Reboot 2003

Chapter 206 114: Social Responsibility ([-]-in-[-])

Perhaps it is to demonstrate in detail the special features of this 'final show', or perhaps to demonstrate in detail the interaction logic of this device.

In short, a camera has been placed next to it. The professional manager of Goldman Sachs may indeed have a relatively high rank. After playing, he teased Zuckerberg’s slightly hasty exit just now, and started with the development history of electronic semiconductors, talking about consumer-grade communications. The development prospects of the equipment, after making a brief opening speech, he officially announced that a new era is about to begin, and the protagonist of this grand ceremony is the mobile phone in his hand!

Large screen, virtual keyboard, only one physical button, finger touch, rectangular and rounded casing...

If a reborn person happened to be here, he would probably exclaim: "Fuck, isn't this an iPhone?"

It is indeed like an iPhone. Although there are actually many differences, at least it looks similar, and people today have never seen an iPhone, so of course they will not think that this thing is a copycat.

In the hands of the Wall Street manager, this small and exquisite mobile phone looked perfect - it had all the advantages of the 'Galaxy Network Phone X1' just now, in addition to this revolutionary appearance and technological innovation, historically Although the workmanship of the iPhone 1 seems to be slightly better, compared with it, the software design also seems a bit too conservative.

In short, the press conference fell into a frenzy. Some people cheered, and some people quickly called to be the first to report this sensational product. The applause lasted for a long time, and the bald manager boasted about this mobile phone. technology and patent strength, and made some bold statements such as leading the global smartphone revolution and catching up with traditional mobile phone manufacturers within a few years. If he said this before, others might regard him as bragging, but now No one can doubt this anymore.

In a warm atmosphere, the second half of the press conference went on smoothly.

Although there is no more substantive innovation content, the previous demonstrations are almost enough - the mobile phone in the hands of the Wall Street manager has become the best footnote of the 'business' mobile phone track, and the audience has not I still doubted why he was the one to demonstrate this product. After watching some function demonstrations of the mobile phone, the screen on the large LCD screen changed to a pre-made demonstration PPT. After the subsequent question session started, no one asked him to take the initiative again. Showing the screen of the mobile phone, after all, he mentioned a very important issue, that is, the release date of the mobile phone——

The online phone X1 seems to be going on the market early next month. The price ranges are available in multiple price ranges, but they are basically civilian-level products priced below US$200. Now that it has been officially put into production and distribution, users will be able to use it soon.

In order to coordinate production capacity, it seems that the Guazi mobile phone will not be officially launched until early next year. However, the design of the mobile phone has now been completed. What needs to be waited for next is the production capacity of the partner. In short, everyone, please be patient!
So after the question and answer session ended, when the press conference officially ended, some mobile media had already released explosive news about the press conference. Many media were waiting at the exit to talk to them more. Some people in the industry even called or Come and find out the news in person——

"Please give way. Please pay attention to the external release window of Galaxy Software for the next display of mobile phones. If you want to know any information about Galaxy Software, please contact Goldman Sachs' media office!"

Bex handled the media deftly, and the demo phone was of course put away.Zuckerberg and Chen Shijun in the background saw that after he returned to the background, he immediately put the phone in the box and handed it to the staff of Galaxy Software.

After that, Lao Xu led the staff to clean up the mess. Sun Xiaomei from Galaxy Software had already called and invited the friend who hosted the event to attend the celebration banquet. She had already prepared the preparations... So she herself was actually in Los Angeles? ?

Zuckerberg was increasingly confused by this, but Bex seemed to have known about it for a long time.Next, the friendly businessmen left the venue first and went to a nearby hotel to attend the celebration banquet. At the Chinese wine table, more calls from the media and colleagues came in.

Sun Xiaomei continued to receive contacts from acquaintances at Google and Yahoo, and Bakers also received calls from some traditional mobile phone vendors and other stakeholders.

