The agreement for Ziweixing’s Series B round has been signed.

It has not been made public yet.

But the gossip has already spread in the industry, shocking the country and the world.

The scale is too big!

Recently, Alibaba's market value has been rising and has approached US$30 billion. Such a super valuation has made the world aware of the scale and size of China Internet.

Unexpectedly, an even more fierce one appeared!

There is a lot of noise abroad, and they are all asking what does MSI do? How can it be valued at such a high price? Is SoftBank crazy?

Domestically, the colleagues in the industry were even more shocked.

Can't stop it!

Ziweixing is so powerful that it is the largest traffic turnover center. The launch of helo even made QQ feel embarrassed and embarrassed. Now, Ziweixing has raised another US$3.5 billion... Such a large amount of money, this is

Do whatever you want!

Even relevant departments are communicating.

Since Ziweixing is so rich, it must make more and greater contributions to the country. Why not go out and make a mobile operating system? The administrative department found He Yang and wrote a simple strategic report.

In the next three years, Ziweixing will embark on five major things.

First, cloud computing.

Second, develop overseas business.

Third, further optimization is required to strengthen the Feitian distributed database.

Fourth, develop mobile phones.

Second, we independently developed a domestic artificial intelligence learning framework.

Artificial intelligence is the most important field in the future, and its level of importance is equivalent to that of chips in the hardware field. It is necessary to develop a learning algorithm framework first, and then develop a deep learning framework based on this.

Google has even set up a new department to begin research on autonomous driving, and is already at the forefront of the world's artificial intelligence field.

Hundreds of related papers have been published.

Shen Xiangyang is also a participant, and these papers also include many of his important contributions. He accepted Zhou Buqi's commission, went to the Ministry of Science and Technology in person, and reported to relevant leaders, elaborating on the importance of artificial intelligence.

Don’t look at the $3.5 billion raised in Series B, which is an unimaginable amount of wealth.

But to do such a big thing, it may not be enough.

First, to open up the Japanese market, at least US$500 million will be invested. Second, Zhou Buqi also wants to take advantage of the subprime mortgage crisis to enter the European market. Third, Ziweixing is going to Silicon Valley to build a research and development center in the field of artificial intelligence.

For these things, we need to prepare a budget of US$1 billion.

Even more expensive is the cloud computing business.

Just being domestic is not enough.

Cloud data centers must be developed at least in Korea and Japan, especially in the Korean market.

Koreans are too patriotic and dislike foreign products. However, this is only for ordinary people. It is a phenomenon of blind obedience and herd effect under the influence of the general environment.

The products produced in South Korea are quite good, but to say they are the best in the world is a bit exaggerated, but the people just accept this. So it is very difficult to do personal business in South Korea. The people in this country do not trust foreigners.

But successful people are not in this category.

On the streets of South Korea, it is almost impossible to see foreign cars. If you can see foreign cars, the owner is most likely a successful person.

The decision-makers of enterprises are all these successful people.

When making business decisions, rationality is more important than emotion. You will put aside a lot of imaginary things and weigh real things. In other words, if you want to open up the Korean market, it is too difficult to do personal business. If you do business for enterprises, you will

It's easier.

Cloud computing is a very important business that penetrates the Korean market.

The population density of South Korea and Japan is very high, but the land area is very small. It is enough to build one cloud data center each. Due to the higher costs in these two countries, the total cost of building these two cloud data centers may exceed 15 billion US dollars.

If you want to compete with Amazon Cloud for market share, you have to go to Europe and North America...

The US$3.5 billion raised this time is not enough.

Fortunately, investment in cloud data centers is not a one-time payment. It can be invested slowly and developed step by step. For example, the cloud computing data center in the capital first built a building, invested 400-500 million, and built 20,000 units. server.

When the scale increases and there are not enough servers, build another building and invest another 400-500 million to build a data center module with 20,000 servers.

The overall plan for the cloud data center in the capital is to build 8 buildings to accommodate 8 data modules and a total of 160,000 servers. The expected investment is about 4 billion yuan.

It is expected to take 5-6 years.

Zhou Buqi participated in this technical committee, and technical leaders such as Xu Liangjie, Shen Xiangyang, Cheng Binghao, Wang Jian, Wang Xiaochuan, Zhou Feng, Zhang Yiming, Guo Pengfei, Xu Ming, etc. were all present.

