Seeing Steve Ballmer say this, Chen Geng asked, "Oh, what are you going to do?"

"Like you said, we're giving out limited-time coupons," says Steve Ballmer, "but before we do, we're going to make the noise louder and let as many people as possible know about our event......"

I knew it was so!

However, Chen Geng did not blame Steve Ballmer, after all, the people of this era are still simple, and even the concept of Internet companies has just been formed, and everyone is far from having as many ways to play as those Internet companies in later generations, such as Steve Ballmer's activities of directly giving coupons to everyone can only be said to be the basic operation of this era, but Chen Geng does not want basic operations.

Shaking his head, Chen Geng said: "Publicity is certain and necessary, but it is not us who distribute coupons, but everyone who grabs coupons." ”

"Grab a coupon?" Steve Ballmer froze.

As an excellent professional manager, he certainly knows the difference between "distribution" and "grabbing": how many of the flyers distributed to you on the street have carefully read them? As for what "grab" is, just look at how frantically everyone searches for all kinds of coupons before the annual "Black Friday" sale.

If you can stimulate the subjective initiative of eBay users and let them actively "grab" coupons, it is obviously more able to arouse users' desire to buy than distribution, but how to do this? However, seeing that Chen Geng doesn't seem to have anything to say, Steve Ballmer is smart and didn't ask: The boss has helped you with everything in front, so what does the boss do with you at a high price?

He nodded vigorously: "Okay boss, I'll think about it carefully." ”

........................

Steve Ballmer, who returned to the company, first clapped his hands and signaled everyone to stop what they were doing: "Gentlemen, let me tell you a good news, because of everyone's excellent performance, the boss has agreed to set up an option pool, and the specific situation of the option pool is still being conceived, but there is no doubt that as long as everyone works hard, as a veteran of eBay, everyone has the opportunity to get the company's options!"

"Wow......"

"Great!"

"Long live the chief!"

............

The number of people in ebay is not very large, but as long as they are not fools, everyone can see how bright the future prospects of ebay are, although ebay gives everyone a very good salary, but when they realize the infinite light of ebay's future, everyone's greatest wish is to be able to own ebay's equity, and now, listening to Steve Ballmer say that the boss has considered setting up an option pool, everyone immediately cheered: This is an option! Although this option is certainly not easy to get, although Mr. Ballmer also said that the specific concept of the option has not been completed, but anyway, now there is finally a chance, isn't it?

Steve Ballmer was very satisfied with the reaction of this group of young people, he pressed down with both hands, and motioned for everyone to listen to himself first: "OK, OK, don't get excited, listen to me first, the boss agreed to set up an option pool, which is an affirmation of everyone's hard work, but at the same time, the boss also has some dissatisfaction with our work during this time, such as: When we complained that there are so many new users in Europe, why didn't we think about converting these users into real users of our ebay?" Is it just because this transformation is cumbersome and brain-consuming?"

Speaking of this, Steve Ballmer's voice became serious: "Everyone tell me, what to do without trouble, without brains? Recently, I have found that some people seem to have begun to slack off, please pay attention to these gentlemen who have begun to slack off, the boss pays us a salary far beyond that of our peers, so that we can create higher value for him, not for us to be an uncle here."

If anyone is not satisfied with the current job, it doesn't matter, you can write your resignation report now, I assure you, right now, out there, there are more talented young people out there who want to join eBay, but they don't have the opportunity yet. ”

“......”

In the face of Steve Ballmer's squirt, no one dared to squeak.

For example, just last week, Morgan Stanley, a well-known investment institution, believed that Ebay is now worth more than $300 million.

Morgan Stanley's remarks have made many people unacceptable: A company that has not raised capital once so far, is still far from being listed, and has even been losing money, is already worth $300 million? Can you not be so unreasonable?

But the problem is that the reality is not only so unreasonable, but also can be even more unreasonable, just after Morgan Stanley finished saying something that made many lemon essences sad, as soon as they turned their heads, Blackstone Capital said that if Chen Geng agreed, they were willing to acquire a 10% stake in eBay for $40 million.

In other words, after Morgan Stanley, Blackstone Capital, which is the world's top investment institution with Morgan Stanley, believes that eBay is worth 400 million.

Morgan Stanley on the front foot thinks eBay is worth $300 million, and Blackstone Capital on the back foot is worth $400 million.

Of course, it is impossible for eBay employees not to know about these situations, and it is precisely because they know that they will attach so much importance to whether the company will allocate options to employees: eBay, which has just started, is already worth 400 million, and after it is listed, eBay will not be worth 10 billion?!

But now, Steve Ballmer's words have made the guys who felt good about themselves instantly wake up to the fact that if the boss is not satisfied with his job, he can fire himself at any time!

When the time comes, what options will be said, even the current high salary, which is the envy of countless Stanford and MIT little guys who are engaged in computers and software, may not be able to keep it.

Steve Ballmer also stopped at the point, to be honest, he was actually very satisfied with everyone's performance, and when he saw that his warning had an effect, he accepted it when he saw it: "Very good, since everyone has realized the seriousness of the problem, then I won't talk about it, and the next thing needs everyone to brainstorm together:

In order to convert the newly registered eBay users into our real users during this time, BOSS decided to organize a large-scale promotional campaign, and a large number of limited-time coupons will be distributed at that time, but BOSS has a request, this time-limited coupons, not an ordinary large-scale distribution, but to find a way to mobilize the enthusiasm of users, let them grab!

Okay, let's use our brains and think about how we can do that?"