"Pony, you should also feel that it will be difficult for enterprise instant messaging software to carry out major functional optimization after reaching the current model.
It is difficult to bring real innovation to enterprises through functional optimization. I think we need to do one thing besides what we call office software now.
It is the business intelligence I just mentioned. This is not a new concept in Americen. The concept of business intelligence has been there before. Business intelligence is simply data analysis.
What Enterprise QQ needs to do is more advanced data analysis. "
Zhou Xin originally wanted to go overseas with Kingsoft Software. Kingsoft Software can be used as a built-in software for enterprise QQ and a built-in suite for enterprise collaborative office.
But after learning that Lenovo was behind Kingsoft Software, I gave up the idea instantly and simply asked Tencent to develop its own office software and then build it into Enterprise QQ.
Zhou Xin's dislike of Lenovo was not due to the early trade dispute between Liu and Ni. In that era, there was not much of a problem in giving priority to trade.
As for Lenovo's loss of state-owned assets during the reorganization process, Zhou Xin didn't have much ill feelings about it, because there were too many such things in that era, and the problems of the era cannot be attributed to individuals.
What really makes Lenovo unacceptable to Zhou Xin is that it relies on domestic brands to sell its products at high prices and low prices in the country. In the early years, it was unknown in the state-owned system under the name of domestic products, but later it claimed that it was an international company.
This kind of behavior of eating inside and outside is the most despicable.
Pony listened and recorded these words in his notebook. Every time he communicated with Zhou Xin, he would bring his notebook and pen, not wanting to miss any valuable information.
He asked: “I can understand data analysis, but I still need to discuss with Tencent’s team how to make it more advanced.
I want to ask, does it refer to a more advanced algorithm? "
Zhou Xin said: “No, no, no, I mean collaboration.
We expect that in the second half of this year, the built-in office software function of Enterprise QQ will be online, which means that enterprises will use the built-in office software of Enterprise QQ for data statistics and tabulation.
For users, there will be resistance when they switch from office to Tencent office software. Moreover, no matter how strong Tencent’s development capabilities are, when the office software is first launched, the user experience will definitely be quite different from the office that Microsoft has polished for many years. gap.
The advantage of collaborative office alone is not enough to make users switch to Tencent's office software.
So we need to find a new breakthrough point, which is the business intelligence I just mentioned.
For most companies, they will analyze how their products are selling, their sales in various regions, their user groups, and so on.
Supermarkets place chewing gum and family planning supplies at the checkout exit because they find that placing them there increases sales significantly.
Supermarkets place toothpaste and toothbrushes together because users will easily pick up these products to check out.
These are all experiences summed up by supermarkets in their past operations, and they lack the logic behind them. Business intelligence can find more connections from the data level.
The result of user checkout is data. Analyze from the bill what types of products users purchase most together, and then put them together. This is the most basic application.
Predicting future sales based on sales and then determining the amount of inventory to achieve the lowest loss of inventory is also an application of business intelligence.
Not only supermarkets can do these things, but also clothing brands, restaurant chain brands, pharmacies, and white goods manufacturers can all use them.
Companies in these consumer industries have been doing this kind of data analysis before. Enterprise QQ combined with office software can do this better.
Real-time synchronization of data, some algorithms and models are embedded in the system, and daily regional data are synchronized to the headquarters in real time. Users can customize the algorithm. When Enterprise QQ was in China, we positioned it as just an enterprise instant messaging software. After arriving in Silicon Valley, it became enterprise collaboration software. My vision for enterprise QQ in the future is to be similar to enterprise intelligence tools. "
In Tencent's office, Zhou Xin and Pony Ma discussed the future prospects of business intelligence and enterprise qq.
Pony Ma still doesn't know that a report by Southern Weekly has pushed him to the forefront, but even if he knew, he wouldn't make any response.
After coming to Silicon Valley, Pony Ma found that there were so many things he could do. The process of promoting Enterprise QQ in Silicon Valley brought him into contact with many various American companies. He gained a new understanding and understanding of what the Internet and computers can do. idea.
Now Pony Ma has no idea of making games. He just wants to make QQ a good product, whether it is on the personal or enterprise side.