These questions basically revolved around the just-released Guazi mobile phone. After answering a call from Motorola, Becks suddenly slapped the table and laughed: "Hahaha! A bunch of stupid pigs!"

What is he saying?Those reporters?

Zuckerberg and Chen Shijun were stunned by him, but Sun Xiaomei seemed to understand part of the reason for his laughter. After confirming what he was talking about through the translator, for some reason, Sun Xiaomei thanked him again .

Bex seemed to be in high spirits, lying on his chair and taking out a cigar from his arms: "Would you like one, young people?"

He eagerly cut the butt of the cigar, lit it and took a comfortable sip. Amidst the smoke, he put away his Wall Street elite style. His satisfied eyes looked at the person in front of him through the lingering smoke. These internet 'entrepreneurs'.

"Your company is indeed doing a pretty good job. When this phone comes on the market, I will definitely buy one myself." Becks said as his eyes fell on Sun Xiaomei.

Sun Xiaomei and the publicist beside him nodded quickly, and Bakers asked: "How much money do you think you can make from here?"

Sun Xiaomei hesitated: "I don't know, after it goes public, the profit should be quite good."

Becks naturally exhaled the thick smoke of his cigar: "But no matter what, people still have to consider their current life. Pragmatism is a valuable quality."

"what do you mean……"

"I heard that you are very close to the Democratic Party. I think this is a good experiment. Your founder seems to be very enthusiastic about it. Does he want to engage in political activities?"

Sun Xiaomei spread her hands: "We don't know what he thinks, let alone his recent actions without consulting us."

"I know, I know." Becks said, "Everyone has the qualification to decide his own future. He is your representative, so of course he can choose this way."

But he added: "But you may not understand the rules of this country. This...the two founders of social network companies understand best that this is a free country, and our financial system has a strict and complete set of rules." rule."

As he said, Bex took a puff of smoke: "As long as you are using dollars and don't do what lawyers tell you not to do, then no one will embarrass you, and no one will treat you like politicians who eat people but don't spit out their bones." what is the benefit."

This Wall Street manager does seem to be very experienced-his age is about the same as the parents of several Internet companies, and he has a rich experience in trading in the financial market. Although he is not a high-level person in Goldman Sachs, he only In terms of social status, compared with these top CEOs on the scene, it seems that they are not far behind, and may even be worse.

From this perspective, he may be able to share some useful industry experience with these young people as an older senior. Sun Xiaomei nodded and said it was okay. The celebration banquet afterwards went very happily. Becks praised this Chinese company. They talked about the excellent product capabilities of today's two mobile phones, and after the dinner, they also said that they would be invited to a real Wall Street cocktail party...

However, after he left, Zuckerberg asked Sun Xiaomei about another thing before leaving.

"Sun, I heard that your founder is preparing to exit recently?"

Sun Xiaomei's expression became a little unnatural again: "Probably...I don't know exactly."

"I think that's good news for us."

Zuckerberg said, Chen Shijun laughed, but Zuckerberg then said: "But now I feel that maybe our cooperation with each other may not be so bad. Anyway, I hope your business will not be affected." .”

Sun Xiaomei nodded: "Yes, our company will not be affected, no matter what."

"If...I mean if." After receiving the reply, Zuckerberg tried to suggest, "If you need help, even in terms of capital, Facebook can be your ally...Compared to Wall Street, I I think we will have more in common."

"Thank you." Sun Xiaomei responded politely, but then said, "Everything is normal with the galaxy software now, so we won't need that help in a short time. Thank you for your kindness."

After the brief exchange ended, I met the reporter again after going out. This topic was not continued. Before leaving, Sun Xiaomei promised to give each of them an internal special model when the mobile phone is launched, and then come. There was a car with Xu Tao, the driver, and a Chinese person who seemed to be very lethargic in the car. He said hello to them and left in a hurry.

