Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 600 I Have a Dream (Two in One)

The players on the court slapped the basketball and roared past.

The audience in the audience waved their hands and talked enthusiastically.

Rubin, the founder of the Android company, looked at the Eastern president next to him and had to admit that although product managers are annoying most of the time, they are by no means incapable of talking about new things.

"You're more like a product manager at Apple than a team owner at Rockets now."

Rubin said so.

Yu Hong corrected: "You can think that he is the product manager of Yike Company. Whether you admit Yike's impact on the music industry or not, the music player proposed by Mr. Fang is subtly changing the situation of this era. music mode."

Rubin shrugged, emphatically again: "I don't like music."

He thought for a while, looked at Boss Fang, and said suspiciously: "You didn't just come up with an idea to lie to me, did you?"

Yu Hong and Xiong Xiaoge said at the same time in their hearts, they must be lying to you.

Fang Zhuo shook his head: "How is it possible? I am very cautious about the project, and the president of IDG Huaxia can testify to me that the name of this project is Quora, which is the letter in front of question or answer."

He waved his hand to the right, and said to the old bear: "Come on, Mr. Xiong, you swear to God in front of Rubin, are you going to invest 100 million dollars?"

Xiong Xiaoge let out an "uh" in his heart, met Lu Bin's eyes helplessly, nodded and said, "Yes, I want to invest 100 million US dollars in Mr. Fang's project."

Rubin was skeptical, thinking that these people must be in the same group.

Fang Zhuo smiled indifferently: "Rubin, today we are going to talk about the Android company. What's the trouble with this Quora? Even if a question-and-answer community is novel enough, its value is far less than that of the Android system."

Rubin is a confident man. He said seriously: "I am interested in novelty."

Fang Zhuo had no choice but to briefly talk about the Quora model, which is actually not complicated. In the early stage, elite celebrities from all walks of life were invited to provide high-quality industry answers. This aspect is not difficult for a rich man like him.

Even, starting from this, Fang Zhuo said with a smile: "For example, in the music industry that Yike is involved in, Sony Bertelsmann Music Company has a large number of celebrities who are enough to attract people, not just in front of the stage, but also those behind the scenes of the music industry. The experience may help more people who are interested in this line."

"Oh yes, I'm still an outside director of Sony Group. Sony's current chairman, Stringer, is my good friend. Sony Entertainment can invite more people."

"Even Apple, the competitor of Yike Company, I have met with Jobs. Perhaps, he has a certain interest in chatting about his views on technology companies in such a question-and-answer community."

Rubin once worked at Apple and still admires Jobs.

He was more interested in being teased, and said with a little enthusiasm: "If there is such a community website, I will never talk about the mobile phone system, I can talk about my robots."

"The forefront of the industry, future trends, past experience, these are all things that can be shared, and they are different from the search answers brought by Google today." Fang Zhuo thought for a few seconds, "The website must first use the invitation system, it must be Only the elite can receive invitations, and when the atmosphere of the website is established, your robot may be able to gain a lot of recognition and communication."

Rubin imagined sharing his thoughts on the robot and had a bit of a cranial orgasm.

Both Yu Hong and Xiong Xiaoge were muttering in their hearts, how could this become more and more true?

However, the judgment of the two on the situation diverges here.

Yu Hong still felt that Fang always acted in response.

Xiong Xiaoge thought carefully about this novel question-and-answer community according to Mr. Fang's description, deep cultivation of content, industry elites, invitation system, fission and attracting people... It seems that it can't be done?

Quora?Didn't you even think of a name?

Xiong Xiaoge suddenly felt that Mr. Fang had a plan in mind, but he didn't know how long he had hidden this plan.

This Internet project is not as reliable as trying to connect the Android system of mobile phone manufacturers?

Xiong Xiaoge also started brainstorming based on the investor's position.

Fang Zhuo accompanied the enthusiastic Rubin to chat about the business operation that he was obviously not good at, pointed out some clear fallacies in his assumptions, and tried to turn the topic back to the Android system.

But Rubin, who used to rent a place to share fresh ideas with friends, seemed to be fired up.

He began to teach the Eastern President about robot design.

