Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 597 Industry Situation (Two in One)

JD.com's dilemma was suddenly cleared with a brief meeting and a day of fast-paced acquisition negotiations.

Jingdong is gone.

Naturally, there is no dilemma.

Liu Qiang stayed up all night, and the next day he basically negotiated with the quick-witted e-buy team.

Then, as far as he could see, almost all the employees of his company were happy.

Liu Qiang sighed, and sent the e-buy people out.

"Mr. Du." Seeing that the group of people were about to get in the car, he suddenly remembered something. He had been talking about prices and employee benefits, but he didn't even ask Yi Ke about his arrangements, "What work will I be in charge of?"

He felt that Yi Ke probably hadn't considered this specifically in a short time.

Unexpectedly, Du Yuhu, the deputy director of e-shopping, replied: "If nothing else happens, Mr. Liu, you will be responsible for part of the construction and development of e-shopping logistics. We need to build a market reputation for our logistics and pay more attention to the treatment of logistics employees. .”

Liu Qiangdong was stunned and even a little bit at a loss.

logistics?

I have never been involved in such content at all.

He asked in astonishment: "Mr. Du, let me go to the logistics? Did I make a mistake?"

Du Yuhu was also a little confused, but he said with a half-smile on his face: "This is hand-picked by Mr. Fang."

Liu Qiang fell silent.

Du Yuhu stared at the acquired foreign army in front of him, and asked, "Mr. Liu, is there any difficulty?"

Liu Qiangdong frowned, wanting to state his reasons, but raised his head slightly, and saw Mr. Du in front of him looking at him watching the show.

He said calmly: "There is no difficulty."

Du Yuhu raised his eyebrows, and finally shook hands and said: "Communicate more, communicate more, I wish Mr. Liu all the best in his work at e-buy."

Liu Qiangdong shook hands silently, watching the e-buy group board the car and leave.

Compared with the fiery e-commerce, logistics work sounds more logistical and deserted, especially if there is any concern about the treatment of employees.

Think about it, too. Compared with Tesco and Eke behind it, JD.com can only be said to be little-known. After this acquisition, what important work can it arrange?
Liu Qiangdong did not return to the office.

He squatted on the side of the road and lit a cigarette.

Logistics is logistics, and logistics is logistics. I have never been in contact with e-commerce before. This thing has only been in China for a few years, and all aspects have yet to be explored. Gold can shine no matter what.

After Liu Qiangdong finished smoking a cigarette, he squeezed out the end of the cigarette vigorously, spit, got up and walked back.

At most, I complained about my bad luck, and never doubted my talent.

……

Flights from Beijing to New York.

Xiong Xiaoge sat next to Fang Zhuo, chatting about Tesco's acquisition of JD.com, and asked about the arrangement heard next to him.

"Why did you let that Liu Qiangdong do logistics work? Why do you care about the treatment of employees, what do you think?"

Fang Zhuo replied: "He has endured hardships and knows what others are like when they suffer hardships. The stage of logistics and express delivery is quite suitable."

Xiong Xiaoge couldn't help laughing and said: "At least they have created a prototype of a B2C project. Although the sparrow is small, you just distributed it to the frontier?"

"Warehousing and logistics are the foundation." Fang Zhuo said disapprovingly, "Besides, work can be adjusted."

Xiong Xiaoge expressed some meaning: "You still value him as the co-author? What's so strange?"

"Didn't you explain all the reasons just now?" Fang Zhuo asked back.

Xiong Xiaoge said confidently, "There must be other reasons."

"Old Xiong, do you know me well?" Fang Zhuo sarcastically said, "What reason do I need to cultivate talents? Or do you think that only Wang Wei with a shining work history can be promoted?"

Xiong Xiaoge said "Hmm": "That's not true. I think Mr. Su from Yike and Peng Lei from Ali are both very good. They used to be teachers, and a fast-growing company is very good at training people. "

Fang Zhuo ended the topic with a nod.

Xiong Xiaoge still marked Liu Qiangdong in his heart, wanting to see how he would perform in the future.

Afterwards, he took out the information about the Android company that he had already passed, planning to go through it again and talk about the business this time.

After not looking at it for a while, Xiong Xiaoge couldn't help being distracted to talk again. He saw Boss Fang playing with two identical watches.

"Mr. Fang, do rich people spend money like this? Do you have to buy the same watch like this?"

Fang Zhuo shook his head and said, "A gift from a friend."

Xiong Xiaoge analyzed: "This gift is a Rolex, and the same style...it must be a female friend."

Fang Zhuo was noncommittal, and put the watch back on his wrist. He had forgotten the serial numbers of the different watches.

