Rebirth Starts From 2006

The footage of Liu Xiang's retirement was being replayed on TV. Everyone, including the commentator, was very surprised.

No one could have imagined that Liu Xiang would retire. This is the Olympics at home. A century-old dream has come true. It may be decades before he gets a second chance.

For Chinese people, the gold medal content in this edition is unmatched by any other Olympic Games.

Did he just give up like that? !

At this time, Chen Yang suddenly said,

"Mr. Shan, please find the person responsible for the Chuangfuture brand later and ask them to contact the Athletics Association to provide Liu Xiang with an exclusive rehabilitation and training fund of 20 million."

? ?

Huang Shan and Zou Rong both looked at him in surprise.

Investing in Liu Xiang at this time, are you kidding me?

Any normal person will know that Liu Xiang’s retirement has basically brought an end to his career.

Unless he can win another world championship, there will definitely be no chance of a comeback!

But, does he still have a chance to win the championship again?

Thinking of this, Zou Rong immediately jumped down and ran to sit next to him, staring and said,

"Are you stupid? If you invest in Liu Xiang now, aren't you just wasting your money?

If it's just money, forget it. The key is that once he withdraws from the competition, everyone will definitely vent their grievances on him. If Chuangfu seeks to cooperate with him, it will definitely get him into trouble! "

Huang Shan also nodded and said, "Sports, like business, is always winner-take-all. Not to mention that Liu Xiang chose to withdraw from the competition today. Even if he didn't, as long as he didn't win the gold medal, he wouldn't have any investment value.

If you are looking for a sports star to be your spokesperson, why should you look for him if you can’t look for so many Olympic champions? ! "

What she said was not nonsense.

my country's world badminton champion Lin Dan is awesome, his commercial value is not much lower than Liu Xiang's.

Four years ago, he participated in the Athens Olympics wearing the dazzling halo of being ranked number one in the world, top seed in the tournament, and Super Dan, but was eliminated in the first round.

From then on, he got a nickname, "Lin Lun!"

After that, all the cooperative merchants abandoned him without hesitation and terminated their business cooperation with him. Most of the so-called fans also abandoned him and even abused him and attacked him.

Chasing the rise and killing the fall is nothing more than that.

"Not that serious,"

Chen Yang smiled disapprovingly and said, "We can draw up a clause in the agreement.

If Liu Xiang can regain the world championship within three years, then 20 million will be the endorsement fee, and an additional 20 million will be added as a bonus. In the next five years, Chuangfuture can designate any brand for him to endorse. "

"Three years?"

Huang Shan frowned slightly, "What if he can't do it within three years?"

Chen Yang shrugged, "It won't work in three years, but it will work in five years. However, every night for one year, the bonus will be reduced by ten million.

If we still can't do it within five years, then let's consider the 20 million investment as a failure and wasted.

In addition, before Liu Xiang wins the world championship, this agreement must be kept confidential and must not be leaked, so that there is no risk of being implicated. "

In fact, Liu Xiang regained the championship three years later, breaking the fatalism of athletes retiring due to injury and becoming a national hero again.

Hearing this, Zou Rong's face looked a little better, but she still didn't understand, "Are you so optimistic that Liu Xiang can return to the competition?"

Before Chen Yang could speak, Huang Shan next to him suddenly said,

"I understand now what you meant by what you just said!"

Zou Rong turned her head in shock, "What are you talking about?"

Huang Shan raised her chin slightly and pointed at Chen Yang, with a wry smile on her face, "He just said that being able to guess Liu Xiang's retirement was a basic operation. I thought he was bragging.

But then I said I wanted to invest in Liu Xiang, and I realized that it turned out that guessing the result was really a basic operation! "

"ah?"

Zou Rong was stunned and looked at her with confusion. Are we talking about the same thing?

Chen Yang beside her was also a little curious, but his face was calm and he looked at Huang Shan with a smile.

I don’t even know something myself, but I’d like to hear your analysis!

Huang Shan raised her head and looked directly at Boss Chen, and said seriously, "The news of Liu Xiang's injury has been announced before, and experts have analyzed that if Liu Xiang competes with an injury, it is likely to affect his career.

It's just that the Chinese people have too high expectations for him and ignore many things.

But if you regard his game as a trade, use the principles of probability and analyze it from an objective perspective, there will be nothing more than two results.

Either Liu Xiang withdraws from the competition and conserves his strength for a comeback.

Or, if you compete with an injury, you may not gain anything, but you may have to bear the risk of ruining your career.

Comparing the two, it is not difficult to conclude that retiring is the best choice! "

Speaking of this, Huang Shan sighed, "However, the best choice is not necessarily the most likely choice.

So while here, the boss used a little game theory to bet on whether Liu Xiang is a rational player or a more emotional person.

If it is the former, then for an athlete who can clearly understand himself and can still choose his future career despite the pressure of being reviled by the people across the country, his probability of returning to the competition and winning the championship is at least 100%. More than eighty!

