Chapter 317: Top Internet Dinner

The chat between President Yi Ke and the CEO of Sony was neither long nor short, neither embarrassing nor full of truth.

But other people who knew Nobuyuki Idei were quite surprised when they saw the two people chatting and laughing. Fang Zhuo, an Internet person, also knew the head of Sony?

At a quarter past five in the evening, Fang Zhuo politely ended the exchange between the two.

He turned around to change his glass of wine, and suddenly saw a few people on the other side looking at him. Well, Liu Lijun, Guo Fuxing, and Lu Fanhai, this time they were really a group of old brothers from Lao Duan.

These few are still important members of the Taishan Club. I don’t know how they evaluate Lao Duan’s defeat.

Fang Zhuo was curious, but had no intention of going over to say hello. He walked a few steps and saw Ma Huateng, who was somewhat alone.

This year's annual meeting of business leaders was grand and had an amazing lineup, but there were only a few Internet representatives, and the industry value of the many guests present basically exceeded that of the lucky Internet people.

Therefore, Ma Huateng's loneliness is understandable.

"Pony, let's go eat."

Fang Zhuo came closer and put down his wine glass.

"Huh? Where can we eat?" Ma Huateng planned to settle the matter at the buffet banquet today.

"You're treating me to a treat, have you forgotten?" Fang Zhuo looked strange.

Ma Huateng thought for a second and remembered one thing. The last time he asked Mr. Fang to introduce the leadership of China Mobile, he promised to treat him to dinner.

He smiled and said: "Let's go, let me treat you."

The two left the banquet hall together.

"President Fang, what did you talk about with Sony's Nobuyuki Dei just now? I see you guys chatted for a long time." Ma Huateng asked on the way.

"Was it a long time? Half an hour," Fang Zhuohun said nonchalantly, "He talked to me about the player and said that Sony would also try this, and then asked me if Yike would sell it."

Ma Huateng stopped in shock: "Is this what we are talking about? Isn't this threatening you?"

"It's not as straightforward as I summed it up. It's more euphemistic. Even though Sony has a high market value now, the players do have a big impact. There are problems with their series of decisions from last year to now." Fang Zhuo said calmly, " He also asked me what I wanted to talk about on stage tomorrow, and I said I wanted to talk about globalization. He said he was looking forward to it, and he wanted to talk about it too, pretty much the same way.”

Ma Huateng: "..."

The founder of Tencent stood still.

He took the role of himself and said with a little worry: "If Sony starts to make MP3 format players, won't you be under a lot of pressure?"

"I have long said that Sony is too big, and Nobuyuki Idei is not the kind of person who has the courage to go his own way. From a fair point of view, this is probably a case of boiling a frog in warm water." Fang Zhuo gave his judgment. , blinked, "Besides, we have a similar OEM channel dealer in Tokyo, which says its performance is good."

For some reason, Ma Huateng suddenly felt that Duan Yongji had not lost unjustly. How could Yike still succeed in Japan?

"Sony is more of an internal resistance. If we hold a meeting this week, another meeting next week, and a few more meetings, we and Apple can give it a surprise." Fang Zhuo smiled slightly.

Before Ma Huateng could ask, a person hurriedly walked in outside the hotel. He saw Ma Penguin and Fang Sina and said hello.

"Mr. Ma, Mr. Fang, why are you standing here?" The person coming was NetEase Ding Lei.

"There are too many people inside. Let's go out to eat, Mr. Ding?" Fang Zhuo invited with a smile.

"Okay, okay, I'll go inside and sign in." Ding Lei agreed and walked quickly to the banquet hall.

However, by the time we arrived at the restaurant, the size of the small meal had expanded.

Zhang Chaoyang, who also attended the annual meeting, was called over by Ding Lei. Robin Li, who was not invited to the annual meeting but was in Beijing, was called over by Ma Huateng. Alibaba's Jack Ma was at another dinner party, but he said he must come for a drink.

Not all people arrive at once.

Fang Zhuo, Ma Huateng, and Ding Lei first reserved a private room in the restaurant and ordered their dishes.

Zhang Chaoyang and Robin Li were in front and back, and the former even brought his own red wine.

"I heard that today is a treat for Mr. Fang. I brought a bottle of red wine from a good vintage." Zhang Chaoyang shook the bottle.

Fang Zhuo laughed and patted Ma Huateng on the shoulder: "Everyone knows that I have no money. I'm treating you today and Pony will pay for it."

"Yes, you have no money. All your money was used to buy Sina, NetEase, and Sohu." Zhang Chaoyang finally met the real person again and mentioned this matter face to face.

He and Ding Lei had originally speculated on the background and purpose of MIGA Fund, but they did not expect that the actual controller was Fang Zhuo. If it were not for the hostile acquisition of Sina, I am afraid Fang Zhuo would never reveal his identity.

Fang Zhuo didn't feel embarrassed at all. He turned to look at Ding Lei, who was having dinner with him but didn't say anything about it at all: "Mr. Ding, tell me, NetEase's stock price is hovering below 1 US dollar. Who pulled it up?"

