RBCT Chapter 1133 The Era of Change (4k)
Chapter 1133 The Era of Change (4k)
Chapter 1133 The Era of Change (4k)
On May 5th, with the sonorous entry of several Ali titans, Lei Jun went to Beijing, Sun Tongyu went to Yangcheng, and Wei Zhe went to Jiangcheng. One of the major tasks was to visit the first-tier markets.
And, if possible, also examine the possibility of acquiring other websites in the relevant area.
Whether it is the senior management of Mituan or the advisory group of Yike, everyone believes that Tuanbao.com's sudden default on merchant loans is not only itself, but also a symbol of some conditions in the industry. Funds from venture capital investment in the United States should be worry-free for a while.
Mituan is about to have new money coming in, so it will come into contact with some good competitors when the industry may be divided.
Another consideration here is that Penguin seems to want to strengthen its QQ group-buying platform strategy, which will definitely inevitably lead to acquisitions. There are only those high-quality projects in the market, and it is always good to have an early investigation and early contact.
So far, Baidu has taken little action, while Alibaba has focused on online Juhuasuan. Only Yike and Penguin have invested the most in the group buying market, but their two routes are not consistent.
In addition to investing in Dangtuan.com this time, Penguin has done a lot of support for QQ group buying. One of its latest changes is that it no longer builds its own sales team, but uses open APIs to connect other group buying websites and service providers to the platform to carry out related activities. business.
This is a very interesting decision, and the data is also very good. According to statistics, there are more than 50 partners connected to QQ group buying.
but……
Everyone feels that it is impossible for the group buying market to maintain the status quo that each city has different brands. On the contrary, it may be the eve of a change.
All partners connected to QQ group buying are small and medium-sized projects, and good-looking data cannot have a strong impact.
Once the domestic market starts to have a stable top group buying website, small and medium-sized websites will inevitably disappear and melt, and it will be difficult for the traffic imported by Penguin to go against the trend. At that time, they will either buy or build their own sales team.
When Fang Zhuo talked about the most tense competitor, he gave an idea from his own perspective.
"Penguin's big group buying platform this time is not looking at the emerging track of group buying, but hopes to use this to feed back its QQ client, Qzone and Tenpay, a payment tool."
"But with so many partners, it is difficult to pay attention to both user experience and merchant experience."
"Its tentacles are not to touch the first-line market to carefully understand everyone's needs and changes, but to only rely on other websites to figure out the market from a distance."
"Such a pot of stew is so messy, it's not as good as Qingzi."
Fang Zhuo gave an evaluation.
It's not as good as Qingzi for a pot of stew, nowhere near itching!
The degree of threat Lei Jun, Sun Tongyu and others pose to penguins is very clear.
The so-called, there are specializations in the art industry, and the opponent who knows you best is the opponent.
Ali has just proved Mr. Fang's speculation on values, and his observation of penguins for a longer period of time can be trusted.
Everyone in Mituan is very motivated to raise funds, make plans, and go to the grassroots level, and strive to take advantage of the golden time when each company is less threatened due to different situations.
Fang Zhuo maintains a certain amount of attention to group buying. Apart from devoting more energy to Yike's traditional new machine release month, he is also thinking about some actions that should be warmed up.
On the 21st, he took the time to visit the Gemini headquarters, which had been basically completed, and ran into Liu Suyi, the head of Yongke Real Estate, whether it was a coincidence or not.
Fang Zhuo did not alienate Liu Suyi because of the sale of shares in Yongke Real Estate. He could not see each other several times a year before, and now he still cannot meet several times a year.
In this meeting, the attitudes of the two sides remained the same and maintained mutual respect.
"The construction and decoration of the new headquarters are very good, Mr. Liu has taken care of it." Fang Zhuo went around several floors, and was quite satisfied.
"Yi Ke's business is my business, Mr. Fang, when I'm walking outside, people still call me Liu Yiyi, and I can't forget how I got to where I am today." Liu Suyi smiled, "Yesterday I still Thinking about adding this name to my business card."
Fang Zhuo knew that Mr. Liu always showed enthusiasm in a flattering manner, he said with a smile: "The business card is so formal, of course it uses the title of 'Chairman of the Board of Directors of Yongke Group', so as not to let All our years of hard work were in vain."
Liu Suyi likes Mr. Fang's "We have been so many years". Although "Yongke" still has a "ke" in it now, almost every meal has to actively or passively talk about Yongke's former big boss.
The stock price of Yongke Real Estate has gradually risen after experiencing the setback of the former boss's departure. The fundamentals of the real estate business are very good, which is the main reason for determining the stock price.
Since Liu Suyi became the real head of Yongke, he was in a particularly good mood for a period of time, but he was particularly worried and stressed for a period of time.
Even when Yongke Real Estate lost the land that was originally a sure thing in a second-tier city, he once had to put a few bottles of liquor in the office to relieve his mental burden.
