Chapter 844 Pre-Sale

Fang Zhuo was sitting in his office and saw Fuld's interview statement on the Internet.

He was deeply shocked.

Is this still the head of Lehman nicknamed Gorilla?

"Fold is really wronged." Fang Zhuo sighed and turned the screen to President Yu Hongyu opposite him.

Yu Hong carefully read the news reports and had only one feeling: "How bad is Lehman's current situation?"

"Since the previous few people loosened up the financial system, Lehman's business has been on the edge of risk. This is the logic behind its huge profits in the past few years." Fang Zhuo felt that he could write a book about Lehman in the future. "The continued increase in risk has exceeded Lehman's tolerance. The non-performing assets on its account should be quite large."

"CDO, CDS, CMBS, well, as far as I know, many CDS acquired by Lehman are project insurance that have already defaulted. From this point of view, Lehman, which is so speculative, deserves it no matter what the final result is."

Fang Zhuo has a lot of Lehman data in his mind, some of which are real, and some are speculations from Kong Yu's team. Lehman still has some means to use now, but it is difficult to escape the end of the stock price avalanche.

As for whether Lehman will die or not, and whether there will be changes, it can only be said that there is little hope.

Moreover, the trust companies that spoke out because the fund behind the New York Economic Review was named this time still showed mercy. At least they did not adjust their ratings on Lehman, which was also a small deterrent.

Yu Hong went through the logic in her mind and vaguely knew that in addition to publicly shorting Lehman, Mr. Fang really made a lot of money by raising funds as Fold said.

She didn't pay much attention to this aspect, and her energy was focused on preparing for the sale of Mars.

But soon, Yu Hong received a somewhat related task.

"In mid-September, the deputy general manager of BOE will come to New York. You can greet him for me then." Fang Zhuo mentioned the movements of domestic manufacturers.

Yu Hong was a little surprised: "BOE? What are you doing in New York?"

Fang Zhuo pondered, how to answer, come to defect? ​​Come to stab?

Before, he promised Wang Dongsheng of BOE to help him find connections with the US judiciary and talk about the investigation of the LCD Alliance here. Now he has found a clear way through the context behind the New York Economic Review.

If everything goes well, BOE will have to stop losses in the face of the US investigation into monopoly.

Seeing Mr. Fang hesitate, Yu Hong said simply: "Okay, don't tell me, I'm not interested in this. He is in the middle of the month, and you will return to China on the 13th, right?"

Fang Zhuo nodded. He went back to China to see the last step of Bingxin's 65nm mass production, which is the beginning of Bingxin's competition with big manufacturers.

In addition, he unexpectedly received a call from Jiang Shangzhou of SMIC two days ago and wanted to make an appointment to meet.

Fang Zhuo has great respect for Jiang Shangzhou, who is committed to the development of the domestic semiconductor industry. He also dealt with him when Bingxin sought help from SMIC experts and had a good impression of him, so he met him this time.

"Can't you wait for pre-sale?" Yu Hong asked.

"It's the same. I'm waiting for your good news in China and will be back soon." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "With you, the American King of Yike, in charge, I have nothing to worry about."

Since connecting with the operator, the optimization progress of Yike Mars has been very good. Now we are considering moving the pre-sale time to the end of September or early October to see the market reaction and have a better idea.

Yu Hong said sincerely: "For Mars, the American King alone is not enough. Without you, the chairman, coming to the front line, Yike's cooperation with operators, Google or Sony will not be so smooth."

She witnessed Mr. Fang's efforts and attempts along the way. It is not only a matter of company authority, but also the twists and turns involved.

Fang Zhuo was slightly startled and said in surprise: "I thought you had realized that the person standing in front of you was the king of business, so you were so devoted."

"Bah!" Yu Hong grabbed the documents on the table, "This time, I have to compare with the European market when promoting pre-sales with operators, otherwise, it will be a bit embarrassing."

She is a co-founder and a marketing background. Pan Ben in Europe was originally her younger brother. The cooperation framework has been laid. We must make better achievements to comfort the difficulties along the way.

Fang Zhuo blinked: "It's okay. If you can't compete in performance, tell me secretly and I will transfer him back to China. It just so happens that China really needs someone."

Yu Hong glanced at Mr. Fang, unwilling to accept this seemingly true and false favoritism.

When she left the office, Fang Zhuo thought about the pre-sale for a while.

