Reinventing the Millennium

It's no secret that Sony is selling properties.

In fact, in addition to this relatively iconic building in New York, it has started a momentum of sales around the world and has further gained votes from the secondary market.

The fraud by Japanese companies has not yet come to an end, and the Tokyo stock market is still strangled by bulls and bears. However, with Fang Zhuo's return to China, Kong Yu basically has only the last few tasks left and can just sit back and watch.

Fang Zhuoren arrived in Shencheng, took a break and thought about how to deal with the complex situation.

This time around, an important reason for Bingxin is that it was affected by the election campaign and was used as an attackable topic. In addition, it is indeed sensitive, so there is a tendency for a storm to come.

On December 13, Bingxin made preliminary contact with Goldman Sachs. As a result, Goldman Sachs responded enthusiastically and believed that it was a good time for Bingxin to go public.

In other words, no matter when Bingxin is willing to fulfill its listing commitment, it will probably be a good time. If it is delayed further, the situation will worsen, and the investment will be really locked in.

Regarding the listing, Bingxin needs to proceed in a decent manner. Fang Zhuo also plans to go to Beijing again at the end of the month to talk about foreseeable competitive risks.

The next day, he received an old friend of China Unicom, Vice President Wu Yunjun, at the new district headquarters, which can be regarded as playing some of the functions of the head of Yike.

The time is about to enter the new year of the Gregorian calendar. Looking back, a lot of energy this year is increasingly focused on ice cores. However, it was recognized that the Penguin was defeated in the first half of the year, and it still exerts a huge influence today.

Wu Yunjun is probably a small part of this influence.

When he met Mr. Fang, he was very sincere and talked about his changes within China Unicom.

"Mr. Fang, after the first half of the year, I will take your mobile Internet development concept, take that 'subversion', and give the example of mobile phone login and registration, hey, guess what?"

"I have become the biggest reformist within China Unicom without realizing it!"

Wu Yunjun laughed with some indescribable taste.

Fang Zhuo smiled when he heard his description.

What this mentioned was a very typical change in promotion details from the Internet to the mobile Internet. He had talked with Mr. Wu before and was greatly praised by the latter, so he gave this "observation" to the other party.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Wu actually used this as an example within China Unicom, and it actually produced some results.

"Mr. Wu, those are irrelevant. The most important thing to be a leader is strategic thinking. Just because you insisted on promoting investment in Yixin and did not refuse to discuss mobile Internet with us, you deserve to be considered a 'renovator' Good reputation." Fang Zhuo smiled.

"Hey, you guys are so easy to believe, it's really..." Wu Yunjun thought for a few seconds and described it accurately, "It's really fierce, it always feels faster than during the Chinese New Year."

"It's not bad. The main reason is that the mobile Internet is developing rapidly. We still rely on growing the overall cake." Fang Zhuo said seriously, "The supply chain has matured, costs have come down, and entry barriers are low. Although manufacturers compete It has become bigger, but the consumer base has actually expanded, and they have also benefited.”

Wu Yunjun was convinced and mentioned the news he saw when he came here today: "Yes, once the supply chain matures, anyone can make a mobile phone. I think 360 will jointly make smartphones."

Not only 360, but also Penguin, Alibaba and Baidu have launched investment, OEM and co-branded mobile phone hardware businesses.

According to many sources close to these giants, they had no choice but to make an attempt in this regard because they really couldn't stand being involved in this kind of business.

Anyway, it is really not difficult to make a mobile phone now. The system is open source and the supply chain is mature. Just give it a try.

"It is a good thing that the market is blooming. Without competition, there will be no motivation." Fang Zhuo said calmly, "360 also needs a story that can be told."

Wu Yunjun smiled and said thoughtfully: "Mr. Fang, China Mobile is very aggressive in the entry-level mobile phone market. You know this, right? Huawei and OPPO have a lot of cooperation."

"I saw a few lines on the document, but I didn't understand it in depth." Fang Zhuo told the truth that this aspect was not Yike's focus.

Yike is now mainly divided into three parts, one is the mobile phone business, the second is the system ecosystem, and the third is the cloud computing business. The specific subdivisions include supply chain, chip design, etc., but the overall situation is clear.

As for the entry-level phone, it has the radiation of YMS itself and the acquisition of shares of Kesheng Mobile. It also depends on whether Kesheng Mobile can be used with Morningstar chips to achieve results.

