Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 352 Thunder Wave (Two in One)

The table in the inquiry room is a triangle.

The desk in the interrogation room is high and low.

The difference between the two is that the former faces more insiders and witnesses, and they communicate with each other on an equal footing, which also symbolizes the two different attitudes of the police.

Fang Zhuo was asked about his dealings with Xu Mingchang, and about his property. During this process, his emotions tended to stabilize, and these were easy to answer.

Originally considering the gentle inquiry he was facing and the inevitable reaction from the outside world, Fang Zhuo felt that as long as he waited, there would be no problem.

But a seemingly unintentional question of "how much do you know about District Chief Lanhua" made him take the initiative to ask for a phone call.

The phone works great.

Because Fang Zhuo directly picked a number that he had never contacted in his mind.

Soon, the cooperation on the subject of asking about Xu Mingchang's situation came to an end. After all, Fang Zhuo and Xu Mingchang had no business contacts at all, and the limited few exchanges were very short, and property issues were easy to explain clearly.

Then a local leader and a foreign leader appeared. They shook hands politely and thanked for their cooperation. The local leader casually revealed Xu Mingchang's problem, saying that this time the standard was very high and the scope of the investigation was relatively wide.

Fang Zhuo understood the underlying meaning and did not express any extra emotions.

From coming to leaving, it took more than two hours before and after, and even the car I was riding in seemed to be still warm.

Fang Zhuo was sitting in his car, holding his mobile phone, answering the continuous calls while thinking about the situation behind this incident.

Is this asking yourself to ask about the situation or trying to dig someone?
When did Lao Qiu have such an nickname?
Fang Zhuo thought about the connection behind Xu Mingchang, and the changes in Shanghai in the next few years, and felt a little turbulent.

He didn't know which side's intention this came from, and he didn't know whether this inquiry was deformed midway.

As more and more calls were made, things gradually became more outlined.

Today, not only myself and Xu Mingchang were questioned about the situation, but also several wealthy people in Shanghai were taken different measures. What I encountered was just a little aftermath of a thunderstorm.

Even, the main body is not here in Shencheng.

When Fang Zhuo was about to return to the company, he received a call from Lao Qiu. He didn't mention the question that made him think too much, and only made an appointment to meet at night.

On the 23rd floor of Hang Lung, the president left at ten o'clock, and people's hearts began to feel uneasy at that time.

When Fang Zhuo reappeared, he was greeted by many uneasy and questioning eyes—the boss, the boss went in, and the boss came out again, as if the anxiety and discussion at the beginning stopped abruptly.

"It's nothing. I was asked about Lao Xu's situation in the past. Everything is normal and nothing happened."

Fang Zhuo shook his mobile phone, saying that there was nothing serious, and let everyone worry about it.

Before he entered the office and took a seat, Lao Qiu suddenly called again, and uncharacteristically said that he didn't need to meet in the near future, and waited for the situation to stabilize.

After the phone call ended, Zheng Danrui also called in. His tone was quite calm, he didn't mention what happened today, and only said that the company should operate smoothly.

Just as Fang Zhuo put down his phone and lit a cigarette, the number of a Sina counterpart leader in Beijing appeared on the phone screen again.

Compared with the seriousness of Zheng and Qiu, the deputy director's tone was quite relaxed, and he didn't ask any questions. He just made a request for Sina's news reports, and the content must be published in a qualitative manner.

Hearing this tone, Fang Zhuo asked a few more questions. It was definitely a storm from the financial world, and there was a vague potential to pre-order the most shocking news in the industry this year. The person involved also had the qualifications to be written so much in China's financial history.

It was also like this that Xu Mingchang's deep relationship in Shencheng could not protect him, and he had the first time to enter.

Knowing this, he feels more relaxed. The company under his name has never dealt with Huaxia Bank, and the domestic financial situation is not involved. Sina is listed in the United States, so they cannot be together.

In the afternoon, the phone calls gradually subsided, Hang Lung 23 was not disturbed any more, while the outside world continued to be disturbed, and more bigwigs were invited to ask questions.

In the evening, Jinmao called from the 22nd floor, asking if the financial news report could be released, but Fang Zhuo suppressed it, and the leaders of the capital specifically took care of it, saying that it could not be released first.

However, the fact that Sina didn't publish it doesn't mean that other media didn't move, especially since it was related to Xiangjiang Finance. Following the situation of Xu Mingchang, a well-known rich man in Xiangjiang, many people realized that something happened to the bank.

In the evening, Fang Zhuo deliberately browsed Xiangjiang's network situation, and found that someone asked if the Hong Kong dollar signed and issued by him was still valid after the person left.

Huaxia Bank really stated its position on this, and the personal signature is to perform functions on behalf of the institution, and the issuance of currency is of course effective.

