1991 Starting from the core

Su Yuanshan gave Teacher Ma a few minutes to think.

His attitude has been very clear, he does not support it - this is not only non-support in the sense of a major shareholder, but also non-support in the context of his identity as the "godfather of the Internet".

The so-called name of a tree is the shadow of a person.

Xinghai and Yuanxin have never given up their confidence and support for the Internet, whether it was when the Internet was in its infancy, when the bubble burst and everything was in disarray, or now when it is regrouping and at its peak.

If Su Yuanshan supports a product, he may be mistaken, but if he does not support a product, he will generally not be mistaken.

Teacher Ma deeply understands this - of course he does not admit that Alibaba is a member of the Yuanxin system, but he has to admit that being able to be invested by Yuanxin and unconditionally trust and use the system to help 1688 and TB's business, this is It is a blessing that many entrepreneurial companies can only hope to achieve (^_^).

As a result, he frowned deeply and began to quickly think about how to compete with domestic and foreign opponents within the existing framework. Of course, these issues are the focus of everyone's daily discussions, but how to organize the language to speak to the present? Asking this most discerning investor and entrepreneur for advice is not an easy task.

Even if he is a eloquent teacher, it won't work.

The person in front of me is still a professor, and sitting outside is the principal and academician of the Department of Electrical Engineering!

…

"That's it, Mr. Shan."

Teacher Ma smiled after thinking for a few seconds, and then immediately became serious: "First of all, we must admit that in the future, Internet shopping will be a way that can change people's living habits."

"In addition to the advancement of capital and the gradual upgrading of people's acceptance of online shopping, objectively, it needs to meet several conditions. First, the industrial level, especially the manufacturing level. Second, the development of logistics and freight. Third, ensure the network Payment is safe and fast.”

Su Yuanshan nodded with a smile and motioned for Teacher Ma to continue.

"Since we joined the WTO in 1999, the domestic manufacturing industry has entered an explosive period - in fact, as early as 1996 and 1997, the domestic manufacturing level has grown exponentially."

"Well, thanks to the financial turmoil, capital and manufacturing have become more domestically specialized. We have also seized this opportunity, and after joining the WTO in 1999, relying on cost advantages and fast and convenient trade networks, we have gradually become a global manufacturer. industry, or the center of low-end manufacturing." Su Yuanshan nodded and added: "The domestic weakness is basic industry and heavy industrial machinery, as well as corresponding technologies."

"Yes, so in theory, we have the natural advantage of selling domestic cheap but excellent products to the world through the Internet."

Teacher Ma paused and continued: "Needless to say about logistics and freight, a good network has been formed in China. Nowadays, express delivery can be delivered from the seller to the buyer within a week..."

Su Yuanshan interrupted with a smile: "Not to mention the third point, I have supported Alipay from the beginning - so, why do you worry about Amazon and eBay?"

"..." Teacher Ma couldn't laugh or cry: "Mr. Shan, they can also enjoy such conditions when developing domestically..."

"Well..." Su Yuanshan pondered.

He had indeed ignored this point before, or in other words, he trusted Teacher Ma's ability a little too much... completely forgetting that today's Amazon and eBay are no longer the foreign companies in memory that did not know how to adapt, but the founders and A group of domestic Internet giants are brothers, and they come to meetings from time to time.

And the most terrible thing is that the domestic economic level has actually greatly exceeded that of the same period in history.

——Whether it is joining the WTO three years in advance, whether it is Yuanxin leading the rise of the entire semiconductor industry, or whether it is accepting investment from overseas Chinese from Southeast Asia, especially Java... this series of economic behaviors are Like the wings of a butterfly, the domestic economy has already entered the fast lane of rapid development.

Apart from anything else, even on the forum, when someone asked, "Can our GDP exceed that of Ni Guo in 2010?", the following people all said "it's possible", "it depends on the situation", and "don't underestimate Ni Guo" Wait for the message. Instead of Yi Shui's sarcasm in Su Yuanshan's memory - "Waiting for 20 years is almost the same".

In fact, as far as the real data known to Su Yuanshan is concerned, the above are actually confident that the GDP will surpass Ni Guo before 2008.

