Rebirth of the Wild Age

Kuanzhai Alley, Longmenzhen teahouse.

This teahouse was opened by Zheng Xuehong. The old teahouse in Rongping City was really out of business, and he had already closed it before the Spring Festival.

Wu Xiaobo was carrying a canvas satchel and a camera around his neck. After asking all the way, he finally found this broken place. He just interviewed Li Dongsheng, the boss of TCL, at Qiandao Lake for two full days. During the interview, Li Dongsheng turned off his mobile phone, and two big men gathered there to chat nonsense.

Today's tcl has been deeply mired in the quagmire, the computer business has been expelled from the mainstream market, and the mobile phone business has even lost money. Although the sales volume of the TV business is good, the profit margin is terribly low, which is no different from losing money and making money.

That's why Li Dongsheng only had two days to accept interviews and discuss with Wu Xiaobo about enterprise development.

After interviewing Li Dongsheng, Wu Xiaobo suddenly received a text message stating that Song Weiyang was available for interviews in Rongcheng for half a month. This opportunity is very rare, Wu Xiaobo flew over overnight, he has been waiting for this interview for more than a year.

Walking into Longmenzhen Teahouse, Wu Xiaobo found that there were only a dozen customers in total. Four of them turned out to be white western faces, and they were sitting there drinking tea and listening to Sichuan opera. They seemed to be traveling in Kuanzhai Alley.

Song Weiyang sat in a seat closer to the stage, half lying on the bamboo chair with Erlang's legs crossed, holding a bowl of Gaiwan tea in his hand. Sitting on his left is Chen Tao. Mr. Tao is not wearing a confinement hat, but is wearing a sun hat, and drinking the yogurt that he brought. Zheng Xuehong is fatter than before, and it is difficult for a bamboo chair to accommodate her tonnage. Every time she moves her buttocks, the bamboo chair creaks.

Mr. Song, Ms. Chen, Mr. Zheng! Wu Xiaobo walked over to greet her.

Song Weiyang smiled and said, Senior Wu, please sit down!

Zheng Xuehong nodded to Wu Xiaobo, and beckoned to the tea waiter: One more bowl of tea.

I'm leaving first, you guys talk slowly. Chen Tao got up and said, she couldn't be out for too long, she had to rush back to feed the baby.

Just as Wu Xiaobo sat down, he saw a pair of boys and girls in kung fu costumes, each carrying a copper long-flow pot. The spout of the teapot was two feet long, far exceeding the one foot and five inches of the teahouse in Rongcheng. It belonged to the long-flow pot system in eastern and southeastern Sichuan.

Now it’s all about eyeball economy. Of course, the longer the spout, the better. Whether it abides by local traditions is the second.

Boys and girls began to dance lightly, their movements were a bit like opera, and a bit like martial arts routines. While pouring tea in various fancy ways, they also shouted the names of moves such as High Mountain and Flowing Water and Su Qin Carrying Sword.

The four Caucasian tourists in the teahouse cast their eyes immediately, obviously this thing is more attractive than the opera on stage.

This way of pouring tea is interesting. Wu Xiaobo said with a smile.

Zheng Xuehong said: The people who come here to drink tea are tourists from other places, and there must be something to attract them. The attraction of Sichuan opera is not strong, and the performance of pouring tea from a long-mouth pot is, on the contrary, a living sign of this teahouse.

Can you make money? Wu Xiaobo looked around, There don't seem to be many customers here.

Zheng Xuehong smiled and said: It's much better now. When it first opened, there were not many tourists in the whole alley, and only one or two people came in to drink tea every day. Now there are more than a hundred tea customers in a single day during holidays, and there are many Foreigners, if you persist a little longer, you will be able to make ends meet.”

Wu Xiaobo said: Mr. Zheng chose to retire bravely and relinquish all his duties in Xifeng. His life is really cool now.