“An email from Jack Ma”
An email notification appeared on Zhou Xin's Mphone placed on the coffee table. Zhou Xin picked up the phone, clicked it and looked around briefly before saying with a smile: "It seems that someone wants to go with me."
Pony Ma was surprised: "Who has such a keen eye?"
Zhou Xin said: "Alibaba's Jack Ma, he is your family."
Then after briefly telling Pony Ma what Jack Ma wanted to do, Pony Ma said: "This is indeed a good business model.
Especially now, the country has strong supply capacity. If this model can be run through, it will be much more valuable than Alibaba's current model. "
Zhou Xin asked: "Do you know Alibaba well?"
Pony Ma replied: "I know all the well-known Internet companies in China, let alone Alibaba, they are very famous in China.
If Alibaba wants to go overseas, it is similar to Tencent. After first finding a benchmark company to build a reputation, even if they do not help other retailers to build systems, other retailers may come to them for cooperation because of the low prices of the source of goods.
They can also help domestic manufacturing companies find markets when they go overseas, which is of great benefit to the entire market economy. Enterprise QQ's second or third domestic service target is Pengcheng's foreign trade group.
They are also doing a similar model, but their model is very backward and very passive. I am very optimistic about what Jackma wants to do. "
Zhou Xin asked: “Don’t Tencent want to do it?
You have an advantage over Alibaba. You are now helping Americen establish cooperative relationships with many consumer companies. Enterprise QQ should have served more than 50 companies in Americen, and it is almost approaching a hundred. ?
You will have an advantage. "
Pony Ma thought for a while and then said: "The problem is that we have no advantage in the country, and you just told me about the future vision of Enterprise QQ, and Tencent does not have the energy to invest in this direction.
And I'm not interested in e-commerce. "
When Pony Ma said this, Zhou Xin thought of Tencent, which had frequently attacked in all fields after its development, "Okay, think about business intelligence."
"Professor, did you call me here specifically because you had thought about it?" Zhou Xin asked.
Hu Zhengming nodded heavily: "Yes, I have thought about it. I am also in my fifties, and I don't have much time left to make troubles. After discussing with my wife and my two children, Finally decided to go to Shenhai to help you.
Of course, this is also my long-cherished wish. I still want to help China’s integrated circuit industry and make some contribution.
Although I have done some things before, these were insignificant contributions. They were just going to China to give lectures, do some academic exchanges, and recruit some international students from China.
Now I have decided that I want to do more.
Sixteen years ago, Academician Yan invited me to return to China to help China develop integrated circuits. I still remember Academician Yan telling me that there is a huge gap between China and the international advanced level in various fields, and the gap is not that big in the semiconductor field. , is an area where there is hope for catching up.
In that era when communication relied on international letters, Academician Yan hoped that I could give some suggestions to China and that I could bring some cutting-edge technical information and the latest research directions back to China.
Looking back now, China has not only failed to get closer to the international advanced level in the field of integrated circuits, but has fallen far behind.
When regions such as Europe, America, Neon, and Korea began to implement industrial division of labor, and chip manufacturing became more and more subdivided, with different companies only responsible for a specific small area of direction, China was instead pursuing a relatively backward centralized manufacturing model.
China's chip manufacturing industry relies heavily on imported equipment from abroad. My modest contribution over the years has not made any difference.
Instead, you asked Ben Jian and Lao Guan to return to China. In just over a year, they have already manufactured the most advanced domestic photolithography machines in China and designed such advanced mobile chips as A1E.
A1E is even the fifth chip in the A1 series.
So I still want to go back and have a look. "
Hu Zhengming said a lot of things, and Zhou Xin originally had no hope of persuading Hu Zhengming to go back.
Because Zhou Xin had been persuading Hu Zhengming to return to China since the end of 1999, he had mentioned this idea to him. It was already 2001, and China was about to join the WTO.
Generally speaking, the longer the other party thinks about something, the greater the possibility of rejection. If it were a confession, would a promise made more than a year later still be called a promise?
