Ye Dongqing is not an expert in the company's strategic layout, but it is easy to find some deficiencies by extrapolating backwards from the successful Apple company, checking and filling in the gaps.

Leaving aside the rest, the design of Apple's products is obviously not satisfactory to him, compared to other companies of this era, it is not bad, but it is not perfect.

After visiting it in a serious way, I kept some thoughts in my heart and didn't say it.

Considering the scale of funds in his hands now, it is better to let Apple continue to be confused for the time being, anyway, there are no too strong competitors, and it doesn't matter if you give development suggestions later, it is more cost-effective to wait until the shareholding ratio increases, otherwise it is just for other shareholders of Apple to make money for nothing.

Unexpectedly received a call from a headhunter company, saying that he wanted to talk to him face-to-face about something, thinking that he had found a clue, Ye Dongqing immediately ended the visit, said goodbye, asked for the specific direction, and drove to ManpowerGroup Silicon Valley Branch.

As one of the largest headhunting firms in the United States, Freshwater Fund's expansion plan has just been realized through ManpowerGroup Group, and the quality of service is very guaranteed.

It is about three kilometers away from the location of Apple's headquarters, because Ye Dongqing didn't know the way, it took more than ten minutes to find it successfully, parked the leased Ferrari downstairs, took the key and went upstairs.

Mr. Alfred was also there, his face was a little unsightly when he saw Ye Dongqing, and he preemptively said: "I have good news and bad news, boss, which one do you want to hear?"

“…… Bad news. ”

"Someone has already developed a supposedly great online calling app, and it will be used in the near future. ”

"And what about the good news?"

"The good news is that those people are not strong enough, Estonians, if you are willing to spend money, maybe you can buy it outright, or develop a similar product first, and given the development cycle, it should not be very large. Mr. Alfred said.

Ye Dongqing looked away from him and asked another black man in the office, "Is the news accurate?"

"We can be sure that because my colleagues in Europe told me that someone was peddling the program, it raised the alarm of several telecommunications companies who didn't want their business to be disrupted. ”

The middle-aged black man stretched out his hand to Ye Dongqing and introduced himself: "Call me Jaden, I just talked to you on the phone, if you feel necessary, I can ask my colleagues to help you contact those Estonians, but it is almost impossible for them to come to New York, because they have developed a network sharing tool called KaZaA, and they will face prosecution if they come to the United States." ”

Just knowing the name of this tool, Ye Dongqing had never used it, and said with a headache: "It's better to help me ask, if you are willing to sell it, I will pay for their team and technology, but the asking price must not be too high." ”

"Okay, I'll contact them as you want, but if the negotiation is completed, the cost will be higher than the previous agreement, OK?"

"Of course, just tell me the standard of charging in advance......"

There is a ready-made company in front of him, which is good news for Ye Dongqing, which can save development time and eliminate uncertainty in the development process, the only problem that bothers him is that he has to spend money again, and he has been very tight recently.

After asking, I learned that sure enough, the name of that program is Skype, which is the program he is very familiar with, in order to avoid being monitored by agencies such as the CIA or the National Security Agency, Ye Dongqing used it to talk about business a lot in the past, and he is very familiar with it.

After Skype came out for a while, young people stopped using the traditional way of making expensive calls, so much so that the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said: "When I downloaded Skype, I realized that the era of traditional communication is over, people can use it to talk to anyone for free, and the call quality is excellent, and the era of traditional communication is coming to an end, and the world will inevitably change." ”

There are more than one or two traditional industries that have been impacted by the Internet, such as typewriters, such as greeting card companies, such as retailers, etc., but at the same time, they have also created huge employment opportunities, and the communication companies in Europe have become vigilant because of this product, which does not surprise Ye Dongqing, after all, no one wants to see their interests reduced.

As long as those communication service providers show even the slightest interest, it means that Ye Dongqing's acquisition price will increase, and the few communication service providers who did not contact Europe in the previous life may be because of his arrival, which quietly changed the trajectory of development.

Try to contact it first, and if you don't think it's cost-effective, then find someone to develop it slowly, anyway, don't rush for a while.

Seeing that Ye Dongqing was thinking, Mr. Alfred leaned over and whispered: "Our company added 140,000 new registered users yesterday! The news we just received this morning almost paralyzed the temporary server, and there are about 100,000 more new messages!"

"So many?" Ye Dongqing raised his eyebrows, this number is really good.