"Mr. Fang, you are a busy man. Let's take it for granted. We always feel that competing for customers of entry-level phones is still very important." Wu Yunjun said his official intention, "I mentioned it to Mr. Liu and Mr. Qi twice before, but they didn't I would like to give you an accurate confirmation, that is, if Yike can provide us with a special brand offer for China Unicom, it can also support the competitiveness of our grassroots market."

Fang Zhuo was a little surprised: "China Mobile can cooperate with Huawei and OPPO. What can't China Unicom do? Are they afraid of overselling?"

Huawei used to make mobile phones as OEMs for overseas brands, and it has a lot of experience in this area. Now it is focusing on its own brand of mobile phones in the domestic market. It will naturally not let go of customized phones for operators. It also needs continuous iteration to accumulate technology and experience.

"China Mobile has entered into an exclusive agreement." Wu Yunjun said helplessly.

"It stands to reason that the quality requirements are not high." Fang Zhuo said seriously, "It is really not in line with the strategic plan for us to specialize in customized machines for operators."

The brand positioning that Yike has finally achieved is naturally not a small gain.

But Fang Zhuo didn't think this was a problem, and recommended: "Meizu and Kesheng, these mobile phone brands are also very good. I believe their quality can beat this field."

"Who can achieve immediate results like Yike's golden sign?" Wu Yunjun said the biggest reason.

Fang Zhuo laughed and had no intention of changing his attitude. There was really no need for Yike to intervene. No wonder Qi He and Liu Qiangdong didn't even report it.

"In this case, Mr. Wu, Kesheng Mobile is now our subsidiary. You can ask someone to talk to them. Its mobile phones have self-designed chips from Morningstar Semiconductor, and they are constantly iterating."

"The performance of Morningstar chips is average right now. We at Yike are currently discussing whether to make a castrated version of Zhurong chips in the name of Morningstar, which can be regarded as decentralization in disguise."

The acquired Morningstar Semiconductor has worked very hard in chip design, but the results are not very good, if not bad.

Kesheng mobile phones currently have a mediocre response in the market.

In the second half of this year, as the situation of ice cores abroad has worsened, the use of Yike Zhurong chips has also been included in the discussion. The castrated version can help Morningstar and Kesheng to a certain extent.

This is a change that worries Yike may be affected in the next few years.

Wu Yunjun's eyes lit up: "Zhurong chip, this is good."

The chips installed on Yike's flagship are already well-known, and the brand name is also very loud.

"It won't be the name of using Zhurong chips." Fang Zhuo emphasized, "it will only be Morningstar chips."

"It's just that the Morningstar chip suddenly became stronger." Wu Yunjun said with a smile, "The market will definitely have to guess why it suddenly became so much stronger."

Fang Zhuo said: "You have to allow others to make progress."

Wu Yunjun nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, yes."

He was sure that more than half of the purpose of this trip had been accomplished, and he smiled and mentioned the Siri voice assistant that was said to be soon to be launched. This was something that Mr. Fang had announced in the United States before, and now it was very close to Christmas.

"Siri is not good yet. It's not because of the lack of testing capacity, but because the supporting model still needs to evolve." Fang Zhuo shook his head slightly, "But now it can be considered a taste for everyone."

Wu Yunjun asked curiously: "Do you have a long-term plan? What can it become in the future?"

"It's hard to say what the actual landing effect will be." Fang Zhuo thought for a while, "As for ideas, they came up with an interesting idea, which they thought could be loaded onto the robot after it matures. We also studied a... uh, multi-arm small robot."

He was embarrassed to say anything about the spider robot at once, but it was indeed accepted as one of Yike's long-term research directions. However, there was no specific plan to what extent the results would be defined.

From the current point of view, I think the intelligent model is important. This can be evolved well, and then it can be used as the core to connect to the robot and drive the hardware to complete many functions.

Fang Zhuo smiled and said: "Isn't Japan next door the country with the highest level of aging in the world? I was there a few days ago, and they are also very enthusiastic about robots. I feel that robots may be used to solve the problem of aging in the future. It is necessary A brain that can understand and solve most problems.”

"Mr. Fang, can I live to see that day?" Wu Yunjun felt that he was afraid that there was no hope of seeing it.

Fang Zhuo looked at Mr. Wu seriously: "Let's all fight for it."