The scale of Xifeng Group is getting bigger and bigger, and it has exceeded my ability. If I continue to stay in the company, it will be a waste of time. Why don't I step back and find something else to do, Zheng Xuehong said, standing up and laughing, Why don't you guys talk, I won't bother you, I'll pay for today's tea.

Mr. Zheng go slowly! Wu Xiaobo got up and saw him off.

Song Weiyang listened to Sichuan opera and sipped tea, and waited for Wu Xiaobo to sit back in his chair before asking, What are you talking about?

Wu Xiaobo explained: It's like this. From 1978 to now, China's reform and opening up has been almost 30 years old. I plan to publish a book Thirty Years of Stirring in 2008 to record the history of Chinese society in the past 30 years. Great changes in China. I have interviewed dozens of successful or failed entrepreneurs, talking about their history of entrepreneurship and struggle, and their mental journey over the years. You are the richest man in China, the chairman of Xifeng and Shenzhou, It is impossible to write a book about the 30 years of reform and opening up without avoiding you, a big entrepreneur.

Sounds like a very interesting book. Song Weiyang laughed.

Wu Xiaobo took out a shorthand notebook and a recording pen: There are a lot of information about you in the society, half of which are true and false. I hope to learn more real things.

Song Weiyang nodded and said, Yes, you can ask.

The two chatted from Song Weiyang's childhood, until Song Weiyang broke into the special zone.

That is to say, Mr. Zheng and Ms. Chen, you really met on the train? Wu Xiaobo asked with great interest.

Song Weiyang said, Yes.

Wu Xiaobo asked: Dr. Ma and the private meeting, are they just like the rumors in the world?

Song Weiyang said: The 'private meeting' organized by the China Merchants Group, the association's articles of association are all copied from me, in Chinese and English, and a single punctuation mark has not changed.

Do you think it's a scam? Wu Xiaobo asked.

It's a win-win situation, everyone gets what they need, Song Weiyang said.

Wu Xiaobo asked: Where did your business management knowledge come from?

Song Weiyang made up half-truths and half-false words: Some are derived from what we have learned, and some are read in books. In my father's study, there are many books on business management, many of which are traditional ones bought from Hong Kong City. Version.

By reading and studying by yourself, you can come up with a set of business management models that scare the professors of business administration at Sun Yat-sen University, Wu Xiaobo said in amazement, This should be an innate talent. ?Maybe you are a business genius yourself.

Song Weiyang said, Maybe.

Wu Xiaobo asked: Can you talk about the development of Xifeng and China Science and Technology?

Song Weiyang said: There is no need to repeat this, I will ask someone to give you a complete set of materials.

Wu Xiaobo said: I interviewed Zhang Chaoyang, Ding Ming and Ding Sanshi last year, and they all mentioned you by coincidence. You were a food and beverage entrepreneur back then, and Shenzhou Technology was also a start-up. Why did you suddenly choose to invest in the Internet?

It's not surprising, Song Weiyang said with a smile, I'm an old netizen, and I have the first name in China. Before Ding Sanshi quit his job and started a business, I was already chatting with him on the Internet.

Wu Xiaobo said: So far, your most profitable investment is investing in Google search. If there is no Google, you may still be the richest man in China, but it is absolutely impossible to rank among the top ten richest people in the world. After investing in Google At that time, did you ever imagine that you could make so much money?

Think about it. Song Weiyang admitted generously.

You thought of it from the beginning? Wu Xiaobo asked in surprise.

Song Weiyang said: Google, Sogou, and even now Baidu, their PPC advertising model was proposed when I invested in Google. I have always believed that the future of the Internet is interactive, not represented by Yahoo! The traditional model. Network interaction is inseparable from the search engine, which is equivalent to a computer system. As long as the search engine is done well, it can become the Microsoft of the Internet industry.”

From Google to Sohu, we talked about Kingsoft, Joyo and Alibaba, and finally even talked about the recent employee welfare reform of China Science and Technology.

