Chapter 863: The Reshaped Image of Yahoo
A few days later, Zhou Shi left Japan and returned to Silicon Valley. At this time, the Occupy Central Incident occurred in Xiangjiang, and Zhou Shizai's program was also broadcast.
"Mr. Zhou, will international crude oil prices really fall?" said Lu He, a former partner in deep crisis.
"Oil prices will fall, of course, this is inevitable, but do you know what will he start to fall?" Zhou Shi
"It doesn't matter, just know the direction!" Lu He
"Do you still want to gamble, because the trouble before is not big enough?" Zhou Shi
"I don't have a choice!" Lu He
"What if you're targeted?" Zhou Shi
"......" Lu He didn't say, obviously wanting Zhou Shi to make a move.
"Can't you run Meibang Securities steadily?" Zhou Shi, after experiencing the rise of Zhou Shi, he became one of the top figures in the world from scratch, how could Lu He be willing to be ordinary.
Dissatisfied with Lu He, Zhou Shi had no choice but to give up, some things are addicted to it, it is difficult to quit, and there are not many people like him who can freely move between finance and industry after all.
Back at Yahoo, he hadn't been here for months, but he still hadn't had much to deal with. In the Internet era, many things can be communicated through the Internet, even if you can't communicate face-to-face, there are also tools such as Yahoo Messenger and email.
"How is our self-media support plan going?" Zhou Shi naturally had a meeting when he arrived at Yahoo, and he first asked what he was most interested in.
"The effect is very good, there are more and more original and excellent self-media content, and there is still a distance from the goal of 1,000 self-media people with a minimum income of 10,000 US dollars per month, but now it is very popular. The number of downloads and user activity of Toutiao have increased rapidly, ranking first among various news reading apps. There are 70 million active users in North America and nearly 300 million active users worldwide,...... Mayer
"So fast!" Zhou Shi was a little incredulous, this was a news app, and it was not instant messaging.
"The number of global users of Yahoo Messenger has exceeded 450 million, and it should reach 500 million users this year, with significant growth in the European Union, Southeast Asia and India. "Mayer
"It's all good news, so there's no bad news?" Zhou Shi
"There are also some people who are a little suspicious of Toutiao's subsidy policy and complain, and some people take the opportunity to slander Toutiao, but it is not a big deal. "Mayer
"The market has largely recognized our change and believes that Yahoo is on the road to success and has a ticket to success in the mobile era. With the help of Flickr and Zhihu, Toutiao has increased the time it takes to attract users by a quarter.
Yahoo Brain, or Yahoo's research and development in the field of artificial intelligence, has gained a head start in Silicon Valley, and with the cooperation with Time e/UC Browser, Yahoo Search has improved its ranking in the global search market a lot. The market share in the United States is back to 20 percent, close to 25 percent.
Yahoo's open source cloud computing business has increased its voice in OpenStack a lot, and after several giants withdrew, Yahoo took over the banner of open source development. With the saturation of its own business, Yahoo has increased the marketing of its foreign cooperation business. At present, it is planning to establish a cloud computing center ...... in Europe, America, Southeast Asia, and China
"Very good, it seems that we Yahoo are still very promising. "Zhou Shi
Yahoo's stock price has maintained a continuous upward trend, with a market capitalization of nearly $80 billion, and has been sought after by investors from all walks of life.
"Needless to say, except for a few Internet companies such as Google, Amazon, Alibaba, F&F, Time, and Friends, there should be no company that can threaten us in a short period of time. "Pichai, Microsoft, Apple and Guoke are not Internet companies, and it can be said that Yahoo is now among the top Internet high-tech companies in the world.
"Do we have any hope of turning around our losses this year?" Zhou Shi, he has no plans to acquire enterprises this year, and basically checks and fills in the gaps on the existing basis.
"If there are no new changes in Simon in the second half of the year, there is still hope. "Morse, although Toutiao needs cash subsidies and Yahoo's cloud computing infrastructure needs a lot of cash investment, Yahoo's advertising revenue has increased significantly on both PC and mobile, and Yahoo's search market share has soared, further increasing Yahoo's revenue. It's just that no matter how many changes there are, it depends on Zhou Shi not making big moves, in case he wants to buy a company like Netflix, hehe, it's no wonder that the losses don't expand.
"What can change in the second half of the year, or should we acquire a few companies?" Zhou Shi
"Okay, what is Mr. Zhou's goal?" Morse was excited, Yahoo's recent acquisitions have paid off, and the annual revenue has increased from $5 billion a few years ago to more than $10 billion now.
"I don't have a goal, and now these projects are developed, and Yahoo will not be beaten by Google, at least not by Google. Everyone needs to work hard to lay a solid foundation!"
Artificial intelligence, MIPS chip open source architecture, public cloud projects, as well as yelp life services, Airbnb B&B hotels, airplanes, trains, railways, bus ticketing, etc., all require a lot of cash investment. Although Morse is optimistic about this, they actually have many difficulties, if it is a start-up, it will naturally look for venture capital, but Yahoo's internal project, the first consideration must be free money. As a result, there are far fewer successful projects incubated by large companies than by external venture capital. A lot of great ideas come from big companies, but it's the entrepreneurs who make them successful, in a sense that entrepreneurs have a lot more money than big companies, not to mention that startups have more flexibility.
Zhou Shi has acquired many companies, and there is a lot of research on maintaining the balance between the acquired and the acquired enterprises, and even if there are some prophets, the success rate of the acquisition cannot be guaranteed. Fortunately, several major players acquired by Yahoo, such as Yelp and LinkedIn, have been focused on by him, and he has had too much communication with the responsible team, and can maintain a high speed of development.
LinkedIn users exceeded 300 million at the beginning of this year, and its development in China has improved greatly, and user data has begun to skyrocket again. The key role is to open a section similar to the pulse of the job, real-name anonymous communication mode, which not only ensures the freedom of speech, but also can control the generation of rumors to a large extent.
"The purpose of anonymity is to share real thoughts, not to break the news, spread rumors and spread negative energy!" Mr. Hoffman said when recommending the LinkedIn feature.
"We have gradually developed a safe, stable, professional, reliable, trustworthy image among Yahoo's users......" Pichai concluded.
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