Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 599 I Don't Trust You (Two in One)

Andy Rubin, founder of Android.

He has a wealth of work experience, Zeiss, Apple, Microsoft, and a company called "Danger" before starting Android, and his technical talents are well recognized.

It is worth mentioning that Rubin's "Danger" company developed a T-Mobile Sidekick mobile phone, and it was this geek-style mobile phone that Page, one of the founders of Google, admired.

For this person, Fang Zhuo received negative evaluations such as "technical genius, self-confidence and arrogance, love of robots" and so on.

When Fang Zhuo walked in New York's Madison Square Garden, the home of the Knicks, both Xiong Xiaoge and Yu Hong asked about a characteristic that President Fang was talking about.

"What does it mean to love robots?" Both of them were surprised.

Fang Zhuo shrugged, seeing the players from both teams warming up in the stadium, he said, "His position at Zeiss is a robot engineer. When he was at Microsoft, he built a walking robot with a camera and a microphone on it. Wander around the company to record what you see and hear."

"Later, Microsoft's security personnel discovered that the robot had been hacked. Fortunately, the hacker didn't seem to expect that the things he hacked would move, but this still angered Microsoft's security department."

Fang Zhuo said with a smile: "This shouldn't be too surprising. Android means 'robot' in English. The icon of the mobile phone system they want to develop is also a green robot."

Both Yu Hong and Xiong Xiaoge found the Rubin in Mr. Fang's mouth quite interesting.

The three walked to the best viewing seats in the first row.

Yu Hong commented: "This is very geek."

Fang Zhuo nodded: "Well, there is also this evaluation. Rubin is very good at technology, but not so good at business, including this time the Android company, they contacted Samsung, HTC, Google and several venture capitalists to find Funding for company growth."

Xiong Xiaoge heard the words and said: "Since they are looking for venture capital, it shouldn't be difficult to invest."

"Two months ago, they had an investment meeting with Google." Fang Zhuo explained, "Although no cooperation was reached, the interest shown by Google must have given Android companies confidence that they are not as eager as before."

Yu Hong guessed: "Google may have given a certain promise?"

Fang Zhuo nodded first and then shook his head: "The scale of the investment meeting is very small, and there is almost no additional news. Let's assume this for the time being. Google has a strong investment interest, but it still needs time to evaluate."

Xiong Xiaoge analyzed: "The value of an Android company can vary, and the two sides really need to communicate."

Fang Zhuo said succinctly: "No, what I mean is that Google is probably evaluating whether it has found an entry point for the future mobile era."

Xiong Xiaoge was astonished.

Yu Hong was thoughtful.

Fang Zhuo sat in the first row of seats.

Both Yu Hong and Xiong Xiaoge subconsciously wanted to sit next to Boss Fang.

"Mr. Xiong sit down." Yu Hong gave way.

"Mr. Yu, Mr. Yu, you sit, I'll sit here." Xiong Xiaoge hurriedly changed to Mr. Fang's left-hand seat.

Seeing this, Yu Hong sat down anyway.

Xiong Xiaoge sat on the left.

Fang Zhuo asked the old bear indifferently: "Do you think Lu Bin is willing to sit on my lap?"

Xiong Xiaoge was taken aback, oh yes, the position on the left is reserved for Rubin.

He glared at Boss Fang, who was unwilling to speak properly, and wanted to take the third seat.

Yu Hong stood up again and gave way.

Xiong Xiaoge persisted.

The two of them froze for 2 minutes for a seat.

Xiong Xiaoge finally got his wish and stayed away from Mr. Fang. The biggest reason was not to respect Mr. Yu's achievements in the overseas market, but because when he came, he saw... Exactly the same Rolex on display.

The lovers are all wearing their watches, so how can they grab seats without knowing the fun?

Xiong Xiaoge applauded in his heart for his vision.

After a while, as the number of spectators gradually increased, the warm-up of the two teams was basically over.

The three musketeers and coaches of the Rockets saw the team owner whom they hadn't seen for a while, and came over to say hello.

This season, with Nash, Carter, and Yao Ming working together, the team has achieved the best ranking in recent years. Carter and Yao Ming continued to be selected as All-Stars, and Nash regrettably lost by less than [-] votes.

But in fact, under the use of coach Nelson, Nash's role in connecting the teams is vaguely the most important factor for the Rockets to get better and better.

"Can we win the championship this year?" Yu Hong asked the team owner after the players left.

"I don't know, but the Spurs are so strong." Fang Zhuo said, "The Spurs have Parker, Ginobili, and Duncan, who are known as the troika. After the troika, if we do meet, I’m afraid we’ll have to play seven rounds to get a result.”

The Spurs are now ranked first in the league.

The Rockets are third, but only 3 games away from the Spurs, and still have a chance to compete for home court advantage in the playoffs before the end of the regular season.

