I'm in the county town, and you say I'm a big shot?

Chapter 696 Declines Interviews with Reporters

"Open source?!" Everyone was stunned.

Ant Financial's president, Jing Xiandong, was the first to react, asking suspiciously, "President Xin, do you know that you're going to open-source the Cloud Ledger platform?"

“How could President Fang not know about such an important matter?” Xin Tiejun said with a smile. “It was President Fang who proposed this, with the aim of enabling more developers to create excellent applications to serve enterprise users.”

"Brilliant! I admire you! Your CEO Fang has truly great vision!" Jing Xiandong gave a thumbs up.

The others also praised it highly.

The commotion on Xin Tiejun's side quickly alerted David's side, and someone immediately grabbed a wine glass and asked with a smile what good news they had to share.

"Mr. Xin from Zhiyun Technology just announced that their Cloud Ledger platform will be open source."

Jiang Xianzhu's voice wasn't loud, but it exploded like thunder. The presidents of several foreign investment banks were instantly petrified. David from R3 Company stared at them in shock, and after a moment, he exclaimed, "Open source? Have they gone mad?!"

Suddenly realizing that her words were beneath her dignity, she quickly took two steps closer and looked at Xin Tiejun: "Mr. Xin, have you considered the consequences of open source? If you don't charge, how will Zhiyun Technology recoup its initial investment?! Moreover, you will immediately face the predicament of losses, and may even go bankrupt!"

“Mr. David, we may suffer losses, but we don’t care, because we can afford to lose.” Xin Tiejun looked at the other party with a smile: “Moreover, our boss said that he doesn’t care about this investment at all. Even if our company loses more than a billion yuan every year in the future, he won’t care.”

"FUCK!" David almost cursed.

Is this blatant boasting? Are you showing off that you have a big financial backer?

“Mr. David, your Corda can also be made open source and free. This way, we can better serve developers and users. Why not?” The speaker was Lin Tao. His English was not as standard as Xin Tiejun’s and he stuttered, but his tone was full of provocation.

"FUCK! Open source it is!" David stopped himself just as he was about to say it.

If we open-source now, not only will we not be able to recoup our initial investment, but the more than $1 million raised in our Series B funding will also quickly be lost.

Those capitalists don't have such noble sentiments!

Without finding a reliable way to increase revenue after opening up the market, I would never dare to make such a boastful statement. Others have big investors to rely on, but I don't.

忍.
David pretended not to hear Lin Tao's words, tactically raised his wine glass, and took big gulps of it.

Zhiyun Technology announced that it will open source its latest Cloud Ledger!
The news quickly spread in the financial world and then reached the media, causing an uproar. The happiest people were the app developers.

R3 charges for developing applications on the Corda platform, so why don't I develop on Cloud Ledger?

Although Cloud Ledger has just been launched and not many banks have announced their participation in the alliance yet, what about the future?
Just like the Android system.

Back then, the three major mobile operating systems were Windows, Apple OS, and Android. The first two were closed-source and charged for their own products. Now, Apple is doing quite well by dominating both hardware and software, while Windows phones have long been relegated to obscurity.

It's important to know that both Cloud Ledger and Corda are pure software!
The software developers who were planning to attend the seminar hosted by David from R3 suddenly felt that the seminar wasn't so appealing after all.
The two-day Financial Times & EY Fintech Summit has successfully concluded, and a dark horse emerged at the summit: Zhiyun Technology. Their cloud ledger, Cloud Ledger, has taken center stage, overshadowing the popular R3 company, and its announcement of being free and open-source has garnered enthusiastic support from developers. Xin Tiejun and Lin Tao flew back to Shanghai, where they will immediately begin preparations for the Cloud Ledger open-source release, striving to make the low-level source code of Cloud Ledger available to the public as soon as possible.

Fang Qingye is also preparing to leave Hong Kong, but instead of returning to Shanghai, he will go directly to Beijing. Huang Hua and Liu Ximeiduo's wedding is about to take place, and he will attend as a guest.

The flight was scheduled for 4 PM, so Yue Kai naturally traveled with him.

This morning I went to Tuofang Fund again and had a meeting with Ouyang Shaoqiang, Vasilisa and other senior executives of the company, mainly to discuss the investment direction for next year.

"Next year will also be turbulent. In the futures market, I suggest everyone pay attention to crude oil, gold, and metals such as copper and iron. Their performance should not be bad. In the foreign exchange market, pay attention to the US dollar, British pound, and Japanese yen. There are opportunities whether you go long or short," Fang Qingye said.

"Furthermore, next year is a US election year, and the Conservative Party, led by British Prime Minister Murray, won a majority of seats this year and formed a government on its own. He must fulfill his promise this year and initiate the referendum process, and there is a possibility of a Brexit referendum next year. These are all uncertainties, and the foreign exchange and futures markets will be greatly impacted. We must pay close attention to these factors."

As a reborn individual, he knew far too much, but he couldn't explain it clearly; he could only offer vague hints.

After having lunch with everyone, Fang Qingye returned to the hotel, packed his luggage, and prepared to go to the airport. Suddenly, he heard a knock on the door. He thought it was Ouyang Shaoqiang who was going to take him to the airport, but when he opened the door, he was stunned.

There was a young woman standing at the door, wearing a navy blue fitted coat, with short hair and carrying a tote bag; she looked very capable.

"Hello, are you Mr. Fang Qingye, the actual controller of Zhiyun Technology?" Before Fang Qingye could speak, the girl introduced herself: "I am Chen Ziqing, a reporter from the South China Morning Post's financial channel. My English name is Skye Chan. This is my press card."

After the young woman finished speaking, she handed over the accounting certificate. Fang Qingye glanced at it and then returned it to her, saying, "I'm sorry, Ms. Chen, I don't accept interviews."

"You haven't asked me about the interview yet," Chen Ziqing asked.

"I'm not interested in anything, please leave." Fang Qingye said, and was about to close the door.

"Mr. Fang, Mr. Fang!" The girl panicked and quickly stretched out a leg to block the door, preventing Fang Qingye from closing it.

Seeing this, Fang Qingye frowned slightly: "Miss Chen, please have some self-respect! Otherwise, I'll call security!"

Actually, there was no need to call security; the commotion at the door had already alerted Yue Kai, who lived in the room across the street.

When he went outside, he heard the girl say that she was a reporter, so he didn't go up to stop her and just watched from the side. But when he saw Fang Qingye get angry, he immediately went over and grabbed Chen Ziqing's arm and pulled her to the side.

Just then, a man hurriedly stepped out of the elevator and walked towards them. It turned out to be Ouyang Shaoqiang, who was preparing to take Fang Qingye to the airport.

Before Fang Qingye could speak, Chen Ziqing called out, "Ouyang, Ouyang!"

Ouyang Shaoqiang also saw this and was taken aback. He hurriedly ran over and asked, "Skye Chan, what are you doing here?"

"I came to interview Mr. Fang, but he refused to give me an interview and tried to kick me out," Chen Ziqing said, looking aggrieved.

(End of this chapter)