Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 1086

Because of Fang Zhuo's phone call, Liang Gongwei, the head of Morningstar Semiconductor, held an impromptu high-level meeting, informed the intention from Shencheng, and clarified his firm attitude.

Morningstar Semiconductor will never change the control right, and will continue the current management structure.

All the executives present at the meeting agreed with Mr. Liang's attitude. After all, if the person surnamed Fang is really allowed to come in, there will be some unknown changes, and that person is not a good person.

And that night, Fang Zhuo also contacted part of the management of Morningstar Semiconductor in Shencheng, held a small conference call, and expressed his thoughts on the company's current business and changes in prospects.

Morningstar's President Yang Weiyi, Chief Operating Officer Lin Yongyu, Marketing Vice President Wei Boyun and others participated in this conference call. They discussed the company's current situation as positively as during the day.

It is now December. Morningstar has experienced an embarrassing year of market value decline and business difficulties from the beginning of the year to the end of the year. Although there have been adjustments and management changes, the decline has not been restored. Now we have the opportunity to make new adjustments , can also be discussed.

After all, this is President Fang and a shareholder of the company.

The conference call did not finalize any specific content, but Fang Zhuo took the initiative to talk about the mobile phone chip project of Morningstar Semiconductor, and also talked about the smooth transformation of MediaTek this year, and finally ended the call in a rather quiet atmosphere.

It was already very late, Mr. Fang went offline, and the others did not hang up, but also chatted about their opinions.

As the leader of the inland faction, Yang Weiyi could hear the faint inclinations of everyone, but he was the founder who worked hard with the leader Liang Gongwei, so he still had hesitation in his heart.

In the early hours of the morning, Yang Weiyi repeatedly thought about the future changes, and then called Wei Boyun, who was also awake, and asked the little brother his judgment on the future of Morningstar Semiconductor.

Wei Boyun was surprised when he received the call. He has been relatively low-key during this time, and when communicating in the company, he only chatted about Yike Department, and talked about the help Fang always can provide to Morningstar Semiconductor.

"Mr. Yang, my opinion on Morningstar is not important, what matters is your and Mr. Liang's opinion." Wei Boyun still maintained his attitude.

"Then what do you think Mr. Fang thinks of Chen Xing?" Yang Weiyi asked a little bluntly.

Wei Boyun: "..."

The tone of the call at this juncture is that he regards himself as Mr. Fang's internal response?

As expected of Mr. Yang, he is a bit accurate in judging people.

That being the case...

Wei Boyun rose up and said simply: "There are many reasons why Chenxing has come to where it is today. There is no need to talk about these anymore. The important thing is the future."

"I think the influence brought by Mr. Fang's ice core and the Yike system is the key to getting Morningstar out of the predicament. If I have to express my opinion, I welcome Mr. Fang to exert more influence on Morningstar."

Yang Weiyi asked again: "What kind of influence does Mr. Fang want to exert? In what way?"

Wei Boyun said directly: "Even if Morningstar is privatized, as long as the company's business can be transformed and developed smoothly, I think it is acceptable."

Yang Weiyi: "..."

He took a light breath and pondered: "Okay, I see."

The call ends.

Yang Weiyi put down his phone and couldn't help cursing: "Two or five boys!"

It was hard for Morningstar to go public. The company is the joint effort of everyone. I don’t know how much sweat and heartache have been put in it. If you talk about privatization, has your conscience been eaten by a dog?

Yang Weiyi sat in the study, looking at the deep night outside, he didn't feel sleepy for a long time.

Having said that, Chenxing has indeed reached a more dangerous intersection.

Having said that, do Mr. Fang and the Yike Department have the ability to reverse the development direction of Morningstar?

Yang Weiyi was silent for a long time, and the decline of Morningstar in this quarter flashed in his mind. Thinking of the new strategy that was about to be finalized recently, is it really going to Southeast Asia to compete for the Red Sea of ​​2G mobile phones?

He decided to talk to Mr. Liang tomorrow. This matter can actually be discussed again. It is not that there is no room for the two parties to restart cooperation.

If it is not possible, even if it is not for the sake of the company, it must be for the sake of the future of the brothers!

The next morning, Yang Weiyi, who hadn't slept much all night, walked into the head's office.

He didn't talk about the shares, but just talked about whether the cooperation with the Yike Department can be restarted, at least, you can try it.

However, in Liang Gongwei's view, finding cooperation with Yi Keti at this time is tantamount to sending a signal to back down.

He flatly rejected this ill-intentioned proposal.

Yang Weiyi returned disappointed.

That night, after thinking for a long time, he called Boss Fang.

……

On December 12, near noon, Fang Zhuo welcomed Lei Jun, President of Mituan.com, who made an appointment to visit at the President's Office of Hang Lung 12.

