Reborn multinational giant

"President Fang, I have lived in Zhou for so many years, and I have never admired anyone. Even if they are two horses and one lee, or even the richest man in the world, Bill Gates, I think they are just mortals, with two arms and two legs. Where is better than my old Zhou!

However, since I know you, I have understood what is called a god-man and what is called an arrogant person. Now I am old, I admire you in my heart!

Come, I toast you!"

Fang Zhe looked at Mr. Zhou who was holding the glass of 360, with a funny heart. It is said that Mr. Zhou’s current achievements are considered to be a personal thing. In addition, he is more than ten years older than himself and the two have known each other for a long time. As for flattering in front of Fang Zhe and flattering Fang Zhe.

Now that he is doing this, his own purpose and mentality have been shown.

Fang Zhe picked up the wine glass and accepted his toast. Then he smiled and asked: "Zhou, if you have anything to say, just say it. I have to watch a project in the evening. When I have time, I will invite you to have a good drink. !"

President Zhou put down the glass and filled his and Fang Zhe's glass again, and asked curiously:

"Which project you have to ask yourself personally, it is not convenient for me to disclose it to my brother?"

Mr. Zhou's inner curiosity is overflowing. Although what he said just now is a bit flattering, he also has a bit of sincerity. He really admires each other very much.

A person like Fang Zhe is only in his 20s, and he has achieved his achievements in less than five years. Not to mention he is unprecedented, I am afraid there will be no one to come after. What is two horses and one Lee, Bill Gates Jobs, All the achievements at this age were thrown out of a dozen streets by Fang Zhe.

And what makes Zhou Zhe feel that Fang Zhe is the reincarnation of a god is his vision and strategy. Looking at Huizhong and Fang Zhe’s own investment in Zhongying Capital in the past few years, let alone rarely fail, even if it makes little money. There are very few projects. In the bottom of Zhou's heart, apart from admiration and awesome, he really doesn't know what words to use to describe Fang Zhe.

Now Fang Zhe says he wants to see a project in person at night, and Mr. Zhou instantly feels that this is probably another lucrative project, and his curiosity naturally overflows.

Fang Zhe looked at Mr. Zhou without deliberately concealing it, and said: "It's a news project. People under this project have been watching for more than half a year. Now it's the A round of financing!"

"Only round A?" There is a trace of excitement hidden in Mr. Zhou's words. If this is the case, I don't know if he has the opportunity to participate. Although he doesn't know what the project is, he believes that the project that Fang Zhe can personally discuss is inevitable It's an amazing project, and it's a project that will make a lot of money out of ten.

Fang Zhe saw the joy and cunning on Mr. Zhou’s face that he wanted to take advantage of, and he had already guessed his thoughts. He frowned and said, “You don’t need to think about round A. Apart from our crowd winning capital, there will be nothing else. Players, I'm asking about this project, I want to meet the person in charge of this project to see if it's worth training!"

There was a trace of disappointment across Mr. Zhou’s face. Don’t think about round A. The financing from round B to the back depends on whether 360 has the capital and strength to squeeze in. You must know that everyone on the market wins capital and Huizhong. For the projects that participated in the investment, other investors and funds, who have had a bloodbath, want to squeeze in, because they know that this project is bound to make money!

President Zhou wanted to ask about this project again, but Fang Zhe interrupted impatiently: "Zhou, if you have anything to do with me, just tell me, if you are fine, let's get together another day!"

There was a trace of embarrassment across Mr. Zhou’s face. He just thought about asking about this project, but he forgot the business he had asked Fangzhe today. He paused for a moment, organized the language, and said:

"That’s Mr. Fang. You know, since Baidu started Baidu Cloud, our 360 has also made a cloud network disk. Now we have been doing it for more than a year. Although we have accumulated a lot of users, there is almost no profit. The pathetic.

A few days ago, Baidu invested another 10 billion in cloud business and signed a cooperation agreement with Jinshan. Baidu has a big business. How much money is invested is a matter of others. But our 360 is poor. Now this cloud business does not make a cent. , Calculating the various costs every year, you have to pay tens of millions in.

So I specifically asked you to come out today, just to let you help me to see, provide tips, see if this thing can be done, how to do it?"

Fang Zhe looked at him straight, and asked, "You can trust me so much. Are you afraid that I will give you the wrong trick?"

"Hey, Mr. Fang, don't be humble. If you don't think this can be done, then I don't believe that anyone in China can do this!" Zhou Zong said, patting his thigh.

Fang Zhe was silent for a moment without words. As Fang Zhe, even if he did not give Zhou Zong a trick, Zhou Zhe would not dare to gossip, but after all, Huizhong and 360 had once faced Tencent side by side in a trench. Fang Zhe The relationship with Lao Zhou was considered close, so Fang Zhe was willing to help him.

Fang Zhe replied: "If you come to me, you must already have a plan in your heart. The long-term pain is worse than the short-term pain. If you can't see the future, you don't have to do anything you are not sure about!"

When Mr. Zhou heard this, his heart fell cold. Even Fang Zhe is not optimistic about doing personal cloud business in China. Even he feels that this business can't make money. What reason does 360 have to stick to?

Thinking of the previous investment and the many users of 360.com, Mr. Zhou still asked unwillingly:

"Is there no way? Advertising, games, anyhow, are products of tens of millions of users!"

Fang Zhe chuckled softly: "If you are not reconciled, you can think about it. Although there are many cloud disk users, there are probably few active users. For users, cloud disk services are like decorations. It's normal."

Mr. Zhou nodded blankly, and then asked: "The office cloud, like Baidu and Jinshan, breaks through from the perspective of office cloud. Office workers all over the country use various documents for office work every day. I am afraid there is a demand for cloud services."

Fang Zhe didn't answer this time. He believed that with Zhou's IQ, he could figure out the difficulties and obstacles.

Sure enough, after a while, Mr. Zhou grabbed a glass of wine and drank it, sighing, "Forget it, Baidu has money to let Baidu play. I will not play with him. According to the current domestic market environment, Baidu and Jinshan can I admire him for cultivating 1 million paying users. I want to see if Mr. Li has smashed this 10 billion down, can he listen to it!"

Fang Zhe also drank the wine in the cup, stood up and patted Lao Zhou on the shoulder, and said: "I'm leaving now. President Li is rich and not doing business. Don't follow him. After Google quit China, Baidu It’s becoming more and more ugly. Consumers can tolerate so many false advertisements on Baidu because they don’t have a better choice. This is also an opportunity for you 360. Whether you can grasp it or not depends on your ability!"

Fang Zhe's figure had disappeared at the door, but Zhou Zhe's eyes flashed bright and decisive!

Two months later, 360 announced that it would close its 360 online storage business before March 15 next year. Prior to this, 360 online storage will open a fast download channel so that users can store themselves on the 360 ​​online storage. Download the files and information of the file to the local. For users who have purchased 360 online disk membership service, 360 will refund the full amount based on the user's remaining membership service period!

Whether it is scolding or hating, 360 has paid hundreds of millions of losses because of its own follow-up, and also because of Zhou Zong's decisive and timely stop loss. At this time, whether it is Baidu Cloud or other personal cloud players in the domestic Internet industry, Still clenching his teeth, trying to find a suitable business model and profit method!

Two months ago, the night after Fang Zhe and Zhou Zong separated, on the 15th floor of Cui Gong Hotel on Zhichun Road, Fang Zhe was here and met the person in charge of the news and information project he talked to Zhou Zong. , Zhang Yiming, the founder of Bytedance, the parent company of Toutiao in the past life!