Reinventing the Millennium

On December 2, the weather in Shanghai was sunny and it was a suitable day for public activities.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Fang Zhuo and city and district leaders jointly unveiled the new headquarters at No. 333, Lujiazui Ring Road, and held discussions on how to build an internationally renowned brand.

In addition, the leaders signed a strategic framework cooperation agreement with Yike on behalf of the city. The two parties reached a consensus on jointly promoting the development and application of cloud computing and big data in various fields in Shanghai.

Just yesterday, Yike officially announced the launch of its own cloud computing platform "Yike Cloud", which will gradually provide basic cloud computing functions such as elastic computing, cloud storage, cloud servers, and databases.

Cloud computing is coming, Yike Cloud is coming.

The industry still has doubts about the application significance of cloud computing and "Yike Cloud", but this is not hindered by the repeated reports of many media, which believe that this is another major achievement of Yike technology research and development.

As for how big it is, you will naturally know it if you look at the silence of the other three giants and the applications of international manufacturers.

Dr. Wang Jian accepted an interview on behalf of "Yike Cloud" and confirmed that the first developer conference will be held in June next year. Before that, the main task of "Yike Cloud" is to completely connect the data of its own system.

Yike, Yigou, Yixin, Yike and Weibo, Sogou and other businesses under the YMS cluster will become the first batch of customers of "Yike Cloud".

It is easy to solve problems in your own family, and it can be regarded as the next step of "Yike Cloud" to test a larger range of alternative operations for customers.

New Year’s Eve party, cloud computing platform, opening of new headquarters, upcoming IPO of Yiguo, and even earlier the Double Eleven e-commerce promotion, various media found that Yike Department has good news materials from various angles recently. .

But the most interesting thing now is the listed market value of Tesco. For example, Baidu, one of the four giants, had an issue price of US$27 and a closing price of US$122.54. It was an astonishing increase. Tesco's performance is also worthy of attention.

At 8 o'clock in the evening on December 5, the Gemini headquarters was still brightly lit. Due to the time difference, it was 7 o'clock in the morning on the 5th in New York, which was almost the opening time.

Fang Zhuo was sitting in his new president's office on the 23rd floor, still feeling uncomfortable. Looking out of the floor-to-ceiling windows here, the scenery was different.

Another half hour later, he had just opened the files of Morningstar Semiconductor when he saw secretary Liu Zonghong walking in with a smile.

"Mr. Fang, Oriental Pearl's e-commerce advertisement has come on."

Fang Zhuo was a little surprised: "Didn't it say 10:30?"

"It took two hours to deliver goods over there..." Liu Zonghong said with a smile, "They didn't know that Tesco wanted to synchronize the two places."

"Okay, that's my intention." Fang Zhuo nodded, looked at the document, and asked casually, "Is the neighbor still here?"

"We are all waiting. Several departments have made dinner arrangements for the meeting." Liu Zonghong said about Tesco's current collective mood. Everyone is waiting anxiously... a visual manifestation of wealth.

However, although the market has not yet opened, Tesco's stock price is destined to gap up and open. The issue price is US$24, which will already be US$35.

Liu Zonghong also noticed the emotions that appeared on Twitter.

“Seeing that Tesco is about to gap up and open, it feels like seeing the smiling face of a mysterious person.”

Tesco's gap opening was a serious one, but Yike's previous unreasonable gap opening still often reminds American financial elites. This time a company starting with the word "Yi" is listed, Wall Street will naturally know who the capital behind it is.

After listening to what his secretary relayed, Fang Zhuo felt that judging from the current situation, he would speed up his basketball practice in the near future to facilitate his comeback in an American stadium at some point in the future.

"Mr. Fang, do you think our listing price this time will be a little low? Now it's going to gap up and open. Is there a little problem with the underwriters?" Liu Zonghong seemed to be paying attention when he saw his boss drinking tea. I asked this without putting it on the file.

"It's not bad." Fang Zhuo probably knew what the secretary meant, referring to the underwriter's low-price issuance and distribution rebates. "It will definitely continue to rise today, but it probably won't rise too much. After all, Amazon has just reached US$80 billion."

Amazon's growth momentum this year is very good. It has increased by 35% in the past ten months. However, this time, Tesco, known as the "Amazon of the East", will have its limits no matter how popular it is.

In addition, Amazon's cloud computing is receiving more and more attention, but Yigou has no research in this area. Instead, Yike has taken over cloud computing, which will limit its current market value.