Sun Xiaomei got into the car, the driver stepped on the accelerator, and the car left the door of the hotel where the media reporters were still standing, and drove into the busy urban area of ​​Los Angeles.Sun Xiaomei looked at the roof of the car and breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, Xu Tao in the front seat asked her: "Did the people at Goldman Sachs say anything?"

"That's all."

Sun Xiaomei's words were unclear, but Lao Xu said: "It's the boss who is asking you."

"……Oh."

Sun Xiaomei sat up from the back seat, and Lao Xu handed her a mobile phone that was on a call.

A low voice came from the phone: "That bald man, did you say anything just now?"

Sun Xiaomei glanced at the listless man in a suit sitting in the front row, and the professional driver who didn't intrude into the chat, and replied: "He didn't say anything, but they seem to be very interested in that plan." I was interested and tried to test him again and again."

"It's quite normal." The voice on the other end of the phone asked again, "What about the cell phone?"

Sun Xiaomei replied: "No one found anything unusual. Zuckerberg probably discovered something, but he is a business friend of ours, so he probably won't tell anyone about it."

After a simple exchange, the cold wind outside the car seemed to flow into the car. The boss said a few symbolic words such as "You have done a good job" and seemed to be about to hang up.

But in the end, Sun Xiaomei seemed to have remembered something and asked again: "By the way, that manager from Goldman Sachs just now... told me about the Meilijian government."

"Well, what happened?"

"Actually, I'm a little confused." Sun Xiaomei asked, "What exactly is our investment department going to do? I heard before that it was going to make some investments in the financial field, and Goldman Sachs seems to be hoping that we can complete this investment." trade……"

"It's short real estate." Boss Chen said bluntly on the phone. "Because we haven't gone public yet, and the mortgaged equity has signed an anti-dilution clause. Goldman Sachs is eager for us to make a bad investment and hand over the company's equity to them."

"Okay, but I'm actually a little confused." Sun Xiaomei said, "Since it involves such a big deal, why should we support the Democratic Congressman who is cooling down real estate? I know that Weibo also needs to be resolved. Public opinion is in a dilemma, but if the market conditions change because of our actions, and something goes wrong with that investment in the end, wouldn’t it be..."

"Short selling is not that simple." At this moment, the uninspired man in a suit in the front seat of the car said, "Mr. Chen and I are still waiting and watching. Uncontrolled CDS trading will bring too much risk, and it will definitely It will have a bad social impact, and countless people will be killed and displaced, and we must stop it."

The expression of Lao Xu sitting next to him changed, but he seemed to be unable to hold back his laughter. Sun Xiaomei was confused. After all, these words did sound a bit baffling: "You mean we have too much to take care of ourselves now, and we have to save the beautiful and strong people." The mortgage market?”

"It's not just the mortgage market, it's the entire financial industry." The uninspired man said, "Finance is like a generator, it will generate positive assets and negative debts out of thin air, so as to promote the continuous progress of the whole society. We Since we make money in this system, we should play a role in its correct operation.”

The boss on the phone also said: "What Teacher Ji said makes sense. Since we want to get involved in the media industry, we have to consider the social impact in this area."

Sun Xiaomei was confused: "What about the company's investment?"

"We acquired a bankrupt fund company in the middle of the year, and those CDS were enough for us to earn. Since then, we have not purchased any real estate-related investments, and the loan is still in the ICBC account, so you can rest assured. .”

“It turns out there’s no investment yet…”

For some reason, Sun Xiaomei breathed a long sigh of relief. She began to suggest that her boss continue to increase investment in the mobile phone field, and also mentioned the reorganization plan after the company's recent rectification. Taking advantage of the action brought by Goldman Sachs, several companies in the company The senior management wants to learn from overseas Internet companies and reorganize two "research institutes" to strengthen research on underlying technologies such as data interaction and streaming media technology. Now the company is in the expansion period and this year's annual target has almost been completed. If there is investment If so, next year’s goal can be set more aggressively...

