Chapter 332 Situation

On November 20, the president of Yike, the president of Sina, the president of Guahao.com, the founder of MIGA Fund, and the actual controller of PL Fund arrived in Shanghai together.

Fang Zhuo held his right hand with his left hand, and vaguely saw the sun hanging in the east of Shanghai from the porthole.

"The sun rises in the east, I like today's weather."

Fang Zhuo got into the business car with his assistants in a good mood, and yawned as he drank a cup of bitter coffee.

He took more transoceanic flights, and he was more and more able to use the rest on the plane to change the time difference.

"Xiao Wang, tell the company that the flight will arrive on time, and then confirm the participants of the morning meeting."

Fang Zhuo opened the latest newspaper today and casually told Yike's administrative assistant.

When he flew from Shanghai to New York, he had two assistants from Sina and Yike, and he brought Yike's overseas employees on vacation on the way back.

A group of people in three cars drove straight to Henglong 23 in the warm sunshine of November in Shanghai.

Henglong 23 has now completely become the headquarters of Yike Group. The registration website, which originally occupied half of the space, moved to Lujiazui, Pudong New Area, and rented the 23rd floor of Jinmao Tower there as an office - there is a familiar new district chief here.

At the same time, the registration website started the Yike-style groupization. For the sake of brand effect, it will soon officially become the registration website of the Medical Group.

At present, the Medical Group has three and a half businesses, registration website, online pharmaceutical sales of warehouses in three places, software construction services for hospitals, and easy payment.

The development of registration website is very stable, and the software construction of hospitals is quite prosperous. Online medicine and easy payment in Beijing, Shanghai and Yangzhou are much more difficult.

Online medicine is actually okay, at least the warehouse is very lively, and the easy payment attached to it is more like an empty name, and only a small-scale attempt is carried out in Shanghai.

At 9:30 in the morning, Fang Zhuo arrived at Henglong 23, which is completely owned by Yike Group, and saw a familiar face.

"Mr. Fang is back!"

"Mr. Fang, you've worked hard!"

The meeting room was filled with a warm welcome.

Fang Zhuo pressed his hands, his eyes flashed across the faces of several vice presidents and directors, and smiled: "Sit down, sit down, why are you being polite, I'm not going out for a year or two."

Although Yike's domestic and foreign affairs are relatively distinct, there is still information exchange. Everyone knows that the company has completed an important cooperation with Sony Music.

"Let's do this today. I will report to you first, and then you can talk to me about the domestic situation to see if there are any problems that require departmental coordination and any problems that need to be specifically addressed."

Fang Zhuo took the documents in front of him, clasped his hands together, and talked about his experience in the United States.

As the president of a company that has experienced bans, lawsuits, and competition, his perspective can make people in the meeting room feel the sinister atmosphere.

However, as the boss talked about the second negotiation between Yike and Apple, many people still smiled knowingly.

"At that time, I was standing outside Apple's conference room and talking on the phone. There was a technology company with a market value of 5 billion US dollars on the other side of the door."

"On the other end of the phone was a world-renowned record giant, whose parent company has a market value of 70 to 80 billion US dollars."

Fang Zhuo described this vividly: "Yike is undoubtedly a weakling in front of these two companies, but Sony Music's Stringer had to beg me not to die."

The meeting room was full of laughter deliberately provoked by the president.

Fang Zhuo waited for everyone to finish laughing before changing the subject: "Interesting, right? The vast market is wonderful, and the fierce competition makes it taste even more wonderful."

"But when I stood outside the door of the conference room and ended the call, I didn't feel wonderful at all."

Fang Zhuo said word by word: "I felt humiliated."

The smiles of everyone in the conference room that had not yet faded suddenly froze.

"Weakness is not worth boasting about. It is even more embarrassing to use self-harm to make the opponent face up to it."

"Today, we can take some initiative in this way. What about tomorrow? What about the day after tomorrow?"

Fang Zhuo tapped the table with his fingers and told the latest news: "I received a report from New York as soon as I landed today. Apple's player has reduced its price."

"It's not a temporary discount, it's a real price reduction. Although it's still higher than ours, it has already posed a great threat to M1 and P1."

"Competitors are always thinking about suppressing us. What's more, combined with their copyright layout, we have already been suppressed."

"When can we let our opponents beg for cooperation? That would be really regretless."

Fang Zhuo sighed and said, "I think it is necessary to give you the opportunity to rotate abroad to feel the pressure. Come on, report one by one, and I'll see what's going on in China now."

The atmosphere in the conference room has become solemn with the change in the boss's tone, and now I have to be careful about the wording when talking about market development.

Domestic MP3 player brands have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain, and many orders have been sent to two factories under Yike.

Compared with Lenovo's previous ambitions, this batch of emerging products are mainly low-end products, which can fill the gap in Yike's product line.

