Global monopoly of technology

"We are striving to spend the US$5.6 billion in the second half of 2007 to build three major data centers in Sioux City, Capital City, and Lincheng in China, just to spend the US$1 billion in financing that we brought back. The budget is just right. "Luo Sheng began to make detailed decisions.

With the current domestic Internet infrastructure and user scale, the establishment of these three data centers is completely sufficient to meet the current commercial scale. It is completely unnecessary to build too many data centers. The construction and operating costs are too scary.

Once completed, it means that hundreds of millions of dollars will be burned steadily every year.

Two hours have passed since the meeting lasted, but everyone was extremely excited because the blueprint drawn by Luo Sheng was really magnificent.

Luo Sheng went on to say: "Nine large data centers will be built overseas, including 1 in Northern Virginia, 1 in Seattle, 2 in the California Bay Area, 1 in Oregon, 1 in Osaka, 1 in Dublin, 1 in Frankfurt, and 1 in Sydney. "

Irene heard what he said, and immediately spoke: "Operating costs overseas are higher, even if 9 data centers are built, plus 3 domestic ones... Isn't the 5.6 billion US dollars raised in this IPO used to build Is the data center up?"

Luo Sheng nodded and smiled: "Overseas data center operation costs are high, but future income is also high, after all, developed countries. The money raised this time is used to build our cloud computing service project, otherwise the money can only be used Laying on the company’s accounts as a cash reserve, the company’s current operating profit growth rate has exceeded the growth rate of operating expenses, and financial income and expenditure are very healthy."

Zhang Bowen said: "In the field of cloud computing services, our competitors are Amazon."

Hearing this, Luo Sheng shook his head: “The Amazon is certainly a big competitor, but it won’t be long, or even half a year, that more players will enter this field. Once technology giants such as Microsoft and Google realize the cloud The potential of computing will definitely speed up the pace and follow up. Maybe these giants have already begun secret preparations, and entering overseas markets must be difficult, especially the qualifications for access to the North American market. Lao Mei will definitely get us in. This must be prepared. And formulate response strategies in advance."

Everyone couldn't help but nodded. Amazon launched its elastic computing cloud service in a low-key manner in March this year.

However, the current Amazon company is really a younger brother in the eyes of Bluestar Technology Group, and its core business is e-commerce. From the market value, it is really a younger brother.

Amazon's current market value is maintained at about 15 billion US dollars, while the current market value of Bluestar Technology Group has been sitting around the corner, sprinting towards 80 billion US dollars.

In terms of free cash flow, Bluestar Technology is now also blasting Amazon.

Even if other companies are already making secret preparations, Luo Sheng is confident that in the future, it will take over 70% of the market share of the cloud computing service market. There are not many doorways, but it is a simple question of courage.

Luo Sheng dare not hesitate to spend five or six billion US dollars this year to next year, which is equivalent to the scale of Google's total revenue last year.

Other companies, Google, or even Microsoft, absolutely dare not be so crazy like Luo Sheng.

Because cloud computing services are still a new and unfamiliar field at the moment, there has been a concept prototype as early as the 80s and 90s of the last century. After so many years, there is still not much improvement. It is absolutely impossible for such crazy investment. .

The scale of five or six billion US dollars is still in the era of 2006, in any giant group company, such an astronomical figure, how can you dare to plunge into a new field that is still unclear?

In case of trouble, if a professional manager is in charge of this company, as soon as the financial report comes out, it will be rolled out tomorrow.

They don't have the forward vision pattern of Luo Sheng's foresight.

By the time the reaction came, Bluestar Technology was already in the field of cloud computing services, and Luo Sheng liked this feeling of throwing away N streets of others, as the trend of the times.

This life depends on the waves!

This highly confidential internal meeting was almost over. At last, Luo Sheng looked at Zhang Bowen and said, "Lao Zhang, the building of the data center is up to you. You go talk to the IBMers."

Zhang Bowen nodded: "Understand."

This matter is extremely important to Bluestar Technology Group. It is related to the trend of the times and the strategic vision that spans more than ten years. It is also the most important task of the group company this year. Luo Sheng naturally attaches great importance to it.

However, he still handed it to Zhang Bowen. First, he was relieved. Second, there was no doubt about the ability of Lao Zhang. Moreover, Luo Sheng had to take care of the affairs of the Blue Coast Company.

