Reinventing the Millennium

Mr. Fang’s determination in cloud computing is surprising.

Two billion a year, this kind of investment is simply... comparable to Mr. Fang's love for ice cores!

There was a rather complicated silence in the conference center.

Needless to say, Mr. Fang’s prestige is that if he wants to invest two billion, he must invest two billion.

What's more, there is also the statement of well-known investor Xiong Xiaoge.

Then... let's implement it.

However, although prestige is prestige, there is nothing to say about Mr. Fang's strong decision-making. I am afraid that there are bad people around Mr. Fang.

The gaze originally directed at Wang Jian became more intense as the investment increased.

Wang Jian on the stage was like a thorn in the back, and Fang Zhuo in the audience was as sweet as sugar.

"Dr. Wang, go ahead."

Fang Zhuo signaled Wang Jian to continue talking about his cloud computing and department setup.

Wang Jian took a deep breath and continued to explain the prospects of cloud computing to everyone according to the established plan.

Just last year, the field of cloud computing has gathered three giants. Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have all come to an end.

Amazon is the fastest moving and has already tried to commercialize cloud computing as early as 2006. Google adjusted its business priorities in April last year and released its own cloud service GAE, which allows developers to develop web through a proprietary web framework. Applied and deployed on Google's infrastructure.

As for Microsoft, it has released a cloud computing platform and is trying to make technology and services hosted and online.

"So, we should have active research and exploration in this field. Tesco, like Amazon, can take advantage of the two-sided market to develop cloud computing."

Wang Jian's last words were very sonorous.

However, there were only a few people present, and it took a few seconds for less than enthusiastic applause to break out.

On the night of the annual meeting, the comparison between the applause of the previous figures and this one sounded really embarrassing.

Wang Jian silently stepped down.

Fang Zhuo's position is not too far away from him, but there is no additional communication at this time. Scientific research is just about being on the bench, resisting pressure, and just resisting.

After the confusing cloud computing, Su Wei from E-commerce, Wang Yan from Sina, Zhou Xin from the medical department, and Qiu Ciyun from Bingxin all took the stage to deliver reports on the annual meeting.

The applause at the scene became warm again. Tesco has been developing very well. It also acquired Dangdang a while ago. Sina's sponsorship of the Olympic Games last year was very successful. Medical science is an old foundation and it has gradually developed more businesses in the medical field, not to mention ice cores. said.

After these four reports, there was a delegation of employees. Although the procedures were a bit old-fashioned, the on-site effect was pretty good.

Overall, apart from the confusing cloud computing, the most outstanding achievements are the results of Yike and Yigou.

Yike's latest Mars2 has sold 11.12 million units worldwide, making it one of the few mobile phone manufacturers in the world.

Last year, Tesco successfully narrowed the gap with Taobao's sales during Double Eleven by relying on subsidies for home appliances going to the countryside and Olympic sponsorship promotion, and achieved revenue of 4.98 billion.

Originally, Taobao’s June 18 sales were already close to twice those of Tesco’s Double Eleven, this time it was 8.54 billion compared to 4.98 billion.

It is said that when Tesco announced this result, Taobao held several consecutive meetings to discuss how to deal with its opponents on the B2C track. Ma's words spread, and the industry paid more attention to the two track kings. A real showdown.

"Unexpectedly, neither eBay nor Paipai, Tesco is our real opponent."

However, it seems a little late to recognize this "real rival". Tesco has successfully acquired Dangdang, effectively supplementing the logistics and warehousing territory.

Two hours passed in a blink of an eye.

When Fang Zhuo took the stage again, he no longer talked about worries and progress. He just wished all employees and friends a Happy New Year in advance and invited everyone to move upstairs to enjoy the feast.

Fang Zhuo, who walked off the stage amidst cheers and applause, inevitably had to greet his friends present. He also specially pulled Kong Yu, the well-known fund manager sitting in the back, to the front and showed full respect.

Kong Yu's appearance today was very low-key, but his bald head was still somewhat conspicuous.

Fang Zhuo thought that the Gasoline Man was just here to join in the fun today. Unexpectedly, he delivered a piece of news from the United States. The new financial steward Geithner said through an intermediary that the disposal of toxic assets has been put on the agenda, and Mr. Fang still needs to personally preside over part of it. Work.

"He's dealing in toxic assets, and I'll show up again to get involved, okay?" Fang Zhuo suspected that Geithner wanted to ruin his reputation.

"I don't think the intention there is to show off. I think it would be safer to talk in person." Kong Yu said his speculation.

Fang Zhuo changed his mind. The MIGA fund should not even show up for the disposal of this toxic asset, just use the vest to handle it.

