On the first day of December, Fang Zhuo arrived at the Silicon Valley R&D Center office early. While waiting for Google Schmidt's visit, he flipped through routine company reports.
As the company gets bigger and has more affairs, he reads the reports with more focus.
Like the work reports from ice cores, Dr. Liang Mengsongliang's often goes by very quickly. He first reads the summary, then quickly glances at the long speech in the middle, and finally takes a closer look at his conclusions on the technical process.
Bingxin currently has three major projects in the technical field, one is the research on 45nm process technology, the second is the research on FinFET fin field effect transistors, and the third is the research on FD-SOI fully depleted silicon on insulator.
Professor Hu Zhengming has undertaken a lot of work on the latter two.
In particular, an SOI International Industry Alliance was established at the end of last year, including 19 well-known companies such as AMD, IBM, and Taiji. The goal is to promote the innovation of SOI technology and accelerate the growth of the SOI market. Professor Hu joined Bingxin this year.
And a lot of running around.
Although industrial alliances are meant to expand markets, they also have their own interests to consider.
However, FD-SOI itself was invented by Professor Hu in 2000. His identity, qualifications and achievements all have different weights. That is to say, at the earliest by the end of this month, or at the latest by the beginning of next year, Ice Core will become an SOI alliance.
The 20th member.
This obviously facilitates the application of ice cores to FD-SOI research.
Unlike the technical side of Dr. Liang's report, CEO Qiu Ciyun's reporting style is somewhat different from his own.
Mr. Qiu is quite agile in dealing with people, but the content in the work report is very detailed. He likes to describe the considerations of one thing over and over again. This makes Fang Zhuo easy to read, but it is a bit time-consuming.
"Mr. Fang, today's newspaper."
Secretary Liu Zonghong walked into the office and put down today's reports from various media.
Fang Zhuo said "hmm" and looked at the time. There was still half an hour before the appointment with Schmidt.
Lao Shi came here today for nothing else. Apart from regular communication about the development of Android phones, he mainly wanted to find relationships to mediate Google's business in China, but this...
Fang Zhuo's inner meaning was as always, it's not easy to mediate, so he might as well not mediate. Therefore, he mainly wanted to talk about the former.
As his thoughts were turning, a piece of content in the newspaper came into view. Another real estate company was on the verge of bankruptcy. The chairman of the company was suspected of jumping off the building but failed.
He was about to sigh, but when he took a closer look, he saw that this person was jumping from the second floor, and his sighs suddenly stopped.
"This is interesting."
Fang Zhuo pointed out the news in the newspaper to Liu Zonghong who was changing tea.
Liu Zonghong happened to know what happened yesterday and said with a smile: "Mr. Fang, I said he really jumped. I was struggling with the creditor at the time. I chose the second floor and put a mattress underneath. It happened to be a jump."
Force the creditors back."
Fang Zhuo: "Well..."
"As a result, the mattress company's stock price still rose, and it was strong and resistant." Liu Zonghong said an interesting story.
Fang Zhuo was stunned for a moment, and after pondering for a few seconds, he said: "There is some truth..."
If we set up a market capitalization management company, find a few clients, and jump in a few more times, we might be able to get fewer creditors.
He flipped through the newspapers for a while and looked at the analysis of the economic situation by various experts. Because Geithner had been officially nominated as the next fiscal steward, everyone was looking forward to his new deal and making suggestions.
The new team will be officially launched in January next year, but Geithner is now working hard on his rescue plan, which is expected to be officially announced as early as early February after he passes the Senate vote.
What Fang Zhuo knows is that Geithner, Summers and others are determined to use Wall Street as the core of finance, save Wall Street companies first, and let the economic system revolve around the Wall Street financial industry to restore prosperity.
When Fang Zhuo heard golf friends talking about this, he thought of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement.
At 8:55 a.m., Google CEO Schmidt came as scheduled.
Yike cooperates closely with Google, and Android Company is a testimony of the love between the two companies.
As the head of Yike, Fang Zhuo not only has frequent and smooth communication with Schmidt, but also has a good personal relationship with Larry, the founder of Google.
Fang Zhuo patiently listened to Schmidt's appeals, both emotionally and rationally, both publicly and privately.
