Chapter 353 Thunder Wave (Two in One)

The table in the interrogation room is triangular.

The table in the interrogation room is high and low.

The difference between the two is that the former faces more insiders and witnesses, which is an equal exchange between each other, and also symbolizes two different attitudes of the police.

Fang Zhuo was asked about his dealings with Xu Mingchang and property issues. During this process, his emotions tended to be stable, and these were simple and easy to answer.

Considering the gentle inquiries he faced and the inevitable reactions from the outside world, Fang Zhuo felt that there would be no problems as long as he waited.

But a seemingly unintentional question "How much do you know about Lanhua District Chief?" still made him take the initiative to try to ask for a phone call.

The phone worked very well.

Because Fang Zhuo directly picked a number that he had remembered and had never contacted.

Soon, the cooperation on the theme of inquiring about Xu Mingchang's situation ended. After all, Fang Zhuo and Xu Mingchang had no business dealings at all, and the limited dealings were also very short, and the property issues were easy to explain.

Then a local leader and a foreign leader appeared. They shook hands politely to thank for their cooperation. The local leader casually revealed Xu Mingchang's problems, saying that the specifications of this investigation were very high and the scope of the investigation was relatively wide.

Fang Zhuo understood the underlying meaning and did not express any additional emotions.

From coming to leaving, it took more than two hours, and even the car he was riding in seemed to still be warm.

Fang Zhuo sat in his car, holding his mobile phone, answering continuous calls while thinking about the situation behind this matter.

Is this to ask me about the situation or to dig someone out?

When did Lao Qiu have such a nickname?

Fang Zhuo thought about the connection behind Xu Mingchang and the changes in Shencheng in the next few years, and felt a little turbulent.

He didn't know which party's intention was from, nor did he know whether this inquiry had changed in the middle.

As more and more calls were made, things gradually became more outlined.

Today, not only himself and Xu Mingchang were questioned, but several wealthy people in Shencheng were taken different measures. What he encountered was just a little aftermath of a thunderbolt.

Even the main body was not here in Shencheng.

When Fang Zhuo was about to return to the company, he received a call from Lao Qiu. He did not mention the question that made him think too much, but only arranged a time to meet in the evening.

On the 23rd floor of Hang Lung, the president left at ten o'clock, and people began to feel uneasy at that time.

When Fang Zhuo reappeared, he was greeted by many uneasy and questioning eyes - the boss went in, and the boss came out again, as if the anxiety and discussion at the beginning came to an abrupt end.

"Nothing, I was asked about Lao Xu's situation in the past, everything is normal, safe and sound."

Fang Zhuo shook his mobile phone, indicating that there was nothing serious, so that everyone could put their hearts at ease.

Before he entered the office and sat down, Lao Qiu suddenly called again, saying that they didn't need to meet recently, and wait until the situation stabilized.

After this call ended, Zheng Danrui also called in, with a quite calm tone. He did not mention what happened today, but only said that the company should operate smoothly.

Fang Zhuo had just put down his mobile phone and lit a cigarette, and the number of a Sina counterpart leader in Beijing appeared on the mobile phone screen again.

Compared with the seriousness of Zheng and Qiu, the tone of this deputy director was quite relaxed. He did not ask any questions, but only made requirements for Sina's news reports, and the content should be published after being determined.

Fang Zhuo listened to this tone and asked two more questions. He was sure that it was a storm from the financial industry. It was vaguely possible to book the most shocking news in the industry this year in advance, and the parties involved were also qualified to be written about in the history of China's finance.

It was precisely because of this that Xu Mingchang's deep relationship in Shencheng could not protect him and he had his first entry.

Knowing this, he felt more relaxed. The company under his name had never dealt with Huaxia Bank, and it had nothing to do with the domestic financial storm. Sina was listed in the United States and could not be involved.

In the afternoon, the phone calls gradually subsided, and Henglong 23 was no longer disturbed. The outside world continued to be turbulent, and more bigwigs were invited to be questioned.

In the evening, a call came from the 22nd floor of Jinmao, asking whether the financial news report could be published. Fang Zhuo suppressed it. The leaders in Beijing had specially taken care of it and said that it could not be published first.

However, Sina's failure to publish it did not mean that other media would not make any moves, especially since it was related to Hong Kong finance. With the problem of Xu Mingchang, a well-known wealthy man in Hong Kong, many people realized that something had happened to the bank.

In the evening, Fang Zhuo specially browsed the network situation in Hong Kong and found that someone was still asking whether the Hong Kong dollars issued by him were still valid after he left.

Huaxia Bank really made a statement on this, saying that personal signatures were the functions of the representative institution, and the issuance of currency was of course valid.