But Hu Zhengming agreed to this kind of thing, and Zhou Xin was very excited. Hu Zhengming is an all-rounder and has a deep understanding of many fields in the semiconductor industry.
Zhou Xin stretched out his hand and shook it vigorously up and down with Hu Zhengming: "Professor, your decision is definitely the right one.
China is now in an era of great waste, especially in the field of science and technology.
China has a strong demand in the field of integrated circuits, a large number of science and engineering talents, and I can solve the financial difficulties. Wouldn't it be more interesting to return to China and build Silicon Valley than to teach at Berkeley? "Zhou Xin finally joked.
Hu Zhengming said: "When you invited me, TSMC's Lao Zhang was also inviting me. He invited me to serve as chief technology officer of TSMC.
I have been vacillating between TSMC and Xinxin Technology before. You are richer than Lao Zhang, and your personal wealth may even be ten times the market value of TSMC. "
When TSMC was listed on Nasdaq, its market value was US$18 billion. However, as the Nasdaq bubble burst and TSMC's revenue dropped by 24% in 2000, the company's market value was cut in half, from US$18 billion to US$9 billion. .
One more thing to say here is that in 2000, Chinese people could not acquire Wanwan Enterprises under any circumstances, and it was impossible for this transaction to be approved.
“But in the semiconductor field, Xinxin Technology is an out-and-out junior compared to TSMC. Xinxin Technology still has a long way to go to succeed, too long.
It's because of what you just said, it's more interesting to recreate Silicon Valley than to teach in Berkeley.
Working on lithography machines and chip design is definitely more interesting than going to TSMC to do chip foundry.
What's more, there are also chip foundry companies in Shenhai. SMIC, which is run by Zhang Rujing, is not only located in Shenhai, but they seem to be doing a good job.
However, the problem with SMIC is that they have recruited too many people from TSMC. Lao Zhang is not a generous person and will definitely regard SMIC as a thorn in his side. We will use various commercial means to deal with SMIC. "
Zhou Xin thought to himself, I also cut off two big names from TSMC, Lin Benjian and Hu Zhengming. Will Zhang Zhongmou also hate me?
On second thought, it doesn't matter, sooner or later you have to hold grudges.
In the field of semiconductors, Huaguo has a natural competitive relationship with Wanwan, Neon, and Gaoli. As the representative of Wanwan's semiconductor industry, Xinxin Technology will have to face off against Wanwan sooner or later.
This is the inevitable result of industrial upgrading.
Even according to the relationship between the upstream and downstream of the integrated circuit supply chain, just like fighting a boss, they will go up one level in the order of Wanwan, Gaoli and Neon, and finally Amerikan.
Zhou Xin said: "Actually, I have thought about getting involved with SMIC, because doesn't SMIC make photolithography machines? The technology we bought from Nikon will definitely not be able to match the already fully mature Nikon in terms of yield rate. Compared with photolithography machines.
Even if we engage in a price war, chip manufacturers will not choose the lithography machines produced by Xinxin.
Because the money from price war discounts will most likely not be able to offset the increased costs caused by low yield rates. Uncle Lin wants to promote the cooperation between Xinxin Lithography Machine and SMIC. We are all new players in the industry. He wants to give it to you for free, but SMIC will not give Xinxin Lithography Machine a chance.
Even on the premise that I have said hello to Zhang Rujing.
So I wonder if we should acquire SMIC to seize the key nodes of chip foundry, chip design and some chip foundry production equipment manufacturing. "
Hu Zhengming smiled: "It's normal for SMIC not to agree. Its ownership structure is very complicated, and Zhang Rujing may not have the final say in this regard.
And considering that it is a new company, the most important thing for them is to go online as soon as possible and start operating the production line equipment. Where can I have time to test the new lithography machine with you?
You might as well rely on your relationship with Lao Zhang to ship the lithography machines to TSMC and cooperate with TSMC.
When TSMC was first established, Lao Zhang relied on his personal relationship with Intel Chairman Andy Grove to invite him to Wanwan to certify TSMC. TSMC successfully obtained the certificate after rectifying the issues raised by Grove. received Intel certification, and then obtained an order from Intel. "
(End of chapter)
