RBCT Chapter 1165 Mutual Help (4k)
Chapter 1165 Mutual Help (4k)
Chapter 1165 Mutual Help (4k)
The visit of Wu Yunjun, vice president of China Unicom, was warmly received by Fang Zhuo.
This Mr. Wu is actually the top executive in China Unicom who most strongly promotes the cooperation with Yixin.
Therefore, Yixin must accelerate its development and strive to be worthy of his support.
Fang Zhuo took Mr. Wu to visit the Yikexin headquarters at No. 333 Lujiazui Ring Road, had dinner with him here, and talked about the cooperation space of everyone.
During the meeting, Wu Yunjun also talked about Unicom's research and development of instant messaging, and even took out his mobile phone to show Mr. Fang a trial software.
"President Fang, can you give me some pointers?"
Fang Zhuo played with it for a while. In fact, since Yixin took the lead, many companies are making attempts in this area, and everyone, including Penguin, is the first to learn and succeed.
Therefore, it is not surprising that this communication software of China Unicom is very similar to Yixin.
Fang Zhuo returned the phone to Mr. Wu, and said with a smile: "Mr. Wu, I mentioned several times that the mobile Internet is not only an extension of the Internet, but also a kind of subversion. Do you think this is a big statement?"
Wu Yunjun replied: "President Fang's words are very appropriate."
It is appropriate for the head of Yike to talk about subversion, innovation, and development. It depends on who is speaking.
"Haha, whether it is appropriate or not depends on whether it is really reflected." Fang Zhuo pointed to the mobile phone on the table, "I simply tried the software of China Unicom just now. It needs to register and fill in the password, which is wrong."
Wu Yunjun saw that Mr. Fang was serious about what he said, and after thinking about it, he didn't think there was anything wrong. Wouldn't it be necessary to register an account if he wanted to use it?How to use without an account?
"Register, fill in the password, fill in the security, this set of procedures is very complete, and everyone uses it on the PC." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "But what is it like when we recruit new users in Yixin? Read the mobile phone number, send a verification code, and successfully log in as a new user. This process only takes a few seconds at the fastest.”
Wu Yunjun was surprised.
"You can log in like this all the time, and you can also set the password yourself later." Fang Zhuo continued, "But this login and registration is to minimize the user's time-consuming, and it doesn't give users the opportunity to feel troublesome. It's not uncommon to say that , but according to our observation, the similar software on the market has changed its method now, and it only started to do so in May this year."
"At the moment, everyone is still accustomed to the successful method of transplanting PCs, but now it can evolve again."
Wu Yunjun silently picked up the mobile phone on the table, tried the registration process by himself, user name, mobile phone number, password twice, three security questions... and entered the wrong characters in the middle...
After 2 minutes, he put down his phone and shook his head: "Mr. Fang's words are really thought-provoking. This is a fixed way of thinking. It is indeed something everyone takes for granted. This..."
Through such a small example, Wu Yunjun suddenly felt enlightened.
The mobile Internet needs to deal with user needs faster, and needs to be more suitable for users. In such a new registration process, Yike has its own way, and I don’t know how much attention should be paid to other things.
He suddenly remembered the penguin exposure case that had been raging before.
If Penguin hadn’t revealed the news himself, who would have known that there was a third-party PR under the water to help Penguin deal with software feedback?
This fucking Yike can really do anything.
That is to say, it can do any job, which suppresses Penguin, but Penguin can retrieve the public relations situation, and can respond to muffled improvements. On the other hand, China Unicom...
Wu Yunjun saw the big from the small, and saw the leopard from the inside, and once again fell into a lack of confidence in his own products.
Having said that, this also proves that investing in Yixin is an extremely correct choice.
"Mr. Wu wants to improve Unicom's software when he goes back?" Fang Zhuo asked with a smile at this time.
"It's for advice, that's all we're talking about in private." Wu Yunjun expressed his attitude, and then said, "Boss Fang's example is very good. I will use this example to criticize them when we have a meeting at the end of the year."
Fang Zhuo immediately said: "Then I won't mention this on other occasions in the future."
I don't mention it myself, this is Mr. Wu's keen observation of products, and then diverges is his thinking on the subversive concept of mobile Internet.
"Mr. Fang, you, you." Wu Yunjun even turned his eyebrows into a favorite color. Mr. Fang is a bit of a dog, but it is not unreasonable for him to succeed.
He toasted a glass of wine and said with a smile: "Mr. Fang, after the year when the idea of Unicom's IM software is completely bankrupt, the two of us still need to strengthen cooperation and expand users for each other."
