March 2009 is the "harvest season" for Bian Xuedao.

Kaixin.com's "vegetable stealing game" is popular in China, and kki software is popular in Europe and the United States. "Minecraft" has been successfully launched "first", variety shows and "free lunch" are ready to go. The strategic direction of transformation industry is determined, and Dong Xue's pregnancy allows the Bian family to import it.

It can basically be said that what you have done and are doing and preparing to do at the moment will largely determine the scale and structure of Youdao Group.

early morning.

Standing in front of the hotel room window, looking at Chicago who was about to wake up, Bian Xuedao was refreshed and exhausted.

After standing quietly for a while, he picked up his cell phone, found Liao Liao's number and dialed it.

The phone rang just twice.

Liao Liao's lazy voice came from his phone: "Boss, what instructions do you have?"

"I don't have any instructions, I just want to ask about your preparations for the program."

"The three program teams are all on the scheduled track and will be recorded and broadcast on time."

Turning around, pulling the chair to the window, sitting down, Bian Xuedao asked Liao Liao: "Have Li Yu contacted you?"

“Contacted.”

"How about it?"

"Headache!"

"What's the headache?"

Liao Liao seemed to sit down and replied, "To choose songs."

Choosing songs?!

Bian Xuedao immediately became interested: "Tell me."

Liao Liao sighed lightly: "Li Yu doesn't like the song arranged by the director team, and Li Yu himself chose the song director team that he didn't like."

"Isn't it suitable?" Bian Xuedao asked: "What song did he choose?"

"A very long song list, with more than 10 songs, and the song styles are varied." Liao Liao said bluntly: "To be honest, Li Yu's level is fine after the first round. If you choose a good song in the second round, it's okay. By the third round, it depends on his and his opponent's performance on the spot."

"Li Yu is an executive of the group, and it is reasonable for the program team to protect him. The problem is that Li Yu's identity is not suitable for being a promotional mainstay, and he cannot change careers and become a singer. Therefore, the ideal arrangement is to stop Li Yu from the top 16. No matter how high the ranking is, it will not only waste the program resources, but may also harm the fairness and impartiality of the program, which is not beneficial to the ratings."

After hearing Liao Liao's words, Bian Xuedao suddenly realized something that Li Yu had not told him about what he was preparing to appear on the show.

If Li Yu said it, Liao Liao would not have said that he would stop at the top 16, because what Bian Xuedao told Li Yu was about to appear on stage in the "Guest Singing" section of the top 8.

Also because if Li Yu and Liao Liaoming told him that Bian Xuedao was about to go on stage, Liao Liao would probably jump up in surprise and be overjoyed, and would never say anything "does not help the ratings."

After a little thought, Bian Xuedao will understand the reason.

Li Yu didn't say it, it was a manifestation of his maturity.

Although he was very sure of learning Taoism on the plane, because "this matter is very important", Li Yu did not make it rashly publicly to the public for safety reasons.

The matter is obvious. Once Li Yu talks to Liao Liao, Liao and Jing Qianhua will inevitably modify the program's publicity strategy, which will affect the whole body and many links will need to be adjusted.

When you really reach that point, learning Taoism is equivalent to being "stuck" and being better even if you don't.

Holding your phone and thinking about it, Bian Xuedao said: "I have read the configuration of the "Voice" tutors listed by you and Jing Qianhua before... A professional person is responsible for professional comments, a superstar or vase is responsible for attracting attention, a poisonous tongue is responsible for creating topics, and a funny guy is responsible for making fun of the atmosphere. From an entertainment perspective, this combination is ideal and mature. But now the problem is that Shen Fu cannot come. Our team has put a lot of effort into learning and training, but after all, it is a recruit who is on the battlefield, and the production quality is difficult to ensure that it is first-class, so..."

After pausing, Bian Xuedao continued: "In order to achieve the goal of a hit in the show, I discussed it with Li Yu and decided to go on stage to sing, sacrifice myself, and achieve great success..."

"You wait!"

Liao Liao shouted on the phone and said at a very fast speed: "What did you say just now? Say it again!"

"I said...sacrifice me..."

"Not this sentence! The previous sentence!"

"I said... I discussed it with Li Yu and decided to go on stage to sing."

"Are you on stage? On the show?" Liao Liao said in an incredible tone: "Are you kidding? You just drank? Or haven't woken up? What time is it now? Hello... you're not sleepwalking!"

Sleepwalking?

Liao Liao's imagination made Bian Xuedao happy. He glanced at his watch and said with a smile: "It's exactly 6 o'clock in the morning. 15 minutes ago, I was awakened by myself as usual. I'm very sure that it's not sleepwalking."

A few seconds later, Liao Liao said, "I will call you in 10 minutes" and hung up the phone.

Just 10 minutes later, Bian Xuedao's cell phone rang.

Liao Liao made three requests to Bian Xuedao on the phone: First, you cannot give up. Second, you must cooperate with publicity. Third, you must urge Li Yu to choose songs.

The first and second point are easy to say, and the third point is purely a helpless move.

Li Yu is the group's supervisory minister, with a high position and a powerful executive director who is responsible for communicating with him, and he dares not make too many requests to Li Yu. Not to mention the executive director, even the vice president Jing Qianhua is not good enough to reject Li Yu's ideas again and again.

Liao Liao was too busy to stare at Li Yu and communicate repeatedly, so Liao Liao threw Li Yu to Bian Xuedao.

Bian Xuedao happily took the "hot potato" Li Yu and comforted Liao Liao and said, "I know you have worked hard. This way, when the United States is finished, I will come here to cheer you up."