When the country became "rich" several years ahead of schedule, and in a relatively healthy way, and other conditions for the development of online shopping also began to develop in advance, those online sales giants with relatively mature systems and technologies They obviously have enough advantages over TB, a rising star.

And the most terrible thing is that if TB cannot get up, then the enterprise platform 1688 will gradually lose its competitiveness.

…

"Continue to raise money and burn money." Su Yuanshan said seriously after thinking for a long time: "There is no other good way now. By the way, who are interested in you now? What is the valuation?"

"...There are Sequoia and SoftBank, with a valuation of about one billion yuan."

"Hold on, I'll call Oak, you wait."

So in front of Teacher Ma, Su Yuanshan took out his cell phone and dialed Sun Xihui's number.

In a few words, he explained the situation clearly, then hung up the phone, looked at Teacher Ma, whose eyes flashed alternately with shock and surprise, and smiled slightly: "Go back and wait for the news. Don't spend the money randomly after you get it."

"Have confidence in yourself."

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Teacher Ma walked out of the community in a hurry, and then got into a Yuanxin SUV parked on the roadside. After a while, the SUV took him out of the gate of the science and technology park and went straight to the Digital Plaza next door.

The tallest building in the Digital Plaza has a sign with arrogant teeth and claws, and the four gilt characters on it are very domineering.

Chengdian Hi-Tech.

"Lao Ma, what did Mr. Shan say?"

Qiu Aihua, the CEO and president of Chengdian High-Tech, made a pot of tea for the other party and looked at his old classmate happily.

"Hey, don't mention it, you are worthy of being Mr. Shan. Just one word. Awesome." Teacher Ma gave a thumbs up, took a big sip of tea and said with emotion: "In front of him, I don't have any tricks at all."

"No way, you are so eloquent."

"eloquence is of no use, I'm just a teacher, I'm a professor - the youngest professor in the country." Teacher Ma relaxed a lot in front of his old classmates, and took a long breath: "But to be honest, This time I went to Mr. Shan mainly to see if he could help us raise our valuation. The two grandsons of Sequoia and SoftBank are too unkind."

Qiu Aihua shrugged: "What's the result?"

"In the end, before I could speak, Mr. Shan took the initiative to call Mr. Sun of Oak Tree and said that he believed AL is now worth at least 1.5 billion."

"..." Qiu Aihua was startled for a moment: "Holy crap, does it feel like Mr. Shan's money came from the strong wind?"

"No, he simply calculated it for me. If we use a valuation of one billion, we won't be able to raise much money in Series C. This money... is not enough to support our development."

"Hmm..." Qiu Aihua thought for a few seconds and nodded: "Then can I understand that Mr. Shan has absolute confidence in you? That's why he doesn't hesitate to take the initiative to pay a premium?"

"Then you have to ask Mr. Shan himself."

Qiu Aihua coughed: "Forget it, I'll just go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing."

"Are you afraid that he will let you use the processor?"

"That's not...well, the main thing is that facing him is still a bit stressful."

As he said this, the two of them laughed at the same time.

"Okay, Lao Ma, I have a meeting here, so I won't accompany you." Qiu Aihua stood up and looked at his watch: "I actually suggest you to take a long-term view and use the traffic reasonably. stand up."

"Huh?" Teacher Ma was slightly startled: "Wait a minute, what do you mean?"

"What I mean is... if we compare TB to a market and sellers to vendors, then you can actually set up some VIP merchants or something, high-end products, and genuine products. In this way, you can meet various needs at various prices They can all be satisfied, rather than simply 'buying, shopping, shopping'."

"Of course, this is just a suggestion, you can make the decision yourself."

After saying that, Qiu Aihua got up and walked out of the office.

An hour later, Qiu Aihua ended the meeting.

"Lao Qiu, you are right, we have to work with both hands, build the market at the same time and the mall at the same time."

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The next day, Su Yuanshan returned to the office to take over Duan Yongping's duty - Duan chose to be on duty for the past few days very "chicken-thiefly", so that he could use the duty time to prepare for the Yidoo6s new product launch conference on October 12th. preparation.

The reason why the press conference has become an assembly line operation and Lao Duan himself has become a skilled worker, so he still has to be so cautious, is naturally because... Apple also announced the time of the press conference-October 15th.

Just three days behind Yuanxin.

