Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 347 Judgment (Two in One)

February 2003 is the year of Guiwei in the Chinese lunar calendar, the year of the sheep.

According to Xu Shen's "Shuowen" in the Eastern Han Dynasty, sheep, auspicious, have auspicious meanings.

Fang Zhuo had a very comfortable holiday this year. He took his family to do a physical examination and found that he was in a good mood after the results were all right. He took everyone to visit Shanghai, taste delicious food, drive Enzo to the track, and take a ferry to Huangpu.

Afterwards, he went back to his hometown to worship his ancestors.

It is worth mentioning that the news that the rich Forbes returned to the county in a low-key way was spread, which alarmed the local government to receive it.

My father usually doesn't like to talk much, but on the way back he couldn't help feeling: "I didn't know that the county leaders were so close to the people, so enthusiastic, and even took a group photo. It was the most glorious time in my life."

"Dad, if you want to be more brilliant, I can still find ways to take a group photo with the mayor." Fang Zhuo felt that his father's brilliance was easier to satisfy.

Fang Tong frowned and thought about it, but still shook his head and rejected the proposal: "Forget it, it's very awkward, if I pull goods well and people praise me, that's fine, I can't wait to take your money out of your pocket..."

"For the sake of GDP, it's normal. The attitude of the county is actually okay. Last time I went to Yangcheng, the merchants over there didn't know how to know about me, so they stopped me halfway." Fang Zhuo laughed.

"Then do you want to invest money?" Mother Zhao Shumei asked.

"In fact, there is no suitable industry in my hometown." Fang Zhuo thought for a while, "First donate a batch of medical supplies to the hospital system, and then donate some needed things to the school. As for investment, there is no rush."

Neither Zhao Shumei nor Fang Tong commented on this, and it was up to him to decide on his son's career.

The group returned to Shanghai on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month and spent the Lantern Festival together.

The next thing to do with the family is the choice of a new home.

Originally, Fang Zhuo flew around, sometimes in the capital, and sometimes in New York. He had no requirements for housing by himself, and Yu, Su, and Zhou all chose to buy a house here, which is very close to the company...

At that time, all three of them had realized the shares of Guahao.com, but his pockets were extremely clean, so he rented them here.

There is a lot of money that can be used now, and there are more room for choice.

Fang Zhuo handed over this matter to his parents, uncles and aunts, and together with the facade decoration on Plaza [-], they used it as their entry point in the city of Shanghai.

He thinks that people still have to do things to have more meaning in life, and he will ask his family members about this later.

After the Lantern Festival, on February 2, Fang Zhuo talked to Yike New York last night. He slept late and woke up late. When he left the room, he saw a family studying the property map of Shanghai.

"Choose, Pudong will definitely appreciate in value." Fang Zhuo drank a glass of warm water and said casually, "I'm going out today, so I won't come back to eat."

"Where to eat?" Mother Zhao Shumei asked with concern.

"I was yelled at by the leader in the afternoon...it seems to be playing cards." Fang Zhuo also felt a little strange. Today is the sixteenth day of the first month, and Lao Qiu didn't know what to do. I'll call and find Xiao Wang for small matters."

Zhao Shumei nodded, since she knew that Forbes has been on for half a month now, except for more phone calls and a little noise when going home, she finally saw something different today.

She said with emotion: "My son looks like the richest man."

"..." Fang Zhuo called this the richest man's reputation stress disorder, turned his head and asked his sister, "Qiqi, aren't you going to Jiaotong University? If you have time, help me pay attention to the news from the School of Microelectronics, see Look at the situation of Professor Chen Jin."

Zhao Suqi nodded steadily, knowing that her brother and Professor Chen have cooperated, and this cooperation seems to be quite important.

Fang Zhuo greeted his father, uncle, and aunt again, and considered the itinerary for the day. Instead of driving a Ferrari, he chose Xiaoyu's Audi.

In the morning, I held a meeting on Hang Lung 23 to discuss the progress of iMusic. It will basically be launched around the end of this month. It will be equipped with credit card online payment and Paypal to help American consumers buy music.

It is worth mentioning that Paypal, founded by Musk, is a merchant service business announced in January this year, and Yike is willing to try to be regarded as a radical move by the development department.

At the same time, iMusic will officially block the two-way function of the software.

After Yike and Sony Music reached a cooperation, restricting functions became an inevitable choice.

According to news shared in New York, Apple may hold a new product launch event in March or April, and it is likely that they will announce the payment of iTunes music at that time.

