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Chapter 337 Data Centers
In the next few days, as the school recruitment ended, [-] interns joined Weiyang Technology one after another.

At the same time, the human resources department was not idle, and had already sent a group of people to Shangzhou to prepare for the spring science and technology job fair jointly prepared by the provincial science and technology department and the provincial human resources department.

Weiyang Technology is also very busy these days, on one side is the training and allocation of enrollment from five hundred schools.

So many people, after a one-week training, will be deployed to various departments of the company according to their majors, and their accommodation and life also need to be coordinated.

On the other hand, Lin Rui's plan to build a data center is not just thinking about it casually.

In this regard, we have already communicated with the bank. Weiyang Technology invested [-] million yuan, and then borrowed [-] million yuan from the bank, with a total investment of [-] million yuan to build a modern medium-to-large data center.

As soon as the news came out, the Los Angeles city government contacted Weiyang Technology immediately. After learning that the data center was planned to be built in Los Angeles, they immediately sent staff to accompany Weiyang Technology to inspect and select locations in various places in Los Angeles.

Lin Rui originally thought that he would just choose a suitable location and build the data center there, but he never thought it would be that simple.

Although Weiyang Technology has stated that the data center will be built in Los Angeles, it has not determined which district or county it will be built in.

For the districts and counties of Los Angeles in 2011, an investment of [-] million yuan is definitely not a small amount, and it is a high-tech project such as a data center, which has a much greater impact than a simple investment of [-] million yuan.

In China, everyone knows how much effort the local governments have put into attracting investment.What's more, Weiyang Technology has made it clear that it will invest locally in Los Angeles, without competition from other cities, which makes the districts and counties of Los Angeles even more eager to move.

With an investment of [-] million yuan, for some districts and counties with low foundations, it can increase the GDP growth rate of the year by a few percentage points. This is an achievement, and this is political achievement.

After all, not only are provinces and cities comparing economic growth rates and rankings, but districts and counties are also comparing.

As a result, Weiyang Technology suddenly became a sweet bun, and they all wanted to pull the investment over.The same is true for Lin Rui. All districts and counties have sent people to invite him to investigate.Even some friends of the Luojing Club became the targets of invitations, and said in a roundabout way that the leaders of a certain district and county wanted to invite him to dinner.

Lin Rui, who rarely experienced these scenes, felt a little dizzy for a while.

In the end, the mayor personally came forward and invited Lin Rui to drink tea in a teahouse in the city, accompanied by the director of the Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Park Management Committee.

The Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Park was established in 08, and it has only been three years since its establishment. The purpose of its establishment is to attract some technology companies to settle in Los Angeles.

It's a pity that the goal is very ambitious and the reality is cruel.So far, no well-known technology companies have been introduced, and some small companies with not very high technology content have settled in it.

As a scientific and technological innovation center planned by the city, it is very worrying that the performance is so broken.

Then, the purpose of the mayor's invitation to him today is obvious. After all, he is accompanied by the director of the Science and Technology Innovation Park Management Committee, and the Science and Technology Innovation Park is vigorously attracting investment and high-tech industries.

After Weiyang Technology's investigation during this period, three candidate locations have been selected, each of which has its own advantages.

The first location is the East District of Los Angeles where Weiyang Technology itself is located.The advantage is that the preferential policies are very generous, and a data center can be built directly near Weiyang Technology. The geographical advantage is very obvious.

The second location is the Municipal Science and Technology Innovation Park. The advantage is that the construction of various infrastructures is very complete, the preferential policies for various technology companies are incomparable in other places, and the transportation is also very convenient.

The third location is a county quite far from downtown Luocheng. The Economic Development Zone of this county is relatively rich in water resources.As we all know, data centers need to cool down and consume a lot of water, and abundant water resources are also an advantage.

Lin Rui was hesitant between these three locations, but now the mayor has also come forward, and the director of the Science and Technology Park Management Committee promised more favorable policies on the spot, and the result is already obvious.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Rui readily agreed to settle the data center in the City Science and Technology Park.

The city is much more active than Weiyang Technology in this matter. As the project with the largest investment and the highest technological content since the city's Science and Technology Innovation Park opened three years ago, the city obviously attaches great importance to it.

A few days after it was confirmed, a grand signing ceremony was prepared in the city, and many journalists and media were invited to come.