This is a state of mind that Liu Suyi has never experienced before.
Seeing Mr. Fang again today, apart from being grateful and maintaining the relationship with the richest man, he also really admires Mr. Fang who is in charge of Yike and the operation of the Yike Department.
"Since I met Mr. Liu today, I happened to have a small matter, which I reckon is also beneficial to Yongke." Fang Zhuo talked about investment, "Recently, if Yongke has a plan for commercial real estate on the land, it can be reserved. I have one in New York." A friend is quite rich, he used to buy properties in the United States and Europe, and has also been very interested in the domestic market in the past two years."
He was referring to friends in New York's Chinatown.
As he was in the country, Fang Zhuo missed his foreign friends even more, especially when he thought of the Netherlands, and thought of some previous arrangements. In addition to the existing regular contacts, this would be a little more contact.
Liu Suyi turned his thoughts around, and tentatively said: "Mr. Fang, the development of the commercial center is now a joint venture company. Do they just want to invest purely, or..."
"Joint ventures are fine, not limited to investment." Fang Zhuo pondered for a while, "For rich overseas Chinese, some of them may also want to develop in the mainland in the future. You earn what you should earn, so don't worry too much."
Liu Suyi nodded silently, thinking about the regional development of Shencheng.
He made a mental note of this, and accompanied Mr. Fang to inspect the 23rd floor of the new headquarters, and asked, "Mr. Fang, when will this place be opened?"
"Don't worry, the second half of the year will be fine, let's get rid of the formaldehyde, everyone can squeeze in now." Fang Zhuo glanced at his new president's office, the space was more spacious, he turned to the secretary and said, "However, quite a few Everything can be moved here first.”
It is already late May, so to speak, it is the second half of the year, and it will be soon from July.
Liu Zonghong complied and figured out what are the essential things.
The Gemini headquarters this time is mainly run by three companies, E-ke, E-buy, and Yi-xin.
Yixin's "Just Do Penguin" has to be carried, the compliance department's "Excalibur False Legend" must also be carried, and the "Henglong Hero" in the boss's office has to be hung up as usual.
Is there anything else essential?
Liu Zonghong didn't think of it for the time being, so he had to go back and stroke it again.
After Fang Zhuo visited Gemini, he stopped by the leaders of the district. Although he has always been familiar with him, he still needs more attention when the headquarters moves here this year.
When he returned to the familiar Hang Lung 23, Secretary Liu Zonghong carefully recorded the bottles and cans that he needed to take away, and when he saw that the boss was in a good mood, he said something about what he had seen today.
"Boss Liu is really in high spirits today."
Fang Zhuo smiled and said, "When you go out, don't they also call you Mr. Liu?"
"Hey, I'm a fox pretending to be a tiger." Liu Zonghong replied.
"Liu Suyi is not bad, and I think Yongke Real Estate doesn't seem to be going crazy, it's very difficult to hold on." Fang Zhuo listened to some company introductions from Liu Suyi today.
Liu Zonghong's heart trembled when he heard these words. President Fang's words mean...it's not safe to go on a rampage, right?
He guessed the gold content in these words, his wife seemed to have bought some stocks.
"Help me later and ask Zhou Xin if he's busy on the weekend, and just say I'm treating Ke Ke to dinner." Fang Zhuo put Yongke Real Estate aside, and planned to meet friends while he had nothing to do this weekend.
Liu Zonghong asked: "Mr. Xiong and Mr. Wang, do you want to notify?"
"Old Xiong is very busy, so he may not be in Shanghai on weekends, forget it, let's talk to him." Fang Zhuo thought for a while, "Let Brother Wang come, he is a good guy, he can eat wherever he is. "
Liu Zonghong nodded, and took stock of the scope of notifications for this week's villa gathering. Although it was leisure, he always talked about work matters. The recent Yixin, group buying, and Yike new phones all need someone to provide topics.
According to Mr. Fang's words, it's probably called a topic.
Liu Zonghong habitually arranged these things in place.
Sure enough, with Liu Zonghong's careful consideration and arrangement, the weekend get-together was very pleasant. There was not much talk about group buying, but the development of Yixin and the situation of Yike's new machine were all included in the chat.
Speaking of Yike’s new machine this year, Selfy is okay. The news of the flagship Mars is still very surprising. Yike is going to be equipped with a chip designed by itself?
This... can it work?
Yike's mobile phones have been very popular since they were launched, but by this time in 2010, any of Yike's mobile phones had been disassembled. The system is Android, and the hardware is the world's first-class choice. The hardware is well integrated.
However, this "integration"...integration is indeed a very good ability, and the system ecology that can be quickly integrated with Facebook and other software is also an extremely attractive advantage for users. To the already well-known flagship machine.
Is this step too big?
Coincidentally, Apple's new iPhone 4 must be equipped with a self-developed chip. Its iPad in January has been equipped with an A4 chip, but it is said that the frequency on the iPhone 4 will be reduced.
