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The west is red, and night slowly covers the east.

The light and shadow cast long shadows in this small courtyard.

In a corner of the yard, Lei Jun and Fang Nian were sitting opposite each other.

Fang Nian, who was barely considered a host in Shencheng, became a guest again, allowing Lei Jun, who had traveled thousands of miles, to treat him.

"..."

The meal was still being prepared, and the two chatted while drinking tea.

Lei Jun said casually: "Mr. Fang just asked Neil to stay in Shanghai for two more days. I vaguely heard that you have a cooperation."

Fang Nian didn't hide anything and answered calmly: "Mr. Shen wants me to take the lead in setting up an investment club in Shanghai with him. I want to make it more formal and save some investment time and cost in the future."

"Oh?" Lei Jun rolled his eyes, "Why didn't you invite representatives from other investment institutions to stay for two more days?"

Hearing this, Fang Nian smiled and said, "Mr. Lei, don't you think everyone will take the initiative to stay?"

"Haha~" Lei Jun laughed twice, "That's right!"

"..."

While talking, he mentioned Xiaomi’s financing again.

Fang Nian was slightly curious: "This financing is a bit lower than expected. Does Mr. Lei have any plans?"

Lei Jun shook his head: "No, I just want to be conservative. Xiaomi needs time to develop..."

"That's right." Fang Nian agreed without saying more.

Lei Jun took a sip of tea and said with emotion: "Think about this time last year, I had only vaguely heard Mr. Fang's name. Xiaomi had not yet been officially established. In the blink of an eye, Xiaomi's valuation was nearly 20 billion yuan."

Fang Nian said calmly: "It can only be regarded as a starting stage. In the past two or three years, my country's mobile Internet has been a major trend. Maybe tomorrow a new company will suddenly take off."

"China's market is huge, and there are opportunities everywhere in recent years." Lei Jun nodded in agreement, "Is this why, Mr. Fang, you and Neil want to start a club?"

Fang Nian said casually: "It's almost the same. When investing, you also need to keep up with the trend."

"..."

Lei Jun didn't say any more, and changed the subject quietly: "New Qingliao will be established in Beijing in the next few days, and the company's name will be Qingliao Technology."

"When things get better, I will invite Mr. Guan to go to the capital with us, and we will sit down and talk in detail." Fang Nian said calmly.

After hearing what Fang Nian said, Lei Jun understood that Fang Nian was looking for him for other reasons.

It has nothing to do with Xiaomi or just chatting.

However, Fang Nian was not in a hurry to speak, so Lei Jun was naturally patient.

Anyway, dinner hasn't even started yet.

The two of them chatted about various things in a leisurely manner.

The main topic is still focused on the mobile Internet.

Including also talking about the longer-term layout and development of Xiaomi mobile phones.

Naturally and inevitably, the Nuwa system will be mentioned again.

Regarding the recent research and development trends of Nuwa Laboratory, Fang Nian learned a little bit about it when he and Lu Weiyu were wandering around Fudan University yesterday.

Just said a few more words.

The current focus of Nuwa Laboratory is of course the Nuwa desktop-level system, programming languages, and compilers of the secret laboratory.

But the original experimental research cannot stand still.

Fang Nian said easily: "The laboratory is mainly focusing on cloud services, voice assistants and some pre-research functions;

The more energy-consuming work is to follow the example of Android and establish an effective mobile service certification system. I arranged this last year;

It’s not to charge more fees, it’s mainly to reduce the cooperation pressure on Nuwa Laboratory.”

After hearing what Fang Nian said, Lei Jun agreed very much: "This system is very necessary. The application scope of the Nuwa system is gradually becoming wider. With the original method, the engineers will be exhausted."

"It doesn't matter if it's just within the Nuwa Alliance. With just a few companies, they can only produce a dozen models a year at most."

Fang Nian said calmly.

"But now there are several external manufacturers, and the product lines may be quite confusing. Even in order to recover costs, a system must be established to reduce the operational burden. After all, the reputation of the Nuwa system has not yet been fully established, and the brand cannot be ruined. "

After hearing what Fang Nian said, Lei Jun sighed: "If Mr. Fang is willing to spend more energy on business, I'm afraid we won't have the chance to sit together and chat."

"It's been a long time since I heard Mr. Lei praise me like this. I feel a little nostalgic." Fang Nian laughed.

Lei Jun said calmly: "It's really not flattery. Mr. Fang is really amazing at controlling the market trends in the Internet field."

"I believe that if Mr. Fang was willing to engage in the applied technology market, he would probably have a net worth of hundreds of billions."

"Dangkang Games is an obvious example."

"Goosehang Games has been developing for many years with the backing of Goosechang, occupying the largest market share of Chinese games. We have exhausted all methods, but still failed to stop the rise and surpass of Dangkang Games."

"The revenue has been almost the same year after year, and Dangkangman has not even been established for two years yet."

After hearing what Lei Jun said, Fang Nian waved his hand: "The gaming industry is a special case."

"It's not that I don't want to do it, it's just that I don't have that much energy."

After a pause, Fang Nian added: "Actually, the main reason is that I have no imagination and cannot come up with a great idea out of thin air."

Lei Jun: "..."

"Mr. Fang is a little worried."

Is this called having no imagination?

But Lei Jun thought about it carefully and felt that what Fang Nian said made sense.

Fang Nian does not engage in innovative industries, but rather uses capital to drive resources.

Although some things may seem novel, in the final analysis, it is still old wine in new bottles.

Applied science and technology requires a good imagination.

Otherwise it is just infinite copying.

On the other hand, there is something slightly new about Qingchao. Although it is an old wine in a new bottle, the market prospect is very promising.

But on the other hand, from a broad concept, it is actually innovative.

This thing depends on the reference.

…………

Not long after, the meals were served.

The two began to have dinner.

When he was almost done eating, Fang Nian wiped his mouth and said calmly: "Mr. Lei, I don't like to do things that I'm not good at. It's hard to say that I can catch up with every trend;

But as an investor, you definitely don’t want to miss the opportunity;

so……"

Having said this, Fang Nian looked at Lei Jun and said seriously: "I wonder if we can artificially create a vent."

"..."

Hearing what Fang Nian said next, Lei Jun quickly put down his chopsticks and looked serious: "How do you say it?"

Although Lei Jun is now the boss of Xiaomi, he is still an investor.

It’s just that Lei Jun only does angel investment.

There was also a small amount of overseas investment last year.

Lei Jun instinctively felt the weight of Fang Nian's words.

Chasing the wind...

Xiaomi is already on this path.

Create a vent...

This is an area that has not yet been thought of.

Facing Lei Jun's serious gaze, Fang Nian said calmly: "It's not a long-term plan, it's just a supplement."

"Last year, Dangkang Games' dividends were quite considerable. I have a sum of cash on hand, and recently I plan to entrust 500 million in cash to a trust fund. I want to hand over this trust fund to Shunwei Capital for management;

Mr. Lei also knows that the domestic trust fund development pattern is slightly different from that abroad."

Hearing this, Lei Jun nodded: "Indeed."

"Domestic trust funds are more like financial management products with higher thresholds, more substantial returns, and absolutely instant redemption."

At this point, Lei Jun changed the topic: "This doesn't seem to have anything to do with creating a trend, right?"
To be continued...