Reinventing the Millennium.

5月27日，NBA的2006-2007赛季西部决赛的G1在马刺主场举行。

Half an hour before the game, Jay Chou, who was in a nervous mood, saw Brother Fang who had arrived in a hurry.

But before he had a few words to chat, he saw several aquiline-nosed men in suits and leather shoes come over and invite the boss of Rocket Fang to sit in the luxury box.

The invitation was declined, and the two chatted in the first row for about [-] minutes, attracting many sports media to take pictures.

Normally, because of the playing style of the Spurs team, its game ratings are relatively low, but this round of the Western Conference Finals is regarded by many experts and retired players as the early decision of the championship. Numerous media.

Of course, this will inevitably come from the topic of the Rockets boss and his deliberate fueling.

When Fang Zhuo sat down, the game was about to begin.

Jay Chou noticed that Brother Fang's mind was obviously not on the field, and asked, "Brother Fang, was that the top executive of the league just now?"

"Oh, no." Fang Zhuo came back to his senses and stomped his feet, "Do you know the name of the Spurs' home arena?"

Jay Chou was stunned for a moment, but he didn't answer. He was impressed by the black and white tone of the Spurs' home court, but he had to say the name...

"This arena is called the AT&T Center Arena, and those just now are the top executives of AT&T." Fang Zhuo smiled slightly, "The Western Conference Finals will be played here, and it happens that Yike and them may involve some business cooperation, so they come to play with me." Say hello and chat for a while."

Yike has a very shallow contact with AT&T. There is already Apple there. Compared with the icing on the cake, T-Mobile and even V vendors can negotiate better terms.

Jay Chou nodded, it turned out to be a business matter.

He suddenly felt a little emotional, it is not easy to be a rich man.

Ever since the Rockets defeated the Mavericks, there was no sign of Brother Fang at all. I heard that he either went to Silicon Valley or flew to New York.

It’s not like me. If you want to drink milk tea in the villa, you can drink milk tea, if you want to drink red wine, you can drink red wine. When you go to the arena to play, you can find a group of NBA substitutes to play with, and you can watch the intra-team games of the two consecutive championship teams up close.

Life is so, so happy!
Oh, in addition to the money owed to Brother Fang to buy the team shares.

At the beginning of the first quarter, Jay Chou immediately turned all his attention to the field.

The two teams, the Spurs and the Rockets, are old rivals in the West. In the past two years, there have been many wonderful lore and desperate tie-breaks.

One is terrifyingly stable in the regular season, with excellent strength, and one stays away from injuries in the playoffs and is in a strong state.

The inextricable first quarter of Game [-] of this round seemed to set the tone for the Western Conference Finals.

Jay Chou was both nervous and enjoyable watching.

However, at the end of this quarter, he looked back at Brother Fang and realized that the team owner seemed to be distracted, so he pretended to be concerned: "Brother Fang, is Yi Ke's mobile phone not going well these days?"

When Fang Zhuo was asked this question, he regained his energy.

The past few days have not been smooth. After T-Mobile's last negotiation, Legere has loosened his attitude after witnessing the cooperation terms from competitors. The second round of negotiations on May 5 has moved forward a lot.

The first and most important thing for Fang Zhuo is to let operators subsidize consumers, so that Yike Mars can be competitive in the mobile phone market.

This is to survive without reducing the quality of the product.

However, after T-Mobile initially expressed its willingness to give Mars a similar cooperation, how to live better has become a more important issue.

The scale of the negotiation on the 24th was expanded. The atmosphere in the first half was very harmonious, but in the second half when the price was actually discussed, it was more intense.

Including Google, Schmidt and Legere also quarreled over the logo on the back of the phone.

Schmidt hoped that Yike's mobile phone could highlight the elements of Google or Android, while Legere wanted the "T-Mobile" logo printed directly on the back.

Legere's attitude is very clear. No matter what the purchase price of T-Mobile and Echo is, they are actually subsidizing consumers so that Mars can compete with Apple's iPhone. This is the most important thing.

