Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

Xiaomi's headquarters have just moved to the Hongyuan Building, located next to the 798 Art District in Chaoyang District, Beijing.

In a meeting room, Xiaomi's seven founders gathered together.

Compared to Meizu, a family business, Xiaomi's founding team looks much more domineering.

Lei Jun goes without saying; he's someone who's already succeeded once.

During his time at Kingsoft, he led the team to develop WPS 97, setting a new direction for Kingsoft, and subsequently launched products such as Kingsoft Video Player, Kingsoft PowerWord, and JX Online.

He rose through the ranks from general manager to company president. In 2007, Kingsoft successfully listed in Hong Kong, after which Lei Jun resigned and became a highly successful angel investor.

In April 2010, he and six other business leaders founded Xiaomi.

Lin Bin, President. Former Senior Development Manager at Microsoft Research Asia and Vice President of Google China Engineering Research Institute.

Li Wanqiang, Vice President, formerly Director of the Design Center at Kingsoft Software.

Liu De, Vice President, founder and former head of the Department of Industrial Design at Beijing University of Science and Technology, is a top-tier management talent in hardware and supply chain.

Hong Feng, head of MIUI, is a former Google product manager who led the development of projects such as Google Calendar, Chinese input method, music service, and Google 3D Street View.

Zhou Guangping is the head of mobile phone hardware engineering, a former core design expert at Motorola headquarters, and a senior director at Motorola's Beijing R&D Center. He led the development of several classic models, including the V998 and A1200.

Huang Jiangji, head of cloud services and routers, became a Microsoft principal engineer before the age of 30, responsible for high-performance data analytics systems and automated logistics distribution systems. He later moved to China and became the former development director of Microsoft China Engineering Institute.

Seven bigwigs sat together, all doing one thing: frantically scrolling through Weibo.

For a wealthy person of Chen Yiran's stature, it would actually be very easy to conceal their travel plans if they really wanted to.

However, Chen Yiran clearly didn't care much, and even took photos with airport staff after landing in Zhuhai.

It immediately became a trending topic on Weibo, and then Xiaomi's top executives couldn't sit still.

Xiaomi and Meizu can be considered mortal enemies.

Lei Jun and Huang Zhang can truly be described as having a complicated and ill-fated relationship.

In 2009, Meizu faced increasing financial strain as it began developing mobile phones, and the profits it had previously earned from MP3 players were no longer sufficient.

At this point, the Zhuhai government stepped in. They didn't invest directly, but they helped find another successful company in Zhuhai.

It was Kingsoft that moved from Shenzhen to Zhuhai in 1989. By then, Kingsoft had already successfully gone public, and Lei Jun had begun to work as an angel investor everywhere.

With the government's help, Lei Jun and Huang Zhang met, and their relationship quickly warmed up.

The two geeks quickly became best friends, and Lei Jun became a de facto unofficial employee of Meizu, the kind who could enter Huang Zhang's office directly by scanning his face.

Huang Zhang even had his secretary go out and buy Coca-Cola Zero to prepare for Lei Jun.

It's important to know that at that time, Lei Jun had no position or contract at Meizu, and it wasn't even due diligence before the investment.

However, he became one of Meizu's recognized leaders from top to bottom. The UI interaction documents, supplier list, and financial statements of Meizu's new phone M9 were all brought to Lei Jun for discussion. Huang Zhang showed him Meizu's dirty secrets.

This is also a drawback of family businesses, as systems are basically non-existent in them.

However, it was precisely this drawback that prevented Lei Jun from truly joining Meizu in the end.

In January 2010, Lei Jun offered a price: Meizu was valued at one billion RMB, and he would pay 1 million RMB for shares, become chairman, and then let Huang Zhang take charge of product development.

Huang Zhang resolutely refused. He wanted Lei Jun to be the CEO, with a high salary and dividends, but he wouldn't give him a single share of the company.

That's a bit disrespectful. Lei Jun is already a veteran; how could he possibly work for Huang Zhang?

