Chapter 363: The NBA in Silicon Valley
In fact, whatsapp2.0 Qom also launched the chat function, but the early app had a lot of bugs, and the whole system was not stable at all, either crashing or crashing, which made Qom want to give up entrepreneurship for a while.
By the middle of 2010, things were stabilizing, which took a lot of time and effort on Qom's side, most importantly the dollars on his account.
It was at this café that he had been in retreat with Acton for a few months.
There are similar applications in the West, but Qom didn't expect that there were also people in the East who made such software, and it seemed that the interface was more mature and concise.
But that damn oriental boy only let him watch it for two minutes, God, I can't read Chinese at all, okay, just flip through the chat interface.
Wen Xiaoguang didn't let him see it, what's wrong? An expression is a trade secret!
Chen Bei's chat history contains emojis that they used during the chat!
Dissatisfied, Qom stretched out his hand, "Don't do that, my friend, you let me see." ”
"Within a month at most, we will release the app in mainland China, and you can watch it as much as you want, but it is only available in Chinese at the moment." ”
"Oh, you're sinning. ”
Well, if you think so.
"Chen is my technical lead, you can ask him out afterwards, I don't think he will refuse. ”
Acton said, "Can I make an appointment now? Man, I'm Acton." ”
Of course, Wen Xiaoguang didn't refuse, these tech nerds are also quite cute.
He wanted to talk to Qom, but Qom joined the two men, and Chen Bei simply said to Wen Xiaoguang: "Okay, leave it to me, you give me a little permission." ”
"Ten million dollars capped to get these two inflexible guys. He spoke in Mandarin, and then he said to Sarah in English, "You don't have to come out with me." ”
Chen Bei didn't understand the details of the investment, and Sarah couldn't leave.
Song Yiqiu followed Wen Xiaoguang out, she wanted to laugh a little, "Is this how financing is discussed?"
"What do you think it's like? It's such a simple communication between people, and I used to think that there would be something special about big people and big things, but then I learned that even the presidents of the two countries are together and they are chatting like us. ”
Song Yiqiu looked at him interestingly, "Hey, can I take a look at your app?"
"No, it's a trade secret. Wen Xiaoguang did not hesitate to give an answer at all, hesitation will lead to defeat.
Song Yiqiu: "......"
The beauty's face stiffened as soon as she brushed it, Mom, there are still such people in the world, you are afraid that you will die alone!
What kind of trade secrets, didn't you show it to others just now!
"Let's go for a walk, is there anything here to pass the time?" Wen Xiaoguang was a little bored.
In fact, things are not much different from what he expected, people like Jan Coombe should go to Chen Bei and say, you talk to him about business, people are naturally disgusted.
Charging $0.99 looks like doing business and making money, but it's actually a very unstrategic business vision, and the motive for collecting money is quite rudimentary, that is, to survive, if there is no way, then forget it, after all, only by living can there be output, but this problem can be solved by venture capital.
And he was resolute and said as soon as he came up, will you interfere with me and let me use advertising. Anyway, I guess I'll live on that $0.99, and I'll leave the commercialization to God.
Song Yiqiu said: "Where to pass the time? ”
Wen Xiaoguang: "......"
"Except for the café?"
Cafes are true, Silicon Valley has a very strong coffee culture, and a lot of unicorn companies were originally negotiated in cafes, like Coombe and Acton.
In fact, apart from the two of them, the Redstone Cafe was filled with young programmers.
"Except for the café, I'll go to yoga, and you won't go with me. Song Yiqiu's eyes rolled.
Then hit the streets. Actually, it's good to go out on the street.
Wen Xiaoguang looked very excited, to be honest, the price of becoming famous in the Internet era is heavier, any person has a networked terminal device in his hand, ten years ago, it was so easy to become famous, but now I feel that there is a popular person every two weeks.
So being able to walk on the street here also made him deeply relaxed.
"Hey, if you've been away for a long time, is it okay?"
Wen Xiaoguang said: "It's okay. Chen Bei is a person I trust very much, he knows my bottom line, knows my demands, and has the corresponding authority, this is not a very important project, I personally came to Silicon Valley for three companies. ”
Originally, Song Yiqiu was really a little strange, this broken company is everywhere in Silicon Valley, just a few people, whether there is a serious office location or not, the boss who is worth billions came in person, as for it, now I understand.
And so it is.
But Wen Xiaoguang also knows that the investment of WhatsApp can pay off in five years, and in 2015, a $19 billion deal will take place.
Unless he is now in huge debt, he will be infinitely close to a $10 billion worth at the age of 24 or 5 years old. And in 2014, after Ali went public, Ma's father was more than 10 billion.
Most of the streets in Mountain View are nothing strange except for English, and these small cities in the South Bay are more boring than the 18th-tier cities in China, and the farmers only have to walk their dogs and accompany their wives.
Wen Xiaoguang asked her, "Have you ever been to China?"
"Of course there is, my aunt and my parents are in my hometown, and she will take me with her when she goes back, and during the Spring Festival, we go to China one year, South Korea one year, and sometimes in the United States, and stay here to watch the NBA. ”
"Is there a team here?"
Song Yiqiu said: "What are you talking about, of course there is, the Golden State Warriors are in Oakland, Silicon Valley, Oakland Oracle Stadium." ”
"The warriors are here...... What is its current performance?" Wen Xiaoguang frowned, he is not a die-hard fan of the Warriors, and the NBA is not a game, but the Warriors 73 wins and championships in a few years still understand.
At that time, James's fans almost hated the Warriors to death, and they were scolding every day, which was also no way, tearing was everywhere.
So he just asked curiously.
But now when it comes to results, Song Yiqiu began to shake his head, "From the 09 to 10 season, they only got 26 wins, but I mainly like that atmosphere, and besides, you know, it's not fun." ”
"26 wins?!" Wen Xiaoguang was happy, "Isn't this just a gift for the fish belly team?"
Damn, is this the championship with 73 wins?
It's a pity that it's July, and there is no official race, so he can't feel it, and he can talk about it later.
Song Yiqiu is probably not a die-hard fan, so he spread his hands, "But Golden State has a good rookie, and he was also selected for the 09-10 best rookie team." “
Wen Xiaoguang asked, "What's it called?"
"Think about it. Song Yiqiu raised his eyebrows, "It's called...... It's called Stephen, Stephen Curry, a little man. ”
After she finished speaking, the man next to her had opened his mouth slightly.
"How much is the Warriors worth?" Wen Xiaoguang asked directly.
Song Yiqiu subconsciously asked, "Did you say tickets?"
"No, I mean team ownership. ”
Song Yiqiu: "......"
What are you doing, just watch the game in the NBA, what kind of ownership is.
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Friends come to find them on the weekend, and the classmates who may have just moved here will gather on the weekend, and there are a lot of such socializations, and this friend is about to go abroad to help build the Belt and Road.
I really don't have much time, so I draw a chapter of timecode, and the second chapter is gone...... I'm sorry.