Xiong Xiaoge said in horror: "Mr. Fang, you are wearing watches from different girlfriends like this. I can't even imagine what will happen to you in the future."

Fang Zhuo said angrily: "Zhou Xin, Zhou Xin, Zhou Xin knows, is he a female friend? He went to Xiangjiang to buy me a watch during Chinese New Year, Mr. Xiong, Mr. Xiong, are you satisfied?"

Xiong Xiaoge fell into self-doubt and made repeated mistakes. Could it be that he really doesn't understand Mr. Fang?

He quieted down and refocused on the company profile.

When the passenger plane left the country, Fang Zhuo took the initiative to talk about his goals this time, and his deeper goals by the way.

"The Android company was established in October 03, and it has been 10 months now. They are building a mobile phone operating system. I think this and Yike's mobile phone project can complement each other. The founder of this company, Rubin, he yes……"

Xiong Xiaoge listened, and hurriedly interrupted: "Wait, wait, Yike is going to make a mobile phone project?"

"Yeah." Fang Zhuo nodded, "Rubin is..."

Xiong Xiaoge couldn't let this key point slip past so easily, and interrupted again: "Why does Yike make mobile phones? This field spans a bit, and the competition in the mobile phone market is quite fierce."

Fang Zhuo looked at Lao Xiong's bright eyes, and knew that there was no way to talk about it until this point was settled, so he had to start with "news about rival Apple's mobile phone project" and declare that Yike's project was a defensive counterattack.

By the way, he also talked about his previous experience in Japan, mentioning Sony's sensor technology and Sharp's capacitive screen research.

"Rubin is..."

"Wait! Wait!! Not only a mobile phone, but also a full touch screen mobile phone??" Xiong Xiaoge interrupted again, asking in disbelief.

Fang Zhuo nodded helplessly.

Xiong Xiaoge wondered if he should quickly sell all his stocks.

He commented as cautiously as possible: "It doesn't sound like a wise decision."

"Otherwise? Bow down to Apple or sell the shares and run away?" Fang Zhuo asked rhetorically.

Xiong Xiaoge said decisively, "Sell the shares and run away."

Fang Zhuo: "?"

"The world is wide when you sell the shares. If you sell the shares, Bingxin doesn't have to work hard to deceive us venture capitalists. If you sell the shares, Tesco can have a large amount of development funds. If you sell the shares, this, this is simply The hand of God!" Xiong Xiaoge became more and more excited as he spoke.

Fang Zhuo said lightly: "I just like to lie to venture capitalists."

Xiong Xiaoge called the stewardess.

The beautiful stewardess came over and squatted down, looked at the first-class passengers, and asked, "Sir, what do you need?"

Xiong Xiaoge pointed at Boss Fang next to him: "Please throw him away."

The stewardess was at a loss when she heard this.

Fang Zhuo waved his hands and complained, "Old Xiong, why are you disturbing other people's work?"

The stewardess was signaled to leave.

Xiong Xiaoge calmed down, flipped through the materials, and said, "I still think your decision is not very wise. According to what you said, you want to challenge Nokia."

In today's mobile phone market, no one can ignore Nokia.

"Nokia's mobile phone has a problem." Fang Zhuo explained, "It is also related to the Android company we are going to investigate this time. Nokia's mobile phone system is not smart enough."

Nokia's mobile phone system is Symbian, which is now called a smartphone.

Xiong Xiaoge took out his mobile phone and thought it was quite functional.

"Nokia has the largest market, but its mobile phone system is not universal enough." Fang Zhuo talked about Symbian, "Symbian has brought difficulties to both mobile phone manufacturers and software suppliers."

Xiong Xiaoge listened attentively.

"Like Symbian, its UI layer is left to mobile phone manufacturers, and the applications written by software suppliers for it are not compatible with other mobile phones." Fang Zhuo gave an example, "For example, some models of Sony use the Symbian system. Software that works on a Sony Symbian won't work on a Motorola."

Both Sony and Motorola have some models based on Nokia's Symbian system.

This causes software vendors to develop only for specific models.

"Just change it, can't it just change Nokia?" Xiong Xiaoge asked.

"Nokia doesn't seem to be making much progress. Moreover, although JAVA can 'write once, run anywhere' cross-platform on the server and desktop side, Java ME is still not good in the mobile field." Fang Zhuo shook his head.

In order to avoid being easily deceived, Xiong Xiaoge simply took out a pen to record the main points.

"In addition to Symbian, Microsoft also has a system that needs to be authorized to use it. BlackBerry also has its own platform and can only use its own mobile phone." Fang Zhuo narrated, "If you want to build a new mobile phone, you have to work hard. Customize an existing system, or spend a lot of money to get a license."

