Chapter 856

Yap's questioning was very sharp. Although Fang zhe had the right to refuse to answer, he gave the answer with a smile:

"As I said earlier, the user ceiling of wechat depends on the user ceiling of smart phones. According to the current consumption level of the world's population, the number of smart phone users will exceed 3 billion in the next five years, and the number of wechat users will be close to 3 billion."

"Do you mean that the number of wechat users will be close to 3 billion by 2022?" Yap explained.

"You can understand that," Fang zhe replied again.

Analysts listening to earnings conference calls around the world took a breath.

Although they have long predicted and heard the news that all kinds of wechat users will exceed 3 billion in the future, they are still shocked to hear Fang Zhe, the founder of wechat, personally admit it.

Three billion people!

If not the last, it must be unprecedented.

Software applications and services with such a large user scale have never been born in the world. Even windows, which dominates the global personal PC operating system, can not achieve such a large user scale.

For analysts living in countries with a population of only tens of millions, such as Britain and France, their shock is stronger than others.

"Wechat monopolizes the world!" this is the voice of many analysts.

Fang zhe had no time to take into account the wishes of analysts. After hanging up Yap, his assistant connected to Richard, an analyst at Citibank.

Unlike Yap aiming at the overall revenue and wechat of Huizhong, Richard's goal is Huizhong cloud.

"I see that in the financial report, the revenue of Huizhong cloud exceeded US $30 billion for the first time, with a year-on-year increase of 45%, which is a growth rate that has not been achieved by other businesses of Huizhong.

The growth rate of Huizhong cloud has also performed well in the past few quarters and annual financial reports.

I would like to ask, how long do you expect Huizhong cloud to maintain this rapid growth, and what ways will Huizhong cloud maintain its rapid growth? "

For Richard's question, Fang zhe glanced at Li Wenbin, the person in charge of huizhongyun sitting next to him. Li Wenbin answered knowingly:

"Huizhong cloud is now the largest cloud service provider in the world. The future growth rate of Huizhong cloud will gradually follow the growth rate of the global cloud market like wechat. At present, the global cloud computing market is in a period of rapid growth, and more and more traditional companies, large, medium and small companies are constantly going to the cloud.

Based on the cloud services provided by large-scale cloud service providers, their cost performance and efficiency have far exceeded those of traditional IDC service providers.

With our continuous investment and R & D accumulation in the field of cloud computing, Huizhong cloud has built leading global technical barriers in many fields such as elastic computing services and CDN distribution, which will help Huizhong cloud win the favor of new cloud users more easily than other competitors.

According to our research data analysis, in the second half of last year, for every 100 new cloud computing users in the world, 40 will give priority to Huizhong cloud. In the first half of this year, the proportion has increased to 42. We will continue to expand cloud computing service capacity and continue to raise technical barriers, so as to provide profound details for the rapid growth of Huizhong cloud. "

Richard at the other end of the phone subconsciously nodded. Indeed, as Li Wenbin said, Huizhong cloud has become a giant with the growth and fluctuation of the global cloud market like wechat. Both the industry and outside the industry are very optimistic about the future growth potential of the global cloud computing market, and there is no doubt about the growth potential of Huizhong cloud.

Next, the senior executives of Fang Zhe and Huizhong answered several questions from investment bank analysts one after another.

"Thank you for your answer, Mr. Fang Zhe." the last analyst concluded respectfully.

Fang zhe winked at his assistant and nodded knowingly.

Fang zhe means that analysts have asked enough questions. Next, it's time to leave the opportunity for Huizhong investors and well-known media.

"Hello, Mr. Fang Zhe. I'm PIM from the Wall Street Journal."

"Hello, PIM!"

"Hello, I read the news. You went to Africa on a business trip for half a month. What's your purpose of going to Africa and how do you evaluate your trip to Africa?"

"Trip to Africa?" Fang zhe didn't expect PIM to pay attention to this question, but he politely replied:

"My purpose of going to Africa is mainly to see Africa, investigate the local conditions and customs of Africa and the investment and business environment. I am very satisfied with this trip to Africa. I have experienced and felt many things in Africa that I can't feel in other continents."

"For example?" asked PIM.

"For example, on the African prairie, few places can see so many wild animals except Africa."

"So do you go to Africa more or play? What do you think of the investment and business environment in Africa after your investigation? It is said that you go to Africa because the growth of wechat users is weak. Do you want to expand African users?

Many people say that Africa is poor and backward, and many people there don't even have enough to eat, let alone smartphones. Do you think there will be potential users of wechat? "

PIM's question aroused Fang Zhe's disgust.

"Have you ever been to Africa?" Fang zhe asked.

"No, but I have plans to go!"

"Then you should go to Africa to have a look, and then draw a conclusion." Fang Zhe's words were sharp and turned back.

He hates those unscrupulous media who draw conclusions without investigation. The African continent has a population of nearly 1.3 billion. Do you tell me that there are no potential users of wechat?

PIM on the other end of the phone was speechless.

When the assistant hung up PIM's phone and picked it up, the person on the other end of the phone had become a small shareholder of Huizhong.

"Hello, Mr. Fang Zhe, I'm your fan!" the person at the other end of the phone was excited. He didn't expect to be selected.

"Hello!" Fang zhe responded politely.

"I'm so excited, Mr. Fang Zhe. I didn't expect to be selected to receive your call. I confirmed it several times just now..."

This little talkative minority shareholder made everyone in the meeting room laugh.

"Sir, if you have any questions, please ask them as soon as possible." the beautiful assistant sitting next to Fang zhe reminded.

"OK, OK, although it may be a little presumptuous to ask, I would like to hear Mr. Fang zhe predict how much Huizhong's share price will rise? When will Huizhong's market value surpass apple? Several of my friends and I bought Huizhong's shares. We all look forward to Huizhong's shares rising all the time,

Market value surpasses apple. "

"Sorry, sir, as the company's managers, we can't directly release stock price forecasts to the outside world. Thank you and your friends for your support to Huizhong. I believe Huizhong's future will not disappoint you. Like you, I look forward to Huizhong's market value surpassing apple! Thank you!"

Fang zhe ended the earnings conference call.