Taking things a little further, the wealthy under the background of the financial turmoil are just decorations, and Huaxia's banking system, especially in Shanghai and Hong Kong, is bound to experience huge changes.

Fang Zhuo arrived home at night, comforted his family with kind words, and thought about it for two cigarettes, but still felt that he needed to remind Lao Qiu.

He called Liu Yangyang and described to her face to face what he saw and heard today, and asked Lao Qiu's old subordinate to pass the message face to face.

As for what needs to be pondered in this, then leave it to them.

April 4, Shanghai Bund.

Fang Zhuo attended the Internet Industry Development Conference as usual, because he slept late last night, so he came a little later today.

Then, facing the complicated eyes, he sat in his seat and listened to Sohu Zhang Chaoyang's speech halfway.

The heads of Internet companies present here are all relatively young, and this meeting is not so restrained. The location is still on the Bund in Shanghai, which adds a bit of a salon feel.

However, Ma Huateng, the penguin sitting next to him, said something meaningful: "Today is not a good time, the situation is changing."

"The sky is bright and the air is clear, and the wind is breezy, which is very good." Fang Zhuo said with a smile.

Ma Huateng nodded, the meaning of which can only be felt in his heart.

"Penguin is developing so fast, when will you go public?" Fang Zhuo didn't want to talk about Fengyun, so he changed the topic of interest.

"If the growth rate is maintained this year, consider next year or the year after that." Ma Huateng replied.

"To the United States or Xiangjiang? Then I will buy more stocks." Fang Zhuo said jokingly.

Ma Huateng shook his head, this has not been decided yet.

Fang Zhuo said half-boastingly: "In Nasdaq, I can introduce a few people to Penguin, maybe the road to listing will be smoother."

Ma Huateng believed it was true, thanked him, and asked, "If it were you, what do you think would be better?"

"Xiangjiang." Fang Zhuo replied.

Ma Huateng: "..."

Zhang Chaoyang, who was holding a microphone in the center, had already seen two people talking in a low voice. His speech was coming to an end, and he finally called his name: "Hey, hey, those two whispering, come up and speak in the middle."

Ma Huateng smiled and said nothing.

The last time Zhang Chaoyang dealt with Fang Zhuo in the capital, he thought he was interesting, but he didn't expect that Sina's stock price would rise so sharply.

When he arrived in Shencheng last night, he first heard the news of Fang Zhuo's accident, and then heard the news that he was fine, which confused him. After asking other people, he didn't know what was going on.

This morning, the president of Sina did not show up, and seemed to confirm the rumors of an "accident". However, he was talking about the portal website with the microphone, and this person actually appeared. Combined with the rumors, there is a bit of mystery that cannot be explained clearly.

"Mr. Fang, come, come, I want to hear from you in person how the spring of our Internet came about." Zhang Chaoyang called the names.

Fang Zhuo got up with a smile, walked to where Zhang Chaoyang was standing, and took the microphone in his hand.

He looked at the guests who attended today. They have all seen Sohu, Netease, Tencent, and Baidu. Alibaba was attended by CFO Cai Chongxin because Ma Yun was at home.

In addition, there are Li Guoqing from Dangdang, Zhou Kaixuan from TOM, Xing Ming from Tianya Community, Fang Xingdong from Blog Huaxia, Zhen Ronghui from Worry-Free and so on.

Almost all the representatives of China's Internet industry are in the Bund of Shanghai.

Fang Zhuo looked at these people, and these people also looked at him with strange and curious eyes.

The performance of Sina Corporation since its coaching change last year is definitely an existence that no one who is interested in the Internet can ignore. Coupled with the blessing of the only industry on the Forbes Rich List, and the recent turmoil in Shanghai...

People like Li Guoqing, Fang Xingdong and others who met Fang Zhuo for the first time had a subtle feeling towards him, really young.

As for Zhou Kaixuan, who attended the industry conference this time, she had more considerations beyond the conference—as the confidante of Rich Lee of Hong Kong, her eyes were not only on TOM.com, but also on Hutchison Whampoa.

Li Fuhao's Hutchison Whampoa suffered setbacks in Shanghai before, and now that Xu Mingchang's situation is unclear, it seems that there can be some articles in it.

Xu Mingchang is a local snake, and Fang Zhuo has always been at odds with him. What Hutchison Whampoa wants may not be able to be achieved by contacting Fang Zhuo.

Zhou Kaixuan has lived in Xiangjiang for a long time, and has heard some rumors about Xiangjiang Finance. Knowing that Xu Mingchang had an accident this time, she can almost conclude that the Shencheng project will change.

The reason why Xu Mingchang was able to go to Xiangjiang to stir up wind and rain was not because of the bank's line. If this line was broken, he might be able to wait, but Shencheng's development could not wait.