Lei Jun met Mr. Fang, and after just a few words, he realized that Mr. Fang seemed to be in a good mood today, smiling and amiable.

"Mr. Fang, the domestic group buying market has really heated up, and there is a sudden spring breeze coming overnight." Lei Jun was very emotional.

As the first website to start group buying in China, it has been making steady progress in Beijing, Shenyang, and Yangzhou in the past two or three months, but it seems that overnight, this group and that group have appeared one after another, and there are group buying companies in all major cities. figure.

Is group buying good?

Lei Jun thinks it is good and meets market demand.

However, the sudden appearance of this situation really caught him by surprise—it was a little too good.

When Google tried to acquire Groupon at a high price, Lei Jun knew that there would be a trend in China, and he also heard that a group-buying entrepreneurial project approached Yike, but he was very patient.

One is that there are not many people who can spend real money and form a team like myself.

Second, Mr. Fang's previous statement was very solid.

However, the news he received on December 12 made him a little restless, so he couldn't help contacting Yike, hoping to meet Mr. Fang to talk about the development of the market.

The news is that a group buying website contacted Yike Access Easy Payment, and the latter has agreed to this request and intends to carry out more cooperation with group buying websites.

Although it is not an investment support, but this access to easy payment, once acquainted with the second time, maybe Yike will take out more resources and make more considerations at some point.

Therefore, Mr. Lei came here to see Mr. Fang's attitude, and to hear if there is any new tone.

"Suddenly like a spring breeze overnight, thousands of groups are blooming all over the ground." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "This is not exactly what we expected before. More people will cross the low threshold and cultivate the entire market together."

Lei Jun nodded, deeply convinced, yes, this is the trend of group buying.

However, he immediately said hesitantly: "Mr. Fang, do you think the current development pace of our Mituan.com is a bit slow?"

Fang Zhuo refilled himself some tea, and asked back, "Boss Lei, why did you say that?"

Lei Jun said: "Penguin invested in Li Guoqing and Mr. Li's group buying project in the south, claiming to promote it from the top ten cities in the country, and it heard internally that it has also launched a same track project. It seems that it attaches great importance to the group buying market."

Lei Jun first mentioned Yike’s first competitor. Seeing Mr. Fang remained silent, he continued, “I heard that Taobao is also doing group buying now, and its Alipay has many users in the market and has resource advantages.”

Fang Zhuo nodded and helped to confirm this point: "Yes, what Taobao wants to do is the group buying category built into the website."

Lei Jun said "hmm" and talked about one of the most critical observations, and said worriedly: "Shencheng newly established a group treasure network on the 20th of last month. Its development is very fast. Although it only conducts business in one city, But a rebate invitation mechanism has been adopted.”

"A user of Tuanbao.com can get 10 yuan rebate just by inviting new friends. This is purely exchanging money for scale, which is too blatant."

Fang Zhuo has never heard of Tuanbao.com, and he hasn’t paid much attention to the changes in the group buying market recently. He has been busy with privatization for the past two days, so he asked, “Who is the fund behind Tuanbao.com? "

Lei Jun shook his head, not knowing this.

Fang Zhuo thought for a moment: "The method of burning money for scale is very intuitive and effective. It will definitely push the market competition to a more intense level. Tsk, it will become bloody."

Lei Jun nodded his head.

He believes that this method of exchanging cash subsidies for users is too rough, and it is likely to cause other problems for a group buying company, because the operation of the company is not only a factor of funds, but also needs to pay attention to important issues such as merchant docking and user experience.

However, we have to admit that this way of development will be very rapid, and if this kind of company really reaches a certain scale, can it reverse the problems in operation?

Lei Jun dare not say that there is no such possibility.

There is nothing wrong with a single Tuanbao.com, and what is even more frightening is whether it will attract other websites to follow suit. In other words, this is almost inevitable. It is nothing more than spending money and burning money. The easiest way to be coerced.

It's just that Lei Jun's plan for Mituan is to be steady and steady, but now there are new group buying websites appearing in the market almost every day, and the competitive environment under this fiery momentum may hardly not be bad.

He talked to Mr. Fang about his thoughts.

"I know that Sohu is also going to do group buying, and I'm afraid Baidu will end soon. Well, Sina also called me, wanting to try this new market." Fang Zhuo said, "Mr. Lei, This wind blows faster than you can possibly imagine."

Lei Jun frowned.

"But I think that since this kind of competition is inevitable, you don't have to be afraid of anything. Whether it's fighting for funds or resources, we don't mean to win, at least we are in the first echelon." Fang Zhuo smiled, "I think Mituan Now this kind of steady and steady accumulation of operating experience is to cultivate internal strength, and after internal strength is cultivated, external funds, merchants, and users will not be a problem, and this is the way to truly succeed."

