It will take a lot of time to design the company structure and implement it, and it will be delayed until next year. Christmas is coming, and Zhou Shi needs to rush to Silicon Valley. He made an appointment for Wang Xirui to watch an NBA game on the 24th before Christmas, which was the Golden State Warriors VS Miami Heat near Silicon Valley, and then went to the Lakers' home court on the 26th to watch Kobe Bryant play the Sharks.

"Wow, there are too many people here!" Wang Xirui said in surprise

"Maybe they're usually too far away, and watching the ball game is the same as our market in the north!" Zhou Shi guessed irresponsibly.

"Maybe, why don't we ask!" Wang Xirui

"Okay, who are you looking for?" Although there were many people next to him, Zhou Shi still stood up and looked around, trying to find someone familiar with.

"Who do you know, let's ask this uncle here!" Wang Xirui pulled the corner of Zhou Shi's clothes.

Zhou Shi was about to sit down, and suddenly saw a familiar figure.

"I really saw an acquaintance, let's go over and say hello. ”

"Who?" Wang Xirui still obediently followed.

"A friend of an investment banker. Zhou Shi replied simply

"Hi, Joe!" Zhou Shi greeted warmly, and the person opposite him was KPCB's Joe Lacob. For the sake of Twitter and the last joint promotion event, the two have met many times, and they have worked together very happily.

"Hey, Simon, you're coming to see the game. "Joe Lacob

"Yes, with my girlfriend Rihanna. "Zhou Shi

"Oh, hello, Rihanna, it's a pleasure to meet you, you're so beautiful!"

"Thank you for the compliment, and so do I!" Wang Xirui

"You also like basketball?" said Joe Lacob

"To be honest, I just love the atmosphere. "Zhou Shi

"It's not good, it's a wonderful thing to love basketball. "Joe Lacob

"Maybe, I'll try this and like it, but Joe, I heard you went to the Celtics, how did you get here to watch the game. "Zhou Shi

"Shhhhhh ”

"Okay, we'll talk after the game. Zhou Shi looked at his exaggerated expression and pulled Wang Xirui away.

"Hey, why don't you leave, we'll talk again. "Lacob

"After the game!" Zhou Shi, now that there are more and more people, you have to shout to chat, if you continue to chat, don't be tired?

Soon after Zhou and Wang sat down, the game began, they bought a neutral fan zone, and the cheers on the left and right sides came and went, which was much more lively than here.

Zhou Shi is not a fan, and he doesn't know what the strength of the two teams is. Just listening to a guy named Wade got the most cheers on the field. The big shark seems to be injured and didn't see it. Even on such an occasion, Zhou Shi was as calm as ever.

Wang Xirui let go much more than Zhou Shi and shouted beside him. It seems to have returned to girlhood all of a sudden, lively and cute. Zhou Shi also tried to shout, but he shrank back in embarrassment without shouting.

Dozens of minutes of the game was over, Wang Xirui was still flushed, tired and panting, but his spirit was very excited.

finally walked out of the court, but still made an appointment with Lacob to chat together.

The good mood also disappeared after chatting, and Lacob's last sentence "Beware of Sequoia!" came inexplicably, which also made Zhou Shi lose interest in the subsequent Kobe vs. Flash. However, I still accompanied Wang Xirui to watch the game together. A day at the southern tip of Silicon Valley in Los Gatos was a place where the charming town, historic pedestrian neighborhoods, and quirky shops, art galleries and restaurants didn't calm Zhou.

From the history of his previous life, Zhou Shi knew that Sequoia still had a lot of support for the companies he invested in. For example, after they invested in Yahoo, they wanted Yahoo to take over Google and protect Yahoo's flank. The idea is very good, but maybe Yang Zhiyuan didn't listen to it, and Google is too good. Soon became a hegemon, defeating Yahoo.

In the previous life, Moritz also invested in YouTube for Google, so that they could grasp the direction of the future, and it didn't take long for Google to buy YouTube, although there were many Sequoia interests, but YouTube did help Google a lot. Zhou Shi can't say that he doesn't dislike them, let alone like them, he doesn't like them. This is a crisis for people who lack strength, although Zhou Shi's strength is not bad, there is still a distance compared to Sequoia. What's more, he only has 25% of the shares, and the founder's shares are also a lot, AB equity structure, if only Zhou Shi has B shares, the founder team will obviously have opinions, if everyone has B shares, then it will lose its meaning.

The reason why Zhou Shi has always wanted to sell YouTube is that in addition to political influence, it is more that his own interests cannot be guaranteed, even if YouTube becomes a 100 billion-level enterprise, Zhou Shi has no way to control it, even if Zhou Shi has always been the chairman of YouTube.

However, although Zhou Shi doesn't like YouTube very much, he has to work hard to maximize profits. The emergence of Douyin in the previous life proves from the side that video sites such as YouTube may not have eternal giants, and there will be many choices in the future.

In fact, after Christmas, Shirley left Google, but the official relationship will not be confirmed until after January 1. During this period, Zhou Shi also communicated with Shirley a lot, YouTube is not a typical technology company, nor is it a typical media company, the company's profit source is mainly advertising, and a large part of it comes from Google's adsense. The future development also includes their long-planned PPC and intelligent recommendations. YouTube may also work with eBay and Amazon to direct shopping traffic for their products and obtain revenue shares. Or sell certain goods directly.

YouTube is also preparing to develop a special copyright identification system, which will identify users when they upload some clips of works that have not been approved by the copyright owner, and the copyright owner can choose whether to take down the video or leave it for the ad share. With advanced technology and a benefit-sharing model, we hope to successfully solve the contradiction between user freedom, copyright protection and profit.

However, it would be best if a cooperation agreement could be reached, and before negotiating with the six major Hollywood cooperation, Shirley deliberately reorganized the company's legal department and found better legal experts to work with.

"How about we get the big six Hollywood companies to take a stake in YouTube, reach a copyright cooperation agreement, and then push YouTube to go public this year?" Zhou Shi asked Shirley at the first company meeting of the new year, proposing the long-awaited plan.

"Ah~~" Sequoia and Google's representatives were caught off guard, and Zhou Shi had not leaked any details of this plan before. And immediately came up with a preliminary cooperation plan prepared by Lehman Brothers.

"I think it's doable!" Shirley read, hesitating for a moment. Still gave an affirmative answer.

(End of chapter)