Weiyang Technology can only cooperate. After all, the city has given so many preferential conditions, and the city is also preparing for the press conference. With so many benefits, it is also appropriate to cooperate.

On the day of the signing ceremony, the scene was very grand. The city's senior officials and mayors both attended. Not only a large number of media from the province, but also media from other parts of the country came.

On that day, the news that Weiyang Technology invested [-] million to build a data center became the hot news on major domestic portals.

On Weiyang Weibo, it has become a hot topic.

Last month, Weiyang Technology invested [-] million to acquire Lanhai Building. This month, it made another move and invested [-] million to build a medium-to-large data center.

This is not just an acquisition and an investment, but also allows Weiyang Weibo to flex its muscles and show its strength.

Two shots, with a month in between, directly spent one billion.In 2011, it was an absolute big deal, and there were not many domestic Internet companies with this strength.

For example, Tencent just released its 2010 financial report last month.

根据数据显示，腾讯2010年全年总收入为人民币196.460亿元（29.665亿美元），较去年同期增长57.9%；净利润为人民币80.536亿元（12.161亿美元），同比增长56.2%。

As one of the companies with the highest Internet market value in China, Tencent last year had a total revenue of nearly 200 billion yuan and a net profit of 80 billion yuan.

Although it is far ahead of Weiyang Technology, one billion is not a small amount for it, which is equivalent to Tencent's total profit for one and a half months.

What's more, in Lin Rui's mind, Weiyang Technology is not inferior to other Internet companies.

Last month, the company's revenue was close to [-] million yuan. With the subsequent development, other businesses have been launched one after another. Coupled with the company's self-developed web games and mobile games, the monthly revenue will reach four to five by the end of this year. Billion is not difficult.

If we can achieve four to five billion yuan a month, then five or six billion yuan a year, not to mention that the company is still developing rapidly and its revenue is also increasing rapidly.

From this point of view, the gap between Weiyang Technology and Tencent is not too big.

In the blink of an eye, it was late April. Lin Rui came to the company this morning, finished the work at hand, and went to the newly established online payment business department to have a look.

Over half a month since the establishment of the Internet Payment Division, the scale has expanded rapidly. Not only have several high-end talents in this field been poached from headhunters, Zhao Yan has also introduced several senior talents.

Now the entire online payment department is full of talents, occupying an entire floor of office space.

Lin Rui walked around inside, chatted with several executives for a while, listened to their future plans, and checked the development progress of Weiyin payment software. He was quite satisfied, and several executives did have real materials. Facts.

After leaving the online payment department, he went to other places.With the passage of time, many floors have been renovated, and new office areas have been allocated to various departments.

For example, in terms of games, with the ample office space, it occupied three floors at one time, with an office area of ​​[-] square meters.

One of the floors is the office area of ​​the web game platform "Zhongyou"; the first floor is the office area of ​​several web game development teams; the other floor is the office area of ​​several mobile game development teams.

Although based on their number, they may not even be able to use half of the usable area of ​​the office area.However, with the ensuing large-scale recruitment, the team size expanded rapidly, and it was soon possible to fill in sevens and eights.

In addition, Weiyue Chinese website, Weiyang Weibo, and the music platform development team just established last month have their own exclusive floors.

Among them, the technical department is also the focus of this expansion. In the next spring science and technology job fair held in Shangzhou, the provincial capital, Weiyang Technology's [-] quotas are also mainly technical talents.

Lin Rui assigned the four-story office area to the technical department at one time, with a total of [-] square meters, which can be used by more than [-] technicians in the future.

When he came to the technology department, Lin Rui learned about the development process of the Android and Apple terminals of Weiyue Chinese website, and the overall performance was not bad.With the development experience of Weiyang Weibo, everyone is gradually familiar with these two operating systems.

During this period of time, the Weiyang Weibo client has undergone two updates, the optimization is smoother and more concise, and the feedback from users is also good.

The smart phone APP of Weiyue.com is estimated to be completed by the end of this month and be officially launched.

Nowadays, a large number of online literature websites, including Qidian, are focusing on the PC side, and Weiyue Chinese website has taken a different approach, directly opening up the mobile terminal market.

In the field of domestic web literature, it can be regarded as the first original novel website on the mobile terminal.

Those who can use smartphones in China now have good economic conditions and have the consumption potential and ability.

