Chapter 480: Wielding a hammer
This is the Great Demon Capital, there is no shortage of money!
Yu Wenfei likes this kind of environment, and he also likes to deal with these big investment banks with deep pockets.
His starting point is already very high, of course, he will not engage in any self-made or hard work, because for him, that is just a waste of time!
Time is the most precious thing.
Therefore, the start-up of Facebook is an investment of 500 million, which does not save money at all, and it only takes half a year, and when those new projects are launched, the 500 million will be burned out......
This money-burning speed is even better than that of his predecessors Yitang.
That's why Facebook has a valuation of more than 20 billion.
One step fast, one step at a time, in the Internet industry, it is to win by speed.
As Facebook, there were no competitors at that time, so it was able to achieve such good results, and even industry giants like Sina were so difficult to catch up after being one step slower.
Similarly, Yuwenfei's WeChat project has been running for so long, why don't you dare to go online, it is because there is already a giant QQ on the market, and others have a first-mover advantage.
As soon as he competes, or even surpasses, he must find the best time to have that little opportunity.
Now financing, Yu Wenfei also has the same idea.
Facebook is already ahead of all similar websites, so keep throwing money into it, throwing huge sums of money!
At the same time, several new projects, from the moment they are launched, must be the first in the industry, which also requires the support of a large amount of funds.
His whole plan, in the final analysis, requires not technology or creativity, but money.
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Xue Chunhe is right about one thing, that is, Facebook's management team is still a little weaker.
Especially after waiting for a period of time, after Yu Wenfei wants to take a break to do something else, he must have a reliable helmsman.
"Manager Wang, how is Mr. Cai's contact?" asked Yu Wenfei.
The Mr. Cai in his mouth is, of course, Ali's Cai Congxin!
"The headhunter contacted him twice, but Mr. Cai never replied, and he didn't say whether it would work or not, so I was quite puzzled. Manager Wang replied.
"Did you tell him which company was going to poach him?" Yu Wenfei asked again.
"I mentioned it the second time, but I didn't say it explicitly, just said that a giant company in the domestic Internet circle is no smaller than Alibaba. ”
This is also the rule, just starting out, it is impossible for headhunters to inform all the candidates at once.
It is only vague to describe the size of the company, rather than directly revealing the name of the company.
However, since it is said to be a giant in the domestic Internet circle, it can roughly screen out a range, which is nothing more than the three BAT companies, plus the portal three, at that time, these six companies were basically on an equal footing, and the portal three giants were slightly ahead.
Yu Wenfei nodded, "Tell the headhunting company, let them tell Cai Congxin, saying that I want to see him! The time is set within a week, and the specific time and place will be selected by Mr. Cai." ”
He doesn't want to drag it out any longer, and he must take down Cai Congxin as soon as possible, because in a few months, Ali's Taobao will be launched.
Once Taobao is online and shows enough potential, it will be at least ten times more difficult to dig Cai Congxin!
The current Cai Congxin, although he is also a core figure in Ali, and holds the original shares. But the Alibaba platform, I believe that with Cai Congxin's shrewdness, it has already estimated a rough upper limit.
And he doesn't have many original shares in his hand, at best, about three percent!
Yu Wenfei is sure of this, he has also been a boss and knows how to use people.
Lao Ma, an old fox, even if he trusts Cai Congxin again, he will not give him a lot of shares at one time, and he must have signed an equity incentive clause.
For example, how many times of financing, after the size of the company has reached a certain level, and how many shares will be awarded.
Now with the scale of Alibaba's platform, Cai Congxin will not have many shares in his hands, and it is also the easiest time to poach him.
Hearing that Yu Wenfei was going to see Cai Congxin directly, Manager Wang was a little surprised, under normal circumstances, the boss of a large company would not go out to interview the candidate in person, because it would seem a little anxious, and it would be easy for the candidate to open his mouth.
However, she also has a high enough professional quality to simply reply: "Okay, I will contact the headhunting consultant immediately! ”
Yu Wenfei nodded with satisfaction, this Manager Wang is indeed worthy of her salary, the company's internal affairs are arranged in an orderly manner, and she knows how to advance and retreat.
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In Hangzhou, in a high-end community, Cai Congxin had just had dinner and was watching the news broadcast when he received a phone call.
Looking at the caller ID, he hesitated, got up and walked to the balcony, and answered the phone.
"Hello Mr. Cai, I didn't bother you. A pleasant female voice came.
"No, Miss Guo has something to do?" Cai Congxin said calmly.
His house, a high-rise apartment, is located not far from the shore of West Lake. More than 30 floors high, standing on the balcony, looking at the beautiful night view of Hangzhou.
To be honest, at this time, Lao Ma still lives in an old residential building, and in terms of conditions, he can't compare with Cai Congxin.