The European market is more complicated, but the American market is not simple because of the differences between different states. The former has Deutsche Telekom's 3G, which has been cultivated for a long time, and the latter T-Mobile's equipment deployment needs to be strengthened.

If we really want to compare the two sides...

Fang Zhuo thought about it and still felt that Xiao Yu was better.

This is definitely an objective and fair third-party perspective.

Before returning to China, Fang Zhuo's schedule was not relaxed for a single day. He had to communicate with operators about the attitude of Mars pre-sales, confirm the Android system optimization schedule with Google, review the company's project cooperation with Stanford, and fly to New York to maintain the foundation's customers through two charity events.

There is a team at Stanford that is doing research on PC photography optimization and is also interested in changing direction. After Fang Zhuo visited and generously donated, the two sides established a cooperation mechanism based on the Android system shooting algorithm.

From sensors to batteries to algorithms, Yike’s focus is also thinking about the direction of the next generation of evolution after Mars is initially polished.

On September 7, Fang Zhuo arrived in New York and felt the pursuit of funds from small circles.

MIGA funds have been making profits, especially after the small turmoil of Lehman Fuld, but they have attracted the attention of funds with a keen sense of smell, and then some have entered through the relationship of several cooperative trusts.

Fang Zhuo is willing to attract funds, but he doesn't want to be too showy. The control of size also depends on his skills.

In addition to new customers, some special settings have been made for old customers.

Fang Zhuo took into account Xiao Ao's preparations for the increasingly popular campaign, upgraded his funds to a family fund, and set up a completely American fund shell. In name, this company was responsible for managing the family funds, and then transferred a few more funds. Dao voted to the MIAG department.

Of course, he also gave Representative Ao the option of quitting as soon as possible, but Representative Ao believed that any reasonable and legal business activities should be protected and respected.

Fang Zhuo respects Xiao Ao's respect.

The time to return to China was September 13. On this day, Fang Zhuo finally accepted an exclusive interview with Time Magazine and received an unexpected message from Google.

The interview with Time Magazine was about sportsmanship and business philosophy.

Fang Zhuo did not mix the two together this time.

The former is "higher, faster and stronger" for the Rockets.

The latter talks about Yike's purpose around "let the progress of technology and thinking be reflected in products, this is what we are doing".

If nothing else happens, "Times" will use Fang Zhuo's championship trophy in his left hand and Mars' selfie in his right hand as the cover this time, with the caption "Making Progress."

Fang Zhuo has become increasingly familiar with the contact and use of American media, and is looking forward to more results on Mars.

At three o'clock in the afternoon on the 13th, Fang Zhuo was about to return to China on his private jet Qingzi. At this time, Schmidt reported a new situation.

"South Korea's LG has made tentative contact with Google and has shown a certain interest in both the Open Handset Alliance and the Android system."

Fang Zhuo didn’t panic when he heard the news before Mars was about to start pre-sales, and just commented: “This is a good thing.”

"I think so too, but I asked Google to maintain a limited response." Schmidt said sincerely, "The most important thing for Android right now is to serve Yike Mars and make Mars a leader in the smartphone era. ”

Fang Zhuo half believed it.

Schmidt continued: "Google, Yike and T-Mobile are the template for business cooperation, and we will definitely be a well-deserved iron triangle."

Fang Zhuo only believes a quarter now.

"LG is willing to review the Android system, which is a good thing." He reiterated, "The release of Mars will definitely attract the attention of manufacturers. We are waiting for the pre-sale at the end of this month and the Christmas release, and LG will become more enthusiastic. "

"I hope so." Schmidt praised Mr. Fang's business leadership style.

Fang Zhuo ended the call with Schmidt.

With the exclusive interview and praise from Time Magazine, with partners’ estimates of Mars pre-sales, and with the open-source Android system arousing the interest of LG manufacturers, the Qingzi returned to China and landed in Shanghai.

The first thing Fang Zhuo did when he arrived in Shanghai was to contact Jiang Shangzhou, who had made an appointment with him in advance.

However, Jiang Shangzhou had time, but the place where he made the appointment was the hospital ward.

"Mr. Fang, did what you said while drinking still count?" Jiang Shangzhou was wearing a white hospital gown, but he was in good spirits after seeing Mr. Fang.

Fang Zhuo helped this senior, who was exactly sixty this year, sit down and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Perhaps, in another place, he could talk about ice cores, semiconductors or SMIC more smoothly.