Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 250 Products in the Trend of Thought
Yike's American team gathered in New York for two short days. In addition to paying everyone's due money to the domestic account in advance, Fang Zhuo, as the president, also wrapped a cash red envelope so that everyone could buy some gifts and go back to celebrate the New Year.

Anyway, go abroad and buy some English-language gifts, no matter how useful they are...you still have face in front of the elders in your hometown.

In addition, the teams returning to the states have new tasks, observing the distribution of relevant terminal points and finding suitable staging points.

The United States has a vast territory, and if you want to pinch the terminal channels, you must have a regional transit with stable supply, and because of work visas and language issues, you have to consider recruiting people locally after the festival.

Yike will not make any big moves before the Spring Festival. It will only focus on finding out the situation and ensuring a stable supply during the festival. Fang Zhuo will basically do nothing after returning to China on February 2th, just go to the front line to listen to potential purchases The idea of ​​standing in front of M15 and P1.

"I don't know how the quality is? It's made in China."

"Good reviews on Amazon, cheap."

"It's cheap, but there's no dedicated transcription platform."

Fang Zhuo was not too surprised to hear the questions about the product, but there were some that surprised him.

Some people think that China is an African country, and someone stuffs the products on the shelves into their clothes in front of him.

Another person said convincingly: "I heard that this M1 is a low-end brand invested by Apple. They want to maintain a closed ecology of computers."

Anyway, Fang Zhuo felt that the situation he witnessed on the front line gave him a lot of talking points when he returned to China.

On February 2th, after Fang Zhuo had another conversation with teams from different states, he took Pan Ben, Kong Yu, and two white men recruited by MIGA private equity funds to board a flight to Shanghai.

During this trip, someone from MIGA Fund will visit Sina’s management team and ask for a 5.4% shareholding to be added to the board of directors. In addition, they will also talk about the senior background of MIGA Fund.

The flight is long.

On the left of Fang Zhuo is Pan Ben, and on the right is Claude, a white man. Kong Yu and Davis, another official member of the MIGA Fund, are sitting behind.

Crowder is a lawyer at a well-known law firm in New York, specializing in commercial mergers and acquisitions.

Sina is a company listed on NASDAQ under the code name SINA. It is impossible to rely solely on Fang Zhuo's ideas to conspire against it. The actual operation involves multiple guidelines and requirements of different amendments, which requires professional corrections. .

Some law firms specialize in this work, and Fang Zhuo will hire an accounting team after the festival to prepare for accounting review and information disclosure in compliance with US legal requirements.

Fang Zhuo and Claude chatted about the bills and regulations halfway, and Pan Ben, who stayed up late yesterday, fell asleep listening to a lot of proprietary vocabulary.

Finally, the foreigner lost his energy and started to rest, and Pan Ben asked about Yike's financing situation.

"Mr. Fang, can we talk to Miller after the festival?"

"Let's see, now we need to introduce a new venture capital. It's not easy in the United States. I'm thinking about using more of my own funds. I'll see if there is any investment in Xiangjiang when I return to China." Fang Zhuo Said calmly.

Pan Ben sighed: "I think we have done a good job, why is it more difficult to attract investment here than in China?"

Fang Zhuo smiled and said: "It's okay, it's better than nothing, if it doesn't work, let IDG in. The current mainstream perception in the United States is not optimistic about hardware projects, let alone a company from China."

"You think you have done a good job. In fact, Apple's Ipod sales are only a little less than ours, but a listed company like it does not have much trouble doing this. The market needs a process of acceptance and cultivation, whether it is Whether it’s a consumer market or an investment market.”

Pan Ben nodded slowly, and said: "It seems that our shipments are still not enough. If we can reach millions of shipments, these organizations will have to change their faces."

Fang Zhuo not only came into contact with the IDG family in the United States, but other companies almost did not even have the threshold for negotiation. Xiong Xiaoge contributed a lot to IDG's endorsement, but the more so, the more doubtful he was about the equity.

Not to mention anything else, he himself played in front of Xiong Xiaoge with the shareholders' concerted action agreement.

Not to mention, it is still plotting against Sina, which has a decentralized shareholding structure.

"Not necessarily, the sales of pure hardware can come and go quickly. Once the Apple Ipod is compatible with Microsoft, in the eyes of venture capital institutions, we only have a competitive advantage in terms of product prices, but low prices also mean profits. Low." Fang Zhuo said, "If you want to compete with Ipod in the United States in the long run, you still have to learn from it, which is what I and everyone emphasize..."

"The integration of software and hardware is really important. I saw an old news a few days ago. Sony's current CEO Nobuyuki Idei made a judgment on hardware, saying that hardware is no longer valuable."

"I told VCs that hardware is very valuable. The president of another multinational group said that hardware is worthless, not only him. Many people say that hardware is worthless. Who do you think VCs will believe?"

Fang Zhuo joked about himself while talking: "They don't think this kind of hardware product can make a lot of money, so of course they don't want to invest in it. Miller is also a rare one, because he has a big appetite."

Pan Ben's face was serious, and he remembered the first time he met Smith, the vice president of IDG USA.

Fang Zhuo took a sip of the juice and said leisurely, "102 years ago, there was a physicist named Kelvin in England."

"Huh?" Pan Ben was confused, why did he say this all of a sudden.

"Kelvin said in his New Year's speech that the edifice of physics has been built, and future physicists only need to do some tinkering." Fang Zhuo smiled slightly, "but only five years later, Einstein proposed The theory of relativity, the edifice of classical physics was completely shaken."

He said with emotion: "Now everyone thinks that it is difficult to have any outstanding hardware products, but it has already appeared and will soon break this perception."

Following the voice of the boss, Pan Ben recalled the past and thought about the present, and his mood was quite surging.

Fang Zhuo added: "However, its power still needs to be fermented. We are in this process now. Apple's iTunes is facing several music copyright contracts. The US case law is good for our subsequent launch of iMusic. Don't worry, I am more and more confident now."

Pan Ben took a long breath and nodded.

Fang Zhuo glanced sideways at the white clouds outside the porthole, and then asked Pan Ben, "Isn't it more exciting to make such a product than working in IDG?"

"Yes, I didn't think so at first, but after running with Mr. Fang, I suddenly realized that the previous work was very mechanical and boring." Pan Ben cheered.

"Well, then go back this time and tell Old Xiong that you resign from him." Fang Zhuo said kindly, "If your name is not correct, your words will not go well. Since you are sincere in your career, Yi Ke can't treat you badly." .”

For some reason, Pan Ben's heart sank a little, and he nodded his chin unconsciously, um, after all, he wanted to talk to Mr. Xiong, go back and pick a time when he is in a good mood...

　This chapter of the code in the waiting room will not be coded on the train. After finishing the business trip, I will make it up at three o'clock tomorrow.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)