Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 1038 Returning the original price (4k)

Most people are very happy to visit the West Lake at night, but some people feel heavy in their hearts.

There were also two people who jumped up and down on the boat and accidentally fell into the water, but fortunately nothing happened.

On the second day of the symposium, Wang Yan took advantage of the stage to ask and amuse each other, and explained to the boss in a low voice that he and Zhang Chaoyang talked about the late search engine cooperation yesterday.

It can be said to be... a hit and miss.

The old website Sohu is getting more and more depressed. Its games are not as good as NetEase, its portals are not as good as Sina, and its traffic is not as good as Penguin. There will be very good revenue, and the foundation is still there.

But Sohu is now engaged in entertainment and video, and this kind of foundation is not easy to support its multi-faceted development. Sogou engine needs to introduce funds and partners.

Sina or Yike is a very good target.

In terms of business, everyone knows each other very well, and there is no competition in search. In terms of personal relationship, Zhang Chaoyang feels that he and Mr. Fang... are not bad, not bad.

In addition to feeling that Mr. Fang is a very hardworking person, everyone chatted, drank, and sang together, and got along very well.

The current person in charge of Sogou is Wang Xiaochuan, senior vice president of Sohu. This time, he did not come to Laian, but after Zhang Chaoyang agreed in principle to introduce funds from the Yike Department, Wang Xiaochuan will come to chat face to face.

This also means that Sogou will be reorganized and become an independent company.

In order to ensure the independence of Sogou, Zhang Chaoyang did not mention any other conditions, but only mentioned an "AB share" equity model. If the Yike Department can accept it, it will cooperate, and if it cannot accept it, let it go.

AB shares have different rights for the same share, and a small amount of equity can be used to ensure the control of the company. Since Google's listing, it has become more and more popular in technology companies.

Fang Zhuo agreed to this important premise of cooperation.

He has no malice, but just wants to build and improve the ecology of YMS, and this process is undoubtedly the pursuit of win-win.

Sometimes, Fang Zhuo would also be surprised that the hostile takeover of Sina has been over for a long time, why is it still being missed by others, and Liu Chiping and the others even brought it up the day before yesterday.

All in all, the cooperation dialogue was harmonious.

Wang Yanyan said the key points concisely, Fang Zhuo finally glanced to the right and back, met Zhang Chaoyang's eyes, smiled and gestured OK to him, and the latter also responded with the same OK.

This scene fell into the eyes of other people in the venue, and they silently speculated about what the two parties had negotiated.

The last speaker in the morning was Ma Huateng, head of Penguin.

A major topic of this year's symposium is the Internet development after the financial crisis. He gave a keynote speech on three aspects: "corporate budget", "value-added services" and "opportunities in crisis".

Fang Zhuo thought it sounded pretty good, especially when it came to corporate budgets, his observations on the industry were quite down-to-earth.

He was abroad a while ago, and after he came back, his energy was focused on the financial war. He only knew that the semiconductor industry was miserable, and he really didn't pay much attention to the Internet.

In the afternoon, Li Yanhong, head of Baidu, also delivered a speech on stage.

The self-confidence shown by this person on stage is even more obvious.

Baidu's revenue in 08 was 32 billion, a substantial increase of 83.3% over the previous year, and its profit growth was as high as 100.4%. In the Q1 financial report just released this year, the first quarter revenue was 8.1 million, a year-on-year increase of 41.1%, and its operating profit was 1.98. billion, a year-on-year increase of 34.7%.

Despite the financial crisis and the seasonal decline in the first quarter during the Spring Festival, Baidu's growth performance was still better than Wall Street analysts had expected.

Fang Zhuo found it very interesting to listen to the speech of the head of Baidu.

When he came on stage, he also quoted content from Li Yanhong.

"Just now I heard Mr. Li Yanhong Li talking about the fact that the Internet has penetrated into every aspect in the audience. I agree with this very much."

"With the development of the Internet, it is becoming more and more difficult to have a pure Internet company. Manufacturing, communication and other industries are increasingly considering the integration of network and multimedia, which are closely related to the Internet."

"Because Yike Company is making mobile phone products, so I have a very clear feeling about this."

"Just now everyone can feel Mr. Li's confidence. The advertising revenue is growing rapidly. The new online marketing is indeed very different from the traditional brand advertising marketing. From a foreign perspective, the search engine long-tail advertising revenue is much higher than the traditional brand advertising. Speed ​​up."

"I'm also very bullish on this one."

