In his previous life, Wu Tao's several jobs were actually the roles closest to technicians, so he knew most about these people's minds.

As long as there is hope and work to do, there is nothing.

However, after the project debriefing meeting, the thoughtful Bill followed Wu Tao back to the office and asked seemingly unintentionally: "Boss, now that the Internet stock market is in a depression, will SkyScape still have a chance to go public in the future?"

As the person in charge, Bill's mind is obviously more than the R&D staff below.

Wu Tao raised his eyebrows, "Of course, SkyScape is the first Internet technology company I push, and the IPO is only the first step at least, and it is your real goal to become a high-quality stock on the stock market in the future, or even a technology company with a leading market capitalization!"

When Bill heard this, he was secretly frightened, this Huaxia boss was much more ambitious and courageous than himself.

At the moment, all selfish distractions in my heart are gone.

In these extraordinary times, it's better to honestly do this job with a good salary and get through the difficulties.

After all, even if he comes out to work hard and toss by himself, he may not be able to withstand this depressed environment.

It's better to enjoy the shade under the big tree of Apocalypse Investment.

"What, Bill, do you have other ideas?" Wu Tao said as he observed his words.

Bill shook his head and said, "NONONO! ”

After sending Bill away, Wu Tao made a phone call and called Jim Fehrman over in the name of understanding the progress of the project.

This tall, thin bearded white man, in terms of technical vision and accumulation, is unique to Bill Babi, which is worth focusing on and cultivating.

Be prepared anyway.

After contacting the core technical director, Wu Tao focused on the financial statements here, and had a general understanding of the invested capital since its establishment, and then ended the inspection at SkyScape.

In the afternoon, Wu Tao had a buffet lunch at SkyScape and went straight to Facebook, which was not far away.

Facebook is significantly larger than SkyScape because of its multiple joint holdings, with three separate office buildings forming a lush courtyard.

Facebook's first CEO was Rick Iverson, the former head of operations at Oracle Software.

When Wu Tao saw this guy, he found that this tall and thin white man actually had the elegant temperament of Chinese Confucianism.

At the age of 30, being promoted to the position of supervisor in a well-established software company with a solid organizational structure is a testament to his ability.

After the two sides met, Rick took the initiative to introduce other senior executives of the Facebook team to Wu Tao.

CFO Zhou Li is a 35-6-year-old middle-aged Chinese who was sent by Wu Yingying from the Los Angeles branch of Tianqi Investment. So when Zhou Li saw Wu Tao, he was obviously more affectionate than the others.

After all, it's your own people.

As for COO Courtney Green, and CIO Bright Taylor, they are both from Ivy League universities and veteran technologists with glossy resumes.

Facebook's interior layout is more of a place of inspiration than a company.

Whether it is the functional layout or the division of floors, Facebook does not follow the traditional horizontal and vertical, rules and regulations.

On the contrary, it is a patchwork of walkways, terraces, and even a bonsai to divide the spacious office area into relatively independent functional areas, which looks like a modern loft factory, but is obviously much taller.

In the end, the first meeting between Wu Tao and the executives was held in a semi-open conference room.

Wu Tao sat in the main seat, and could not only see the performance of the participants, but also the movements of other areas downstairs and even on the same floor.

After observing all this, Wu Tao's attention returned to the conference room, only to find that everyone's interest did not seem to be very high.

Interrupting Rick's speech, "I'm sorry, Rick, I had to interrupt. I see that you don't seem to be in a very high spirit, can I see why?"

As soon as the question was raised, the venue was eerily quiet.

Compared with the noisy noise, Wu Tao was most afraid of the feeling that the air would suddenly become quiet.

It seems that Facebook's current problems are not small, at least this management staff has different minds, and there is a big deviation in consciousness.

Fortunately, I came early enough, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable if this development continues.

After a brief lull, Courtney, as chief operating officer, was the first to break the ice.

This middle-aged woman in her thirties was specially hired by Molly's Quantum Fund.

"Mr. Wu, you should know that once a website like Facebook is launched, the most important thing is to promote and accumulate users, right?"

Wu Tao nodded, "I know, you're right. ”

Courteney continued, "The only companies and products on the market that have similar social features to us are AOL's icq and Microsoft's indos Messenger. ”

Wu Tao listened and remembered, but from Courtney's tone, it was obvious that this woman was prepared.

It seems that the shortcomings of cutting the operating budget a while ago have finally been exposed.

"Neither AOL nor Microsoft can easily compete with Facebook. The U.S. online has a wide range of businesses and a good user base when promoting ICQ software. Not to mention, Microsoft has directly launched indos messenger and IE in a package, and user growth is unfavorable. ”

“...... As far as I know, icq currently has more than 20 million users, and indos messenger has reached about 10 million a little later. But what about our Facebook, which has been online for five months, has not yet had more than 3 million registrations!

Courteney sat down with the question.

The right to speak was thrown into Wu Tao's hands, and he couldn't stop talking at this time.

Otherwise, the management team, which was already suspicious of his authority, would not take him seriously.

Wu Tao tapped the pen in his hand and tapped on the table, "Everyone, I appreciate this question raised by Courtney very much. Let's take a brief analysis, indos messenger relies on the user base of IE, and it has reached such a height in a short period of time, let's not talk about it. ”

“...... So let's take ICQ, for example. As far as I know, when AOL acquired icq, icq already had a user base of 10 million. And the remaining 10 million growth is the credit of AOL after taking over. So guys, do you know how much of an operating cost they've invested to get to where they are?"

Courteney knows all about it, "$30 million." ”

"That's right, it's $30 million! That's a low level of efficiency compared to the $5 million we spent to reach 3 million users. This shows that marketing and operation are not as much investment as possible, at least for the past six months. ”

The crowd was lost in thought, and Rick then asked, "Boss, Courteney and I have different ideas. I heard that Facebook's product idea came from the school intranet in China, and I was worried that this idea would not be suitable for European and American countries with different cultural bases. ”

"Rick, I can't agree with you. In this regard, Wu Tao's attitude was clear.

“...... First of all, the beginning of the promotion of a website and product is the slowest growth stage. Facebook's ability to reach 3 million users in just five months speaks volumes about the recognition of its social attributes. ”

“...... Second, even though the cultural foundations of China and Western countries are different, the attributes of social interaction are convergent. As for the differences reflected in the product, this is something that you need to track and adjust. In my opinion, Chinese netizens prefer the text on the school intranet, so will Facebook netizens prefer the photo sharing on it......