0889 Businessman and Politics in "Interview with Yang Lan".

"I think that the print media will fall into a crisis with the deep involvement of Internet technology in society, but the portal that has been absorbing traditional media and growing will not be immune, but it will feel the impact for a little longer than traditional media! Based on this judgment and its own international needs, the branch of Chenxing Network in the United States needs to carry out a long transformation process from the outside to the inside! ”

Song Chen's greatest advantage is his life experience and knowledge accumulation before his rebirth, which allows him to constantly reflect on the current situation of various industries in the Internet era. However, in order to retaliate against the domestic media who had a collective orgasm because of his immigration, and even added fuel to the fire, Song Chen irresponsibly gave them an "eye medicine".

Of course, whether it is eye medicine depends on the respective positions of the media, if it is neutral or biased towards Song Chen, it is natural to understand Song Chen's remarks as a judgment on the trend of the future media industry; If it is full of malicious media, it will obviously think that Song Chen's words are "biased", and they are baseless and even cursed words.

"Your words remind me of what you said in the recording of "Fortune Life", when you thought that the future technology industry would once again undergo heavy changes, so that Chenxing Group would have to start again, is it understandable?"

"Yes, that's the third point I want to make. I have a certain role in software applications, and many innovative tools are far away from PayPal, Baidu, and ITUNES; Recently, there are Facebook and Twitter, all of which have appeared under my leadership! To put it mildly, although I am not a software talent and have not written even a single word of code, I have allowed China's backward Internet innovation industry to keep up with Silicon Valley, which has a more innovative atmosphere. I also got inspiration from the design aesthetics of Apple in the United States, created the IPOD, and embedded this concept of 'technology + fashion' into the institutional culture of Chenxing Technology! ”

After saying this, Song Chen shook his head first, and said in a reversed tone: "However, since the computer revolution. The United States has always been a leader in Internet innovation, from physical rules to underlying technology, all of which are dominated by geeks who have the ideal of changing the world, and then tested by the commercial community. There is a consensus in the business community: first-class enterprises sell standards, second-rate enterprises sell brands, and third-rate enterprises sell products...... If I want to make a difference, I have to be at the forefront of this era and tell them that I can also create first-class standards! So. Here comes the question......"

Song Chen once again turned his gaze, looked at the camera with blazing eyes and said in a deep voice: "Due to the continuation of the Cold War mentality, China has been banned from exporting technology by developed countries led by Britain and the United States, and Chinese's overseas mergers and acquisitions involving sensitive technologies will inevitably be vigilant by the local government!" Two years ago, I took a stake in ARM because I had well-connected investment banks lobbying on my behalf, but even so, I didn't have any seats on the board as the second largest institutional holder of ARM. The outside world thinks that I am investing in ARM as a financial investor, but they don't know that I can multiply it several times in the future with similar funds, but if there is any possibility that I will accept all kinds of criticism from the UK regulators for the limited value of ARM's licensing income? If it weren't for SpaceX, it would have been just a startup on paper. Otherwise, the investment will stop at the US Congress! Even Elon? Musk really invented a cheap rocket, and whether he can receive orders from NASA in the future is also a question! Speaking of this, Song Chen's expression was very heavy, with a hint of regret.

[Note: I looked back at the ARM investment case.] It is estimated that there are still a lot of mistakes and omissions, but considering the author's business knowledge...... Anyway, there is a follow-up. So the next volume will still be written, omitted here. 】

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, as the last power of the socialist camp. China's external environment is very bad, and China's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has finally led to an irreversible process of global economic transformation, but this process is inevitably criticized by other countries.

The discrimination that Song Chen encountered is a microcosm of the country's external appearance. But Song Chen still has a truth that he dare not say: since the great unification of China, there has always been a chilling reality in the country, that is, the relationship between merchants and politicians.

Mixed into the political zhì and becoming a red-top merchant is the ultimate goal of the businessman since the feudal society, but the businessman who is mixed with the political zhì finally has to bear the success and defeat of the king from the political zhì; Without the protection of politicians, not only will their assets not be guaranteed, but even their own safety will be questioned.

In modern history, however, the ideology of civil power, which was more centralized than in feudal times, almost wiped out merchants in the strict sense of the word...... As conservative and radical businessmen, this country with centralized power has never had the soil on which they can rely on security, because the country does not have a vital institutional guarantee: private property rights!

