Reinventing the Millennium.

Chapter 240 Helping each other
The snow in New York is getting bigger and bigger.

Fang Zhuo arrived at the hotel and reported to the country that he was safe, and when he woke up after the jet lag, the snow outside was already covered but there was no sign of stopping.

Yike’s team in the United States is not Fang Zhuo. There were only seven people in the first batch, and four people came in the second batch. These thirteen people scattered into the United States like raindrops melting into the ocean following Kroger’s channel distribution. several large cities.

In the entire New York City, only Pan Ben was struggling to deal with the situation, but with Fang Zhuo's arrival, the two became dependent on each other.

"Looks like it's fortunate that I arrived, otherwise this follow-up flight might not be able to come in."

Fang Zhuo called for Pan Ben, feeling that he came just right.

"All three airports have been grounded, and there is news from the TV station and a snow disaster warning." Pan Ben also felt lucky.

"I called Yang Wan just now. They were divided into five groups, and it didn't snow in the five cities. However, there are too few of us." Fang Zhuo said thoughtfully, "I didn't even have anyone to accompany me to see Sony." Now, what do you think Sony wants to see me for?"

Pan Ben has been thinking about this since he received the call from Sony: "Sony has a lot of music copyrights, Sony has a walkman that dominates the market, and Sony may also try emerging markets, nothing less than these three aspects."

"Our product has only been online for two weeks, and the people from Sony immediately made an appointment to meet, and their sense of smell is quite keen." Fang Zhuo commented.

Pan Benlue was a little worried: "Sony is very big. They have noticed the mp3 market. Are we in trouble? After all, the technical level of the player is not high."

Fang Zhuo was thinking carefully, he seemed to be thinking about this in his dream all night: "Sony is very big, but what we want to see is probably only their department in New York, and even Apple's Ipod didn't cause any trouble. Langhua, our M1 sales are not as good as Apple’s, why would they come to your door?”

He asked himself and answered: "It may be due to a habitual stress response to threats, or it may indeed be that the middle management here has a good sense of foresight, but no matter what, it is impossible for Sony to abandon Walkman decisively. vested interests to fully shift to the mp3 market.”

"Since it can't turn around in an all-round way, it's just an exploration at best."

Fang Zhuo got up and paced, and judged: "What will this kind of exploration be like? What is the name of Sony? It is a Fortune 200 company that makes classic and popular products. The goal of exploration will only be better. Do you think it may directly Are you going for the low-end market below $[-]?"

"Can you imagine Sony developing a music player market, starting with $200, $100 products?"

Fang Zhuo's thinking became clearer and clearer: "Even if it is an mp3 player, it will be a mid-to-high end, but the internal process time of this large group is enough to make the market develop rapidly."

"Our M1 still has time, our P1 has more price advantages, and Sony's threat is not to be feared."

As an employee of a venture capital institution, Pan Ben witnessed a company president's judgment on industry competitors. He didn't know if it was right, but the logic sounded self-consistent.

Pan Ben has been alone in New York for the past two days. He has the entrustment of IDG Huaxia District, the temporary authority granted by Yike, the pressure of Kroger's big channel, and the contact of Sony, a global industry giant. I really felt the huge pressure.

My previous job was to look at the current situation and future of the company, listen to the report data, and talk about the development plan, but now I have a truly immersive experience from the perspective of the company, and everything has changed.

Pan Ben has another level of understanding of Fang Zhuo after experiencing these two states of people's leisurely life outside the mountain and people's decisive judgment inside the mountain.

"Mr. Fang, do you think Sony wants to take a stake or simply buy Yike?"

Fang Zhuo nodded and said, "It's possible, but they definitely won't give me the psychological price. Their expectations for the market are different from mine. The status quo of Yike is a small company that has sold 5 machines."

Pan Ben asked curiously, "Then what is your psychological price?"

"You three venture capitalists have invested more than 900 million U.S. dollars. Even for your sake, the price must be doubled." Fang Zhuo replied.

Pan Ben felt that the price was a little low. The 2000 million yuan was simply charity. He just said that the market expected it.

Fang Zhuo raised five fingers.