The car continued to drive forward, and Mr. Chen on the phone answered absent-mindedly; the unspirited Chinese man didn't speak any more, and looked outside, the streets of Los Angeles kept receding outside the car window, the sun was setting, and it was another day it's over.

The dreamlike days have begun again.

In October, Galaxy X10 was officially released.

Because this is a mobile phone that only supports the 3G standard, it was the first to be released overseas. After it went online, Internet marketing added fuel to the fire - and as an Internet mobile phone, it is not only convenient for surfing the Internet, but also the main battlefield for marketing. There are a lot of marketing content about it on the two social platforms, Facebook and Crooked Neck.

For example, on the eve of the release of the mobile phone in early October, there was a poll on both websites, which said, "Galaxy X10 has two pre-installed programs. After you buy it, will you uninstall Facebook or Wrongneck.com?" '

After the results were sent out, the result of the vote on Waibo.com was to uninstall Waineck.com, and Facebook’s vote was to uninstall Facebook. This is probably because the volume of Waibo.com in Meilijian is much smaller than Facebook, and Facebook has a better discussion atmosphere recently. Registration has just opened, and it seems to be a more attractive option for those who were unable to register before.

However, Facebook has recently opened up registration restrictions and launched a bunch of flash games, social videos and other messy stuff. Core users are very dissatisfied with this. Of course, the vote is deliberately in the direction of belittling Facebook.

Of course, as for which side to choose, it has nothing to do with the voting results anyway. Everyone is just voting on the forum. It seems that the atmosphere is very lively.

For Facebook and Waibo.com, this actually has nothing to do with it - Waibo.com and Facebook are now in a competitive relationship, and appearing on the same mobile phone is equivalent to competing in the ring, but the competitive relationship does not mean that they cannot Doing business together, after all, comes first. Today the largest share of social networks belongs to Myspace.

It is true that Myspace cannot compete with Facebook, and compared with the innovative challenges of Waibo.com, it is indeed in a bit of an awkward position.But before, Facebook specialized in colleges and universities, and Waibo.com came relatively late, so now that the two late entrants have formed an alliance, they are not actually competitors. They can work together to encroach on Myspace's market.

In the field of user psychology, there is an important concept called "selective attention". This is nothing new in commercial marketing - the specific example of this concept is very simple. A common point is asking customers in a beef noodle restaurant "want it." "One egg or two eggs", in the field of technology, oppo and vivo always have to be opened together. Although users may not want even one egg, and they do not necessarily want to buy a mobile phone from a blue and green factory, but because of the cost of new users receiving information Limited, providing two preset options will allow them to reduce their defense against the 'spreading magic bullet', thus bringing benefits to both parties who appear to be in a competitive relationship.

It was out of his interest in this prospect that Zuckerberg agreed to this marketing campaign of bringing his own dry food, and even agreed to provide media cooperation with the news application of Galaxy Network mobile phone. After it went online in October, Galaxy The Internet mobile phone X10 quickly became popular in major colleges and universities in the United States. Some appropriate celebrity marketing and TV advertisements also made it begin to move towards a larger market.

In November, the weather continued to get cooler, but the market heat did not cool down.

On this day, Gu Wenjie flew to Los Angeles early in the morning. His head was still buzzing after drinking with several partners last night. Ji Xianglin called him again and asked him to meet at the coffee shop behind Goldman Sachs Bank, saying that there was Important things to say.

Gu Wenjie hung up the phone, rubbed his temples, and asked his accompanying secretary Xiao Yang to make hotel arrangements while he waited for a taxi on the roadside.

Suddenly being bumped into by two young people, Gu Wenjie subconsciously covered his wallet. The two young people apologized quickly, and then walked away laughing and joking... They walked into an AT&T store on the roadside. There was an AT&T store hanging outside the store. A vertical poster, but on the poster is a promotional poster for a candy bar mobile phone with a red and blue shell——

'Xing-X1'

(End of this chapter)