Fang Zhuo listened for a while, and realized that this guy really wanted to teach him.

Even though he already had psychological expectations, he still couldn't laugh or cry. Could this be attributed to the geek thinking or the technical genius's disregard at certain moments?

"Hey, Rubin, that's a small project of mine. The first thing is the real thing." Fang Zhuo forcibly turned around.

Rubin said a little puzzled: "This is really interesting."

"It's interesting, but won't the Android system bring more changes?" Fang Zhuo laughed.

Lu Bin lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said in a slightly confused way: "Mr. Fang, your enthusiasm for Android makes me feel very strange. There is Nokia ahead of you."

He thinks that the Android system will be very good from a technical point of view, but how good can this "good" be?
So what if Yike really came up with a mobile phone that made Nokia tremble?
That's Nokia!

Fang Zhuo can understand the thoughts of the founder of the Android company. Technology does not mean everything. To spread the Android system in the mobile phone market requires the efforts of dozens of hardware manufacturers, software developers and telecom operators.

This is by no means what Rubin at this moment could have predicted.

Google acquired Android, formed the Open Handset Alliance OHA, and then established the Android open source project community AOSP, so that the Android system was finally launched a few years later.

The current version of Android is only in its infancy.

"Lubin, I have a dream for Quora." Fang Zhuo said to Lubin seriously, "I dream that the experts in the industry and the elders in life can share their experiences and impart experience in such a community."

He continued: "Believe it or not, I started the mobile phone project because I f-cking wanted to use one app on two phones under the same system and couldn't use it."

"I like change, and the Android system allows me to see the hope of change."

"That's why I'm sitting here talking with you today."

Fang Zhuo stared into Lu Bin's eyes.

Rubin's mind froze for a moment.

With the referee's emergency whistle, a group of people gathered around. Just now Marbury made a pass error and accidentally hit the basketball on Rubin's head.

"Fuck, are you okay?"

"How is it? Sober? How much is it?"

"Do you want to get in the way, do you want a stretcher?"

Lu Bin was supported, rubbed his head, shook his head and said, "It's okay, it's okay."

The players apologized, the referees and staff dispersed when they saw that everyone was fine, the game continued, and the Knicks were already [-] points behind.

Lu Bin drank a few sips of water, and the other party always said: "Your website is interesting, and I will also invest some money."

Fang Zhuo was taken aback, his brain must have been smashed by a basketball...

He politely declined: "Rubin, I'm not so good at making a website to solicit investment."

Rubin asked: "They only invested 100 million in IDG, and I invested 20. Can't I be a minority shareholder?"

Fang Zhuo smiled and shook his head.

Rubin added: "You don't let others be a minority shareholder of your company, so why would you want to be a minority shareholder of someone else's company?"

Fang Zhuo gave the answer: "Perhaps, I can avoid such conflicts by becoming the major shareholder of Android Company?"

"We are just looking for investment, not to be acquired." Rubin said firmly.

Obviously, a person will always believe something at one stage.

Fang Zhuo emphasized: "Lu Bin, business, business, Android!"

Rubin insisted: "It's business, too!"

Fang Zhuo was amused.

There is a psycho here, I won't say who it is.

He smiled and said, "Have you ever invested? Investment is risky, and you need to be cautious when spending money."

Rubin said proudly: "Of course I invested, and I made four or five times the money. Not only that, I also took the company to the public market."

Well, he is still a compound talent.

Fang Zhuo's idea of ​​Quora is purely for temporary use, and now the words are rushing to the point...

Thoughts raced through his mind as to how to continue to decline Rubin.

At this time, Xiong Xiaoge interjected: "Then let's throw in, one more is not too much, one less is not much."

Fang Zhuo glared at the president of IDG China.

There are two psychopaths here, I won't say who they are.

Xiong Xiaoge added: "But it may take time to start the project. Yike's focus now is to create an excellent mobile phone. Mr. Fang is usually very busy."

Rubin shrugged: "I believe Mr. Fang, who bought the team like this, can find time."

"About Yike and I's interest in Android, Rubin, it's just like your interest in Quora at this time." Fang Zhuo still made an analogy, "I believe that Yike and Android can win together."

