Chapter 486 is seriously underestimated

Xinzhuang Science and Technology Park, Yu Wenfei personally took Cai Congxin to visit the entire park, and the two walked side by side in front while chatting, followed by Hu Jingjing and Manager Wang of personnel administration.

"Mr. Cai, now the entire park is ours, but for the time being, only the No. 8 office building is in use, and other office buildings are preparing for the future. In less than three years, after the subsequent project is launched, this park will be lively, hehe. Yu Wenfei said with a smile.

"Is there a lot of projects in preparation for Facebook?" Cai Congxin sensitively captured the information in Yu Wenfei's words and immediately asked.

Now that they are all their own people, Yu Wenfei naturally didn't need to hide it, so he nodded and said frankly: "There are already three projects in preparation within Facebook, and there is also a project on the side of Star Technology, and within two months, these projects will be launched." Moreover, these projects are not small projects! After any project is done, it can be spun off separately to set up a branch!"

It is not surprising that many Internet companies are looking for ways to open up new areas of growth after the main business has been stabilized.

Not to mention anything else, Alibaba is also engaged in Taobao now, and B2B itself has not done well, so it wants to launch C2C.

Facebook has become unbeatable in the field of blogging, and it is not surprising that it has started to prepare new projects, but the problem is that according to Yu Wenfei, the preparation of new projects is not simple.

He asked curiously, "Can Fei always tell me in detail what the projects are?"

"Of course, these things are something you have to understand and promote right away. There are three major projects on Facebook: music software, video platform, and chess and card game platform! In fact, we have always had a project that has not been made public to the public, that is, instant messaging software, and now we are working on an email system. ”

Yuwenfei said as he walked, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the No. 8 office building not far away, "That building, the fifth, sixth and seventh floors are all Facebook office areas, and the eighth floor is the internal project incubation platform, where Facebook's three new project teams are located." On the Internet, it is the office address of Star Technology, and of course, the WeChat project team. ”

Cai Congxin's heart set off a wave of waves, he didn't expect that Facebook was still making instant messaging software!

Of course, in the past two years, because of Tencent's explosion and Tencent's continuous tricks, many companies are engaged in instant messaging software, ready to grab Tencent's cake.

What NetEase Bubble, Sina UC, these are all just launched by the portal.

In addition, like ICQ, MSN, and Yahoo Messenger, they are old network communication software abroad, and they are also very popular in China, especially MSN, which is definitely the favorite of white-collar workers and a must-have for petty bourgeoisie!

Although Tencent's QQ is ahead, the advantage is not so obvious, not to mention that many competitors are chasing after it, and users are not yet dependent and loyal.

Those who have lived through that period should remember that at that time, when surfing the Internet, in the lower right corner of the taskbar, there were usually several communication software logged in!

QQ and MSN are basically must-haves, and what else to log in depends on what your friends use......

At that time, there was also a chain of contempt for online chat, and MSN looked down on all! Because MSN was very popular in foreign companies at that time, using this basically means that you are working in a top 500 foreign company, a senior white-collar worker, and a petty bourgeoisie! Moreover, even a more formal company such as a state-owned enterprise was forbidden to use QQ in the company at that time, and MSN was generally used.

If someone asks you for a QQ number, you say lightly, "I never use QQ, only MSN." ”

That pride is beyond words......

ICQ and Yahoo Messenger, both of which look down on QQ. At that time, foreign trade was very hot, and many people would talk about business with foreigners through ICQ and Yahoo Messenger, so using these two software, at least it means that you have good English, have foreigner friends, and are also qualified to look down on those who "MM hello, I'm GG, do you want to online dating?".

This is not deliberately scandalizing QQ, since Brother Xiao Ma personally acted as a women's clothing boss, with N more QQ on a computer, and began to chat with male netizens all over the country, QQ's temperament has been stereotyped. In the first few years, QQ was ridiculed, but after a long time, the competitors were boiled to death, and these things were slowly forgotten.

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Among the projects introduced by Yu Wenfei, Cai Congxin is most interested in the instant messaging software "WeChat", but unfortunately, this project belongs to Star Technology and is not under Facebook.

As for video, music, and board game platforms, only the chess and card game platforms have attracted his attention.

How profitable it has been to make online games in the past two years, just look at Shanda, and you can understand that after this game platform is built, it may be the biggest channel for Facebook to realize traffic in the future!

In his eyes, video and music should be just a strategic puzzle for Facebook's pan-entertainment, which is of an auxiliary nature.