Schmidt also insisted on his own meaning. Without Google's great efforts in the development of the Android system and the establishment of the Open Mobile Alliance, Mars would lose the most important intelligent features.

Tempers are tough on both sides.

What Fang Zhuo thought in his heart was that it would be best not to join anyone.

But for the time being, he is neutral in this round of negotiations, and still takes it as his duty to promote T-Mobile's procurement and distribution.

After two consecutive days of negotiations, T-Mobile is willing to subsidize users and maintain the competitiveness of Mars, and the purchase price is 220+50=270 US dollars.

220 is the basic real hardware cost of Yike mobile phone at present.

Thanks to the package price of Qualcomm processor and baseband + the internal price of Sony sensor + the continuous decline of the storage market + the communication of hardware manufacturers in the Open Mobile Phone Alliance, the Yike mobile phone should be close to the lower limit of the cost range of Apple mobile phones or even lower .

This is also because Yike Mars has decided to use two versions of 8G storage and 16G storage.

If you switch to 4G, you can still get some profit margins.

However, the mobile phone can not only count the hardware cost.

Fang Zhuo argued with Legere on this point, and was very dissatisfied with the purchase price of $270.

In addition, Legere easily agrees to $3 for new users and $11 for switching users, but he disagrees with the 10% ratio of value-added service revenue and is only willing to share 5%.

In the second round of negotiations, it can only be said that there are still relatively large differences on the basis of mutual cooperation.

Such discrepancies won't necessarily be resolved by June 6, but already provide a good head start for the phone's launch.

Fang Zhuo and Jay Chou chatted briefly about the past few days of running around, and they were indeed quite tense mentally.

Jay Chou listened politely, and only waited for the start of the second quarter to cheer for the Rockets.

Fang Zhuo was talking to the young team owner, but also to himself.

The in-depth cooperation with T-Mobile is a follow-up to the operator AT&T, and it is also hoped to be a pioneering demonstration of cooperation with domestic operators.

Last time, I asked my brother from Shanghai Shencheng to help me find the top executives of China Unicom, and now there is already an inspection team from China Unicom flying to Houston.

The 3G concept mobile phone is true for T-Mobile, and it is also true for domestic operators.

The reform and merger of six domestic operators is bound to lead to fierce competition in the 6G era.

Fang Zhuo hopes to cooperate with domestic operators in this direction under the existing example of sharing user revenue with US operators.

Once this happens, he can fulfill a childhood wish.

If the people of the whole country are willing to give me one yuan per person, then I will have 13 billion.

If the mobile phone users of Unicom or more domestic operators can share a piece of meat, then Yike will have a steady stream of profits.

Fang Zhuo is not sure whether such a cooperation can be reached. The domestic 3G time point may be in the second half of 08 next year. Then, the momentum of Yike mobile phone after it is launched in the United States is very important.

It was an instant hit, and no matter how much it talked about, it was a lot of money.

Put a dud, and then you don't have to think about it at all.

Fang Zhuo pondered over and over again, thinking about how to make money behind the mobile phone hardware.

The high-level executives of China Unicom who flew over this time, besides Brother Zheng's relationship, he also inquired from many sources, and found that the independent director of ICBC on his side also had some connections.

In short, first lay a foundation for mutual negotiation before domestic operators merge.

Fang Zhuo was full of other things, and he lacked some previous enthusiasm for the fate of the Rockets in the Western Conference Finals.

The first game ended under his occasional gaze.

Familiar with the start, the Rockets lost one game first.

For three consecutive rounds, the first away game was lost, and then the second game rebounded and scored the next point.

After the game, Fang Zhuo was interviewed by reporters and mentioned this issue.

Uncharacteristically, he answered very truthfully: "The Spurs are very strong and have always been strong. It is normal for anyone to win this round of the series. Of course I hope that my team can reach the finals, but I hope that the two teams will make a contribution to the finals." The fans put on a good enough game."

The morale of the Rockets no longer needs to be boosted. Up to now, the coaches and players want to make history more than his boss.