During this period, the planning of future cloud computing strategy was discussed and an overall plan was given.

Let’s first use the Capital Cloud Computing Data Center as a prototype to accumulate experience. If everything goes well, the first overseas cloud computing base can be launched in the fourth quarter of next year and a cloud computing data center will be established in Tokyo.

Then use the Tokyo project to accumulate overseas operation experience, and then plan to develop in South Korea or Europe...and finally the United States.

Zhou Buqi calculated the time and rejected the proposal on the grounds that "plans are not as fast as changes."

The national conditions are different!

Buildings are being built very quickly in China.

But it is different abroad, especially in Europe and the United States. A project that takes 5 months in China will take at least 2 years in Europe and the United States. In other words, if you plan to build a new project in China, you will see the results soon. But if you do this kind of project abroad, Infrastructure will be a headache. If we develop according to plan step by step, it will be too late to wait until we launch the cloud computing strategy in the European and American markets...

Building a building can kill people.

Tesla was almost killed by the German factory. It took several years to build a dilapidated factory. Germany is still the most efficient country in Europe and has the highest level of infrastructure, but it can't survive. Fortunately, it came to build a factory in China. The Magic City Factory saved my life.

"Scientists should just do scientific research honestly and stop talking about strategy."

Zhou Buqi made the criticism at the decision-making committee.

Because he attaches great importance to technology, technical personnel have a high status within the company. This is not surprising, in IT companies, technical personnel have a high status.

Only technical staff are qualified to slap the table and glare at leaders without being punished.

However, one cannot forget one's nature just because of one's high status.

Zhou Buqi had long heard that the technical committee was a little deformed and overstepped its authority. This time, he participated and saw it with his own eyes. These technical talents were actually thinking about planning an international strategy for the cloud computing business.

If they are people like Xu Liangjie, Shen Xiangyang, Zhang Yiming, Guo Pengfei, and Wang Xiaochuan, they are qualified and they are members of the decision-making committee.

But what happened to others?

Is it floating?

Zhou Buqi said in a deep voice: "To do technology, you must concentrate on studying it! Put all your energy into it! You can't do two things at once! Group strategy involves financial conditions, personnel arrangements, business coordination, competitors, policies and regulations

, economic situation, great power strategy, international situation and other factors! Technology is only the lowest link. You

We are all experts, but we have specializations in the technical field. The strategic decision-making of the group certainly requires technology guidance, but the role of technology is far less important than you think. Today I have made a rule that only technology can be discussed in the technical committee.

We can’t talk about strategy! If you have an idea, submit a report to the decision-making committee! Okay, let’s adjourn the meeting!”

…

In the evening, Huayi cocktail party.

On the one hand, the box office of "Assembly" exceeded expectations, so let's celebrate. On the other hand, it is between Christmas and New Year's Day, which is equivalent to passing these two holidays.

Another more important point is that Huayi is going to be listed.

If nothing else happens, it is expected to be launched in the country in the third quarter of next year.

Before listing, there will be a wave of original stock distribution.

Whoever can get the original shares may take advantage of Huayi's listing and become a rich man! The Wang brothers said that Huayi's original shares are open to all domestic peers, including producers, directors, and screenwriters.

, actors, etc.

However, many of the producers, directors and screenwriters are smart people and don't believe it at all, knowing that there is too much water in this statement. However, the actors are a bit stupid, and they all go around with red eyes and rely on connections to get in front of them.

I just want to establish a good relationship with Huayi and the Wang brothers and get some of the original shares...

Zhou Buqi had no disturbance in his heart and didn't care at all.

Want to go public this year?

I'm afraid it's a bit difficult.

The third quarter is when the subprime mortgage crisis is at its worst. IPO? Which investment bank dares to undertake an IPO at that time? If you want to go public, you have to wait at least until the economy slows down the year after next.

Because it was about the launch, the reception was very formal.

Zhou Buqi put on a suit and went to pick up Yang Mi. Yang Mi was wearing a long black down jacket, revealing two smooth white legs and a pair of black high heels...

After parking the car, I quickly opened the door and got in.

"Ah, it's so cold!"

After Yang Mi got in the car, she rubbed her hands and ears.

Zhou Buqi smiled, "The skirt you're wearing underneath?"
To be continued...