"Mr. Wu, Yixin has no revenue plan all the time. It is just focusing on comparing the growth rate with Penguin." Fang Zhuo said seriously, "We have a win-win relationship. The first advertisement of Yixin after the year is China Unicom's. The location is China Unicom's Yixin card, how about it?"
Unknowingly, Yixin has been online for a year. Even though the number of users has reached 5000 million, it has not received a single advertisement. Now it is going to be handed over to China Unicom for the first time. The attitude is not insincere.
Of course, China Unicom must also be a limited "Easy Card".
Wu Yunjun heard what Mr. Fang meant, and it was hard not to repeat what he had just said: "Mr. Fang, you, you..."
"Mr. Wu, it's all in the wine." Fang Zhuo raised his glass cheerfully.
Wu Yunjun and Mr. Fang clinked glasses, and if they can't wait for the wisdom of future generations to solve the problem, then use their own bets to get a win-win situation. Although Yi Xin must eat the biggest portion, it is still a bit foresight.
The problem faced by this trip can be solved from another angle.
Yixin is indeed developing very fast, but this is unavoidable. If you need money, you need people, you need Fang Zong, and now you need user scale and user scale. Its rise has become inevitable.
The future is the era of mobile Internet, and China Unicom should actively respond to this trend and exert its influence correctly.
Wu Yunjun tried to put himself in a more suitable position, and he really felt much more comfortable.
When he, the vice president of China Unicom, left with a tacit understanding, Fang Zhuo seemed to be welcoming and waiting for Stringer, the head of Sony who had greeted him in advance.
As the saying goes, if the mountain cannot come, I will pass.
Stringer had already passed Yu Hong and called himself, expressing his desire to have a friendship with Mr. Fang, Sony's foreign director, but he couldn't see anyone for a long time.
So, this time, he turned a corner and headed straight for Shencheng by taking advantage of the meeting in Tokyo.
Different from Wu Yunjun's low-key, Stringer is a respectable person, and the momentum of this trip is much larger. A group of people from Wuyang Wuyang, both Chinese and foreign, arrived at Hang Lung 23, as if to discuss a very formal business.
Fang Zhuo was quite happy to see his old friend.
Similarly, he also brought the old jazz to No. 333 Lujiazui Ring Road, and even had the same dishes for lunch.
Stringer is a person who pays great attention to the external image. He doesn't know how to pay attention to every aspect of his suit and leather shoes, but he looks very glamorous.
On the contrary, Fang Zhuo, he was just a white T-shirt that he took with him when he went out in the morning.
Perhaps, facing old friends should be more solemn.
This thought came to Fang Zhuo's mind.
"Mr. Fang, long time no see, your taste in dressing has improved again." Stringer praised, "Since I saw you for the first time today, I think you look better than ever."
Fang Zhuo reckoned that the old jazz came to him to find a solution, otherwise, would he still be able to make a special trip to visit his friends and have a heart-to-heart talk?
He smiled and said some polite words, thinking about Sony's current situation.
In fact, according to Sony’s Q1, Q2 and first-half fiscal year results, it has turned losses into profits compared to the same period last year. In the first half of the fiscal year, it made a profit of US$8 million.
That's pretty good for Sony, which lost money for the whole of last year.
It's just that numbers are numbers.
Fang Zhuo had personally helped the old jazz with his performance, so he naturally didn't believe in disclosing the figures, and what was more intuitive was the impatience he felt from Stringer.
Sure enough, after exchanging pleasantries, describing friendship, and two glasses of water and wine, Stringer still talked about Sony and his own plight.
"Mr. Fang, it's not good. Sony's situation this year is very bad. Consumer electronics and film and television businesses are all losing money." Stringer's face has become serious.
Fang Zhuo said directly: "I think Sony's semi-annual financial report seems to be pretty good."
"There are some related companies' income in it." Stringer said vaguely.
He still wanted to continue to be vague, but suddenly saw Mr. Fang's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and thought of the two of them in private here today, he suddenly became straightforward: "Mr. Fang, Sony is now completely defeated. Come and do it."
"Why did it fail across the board? How about Sony's financial report at the end of the year?" Fang Zhuo asked in surprise.
Stringer was silent for a moment, and said: "There is no problem with this year's financial report, but it may be unavoidable to write off deferred tax assets in the second half of the year, and the financial report cannot be read."
The financial report can be whitewashed, but this year it cannot be whitewashed.
Fang Zhuo asked with encouraging eyes: "Is there expected to be a large loss this year?"
"Probably more than $30 billion." Stringer gritted his teeth and said a figure.
Fang Zhuo ran through the data in his mind, oh, this is Sony's biggest loss in more than ten years.
How to evaluate it?
Is Sony's western scientific management overhaul shattered?
Stringer is embarrassing and should step down?
Sony must be rescued?