Ding Lei picked up the wine glass sincerely: "I have to thank Mr. Fang for this."

NetEase's U.S. stocks resumed trading after the suspension, and MIGA Fund's purchases really helped stabilize the stock price.

Fang Zhuo drank the glass of wine with a smile.

Zhang Chaoyang laughed: "Has Duan Yongji ever drank like this before?"

The expressions of the other three people in the box changed a bit, and they felt that Zhang Sohu's words could easily annoy Fang Sina.

Fang Zhuo was not annoyed at all, knowing that this person had a bit of a show-off temperament, so he replied calmly: "I wanted to have a drink with him before, but he didn't come. Then I went to Sina to reason with him, but I didn't expect that he still doesn't want to drink with him." Come."

Bo.

Zhang Chaoyang opened the red wine and said with an ugly smile: "It's a good idea not to come. We young people can have a good chat together."

"Some people are not young to begin with, but fortunately I am here today to lower the average." Although Fang Zhuo is only slightly familiar with Ma Huateng and has never met Li Yanhong before, he still speaks very familiarly.

Ding Lei shook his head and smiled, "Mr. Zhang is the oldest here."

"Really? I thought I was older than Mr. Fang. Judging from his face, it should be like this." Zhang Chaoyang joked.

"Mr. Fang is only 25 this year. The news said that Sina is a young leadership duo." Ma Huateng continued.

Although they knew Fang Zhuo was young before, the other people still gasped in surprise.

Even Ding Lei said mischievously, "This is not okay. Drinking with a twenty-something like Mr. Fang is too disadvantageous. Mr. Fang must drink three glasses first."

Fang Zhuo waved his hand, "It's okay to drink. It's red wine anyway, but I must say one thing seriously before drinking, just one sentence."

Zhang Chaoyang, Ding NetEase, Li Baidu, and Ma Penguin all looked at him sideways.

Fang Zhuo stood up, holding the wine glass, and said seriously: "I am actually 24. My mother filled in my household registration book as one year older. This glass of wine, well, I deserve it."

A glass of good vintage red wine was poured into the stomachs of the four Internet enterprise leaders under the astonished gaze.

This guy is humorous...

The four people had similar feelings in their hearts.

"This second glass of wine is more particular. Today Pony pays the bill, Sanshi supports, and Mr. Zhang sends the wine." Fang Zhuo took the wine glass and only named three people.

Li Yanhong was a little uncomfortable. Baidu is indeed much inferior in scale. Is it being underestimated?

Fang Zhuo picked up the third glass of wine and looked at Li Yanhong: "I have to drink this third glass of wine specifically with Mr. Li, because Mr. Li came in today and didn't speak."

Li Yanhong only realized that he was waiting here. He didn't know whether to laugh or cry and followed to drink.

Fang Zhuo was in a good mood and thought the wine was good. After drinking three cups, he did not sit down, but toasted with great enthusiasm: "I have finished my three cups. Come on, those who work on portal websites, let's drink one."

Gululu, Li Yanhong did not drink.

"Listed companies, let's drink one."

Gululu, Li Yanhong and Ma Huateng did not drink.

Fang Zhuo conducted the third round of roll call: "Handsome people drink one. Hey, Mr. Zhang, don't drink."

Gululu, Zhang Chaoyang drank half a cup and was stopped.

"Those whose companies are profitable, drink one. Hey, Baidu is good."

Gululu, Ding Lei and Zhang Chaoyang did not drink, but they questioned - why should Fang Sina drink?

Fang Zhuo proudly announced: "Sina has turned losses into profits this month!"

Ding Lei and Zhang Chaoyang were surprised and envious.

The red wine was gone, and it was replaced by beer, and beer was replaced by white wine.

When Ma Yun finished the dinner and rushed over, he was shocked to see a drunk scene.

Then, he heard a sentence.

"Those who think that Mr. Ma shouldn't drink in the third round, drink one."

Everyone thought for a while in Ma Yun's confused eyes, and raised their glasses to drink.

"You guys." Ma Yun didn't know what happened before, but he knew from his eyes that he was not going to say anything good. He sat down and poured himself a glass of wine, saying boldly, "This box is a gathering of the top Internet people. Come on, come on, don't go home until you are drunk."

Several people looked at the wine commander of today's dinner together.

Fang Zhuo waved his hand slightly drunkenly: "Those who are committed to being the top Internet people, drink one."

The atmosphere of the dinner, which was originally in full swing, cooled down slightly because of the entry of a sober person. Ma Yun observed the situation in confusion, and for a while, no one raised a glass.

Fang Zhuo raised his eyebrows, took the wine glass, and tilted his neck.

This time, with a leader, including Ma Yun, they all drank together.

Gululu, no one refused to drink this glass of wine.

Although the profitability of the Internet in China is still being explored, the value of the Internet industry is yet to be developed, and the Internet is looked down upon by many business predecessors, the people present here have unparalleled confidence in it.

Portal developers, search engines, communications, e-commerce, hostile takeovers, a small group of hard-working Internet tycoons drank until they were drunk before the industry's spring came.