After meeting with the main persons in charge of various departments of Facebook Company and having a general understanding of the company's situation, Cai Congxin quietly took office without making a big move.

He didn't care about any reception banquets and the like, because some of them were busy.

As soon as he sat in his office, Cai Congxin sent several major department leaders to send all the relevant data.

He's going to spend the night taking a look at all these things, because tomorrow, SoftBank's people are coming!

Yu Wenfei has already said that letting him lead this negotiation can be regarded as a test for him.

Cai Congxin is very good at this, don't forget that he has been in an investment bank for several years, plus he is from a law firm, of course, negotiation is not a problem.

Perhaps, in terms of negotiation skills, he is better than Yu Wenfei.

This night, until three or four o'clock in the evening, the lights in the No. 8 office building, Cai Congxin's office, were still on, and he didn't know when he went back to the apartment to rest.

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On March 6, early in the morning, as soon as Yu Wenfei arrived at the office, Cai Congxin came over.

Although he had only rested for three hours last night, he was still in good spirits and did not show any fatigue.

"Mr. Fei, there is an important matter I want to talk to you about. He said bluntly.

"Sit down, have a cup of coffee?" Yu Wenfei smiled and beckoned him to sit down.

"I think that in the last negotiation, our offer was low!"

As soon as he sat down, Cai Congxin said in surprise.

"Oh, the valuation of 3.2 billion is still low, that's dollars, Mr. Cai is not mistaken. Yu Wenfei said jokingly.

"Of course, I know that it is US dollars, and I also know that Sina's current market value is 3.2 billion, and this price should refer to Sina's market value. But I still think that Facebook is seriously underrated!" Cai Congxin leaned forward and said with a serious expression.

"Then how much do you think Facebook should be worth?" Yu Wenfei asked rhetorically.

"If Sina's market value is 3.2 billion US dollars, then our Facebook network is worth at least 4 billion! This is still based on the current development trend, and if you include several projects in preparation, it can be even higher!" Cai Congxin said without hesitation.

Yu Wenfei frowned, the market value of Facebook, of course, will be very high in the future, and even so high that others can't imagine!

But the problem is that no one will recognize it now, you value your company at a trillion dollars, and you firmly believe that it will be worth this money, and the VC does not approve of it, so what's the use......

After all, the company needs to raise money, and if you want to get other people's money, you must be able to get the approval of others.

The reason why Cai Congxin came to Yuwenfei early in the morning was to reach an internal agreement in front of the SoftBank meeting to increase the valuation of Facebook.

Last night, after carefully studying the important data of Facebook, he found that everyone underestimated Facebook.

This website is not just a simple blog site, it is a sticky and all-encompassing social platform!

It is no exaggeration to say that compared with various data, Facebook is no worse than Tencent's QQ in terms of social attributes.

QQ is more convenient in one-to-one network communication, while Facebook has more advantages in content and one-to-many social networking.

And there is one point that many people overlook.

That's what QQ can do, Facebook can do, such as one-to-one network communication, in fact, now Facebook has this function, background private messages are ah.

It's just that this function is not so easy to use, or Facebook has not tapped into the potential of this function.

But what Facebook can do, QQ can't do......

For example, after the celebrity settles in, fans can easily and directly interact with the celebrity in real time, can QQ do this?

Like grassroots netizens who became popular overnight and became a big V with millions of fans, can QQ do it?

Like on Facebook, you can directly understand what kind of person the other person is based on the content of other people's faces, and QQ can't do it!

Isn't it all said on the Internet, when you chat with your QQ friends, you don't know if it's a person or a dog sitting across the screen......

In addition, since Meimuzi and Sister Furong became popular a few years ago, Facebook has really exploded on the whole network.

The user group is no longer limited to the fans of Yuwenfei and many celebrities, and the age group has also begun to rise, in the past, there were many users in their teens and early twenties, and now many users in their thirties have also joined.

The growth rate of new users is amazing!

It has only been a few days since Yuwenfei last negotiated with Softbank Xue Chunhe, and the number of website users has grown from more than 80 million to nearly 100 million!

Perhaps, just today, the total number of Facebook users will exceed 100 million.

The more Cai Congxin analyzed, the more he felt that Yu Wenfei's last asking price was too low!

Besides, Facebook didn't have its own last time, and now I'm here, so how can it still be the original price.

It is not modest to say that Cai Congxin believes that his arrival is also a support for Facebook's price increase!