This matter is more important.

This year is 2006, a year that changed the world. Lens Semiconductor and the Blue Coast Laboratory are blooming, and various core technologies are constantly making breakthroughs under the leadership of Luo Sheng.

The first real smart phone will be available this year and must be listed before Apple’s iPhone.

The Blue Coast company, which has been immersed in it for several years, is nothing more than a song.

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Zhang Bowen began to implement the new tasks set by Luo Sheng for Bluestar Technology, and the group company entered the cloud computing service field without hesitation.

This is a super large and super long-term project, surpassing any previous project of Bluestar Technology Group.

Zhang Bowen is actually very stressful. In the following days, he will begin to actively prepare and plan to go to North America again before the end of the month to meet with IBM's senior management to discuss business cooperation issues.

The other business sectors of the Bluestar Technology Group and the heads of the major subsidiaries also perform their duties. This huge technology group has more than 10,000 employees performing their duties, and the major business sectors are also steadily advancing, and users continue to increase.

The company completed its spin-off and reorganization at the end of last year. The first heads of major subsidiaries have been in office for almost a quarter. So far, Luo Sheng is satisfied with their performance, and no one has had major problems.

In the days to come, Luo Sheng's main focus will undoubtedly be on the [Azure] project plan of the Blue Coast Company, and preparations for this fall conference will soon be on the agenda.

Choosing to release in September has no other meaning, because no matter whether it is domestic or foreign, the peak sales season will follow after September. For example, the domestic October has just a small holiday, and other companies will basically choose this time to release new products.

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Two days later, when Luo Sheng focused on the [Azure] project, he did not know that a big man in the science and technology sector came to China from North America across the ocean for the first time and came to him directly.

This person is Jobs, the founder of Apple.

In the morning, Mr. Qiao, who had taken a special plane, got off the plane in Shencheng. He left the terminal and looked around and exclaimed: “I never thought that one day I would come to this mysterious eastern country. I came here to ask for help to ensure the new The product was born smoothly."

This will begin in 2005 last year. Another incident has occurred in the North American technology circle, which has something to do with Apple.

Last year, Apple entered the mobile phone industry for the first time, cooperating with Motorola to launch an iTunes phone-MotorolaRockr.

Qiao Gangzhu’s mobile phone and Motorola’s Razr, a mobile phone released in 2004, belong to the 4LTR product line.

The main model is V3.

In 2004, Razr was arguably one of the best-selling mobile phones in the world.

At that time, Apple, the iPod had just ruled the digital music industry, and MusicSpace hadn't launched yet.

Apple saw the potential in Razr. Coincidentally, the head of Motorola's landing at that time happened to be an old friend of Joe's gang.

After being "fudged" by the old man, the leader of Qiao's gang has been on the "thief ship" of his old friend for many years.

The cooperation between Apple and Motorola is of course a matter of course.

This is how Rockr was born. This is Apple’s first mobile phone, and it can be regarded as a trial work by Joe’s gang here.

However, after this phone went on sale, it was laughed off by the media. Sure enough, Rockr, which was only launched last year, has been so cold this year, it is really dead.

In fact, when Rockr was not on the market, Joe's gang knew that this phone was going to be cold, so the iPhone was also secretly developed.

It’s just that Qiao’s gang is confused, but the iPhone is in big trouble.

Because many key patented technologies are stuck in the neck, for example, the extremely key multi-touch screen patent was applied for registration on March 22 last year.

This investigation revealed that it was from the other side of the Pacific Ocean that had just joined the World Trade Organization for five years, the mysterious big eastern country, that is, the Blue Coast company that had only been established for two or three years.

Many technologies can't really trouble Apple, but what's terrible is that patent barriers can't circumvent you.

The Côte d'Azur company not only holds patents for multi-touch screens, but also dozens of related patents are urgently needed by the iPhone.

To some extent, without the patent authorization of the Côte d'Azur, the iPhone is basically a dead-end rhythm.

Unless there is another way.

But the most perfect technology and industrial design and other patents are already in the hands of the Blue Coast company. If these are abandoned, the Joe gang firmly believes that the iPhone will face the same defeat as Rockr.

Because of this, there is the scene of having to come to the Côte d'Azur company now.

Without him, Qiao's gang master intends to obtain patent authorization on this trip.

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