The result is that Liu Xiang is indeed a rational player and has strong psychological ability, so he naturally has high investment value.

Therefore, the boss’s choice to invest in Liu Xiang was not an emotional impulse, but the result of careful analysis.

This kind of analysis method is the most commonly used probability and game theory in financial trading, so he said it is a basic operation.

In addition, investing in Liu Xiang can not only gain the endorsement of a sports superstar in the future, but also create a future that can use this incident to win widespread praise and recognition.

After all, Chuangfu is engaged in venture capital. Nothing can better demonstrate Chuangfu’s extraordinary investment vision than digging a fallen sports star back to the top.

This is the real purpose why the boss chose Liu Xiang instead of other sports stars! "

"Wow!"

Zou Rong looked at her husband in surprise, "So that's what it is?!"

Chen Yang was sitting on the sofa, still calm. Seeing his wife looking at him with such admiration, he could only smile back.

I know both probability and game theory, and they are often used when trading stocks.

However, it is quite rare to apply this thing in life.

And the real purpose sounds reasonable!

At this time, Huang Shan said confidently, "In fact, these tools can not only be used for investment analysis, but can also be used for anything.

Taking this intended cooperation as an example, if all factors are considered, it is not difficult to draw a conclusion.

After we cooperated with Qihu, rival companies only had two reactions:

Either suck it up or adjust their business models to accommodate the increasingly widespread free software trend.

Or get carried away and choose to confront Barley head-on,

From a probability perspective, these companies are more likely to choose the first option.

As far as game theory is concerned, the benefits we gained from this matter far outweigh the possible risks.

In this case, cooperation with Qihu is undoubtedly the most suitable choice! "

After finishing speaking, she looked at Boss Chen expectantly, like a kitten waiting for praise.

If outsiders saw this side of the dignified president of Rainbow Group, their jaws would probably drop in shock.

"Ahem,"

Chen Yang coughed twice, picked up the teacup and took a sip, then smiled and said, "It's a wonderful analysis, but why should we focus on the cooperation with Qihu?"

"ah?"

Huang Shan was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?"

I came here today just for this matter, but you told me not to focus on this matter, so what should I focus on?

Chen Yang put down his tea cup, leaned on the sofa, and said with a smile, "Qihu asked us to cooperate because he hopes to preload their security software on Damai computers that are about to be put into production.

So, ultimately, it's a supply chain thing, and the difference is that the product is just software, isn't it? ! "

Huang Shan was stunned for a moment, then slapped herself on the forehead, covered her eyes and said, "One word wakes up the dreamer."

He sighed and said, "I understand, I'll call Lao Zhou right now."

Zou Rong stood next to Chen Yang, looking at this and then that, and suddenly felt that her intelligence was thrown to the ground and was crushed several times.

what does it mean?

Why can't I understand?

The call was quickly connected. Huang Shan held the phone and said seriously, "Lao Zhou, regarding Qihu's cooperation, you have to broaden your horizons.

In addition to the most basic operating system, our laptops can be preloaded with all other necessary software, such as office, audio and video, social networking, games, etc.

These software can come from the outside world, or they can be made by ourselves.

Since you want to make a Damai notebook, and you have done it now, you have to make something different. It cannot be the same, as that will not reflect the characteristics of Damai. "

On the other end of the phone, Zhou Daoen was working. Huang Shan's sudden words made him a little confused. It took him a few seconds to react.

"You mean to build a closed-loop ecosystem like Apple did? That would be a huge amount of work!"

Apple's software is all based on their own operating system. Now that Damai Computer is ready for mass production, it's impossible to wait for it to develop an operating system, right? !

"No, no, no, you didn't understand what I meant. You can refer to Damai's iPad model,"

Huang Shan immediately shook her head and said, "We are not trying to create a closed loop, and we currently do not have such strength.

However, we must start from the user's perspective and consider the computer experience from the user's perspective.

Whether your machine is used for work or gaming, the system should be preloaded with necessary software to reduce the time and energy users spend downloading software after purchasing a new machine.

This ensures that they can be used normally once they are received! "

"I understand, I understand, I understand,"

Zhou Daoen finally understood, and even thought of a deeper level, and immediately said,

"I understand what you mean. Whether it's Qihu, Kingsoft, or other software companies, their products can be preloaded into our computers.

Moreover, we can ask these software companies to design unique interfaces for us to match the overall image of Damai.

In this case, purely from the interface point of view, we look like a unique software ecosystem, but in fact, it is the same as the outside world.

In this way, users can be given the most unique experience! "

Huang Shan nodded lightly, "Yes, that's it. You can discuss it yourself as to what software is needed."

At this time, Chen Yang stretched out his hand and motioned for her to take the phone over.

Taking the phone, Chen Yang put it to his ear and said, "Old Zhou, it's me."

Zhou Daoen's heart immediately tightened, "Hello, Mr. Chen."

"Old Zhou,"

Chen Yang smiled and said, "You just mentioned a word, user experience, which is very good, so when choosing a software product partner, you must take user experience into consideration.

