Chapter 451 of My Return to Life: One Step Away? June 8, the second day of the college entrance examination, the weather was fine.

Fang Nian got up early and went to school.

This morning he has his last class of the semester.

After that comes review, exams, finals, and holidays.

Every time I think about the winter and summer vacations, Fang Nian feels suddenly happy. This is a vacation that only students can have!

So Fang Nian listened to the last lesson a little absent-mindedly.

He thought about how to stay in school.

A simple calculation: I graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2013, studied for a master's degree in 2016 in 3 years, and a doctorate can take up to 5 years...

Fang Nian's heart moved: 'Oh, it's 2021!'

This is...

Don't be too beautiful!

"Why don't we get a doctorate from a foreign institution? After all, foreign doctorates can never graduate. For someone like me with poor learning ability, is it okay to get a tenure-track system?!"

"So, from now on, we will have a fixed summer vacation from July to September every year, and a fixed winter vacation from January to March? And we have to get paid!"

“That’s awesome!”

The more Fang Nian thought about it, the more he felt happy.

For a lazy dog ​​like him, this is a blessing from heaven.

This is very effective.

However, the timing for Fang Nian to think about this was not right, it was daytime.

Before get out of class ended, I was interrupted by the vibrating ringtone of my cell phone.

Fang Nian almost wiped his saliva.

I secretly glanced at the number displayed on the phone screen. This time it was still Lei Jun's.

Fang Nian didn't answer the call and replied a text message after hanging up.

Ten minutes later, the class ended. Fang Nian packed up his things and left the Xifu Building with his schoolbag under his arm.

The peace knot woven with red rope swayed under the influence of gravity.

Fang Nian called Lei Jun back, with a concerned tone: "How are you, Mr. Lei? How are you resting?"

"Fortunately, I woke up early in the morning and felt refreshed." Lei Jun replied with a smile.

"I forgot that Mr. Fang is still a student. I'm really sorry."

Fang Nian smiled: "It's okay, it happens to be the last class of this semester."

Then he took the initiative to stir up the topic: "Is there something wrong with Lei?"

"There are indeed some things that I want to briefly discuss with Mr. Fang," Lei Jun said.

Then he changed his tone: "This morning, the cumulative number of users of the Nuwa system exceeded 100;

I have collected a lot of complimentary feedback and a lot of opinions, but they are not too important and are far less to the point than what I always put forward;

The main problem is still the lack of application software, and most importantly, the lack of QQ.”

After a pause, Lei Jun said frankly: "These are not important. I plan to set up a smartphone manufacturing department."

"I raise my hands to support." Fang Nian said with a smile.

After a pause, Fang Nian added: "Actually, Mr. Lei can try to make the instant messaging software I mentioned before;

iPhone 4 supports video calls, and the hardware has a good foundation. Now is a good time."

Lei Jun suddenly understood and said: "How could I forget such an important thing?"

"Haha." Fang Nian laughed.

Then the conversation changed and he said bluntly: "Actually, Lei always wanted to start Xiaomi's Series A financing, right?"

Lei Jun did not deny it and said frankly: "Yes, Xiaomi needs more funds to develop faster."

"The Frontier Angels will definitely come." Fang Nian said firmly and forcefully.

"..."

Lei Jun’s phone call almost didn’t talk about iPhone 4 anymore.

His purpose was simple, to exchange financing opinions with Fang Nian.

Fang Nian easily heard what Lei Jun meant.

Lei Jun is a very qualified businessman and always pays attention to communication matters.

Especially at present, Fang Nian and Frontier Angel own a total of 25% of the shares, making him the second largest shareholder of Xiaomi.

And Fang Nian also remembers clearly that Xiaomi adjusted its shareholding structure on August 17, the day after Mi UI was released.

Split the original 50,000 shares into 500 million shares.

And quickly launched the A-round financing, and finally reached a financing deal at the end of September, raising US$10 million at a valuation of US$50 million;

This is nothing, what happened next illustrates Lei Jun's business methods.

When Xiaomi only had the gimmick of making mobile phones, it successfully completed Series B financing at the end of December 2010, raising US$27.5 million at a valuation of US$290 million.

To be honest, Fang Nian actually boasted a little bit before.

Dangkang, which was called "Gan Fun" when financing, is simply not comparable to Lei Jun's business operations on Xiaomi.

From its official establishment in April to the completion of its first round of financing on December 21, it took just over 8 months. According to the then exchange rate of RMB against the US dollar, Xiaomi was actually valued at RMB 2 billion.

You must know that even by the end of 2010, Xiaomi only had a deeply customized UI with a small number of users.

Today, Xiaomi has a completely independent smartphone operating system that can be called an excellent one, and Fang Nian is a promoter from the side. The valuation...

Valuation actually depends on the double act of Fang Nian and Lei Jun.

Fang Nian’s psychological price starts at US$100 million, and he sells 20% of his shares in exchange for Xiaomi’s initial take-off capital.

…………

After making phone calls in the school, Fang Nian left the school.

After all, today is still the college entrance examination, and it is easy to encounter unstable signals on the road.

Before reaching Fuqing Building, the phone rang again.

This time it was Huang Xiujie who took action after hearing the news.

"My opponent is always in awe."

After the call was connected, Huang Xiujie's first words were this.

Meizu is currently the only independent player in the field of domestically produced smartphones. As the boss of Meizu, Huang Xiujie has been called the Chinese Steve Jobs on some occasions.

Just like Huang Xiujie did not hesitate to express his tribute to Steve Jobs.

He also went out of his way to express his respect for his pioneering innovation in recent years.

Fang Nian smiled and said: "Good morning, Mr. Huang, what are you doing?"

"I thought that the fourth-generation iPhone product, which even Steve Jobs couldn't help but promote in advance, would completely break the times, but I didn't expect that..."

Having said this, Huang Xiujie paused briefly, and then made a decisive move.

“So ordinary!”

Fang Nian said calmly: "Since when did Mr. Huang like to flatter as much as Mr. Lei?

There is often a big gap between innovative ideas and actual manufacturing.”

Huang Xiujie laughed: "Mr. Fang is too humble. I know what science fiction movies are and what practical innovation is."

"..."

After saying a few words again with a little excitement.

Huang Xiujie suddenly said seriously: "I plan to completely overthrow the previous m9 design and make an excellent domestic mobile phone that can truly be called smart."

"Mr. Huang is so grand!" Fang Nian was surprised for a moment, and then said decisively.

Huang Xiujie added: "I just had a phone call with Mr. Lei to exchange opinions. I would like to ask Mr. Fang to set a time for us to actually meet."

"After the 17th, I won't be able to finish my final exam until the 17th." Fang Nian set the time and opened the door of the front office.

Huang Xiujie was stunned for a moment, then said: "Okay..."

"..."

…………

There was no one in the frontier company's office, Gu Yu had gone out and was busy.

Fang Nian sat down at his workstation, turned on his computer, and looked up information about iPhone 4.
To be continued...