Reinventing the Millennium

Returning to Shanghai from New York, although I have only been away for less than a month, I still feel like I am returning home when I smell the air mixed with the scent of the Huangpu River.

Especially, after hearing that the Shanghai directly-operated store has become the best-selling M1 store among the five stores in the country, Fang Zhuo has even more reason to declare that Shanghai is his third hometown.

On the first night back in my hometown, I slept very sweetly. When I woke up satisfied the next morning, there were already N text messages on my phone.

Fang Zhuo didn't get up. He slowly leaned on the bedside and flipped through the newspaper he brought back yesterday, browsing the recent news.

After a while, the phone rang.

"Hey, brother, are you back?" My sister Zhao Suqi called.

"Who told you to be so lax?" Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "I don't know when I will have to go to New York again."

"Sister Yang told me that she has my QQ." Zhao Suqi said without hesitation, "But don't blame her. I was going to Shanghai in the past two days. Sister Yu helped me arrange tutoring. I found a good teacher.”

Fang Zhuo listened to "Sister Foreign, Sister Yu" and was in a trance for a moment, then muttered: "Then you come with your aunt, don't be alone, it's not safe on the road."

"Hey, what's wrong? I asked my mother to come back first, and then I went home alone." Zhao Suqi said crisply, "Brother, see you tomorrow! I'll be there tomorrow!"

Fang Zhuo gave a few careful instructions before hanging up the phone. He had to study after he recovered from his illness. There was nothing wrong with him. He couldn't be like when he was a child, pretending to be ill in order not to study.

He threw the newspaper aside and flipped through the text messages on his phone. He saw another girl with red hair coming over, saying that she would be in Shanghai tonight and asked the CEO to pick her up.

Based on these words, Fang Zhuo estimated that domestic M1 sales must be higher than expected. According to the original plan, the target for this month was 10,000 units.

"It has to be 12,000 now?"

Fang Zhuo speculated to himself that he would only wait until he saw Director Yu at night to confirm the situation.

Originally, I didn't plan to let her travel back and forth, but since she had to come back, it would be better to expand the scope a little to stabilize the morale of the army.

Fang Zhuo's leisure time was gone. After thinking for a while, he called Liu Yangyang and asked her to arrange another dinner party in the evening. The middle and high-level people in the company were not here yesterday. They got together today and talked about the venture that had invested in Yike. Investor friends also called in and let them see the current situation of M1.

The young president who returned to work washed up and had breakfast very efficiently. When he arrived at the company, he found that product director Xu Keden was already waiting.

"Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang, come and see our P1." Xu Keden was unshaven, his face was haggard, and only his eyes were bright.

Fang Zhuo was not polite when he saw this, and looked at the product parameters while trying it out.

Thirty seconds later, he calmly said to the excited product director: "No, you can't do this."

Xu Keden:?

"The situation has changed." Fang Zhuo frowned, "The storage capacity of 128M cannot meet the requirements of the US market. This capacity is relatively large."

I have been busy dealing with M1 affairs in New York recently. I occasionally thought about this matter but was so busy that I forgot to tell the country that this is actually a flaw of the team, and Fang Zhuo cannot take care of everything.

Xu Keden was at a loss for a while: "The U.S. market, uh, what's the minimum price there? Mr. Fang, the problem is that this flash memory has a relatively high cost despite its small storage capacity. If you get a 1G one, it's more expensive than a Toshiba microhard drive." expensive."

Fang Zhuo played with the P1 in his hand and thought: "Then let's do the best solution within our capabilities. How much does 512M cost?"

"If Hitachi takes it now, the purchase price is estimated to be US$55." Xu Keden quoted a price and said hesitantly, "Toshiba's 5G hard drive is only US$75. The difference between the two is 10 times the storage, but the price difference is only US$20. …Can the U.S. market buy it?”

Fang Zhuo shook his head: "20 US dollars is not money? We just want to benefit consumers. Well, our cost is calculated as 60 US dollars, saving American consumers 15 US dollars. If you do this, we can do it at the cost of P1. How much?"

Xu Keden did a mental calculation for a while.

Then, without calculating, he picked up the calculator and pressed it.

After a while, I quoted a price, 208 US dollars, which is 1665 Chinese coins.

Fang Zhuo nodded, wandered for a while, and said, "I remember you mentioned the difference between flash memory and hard disk. The former is more resistant to falling, right?"

Before Xu Keden could answer, there was a knock on the office door, and Zhou Xin, the executive deputy director of the registration network, leaned half over.

"What's going on, Xiao Zhou?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Zhou Xin looked at the two people with serious faces and said with a smile: "It's okay, it's okay, Brother Fang, I just came to see you."