He thought for a moment and suddenly said: "In a few hours, Xiao Ao will be sworn in, right?"

Kong Yu nodded. It was 12 noon on the 20th over there, and 1 a.m. on the 21st here. It was less than 5 hours before MIGA fund customers and Yike company stakeholders officially took over.

He added: "Mr. Fang, regarding the fund, I have some new ideas and have heard some new trends. The media and public opinion will probably test the market's confidence in us first."

Fang Zhuo patted Kong Yu on the shoulder: "Okay, we'll talk about this tomorrow and drink first in the evening."

Kong Yu didn't want to make a formal report on this occasion, but just wanted Mr. Fang's time later.

After Fang Zhuo finished chatting with Kong Yu, he called his friends to go upstairs, took another look around, and also called Liu Yiyi, the left-behind and independent Yongke Real Estate.

"Let's go, Mr. Liu, go upstairs. We won't come back until we get drunk tonight."

Liu Suyi didn't get the chance to take the stage, and he realized more clearly the boss's positioning of Yongke Real Estate.

His self-pity was broken by Mr. Fang's greeting, and he quickly came closer and followed him upstairs to eat.

Liu Suyi felt that he could think on the bright side. Isn't Mr. Kong of MIGA Fund, who is very valued by Mr. Fang, also sitting in the audience?

He even sat in the back row.

When I think about it, my whole body feels smooth.

At night in Shanghai, Yike Company was celebrating its annual meeting every eight years, while far away in Washington, they were preparing for the inauguration ceremony of the new BOSS.

While Fang Zhuo was toasting frequently, he also did not forget to send a simple blessing text message to a major customer.

"Why not?"

Soon, he didn't expect to receive a reply.

"Yes, we can."

Fang Zhuo put down his cell phone, took a sip of wine, and said with emotion: "We are rich and noble, so don't forget each other."

Everyone nearby listened to the following and wanted to know the origin of this emotion.

But Fang Zhuo just smiled, hoping that a friendship would bear more fruits.

…

The annual meeting of the Yi Ke Department is very lively.

However, despite intentional or unintentional instructions, several key data from the annual meeting were still circulated.

Yike’s first-generation Mars sold 2.89 million units in China?

2.89 million units!

Is it a human being? Are you still human?

In an earlier interview with Liu Qiangdong, the media asked about sales volume. However, because the pilot work needed to keep a low profile, he and other senior executives all said "not much sold", "just a pilot" and "how much can be sold in eight cities."

As a result, 3G licenses have just been issued in the new year, and Yike announced such a sales volume?

How is this sold? Can domestic brands really stand up?

The industry was shocked and confused.

In addition to the 2.89 million units of the first-generation Mars, there are also 1.52 million units of Mars2...

This... this can no longer be called "Zhonglian Mobile Phone". The two cannot be compared together at all.

Noco mobile phone?

Yixing mobile phone?

You can’t get into South Korea, but you can’t even think about getting into American mobile phones?

The global data is more gorgeous, but peers and media usually come into contact with the domestic market, so the results of Yike’s pilot + official sales are particularly shocking.

A group of people are busy repositioning Yike Mobile and want to pay attention to the rise of such a domestic brand.

But there are also some people who feel very sad.

I knew Yi Kemeng earlier and tried to use administrative constraints, emphasizing that operators were pilots.

Now it’s no longer possible. You can’t go to the leader. Otherwise, it’s not a constraint. It’s a congratulations to the leader!

In addition to Yike's achievements, the seven future direction predictions and cloud computing revealed at the annual meeting are also quite eye-catching.

It is a pity that Mr. Fang did not elaborate on the seven directions in detail, which made the reporters who heard the news silently write down the information, thinking that if they have the opportunity in the future, they must have the richest man in the mainland talk about how to make money.

As for cloud computing…

Concepts and work that are too cutting-edge are bound to attract criticism.

Different from the suppressed opinions within the Yike Department, the words "cloud computing" and "2 billion" stung many people. The person involved, Wang Jian, was also included in the discussion. In this discussion, his psychology major was particularly prominent.

In a related question on Zhihu, a brief comment received many likes.

"This is a decision made by a boss who doesn't understand technology and a PhD in psychology to conquer cloud computing. It's very darkly humorous."

Mr. Fang has never shied away from not knowing about technology, which is why Bingxin is regarded as reckless. Although Wang Jian has a resume of data research at Microsoft Research, his professional ability is still highly questioned.

Can such a decisive combination really make cloud computing possible?

Do current companies and websites really need it?

Related discussions are rampant.

What really pushed the discussion to the top was the internal evaluation from Baidu.

"Cloud computing is old wine in new bottles, nothing new."