Domestic brands have witnessed the performance of Lenovo's music players and generally believe that it is difficult to compete with Yike in the mid-to-high-end.

Fang Zhuo listened to the report silently, occasionally asking about some vague points.

The meeting lasted until noon before it was declared over.

"Mr. Su, Mr. Sun, and Mr. Tang, please stay." Fang Zhuo called out, leaving Su Wei in charge of overall work, Sun Qi in charge of the product supply chain, and Tang Shangde, who had been promoted to vice president for some time.

The four of them had a small meeting in the conference room while eating lunch and chatting. Tang Shangde and Sun Qi talked more, while Su Wei supplemented.

Generally speaking, although Yike faces competition from many new brands in China, it is actually much easier than facing Apple in the United States.

This year, Yike signed two more singers, JJ Lin and Leehom Wang, as spokespersons, truly moving closer to the original words of "growing up with Chinese musicians".

"The competitive situation is okay, but it will definitely intensify in the future."

“Don’t stick to our domestic prices, we can offer small discounts.”

"In addition, Yike wants to make a small acquisition with Guohao.com and buy their 'Easy Pay' department."

Fang Zhuo was full after eating half of the lunch box.

"Yipay...what is the use of this?" Tang Shangde has heard about this part of the registration network. It costs a lot and has no results.

"It's an attempt in one direction." Fang Zhuo waved his hand, "You and Mr. Sun go and get busy. Mr. Su and I will talk about some personal matters."

Sun Qi and Tang Shangde said goodbye and left.

Fang Zhuo sipped his tea and just glanced at Su Wei.

Su Wei said tacitly: "Tang Shangde's business in the capital involves some invoices and rebate issues from channel vendors. According to what I know, the amount is around 1.8 million."

"What don't you understand?" Fang Zhuo asked.

Those who don’t understand naturally don’t know.

Su Wei said nothing, feeling that this question was more of a manifestation of disappointment. Yike's machines had a first-mover advantage, and the commissions from the grassroots to the top were quite generous.

In particular, Tang Shangde entered the company very early and was promoted quickly. He and Fang Zhuo still have a sense of being in the same school.

After a while, she asked: "How to deal with it?"

Fang Zhuo showed a rare expression of hesitation.

He took another sip of tea and shook his head slightly: "I have already thought about how this matter will come about. The faster the company develops and the larger the scale, the more regulations it should have."

"However, Xiao Zhou suddenly wanted to get married at the end of the month. I dragged him out of HKUST. Although his marriage is hasty, it can be regarded as entering a new stage of life."

"Tang Shangde is still young, so why bother."

Fang Zhuo shook his head again.

Su Wei never expected that this would touch her boss.

"Then..." she said hesitantly.

"Let him make his own choice." Fang Zhuo put down his tea cup, "When Xiao Zhou gets married, I'll talk to him. If he's willing to admit it, then we'll deal with it internally. If he's stubborn, he'll be treated as a model for the company."

1.8 million is not a lot, the PL Fund can easily pull millions of dollars from gangs, but it is not a lot, the current per capita salary is only about how much.

Fang Zhuo pondered for a while and stopped talking about this.

"During this period, I have probably refused interview requests from ten or twenty media for you, and declined nearly ten invitations to meetings." Su Wei also changed the topic, "Now that you are back, the meeting has passed, and the media is still here. Hope to meet you."

"If the company receives it, just continue to reject it. I'm not in the mood." Fang Zhuo shook his head.

"Increase the exposure and talk about how you turned Sina's losses into profits. Wouldn't this further stimulate the stock price?" Su Wei came up with an idea.

"It is better for Sina to be more solid. There is no rush in this regard. The trend of the entire Internet is upward, which will naturally drive its stock price higher." Fang Zhuo added, "I will fly to Beijing tomorrow and come back the day after tomorrow. I’ll have another meeting with Jin Mao later.”

"Yes, Chairman, thank you for your hard work." Su Wei smiled.

"No hard work, just serve Teacher Xiao Su." Fang Zhuo said seriously, "I just want everyone to make money, start a career, and it would be better if they can promote some social progress."

"It's not enough to make money. I don't think you spend much money on it." Su Wei mentioned this point.

"I don't have any money in my pocket..." Fang Zhuo was suddenly reminded, "Oh, yes, I said before that if I win Sina, I will reward myself with a car. If I later ask someone to help me buy the best car in the world, it is also considered consumption. Upgraded.”

Su Wei blinked, the best car in the world, this is for consumption, right? If you don't buy it, it's fine. If you buy it, it will be the best in the world?

"Then I'll have to go along for the ride."

Fang Zhuo thought for a while: "Let's play around the entire track. From now on, we will drive for team building. Whoever performs well will sit in my passenger seat."

Su Wei showed an indifferent smile, feeling that her boss was not talking about serious business, so she started talking nonsense again.

I have been busy these two days, so I will write more words in the second half of the month.