Both Larry and Schmidt have talked about the relationship between Google's business and administration in China, and believe that by resolving this joint, business can be launched smoothly.
Fang Zhuo felt that they were relying on personal relationships but were unwilling to change Google's strategy in the East. In fact, Google's localization in China failed quite a lot. This was due to both Kai-Fu Lee's team and the general reluctance of foreign companies.
factors of decentralization.
"Let's do this, Schmidt. After I return to China this month, I will help find the leaders and fully reflect your situation." Fang Zhuo agreed seriously and gave a timetable.
Schmidt expressed his gratitude. He had indeed received feedback on the Eastern relations he had sought from Mr. Fang, but the result was not very effective.
As many of us know, there are always various considerations in administration, and we cannot just rely on Mr. Fang.
Besides, Mr. Fang doesn’t have search in his business map, and he doesn’t compete with Google. Even if he is bad, he won’t refuse such favors, right?
Schmidt judged from his own experience and believed that there was no problem here. After all, we were an iron triangle.
He talked about the issue that has gradually gained public opinion in the past two days: "I heard that the lawsuit between Yike and LG is about to come to a conclusion?"
Fang Zhuo asked, "Where did you hear that?"
"Looking at LG's reaction, its senior vice president criticized Yike's use of patents to hinder healthy competition in the market." Schmidt mentioned an observation angle.
Fang Zhuo couldn't laugh or cry: "There is no result here yet. Besides, Yike mobile phones have been banned in South Korea. Who is standing in the way? The Korean courts are too biased, and the appeal we filed there is also slow.
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Schmidt nodded slightly. There was no problem with this matter. When LG contacted Google, it went back on its word. Now evil people will be punished by their own evildoers.
He took a sip of coffee and conveyed what he wanted to talk about more: "So... what is Yike's attitude towards HTC?"
Fang Zhuo frowned and quickly sensed the lobbyist's aura.
HTC's Wang Xuehong flew to Shanghai before, but she didn't see her. Last month, she flew to the United States again, but she still didn't see her. She left it to Yu Hong to handle.
The result of LG's sales ban lawsuit will be announced in the next few days, and there will be news about HTC's lawsuit around the end of the year and the beginning of the year.
This time is actually relatively fast, but HTC may have slowed down its negotiation attitude with Google because it negotiated with Google to install the Android system.
"HTC, um, Schmidt, you may not know that HTC's President Wang is talking with our President Yu in New York. I think we can get a good result." Fang Zhuo said with a smile, "No need to do this.
Worried, I believe HTC will show sincerity. Oh, by the way, I met Stringer from Sony a few days ago and talked with him about future system options for Sony Ericsson mobile phones."
"Although the market situation of Sony Ericsson mobile phones is not good today, it still has a high share. If Sony Ericsson can also enter the Android camp, I believe our promotion of smart systems will be greatly strengthened."
Schmidt heard about Sony Ericsson's situation and his attention turned to it.
Sony Ericsson's mobile phone is much better than HTC's. If it can join the PRO Alliance, the cross-licensing of patents will be of great benefit.
He asked Stringer's reaction with concern.
"He and I only communicated privately. The future direction of Sony Ericsson mobile phones probably needs to be comprehensively measured by the other side. After all, Microsoft also has great appeal." Fang Zhuo shrugged, "This also requires Android to show its performance.
Positivity, what do you think?”
Schmidt nodded in approval. Although Android is an independent company, Google exerts full influence, whether it is development or development.
He thought about it again and again, knowing that President Fang was Sony's foreign director, he felt that it would be better if he participated in this matter.
If Sony Ericsson joins Android, the situation in the mobile phone industry will suddenly become clearer. The world's leading manufacturers include Samsung, Sony Ericsson and the fiercely developing Yike. In addition, Chinese manufacturers are also very active, and the future growth trend is immeasurable.
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In less than two years, the Android system is really booming.
With Android's development like this, the inherent system market will naturally be eroded.
The thoughts in Schmidt's mind were spinning again and again, and he asked with concern: "Will Yike have further contact with Nokia? A settlement on the patent is a win-win situation."
"As you know, Nokia is very stubborn." Fang Zhuo said lightly.
Schmidt frowned, just like LG is facing being banned from the market. Once the feud between Yike and Nokia continues, things may develop into an uncontrollable situation.