As for the big and small Mo, the reports Fang Zhuo heard were within a relatively normal range.

Liu Zonghong nodded and smiled again: "Sina released a headline report about 'China's No. 1 Business Woman'. I wonder if Mr. Su can see it in the United States."

Su Wei's resume is also very clear in the industry. From teacher to medical department to Yike and then to taking charge of E-commerce, she has been an extremely stable corner of the Yike department in the past ten years, and her presence does not seem to be that strong.

Or maybe it's because Fang Zhuo's presence is so strong that the industry pays more attention to the dynamics of the head of the Yike Department. Others, such as Weibo CEO Wang Xing, are more likely to be noticed by the media, but Su Wei is particularly special. Low profile.

This time, with the listing of Tesco, it seems that it will become one of the few companies with high market capitalization in China. Her past efforts in the field of e-commerce have been praised.

Of course, such reports cannot avoid praising the head of Yike for his keen eye for talents.

"She doesn't know if she can, but I've seen it. I'll send her a letter later." Fang Zhuo smiled, "I also saw some people think I'm lucky. When I started my business, I found so many capable people at once. people."

At the beginning, with the entrepreneurship and early participation of people, the top ones such as Su Wei took charge of Tesco, Xu Keden joined the board of directors of Yike, Zhou Xin took charge of the medical department, and the lower ones such as Sun Qi, Hu Meili and others also took charge of one side.

Well, let’s not mention the ones that were sent in as well.

"How did Ali come up with the Eighteen Arhats, how did Penguin come up with the Five Tigers, how did Yi Ke come up with..." Liu Zonghong wanted to say "Gemini" but subconsciously felt it was inappropriate, and smiled, "Elite soldiers and tough generals... everyone is lucky." It's all good."

Fang Zhuo stretched himself. He really couldn't read Morningstar Semiconductor's professional report today.

He took two steps, looked at the Oriental Pearl Tower in the distance, and said: "Morningstar has come up with a pretty good entry-level chip solution this time. The domestic mid- to low-end market next year is worth looking forward to. If they can come up with it early, where will it be?" There are so many things.”

Liu Zonghong didn't say anything this time. Chenxing just couldn't take it out... However, if he did take it out, it might not be so troublesome.

"Morning Star's naming this time is a bit interesting. The 'Starlight' series of chips must compete with MediaTek." Fang Zhuo was thinking in his mind, looking at the scenery of the new district, and suddenly felt a little emotional, "Everyone is a resultist. hero."

Liu Zonghong was just about to chime in when he heard the boss's next words.

"But I'm about the same." Fang Zhuo shook his head.

Liu Zonghong closed his open mouth.

"Let's go next door." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "If there are good results, it should be lively."

The Gemini headquarters is connected by corridors, which is very convenient for business exchanges.

When Fang Zhuo showed up at Tesco, there was a lot of laughter and cheers. Some were using their mobile phones to check information, some put their computer screens high for everyone to watch, and some were more senior and were chatting lively about the past few years. Development history.

"Mr. Fang!"

"Mr. Fang is here!"

"Mr. Fang, tell us a few words!"

As soon as Fang Zhuo came out, he was surrounded. Some employees quickly picked up their mobile phones to capture the iconic moment of Tesco's listing and Mr. Fang's appearance, and then immediately shared it on Weibo.

"Everyone's T-shirts look great..." Fang Zhuo found it hard not to notice this.

Tesco employees are obviously very united. The "richest man's style" they wear is not just a shirt, but a sign of unity.

After Fang Zhuo said this, he paused and asked strangely: "Eh? Don't you applaud? Shouldn't it be that whatever I say now should immediately give rise to warm applause?"

Warm applause and laughter immediately came together.

"I know everyone is very excited, but there is no need to be so excited." Fang Zhuo stretched out his hand and pressed it, and said seriously, "There is a saying that goes well, there will be bread, there will be milk..."

He suddenly stopped and pretended to be surprised: "Oh, we are going to distribute bread and milk today, right? Well, please feel free to be excited, we have to go to work tomorrow."

have to work tomorrow!

But I don’t know who opened the secret champagne and boldly attacked the big boss.

Fang Zhuo was caught off guard and a little helpless to accept everyone's excitement.

When he sat in the president's office on the 23rd floor of Tesco, new and clean clothes were brought over.

There is a media live broadcast on Nasdaq in New York, but the live broadcast on Tesco is through the conference system. President Su Wei is already being interviewed and delivering a speech.

