mesbooks Chapter 131 Encounter Scarlett Johansson (3, Please Subscribe Automatically)
Chapter 131 Encounter Scarlett Johansson (3, Please Subscribe Automatically)
The meeting with Zuckerberg was a great time for both guest and host.
But the meeting with Twitter was not so pleasant.
Jack Dorsey, one of the company's founders, is still very upset about his dismissal as CEO.
He even refused to meet with Shen Fei.
In desperation, Ivan, who sold part of the company's shares but still retained a small number of shares and the position of CEO, and two other shareholders met with Shen Fei.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Shen."
Ivan looked at Shen Fei and said, "That guy Jack is still showing off his temper.
Shen Fei glanced at him lightly and said calmly: "Mr. Ivan, I think if Mr. Jack Dorsey continues like this, there is no need for him to stay in the company. What do you think?"
hiss!
Hearing Shen Fei's words, several shareholders all took a breath. No one expected that this Chinese from the East would be so ruthless and wanted to kill Jack Dorsey, one of the founders of Twitter. Get out of the company.
"Mr. Shen, I think it's not that exaggerated, right?"
Several people looked at each other, Ivan smiled and looked at Shen Fei and said.
No matter what, Jack Dorsey is the co-founder of Twitter. It would be inappropriate to drive him away directly.
They are not Apple and cannot do anything to drive away Steve Jobs.
Moreover.
Even Apple, didn’t they invite Steve Jobs back in the end?
Shen Fei said coldly: "Really? Then please tell me, Mr. Ivan, how can the company make money in this situation?"
Shen Fei responded with silence.
This is indeed an important question facing Twitter today.
Although it has 1.4 million users, how to monetize it has become the biggest challenge for Twitter.
After all, investors' money does not come from strong winds, especially those on Wall Street.
If you want them to invest, the biggest problem is that you need chips that can impress others.
The current website traffic alone can indeed make investors tempted, but the key problem is that it will not work if there is only traffic without any means of monetization.
Even a company like Face has already begun to seek advertising fees and other means of monetization.
The purpose of Internet companies burning money is not to make the data look good, but to make money successfully in the end.
so.
Shen Fei's words directly silenced Ivan and the others.
"Half a year."
Shen Fei said slowly: "I only give you half a year. If the company still cannot turn a profit, then someone in the company's management must take responsibility for this."
After saying this, Shen Fei got up and left.
Lin Yuan hurriedly followed behind him, and asked in a low voice, "This, is this the end of the talk?"
"Um."
Yan said calmly: The shareholding structure of Witt's company is too complicated. If we don't force them, these few people may be able to spend like this forever. "
He told the truth.
In its original history, the reason why Twitter, a company that had hopes of catching up with Face, ended up disappearing from the crowd was because the founder of the company was too unenterprising.
They often make some incredible decisions.
In contrast, although Zuckerberg is criticized by many people, his decisiveness and action are really jaw-dropping.
For any Internet company to develop, in the final analysis, it can only have one voice.
Looking at the entire Internet market, all the companies that have become bigger and stronger, although they also have co-founders, essentially have only one voice.
For example, Ma Xiaoyun is to Ali, Ma Huateng is to Penguin, Zuckerberg is to Face Bezos to Amazon.
These people say the same thing among the companies they created, and only then can the company continue to develop.
but.
Not so with Twitter.
The company does not have a clear direction of development.
Not to mention the nonsense of the east and the west, each shareholder has his own ideas and will dictate the company's development.
Even the CEO has changed several times.
In Shen Fei's opinion, this is simply nonsense!
In order not to waste his own money, Shen Fei had to make such an effort.
Twitter responded quickly, and three days later, Jack Dorsey took the initiative to meet Shen Fei.
this time.
His attitude was completely different from before.
"I'm sorry, dear Shen, because of some of my misbehaviors before, the company suffered losses.
Jack Dorsey said sincerely to Shen Fei.
no way.
He had to give in.
In the past two days, several other shareholders have notified him that if this continues, he must leave the company.
After all, all shareholders are actually the same as Shen Fei. No one wants the company to collapse in the end. After all, it is their own money that they lost.
Jack Dorsey also realized the problem, and quickly apologized to Shen Fei.
Shen Fei looked at Jack Dorsey and sighed silently.
to be honest.
He also thinks this guy is unreliable, but in his memory, Jack Dorsey is the one who will bring the development of Twitter on the right track in the future.