Wu Yunjun laughed.

Fang Zhuo chatted a few more words casually, then remembered the positioning of this China Unicom reformist, and said: "Mr. Wu, just as you are coming to Yike today, there will be a mobile Internet promotion meeting in the conference room next door, and they will also have a chat. Are you interested in pointing out the differences between PC and mobile terminals?"

Wu Yunjun was indeed interested. Although the example given to him by Mr. Fang before was good, it was always a bit boring to talk about the same thing in various situations. Today he can come to purchase some goods and continue to innovate.

He agreed and wanted to see Yike's uniqueness on the mobile side.

Now as Yixin continues to consolidate its position in mobile communications, almost all practitioners have realized that in the current market stage, winner-take-all may be too absolute, and it is certain that winners take more.

Yixin and Penguin ranked first. Looking at Fetion, which originally had a place, it is completely sluggish. Other large and small manufacturers that have tried to use mobile development have all failed without exception.

Oh no, Ali's "deals" are still a bit of a splash.

In short, while Yike is single-handedly promoting the development of smartphones, it is also stabilizing the outline of the system ecosystem with the help of the communication software Yixin, the entrance to core traffic.

Now, Yike has confirmed its cloud business, YWS, and is obviously moving forward.

Looking back, Yike's development in the past few years has been really rapid, which really confirms its slogan of "keep progress".

Mr. Fang sent Mr. Wu of China Unicom out and asked his secretary to invite him to attend the meeting next door. He himself looked over a series of recent work to see if there were any projects that needed to be promoted.

For example, Changdian Electronics, which is determined to make progress together with Ice Core, the Wafer Alliance has also discussed with them before, but Changdian Electronics does not relent, believing that the so-called "advanced packaging" is not cost-effective enough and is not necessarily a suitable route.

The principles are those, and the trends of Taiwanese reporters are also circulated in the industry, but if there are some, it really needs to be said by Fang Zhuo himself to be more effective. This is very realistic.

Teacher Xiao Su thinks it is a kind of reputation and a kind of intimidation.

Fang Zhuo feels that it is more about personality charm and a win-win situation.

There are not many obstacles to the files on the desk. The obstacles are basically other companies, such as Amap, which is caught in the fierce competition.

This year, with the entry of the three giants Baidu, Penguin, and Alibaba, Amap quickly discovered that costs were increasing much faster than expected.

Not only the cost of market development, but also the funds for marketing channels, technology investment, etc. are rising, and there are also poachings from competitors from time to time.

The two decision-makers of AutoNavi suddenly regretted entering the fourth quarter. The company canceled its listing and instead opened up the personal user market. The size of the market seemed to be large, but the speed of burning money and bleeding...

It’s a bit overwhelming!

We have to raise funds and reduce our shareholdings.

Moreover, when AutoNavi's board of directors proposed an A/B share structure that could use a small number of shares to control the company, many institutional shareholders such as Yike and Walden tactfully expressed their opposition.

The reason is that given the fierce competition in the market and the extremely large size of competitors such as Baidu and Alibaba, this changeable and complex situation may require more resource investment, and A/B shares may not necessarily be conducive to future increases.

Well... Amap accepted the high-sounding rhetoric of internal shareholders and did not cause too much trouble.

Now, it seems that it is not easy to leave, it seems that it is not easy to get off the ship, and it seems that it is not easy to refuse, so we can only follow the giants and burn money in this market.

Maybe it can still be sold on the market. This is an idea or expectation of Gaode Hou Jun, Cheng Congwu and others.

Fang Zhuo calmly flipped through the documents related to AutoNavi. In principle, he did not mind AutoNavi's pursuit of listing. If it was listed or not, once the money-burning competition started, it would be difficult to stop.

Near noon, there was a small reception for Wu Yunjun, and secretary Liu Zonghong mentioned an extra little thing. The team of domestic player Yi Jianlian came to the door, hoping to join the Rockets to play.

The NBA season was suspended this year due to the labor contract, and the new season did not start until November. Before that, Yi Jianlian returned to the domestic CBA and signed a contract with the Dongguan Bank Team, but he did not give up his efforts to return to the NBA.

The Rockets are naturally the best target. They have big brother Yao Ming and Chinese boss Fang Zhuo. They also coincide with the team's reconstruction. If they can join, it may be an opportunity to rise from the ashes.