"Today, Tesco is listed on Nasdaq, which is a recognition of the value of our company's operation."

"E-Gou can raise more than US$2 billion and continue to expand operations and increase market share. This will become a virtuous cycle."

"In Tesco, customers come first. The logic of Tesco's existence and development is to provide value to customers. We will provide whatever they need."

"The convenient shopping process, perfect after-sales guarantee, and extremely fast delivery speed have made us the most popular e-commerce company in the East."

"In the future, we will continue to provide value to customers, because this in itself is creating business value and creating long-term business value."

"Thank you to every Tesco employee, our investors, and our partners."

Su Wei faced many cameras, her formulaic expression suddenly became vivid, and her smile became more real: "Thank you also to Mr. Fang Zhuo, the chairman of Tesco."

She continued: "E-commerce has encountered many problems in its past development, but we have an excellent solution, which is to chant the spell - Expecto Patronum."

"OK, Tesco's patron saint will appear, and Mr. Fang will be able to solve the problem."

"Thank you, Mr. Fang, for the problems that have arisen and been solved, for the problems that have arisen but have not yet been solved, and for the problems that have not yet arisen but will arise. Your presence has jointly promoted the development of Tesco."

"E-commerce has entered a new stage, and we will continue to move forward and make progress forever."

Su Wei ended her listing speech.

Fang Zhuo listened to these words on the other side of the ocean and asked with some confusion: "Is this also a word in the manuscript?"

"Definitely not, at least not the God-calling Guard." Liu Zonghong said.

Calling the Guardian is the Patronus Charm in "Harry Potter". It seems to be Mr. Su's improvisation, and it may be reminiscent of the mysterious man's Avada Kedavra.

As for what the media and the financial elite who were killed by Avada think about it, it is unknown.

"Well...she revised the manuscript so many times and gave several speeches in advance." Fang Zhuo knew that Teacher Xiao Su attached great importance and nervousness, and knew that she was looking for a perfect performance in front of the media, but he did not expect to add words on the spur of the moment.

Liu Zonghong paid more attention to the time, and the market opened in five minutes.

Although I don’t have an option on Tesco, I am still a little nervous and want to smoke.

New York, USA, December 5, 9:30 am, Nasdaq opened.

As China's first large-scale comprehensive e-commerce platform listed in the United States, Tesco, with an issue price of US$24, opened with a gap of US$35, and then continued to rise, once reaching US$51 and then falling back, finally closing at US$44.8.

In other words, Tesco’s market value reached US$28 billion on the first day.

This not only made Fang Zhuo a little surprised by the pursuit of Tesco by American investors, but also caused a stir among the media who were paying attention to Tesco's listing performance.

With Tesco's performance...it seems like another boss-level existence has appeared.

Generally speaking, his already stable position as the richest man may be more difficult to shake.

For Tesco employees, this wave of wealth creation was very successful, and everyone received milk and bread.

For Tesco investors, this is... nothing to say. I cried with joy. I have truly become a friend of time.

And for Ali and Penguin... it's not good news.

The listing of Tesco will obviously make greater efforts to catch up in the e-commerce field, and Alibaba's Taobao will face greater pressure.

The situation facing Penguin... The most intuitive thing is that Yixin's second brother has made a fortune, and the funds in the system are probably running more smoothly.

Yi Xin: Brother, give me some money to spend, what? Let me find the second brother, okay, second brother, give me some money to spend.

At a time when Penguin wants to take advantage of the high-cost marketing of the Spring Festival Gala, the increase in the strength of the Yike Department has really made matters worse.

Many online and offline media reported intensively on Tesco's performance on Nasdaq on the first day. In addition to praising the leadership of Su Wei, the female president, she was also officially awarded the honorary title of "Fifth of the Four Giants". It is believed that Tesco will become the fifth giant in China sooner or later.

"Alibaba's market capitalization is only over 10 billion US dollars. Who is the fifth giant?"

"In my opinion, YBTY looks better than YBAT, at least it's more symmetrical."

"No, the target of this wave of listings of Yiguo is still Penguin. Ali's Taobao can be listed at any time. Looking at the market value of Yigu and Baidu, Ali is still in third place. If Penguin loses the communication competition this time, I'm afraid it will The growth rate of market value cannot match that of Tesco, so it’s YBAY!”

According to Zhihu’s argument, a new fifth giant was born, and it is Pengcheng Penguin.