"Fifteen years ago, the industry talked about the relationship between clients and servers. Later, it talked about services based on the Internet WEB interface. Now when talking about cloud computing, it is actually the same. It is mainly done on the server side."

"In the future, I also believe that more and more Internet applications based on cloud computing will come out, but if I use cloud computing to make more money, I feel that this job will be more tiring."

Putting old wine in new bottles can be a tiring job.

It is said that this is a comment from the head of Baidu.

Different from Mr. Yi Kefang's label of "not understanding technology", Mr. Li from Baidu is simply the other extreme. He knows too much about technology.

Although it is currently impossible to verify whether it is Mr. Li’s evaluation, this kind of comment undoubtedly represents the views of many technical people.

The atmosphere of the Zhihu discussion was very intense. After Li Yanhong was suspected of making comments, Zhihu co-founder Xiong Xiaoge also answered relevant questions.

"It just so happened that at Yike Company, Mr. Fang and I had a chat about everyone's opinions, and he asked me to ask Penguin and Alibaba about their views on cloud computing. The truth became clearer with each passing day. This was a very interesting discussion that can be reviewed in the future. .”

Does cloud computing work?

What do colleagues in the industry think?

Xiong Xiaoge's message aroused protracted emotions on the Penguin side.

I don’t know why, but Penguin seems to have suffered deeply from the acquisition of Friends.com.

In particular, as Weibo gradually shows a different vitality on smartphones, that kind of emotion and haze is even more lingering.

Just on the night of January 21st, the head of Penguin also expressed his views on the same suspicion.

"I see some people say that cloud computing will be the foundation of water, electricity and coal in the future digital world. I agree with this statement, but it may take hundreds of years or even a thousand years for cloud computing to become the foundation of water, electricity and coal."

Whether you support or oppose it, your attitude is self-evident.

The head of Penguin is also a technical person, and he has similar views to Li Yanhong.

At nine o'clock in the evening, Fang Zhuo, who had taken a day off from drinking, was browsing and discussing with interest while waiting for Kong Yu to come over to report.

He was sure that these were the true thoughts of those two people, and he was also sure that they would be recalled frequently in the future.

On the contrary, Alibaba was silent, and vaguely heard about an additional budget.

"Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang, new news, new news."

Kong Yu knocked on the door and hurried in, talking about new news.

Fang Zhuo motioned to the gasoline man to sit first.

"The U.S. ITC's ban on LG mobile phones has passed the review of the commander's office. They have not overturned it and it will take effect immediately." Kong Yuhui reported.

"So fast? It's too fast." Fang Zhuo was surprised and amused.

The ITC's ban on LG mobile phones will be finalized by February 3 at the latest, and the commander's office has the power to overturn the ban.

Taking into account the inauguration time, this result will be released between January 20 and February 3, U.S. time.

As a result, the ban was passed almost as quickly as possible.

"According to tradition in the United States, it is almost impossible to overturn LG. LG has actually been removed from the shelves through various channels, but this final news..." Fang Zhuo shook his head, "Well, LG is indeed doomed. Let's see what happens next."

He believes LG itself knows how unlikely the ban is to be overturned.

After Kong Yu said this news that seemed to verify the connection between the two, he said seriously: "Mr. Fang, the short sellers in the United States are already investigating Yike's patent lawsuit. The profit margins here are undoubtedly attractive to them. .”

Fang Zhuo nodded, the decision-making power of this bad news actually lies with Nokia.

"But I have carefully reviewed our operating space these days. Perhaps the overturning power and option lock-in of circulating shares by the commander's office can be used as a weapon for two short squeezes." Kong Yu said solemnly.

Fang Zhuo took a sip of tea and thought about the proposal.

Kong Yu continued to express his thoughts: "The tradable shares locked in options do not need to be announced. This is Porsche's key operation in the Volkswagen case."

"But Europe is different from the United States. The United States can exercise its rights at any time. We can use the exercise of rights to lock in the tradable shares to kill once without relying on the announcement from the commander's office."

Investors in European options can only exercise on the exercise date, while the exercise time of American options is relatively free. Investors can choose to exercise on the expiration date and any working day before the expiration date.

Fang Zhuo roughly understood the Petrol Man’s thinking: “Isn’t it enough to squeeze once, and then squeeze again after a while to encourage short-selling?”

The use of options to short-sell is operation, and the use of the overturning power of the office is relationship.

The short sellers who are not convinced and feel that the office will not overturn the ban as usual can continue to try to regain their position, that is, they will be cut off again.

The sheep are doomed. This is a chapter on the acetyl code. I will update it later depending on my physical condition. Try to code as much as possible.