Xiong Xiaoge was still puzzled: "Then...how can this Android give you confidence? Make you optimistic?"

"Software development is a problem that the industry has noticed." Fang Zhuo didn't answer immediately, but followed the above logic, "Many manufacturers are trying to solve it, like Texas Instruments, which has built an open platform based on the Linux OS kernel."

"Open platform? This sounds like a solution to the problem." Xiong Xiaoge noticed this improvement, which sounds different from the mutual closure of systems such as Symbian.

"TI is good at hardware, so it has an open platform, but it uses its brains on hardware modules." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "If you want to use TI's platform to manufacture Linux mobile phones, it will take a lot of money. Money to buy components recommended by Texas Instruments, about 40 middlemen, and then you can get a brand new Linux phone."

Xiong Xiaoge understood: "It's open, but not completely open."

"Android is different. What Android needs to do is a complete open source mobile phone platform solution." Fang Zhuo said, "For this, it is another huge improvement."

He continued: "If Android can succeed, then we only need one system to build devices, instead of purchasing, obtaining licenses, and building modules to make mobile phones like Texas Instruments."

Xiong Xiaoge pointed out the problem: "The success of Android in the sense you are talking about does not entirely depend on how good its technology is and how open its system is. No matter how open it is, it must have mobile phone manufacturers willing to use it. Mr. Fang, even if You invest in Android, and you also face the difficulty of how to sell to the industry."

He thought for a few seconds before confirming: "Yes, Mr. Fang, this level of difficulty may be very high, and it will consume a lot of your energy. Even so, it may not be successful."

"This is the problem of business ecology." Fang Zhuo smiled slightly, "Like I talked with President Ni of Changhong, liquid crystal technology is destined to build a more complete business ecology than plasma."

"The development of an Android company takes time, it takes time to improve, and it takes time to promote. Can Yike do this?"

Xiong Xiaoge didn't think so.

Yike's current business is player + music. It is difficult to imagine the difficulty of cross-border lobbying for those well-known mobile phone manufacturers.

Once this work that involves a lot of energy goes wrong, if it is true as Mr. Fang said, Apple will launch a mobile phone, and Yike will face a bad chain reaction.

In this case, it seems that it is more reliable to find well-known manufacturers for system customization.

Fang Zhuo asked himself and answered: "The construction and promotion of business ecology cannot be completed by Yike, just like LCD technology requires the cooperation of many upstream and downstream manufacturers. Old Xiong, do you remember the question I answered the day before yesterday?"

Xiong Xiaoge recalled it, it should be the question of whether he can still eat.

Fang Zhuo said: "Endorsement of feasibility by giant companies can help us to judge whether the choice is correct or not to a certain extent."

He listed the information that was not found in the materials that Lao Xiong had read: "Android was positioned as a camera operating system in the early days, and now it is a mobile phone operating system. Samsung, HTC, and Google have all negotiated investment matters with Android companies."

Xiong Xiaoge nodded seriously, that is to say, Mr. Fang didn't randomly find a technology company that claims to overthrow the industry in a fit of madness, but a cash-strapped company recognized by a well-known company.

The thoughts in his mind turned around, and he said: "From the perspective of building a business ecosystem, can I understand it this way, first invest and get shares, and then let Android companies reach cooperation with giants, and everyone will promote it together?"

In fact, Fang Zhuo wanted to be more at ease.

He nodded: "The one who knows me is the old bear."

Fang Zhuo asked expectantly: "So, you can invest the money you want to invest in Tudou, how much money can you afford?"

Xiong Xiaoge held out five fingers.

Fang Zhuo made some calculations, nodded and said: "It's okay, let's add up to 500 million US dollars. After all, we are investing rather than acquiring."

Xiong Xiaoge said in a deep voice, "50 US dollars."

Fang Zhuo was stunned.

He said in disbelief: "50? You only want to invest 50 when you invest in Tudou? Or did you hear me say Android, and you changed your investment budget?"

Xiong Xiaoge said innocently: "It's only 50 yuan, how much does Tudou.com cost for a start-up project?"

Fang Zhuo called the stewardess and pointed to the old bear.

"Please drop him."

The stewardess asked gently this time: "Sir, why?"

"He owed me 450 million dollars and didn't want to give it to me." Fang Zhuo replied seriously.

Now that the stewardess knew that the two were joking, she gently joked to Xiong Xiaoge: "Sir, you can't just refuse to pay the money."

Xiong Xiaoge: "..."

(End of this chapter)