Seeing that the game was about to start, and the appointed Rubin hadn't shown up yet, the three of them felt a little uneasy.

"This geek won't let the pigeons go?" Yu Hong frowned.

Xiong Xiaoge frequently looked at the passage behind.

"It's still three minutes away." Fang Zhuo raised his hand and glanced at his watch.

Yu Hong also looked at her watch subconsciously.

Xiong Xiaoge looked at the watches of the two, um, there was indeed a difference of 3 minutes, and the time of the two watches was the same.

Finally, when the three of them started counting down, Rubin, the founder of Android, arrived at his seat.

"Haha, Mr. Fang, you are younger than I thought." Lu Bin was wearing a rather casual white T-shirt.

Fang Zhuo introduced Mr. Yu and Mr. Xiong next to him. In particular, he pointed out Mr. Xiong's name - the president of IDG Huaxia.

IDG is still famous in the United States.

Rubin took a second look at the unattractive Xiong Xiaoge.

The game between the Rockets and the Knicks has already started with Yao Ming's successful jump ball.

Rubin has a certain interest in basketball, and occasionally goes to the arena to watch games, but it is really a novelty to sit so close to him for the first time.

He watched the players dribbling close at hand intently, chatting casually about this year's league situation.

Fang Zhuo chatted for a while, thinking about how to start the discussion on Android companies.

But after a few words, Rubin took the initiative to talk about the purpose of coming here today.

"Mr. Fang, I heard that your team has great hopes this year." Rubin laughed, "How much do you plan to invest?"

Fang Zhuo was a little surprised that the two sentences had nothing to do with each other, and replied: "Do we need to talk about investment figures here? All I can say is that my interest in Android is as great as my interest in being a team owner." .”

Rubin laughed out loud, and didn't want to hear the numbers even though he didn't hear them: "But I'm not interested in Yike."

With Knicks player Marbury scored a beautiful goal, Fang Zhuo's answer was completely drowned out by the cheers from the arena.

He had to raise his voice and repeat it a second time: "I thought Android was looking for funding to grow, not where the money was coming from. Rubin, how much money does your company need?"

Rubin replied loudly: "I want money from Samsung or HTC. If not, I also want money from Google, but money from Yike, I'm not interested."

Fang Zhuo understood what he meant.

Because of the interest of manufacturers and the more powerful Google, Android companies are not only considering financing, but also considering the help behind the funds.

The Android system is a basic mobile phone operating system. For it, the greater the influence of shareholders in the mobile phone field, the better the prospect of its own system.

At present, the strongest manufacturer of mobile phones is undoubtedly Nokia, but Nokia already has a mature Symbian system, Motorola also has many models connected to Symbian, and the remaining manufacturers remove various factors, Samsung and HTC still show Interested.

If the Android company needs 2000 million US dollars for further development, then its choice must give priority to Samsung, HTC and Google, which has had a negotiation.

As long as it can get funds for its own development, it does not need to find 2000 million or 1000 million other than 2000 million US dollars.

As long as the current Android system can continue to be developed smoothly, the additional 1000 million or 2000 million may be [-] million or [-] million in the future.

Android company is short of money, Rubin is not short of money personally.

"Eco is very interested in mobile phones." Fang Zhuo said loudly, "I won't lie to you, it is precisely because of this that I noticed the existence of your Android company."

Lu Bin laughed loudly: "Boss Fang, Mr. Fang, I don't believe you."

Xiong Xiaoge, who was trying to listen to the exchange between the two, felt ashamed and looked at his consciousness.

Rubin stretched out his right hand and raised his little finger: "Yike is just playing with gadgets."

Fang Zhuo didn't change his expression in the face of the contempt.

Yu Hong frowned slightly, leaned her upper body slightly, and retorted: "Rubin, if reshaping the music industry is just a small thing, then I don't know what is a big thing."

Rubin shrugged. "Really? I don't like music."

He added: "But if there comes a day, Yi Ke can come to me with money again."

Yu Hong wanted to say one more sentence, but she was afraid of delaying Mr. Fang's thinking.

"Hey, Rubin, listen, Yike's mobile phone project is serious, but that's not the main reason I'm looking for you today." Fang Zhuo took out two mobile phones from his pocket, a Nokia and a Motorola, "Rubin, I have two phones, both of which are Symbian."

Both Xiong Xiaoge and Yu Hong stared at the mobile phone Mr. Fang took out. If I remember correctly, he was still using two Nokia mobile phones yesterday.

Fang Zhuo picked up the Motorola, poked the solid shell of Nokia with it, and said angrily: "There is a very useful software on Nokia, and I want to use it on Motorola, guess what?"

"Motorola can't use it. The funny thing is that they are all Symbian systems."

"The other day, I was sitting in my office staring at these two phones and thought it was time for a change."