Song Weiyang said suddenly: I'm curious, you interviewed so many Internet companies, why didn't you interview Tencent?

Wu Xiaobo said: Tencent has nothing to interview. It is an ordinary company engaged in wireless value-added services and online games. Whether it is in terms of scale or content, there is nothing that catches the eye.

What about QQ? Song Weiyang asked.

Wu Xiaobo said: Qq is just an online chat tool. There are many similar chat tools. Sina and Netease now have similar products. From the perspective of influence, QQ is far behind Microsoft's MSN. It will be a matter of time before MSN takes over the market.

Okay. Song Weiyang had nothing to say.

The book Thirty Years of Stirring mentioned many Internet companies in China, but only Tencent and Xiao Ma did not bubble up.

The reason is simple. Before 2008, Wu Xiaobo never took Tencent seriously.

Wu Xiaobo asked: Mr. Song is very optimistic about the future of Tencent?

Song Weiyang smiled mysteriously: Maybe it won't take ten years, five years later, you won't ask such questions again.

Why? Wu Xiaobo asked.

I don't want to explain, I will know in the future. Song Weiyang said.

Okay, Wu Xiaobo said, There are always people who compare China and Lenovo, and there is a saying in society that 'South China, North Lenovo'. What is your evaluation of Lenovo, and what expectations do you have for the development of China?

Song Weiyang raised his eyebrows and smiled, Lenovo is a computer assembly company.

Computer assembly company? Wu Xiaobo laughed.

Song Weiyang said: There are only so many parts in a computer. CPU, main board, hard disk, graphics card, power supply, chassis, mouse, keyboard, monitor, all with a normal brain can be learned at once, and it is impossible to assemble them incorrectly, because they are installed incorrectly. It can’t be plugged into the interface. Today’s Lenovo computers only have part of the chassis designed by themselves.”

Wu Xiaobo said, What about China Computer?

Song Weiyang said: Shenzhou Computer's motherboard and hard drive have long been self-independent. Moreover, we are still cooperating with BYD to develop power supplies and BOE to develop displays to further achieve self-independence.

Wu Xiaobo said: Because China Science and Technology is not listed, the outside world has always been interested in its asset size.

Song Weiyang said: It's not convenient for me to say more about the specific data. However, the total assets of China Science and Technology have surpassed Lenovo three years ago. Moreover, our financial situation is very healthy, and the debt ratio has been controlled at 30%-35%. During this period, all the projects are steadily progressing towards the goal step by step.”

Wu Xiaobo said: With Shenzhou Technology's borrowing ability, the debt ratio is actually lower than 35%, which seems too conservative.

From another perspective, China Science and Technology has a strong ability to resist risks. Song Weiyang laughed.

Wu Xiaobo said: Now China Science and Technology has launched many products, which can be said to be blooming across the board. What business do you most value?

Mobile phone. Song Weiyang said.

Isn't it a computer? Wu Xiaobo was a little surprised.

Song Weiyang said, You will know next year.

Wu Xiaobo asked: Is it a 3G mobile phone?

Song Weiyang said with a smile: It is an epoch-making sci-fi mobile phone. Once this kind of mobile phone comes out, the existing models of Nokia and Motorola will all be eliminated.

Wu Xiaobo was dumbfounded and remained speechless for a long time. He felt that Song Weiyang was bragging too much.

Eliminate existing models from Nokia and Motorola?

Who would believe it!

Nokia is God in the field of mobile phones. At this time, people firmly believe that Nokia cannot be surpassed in the short term, and this period must be at least 20 years.

Wu Xiaobo's interview was not only used for writing a book, but he also wanted to rush out a column article. It's quite normal for one manuscript to be used more than once.

A few days later, Wu Xiaobo's column was published, and the editor changed it to a provocative title: Song Weiyang: China Mobile will phase out Nokia, next year at the latest.