Counterattack starts with controlling probability

"Li Hao, how are you? It's nothing serious. I just wanted to ask, how is Noah doing lately? Also, how is your investment strategy and actual performance?"

When Li Hao received Zhang Feng's call, he quickly sorted out his thoughts and briefly introduced to him the current business progress of Noah Technology, including some recent optimizations on the Ark system.

Zhang Feng expressed his affirmation of Noah's progress, but with some curiosity, he further inquired about the current application status and future layout of smart investment advisors in China.

Taking this opportunity, Li Hao mentioned his intention to visit: "Teacher Zhang, I actually have some ideas here that I would like to discuss with you in person.

He cleared his throat and said seriously, "Amazon has extensive experience in collecting and processing industry chain information, and its database construction capabilities are unparalleled. If we can combine your resources with investment advisory technology and leverage Amazon's unique data, it will provide more precise support for Noah and New Star Investment's models."

Zhang Feng smiled slightly and agreed to the meeting: "Li Hao, I understand what you mean. That's no problem for me. Let's discuss the specific details in person."

After hanging up the phone, Li Hao did not rush to prepare materials, but instead put more energy into meeting strategy.

He used Lao Pi's time dimension ability to plan a detailed schedule to ensure that all discussions during the meeting would revolve around his core needs, thereby achieving the cooperation goals of both parties more quickly.

In particular, if the integration of characteristic databases based on Amazon's industry chain data can be achieved, it will bring huge improvements to Noah's future market analysis and transaction models.

When Li Hao met Zhang Feng, after exchanging pleasantries, the topic gradually delved into the field of technology.

Zhang Feng mentioned Amazon’s recent technological breakthroughs, especially their progress in building large language models.

He said: "Amazon's data coverage of the global market is very extensive, which allows our unique data to not only analyze consumer behavior but also predict regional trends in commodity flows."

Li Hao nodded frequently, showing great interest. "This depth of data is truly impressive. As an e-commerce platform, Amazon has strong expertise in building industry maps and data mining."

He then changed the subject and continued, "As for Noah, we have also been exploring how to build a specialized database that covers the entire information chain from raw materials to finished product sales, helping investment advisory models better understand the inherent connections in the industry chain."

Zhang Feng pondered for a moment. "You mean you want to integrate Amazon's unique data into Noah's system to enhance market insights?"

"That's right." Li Hao took the opportunity to say, "We can start with some pilot industries, such as energy and agriculture, which are data-rich sectors.

He continued, "Amazon's data is more comprehensive and can analyze long-term commodity price trends from a global perspective. Combined with Noah's domestic data sources, this will help Nova Smart Investment obtain more accurate references for its trading strategies."

Li Hao's words made Zhang Feng fall into deep thought. He knew that, as Li Hao said, if they could really achieve cooperation in this regard, it would create a win-win situation.

"More importantly, if we can achieve this deep integration, it will also be a great boon to Noah Technology's future listing plans." Li Hao completely impressed Zhang Feng from the perspective of capital market monetization.

Zhang Feng expressed great interest in this idea and nodded. "Amazon does hope to further develop its industry chain information. Furthermore, since Amazon has already participated in Noah's Series D financing as a strategic investor, we also hope to continue to follow up on the direction of investment consulting and intelligent investment research, and even promote Noah's pre-IPO and listing process."

This is exactly what Li Hao expected.

He said, "Mr. Zhang, combined with Amazon's international data, Noah's 'Ark' will gain even sharper insights into the domestic market. This collaboration will not only effectively address the complexities of the current market, but will also position Noah as a leader in future investment consulting and industry chain intelligent analysis."

Zhang Feng smiled and nodded, adding, "To achieve this kind of cooperation, we need close collaboration between Amazon's data team and your model algorithm team. In particular, we can design more detailed features to predict industry trends, resource price fluctuations, and commodity circulation information in different regions."

"I totally agree," Li Hao agreed. "Our algorithm team will actively cooperate with Amazon's needs in terms of data characteristics, data integration, and graph generation. Especially in graph generation, Amazon's data dimensions are very rich and can effectively cover regional markets, which is precisely the current shortcoming of domestic investment advisory models."

Zhang Feng nodded, clearly very satisfied with the proposal. "In that case, I personally believe that as a strategic investor of Noah, Amazon will continue to support this area by investing resources and promoting database integration."

The dialogue between the two sides continued to deepen in a pleasant atmosphere.

Li Hao secretly admired Lao Pi's timing ability for helping him capture the most appropriate opportunity.

Taking advantage of Zhang Feng's interest, Li Hao proposed that he hope to rely on the special database to further enhance the competitiveness of New Star Investment in the investment advisory market, while demonstrating the strong advantages of Noah Technology, which will have a huge driving effect on the listing plan.

However, when Li Hao asked whether Zhang Feng could directly decide whether to carry out a cooperative project, he noticed that Zhang Feng looked a little embarrassed.

As clever as Li Hao was, he immediately guessed the reason for his hesitation.