At that time...
He still frowned on his face, but his heart relaxed and let nature take its course. Today's Android is no longer the Android of 2007. It has a certain number of users and the aggressive Samsung.
Schmidt continued to ask a few more questions, but he was not in the mood to fly to Europe to persuade him to make peace as he did last time.
Fang Zhuo was able to understand some subtle changes, and even habitually speculated on Lao Shi's other ideas. If Yike lost power, Android Company's shares might still be taken back, even if the price was higher.
The two of us chatted for a while and thought about the development of the Android system next year.
Finally, Fang Zhuo talked about an issue that is very important to YiKe's Chinese market. Because Google's business in China has been inconsistent, Google services in the Android system have not been able to obtain a good user experience from Chinese consumers.
As the first product of the Android system, Yike Mars has basically maintained the original ecology of the system in the global market, but this original ecology is not so good in China.
As the Android system is updated, Google is gradually adding functions to its service framework, and is also managing more and more mobile software being developed to make the mobile phone experience better.
Because the system is open source, mobile software often has complicated functions and requires more mobile phone permissions, which hinders consumers' use experience.
The existence of Google is to pursue accuracy and simplicity in mobile phone software functions, and to put the notification functions of the software under its own unified management, so as to minimize memory usage and avoid phone lags.
This is also what the IOS system is doing, but it is a closed system and is not open source to third-party ROM developers. Now it has done a better job.
To put it simply, Google now has the prototype function of Google Mobile Service GMS. As the prototype is enhanced, the smoothness of the mobile phone will be higher - now it may be more from the perspective of market share, and such function replacement is also tacitly accepted.
Already.
The Chinese market is different. The functional prototype of Google GMS is not very bright. The running memory of mobile phones is a situation where software is allowed to plant flags. In the future, it will obviously become more laggy as the software functions increase.
The potential meaning proposed by Fang Zhuo is that Yike will build a YMS framework to replace Google in the role of managing mobile software in the Chinese market.
What can Yike’s YMS do?
It can prevent software from opening screen ads, prevent software from occupying memory, and ensure the quality and source of the app...etc.
This will undoubtedly improve the consumer experience.
But... this is a challenge to Google. The Android system is its effort to find the entrance to the mobile Internet era. In the future planning, GMS will include accounts, mailboxes, maps, search, application stores, security certifications, etc.
A series of basic services.
These GMS services are an important reliance of Google in the mobile era.
Almost as soon as Fang Zhuo talked about the considerations in the Chinese market, Schmidt's face became visibly serious.
He stared at the Oriental in front of him, frowned and said: "Android and Google services are together."
"Android is open source, isn't it?" Fang Zhuo asked knowingly. Android is open source, and other people are doing Google's functions at this time. However, Yike is indeed Google's largest collaborator on mobile phones now.
Schmidt did not pretend to be blind on this issue, and said solemnly: "Google has always given great support to Yike Mars. I don't want this matter to become a rift in our friendship."
Fang Zhuo also frowned, and this time stated: "Android is open source."
Schmidt stared at Fang Zhuo without saying anything.
Fang Zhuo gave in and said: "Yike just needs to serve consumers better and compete with more and more competitors for a smoother user experience. Yike's services can include Google search, email, etc."
Functionally, Yike has not changed in markets outside China.”
"Then just use Google services!" Schmidt said decisively.
"Google services are not easy to use! This is a problem you need to solve in China!" Fang Zhuo also became tough.
Schmidt suddenly became suspicious of Mr. Fang's mediation for Google in China. Is this mediation for the better or the worse?
The motive has appeared! Mr. Fang is not a very good person to begin with!
He stood up and said coldly: "Google will solve this problem."
Fang Zhuo also stood up and said solemnly: "Of course I hope to see this most. Yike's purpose is always to provide better services to consumers."
Schmidt glanced at Mr. Fang one last time, reluctantly shook hands with him, and left the office.
Fang Zhuo still sent Schmidt to the door. He had no choice but to understand. He just really didn't want to see the open-screen advertisement.
We are all here for consumers, and we are all shareholders of Android, so it doesn’t matter who does it.
I feel like I need some rest and plan to take annual leave at the end of the month.