Li Yanhong, who was in the first row under the stage, heard what Zhang Chaoyang said during lunch, interacted with others while others were still listening, raised his right hand slightly, and said with a smile: "Welcome Mr. Fang to participate in the search competition. "

The rhythm of Fang Zhuo's speech was slightly interrupted. He glanced at the head of Baidu and said with a smile, "Okay, it's a deal."

There was some commotion in the venue, how did these two interact?Mr. Fang is really rich, and anyone can touch it.

Zhang Chaoyang in the field wanted to raise his arms. This was Sogou's work, but he felt that the occasion was inappropriate, so he held back his emotions.

Fang Zhuo continued his speech, following the episode and said: "I admire Mr. Li's competitive spirit, because Yike is also a company that is often under the pressure of competition. Business development is not step-by-step. Sometimes, you don't know this. Where does this competitive pressure come from?"

"It's fine. Yike, which is selling mobile phones, has been attacked in the financial field. This is also the biggest crisis since our establishment."

Fang Zhuo spread his hands: "Fortunately, Yike has regarded competition as the norm since its birth, and this is how it survived."

The head of Yike reviewed the financial war in April and May in public, and revealed his true feelings. He was very scared and grateful.

"I have always believed that the normalized competitive thinking is an advantage of Yike's long-term development. Whether it is facing Sony, Apple, Nokia, or Samsung, it has not flinched, but is actively looking for misplaced advantages, so that it can gradually gain a foothold. "

Fang Zhuo is really emotional: "It is normal for an enterprise to encounter difficulties in the competition, and it is also normal to be frustrated when it is not going well. What is abnormal is that there is no competition and no difficulties, which can easily make the enterprise deviate from the correct track. "

Li Yanhong in the first row was smiling, Ma Huateng had a calm expression, and Ma Dian exchanged words with the people next to him from time to time.

Among the competition among the four companies, Taobao and Tesco are the most intense, Penguin and Weibo are relatively indirect, and Baidu has just joined forces with Mr. Fang's dynamics, but the heads of the three companies have heard something.

Mr. Fang said just now that Li Yanhong was confident in his speech, but in fact, he wanted to give everyone more confidence by showing strength.

In particular, Ma Huateng received a message from Maitin last night, 'Yi Ke is here', which obviously means that Mr. Fang really wants to increase his competitiveness in the country when he returns to China.

However, although Mr. Fang and his Yike Department are indeed worthy of attention, and Weibo has indeed made a good social platform, the current situation is not as worrying as before.

Ma Huateng thinks Mr. Fang is okay this time. Neither his Yike mobile phone nor YMS have any obstacles to Penguin’s QQ software launched in the app store. Normal soldiers can come and block.

Pay attention to attention, worry to worry...

Ma Huateng even felt that if Weibo was launched when more domestic Android phones were sold, he might be more worried.

The sword is out of its sheath, as long as the shield is ready in the direction it came from.

Mr. Fang gave a speech on the stage, but the audience had different thoughts.

When Fang Zhuo steps down, today's symposium will come to an end.

He spent a lot of time. In addition to talking about Yike's competition, he also publicly talked about the huge prospects of social media platforms, which is consistent with Wang Xing who took the stage yesterday.

Portal website Sina, social media platform Weibo, and mobile phone hardware Yike will be combined to empower and try to cut the cake from Penguin’s user time. As for whether the communication function in Weibo will be strengthened in the future, it needs to be seen further. development of.

"Mr. Fang wants to invest in Sogou? Now our search field is booming." Li Yanhong said to Fang Zhuo with a smile. His Baidu has an absolute leading market share, and he is not worried about the emergence of new competitors.

"Hey, give it a try. Yike also needs to tell a new story to the capital market." Fang Zhuo was more gentle in the audience.

"Anyway, I don't know about you guys. Mr. Fang is going to be ruthless in e-commerce." Ma Dian joked that Taobao's development is fast and very good, Mr. Fang deserves attention, but the difference between the size of e-commerce The gap has gradually formed.

If it weren't for the home appliances that have increased since last year to go to the countryside, Tesco may be left behind by two positions.

"If e-commerce doesn't get ruthless, we won't even be able to see the back of Taobao." Fang Zhuo admitted the gap with a smile.

Ma Huateng will not join in the fun. From the current point of view, Penguin Weibo needs to continue to catch up. A solid front.

Fang Zhuo chatted here, and stopped participating in the activities organized by the province at night.

Just in the afternoon, Nokia's executive team led by CEO Simmons had arrived in Lin'an. They found a hotel near the symposium and expressed their request for a meeting through the leaders of Lin'an.