After a brief review of the matter, the wealthy were just embellishments in the context of the financial crisis. The Huaxia Bank system, especially in Shanghai and Hong Kong, would inevitably undergo huge changes.

Fang Zhuo arrived home in the evening, comforted his family with kind words, and thought about it over two cigarettes, and still felt that he had to remind Lao Qiu.

He called Liu Yangyang and described what he had seen and heard today to her in person, and asked Lao Qiu's old subordinate to pass on the message in person.

As for what exactly needs to be figured out, let them do it themselves.

April 10, Shanghai Bund.

Fang Zhuo attended the Internet Industry Development Conference as usual, but he came a little later today because he slept late last night.

Then, he sat in his seat with complicated eyes, and listened to Sohu's Zhang Chaoyang's speech halfway through.

The heads of Internet companies present were relatively young, so this meeting was not so restrained. The venue was chosen to be the Bund in Shanghai, which added some salon atmosphere.

However, Ma Huateng, who was sitting next to him, said something meaningful: "Today is not a good time, the situation is changing."

"The sky is clear and the wind is gentle, which is good." Fang Zhuo smiled.

Ma Huateng nodded, and the meaning was only felt in his heart.

"Penguin is developing so fast, when will you go public?" Fang Zhuo didn't want to talk about the situation, so he changed to a topic of interest.

"If the growth rate is maintained this year, consider next year or the year after." Ma Huateng replied.

"Go to the United States or Hong Kong? I have to buy more stocks by then." Fang Zhuo said jokingly.

Ma Huateng shook his head, and he hadn't decided yet.

Fang Zhuo half-boasted, "If it's NASDAQ, I can introduce a few people to Penguin, maybe the road to listing will be smoother."

Ma Huateng believed it, thanked him, and asked, "If it were you, where do you think is good?"

"Hong Kong." Fang Zhuo replied.

Ma Huateng: "..."

Zhang Chaoyang, who was holding the microphone in the middle, had already seen the two people whispering to each other. When his speech was coming to an end, he finally called out their names: "Hey, hey, those two whispering, come up and speak in the middle."

Ma Huateng smiled and said nothing.

Zhang Chaoyang dealt with Fang Zhuo in Beijing last time and thought he was interesting, but he didn't expect Sina's stock price to rise so sharply.

Last night when he arrived in Shanghai, he first heard the news that Fang Zhuo had an accident, and then heard the news that he was fine, which confused him. After asking other people, he still didn't know what the situation was.

This morning, the president of Sina did not show up, which seemed to confirm the rumors of "something going wrong". However, he showed up while talking about portal websites with a microphone. Combined with the rumors, it was a bit mysterious.

"Mr. Fang, come on, I want to hear you tell me how the spring of our Internet came." Zhang Chaoyang called him.

Fang Zhuo smiled and stood up, walked to where Zhang Chaoyang was standing, and took the microphone from him.

He looked at the guests attending today. He had seen Sohu, NetEase, Tencent, and Baidu. Alibaba was represented by CFO Cai Chongxin because Jack Ma was at home.

In addition, there were Li Guoqing of Dangdang, Zhou Kaixuan of TOM.com, Xing Ming of Tianya Community, Fang Xingdong of BlogChina, Zhen Ronghui of 51Job, and so on.

Almost all the representatives of China's Internet industry were in the Bund in Shanghai.

Fang Zhuo looked at these people, and they also looked at him with a bit of strange and curious eyes.

Sina's performance since the change of leadership last year is definitely something that anyone who is interested in the Internet cannot ignore. In addition, it is the only industry on the Forbes Rich List, and the recent Shanghai Beach turmoil has revealed the situation...

People like Li Guoqing and Fang Xingdong who met Fang Zhuo for the first time have a more subtle feeling towards him. He is really young.

Zhou Kaixuan, who attended the industry conference this time, had more considerations beyond the conference - as a confidante of Li Fuhao in Hong Kong, her eyes are not only on TOM.com, but also on Hutchison Whampoa.

Li Fuhao's Hutchison Whampoa had previously suffered setbacks in Shanghai, and now with Xu Mingchang's situation unclear, it seems that there is something to be done here.

Xu Mingchang is a local tyrant, and Fang Zhuo has always been at odds with him. What Hutchison Whampoa wants may not be achieved by contacting Fang Zhuo.

Zhou Kaixuan has lived in Hong Kong for a long time, and has heard some rumors about Hong Kong's financial affairs. This time, when she learned that Xu Mingchang was in trouble, she could almost conclude that there would be changes in the Shanghai project.

The reason why Xu Mingchang could stir up trouble in Hong Kong was because of his connection with the bank. If this connection is broken, he may be able to wait, but the development in Shanghai cannot.

