated it directly, and took a photo of himself and Mr. Fang.

"Is Mars easy to use?" Fang Zhuo asked with a smile, "I found that since Yike released the mobile phone, many people who came to me have started to use Mars."

"This is a good thing. It's better than using apples in front of you." Ni Runfeng also smiled.

"I don't really care about this, I just find it interesting." Fang Zhuo thought for a while, "Didn't the idea of ​​making a mobile phone come out of the blue?"

Ni Runfeng came to meet the experts today and still cherishes this opportunity.

He knew that Mr. Fang was very busy, and even though they were friends with each other, he might have something urgent to do at the next moment, or he might have to go abroad, so he didn't exchange too many pleasantries, and simply expressed his thoughts on Android phones.

"Android phones can be successful, and Yike has proven this."

"I won't argue with you about the prospects of Android. I have been observing the mobile phone industry for more than half a year, and I have initially talked with someone to see if I can build a small team."

"I may have to thank Yike for this. After August this year, it became much smoother for me to find someone to talk about entrepreneurial projects."

"The director of Tianyu Mobile, the vice president of Lenovo Mobile, ZTE's hardware guy, and Gionee's system research guy. Well, we have gathered some defeated soldiers, but they all still have some energy and feel like they can give it a try."

Ni Runfeng's idea did not stay in his mind, he had already tried it.

This year, domestic mobile phone manufacturers have been beaten badly by foreign brands, and they have witnessed the explosion of Yike mobile phones. Both their work and mood are extremely complicated. Some are just getting by in the company, while others want to actively try different changes.

Ni Runfeng retired from Changhong with dignity and belongs to the successful seniors.

In Shanghai, he took the lead in setting up a loose discussion group in the past six months to regularly discuss the situation of various manufacturers, including but not limited to hardware, design, patents, etc. Moreover, thanks to his son Ni Boren's work at Yike, Work, many discussions are meaningful.

"Lao Ni, you have experienced ups and downs. You didn't rush to catch me and do it." Fang Zhuo believed that Lao Ni could save up the conditions and said with a smile, "There are capable people in domestic brands who really jump out of the original framework and observe carefully. This is a good thing, but I still have to say that everyone is welcome on Android."

Ni Runfeng nodded. He believed that Mr. Fang was sincere and was not being polite.

He asked a few questions about the cost of mobile phone hardware, and also asked about the Yike mobile service that he had heard about from his son, who had just learned about it last night.

Fang Zhuo answered Lao Ni’s question very transparently. However, there are some things that the start-up team cannot do. Not to mention the huge R\u0026D investment, such as Qualcomm’s best chips, Yike and other companies purchase them at the same price. Regarding Royalties are also completely different things.

After talking like this for two hours, Ni Runfeng gained a lot.

He offered tea instead of wine and sincerely thanked Mr. Fang.

"Mr. Fang, there is something else that I don't know whether to say or not." Ni Runfeng had a small request at the end.

Fang Zhuo motioned to Lao Ni to continue.

"I wonder if I can poach Ni Boren to work on my supply chain?" Ni Runfeng said with a smile.

"Haha, you left your son here to practice leveling, and now you can take it back after he's done training, right?" Fang Zhuo laughed, "It's a nice story for a father and son to go into battle, but whether he goes or not, I don't care. I will persuade you."

Ni Runfeng was quite confident: "I should be able to persuade him, and it would be considered as my own responsibility."

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly and did not ask Lao Ni about the entrepreneurial funds. He believed that he had the face and ability to obtain funds.

"Talk to your son and let me know what the outcome is."

Ni Runfeng thanked Mr. Fang again.

"I hope there are some familiar faces in Android. This is indeed a good opportunity." Fang Zhuo said, "However, if we want the brand to last, we still need firm and sustained investment in the technology field."

"I'll try to see if I can survive first, and we'll talk about future investment." Ni Runfeng stood up and shook hands.

Fang Zhuo saw this old friend off.

That same night, he received another call from Lao Ni.

Lao Ni acted quickly and dug as he was told. When he got home in the evening, he talked with his son about new opportunities. However, many of the words he prepared were choked by Ni Boren's words.

"Being alone? I will be alone in Yike from now on. Poach me? Do you think you are Mr. Fang?"