However, the Spurs with Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili are really strong.

Fang Zhuo's unremarkable answer was reported by the media.

This time there is no Why not, but everyone has a higher evaluation of the Rockets boss.

"The division of champions, the phase of three consecutive championships."

"The calmer the Rockets owner is, the more he has the greatest confidence in the team."

"The Rockets' G2 winning law is about to take effect!"

The sports media in the United States have praised it one after another. The domestic CCTV has been broadcasting live. The circles of various sports media are not big, so naturally they don't need money to praise it.

On the contrary, after losing the first game, Xiao Ao, who had always been called by Fang Zhuo, quickly called.

"Mr. Fang, I'm thinking of going to the finals to cheer for the Rockets." Xiao Ao watched the live broadcast. He didn't think that Mr. Fang had a plan like the media did, and he was absent-minded based on intuition.

Fang Zhuo was a little surprised by his call, and smiled when he heard this: "I am also looking forward to the finals, but if you can come in G6/G7, it will give the team more confidence."

Little Ao had to wait for the finals to be sure before appearing.

"I try my best to spare time, but Mr. Fang, you know, since I announced the election, I have too many things to do." Xiao Ao mentioned the election. If it weren't for the public opinion linking the champion and the black leader, he wouldn't be right. This NBA game has that level of focus.

"Then I will try my best to urge our players who have the heart of a champion. This time there is still hope." Fang Zhuo knew that the opponent did not want to take unnecessary risks.

Maybe it is really the law of rebounding and winning, or maybe it is luck. The second game on May 5 ended the away game with the Rockets pulling back a city.

Time has entered June, and the Rockets will routinely usher in three home games.

That is to say, this month, Apple is about to be released, and Yike is about to hold a press conference. Fang Zhuo only feels that the whole person is getting a little nervous from the inside out.

If American operators want to talk, domestic operators need to make a foundation first, the mobile phone itself needs to be continuously optimized, and the supply chain must be finalized one by one...

On June 6, the Rockets unexpectedly lost their first home game, losing to the Spurs 1:89.

This also means that the Rockets must return to the Spurs' home court to play again, and it is impossible to end the series in the red home ocean like the previous two rounds.

On June 6, the Rockets once again tied the Spurs with a big score, and the two teams tied 3:2.

That night, Fang Zhuo drew on the advanced experience of Google CEO Schmidt, and gave the draft contract between Yike and T-Mobile to the senior management of China Unicom, which clearly stated the purchase price and proportion.

At the same time, he also took the similar cooperation between Apple and the operator AT&T as an example, and talked about the competition in the 3G era.

One has been negotiated, one is negotiating.

With such a fresh example in front of us, China Unicom's executives really feel...fresh and unbelievable.

"The touch screen is very interesting, Mr. Fang, the intelligence you mentioned is also good."

"Oh, and this front camera."

"However, your mobile phone includes Apple's competing mobile phone. Mr. Fang, I don't mean to offend. Can such a new product really grab a large number of users from Nokia, Sony Ericsson, and Samsung?"

Unicom executives expressed their thoughts.

Can get users, only time will tell.

"At the end of the month, the iPhone will be launched, and at the end of the year, Mars will be launched." Fang Zhuo replied, "I believe that AT&T and T-Mobile will soon know that they choose touch-screen smart phones, choose to subsidize users, and choose to deepen cooperation with mobile phone manufacturers. , is it worth it?"

Similarly, this is also to witness the changes that the two mobile phones can bring before the reform of China Unicom.

Fang Zhuo treated the high-level executives of the visiting domestic operators very well, and watched the Rockets' last home game of the series with them in the box.

On June 6, the Rockets are determined to visit the AT&T Center Arena again with a 5:3 advantage.

Three days later, the Spurs shot down the Rockets, confirming that the two teams had won the Western Conference Finals for the second time in three years.

On June 6, the Eastern Conference has been determined to be the first time in the history of the Cavaliers led by LeBron James to win the Eastern Conference Championship. The last game of the Western Conference Finals series will determine who will join the Cavaliers in the finals.

