Chapter 211: Gifts
Initially, there was only a rough direction of development.
He got some news from the anecdotes of the old radio station, and later, as his horizons broadened, he enriched his ideas, and selected a few promising development directions, which he wrote down on paper at the moment.
More than 130 programmers reported on time today, more than 20 chose to develop live chat tools, more than 10 chose entertainment programs, more than 10 chose games, and the rest all chose browsers.
Recently, CNC client browsers are too popular, most of them feel that the development of this is more promising, since it will become an independent subsidiary in the future, which department is more promising, there are more opportunities for promotion, people go to high places, water flows to low places, it is very likely to make more money opportunities, of course they do not want to miss it.
During the establishment of the CNC working group, the ownership of this browser was mandatory, and all parties did not agree to give Su Mu the ownership of the "key" to retrieve information on the Internet, that is, the ownership of the client-side search browser, even though it was an idea he came up with.
Su Mu is also generous, in order to make the hypertext link standard smoothly formulated, he announced that he would use it permanently free of charge with a wave of his hand, anyway, he made money by other means, it didn't matter who it belonged to, I wish more people would use it.
At that time, he was worried that the Internet, caught in the current fragmented situation, he could give up the opportunity to make money from hypertext patents in ten years, compared to a browser that could not bring much profit by itself, how could he be reluctant to let go.
He can also compete fairly with the companies that have developed with the help of his patents, and there are ways to bypass restrictions, such as finding ways to encroach on the resources under the hypertext link framework, put them in his own database, and then show them to netizens......
There are still not enough people, and the Firefly Company still continues to recruit talents, seeing that they all want to enter the browser project, which is not suitable, Su Mu coughed dryly, and reminded: "Who else wants to help with the instant messaging project?"
Our company's e-mail has been successful, and there are great prospects in this area, who doesn't want to be able to type and chat with others freely through the computer, and the future should be quite good, and not too many people have set foot in this area. ”
As soon as the words fell, someone wavered, raised their legs and walked to the instant messaging project team, and then a few more, more than twenty people, plus the help of Spider's veteran employees, it was barely enough for the time being.
I've never encountered such a novel way of arranging work, a few people leave the browser project and move towards the entertainment program development project, and the ambitious ones don't care about the project, they just want to compete with a few people, which makes it easier to mix up with management.
Since it is a new company, it is bound to select a group of capable personnel from the old employees to be responsible for management, and the brains present are not stupid, know what to do to their own best, and really make a choice because of interest, but occupy a minority.
"Old ...... I have a question!"
A young woman with glasses asked, her arms raised in the air, her appearance not outstanding, and she was the kind that no one cared about in the crowd.
Su Mu was in a good mood when he met these energetic new employees, and said with a smile on his face: "Just ask, our company has an open and free atmosphere, I don't want to be like Mr. Ellison of Oracle, who is too strict with you, I once learned programming, and I understand that I am most inspired when I am happy." ”
When they first started to make contact with each other, he tried to show a friendly side as much as possible.
The daily life of programmers is mostly boring, facing the computer all day long, Su Mu calculated that each employee present has ten friends in the same industry, and he is counting on a good relationship with them, so that these people can help attract talents to help his company.
Carry out several projects at the same time, the person in front of me is far from enough, the link to this article has just been born, and now is an important moment to race against time to seize the opportunity, twenty people develop a product, the time is calculated in months, and one hundred people do it at the same time, maybe ten days and half a month can be developed.
It is also necessary to consider how to arrange the surplus programmers after the product is developed, and how to balance the two is a difficult problem.
The female employee asked, "What aspect of entertainment do you write about, but isn't it the same as a game?"
"No, games are games, and people can get other forms of entertainment through the Internet.
For example, electronic music, e-books, etc., I think that if you can develop this kind of program, the Internet of the future will not be what it is now, it is terrible now, it is slowly developing, yes, but it is still terrible. ”
With that said, some people broke away from the browser project team and joined the entertainment program development project.
While developing your own browser, you are also responsible for maintaining the CNC browser, after all, it is Sumu who owns the patent.
During the discussion of the alliance, when encountering a topic that could make money, experts swarmed against his interference, and when they encountered a place where they wanted to spend money, they immediately stopped talking, and made it clear that they wanted Su Mu to pay for it.
I can only comfort myself with "there will always be a return on investment", and at this moment I am sure that they do not plan to change again, and let the old Spider employees register for them, and this is the case for the time being.
There is strength in numbers.
At about ten o'clock, a large truck brought tables, chairs and benches, and the employees unloaded them on the side of the road and moved them upstairs, and the truck returned along the same road.
James went to help buy potted flowers, otherwise the company would always look lifeless and lifeless, Su Mu stayed in Penguin's office to browse the resumes of these new employees, and there were still people who came to report and even took charge of reception, such as those senior software engineers, whose monthly salary was more than 8,000 US dollars......
Accompanied by Su Mu's bodyguards, Lily goes out to pick a house.
Menlo Park's prime location has made it one of the most affluent areas in Silicon Valley over the decades.
The so-called rich people are only a concept relative to the poor.
The house that Lily's father inherited was worth more than $20 million, and it was difficult to find a more expensive villa in Silicon Valley than her family, so after asking for directions and finding a real estate agency, he asked where the best one was nearby.
The real estate agent guessed that Ms. Fei Yi, who was following Lily, was either an assistant or a bodyguard, and noticed that big business was coming to her and hurriedly invited her to sit down in his office.
When helping to pour coffee, the middle-aged agent who looked quite cool asked tentatively: "I have a lot of houses in my hands, I don't know where you want to buy a house, you can tell me the requirements first, and I will recommend it to you, such as location, environment, area, etc." ”
"I don't know much about this, my boyfriend only said that he wants the biggest and the best, he is in Dune Road, and it is best not to spend more than ten minutes on the road commuting to work. ”
After listening to this, the real estate agent probably had a number in his heart, since he dared to say that he was the biggest and the best, most of them were not short of money, and he smiled brightly: "Do you have any requirements for schools and supermarkets?
If you don't have any of these requirements, I know that there is a manor house that is perfect for you, and it is not in my possession, and I can call you and ask, but hopefully it has not been sold, and it is by the lake, with a large garden full of Louis XIV roses, and two banyan trees in the yard. ”
At that time in 1985, Su Mu went to Beverly Hills to buy a house and chose carefully, while Lily was much simpler and more straightforward, "average" and "good" houses were very difficult to choose, and the best ones were easy to buy, provided that the money was enough.
"You can ask for me now, or tell me the agent's number, or the owner, I want to settle it today. ”
When facing Su Mu, Lily behaved approachable, but in fact, she had a strong personality, more like a rich person than him, to be precise, she was a little rich woman herself.
As a real estate agent, there is no reason to push the business outward.
They have unspoken rules in the industry, and the commission for the house sold by their peers is half of the commission, and they hurriedly replied: "I know who is in the hands, please give me two minutes to contact him, and if it goes well, I can take you to visit it later." ”
Lily didn't object, and said "OK" to agree.
On the day of the last coming-of-age ceremony, he gave himself an expensive leopard bracelet, and was thinking about buying a house as a gift in return, otherwise he would not like to go......