"Yes, mainly because there are several forums that have already launched our ads, attracting many new users, and the effect of advertising is really different, and if this trend continues, we will soon have to change to a more advanced server. Mr. Alfred continued to whisper, "I'll go to Oracle myself later." ”

He nodded and didn't speak.

Facebook has just started, Ye Dongqing is worried that it will reach Jaden's ears, creativity is the most valuable in the Internet industry, it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be plagiarized in the past, and that small company still needs time to develop its operations, even if it is good to occupy the initiative for one more day.

Up to now, development, site, staff expenses, etc. have used more than 2 million US dollars for Ye Dongqing, and now the average monthly salary of more than 50 employees is as high as more than 5,100 US dollars, which means that it will cost nearly 300,000 US dollars a month, not counting medical insurance, social security, etc., the salary of software engineers is generally higher, otherwise the bubble will collapse, and the labor cost will be more.

The bulk of the cost is the more advanced server, and the data management system developed by Oracle, and the money that will be spent during this advertising campaign, as long as it can retain users and grow Facebook, these expenses are worth it.

Speaking of bosses in the United States, there is also a lot of pressure because there is a mandatory social security program that uses a "pay-as-you-go" payment method that allows active employees and employers to pay 6.2 percent payroll taxes to maintain pensions.

All companies can save money, the kind of employees who like a top few the most, the company and the employees pay a part of the medical insurance in proportion, Ye Dongqing gives the employees good benefits, and bears almost 70% of the medical insurance, even so, the life of the employees is still very hard.

Take the seemingly glamorous senior programmer as an example, with an annual salary of about 100,000 US dollars, a monthly salary of about 9,000, a monthly income tax withholding of more than 2,000 US dollars, more than 100 US dollars of medical insurance, and if there is a house, the mortgage must also pay about 2,000 US dollars, plus real estate taxes, home insurance, water and electricity bills, gas bills, car insurance, other expenses, etc., almost no money can be saved.

If you have children, you also have to add school bus fares, interest classes, private study tuition, etc., this is the so-called American middle class, and the dollars you earn are worth a lot of money, but the expenses are also huge.

This time, Ye Dongqing's advertising is expected to cost a lot of money, but fortunately, the number of users ushered in a big explosion, and the money was not wasted, and it was not clear whether he could retain people for the time being, but since he could develop according to this model in his previous life, there was no reason in this life to be in the hands of Ye Dongqing.

Compared with Xiaozha, Ye Dongqing can use more money to invest in it in the early stage, use money to buy promotion channels, and then increase the number of new users.

They were just about to leave when they heard a quarrel outside, a tall young woman, scolding something, saying that she wanted to return the money.

Alfred asked with interest, "What's going on?"

Ruined the company's image, Mr. Jaden's tone was slightly embarrassed, and replied: "It's okay, this beautiful woman wants to find a job through us, but the requirements are more demanding, and she must get a million dollars as soon as she goes to work, in fact, the degree of the University of Southern California is not bad, but you also know, who would want to spend a million dollars for nothing?"

A modeling agency was willing, but the other party proposed some ...... Unreasonable demand, now she is ready to sue the other party for sexuality, harassment, as far as I know, her boss just asked a few words, and did not really do anything, and our company is now unlucky. ”

has been facing away from Ye Dongqing, he hasn't seen what he looks like, but since he can be favored by the modeling agency, his appearance should not be much worse.

It's none of their business, after signing the entrustment agreement, when they walked out of Mr. Jaden's office, they looked at this woman curiously, she was still very young, and her side face was also very good, a bit like Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie, no wonder someone was willing to spend millions of dollars to take her, and she could be sent to be a star with a casual package.

It's a pity that this temper seems to be a little hot, Ye Dongqing patted Mr. Alfred, and asked this old pervert who had just stolen the fishy to stop looking, and go out together and leave in his car.

......

Some time ago, I ordered three cars through the bank, but they have not been delivered to Ye Dongqing so far, and people who have no money think that this kind of sports car is very valuable, but in the eyes of the rich, it is more like a cool big toy.

It was not comfortable to drive, and with Alfred guiding them, they went to Oracle to inquire about the server, this kind of small business was no longer qualified for the famous Silicon Valley playboy Mr. Larry Ellison to personally come to the reception, it didn't take long to get busy, it is estimated that it will take about a month and a half to get the server and supporting software.

That night, Ye Dongqing walked to a bar, ready to go back to sleep with two more drinks.

I really didn't mean it, the girl I saw in the headhunting company during the day happened to sit next to him......