"In a moment, Teacher Xu and I will talk about products." Fang Zhuo said.

Zhou Xin closed the door "hehe" and disappeared.

Xu Keden continued what he said just now and said: "That being said, the shock resistance and drop resistance of the hard disk are not easy to solve, and the M1 has not been solved at all. People buy it without dropping it, and usually put it in their pockets. The same goes for the P1. Use it The scene does not have high demand for this fall resistance.”

"That's okay. Low demand doesn't mean we can't promote it. We can use this advantage to explain the issue of reserves and prices." Fang Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, "We can make advertising comparisons, 3 meters, 5 meters, so that the actual scene will fall. .”

Xu Keden hesitated for a long time and then said: "I guess it's not that resistant to falling..."

Fang Zhuo said decisively: "Then there will be no advertising and comparison. Just mention it when it goes online. Well, it must be said that this is the development trend of the times. Everyone is paying for the development of technology."

"..." Xu Keden didn't understand this and wisely didn't express an opinion.

Fang Zhuo chatted with Xu Keden about product parameters again. He didn't understand technology, but he could figure out the psychology of users.

After not chatting for too long, Zhou Xin opened the door again and showed up. When asked, he said nothing happened.

"We are at Yike, right? No registered Internet cafe?" Fang Zhuo was confused by the vice president and was not sure which president it was.

"Mr. Fang, you go ahead and get busy. I'll work overtime to make the 512M one and see how much the cost price can be." Xu Keden felt that Zhou Xin must have something to report, so he stood up and left knowingly.

However, after the product director left, the personnel director Su Wei came in again.

"Hello, Mr. Fang, thank you for your hard work, Mr. Fang." Su Wei smiled like a flower.

"What's the matter with Mr. Su?" Fang Zhuo got straight to the point.

"If nothing happens, can't you come and say thank you to Mr. Fang for your hard work?" Su Wei asked.

Fang Zhuo said strangely: "No, Xiao Zhou also came twice. I asked him and he said it was okay. Did you guys discuss it today?"

Su Wei was stunned for a moment and guessed: "It's probably a private matter, maybe he wants to tell you that he has a girlfriend."

Fang Zhuo: "???"

He was surprised: "Xiao Zhou is so stupid, how come he has a girlfriend? An employee of our company?"

"No, the company is short of people, and he happened to go to the school here to give a lecture. The girl he met in this way has not graduated yet but will soon." Su Wei is usually busy, so she didn't ask in detail, she only got a general idea.

She continued: "Didn't we fight with the venture capital investors last time for the controlling stake? If Zhou Xin gets married, the shares will not be counted as joint property."

"Wait, wait, let's not talk about how to determine joint property, why does it involve marriage?" Fang Zhuo was confused, "Did I go abroad for a year?"

Su Wei shrugged: "Anyway, I think they are quite enthusiastic. Zhou Xin and I sometimes talk about naming the child, and he also asked you to help with it."

Fang Zhuo: "..."

He was stunned for a while, a little worried about Zhou Xin, and said: "Then let him take it with you during dinner tonight, and we will all look at you. Hey, we don't seem to have any position on this matter, right?"

Su Wei smiled: "Anyway, I have seen it. The little girl is very delicate and beautiful. Your boss will never give her a second look."

"Okay..." Fang Zhuo hoped that the two of them had a beautiful story.

However, the story soon turned sour.

Near noon, Fang Zhuo moved to the president's office of Guahao.com and called Zhou Xin to talk about the development and future of the website.

Before they finished chatting, a girl who was as delicate and beautiful as Su Wei said knocked on the office door, carrying a lunch box in her hand.

"Brother Fang, this is Chu Li, my girlfriend." Zhou Xin couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth, as if he was being introduced by his younger brother and parents, "Lily, this is Brother Fang I told you, who just came back from New York."

Chu Li sweetly called "Brother Fang" and put down her lunch box.

However, Fang Zhuo felt that if he saw it correctly, the girl seemed to wink at him while Zhou Xin turned around, that look...

Fang Zhuo felt that maybe he was too narcissistic and had hallucinations.

He remained polite and allowed the two of them to go to Xiao Zhou's own independent office for dinner, and then silently ate the box lunch full of the familiar flavor of his hometown.

What to do about this kind of thing...

The CEO, who was thinking about competing for Sony and competing for Apple, suddenly found himself in trouble.

After lunch, he didn't think of any way. He couldn't just take out a card and throw it in front of the other party to make her leave Xiao Zhou.

Fang Zhuo put the matter aside for the time being and called the hero Li Xinyue.

"Mr. Li, are you experiencing jet lag? I'll give you a break tonight."

"What? Are you at the airport? Are you going back to New York later?"

"Hey, isn't it, uh, so sudden?"