Zhou Kaixuan thought Fang Zhuo was also implicated, but he did not expect to see him standing in front of him today, and he was more calculating.

"Mr. Zhang asked me to talk about the spring of the Internet. How can I say it?"

The president of Sina, who was holding the microphone, seemed to be unaffected by the recent turmoil. He smiled and waved his right hand flatly, saying in a brisk tone: "The spring of the Internet is all of you present."

The spring present all smiled.

Fang Zhuo changed the subject: "Of course, if the few of you present did not shout the slogan of competing for the first place in the portal website, I would even be willing to give you the summer of the Internet."

This time, not only smiles, but also laughter rang out.

Not to mention the long-standing competitive relationship between NetEase, Sohu and Sina, the senior executives of TOM.com, which leads the wireless value-added market, shouted the slogan of "consolidating the market, entering the portal market, and catching up with Sina".

Sina's wireless SP business also posed a threat to TOM.com.

Competition between enterprises was light and easy to talk about in Fang Zhuo's mouth, and it could be used as a joke. Regardless of whether TOM.com was making efforts in private or Sina was willing to promote good content, it was quite interesting to talk about it in the cool breeze of the Bund.

"From my point of view, the impact of the Internet bubble is not only disappearing from our side, but also gradually easing in the United States. Let's not talk about this for now, I will talk about China."

"From the perspective of attributes, the portal websites in the past few years were relatively outstanding, with three companies listed in the United States. This year, we can see that the industry is increasingly showing a flourishing posture."

"Baidu's search, Alibaba's e-commerce, Tencent's instant messaging, Dangdang's online book sales... and so on."

"As a member of the industry, I am very happy, and I believe everyone is also happy to see more and more online content being presented to our netizens."

Fang Zhuo paused and said with a smile: "Mr. Zhang just made fun of my open letter within Sina. So, you see, even to internal employees, I said..."

"The spring of the Internet has come, not the spring of Sina."

“The richer the Internet ecology becomes and the more advanced the industry becomes, the better each of us here will rise.”

"Three or four years ago, everyone often said that the Internet was a sunrise industry and a dawn. Last year, I had a heated discussion on the Internet with several CEOs of traditional industries on CCTV."

"But from the end of the year to the first half of this year, the voice in this regard seems to be very small. Is it because the stock prices of Sina, NetEase, and Sohu have soared?"

"There is this factor, but it is not only this factor, but also the fact that the Internet is increasingly penetrating into the lives of netizens. This year's special circumstances make this even more obvious."

"Many netizens are more willing to use the Internet to watch news, including hot-spot tracking of the situation in Yangcheng and Xiangjiang. This is an instant update that traditional media cannot achieve."

"Many netizens have begun to try to use Dangdang to buy books, and many people in Yangcheng, Jingcheng, Lin'an, and Shanghai have tried to use registered websites to buy masks."

"Speaking of Lin'an, Mr. Cai, I heard that Ali is now working from home, but it can add more than 3,000 new members every day. Is it true?"

Fang Zhuo spoke eloquently and interacted with Alibaba’s Tsai Chongxin. After getting a positive reply from the latter, he continued.

“Everyone is increasingly aware of the convenience of the Internet, is increasingly able to rely on the Internet for homework, and is increasingly able to communicate, read, play, think, and share on the Internet.”

“And this ‘more and more’ will surely continue to develop at a rapid pace in the next few years.”

"I'm very lucky to be able to compete with you all. I believe that in ten years' time, when we look back together, this will be a magnificent story for the Internet industry."

"At that time, I will still be waiting for you on the Bund."

Fang Zhuo smiled, continued Zhang Chaoyang's ending, and said: "I am very interested in the development of Baidu and would like to hear Robin's experience in search."

When Robin Li's name was called, he stood up and walked to the middle position to get the microphone.

Fang Zhuo returned to his seat amidst the applause of various leaders. He also saw Zhang Chaoyang giving him a thumbs up.

Just as he sat down, Sina CEO Wang Yan on the left suddenly turned sideways and said softly: "Mr. Fang, I just received news that Sohu wants to sign Yao Ming. Do you have any way to fight for it?"

He knew that Yao Ming was the brand spokesperson of Yike.

Fang Zhuo glanced at Wang Yan angrily. He had just finished talking about the competition. At least he had waited for this occasion.

"Yes, I'll contact you."

Fang Zhuo took out his cell phone and sent a message to Yu Hong in New York, asking him to tell Sina that he had better sincerity, no matter what conditions Sohu proposed.

"Oh, yes, what did Sohu sign Yao Ming for?" He only remembered to ask this after sending the message.

"Brand endorsement." Wang Yan replied.

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly, thinking about toasting Zhang Chaoyang with two more glasses of wine at today's dinner.