The matter between Nokia and Yi Ke has nothing to do with Lin'an. The leader suddenly felt embarrassed when he encountered such an incident. He had no suitable position at all, so he could only inform Yi Ke first and then talk about it from a private perspective. .

In this situation, Fang Zhuo naturally agreed to meet with him half-heartedly.

Dr. Wang Jian, who was born in Microsoft Huaxia Research Institute, has already arrived in Lin'an, understood Mr. Fang's attitude requirements, and soon connected with Elop, the president of Microsoft's business department.

Under such a background, Yike and Nokia had a dialogue of exchanging the initiative.

The last time I saw Simmons, the interim CEO, was in early May, and it was only a month ago. The two sides still had an unpleasant dispute on Twitter. After this meeting... the board of directors has confirmed that Simmons will officially serve as CEO , while Fang Zhuo became the king of retail investors, and Yi Ke also swept short-selling institutions.

The situation changed too quickly, and it was difficult to describe the mood when Simmons shook hands with Mr. Fang.

The two heads are face to face, and the second place is Elop, the top executive of Microsoft, and Liu Qiangdong, the president of Yike Huaxia.

Simmons used to talk clichés, and after a few pleasantries, he talked about the mutual grant of patents and the official attitude of the United States.

Fang Zhuo listened noncommittally.

Maybe knowing that the new CEO doesn't have much weight at this time, Elop said cheerfully: "Mr. Fang, the current situation is very clear. The competition between companies must be within the framework. I am here this time as well." Respond to this call on behalf of Microsoft."

"It was you Microsoft who broke the agreement last time, right?" Fang Zhuo glanced at Emma and frowned, "You two are such a good team. One is treacherous, and the other is playing tricks."

He continued bluntly: "It was less than two months since the cooperation between Yike and Microsoft was reached, and it turned out to be overturned. Nokia has clamored to ban the sale of Yike since last year. Whether it is Google's past negotiations or Yike's sincerity, you are Ignore it, it’s fine now, if you can’t ban the sale, you need to ask Yike to authorize, how can such a good thing come from?”

Simmons frowned: "President Fang, we all know whether Yike has infringed or not."

Fang Zhuo's face darkened: "If Nokia is not infringing, what are you doing here?"

Elop smoothed things over: "Mr. Fang, now is the time to solve the problem. Yike's delay is not the answer. The ITC ruling was overturned. Jobs returned to work this month. There will always be changes."

Fang Zhuo said: "Elop, I believe there is a reason for Microsoft to change its decision. Nokia just wants to bind Microsoft to put pressure on Yike, but this idea has gone bankrupt, and I think Nokia is not far from bankruptcy. "

Simmons smiled slightly, put away his expression again, and said: "Mr. Fang, I think we should all speak based on facts. It doesn't matter whether Yike's infringement in the past, or Nokia's patent issue now, since the US market is such a requirement, We should all recognize that foundation, and I think you wouldn't want Samsung and Apple eating our share."

"I'll tell you the facts. The fact is that Yike has not been banned. The fact is that ITC's trial of Yike's lawsuit against Nokia is still going on. The fact is that you still haven't recognized your position." Fang Zhuo stood up, "Nokia Want to talk, no problem, one price, 5 million US dollars licensing fee."

Simmons laughed angrily at this number: "Boss Fang, you don't want to talk about it at all? Your lawsuit will not be supported."

"Why don't you want to talk about it? This is a reasonable number." Fang Zhuo said coldly, "Whether you support it or not, we will know at that time."

Simmons protested: "This is a completely unreasonable, insincere sky-high price, and shameless blackmail!"

Fang Zhuo looked at the CEO of Nokia and said, "Very good, this is the price that Nokia offered to Yike earlier. Yike only needs 5 million yuan, not one less!"

He walked away, and Yike's executives also left.

Simmons didn't expect that this number wasn't just yelling casually, and he was even more passive in his passivity.

Elop next to him frowned, glanced at the Nokia CEO, thought about it and said: "Simmons, I'll talk to Yike later, Yike has a former Microsoft executive here, let me see Can we have some room for conversation and ask Ballmer to call Mr. Fang again."

Microsoft CEO Ballmer has a status in the world.

However, judging from his observations, he always felt that this matter was not easy to talk about. Fang was always a very personable person and had absolute control over Yi Ke.

Right now we can only do our best.

If you really can't do it, then, then...

Elop found the situation really tricky.

(End of this chapter)