A series of thoughts ran through Fang Zhuo's mind, and he frowned and said, "Sir, you...you are too difficult."
To be honest, even if Sony's New York headquarters is sold, it is estimated to be around $10 billion.
——How do you plan to spend the money from the sale of the New York headquarters?
——Pay off the arrears first, and pay off the rest of the arrears slowly.
Now I am afraid that it is not only a matter of financial reports and reputation, but also stable cash flow.
Stringer sighed and admitted: "Sony has indeed encountered great challenges today. We should not choose Microsoft for WM cooperation before. Sony should join the Android camp."
"Hey, sir, let me tell you what to do with you!" Fang Zhuo was a little distressed.
He is not a person who does not take care of his friends. He has persuaded Stringer to join the Android camp several times.
However, Sony is superstitious about Microsoft's halo, and it insists on developing the WM system with all its heart, but it is now so sluggish and defeated.
Who can blame this?
Blame me for Yike and Android not being able to give you confidence at the beginning?
Looking back, it probably sums it up like this.
Stringer was speechless.
Sony Ericsson was originally one of the top five mobile phone brands in the world, but its brand influence and market share have declined sharply this year. Among the old brothers in the past, only Samsung rushed out.
And Samsung caught up with Android just in time.
Counting it, Mr. Fang persuaded himself to engage in Android earlier than Samsung.
Stringer felt extremely uncomfortable.
But if I feel more uncomfortable, I will become numb. I came here specially to find a solution.
Stringer feels that if this year continues like this, next year's business will definitely not be reversed, and he is afraid that he will enter the countdown to step down.
The biggest loss in 15 years, how can I bear this name...
He said slowly: "President Fang, the market potential of Sony sensors is huge."
Sony previously spun off the sensor department, established a subsidiary, and conducted a production line joint venture in Shanghai, and now it has initially obtained verification and returns.
This production line is Ice Core’s Shencheng No. 50 Factory. At first, Ice Core owned 1% + 70 share to operate the fab. Later, in order to help Stringer, the shareholding ratio was increased to [-]%.
Over the past year or so, with Yike Mobile's leadership in imaging, the production capacity of Shencheng No. [-] Factory has continued to increase, and the future prospects have been fully revealed.
Sony's technology and research and development in this area are still very strong.
"Sony intends to sell all the shares in Shencheng No. [-] Factory?" Fang Zhuo was not surprised to hear the meaning of selling himself.
The manufacturing process of the third factory is actually not the most advanced. The current production line is 65nm. Even if Sony sells the remaining 30% of the shares, it can be exchanged for hundreds of millions of dollars.
Since Stringer opened his mouth to sell himself, there is nothing to twitch: "The technology of the Sony Sensor subsidiary has been verified in the third factory in Shanghai. In view of the huge market for smartphones in the future, it is necessary for sensor companies to raise funds. This part The money raised can increase investment in research and development and further establish a leading edge.”
It's not about selling the shares of the production line, it's about selling the shares of the sensor subsidiary!
Sony→Sony sensor→Shencheng Third Factory.
Sony has a cooperative technical laboratory with Bingxin in Shencheng. Many employees of the third factory are also engineers transferred from the Tokyo factory, but the sensor is a wholly-owned subsidiary.
Fang Zhuo couldn't help but licked his lips, raised his wine glass to take a sip, and said thoughtfully, "Sir, the Sony sensor is indeed of great value, but I'm afraid there will be rebellious voices if you handle it this way."
The Sony sensor was originally used for the camera, and it is not the core of the mobile phone. However, after verification, it quickly became a highlight of Sony, and it naturally received attention.
Judging from the growth of smartphones, it will receive more and more attention.
Selling shares in core technology companies just to whitewash financial reports is hard not to rebound.
"Sensor companies don't need to develop? Yike is the best smartphone brand in the world today. This is a strong alliance between Sony and Yike." Stringer said seriously, "Not only sensors, Sony hopes to be able to develop in Android smartphones. There was a lot of cooperation on board to reverse our previous wrong direction."
Sony is going to switch from Microsoft WM to the Android camp.
Sensors are one of those collaborations.
Stringer added: "The decision of the board of directors must pass."
Sony's western scientific management reform has been fruitful. Except for Stringer, the head of the board, the direction of the board of directors is under his control.
Fang Zhuo raised his glass, and he couldn't be more sincere: "Sir, Yi Ke will definitely do his best to help Sony, and I will always remember Sir's help to me."
Stringer breathed a sigh of relief, the sensor is indeed a good thing, let's develop it together, just like Android is an inclusive and open camp, and Sony can't stand still.
Standing still will only harm Sony, and mutual help is the prerequisite for success.
(End of this chapter)