Finally, this day came, and Fang Zhuo's mood of being distracted from his mobile phone was also pulled back by a game to determine the outcome.

He prepared throat lozenges, easy-to-tear jerseys, a group of friends waving team flags, and public relations media shots in advance, and planned to participate in the tie-break.

However, just in the afternoon, Xiao Ao unexpectedly decided to come to watch the game, and will witness with his own eyes whether there will be a miracle.

The rumors circulating on the Internet that "if the black man can be the leader" stood on the sidelines of "if the Rockets can win the championship", this murdered many reporters' photos.

"What if we lose?" Fang Zhuo asked Xiao Ao after the game started.

"I believe in myself just like you believe in rockets." Xiao Ao replied speciously.

The problem is that Fang Zhuo actually believes in Xiao Ao's miracle more.

He could only look excited, OK, believe in the Rockets, believe in Xiao Ao!

The game is anxious.

From the coaches to the players to the on-site audience to the live broadcast audience, everyone was worried about the result of this game, which made this game create a new high in the ratings of this year's playoffs.

Is it the Spurs revenge champion, or the Rockets Why not?

In the last 2 minutes of the fourth quarter, the scores of the two teams were tied for the 13th time in the game.

Fang Zhuo took a breath and began to slowly peel off the lozenges in his pocket.

He ate one piece first, and then handed one to Xiao Ao.

"What is this?" Xiao Ao was puzzled.

"I have a hunch that this is the sweet taste of victory." Fang Zhuo replied seriously.

Xiao Ao ate throat lozenges and found that Mr. Fang was lying. The taste was not so sweet, and the peppermint flavor was a bit harsh.

In the last minute, the Rockets and Spurs tied again 1:84.

The Spurs made a mistake and Carter grabbed the ball!
Carter advanced halftime and was also pulled out by Parker to make a mistake.

The Spurs reorganized the offense, Parker held the ball, Ginobili ran, and Duncan dropped low.

With only six seconds left in the play, Ginobili receives the pass and takes a difficult fadeaway jumper!
No entry!Pop out!Duncan missed a tip!
Yao Ming protects key rebounds!
With only the last five seconds left in the game, the Rockets have the ball!

Rockets coach Nelson unexpectedly did not call a timeout, and everything was handled by the players on the court.

Duncan tried to cut off the basketball in Yao Ming's hands. The Rockets' Nash and Carter rushed to the front court from left to right. They unanimously chose to believe in Yao Ming's long pass!
Yao Ming raised the basketball high and swung it forward without hesitation.

Nash, who was two steps away from the three-point line, received the accurate pass, and in less than a second, he hit the ground and passed it to Carter, who was closer to the basket.

Carter catches the ball!

Only the last three seconds left!

He chose a layup!
At the last second, Carter seemed to have eyes behind his back, and with a feint, Ginobili flew back to the defense, and gently sent the ball into the basket!

Time is running out, and there is no chance for the Spurs to make a lore!
The stadium was silent, the whistle sounded, the score was valid, the rocket lifted off, and the live broadcast was boiling!

Fang Zhuo witnessed the classic Trident match in the final round of the tiebreaker, and when he heard the whistle, he jumped up from his seat, tore off his jersey, and faced the home fans and media cameras, reaffirming the culture of the playoffs.

"Why not!"

"Why not!"

"FFFF, why not!!"

At this time, Xiao Ao also stood up excitedly.

Fang Zhuo turned around and yelled at Xiao Ao: "Why not?"

Xiao Ao responded in the live broadcast and under the camera, shouting loudly: "Yes, we can!"

Fang Zhuo raised Xiao Ao's hand and shouted, "Why not? Yes, we can!!"

Who said the Rockets can't win three consecutive championships?Who said Xiao Ao couldn't be a leader?
The organization decides, and it's up to you to get the votes.

I have a heart-to-heart with Odo, Odo approves me, Yes, U can, Yes, U can.