"Like Yike's change in music, you can see this more clearly in the next few years. I think Yike and my personal strong desire can support our interest in an open source mobile phone system like Android."

"I hope that one day, mobile phone software can be used universally on different mobile phone models."

Fang Zhuo's words were very contagious.

Even though Yu Hong and Xiong Xiaoge knew that there were some problems with the basis of what he said, they still thought it was right.

However, Rubin still laughed loudly and shook his head again and again: "Mr. Fang, your short story has the feeling of a famous anecdote. If one day the Android system can be successful, I may be able to talk to reporters about the things I met before and after developing the system." Interesting."

He grinned and said with a smile: "But now, no."

Fang Zhuo asked patiently: "Do you not trust Yike's funds, or our subsequent investment? Or, do you not trust our mobile phone project? Rubin, I think I should talk to you Talk about my search for mobile phone parts in Japan."

"do you know?"

Suddenly, the arena burst into loud cheers because of the goal.

Fang Zhuo raised his voice: "Rubin! Did you know? We found Sharp! They are working on capacitive screens!"

The applause dies away.

Fang Zhuo's tone became lighter as well: "We, Yike, want to create the coolest full touch screen mobile phone, which is different from the current resistive screen, and it is unique!"

Rubin's expression became serious, huh?A full touch screen capacitive screen mobile phone?

"Nokia is very proud of the old Symbian system, and they don't feel that they have done anything wrong." Fang Zhuo took the Motorola in his left hand and smashed the Nokia in his right hand, "Rubin, Yike will produce a Cell phones that make them tremble!"

Taking advantage of the Knicks scoring another goal, Fang Zhuo raised his voice to the loudest, and said eagerly amidst the cheers of the fans: "The mobile phone that makes Nokia tremble! Do you understand!"

Yao Ming served the ball quickly on the court, but Nash didn't advance after getting the ball. The top point guard's vision made him keenly spot Carter who went straight to the frontcourt while the Knicks players were celebrating.

A quarterback-style long throw across the field.

Carter comfortably received the ball and responded to the Knicks with a tomahawk dunk!

New York's Madison Gardens were dunked quiet.

Fang Zhuo put the phone back into his pocket again, pointed to Carter who was posing handsomely, and said, "Just like this, just like Carter's dunk, we want to make a phone that can make Nokia as quiet as it is now."

After a short period of silence, the fans in the arena couldn't help but also cheered for Carter, the All-Star ticket king.

The arena is noisy again.

Lu Bin tasted the words from the president of Dongfang, and had to admit that it was a bit exciting.

However, he still shook his head after thinking for a few seconds in the hustle and bustle: "I don't trust..."

Fang Zhuo interrupted: "What do you not trust? Explain clearly."

Rubin raised his eyebrows and said, "I don't trust you."

Fang Zhuo was surprised, he had never dealt with Rubin before, how could he have such prejudice?

"Hype up the image of the team owner, publicize the profits of your private equity fund, and attract everyone to invest in it." Rubin pouted, "Such a trick, Mr. Fang, I don't believe you are the kind of person you said."

He doesn't believe that Fang is always the kind of person who pursues the most extreme mobile phone and the most advanced technology.

Rubin has friends who put money into MIGA funds, and he has always hated this type of finance.

Fang Zhuo thinks, this is to prove that he is the kind of person he said...

He was kind of funny.

In turn, Rubin stopped staring at the stadium, looked at the face of the president of Dongfang, and said: "You want to make a mobile phone, Yike makes a mobile phone, it's just for money, for profit, once the prospects are not good, who are you like Run fast."

Xiong Xiaoge felt that this person was talking about himself.

Yu Hong intends to chat with this geek about the entrepreneurial story that happened in China, which seems to prove that Mr. Fang is different.

However, Fang Zhuo only made a sound after thinking about it for two seconds.

"Actually, Rubin, you misunderstood me. Maybe I don't pursue the top technology or the most extreme mobile phone you mentioned." Fang Zhuo first followed the other party's words to confirm the existence of this possibility, and then said, "Rubin, sure There may be a difference in our understanding of 'most' compared to what you say, but I'm a person who likes change by nature."

"Change the music, change the mobile phone, and change the inherent situation."

"This is my pursuit, my instinct."

He also exemplified: "For example, I am raising a project, and I believe it can also change some things on the Internet."

Rubin wondered: "Oh?"

"Google's search is very powerful, but the information found is always very shallow. I want to build a question-and-answer website to help more people and let more people benefit from professional sharing." Fang Zhuo said solemnly , "For example, I invite a technical genius like you to answer the question - what is it like to develop Android?"

"Your appearance will be the most professional answer to this question."

"A site can invite the best minds from all walks of life to share their experiences."

"This is an innovative and unique project that will help a lot of people."

Thank you for the invitation, I'm in the American Arena, I just made up a story, the interests are related, so I won't hide it.

(End of this chapter)