Fang Zhuo believes that it is necessary to start the era of online music purchase ahead of Apple. In addition, there is news about competitors. The Ipod seems to have a flaw in the battery solution. The Yike product department found that the power consumption was too high during research. fast situation.

The product director compared the difference between his own battery solutions and those of competitors, and found that the batteries provided by the domestic manufacturer ATL have better and more stable performance.

New York's publicity department considered doing something on this point.

Product Director Xu Keden also proposed research on new products at the meeting. Because of the stimulation of strong competitors, Xu Keden did not relax just because he made products that could make a name for himself in overseas markets, and actively considered upgrading. which performed.

At present, whether it is Yike or Apple, product upgrades are all about storage, which is directly related to the development and breakthrough of hard drives and flash memory.

But Xu Keden has been thinking about upgrading in other directions.

Fang Zhuo participated in the discussion and pointed out a direction for reference. The screens of Ipod and P1 are black and white, and the TV is also going from black and white to color. This is obviously a way forward.

The time for the meeting exceeded the limit, and Fang Zhuo will arrive at the old leader's house at two o'clock in the afternoon.

I thought this card game was an excuse to talk about things, but I didn't expect that the three members of the family were already playing poker.

"Brother Zheng, Chief Qiu, President Liu."

Fang Zhuo said hello, except for Liu Suyi, the CEO of Yonghe Real Estate who had already met twice, he did not expect Zheng Danrui to be there.

"Sit down, I'll wait for you for a while, come on, rub your hands." Judy threw away the cards that must be lost.

Fang Zhuo was a little confused and couldn't figure out what was going on today.

While sitting, he said, "Brother Zheng, aren't you busy today?"

"I was busy at first, but the picker was taken away, so I came to Lao Qiu for nothing." Zheng Danrui said flatly.

Fang Zhuo hesitantly didn't answer, he didn't want to know about the struggle situation.

Liu Suyi poured a cup of tea for the young president, and silently remembered the title "Brother Zheng".

"How much do you play?" Fang Zhuo asked with a smile while rubbing mahjong.

"I don't play with money." Zheng Danrui said.

Fang Zhuo shrugged: "That's right, I'm not good at mahjong."

"Then what do you do?" Judy asked curiously.

Fang Zhuo smiled and said, "It's not very good, anyway, I don't play with money."

Judy rolled her eyes.

After playing such a game for a while, Fang Zhuo realized that Zheng Danrui grew up in Sichuan Province (anti-harmony), and later studied in Beijing, so he can understand such a recreational activity as mahjong.

After playing like this for a while, he gradually felt that there was really nothing else going on today, just the poker game, and the tension in his heart relaxed.

The two leaders and the two bosses of the company, the former did not talk about political affairs, but only occasionally asked about the operating conditions of the company, and the topic gradually diverged.

What is it easy for people with power and money to talk about when they get together?
Talk about the economic development outside of Shanghai, and talk about the changing trend of the international situation.

Fang Zhuo maintained his own personality, and only talked about the development of the Internet, and occasionally talked about the company's competition in New York. Soon, he felt that the international situation of these three people was not much different from his father and uncle.

It's just that they added a lot of reasons that seemed reasonable when they talked about the Gulf and the old beauty.

For example, the pressure of international public opinion, for example, the opposition encountered by the old US in his speech at the United Nations.

In just these two days, there were anti-war activities in different cities around the world.

The three of them finally unified their opinions, and they all believed that Lao Mei would not make any special moves in the Gulf.

Judy took a sip of tea, and suddenly saw Fang Zhuo on the opposite side with a strange expression, and asked with a smile: "Mr. Fang is a person who has gone abroad, why didn't he give us some opinions? I said my thoughts without reservation." .”

Fang Zhuo stretched out his hand to refill the old leader's tea, and thought for two seconds: "I don't understand these things, so I can't say anything."

He continued: "I will simply say three points."

The three of them were taken aback for a moment, and the tone of these words was inexplicably familiar.

"War is the continuation of politics, this is a sentence in "On War"."

"The economic base determines the superstructure. This is the thought of Marx and Engels."

"The euro officially circulated last year, and the strongman in the Gulf announced that he would use the euro to settle oil. This has touched the bottom line of old American dollar politics."

Fang Zhuo shrugged his shoulders, and said decisively - he couldn't help but said decisively: "I have the opposite opinion to yours, and I will definitely do something."

Three points and three sentences, concise and to the point.

Zheng Danrui frowned and thought for a while, and said many reasons to support his opinion.

Judy and Liu Suyi beside him also chimed in.

Men can't help talking about politics.