Instead of turning against him directly, he introduced Lin Bin to Huang Zhang and suggested that Huang Zhang offer 5% of the shares to recruit them.

Huang Zhang refused again.

Lei Jun later realized that Meizu was doomed.

In April 2010, he quietly registered Xiaomi Technology and started making mobile phones on his own.

It's easy to imagine how furious Huang Zhang would be when he found out.

He publicly denounced Lei Jun for stealing trade secrets, and afterwards, Xiaomi and Lei Jun became taboo words on the Meizu forum.

Huang Zhang is the only one who posts articles on the platform to criticize Xiaomi and Lei Jun whenever he has free time, but he secretly deletes them every time, showing that his emotions are extremely distorted.

In reality, it's hard to say that Huang Zhang was criticizing Xiaomi for stealing Meizu's future.

It seems he's just cursing his old friends.

Lin Bin swiped the computer a few more times, then broke the silence: "We can't just wait like this, Lei Zi, think of something! Are you sure Huang Zhang will really refuse? That's Chen Yiran!"

Lei Jun was also panicking, but he calmly reassured Huang Zhang, "Bin, stay calm. I know Huang Zhang. He may be the best product manager, but he's definitely not a qualified entrepreneur. He won't introduce external funding until his core is damaged and the company faces life or death."

So, we just have to wait and see. It looks like he's going to make a domestic version of Android now; if he doesn't go with Meizu, it'll definitely be us. KK, Ali, can you two please stop shaking your legs?

KK is Huang Jiangji's nickname, and A Li is Li Wanqiang.

KK tapped the table a few times and said, "How could it not shake? That's Chen Yiran! Do you understand Chen Yiran? Look at Ultron's technology, my god, I think we can achieve all of this in a few years."

They already anticipated this, and have even produced a very sophisticated product. This is just one product from one of their many subsidiaries. How are we supposed to compete with them?

The oldest among them, Zhou Guangping, laughed and said, "Don't be nervous, at worst we'll just slide on our knees. It's true that our technique isn't as good as others'. Let me tell you, my former colleagues at Motorola told me that Motorola in the US is already completely finished."

Basically, everyone thinks Google will definitely be taken down by Chen Yiran. Many Motorola executives are keeping a low profile now, thinking they can go to Chen Yiran when Google can't hold on anymore. Bin and Hong Feng, do you have any news? I guess Google itself isn't very confident either.

Hong Feng nodded: "Bin is in China, so the feedback here should be okay. Most of my former colleagues in the US are going crazy. Mainly because all the projects are lagging behind, and they can only drink leftovers with Chen Yiran every day."

Uber has recently become popular in the US. It's an online ride-hailing app that allows users in big cities to hail a ride directly from their phones. The fare is cheaper than a taxi, which has allowed DuckMap to surpass Google's market share in just one month.

Now Google has to create a new company to compete with Uber. No matter how much cash Google has, it can't withstand this constant pursuit.

Just then, Lei Jun's phone rang, and six pairs of eyes immediately fixed on him.

Lei Jun took the phone, hummed a few times, then put it down excitedly and said, "My friend in the Zhuhai government told me that the deal fell through, and Chen Yiran is clearly angry. She didn't stay in Zhuhai and flew straight to Beijing!"

The six people understood perfectly well. Lei Jun seemed to have panicked as well, but now that he was certain that the other side hadn't succeeded, he finally relaxed.

The six people tacitly put on mocking faces and presented them to Lei Jun.

Lei Jun waved his hand: "That's Chen Yiran! It's normal to panic. You guys hurry up and get things organized. We need to demonstrate our technical strength! We are capable of independently optimizing and maintaining the Android branch system."

After the six people left, Lei Jun started making phone calls to apologize.

In fact, Xiaomi's Series C financing was finalized in early June.

The parties had originally agreed to sign the contract by the end of July.

However, if Chen Yiran really takes a liking to it and invests in it, then not to mention whether financing will be needed, even if financing is needed, it certainly cannot proceed according to the previous valuation.

Chen Yiran's name alone is enough to double his valuation.