I really can't do anything to him.
"Mr. Dorsey, I believe you are a man with dreams, but I hope you can understand that if Twitter continues to develop like it is now, it will not work."
Shen Fei said calmly: "If possible, I hope you can consider cooperating with me. Twitter does not need too many partners."
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Jack Dorsey was stunned.
He looked at Shen Fei in surprise. He never expected that Shen Fei would make this request.
But Shen Fei looked at Jack Dorsey with a calm expression.
Because he knows very well that Twitter’s ownership structure itself is very controversial.
This is what the entrepreneurial history of Twitter’s management in later generations would look like.
In 2004, former Google employee Evan Williams founded the podcast company Odeo and invited his friend and former Google employee Biz Stone to join.
Soon, Apple released iTunes, and the Odeo podcast platform faced catastrophe.
So Evan Williams, Biz Stone and Jack Dorsey co-founded the Twttr project, which later developed into Twitter. Odeo’s investors didn’t like Twitter, so Evan stepped in and bought back all of Oded’s shares.
However, in this version of Twitter's founding history, the social networking site's management deliberately ignored Noah Glass, the co-founder who had made great contributions to the birth and development of Twitter in the early days.
Actually.
The truth Shen Fei knows is that a few years ago, an entrepreneur named Noah Glass created a podcast platform called Odeo in his apartment, which allows users to make MP3 podcast audio and publish it by leaving a message on the phone. to the Internet.
Evan Williams was one of Odeo's earliest investors.
Unlike other investors, Williams is more deeply involved in Odeo's development.
He even used his unused apartment as Odeo's office space.
Soon, Odeo moved into formal offices and began hiring more employees, including Jack Dorsey engineer Brian Cook, now Twitter's chief technology officer.
And Evan Williams became Odeo's CEO.
However, in the fall of 2005, something no one expected happened: Apple released the iTunes music store and built a podcast platform into iTunes. All iPod players began to have built-in podcast services, but Glass and Williams began to realize that even they didn't like listening to podcasts.
Therefore, Williams decided to find a new development direction for Odeo.
Odeo employees are divided into different groups and are responsible for developing different projects.
In February 2006, Glass and Jack Dorsey started a project called "Twttr" within the company: users send text messages to a certain number, and the content will be automatically published on the Internet and shared with friends.
The idea for the Twttr project came from Jack Dorsey, but the project leader was Glass.
The name "Twttr" was also given by Glass, which later became Twitter.
Although the earliest idea of Twitter came from Jack Dorsey, according to the memories of early employees, Glass contributed a lot to the progress of the Twitter project, and some even called Glass the spiritual leader of Twitter”
Then.
By September, Evan Williams wrote a letter to investors at the time, saying that the company could not find a suitable development direction, and that Twitter had attracted less than 5,000 registered users in two months since it was launched. He was so frustrated that he wanted to buy back all the shares held by investors to ensure that investors would not suffer losses.
The investors finally agreed to the buyback terms, and Evan Williams got what he wanted, acquiring all the equity in Odeo (including the Twitter project) for $5 million.
Then, he introduced Ivan and others as new shareholder investors, and the company's valuation has exceeded 100 million US dollars.
Later, many investors believed that they were deceived by Williams.
After buying back Odeo from investors, the first thing Williams did shocked everyone! He fired Noah Glass, the founder of Qded and the biggest contributor to Twitter.
And now.
Although he didn't show it very clearly in the previous meeting, Shen Fei knew very well that that guy was not a cheap lamp.
so.
Shen Fei plans to integrate Twitter's resources.
Jack Dorsey looked at Shen Fei, and after a long silence, he said slowly: "Mr. Shen, do you know what you are talking about?"
"I know."
Shen Fei said lightly: "I want you to join hands with me to drive other investors out of the company and bring in the Wall Street consortium to get Twitter on the right track. Is it difficult?"
Jack Dorsey was silent.
He really didn't expect that this investor from the East would be so ruthless.
"Aren't you afraid that I will drive you away with other people?"
Jack Dorsey asked in surprise.
"I have no interest in the company's management and operation rights. I only care about the return on my investment. And after the listing, I will sell my shares without hesitation
Mr. Dorsey thinks investors like me are better, or are your friends better?"
Shen Fei looked at Jack Dorsey and said word by word.
Jack Dorsey fell silent.
obviously.
Shen Fei's words moved his heart.
In fact, everyone has their own ambitions.