Fang Zhuo continued to encourage: "Boss Lei, you have to stabilize your mood."

Lei Jun let out a long sigh: "It's easier said than done."

Fang Zhuo joked: "It's okay, Mr. Lei, if you can't stabilize, Yi Ke will find a way to help you stabilize."

Lei Jun glanced at Mr. Fang's smiling face, and teased: "Mr. Fang, don't make such a joke, I'm afraid."

When he said this, he suddenly felt that there was something wrong in the office. He looked around, and suddenly raised his eyes, saw the empty wall, and asked in amazement: "Mr. Fang, the beautiful picture in front of the office Where are the words?"

Fang Zhuo said lightly: "Put it away, I feel that calligraphy has improved recently, so I will write another one."

Lei Jun nodded slightly, it was indeed a bit scary at this time.

Seeing Lei Jun's expression, Fang Zhuo suddenly wondered if he should hang up this painting again. Recently, people often asked him about this, maybe everyone is used to having words on it.

Asking all the time, asking all the time, makes it awkward for me to ask myself too.

Lei Jun finally talked about the issue of Easy Payment, and said: "Mr. Fang, Alipay is also looking for us recently, and wants to connect the payment. Look at this..."

Fang Zhuo nodded, and said: "The Alipay shop market is normal, and we also have promotional actions in this area. It is no problem for Mituan to access Alipay. We must provide the best service to users."

Lei Jun had already thought about it when he came here today. Mituan would refuse Alipay's access, because Yipay is very convenient to use and has a good market share in big cities, but he didn't expect Mr. Fang to be so tolerant.

Fang Zhuo looked at the surprise on Lei Jun's face, and said with a smile, "I really don't want to go to Beijing for the third time to find Gongxin for a meeting."

Lei Jun smiled, suddenly a little curious about Mr. Fang's reputation as the leader.

Fang Zhuo raised his wrist, looked at the time, got up and said, "Boss Lei, let's go to eat and chat while eating."

Lei Jun is not polite, this trip is just a little bit.

While the two of them were having dinner, Lei Jun received a new message on his mobile phone. Sohu.com was officially discontinued, and the group buying website Aijiatuan was established, which was about to test the hottest e-commerce concept nowadays.

He put down his chopsticks with a dignified expression and asked, "Mr. Fang, how many companies do you think the entire group buying market can survive in the future?"

Fang Zhuo said optimistically, "Two or three should be fine."

Lei Jun's heart sank, Mr. Fang is so pessimistic?

There are nearly 40 websites in the entire market right now, and around the Spring Festival, this number may grow to 100. Mr. Fang's number is not even the "four" of the four giants.

Will Mituan.com be able to compete to the end?

Lei Jun was under pressure, and felt that the food in front of him was not delicious.

Fang Zhuo turned his head to look at Mr. Lei, and said, "Boss Lei, let's follow the trend and we're done."

Lei Jun is concerned about gains and losses in starting a new business this time, and couldn't help but said: "I'm afraid that I will fail in the end and fail the good intentions of Mr. Fang and Yi Ke."

Fang Zhuo laughed loudly: "It's okay, if you don't succeed, you can come to my company to pay back the favor. Our Yike mobile phone is recruiting people all the year round."

Lei Jun felt that this joke was slightly bitter.

He thought about it left and right, and he could only say: "I'd like to ask Yi Ke and Mr. Fang to support me a lot."

Fang Zhuo nodded and suddenly laughed. The last sentence Yang Weiyi said on the phone yesterday was exactly the same, almost verbatim. Please support Yi Ke and Mr. Fang...

Lei Jun couldn't understand why he was laughed at, but he couldn't help asking Mr. Fang what he was laughing at.

When he left Yike, he saw another new website popping up in just one morning, and sighed: "This time I really found a good market. The competition is more intense than the previous confrontation with Microsoft."

Lei Jun looked out of the car and suddenly found that it was snowing in Shencheng.

The snow in Shencheng came very early this year.

However, the chill brought by this light snow did not affect the enthusiasm of Banfen group buying. The entire market was not only more popular than Lei Jun, but even Fang Zhuo expected.

On December 12, Sohu established Aijiatuan to enter the group buying market.

On December 12th, Taobao preheated Juhuasuan, and I didn’t want to miss this opportunity.

On December 12, 14.com opened 58 groups in the same city, thinking that the group buying business is naturally complementary.

With the demise of large and small companies, domestic investors have also been urged to become more excited. A seemingly reliable team + group buying concept explanation + business city planning can get a sum of angel funds.

It's not too much anyway, what if it succeeds?

Before December is over, the number of domestic group-buying websites is approaching 100. The popularity is astonishing, the smoke is full, and the smog has indeed begun.