This... Apple's technology accumulation has really been realized step by step!
The two reactions to this similar news are the attitudes presented in some media.
Fang Zhuo noticed this difference, so he was not angry, but regretted that he was not the host of the release of the new phone this year, otherwise, the three teachings of Hummingbird Chip turned out to be one family, and he had to chat with everyone at the press conference.
Regardless of whether the later technology can keep up, based on the current new machine competition, public opinion is always needed.
Fang Zhuo also talked about this idea with Mr. Yu, but unfortunately, Mr. Yu rejected his remote control, and only wanted to host a new machine conference smoothly.
"I have confidence in the new phone, our own tests are all right, it's the acceptance from consumers..." Fang Zhuo's only worry is the market reaction, "Samsung has stepped up its promotion of cooperation with Qualcomm chips, They do look for opportunities and are very sensitive."
Samsung's technical strength is very strong, the market response is fast, and there are many marketing methods. It is worthy of the traditional mobile phone manufacturers that have been revived.
"Mr. Fang, speaking of Samsung, I heard that AutoNavi's authorized pre-installation of Samsung and other manufacturers totals more than 1 million a year?" , regardless of whether it fits or not.
"Huh? Why did you mention Gaode?" Fang Zhuo was a little surprised, and recalled, "Its B2B business is indeed a big one. I didn't ask the specifics. Brother Wang, are you interested in this?"
"That's not true. I just listened to my friends talking about the market analysis of the former general manager of AutoNavi that Baidu dug up while drinking." Wang Fengyi shook his head, just talking nonsense.
The people in the small gathering were not very interested in whether they were high-minded or not, but this king dog suddenly mentioned a giant... Isn't this really flirting?
This year, Mr. Fang seems to be trapped in the country, and he has almost changed from a giant leader to a giant killer. Does it have to be poked one by one to enjoy the fun?
Everyone's eyes were a little subtle, and Wang Fengyi's eyes were not quite right.
But Fang Zhuo didn't have any mood swings. He was used to putting the right people in the right place. He couldn't be unhappy when he saw other people poaching people. He had a bit of a double standard, but not so double standard—it should be.
As for the current situation of Gaode, from the perspective of user development, it is actually good.
This also involves Google's withdrawal from the Chinese mainland market.
With Google's withdrawal, its related products have vacated the market, which includes Google Maps pre-installed in mobile GMS.
Gao Deben was trying to cut into the mobile entrance under the impetus of Yi Ke, so he got the right time.
However, as soon as it moves, other opponents are also studying it. Baidu Maps has been promoting it on the PC side, and now it has also started to move. The most direct way is to poach people from Gaode.
"It's normal to poach people." Fang Zhuo decided first, and the focus was still on his brother. "Speaking of which, the development of AutoNavi in the second half of the year is also very important. This is the period to establish its market position."
He stopped here, thinking about the competition in the group buying market, thinking about the introduction of smart phones, thinking about the development of map navigation, and the vitality of businesses such as vertical e-commerce and mobile social networking...
"These six months, the next year, it really looks like..."
Fang Zhuo took a sip of his wine, and suddenly realized that it has been almost ten years since he went to sea. From the end of 2000 to May of 10, time flies like water, and the time seems to be slow but really fast.
He finished speaking: "It's like the opening of an era of change."
Zhang Xiaolong of Yixin suddenly said: "We have already got the ticket to this era of change."
Yixin under his leadership is a product that is ahead of Penguin. This is a great success for the company and also brings great personal satisfaction. Yike's better and better mobile phones are the hardware foundation of the era of change.
With such a combination of soft and hard, how could it not be a ticket already in hand when Ali was still looking for a mobile entrance?
Rao Zhang Xiaolong, who has always been reticent, is quite complacent.
Fang Zhuo thought a lot about Yike Mars' Zhurong chip in a flash, as he once said - from one era to the next, from one crisis to the next.
Now that the tickets are in hand, even bigger dark clouds may be looming.
"A ticket is just a threshold." Fang Zhuo poured a glass of wine, "If it's not for going further, why bother to get a full-level number."
Zhang Xiaolong didn't understand, did Mr. Fang mean the same thing?
Wang Fengyi didn't understand either, but it didn't stop him from toasting: "Come on, let's have a drink and go further!"
Zhang Xiaolong can only drink.
Wang Fengyi, as the named meal partner, has always been able to drive the atmosphere: "Come on, let's have a toast, full rank!"
Let's drink again.
Fang Zhuo laughed while drinking: "The full-level account has not been completed yet, do you know what I'm talking about?"
"Yao Ming, Warcraft, or a reference, who knows you, I'll drink." Wang Fengyi said nonchalantly, "Come on, let's have a drink, for the unfinished full-level account!"
Fang Zhuo also toasted, he was not afraid of danger, and worked so hard to make a call, not just to be able to stretch his fists.
(End of this chapter)