Reborn multinational giant

Zhangjiakou, Wanlong Ski Resort, the top of the intermediate track, Fang Zhe, President Lei who has retired as CEO of Jinshan, Lin Xiaobin, vice president of Google's China Engineering Research Institute, and Liu Yuxi, professor of Yanjing University of Technology, all gathered together to rest and chat.

Fang Zhe didn’t expect to see Lin Xiaobin, one of the future co-founders of Xiaomi, here. From this point of view, Mr. Lei had been in close contact with him before he founded Xiaomi, and Professor Liu Yuxi of Yanjing University of Technology, It was a classmate of teacher Yan Xiao and the introducer of Fang Zhe who met Lei Jun this time. Compared to Yan Xiao and Lei who only knew a few sides, the relationship between Liu Yuxi and Lei was much more familiar.

"A Zhe, I didn't expect your skiing skills to be quite good. I didn't fall down once. It seems that I have practiced before?" Liu Yuxi was asked by his friends and also knew that Fang Zhe opened a company in Yanjing. However, he did I thought Fang Zhe wanted to know Lei and always wanted to invest. Now Mr. Lei resigned from Jinshan CEO to spend his time at home, but became a full-time angel investor. Therefore, every time Yue Lei comes out to play, he always encounters one or two. young people.

"Well, I have played it a few times before, otherwise I would dare to compete with you!" Although this is Fang Zhe's first skiing after being reborn, he has played a few times in his previous life, so in terms of skiing technology, it can be considered as good. Enter the hall.

"Let's just say, Xiaobin and I couldn't get through after a long time, and I was afraid of falling too fast to chase too fast. It's better to be young. My body is about to fall twice, so I might be lying in the hospital tomorrow. "At this time, Mr. Lei, who spoke with a fairy peach accent, interrupted.

Fang Zhe smiled and said, "President Lei, as the saying goes, there are 41 flowers for men. You and Dean Lin are now the most masculine time!"

"Forget it, I spend my head in the research institute all day, thank goodness if I can keep these hairs on my head!" Although Lin Xiaobin on the side is a technical one, he speaks very humorously.

At this time, Fang Zhe is gone. The excitement of seeing Mr. Lei, a legendary figure, was gone. In the chat, although the three of them were all older than himself, Fang Zhe’s mental age was not too young. , And both belong to technical background, so many common topics can also be found.

Fang Zhe heard Lin Xiaobin mentioned the research institute, so he went along with the order: "Dean Lin, I am actually quite curious, what projects do you generally research on Google China Research Institute and Microsoft China Research Institute? I just listened. It is said that a lot of technical experts came from both of you."

"More than just coming out, these two places are the Whampoa Military Academy in our domestic software industry." Before Lin Xiaobin spoke, Liu Yuxi interrupted.

"Whampoa Military Academy is not a good one. It can only be said that after all, Google and Microsoft are world-renowned multinational companies, so whether it is people who come in or people who go out, they are considered to have some foundation.

To say that our work is actually not much different from the products made by ordinary Internet companies, but it may be because of the reputation of a research institute, it will look even more awesome!"

Lin Xiaobin’s answer is very straightforward. The R&D department of a large domestic company always likes to build a research institute to attract talents. In fact, at the Google headquarters in the United States, few people say that it is called Google China Research Institute, but it is Google. X Labs is the most mysterious and admired department in the hearts of their Google employees.

"Does your domestic team participate in the development of Android?" It was not Fang Zhe who asked this time, but Mr. Lei standing on the sidelines.

Fang Zhe glanced at him. It seemed that he had done a lot of research on the smartphone industry before he founded Xiaomi, but this is not surprising. Mr. Lei dared to make mobile phones in the domestic environment at the time. How could he not do enough? homework.

"Android development work is only a small part of our China side, mainly to do things like localization and compatibility. The real foundation is still in the US headquarters!" After Lin Xiaobin gave this answer, Fang Zhe seemed to hear President Lei sigh, and he said:

"We in China, we are one step late in everything, the operating system has not caught up, and the Internet is later than others. Later, I worked with Laoqiu to make computer software, and I also followed Microsoft's ass.

Two days ago, the three major operators only got the 3g operating license, but in fact, I went to the United States some time ago, and 3g is almost completely popularized there.Sometimes I think, do you say that we Chinese do not have the ability to innovate, or do we have to copy people behind others' buttocks?"

Liu Yuxi heard what he said, but he felt the same: "We still have a bad foundation. In 1998, our courtyard was going to help a state-owned unit design a batch of equipment. It was hoped that we would be able to make it domestically and autonomously.

However, after research and demonstration, many of our spare parts cannot be manufactured at all. The industrial quality is too far behind foreign countries. The last most of the key parts have to be imported from abroad.You said that we haven't gotten a lot of it yet, so how can we work on new things?The step difference, the step difference, just fall into an endless loop."

Lin Xiaobin smiled and said, "I can't say that it is in an infinite loop. There used to be things in foreign countries that may appear in China in a few years. Now there are things in foreign countries that will be available in China within a few months. More than foreign countries, at least not lagging behind. Just like now, several large companies in the United States are engaged in smart phones. The domestic ZTE, Huawei, Coolpad and Lenovo are also doing it. The first Android phone is HTC on our treasure island. !"

After listening to them with emotion for a long time, Fang Zhe finally had a chance to speak: "I personally feel that now is the best time to start a business and build a smartphone!"

The eyes of the three of them all focused on Fang Zhe, with different thoughts. After hearing Fang Zhe's words, Liu Yuxi guessed that his classmate’s student wanted to start a business and make a mobile phone, right?I’m afraid it’s not easy to pull the investment from Mr. Lei. After all, mobile phones are not something that anyone can do. So he asked, “Azhe, I’ve heard from Old Yan, you are here. What did Yanjing start a company for?"

Fang Zhe looked at the three of them with interest and said, "Playing games."

At the end, Fang Zhe added: "I also do mobile Internet."

"Doing mobile Internet?" It was Mr. Lei who was standing among a few people. Originally, he had no interest in playing games after hearing the first half of Fang Zhe's words. They also played games in Jinshan, just to make money. , But in the second half of the sentence, hearing Fang Zhe talk about mobile Internet, his mind immediately became active.

He also guessed from the bottom of his heart that when they came out to play today, Liu Yuxi also specially brought such a young man. It is very likely that he was looking for investment by himself. This situation has often happened since the outside world reported that he became an angel investor. , Which friend asked him to have dinner, go hiking or swimming, in all likelihood, he may be looking for investment by himself.

This is not to say that the friends he makes are all powerful, but he is very happy to play with one or two young people, so as to see if there are any good projects, but also to expand and expand his thinking, often with young people At the same time, he felt that he was a lot younger.

Right now, Fang Zhe only mentioned the words "mobile internet", which made him interested in investment, but he never thought about whether Fang Zhe needed his investment.