Chapter 177: Infighting
Yes, being regarded as a disciple! Beauty, it is inevitable that she is always so confident.
What's more, even Schmidt said that she is the face and public image of Google, not to mention the things between her and the company's founder, Page, which are perceived by anyone with a discerning eye.
But the current Feng Yiping really doesn't have any thoughts about this.
After arriving at Stanford, I have seen a lot of unknown blonde beauties, younger and more beautiful than the one in front of me, although sometimes it is inevitable to look a few more times, that is, to see two eyes, if he sees a beautiful one, he wants to develop on the bed, how can he have time to study and work?
What's more, today, for him and Google, is an important day, not to mention that the person in front of him is obviously a little entangled with Page, how can he have those thoughts?
However, there is no need to explain it to her, and it is not easy to explain it to her? How to explain it to her, "Ah, beauty, you think too much, I have no interest in you at all,"
That's the real death.
"Why do I think the office area is a little messy?" Feng Yiping simply didn't answer her words.
Now Google's office area is quite messy, not a regular lattice room, the office area is large and small, desks and chairs are also of different specifications, each table and next to it, are decorated according to the owner's mind, different styles.
Recliners, couches, these things that were later available in Google's office area, and now there are also them, as well as foosball, billiards and other entertainment facilities...... In short, it looks like a complex of uncleaned classrooms in kindergarten and university boys' dormitories.
We believe in freedom, and the main purpose of all these facilities is to serve the staff. In the service of work, everything else is secondary,"
Feng Yiping didn't take that topic, but Mayer was more serious.
She looked at the little brother in front of her quietly, dressed neatly and decently, but with clothes and shoes. It's all ordinary, the backpack is a luxury brand, but it's an old model from many years ago, and the most valuable thing is the watch on his wrist.
She had heard of Feng Yiping's blue ocean strategy, but she hadn't finished reading it, and the cloud computing he proposed was indeed not bad, but. He didn't know anything about programming, and he was so young that he didn't have any experience and experience, how could Page them think of making him the chief strategic consultant at the vice president level?
Could it be that this is really just like them, a genius?
"Is the company's restaurant also free for employees?" Feng Yiping asked again. He wanted to know about this benefit from Google. Is it there from the beginning.
"Yes, providing free buffets for employees, as it was in the early days," Ms. Mayer said, "and when they first rented Ms. Wojcicki's garage, they used to ransack her refrigerator." And so the tradition continued,"
"And," she said, pointing to the only room with a closed door and no large glass, "it's a massage room." We hired a full-time masseur to massage the staff who needed it,"
The little brother in front of her has the same stability as an adult, and the momentum of a superior, which makes her unconsciously restrain her pride.
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In the small conference room, Page looked at the general report made by the finance department after summarizing the opinions of all parties, and said nothing, Brin also took the report, frowned and looked at the final conclusion, "Thank you!"
The department heads who were recruited by the three of them in a hurry were still a little confused when they got up and left one by one.
What does it mean that the CEO and the two founders suddenly come up with so many ideas and then don't comment on the budget after getting a rough budget report?
"If there are so many new projects at the same time, it will definitely be difficult for the company to maintain its finances," Schmidt said, "although Feng's analysis is very correct, but from the current situation, I think there is no problem with the development of some projects that can be postponed until next year or later," he said.
"This year's revenue should be between 200 million and 300 million US dollars, if you rely on your own funds and a new project, you can still do it, then it is okay not to accept investment at present,"
"That's too slow," Page said, looking at the last part of the report, adding that if new departments such as cloud computing, browsers, email, and electronic maps were to be set up at the same time, the funding gap would be very large.
"Whether to strengthen the projects that we are already working on, or to develop so many new projects at the same time, I think the question is debatable. ”
Schmidt is still reluctant to accept a large amount of foreign investment at this time, and this investor seems to be very close to Page.
Page and Brin were worried about this, because when it was so difficult, he insisted on his control of the company, and now that the company was on the right track, they were even more reluctant to have such a situation.
"Because of Sequoia and KPCB, we're definitely going to go public," Brin said, looking at Schmidt.
For venture capital firms, it must be that the sooner the company goes public, the better, so that they can get a return in a shorter period of time and withdraw funds faster.
is that as long as he accepts this job, Feng Yiping will definitely have shares in the company in the future.
"So I don't think there's a problem with accepting his investment,"
Page nodded as well, "I agree." ”
Rather than looking for other institutions for financing, it is better to accept Feng Yiping's investment.
Moreover, what Schmidt opposed, as is often the case, is a strong reason why Page chose to support it.
Of course, if Feng Yiping waved a check and took the initiative to come to the door, with Page's temperament, most of them would not accept it, and he would definitely suspect that Feng Yiping had other intentions.
But now it's different, they took the initiative to find Feng Yiping, Feng Yiping's strong financial resources were also beyond their expectations, and the two investment reasons mentioned by Feng Yiping can also stand on their feet, and there will be no problems in accepting his investment.
Then the question now is, how much to accept, and how much share?
This question, Page wanted to discuss with Brin privately, "Let's go find Von,"
"Wait," Schmidt stopped them and pulled out a copy of the paper, "I've discussed this issue many times, and I think it's urgent to hire a VP of product management, and there's just a suitable candidate, Jonathan Rosenberg,"
Page didn't take the paper, "I have to think about it again, at least, after confirming Feng's matter,"
"But, you've been thinking about it for a quarter,"
Paige waved his hand, put his arm around Brin's shoulder, and walked out.
Schmidt sighed, it seems that this matter is destined to have no more results.
Why did a Feng Yiping emerge at this time?
Page's hiring of Feng Yiping as a strategic consultant also has this consideration.
He has been reluctant to relinquish his position as chief executive, and in response, he insisted on initiating a reform in July last year, just before Schmidt's arrival.
He announced at an impromptu conference that all project managers and all engineers would be dismissed and all would report to him.
He had three reasons: he did not like to be supervised by non-engineers, engineers should not be supervised by non-engineer managers with limited professional competence, and project managers were not satisfied with their work.
If this reform can be successful, then although he is only a product director, he still controls all the power in his own hands, that is, what is left for Schmidt is an empty shell CEO position and title.
Unfortunately, that reform did not succeed in the end, and now is not the initial period, Google's engineering team is growing too fast, and he alone cannot meet the requirements of so many engineers.
Because of this, he has always been wary of Schmidt's behavior of expanding his strength after his arrival, such as recruiting the management team and sales team, and even recruiting a front desk must be signed by Page for final confirmation.
It stands to reason that Google now does need to hire a vice president to manage products, and without Feng Yiping's surprise, he can only agree to Schmidt's request today, and there is really no reason to delay any longer.
However, since Feng Yiping has cleared the fog in front of them and clearly pointed out the future development direction and the products that need to be developed, what else does the vice president in charge of product management need?
At most, you can set up a few project leaders and have them report to their product director.
"By the way, Brin, the position given to Feng cannot be the vice president in charge of strategy, we should make him the director of strategy, directly responsible to the board of directors. ”
With Schmidt sparring, Page matured quickly and immediately thought of a question.
Brin also reacted, Schmidt is worthy of being a veteran, a vice president, so he assigned Feng to his side, vice president, of course, has to be responsible to the president.
Front, Feng Yiping was still led by Mayer to visit the company, "Hi, Feng," Page ran over, "The investment amount, the financial department needs time to calculate, and the results will be available in the afternoon at the earliest, how about experiencing our buffet at noon?"
Mayer was stunned, is this guy really going to be another boss of his own? )