Zhou Kaixuan originally thought that Fang Zhuo was also implicated, but he didn't expect to see him standing in front of him alive again today, and he was more concerned about it.

"Mr. Zhang asked me to talk about the spring of the Internet, what should I say?"

The president of Sina holding a microphone seemed not to be affected by the recent turmoil at all. With a smile on his face, he swung his right hand flat and said briskly, "The spring of the Internet is for everyone here."

All the spring present here smiled.

Fang Zhuo changed the topic: "Of course, if the few people here don't shout the slogan of competing for the number one portal website, I'm even willing to give you the summer of the Internet."

This time it was not just a smile, but also a laugh.

Not to mention the constant competition between Netease, Sohu and Sina, some executives of TOM, the leader in the wireless value-added market, shouted the slogan "Consolidate the market, enter the portal, and catch up with Sina".

Also because Sina's wireless SP business has created a threat to TOM.

The competition between enterprises is calm in Fang Zhuo’s mouth, and it can be used to make fun of it. Regardless of the private efforts of TOM.com or Sina’s initiative to promote benign content, talking about it now with the cool breeze blowing on the Bund makes everyone feel quite happy. interesting.

"From my point of view, the impact of the Internet bubble has not only disappeared from our side, but also gradually eased from the US side. I will not mention this for the time being, but I will talk about China."

"From the perspective of attributes, the portal websites in the past few years are relatively good. With three companies listed in the United States, this year, we can see that the industry is more and more flourishing."

"Baidu's search, Ali's e-commerce, Tencent's instant messaging, Dangdang's online book sales...etc."

"As a member of the industry, I am very happy, and I believe everyone is also very happy to see more and more online content presented to our netizens."

Fang Zhuo paused, and said with a smile: "Boss Zhang made fun of my open letter in Sina just now, so, you see, even in front of internal employees, I said..."

"It is the spring of the Internet, not the spring of Sina."

"The richer the Internet ecology is, the more advanced the industry is, and each of our companies here will rise with the tide."

"Three or four years ago, people often said that the Internet was a sunrise industry and the dawn. Last year, I had a heated discussion on the Internet with several CEOs of traditional industries at CCTV."

"However, from the end of the year to the first half of this year, the voices in this regard seem to have been very small. Is it because the stock prices of Sina, Netease, and Sohu have soared?"

"There is this factor, but it's not just this factor. It's more that the Internet is getting deeper and deeper into the lives of netizens. This year's situation is special, and this is even more obvious."

"Many netizens are more accepting of using the Internet to watch news, including hotspot tracking of the situation in Yangcheng and Xiangjiang. This is an instant update that traditional media cannot do."

"Many netizens started to try to use Dangdang to buy books, and many people in Yangcheng, Beijing, Lin'an, and Shencheng tried to buy masks with registered accounts."

"Speaking of Lin'an, Mr. Cai, I heard that Ali now works from home, but he can add more than 3000 members every day. Is it true?"

Fang Zhuo talked eloquently, and interacted with Cai Chongxin of Ali, and continued to talk after receiving the affirmative reply from the latter.

"Everyone is more and more aware of the convenience of the Internet, more and more able to rely on the Internet for homework, and more and more able to communicate, read, play, think, and share on the Internet."

"And, this 'more and more' will continue to develop at a high speed in the next few years."

"It's a great honor to be able to compete with everyone. I believe that in another ten years, we will look back together. This must be a magnificent story in the Internet industry."

"At that time, I will still be waiting for you on the Bund."

Fang Zhuo smiled, continued Zhang Chaoyang's ending, and said by name: "I am very interested in the development of Baidu, and I want to hear Robin's experience in search."

Li Yanhong was called, so he stood up and walked to the middle position to get the microphone.

Fang Zhuo returned to his seat amidst the applause of the heads of all walks of life. He also saw Zhang Chaoyang giving him a thumbs up.

Just as he sat down, Wang Yan, the CEO of Sina on the left, turned sideways suddenly, and said softly, "Mr. Fang, I just received a message that Sohu is going to sign Yao Ming. Do you have a way to compete?"

He knew that Yao Ming was the brand ambassador of Yike.

Fang Zhuo glanced at Wang Yan angrily. He had just finished talking about the competition in the same field, so at least he had waited for this occasion.

"Yes, I'll contact you."

Fang Zhuo took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Yu Hong in New York, asking them to tell Sina that they had better sincerity, no matter what conditions Sohu put forward.

"Oh yes, what is Sohu signing Yao Ming?" He didn't remember to ask this until after sending the message.

"Brand endorsement." Wang Yan replied.

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly, thinking about toasting Zhang Chaoyang with two more glasses of wine for today's dinner.

(End of this chapter)