Jack Dorsey, as the company's founder, also has.
It's just that he is not a major shareholder after all, so even if he has ideas about many things, he can't say anything.
But this time, Shen Fei's words instantly ignited the ambition in his heart.
Shen Fei smiled and said nothing more.
The seed has been planted, as for the ability to
It doesn't really matter how far it takes to take root.
It is difficult for Lin Yuan to understand Shen Fei's series of operations.
But one good thing about him is that he fully supports Shen Fei's behavior.
After all, Lin Yuan thought very clearly that Shen Fei had a talent in this area that he did not have.
So it's better to be an executor honestly.
There are always people in this world who will become pawns and people who will become chess players.
I am not suitable for playing chess.
As for Shen Fei, there is no doubt that he is more suitable for playing chess.
"I'm not going to see Marvel over there." "
Shen Fei thought for a while and said to Lin Yuan.
"Why, didn't you agree to go to Beverly Hills?"
Lin Yuan was slightly surprised when he heard Shen Fei's words.
Originally, according to the agreement between the two, they would take Shen Fei to visit Beverly Hills.
It is a well-known wealthy area in the United States, and Lin Yuan bought a big villa for Shen Fei back then.
"I don't want to interfere with their decision-making."
Shen Fei smiled and said: "We gave the money, and let them decide what movie they want to make."
The person in charge of Marvel is Kevin Feige. This guy is not like the people in charge of Twitter, who likes to intrigue.
And Shen Fei feels that now is not the time.
"Well, you decide."
Lin Yuan nodded with a smile when he heard the words: "What's the matter, are you going back now?"
"That's not a big deal, I plan to make the decision myself."
Shen Fei rolled her eyes at him and said, "You just keep your eyes on Silicon Valley, I'm going around the United States."
"All right.
Lin Yuan instantly understood what Shen Fei meant.
This guy just wanted to relax.
In fact.
Shen Fei really thinks so.
In his view, one's life should not be spent entirely on making money and doing business, but one should also relax and rest occasionally.
Although this person should have a goal in life, if he really becomes a slave to money again, then what is the point of his hard work?
Enjoying life and making the quality of life higher is Shen Fei's biggest hobby.
Making money is never the purpose. The purpose is to use the money earned to enjoy a better life. This is the purpose.
In the following time, Shen Fei flew directly to Los Angeles with Shen Jun and went to Hollywood for a tour.
In his previous life, the place he yearned for the most was the Hollywood Walk of Fame. He had imagined countless times that one day the movie he smoked would be on the Oscars.
But it's a pity that Shen Fei didn't have any chance at that time.
And now.
His desire for this place is not that strong.
"This place is the Avenue of Stars."
Looking at the people coming and going around, Shen Fei smiled and said to Shen Jun beside him.
"It's quite lively, with so many tourists."
Shen Jun nodded without knowing why.
To him, the place looked the same except that it was a little livelier.
"The Holy Land of World Cinema."
Shen Fei gave an evaluation, explaining to Shen Jun: "The lifelong goal of many filmmakers is to be on the awards stage here."
This is the truth.
Oscars and Hollywood are of great significance to many people, which means recognition from the world's mainstream film circles.
For them, the purpose of lifelong struggle is to leave their own footprints on the Avenue of Stars.
"A strange pursuit."
Shen Jun thought for a while, shook his head and said.
obviously.
To him, this idea was incomprehensible.
Every other line is like a mountain, this sentence still makes sense.
"Haha, let's go back."
Shen Fei didn't mind either, smiled and nodded.
The two people left here one after another and returned to the hotel where they stayed.
As soon as she walked to the door of her room, Shen Fei saw a blond woman leaning against the door, looking drunk.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that Shen Fei was in a daze, Shen Shi asked in a low voice in Chinese.
"It's nothing. She's an American female star. Well, she's not famous now."
Shen Fei shook his head and said a little strangely.
Scarlett Johansson!
The famous Black Widow in later generations should be in her early twenties now, but why did she appear here alone, and also at the door of her room.
"Do you want to call the waiter?"
Shen Jun was startled and asked Shen Fei:
"It's okay, no need."
Shen Fei thought for a while, walked up to Scarlett Johansson and said: "Hello, Miss Johnson, how can I help you?"
Although he didn't know why she was like this, after all, he liked her quite a lot in his previous life, and Shen Fei didn't mind lending a helping hand to the widowed sister.