Rubin thought about it for a while, no matter the Android system or the Yike mobile phone needs time to develop and develop...

He said: "I still need to go back to the company to discuss this matter. I can't decide on my own. Mr. Fang, compared with Samsung, HTC and Google, there is a gap in the weight of Yike."

Fang Zhuo picked a point of his own guess and asked: "It is true, but can Samsung and HTC be as interested in Android as Yike?"

Brand manufacturers like Samsung are now starting to enter the foundry. It is hard not to remind people of Samsung's tendency to self-develop mobile phone operating systems.

Sure enough, Rubin hesitated.

This hesitation alone is already the answer.

Fang Zhuo knew it all.

He said: "Even if Samsung and HTC have 1000 yuan, they may only be willing to spend one yuan for Android, and Yike may not be as good as them. We only have 100 yuan in hand, but we are willing to spend ten yuan."

"This is just the beginning."

Fang Zhuo said kindly: "Rubin, you should clarify this with the people in the company."

Rubin nodded slightly, acknowledging it.

When looking for potential hardware partners, Samsung almost reached an agreement. However, the final change may be because the Android system has not yet been proven, and Samsung has more than 300 employees just to develop the mobile operating system.

"Android won't introduce partners easily. Perhaps, you can come and chat with us with the Yike mobile phone project." Rubin paused, "The next time the Rockets visit San Francisco, we can Let's discuss this together."

Almost a week later.

Fang Zhuo agreed, and he didn't expect to be able to negotiate it once, and it was a good start to have an intention to contact.

During the remaining time of the competition, Fang Zhuo introduced to Rubin the mobile phone hardware suppliers that Yike is currently looking for, mainly for R&D and manufacturing in Japan.

Rubin knows how to build robots and knows the hardware level of the industry, but he is not so clear about some cutting-edge conditions in the laboratory. After all, he is still focusing on the development of the Android system.

The seriousness shown by Fang Zhuo gave Lu Bin a further understanding.

As the referee's whistle announced the end of the game, Fang Zhuo extended an invitation to Rubin, whose communication atmosphere was getting better and better: "Maybe, we can have something to eat and continue chatting."

"No, I still have a girlfriend date." Rubin flatly refused.

Fang Zhuo had no choice but to finally confirm the time for the next meeting, when he would move to San Francisco with more specific project information and investment budget.

The Rockets won the game.

Rubin was turned around.

"I thought we could at least have a supper chat." Fang Zhuo said with emotion, "This person's way of thinking is different from normal people."

"He, the founder, has a positive attitude, and the next communication will definitely be much better." Xiong Xiaoge judged.

Fang Zhuo nodded and had a similar opinion.

"Go back. Although today's process was a bit unexpected, fortunately, the result is not bad."

Xiong Xiaoge walked beside Mr. Fang, and said as he walked, "When will Quora start?"

Fang Zhuo laughed dumbfounded: "What's the matter with you? I was talking nonsense."

"You're not talking nonsense." Xiong Xiaoge insisted on his judgment, "I think you are well prepared."

"Believe it or not." Fang Zhuo shook his head.

Xiong Xiaoge took advantage of the situation and said, "I think your idea for this project is more reliable than investing in Android companies. How about giving it a try? I think such a question-and-answer community can vote."

Fang Zhuo was surprised: "Old Xiong, what are you thinking?"

"Investment." Xiong Xiaoge said naturally.

"How much?" Fang Zhuo asked the budget first.

"One million." Xiong Xiaoge replied.

"You didn't hear what I said to Rubin just now. Investment is risky, and you need to be cautious when spending money." Fang Zhuo criticized, "I really don't know how you invest in China. It's just a ball game. I just want to pay."

Xiong Xiaoge retorted: "It's not about the length of time, but whether the logic of the project is correct or not. In the Q&A community, I think it will work!"

"Android?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Xiong Xiaoge didn't make a sound this time, which also represented his tendency.

The Android system is too difficult. Judging from the current information, he is not optimistic about it. On the contrary, if a genius like Mr. Fang who is good at the Internet engages in Internet projects, that is what meets a bosom friend in a high mountain and flowing water.

(End of this chapter)