When the Weiyue Chinese website app is launched, it will be the only original literature website on the mobile side of the entire network. After some publicity and guidance, it will be able to spend a small amount of money and gain a large number of high-net-worth users.

At the same time, it is not only Weiyang Weibo and Weiyue Chinese website that develop APPs on Android and Apple.While Weiyin Payment is being developed on the PC side, the smart phone APP is also in the process of being developed.

In addition, although the music platform is only developed on the PC side, the development of the smart phone side is also under planning and preparation.

In short, Lin Rui is very optimistic about the development of the mobile Internet. Under his guidance, the entire company has also taken the lead and started to fully enter the mobile Internet to seize the opportunity.

Staying at the company until after ten o'clock, Lin Rui got off work, passed by Suning on the way, and saw that it was quite lively inside.

Only after seeing the billboard did I realize that the Apple 4 National Bank version was finally launched in the Mainland.Apple 4 was officially released on June [-] last year, and it has been ten months since it finally officially entered the mainland.

This Apple 4, which has just been launched in the mainland, is a white version of the National Bank. Users who have never bought the Hong Kong version or bought Apple through other channels can finally buy it now.

At present, there are about 3000 million smartphone users in China in total. With the release of iPhone4, there may be a wave of replacements and increases.

Lin Rui thought for a while, got out of the car and walked in.

I wanted to buy one to see the difference between the National Bank version and the Hong Kong version, but I gave up after seeing the crowd queuing up.

Of course, since he came in, it was impossible to return empty-handed.I took out the ICBC Centurion Black Gold Card from my wallet, and it was time to experience his services.

Two minutes later, Lin Rui picked up some models of Apple 2 and named Suning amidst the respectful attitude of the shopping guide.

When he got home, Lin Rui disassembled one to experience it, and it was no different from the Hong Kong version.

Compared with his Samsung flagship phone using the Android system, and the Meizu M9 he just bought some time ago, Apple's system is indeed smoother.

The mobile phone is good, but the price is a bit high, which is not conducive to rapid popularization.

Lin Rui now very much hopes to rise a domestic mobile phone manufacturer and take advantage of China's labor advantages to lower the price of smartphones.

Only when the price is low and more people use it, can smart phones be popularized faster, and the era of mobile Internet can come faster.

The only representative smart phone manufacturer in China is Meizu. Two years ago, it released the first domestic smart phone, Meizu M8, which attracted a lot of attention.

In January of this year, another M9 based on the Android system was released, which also caused great repercussions.

Perhaps Meizu has the same slogan as him, focusing on being a small and beautiful mobile phone company. The publicity is not in place, the cost performance is not too high, and the sales volume is not as much as imagined.

There is also Xiaomi, a smartphone company that Lin Rui is very concerned about.

This is a company established in April last year. The founder, Lei Jun, is also a bigwig in the industry, and the team is full of big names. It looks menacing and has great potential.

However, it has been a year since its establishment, let alone a mobile phone, and he has not even seen a prototype, which is too slow.

However, several softwares have been released. First, a social software called Michat was released, and a Xiaomi community was established.I heard that they have developed an operating system called MIUI based on the Android system, and they are now recruiting people from all over the Internet to do internal testing.

Although Lin Rui couldn't figure out their routines for a while, a mobile phone company didn't develop a mobile phone first, but it played tricks with various software.

But considering that Xiaomi's founder team is all big names in the industry, and Lei Jun is a well-known Internet boss in China, he must not do useless work.

Lin Rui now very much hopes that there will be a domestic smartphone manufacturer that is extremely cost-effective.Bring down the price of smart phones that are currently high in the country, so that smart phones can be popularized quickly.

Only then will the curtain of the mobile Internet really kick off in China, and these emerging Internet companies will be able to reverse the trend and completely surpass those established Internet companies in the emerging market of the mobile Internet.

Although Lin Rui is yearning for this, he is not in a hurry. This day will come sooner or later, and the company must lay a solid foundation in advance and make preparations.

I just don't know who will lead this trend, whether it is a foreign brand such as Apple and Samsung, or a domestic brand.

For example, Meizu and Xiaomi. Meizu seems to have a small structure. If Xiaomi can do it, Lin Rui doesn't mind investing in them.

It doesn't matter how much the return on investment is, as long as it can act as a spoiler and catfish in the domestic mobile phone industry, lower the price of domestic mobile phones, and make smart phones popular quickly.

(End of this chapter)