In the reality that even land has only the right to use, how many businessmen would believe that the laws of this country guarantee the safety of their property? In the long process of reform and opening up, there are many corrupt officials and children of immigrants, but more of them are middle-class families on which the legitimate state depends, and the rich group is a minority after all!

Although admitting that what Song Chen said was the truth, Yang Lan still asked quietly: "Since there is a possibility of losing local orders, Elon?" Why would Musk agree to your funds joining? ”

Song Chen glanced at her and said with a smile: "Ruoelon? Musk chooses a general innovation project, and Shashan Road [a famous venture capital street in the United States] is of course willing to talk to him, but as we all know, rocket research and development costs are very high! Of course, high is not a bad thing, which means that the entry threshold is extremely high, and I am afraid that the money will be thrown into it and lose - and what is more terrible than this is the uncertainty, maybe the finished product will come out in a year or two, or it may take more than ten years to break through, and this process can scare off the vast majority of investors! ”

"Is that all there is to my career? Of course not, there are many things I have to do, some of which cannot be revealed due to strategic secrecy! But either way, it is a challenge to the existing interest pattern, and this situation may be facing a deep-rooted chaebol or a wealthy family in the United States; But in our country, we are faced with vested interests that are more powerful than the plutocrats and the wealthy, which people call state capitalism, but the situation is more complicated than it really is...... In the face of the former, I can also try to use capital and political rules to compete in the market limited to legality, and in the face of the latter, I have no other way but to compromise. ”

In the end, Song Chen sighed: "It may be difficult to understand, but this is the truth, if I want to lead the Chenxing Group to compete with the top multinational giants and win, I must be wholeheartedly, not bound and have to compromise and make concessions as soon as I touch a landmine - that is not called an entrepreneur, that is called a politician!" ”

"So, is China Chenxing Group still Chinese-funded? Heard that the shareholder institutions are registered in tax havens? Perhaps, this issue is what Yang Lan is most concerned about, and it is also the most critical topic of this talk show.

Song Chen suddenly said solemnly: "This time I returned to China, in addition to some private matters, the most important thing is to sort out the capital structure of China Chenxing Group!" 'Is China Chenxing Group the pride of the Chinese', many people are concerned about this issue! Then I have reason to give you an answer here: China Chenxing Group is the Chinese's own enterprise! As for why the registered place is in the Cayman Islands, the reason has already been said by Wang Dong some time ago, so I won't repeat it! It is worth mentioning that the Chinese have always had a conservative local complex, I am not, but my mother is! As the chairman of Nirvana Technology, although she will live with her family members for most of the rest of the future, she still decided not to change her nationality with me, and she has not even changed the place of eternal rest, and is still in the beautiful place of her hometown! ”

"You mean that Ms. Li, Chairman Wang and others will continue to control China Chenxing Group as Chinese, right?"

"Well, that's pretty much the way it works." Song Chen smiled.

Wang Dong declared that most of the profits generated by China Chenxing Group in the future will continue to be invested in the local area, is this sentence true? If so, how much does this overwhelmingly mean? ”

"About 75% of the annual profits will be used for the redevelopment of China Chenxing Group and the implementation of various welfare policies, and we promise to raise 1% of the net profits every year for the development of our own charities, including two charity projects in Dongou every year!"

After receiving Song Chen's confirmation, Yang Lan seemed to nod with satisfaction, and then once again threw out a topic that people are very concerned about: "So how to understand the 'brothers' with a complicated relationship between China Chenxing Group and American Chenxing Group?" ”

"As you can see, in order to adapt to the country, I would spin off my company at the beginning of its existence, unless the business itself doesn't have something that would embarrass or wary the government, such as e-commerce! Then within China, China Chenxing Group will have its own interests to fight, and perhaps there will be a small hill phenomenon in the future...... As long as it's not vicious competition, I think it's all observable! ”

"FROM AN INTERNATIONAL POINT OF VIEW, CHINA'S CHENXING GROUP AND THE AMERICAN CHENXING GROUP DO NOT INTERSECT AT PRESENT BECAUSE OF MY INTERFERENCE, FOR EXAMPLE, BAIDU FOCUSES ON CHINA AND COMPLETELY HANDS OVER THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TO GOOGLE; China is Alipay's own territory, and PayPal has no right to enter; The relationship between Twitter and Chenxing Weibo is also similar...... As for the international business of Alibaba Group and Chenxing Network, as well as the plans of other subsidiaries in the future, there will be no divergence of interests in the short term! (To be continued......)