Fang Zhuo was not as rich in theory as "Brother Zheng", and he was also not as good as the analysis and judgment of certain situations by the three-person partnership. .”

"I'm different. I own a private equity fund."

"The Fund invests client money in accordance with my judgment."

"Do you dare to take your assets to the crude oil futures to verify your judgment?"

Fang Zhuo gave an example that left people speechless.

Zheng Danrui let out a "cough" full of leadership: "Mr. Fang's mouth has been learned before. It just so happens that the editor-in-chief of "Xinmin Evening News" wants to interview the richest man in Shanghai."

"Can you entrust Brother Zheng?" Fang Zhuo wondered.

"Everyone is interested in a young rich man." Zheng Danrui said, "I saw 'Ten Business Lessons of the Richest Man in Shanghai' yesterday."

"It's pretty awkward." Fang Zhuo commented, um, but it's not as awkward as Brother Zheng's blunt change of subject.

Regarding the wealth opportunities brought by the international situation, MIGA Fund and PL Fund are prepared. Due to the behavior of delivering funds to the Li family, the fund has absorbed a lot of tentative asset management, and each one is not too big. But it also adds up to a substantial amount.

In addition to the stock market and subprime debt, this money will also take advantage of the trend to drink some crude oil futures soup.

Moreover, because the MIGA fund landed in Pudong New Area, Fang Zhuo also considered absorbing some domestic funds to make a name for himself.

The richest man in Shanghai is a good name, and the Shencheng General Chamber of Commerce that he participated in years ago was a very good place to make friends. In late February, a vice president will be honorably elected.

The game continued, and the topic turned back to corporate development. Fang Zhuo happily chatted about Sina and Yike, while the other three people on the table remembered the judgment of the young president and planned to use time to verify this statement.

At eight o'clock in the evening, Fang Zhuo and Liu Suyi bid farewell and left together, leaving room for the two leaders.

"Mr. Liu, MIGA Fund has recently had an opportunity to operate crude oil. Do you want to invest money to play?"

Fang Zhuo did not forget to develop customers before getting into the car.

Liu Suyi thought about the relationship between this little Mr. Fang and the two leaders, and agreed: "Mr. Fang, I don't understand this at all. How about investing 200 million for a little fun?"

He planned to add another 100 million if Xiao Fang was not satisfied with this number.

"Okay, no problem." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "I've asked a few bosses I know these days, and the most they are willing to take is 50 yuan, and they still want to make money from real estate."

Liu Suyi answered in his heart, that is, he did not see you calling the deputy leader "Brother Zheng".

He said with a smile: "If Mr. Fang is willing to play real estate, there are still many opportunities in Pudong."

Fang Zhuo shook his head: "I can't play, I just plan to buy a house in Shanghai recently."

"Hahaha." Liu Suyi laughed, this sentence was a bit like a joke.

Fang Zhuo left a business card of the manager of the MIGA Fund in Pudong, and will be in charge of the official process of the 200 million Huaxia Coin client.

That night, Fang Zhuo contacted the editor-in-chief of "Xinmin Evening News" when he got home, and set a time for an exclusive interview at the end of the month.

He has already discovered the intuitive effect brought by the title of "the richest man in Shanghai", not to mention the attention of the leaders, but also the sudden increase in Yike's shipments.

And, Yike has received investment invitations from many local governments, saying that they can have preferential policies.

Occasionally, there are people who can't figure out the situation. Yi Keming already has a factory production line, but he doesn't know that it is the industry of "Shencheng's richest man".

Now is the time when the word GDP shines, and Fang Zhuo reckons that many people on the Forbes list should receive this kind of invitation.

Most of Fang Zhuo declined, but he was not easy to refuse in a provincial capital like Luzhou, which suddenly burst into enthusiasm.

Why didn't I buy property or invest in Luzhou? This was also asked by my parents during the holiday.

Fang Zhuo mentioned many factors, but there was one thing that was really inconvenient to say. He felt that it was easy to meet people who had known each other before, but after thinking about it, now that they meet each other, who can recognize him now?
In the middle and late February, Yike continued to be busy, and the medical department launched a large-scale practical application with the second-generation ID card.

At the end of the month, Fang Zhuo accepted an exclusive interview with "Xinmin Evening News" and talked about the bright future of the Internet industry.

Almost at the same time, another Xu Mingchang, who was displeased with the title of the richest man, also participated in the TV program of Dragon TV, talking about his ups and downs in Xiangjiang, and occasionally mentioned the Internet between his words, which was a little underestimated. Its worth of wealth.

(End of this chapter)