After hearing this, Liao Liao held his cell phone and said, "You have said this several times, and I have never seen you come once."

Bian Xuedao smiled and said, "I will definitely go this time and I will never go back on my word. By the way, you will pass on the playlist Li Yu made to me later, and I will see how good he is in the song selection."

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One day later, Gulfstream g550 flew gracefully above the clouds.

Pai Xuedao and Ai Feng sat on the sofa in the middle of the cabin, chatting softly while tasting wine.

Knowing what Ai Feng was going to talk to him, Bian Xuedao was not satisfied with any communication methods, so he asked Ai Feng to fly from San Francisco to Chicago, and the two of them talked on a private plane.

When talking on the plane, you can block all monitoring methods. If the news is leaked, it can only be a problem for those around Bian Xuedao.

Bian Xuedao does not believe in absolute loyalty in the world, but he believes that smart people will understand that leaking secrets in this environment is seeking death.

The truth is obvious.

No matter how many other employees of Youdao Group leaked their secrets, learning Taoism is just a matter of business. If you find that the person you trust the most betrays you, it will not be surprising what kind of violent revenge it will cause.

In the cabin.

Listening to Ai Feng’s recent situation and Ai Feng’s introduction to the security company’s plan, Bian Xuedao picked up a pen and wrote a line of words on the paper.

After staring at the words for a few seconds, Ai Feng's expression was solemn and nodded slowly.

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On March 15, Yanjing time, in Pudong, Shanghai Stock Exchange.

Wu Sijie, vice president of Youdao Group, came to an electronic technology company called Ruihua Jiake and had a three-hour closed-door talk with the company's founder and CEO.

On March 16, Yanjing time, Huo Dongfeng appeared in Shenzhen and quietly met Zhu Zhijiang, the founder and chairman of Transsion Technology. The two met for 7 hours. During this period, Zhu Zhijiang only asked his secretary to send two roujiamos that he often ate to the office.

At the same time, Chen Ya'an and Hong Chengfu went to Europe together.

Chen Ya'an's first stop in Europe is in the UK. He will sign a cooperation agreement with the Graphene Research Laboratory of the University of Manchester on behalf of Youdao Group.

Chen Ya'an's second stop is Germany. He will visit the headquarters of Basf-se (Basf AG) in Ludwigshafen on the Rhine to negotiate the acquisition of BASF Oled's patent portfolio intellectual property assets.

Hong Chengfu's first stop in Europe is allschwil in Switzerland. He will negotiate an acquisition with a private Olyd technology company called rolic. The transaction includes R&D institutions in Rolic, located in Allschwil, Eindhoven, Netherlands and Shanghai Stock Exchange in China.

Hong Chengfu's second stop is Belgium.

Intelligence information provided by the consulting company shows that a technology company with 70 technical employees in Brussels, the capital of Belgium, has 32 graphene patents. Hong Chengfu will contact the company on this trip and discuss the acquisition.

At the same time, Fu Caining and Wu Sijie began negotiations with Goldman Sachs Bank, Citibank and other banks, seeking 5-year USD 8 billion in financing.

The financing of US$8 billion seems to be quite large, but not much.

This "not much" has two meanings: the first meaning is that there are too many places to spend money on learning Taoism, and 8 billion US dollars is not enough. Maybe one or two years later, it may be a fool to raise 8 billion US dollars, but for Youdao Group, which has just become famous for "stealing vegetables" and Kki, it is basically no difficulty.

Not to mention the other strong businesses of Youdao Group, just looking at the innovation of Kki itself and its popularity across the United States, I don’t know how many people are willing to pay Youdao.

In Bian Xuedao's eyes, he has full confidence to make it more than $8 billion in five years.

Confidence comes from Youdao Group’s healthy cash flow, corporate revenue and growth rate, as well as from "Minecraft" worth more than US$3 billion and Dajiang UAV equity worth more than US$4 billion.

The above two items are basically enough to fill the pit of US$8 billion in principal and interest, which is not the soon-to-be-launched "Plant vs. Zombies", the equity of Kaixin.com, overseas licensing income of variety shows and the expected income of the general agents of Dajiang UAVs North America and Europe.

In addition, the expected returns of mobile phones entering the African market have added a double insurance policy to Bian Xuedao's industrial plan. Hong Chengfu's idea of ​​"focusing on high-end" makes Bian Xuedao suddenly enlightened and feel as if he is treasured.

After all, Bian Xuedao dared to make up his mind to enter the industry because he could afford to play and lose. To this day, having 10 billion assets and having 100 billion assets is no different from Bian Xuedao's quality of life.

Moreover, in Bian Xuedao, I always had a vague thought that I could not be a coward who cheats by prophets all my life. I went out and made a fuss. Even if I died in 2014, I was brave and fearless, at least I had made a journey in the field of technology for the people in this time and space. I took advantage of many people in this time and space, and used the money I earned from cheating to develop technology and benefit the public, which was also considered to be used for this.

Yanjing time on March 17.

The annual "315" is so hot that it is so cold that it is fast. After just one day, all major domestic media have shifted their focus and searched for valuable news everywhere.

At 12:15 noon on the 17th, Zhiwei posted a long Weibo post silently with an account named "Xu Moumou" on Weibo.

The title of the long Weibo post is very simple, with seven words "Free Lunch Initiative".

Originally, Xu Shangxiu and Jiang Nannan thought of four or five brilliant titles, but they were all rejected by Bian Xuedao.

The reason for Bian Xuedao to reject it is very simple. This title is the "light source" of the halo of Xu Shangxiu in the future. It does not seek literary talent, but only seeks to be clear at a glance, and points directly to the core.
To be continued...