Three days, the time was chosen very delicately. Because according to statistics, the maximum endurance of people's expectations is three days - once it exceeds three days, people's endurance and waiting patience will drop sharply.

As for why consumers are made to "wait" for three days... Of course, Apple has already released a silhouette of the new product - just a silhouette, but people can definitely tell that it is a smartphone.

Now, it was clear that he was going to challenge Yuan Xin head-on.

As the No. 1 player in the mobile phone industry, especially since Su Yuanshan has always been wary of Apple, Yuanxin naturally pays extra attention to Apple's every move. Although it is not likely to send commercial espionage, it is at least the first party to know that Apple is going to release a mobile phone.

Moreover, Su Yuanshan also knew that Apple's mobile phones should be equipped with very good processors.

——Don’t forget, Apple has formed a core team with Yuexin on RISC-YX a long time ago. Although the YX architecture processors used in last year’s and this year’s Apad are still licensed by the YX public version, no one has I believe that Apple has a core design team and will limit itself to "unfashionable" areas such as purchasing public version designs.

"It's Monday."

Su Yuanshan looked at the calendar and felt a little uneasy.

The lottery should be drawn this afternoon.

Even though he said he didn't care and resigned himself to fate, at this moment, he found that he still couldn't let go.

"If I remember correctly, the notification should have been 2 hours before the lottery draw, right?"

"Um... tomorrow is physics." Su Yuanshan looked at the phone again, and after a moment of silence, he suddenly smiled.

"Damn! Isn't it just a Nobel Prize? Why are you so worried about gains and losses?"

After laughing at himself, he took a deep breath, opened the paper and read it.

Among the first batch of graduate students he led, except for Gan Xiaoyu who was engaged in the application of graphene, or to be precise in the application of graphene batteries, there were several others who were engaged in graphene manufacturing technology, and some were engaged in graphene manufacturing technology. The concept is tried in other areas. Now there are certain results.

For example, Duksong successfully discovered two-dimensional black scales and named them black phosphorene. Together with other two-dimensional materials discovered by other scientific research institutions at home and abroad, such as two-dimensional hexagonal boron nitride, transition metal sulfides, and oxide Objects, etc., which can be regarded as the official beginning of "two-dimensional" materials.

Coupled with three heavyweight papers on double-layer graphene last year, it guided the extension of graphene into the field of superconductivity, which completely opened a new door to condensed matter physics.

Therefore, Su Yuanshan won the Wolf Prize, known as the Nobel Prize bellwether, at the speed of light.

At this glance, it is just one day.

When she was about to get off work in the afternoon, a piece of news was pushed directly in front of Su Yuanshan by Wen Xiaoqian.

——The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is announced. The winners are M country scientists Richard Axel and Linda Buck.

…

After returning home, Su Yuanshan put down his briefcase, hugged his daughter first, then went to the floor to hug his son who was crawling attentively, and then returned to the study.

His father had already come home from get off work early and was sitting on a chair waiting for him.

"Dad, don't look at me like this." Su Yuanshan coughed lightly, dumbfounded: "Today's lesson is physiological medicine."

"I know." Su Xinghe still looked at his son with a smile: "Do you know that the entire domestic academic circle, and even the entire physics community, are actually guessing whether you will be there this year."

Su Yuanshan shrugged: "Actually, the announcement of the Nobel Prize contains a surprise. You guys are making such a fuss... that even if you call me tomorrow, I won't be surprised."

"Hahaha." Su Xinghe laughed: "Who said that? There is no surprise, but there is still joy!"

"Yes, yes...but what if not? Who will comfort the disappointed heart?" Su Yuanshan sat down with a smile, but his mind was thinking of Haruki Murakami - this old gentleman, who was known as the running master in later generations. Since 2009, I have guessed every year whether it should be him, but I haven't won every year - I have to wait longer than Leonardo DiCaprio.

"By the way, everyone in the country thinks it's my turn?" With his father, Su Yuanshan naturally didn't have to think about being subtle or not. He said it very straightforwardly - after all, he also thought it was his turn.

"No, I had nothing to do this afternoon and took a look. The Internet has actually been discussing it these days. And your wife has created a topic of 'Nobel Prize' on both ebook and post forums since today, and it is pinned to the top. "

Su Yuanshan: "...She mastered the traffic password so quickly?"