Oh, it’s doubled like this, then it’s okay... Calculated based on the time, Pan Ben has earned 1 million in less than two months since the M4000 landed in the United States. This rate of return is quite astonishing.

Fang Zhuo wanted to chat about the price, when the phone on the table rang.

Li Xinyue of Anliang Chamber of Commerce.

Fang Zhuo didn't answer immediately, and asked Pan Ben, "Did someone from the Anliang Chamber of Commerce contact you to ask about my itinerary?"

Pan Ben shook his head.

Fang Zhuo made a phone call. From this point of view, the person on the other side deliberately paid attention to him. I don't know if he got the news from the hotel.

"Hey, Mr. Li, how are you doing these days?"

"It's not bad. I heard that Mr. Fang has returned to New York." Li Xinyue said directly, "Tomorrow at noon, our chamber of commerce will welcome Mr. Fang in the house, and thank you for your hospitality in mainland China."

Fang Zhuo paused in his thoughts, and replied without hesitation: "No problem, Mr. Li is too polite."

Li Xinyue said a few more words before ending the call.

Fang Zhuo had no one available, so he planned to take Pan Ben with him, and told him about tomorrow's appointment.

Then, seeing that Pan Ben was puzzled, he explained the hospitality he gave to others in the mainland.

"Mr. Fang...Then should we call the police before we go to the door tomorrow? Uh, why don't we just pay someone?" Pan Ben became nervous, he knew that the Anliang Chamber of Commerce had a dirty background.

"Who are you inviting? Throw a cup as a sign, and all the knives and axes will fight out?" Fang Zhuo laughed dumbfounded, and comforted him, "Don't be afraid, this kind of organization is a paper tiger. It's easy to bully ordinary people. When you meet rich and powerful are meek as sheep."

Pan Ben's eyes lit up: "Boss Fang is rich and powerful."

Fang Zhuo murmured: "That's what they think. Anyway, at most, they just want to embarrass me or make me angry. When talking about a project with such a promising prospect, they only want to collect interest. What else can they do?"

Pan Ben calmed down and continued to discuss Sony's situation.

The next day, it was snowing heavily in New York. Fang Zhuo and Pan Ben walked to the ancient house of the Anliang Chamber of Commerce in Chinatown under umbrellas.

This time, compared to the first time at dusk, the weather was completely different. Nearly ten men with evil faces stood from the outside to the inside, unsmiling, neither greeting nor polite, the atmosphere was very solemn.

Fang Zhuo led Pan Ben all the way to the middle hall without changing his expression.

This place is completely different from the outside. There is a steaming hot pot on the big round table, and the wine pot is also warming on the small stove. Not only the father and daughter of the Li family are present, but also the old man who speaks Shaanxi dialect they met last time.

"Young man, we meet again." The old man cheerfully greeted him, this time he didn't use Shaanxi dialect, "Do you still remember the old man?"

Fang Zhuo smiled and exchanged polite greetings.

Walking from the main gate to the central hall, he didn't feel majestic and solemn, instead he felt stern and stern. Seeing this scene again, it didn't look like asking a teacher for a crime, but it seemed to be an apology.

This Anliang Chamber of Commerce is in a doldrums, anyway, with two pistols pinned to its waist, it is considered a new look.

The two sides introduced them to the seat. The old man's surname is Li and his name is Yueren. He is the uncle of the vice chairman Li Taimao. It sounds like he is the head of the previous generation of the Li family.

"Mr. Fang, to be honest, I invite you here this time to welcome the wind, and I also want you to be a staff member for the restructuring of our Li family's company." Li Taimao opened after greetings.

Fang Zhuo was a little surprised, he didn't know what kind of medicine was sold in the other party's gourd.

He pondered for a while and said "I'm telling you the truth": "I'm telling you the truth, I also want to come to the chamber of commerce to borrow some people this time. President Li, we just happen to help each other, the yellow skin helps the yellow skin."

The old man Li Yueren opened his mouth upon hearing the words, and set the tone and said, "Living overseas, everyone should help each other like this."

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly, raised his glass to toast, now and then, this is not the time to lend money.

　Stay up all night and continue to code two chapters.

　
(End of this chapter)