As expected, Zhang Feng slowly spoke, "Mr. Li, this matter involves Amazon's core data resources. As a major project, as you know, foreign companies are always more cautious in their decision-making processes. I personally can't make this decision directly."

Li Hao had already made preparations.

He smiled faintly, his tone revealing understanding. "That's okay. I know this is a very important decision. But if there's an opportunity, I'd love to have a more in-depth discussion with the leadership responsible for data operations."

"Okay, I'll make an introduction for you. Your needs are in line with the company's overall strategy, and perhaps we can find an opportunity for cooperation."

Then he gestured for Li Hao to follow him to the meeting room.

As the two of them headed to the conference room together, Li Hao quickly organized his thoughts to ensure he remained calm and composed when facing Amazon's senior management.

In the conference room, General Manager Lin was waiting with a slightly serious expression.

After Zhang Feng gave a brief introduction, Li Hao got straight to the point and clearly described the cooperation plan: "Mr. Lin, Noah's Ark system focuses on providing extensive and accurate basic public data, as well as specialized data developed based on this data."

"If we can obtain Amazon's data resource support, especially your unique database on the global finished goods industry chain, it will not only greatly enhance the breadth and depth of our data, but also help Noah advance its IPO possibilities. This is a win-win situation for both companies," he added.

Mr. Lin frowned slightly, as if weighing the feasibility of cooperation.

He thought for a moment before speaking, "Mr. Li, I understand the value of your request for data sharing. However, this involves Amazon's core resources. As you know, Amazon's extensive global market data, covering a wealth of upstream and downstream information, is extremely valuable. Therefore, any collaboration involving data resources must be approved by the highest level."

Although his attitude was somewhat conservative, his words clearly revealed a hint of tentativeness towards cooperation.

Li Hao sensed Mr. Lin's reservations and immediately adjusted his strategy, raising the stakes. "Mr. Lin, I completely understand your concerns. For this collaboration, we're willing to share Noah's proprietary database, including domestically developed technologies for cleaning, processing, and atlas generation. This will also complement Amazon's analysis of the domestic market. We hope this demonstrates Noah's commitment to cooperation."

After hearing this, Mr. Lin's brows relaxed slightly, and a hint of intention flashed in his eyes, but he did not express his opinion directly.

After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Mr. Li, your proposal is indeed attractive, but we need to discuss it further internally to ensure that the cooperation will not pose a threat to Amazon's data exclusivity."

As soon as he finished speaking, Mr. Lin stood up and said that he would immediately call the team for a discussion and asked Li Hao to wait for a while.

After Mr. Lin left the meeting room, Li Hao felt a faint sense of unease. He couldn't help but whisper to Zhang Feng, "Teacher Zhang, I didn't expect you to be so efficient. But how long does this kind of discussion Mr. Lin mentioned usually take?"

Zhang Feng smiled and said, "Around half an hour to an hour. The key is that your proposal is really attractive. He rarely convenes a discussion so quickly, which shows that he is interested in this cooperation."

The conference room fell silent. Li Hao looked at the tall buildings outside the window, secretly expecting something.

More than forty minutes later, Mr. Lin and several team members re-entered the conference room. He seemed a little tired, but there was a hint of excitement in his expression.

"Mr. Li," Mr. Lin said straight to the point after sitting down, "After discussion, we unanimously agree that your proposal is feasible. Amazon attaches great importance to your proposal for specialized database exchange, and we believe it has extremely high market value in China. However, since this is a major strategic collaboration, the details of the cooperation still need to be finalized."

Mr. Lin changed the subject and continued, "Amazon is willing to allow your team to use some of the data in advance to test the effects of the improvements on Ark. If the results meet expectations, we will further deepen our cooperation."

Li Hao was slightly disappointed to hear this slightly conservative feedback, but he knew that the negotiation strategy was not yet completely over.

He smiled and nodded, continuing, "Mr. Lin, that makes perfect sense. However, I hope Amazon can relax some of its restrictions and allow us more choices in the breadth of data we acquire. After all, in our newly developed investment advisory field, we need to respond extremely quickly to market changes, and the comprehensiveness of our data resources will directly impact the effectiveness of our strategies."

Mr. Lin fell into deep thought, apparently weighing whether to agree to Li Hao's request.

Several team members looked at each other and discussed different plans in low voices.

After a moment, Mr. Lin said calmly, "How about this, Mr. Li? We can further relax some data access permissions during the initial phase of our cooperation, provided that Noah's basic database also opens up corresponding permissions to ensure mutual benefit."

Upon hearing this, Li Hao felt excited. He didn't expect the negotiations to go so smoothly.

However, he carefully suppressed his excitement and nodded slightly, saying, "This is completely acceptable. Noah will cooperate with the utmost sincerity and lay the foundation for a win-win situation for both parties."

At this moment, another Amazon executive checked his phone and interrupted the conversation between Mr. Lin and Li Hao.

"Wait a minute! Mr. Li, I just received some news about your company, Noah Technologies. I wonder if it would be convenient for me to explain the situation here?"