"Oh, I have something to do at home. OK, OK. Mr. Li took off and landed safely. Please tell me and Brother He and Brother Fan that the reception was not good enough. I will definitely spend a few more days next time."

"Well, definitely."

Fang Zhuo put down his cell phone with a strange look on his face, knowing that the three heroes were really frightened this time. Being in such a wretched state really seemed ungraceful, and they would have to wait two days before returning anyway.

I won't let anyone catch them... I have to catch them sooner!

There were a lot of ridiculous things today, but at last there was no unexpected situation in the work affairs in the afternoon.

At the dinner party in the evening, not only the company's middle and senior management, but also Xu Xin from Capital Today came to show their respect. Fang Zhuo did not have channel feedback from the US market, so he could only talk to her in general terms about the work he had done personally.

As for China, Yu Hong's flight was slightly delayed, and she would have first-hand real data when she arrived.

Before the dinner started, Fang Zhuo walked around several tables, chatting about frontline work for a while and industry development for a while. The atmosphere was quite pleasant.

"Teacher Xiao Su, let me tell you, the way Xiao Zhou's girlfriend looked at me at noon today..." Fang Zhuo sat back down and couldn't help chatting with Su Wei next to him.

"What look?" Su Wei asked.

Fang Zhuo organized his words, but it was really hard to describe.

Just as he was thinking hard, a voice of greeting "Mr. Yu" came from the door. Fang Zhuo looked up and saw Yu Hong, a handsome figure in a windbreaker. She pursed her lips and smiled at the people who greeted her. At the same time, her eyes were still there. Looking for something.

When Director Yu looked in Fang Zhuo's direction, her eyes suddenly bloomed like a smile.

"It's like, like Xiao Yu looks at me..." Fang Zhuo was stunned and muttered to himself.

Su Wei didn't hear clearly and asked, "What?"

"Mr. Xiong is here." Fang Zhuo's eyes were attracted by the second figure pushing the door in. He stood up and said, "Mr. Xiong is actually here?"

Su Wei stood up.

Yu Hong walked to the main table, stood next to Fang Zhuo, then turned around to greet IDG's Xiong Xiaoge with him.

Fang Zhuo first patted Director Yu on the shoulder, then strode forward and laughed loudly: "Mr. Xiong, why are you here, Mr. Xiong? Aren't you in the capital?"

"I heard that Mr. Fang was inviting guests to dinner. I thought that I had nothing to do, so I just came to enjoy the autumn breeze. Aren't you welcome?" Xiong Xiaoge's voice was loud. This was the first time he saw Fang Zhuo since the "siege". Even if IDG chased I didn't show up in person when I invested in Yike, I just let people from the company handle it.

Fang Zhuo smiled broadly: "Welcome, welcome, we Yike would like to thank IDG and Mr. Xiong for their help. In my heart, Mr. Xiong is the best investor in China, and I have always wanted to ask you for more advice."

Xiong Xiaoge laughed and shook his head, followed the welcome to the main table, and after some humility, insisted on sitting next to Fang Zhuo.

"Mr. Xiong, just in time, our Mr. Yu just flew over from Guangdong Province and can report to you the market situation of M1. As for the United States, I haven't received the feedback receipt yet." Fang Zhuo's attention was completely on the investors. On the body.

The smile on Xiong Xiaoge's face grew two points. Fang Zhuo flew back to Shanghai this time, and IDG's Pan Ben was still there. It was precisely because he got the two weeks of feedback from M1 on the American channel for the first time. He immediately flew from Beijing to Shanghai to show his sincerity.

"Currently, the sales volume of the five directly-operated stores alone is close to completing the annual target of 20,000 units for product launch." Yu Hong stroked her hair and said with a smile, "The channel system is also being initially set up. When P1 goes online, With the promotion of golden songs, I believe that product sales will usher in an explosion."

Fang Zhuo asked unexpectedly: "Golden song?"

"Didn't we sign a young singer? I happened to meet him in Guangdong Province two days ago. He played the song to me and I thought it sounded very good. I should submit the official version soon." Yu Hong was very happy. Said confidently.

Fang Zhuo is more confident than Yu Hong.

Xiong Xiaoge also feels confident because of the feedback from US market channels.

The three confident people looked at each other, and they all showed heartfelt and happy smiles.

"Come on, come on, let's have a drink, for our prosperous career, and for our fateful meeting here." Fang Zhuo raised his wine glass, and when he saw Zhou Xin and his girlfriend, he quickly turned around and pretended not to see him, and continued, "For A better tomorrow for us together!”

Bang, bang.

The enthusiastic sound of wine glasses clinking together was just like everyone's excitement at this moment.

Drink to win, drink to win.

Continue coding.