You have just returned to China and may not be familiar with domestic software. In this regard, you can refer to the opinions of the R\u0026D center. It is best to find more people to experience it. "

"clear,"

Zhou Daoen said immediately, "Don't worry, I will personally check it!"

After hanging up the phone, Huang Shan put the phone away, thought for a while and said, "Should we invest in Qihu?"

Seeing Chen Yang looking at her, she continued, "Anti-virus software is a huge market. Qihu took the lead in playing the free card and has already occupied a large part of the market share.

Moreover, their user base is growing very fast, so this company’s prospects should be very good. If we invest, we should be able to get a good return. "

To her surprise, Chen Yang shook his head.

Is this disagreement?

Seeing Huang Shan's puzzled face, Chen Yang smiled and said, "Not only will I not invest, but I also don't ask Qihu for this cooperation."

Um?

Huang Shan looked at him puzzled, "Whose should I use?"

Chen Yang shrugged, "Of course I did it myself!"

Huang Shan's eyes widened even more now, "Do it yourself?"

"yes,"

Chen Yang smiled and said, "Sooner or later we have to make our own security software, especially in the area of ​​enterprise protection. Our R\u0026D department already has a set of methods. Let them refer to it and make another set of personal computers." It shouldn’t be difficult to print it out, right?

As for Qihu, even though their user base is growing very fast, I estimate that in ten years at most, they will be at the end of their game. A company without room for growth does not have much investment value. "

Huang Shan blinked, "Why?"

For such a company with a rapidly growing number of users, how can it be said that there is no room for growth?

Chen Yang curled his lips, "Because at that time, ordinary computer users didn't need anti-virus at all!"

Don’t need virus protection?

What is this nonsense?

Not only her, but Zou Rong was also confused, "How could a computer not need virus protection?"

After buying a new computer, it is common sense to install anti-virus software first, right?

Whether it’s a virus or a Trojan horse, if it gets a little bit of it, the whole system will collapse, right?

Huang Shan also asked, "It's impossible that there won't be viruses in the future, right?!"

This was so true that even she found it funny.

How could there be no viruses? Since the birth of anti-virus, the growth rate of computer viruses on the global network has never stopped.

I really don’t know how many viruses will exist in the world ten years from now.

Chen Yang looked at the two of them and smiled, "Of course it is impossible not to have viruses. Not only do they exist, but there will be more and more, so many that they are beyond people's imagination.

However, what I say is naturally well-founded. You can think about it for yourself. Generally speaking, computer viruses are man-made.

But what was the original intention of those people creating the virus? "

Huang Shan rolled her eyes, "Show off your skills?"

Zou Rong thought for a moment and added, "Some of them want to extort money."

Chen Yang hugged Zou Rong with one hand and gave a thumbs up with the other.

Then he said, "In the early years, the people who created the virus did it to show off their skills. Gradually, some people began to make profits from it.

For example, this was the case with the panda incense-burning virus that raged early last year.

However, this method of profit-making is highly destructive and extremely low-yield. Li Jun, who created the panda incense-burning virus, only made a profit of 140,000 yuan.

If it were you, would you continue to spread the virus in this way? "

Huang Shan and Zou Rong thought for a while and shook their heads together.

Why bother selling white flour to earn money from selling cabbage?

"This is it,"

Chen Yang smiled and said, "On the one hand, in order to obtain higher profits, virus creators will definitely give up the unrestricted proliferation behavior that harms others and does not benefit themselves.

In other words, they will let go of ordinary computer users and turn to targeted corporate users who are more likely to pay huge ransoms, so that ordinary computers will be safer.

On the other hand, with the development of technology, personal computers in the future will definitely be able to do a better job in protecting against common viruses. Anti-virus software may not be needed, and common viruses will hardly have a serious impact on computers.

The country will also invest more in virus protection to prevent another large-scale virus spread.

Therefore, in the long run, the real prospects should be enterprise-level protection systems, not personal computer protection software,"

Chen Yang looked at Huang Shan and said with a smile, "If this is really the case in the future, for a company that specializes in computer security and only has computer security products, how high do you think their prospects will be?"

In his impression, many people later did not install security protection software on their computers.

Those who install security software seem to be more of a habit, and they rarely actually intercept viruses or Trojans.

There are even many people discussing on the Internet, why do we no longer need anti-virus software? !

On the other hand, Qihu Company, after personal computers became increasingly saturated, failed to catch up with the mobile Internet. It reached the peak of corporate development in about one or five years, and then took a sharp turn.

Later, the total market value was only over 10 billion US dollars, which was far from being comparable to the first-tier manufacturers.

Therefore, Boss Chen really looks down on such a company that needs resources but has no resources, and has no prospects.

Wouldn't it be nice to take that money and do something else?

Snapped,

Huang Shan snapped her fingers and said with a helpless smile, "I understand, this is called looking at problems from a development perspective."

Then he stood up and stretched, "Okay, then it's settled. I have something else to do, so I'll leave first. Bye!"

After saying that, he waved his hand and walked away.