The purchase of this house did not rely on Cai Congxin's income in Alibaba, but his savings when he worked in a foreign investment bank.
In Alibaba, Cai Congxin's salary now is only 3,000 yuan, which is still RMB!
Don't think it's too little, you must know that when he first joined Alibaba, his salary was only 500 yuan......
However, when he went to Ali, he was not aiming for a high salary, and the goal was shares.
"Cai is always like this, the boss of the other company wants to see you, preferably within this week. The time and place are yours. The headhunter said.
Cai Congxin was a little surprised, it seems that the other party is a little anxious, the boss is going to come forward in person?
"So, can Miss Guo tell me which company it is and who the boss is?" he said unhurriedly.
"Facebook, Yuwenfei!"
This time, the headhunter was very happy and directly said the name of the company.
Cai Congxin was stunned for a moment when he heard these two names, he didn't expect it to be Facebook!
Originally, I thought it was Sina Sohu, and even Tencent had a more likely possibility, but the last thing I didn't expect was Facebook.
Although the business is different, Cai Congxin still understands the recent popularity of Facebook.
Facebook belongs to Star Technology Company, and the boss Yu Wenfei, who was young and proud, founded Facebook as a college student with a huge investment......
When Star Technology was first established, many people in the circle still came to see this company with the mentality of watching jokes.
The acquisition of Yitang and the unlimited recruitment of people have made industry insiders scoff, thinking that this is just an impulsive move by a hairy young man who has made a fortune by good luck, which is not at all what it looks like to be a serious company.
Even, at that time, some people bet that Star Technology would not last for half a year, and it would go out of business if the money burned out.
But no one expected that Facebook was born, and just relying on Yuwenfei's own traffic and influence, it quickly became an influential social platform.
Then there was another beautiful "downpercut", using star strategy to beat the newly emerging competitor - Sina Blogger to the point of being powerless.
If that's all there is to it, it's just another good website in the industry.
But around the Spring Festival, Facebook really caused a huge sensation, and the birth of Mikiko and Sister Furong subverted the concept of all Internet practitioners.
Originally......
The website can also attract traffic like this!
Originally......
The bottomless hype in the entertainment industry is so easy to use on the Internet.
And where did Facebook find such two "wonderful" users, which is inexplicable.
What qualities of these two people have attracted the interest of so many netizens, I can't understand them at all!
On Facebook, and even on the entire Internet, the influence of Mei Muzi and Sister Furong is, without exaggeration, almost catching up with top stars such as Yu Wenfei, Andy, and Jay!
It's really unimaginable.
Therefore, Cai Congxin has also studied Facebook with great interest, and he feels that this company is very ...... Imagination!
To do the internet, imagination is a wonderful word.
For Yu Wenfei, the boss of Facebook, Cai Congxin was even more impressed, feeling that this was an unborn genius. Writing a book can be written to occupy the top spot in the national book sales list in a row, and it can take half a year to become a company, and it will take you to reach the peak that others can't reach in three or five years!
Sure enough, China is really a vast land and a rich country, with outstanding people!
But he never thought that one day, he would have any connection with Facebook and Yuwenfei.
Alibaba is an e-commerce company, Facebook is a social networking site, and it can't be matched.
But the reality is so magical, Yu Wenfei actually fell in love with himself and wanted to dig himself up!
And according to the headhunting consultant, the position given there is definitely the executive among the executives, CEO, this is also the dream of every professional manager.
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Cai Congxin was a little distracted, he stared at the bright lights in the distance, and was silent for a while without speaking.
The headhunting consultant on the opposite side waited for two minutes, didn't hear a response, and was a little confused, "Hey, hey, Mr. Cai, are you listening?"
"Ahh In this way, at three o'clock in the afternoon the day after tomorrow, in the Fuquan Tea House in Yongfu Temple by the West Lake, I will be waiting for Mr. Yu Wenfei there. Cai Congxin replied.
"Okay, I'll definitely convey it to Mr. Fei!" said the headhunting consultant excitedly.
Hanging up the phone, Cai Congxin stood quietly on the big balcony, staring into the distance, not knowing what he was thinking.
After some time, his wife came from the room, stood behind him, and asked softly, "What's the matter, what are you thinking?"
Cai Congxin and his wife are very close to each other, and his wife is also very supportive of his work.
At the beginning, he gave up the favorable working and living environment abroad and went to a domestic city like Hangzhou to develop, and his salary directly changed from 800,000 US dollars to 6,000 yuan per year......
This kind of gap, if you change to another woman, you can't accept it at all, and you will definitely have to divorce Cai Congxin.
But she didn't, but supported Cai Congxin very much, and she gave up her life abroad and accompanied him to Hangzhou.
Hearing his wife's voice, Cai Congxin didn't look back, but said calmly: "I want to ...... Maybe we're going to have to live in a different place again. ”