Du Qiu and Qin Mu were telling the truth, he did leave Lake Washington for work, not romance, and the reason why he couldn't return to the hotel late was because Jennifer was going to fly him from Seattle to Silicon Valley by private jet to Menlo Park to have dinner with Tim Draper, the founder of DFJ Ventures. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

According to him, Jennifer's mother joined Microsoft in 1982 and served as a director of the public relations department for many years, and was deeply trusted by Bill Gates, even after resigning to become a partner in a private public relations firm, she still continued to be responsible for Microsoft's advertising and marketing business, such as the global launch campaign of Windows 95 with a budget of up to $300 million.

In such a family background, it is not uncommon to have a private jet, Du Qiu first went back to the hotel, changed into a more formal set of clothes, and then took the IBM laptop that he has used recently, and went to the airport with Jennifer, on the way he asked: "Jennifer, which university did you graduate from?"

"I did my MBA at Harvard Business School. ”

Harvard Business School is probably the most well-known of all MBAs in the world, Du Qiu was a little surprised and asked, "Why did the MBA go to "Red Herring" to be a reporter?"

"Why not? What you study and what you do are two different things. ”

"Red Herring is just a small magazine that has only been in existence for about two years, and its circulation and influence are not as good as Wired. Du Qiu's aesthetic is more oriental, and he is a bit face blind, and he has no feeling for white blonde beauties, so he said very casually: "With your educational background, if you want to be a journalist, it is more suitable to go to current political and financial magazines such as "Time" or "Forbes". ”

"Actually, I don't like being a journalist. Jennifer drove her Mercedes Benz as she sped away, explaining: "I was very interested in the Internet and venture capital, and after graduation, I went to DFJ to apply for an assistant position, and Tim Draper told me during the interview that it was better to be an assistant than to be a journalist, so I could observe and understand the Internet industry in depth, so I went to "Red Herring" as a reporter for a year. ”

These words made Du Qiu think of Jiang Danfeng inexplicably, and he couldn't help but smile.

"The last time I went to see you, it was the last interview in my journalistic career, and I messed up. Jennifer noticed his smile and thought it was a good sign, so she said jokingly: "Now that I come to you, it's the first investment in my manager's career, don't let me down, or I'll cry." ”

"Then I'll buy a few packs of tissues to take with me. Du Qiu also made a joke and asked, "How much money can you use to invest?"

"I don't have a lot of money at my disposal, but it doesn't matter, if you're presenting an attractive project, Tim Draper will decide on it himself and I'll take care of it. ”

"He trusts you. ”

Jennifer did not shy away from her family background, saying lightly: "He and my parents are friends. ”

"You use your parents' private jet to pick up and drop off the company's guests, is it okay?"

"It doesn't matter, DFJ will pay for the flight. ”

Du Qiu whistled lightly and laughed at himself: "If Mr. Draper doesn't fancy my plan, or if I reject his investment, then when I go back to Seattle in the evening, do I have to pay for it myself?"

"You can call the airline now to book a ticket back, and late-night flights are cheaper than private jets. Jennifer looked sideways at him, and said, "Now that you're my client, any reasonable need can be met, but if no cooperation is reached, then it's over between us, and I won't let you enter my plane again." ”

"You're so cold. ”

"My mom used to tell me that if you want to be successful, don't waste your time with people who don't have anything to do with you anymore. Jennifer sneered and said, "You fired that employee just now, and you were even more ruthless than me." ”

Du Qiu was silent and didn't speak again, he was not speechless by Jennifer's refutation, but poked in the heart.

In fact, Du Qiu wanted to fire Han Yong as early as the first week after coming to the United States, because this guy has extreme views, arrogant talents, and is accustomed to being self-centered, and he can't listen to other people's opinions and suggestions, thinking that the world is running according to his ideas, in short, the second middle school disease is very bad.

Zhao Hongfei is a cent party, he thinks that everything is good in the United States and nothing good in China, but he knows how to judge the situation and knows that his ability is not outstanding, and his development in the United States is far less promising than in China, so he studies honestly, works seriously, and does not complain.

Xu Yongrui is very arrogant, gentle and elegant in front of female interns, sneering in front of male interns, not treating them as colleagues at all, sometimes even Du Qiu doesn't pay much attention to it, but his professional quality is good, if others, even if they are not in good relationships, put forward reasonable opinions and suggestions, he can listen to them, be kind as streams, and revise them immediately, and do not waste things because of others.

But Han Yong is not good at work, and he does not accept the opinions of others, the second stage of secondary school is almost late, and it is a time bomb in any team, even a simple child like Chen Dawei can't stand him, but Du Qiu hesitated again and again, and he didn't make up his mind to fire until today, for the same reason as Qin Mu, that is, cherishing talents.

It is indeed a cherished talent, Han Yong is very talented in applied mathematics and probability theory, and his attainments are good, and he is the person with the most solid mathematical foundation among all Snapdragon people, stronger than He Lixing, you must know that applied mathematics is not very useful in software programming, but it is extremely important in the field of the Internet, search engines, data analysis, Artificial intelligence and so on all need the support of this discipline, in other words, Han Yong is the first talent who has the ability to carry out original research work after Du Qiu started his business, and if he is trained well, he may be able to become a world-class bull in the future.

However, the twisted melon is not sweet, just like Qin Mu guessed after only listening to a few words, Han Yong revealed the company's internal information in exchange for benefits, Du Qiu also guessed that it was not a talent with a heart, and it was meaningless to keep it, so he dismissed him cleanly, it was going to rain and the mother was going to marry, let him go.

Although this matter is a pity, it is not very important, but it has caused a hidden worry that Du Qiu has always been difficult to decide after crossing, that is, the future development path of Snapdragon.

Even if Du Qiu uses the advantage of foresight to develop a new product or new technology by himself, the Americans will soon be able to launch something similar to compete with it, but if the Americans develop a new product or new technology, Snapdragon will be blind here, because there are too few talents to keep up with the rhythm, Du Qiu is not a god, it is impossible to cover everything, and it is impossible to keep up with the lead.

iview browser is a typical example,3When it was first launched in March, Netscape was caught off guard,The scenery is unlimited,But Netscape quickly reacted,In just 3 months, a series of 4 new versions were launched,Not only completely rewrote the iScript engine,It also added a lot of new features,If iView is not free open source software,But closed-source software,It has long been beaten by them,Even so,In the recent test of some media,iView has lagged behind scape-navigator in all aspects。

Competition is still secondary, the most important thing is that there is no way to resist the poaching tactics of the United States, such as Han Yong, if his personality is okay and he is a good boy, Snapdragon cultivated him for three or five years, and then came up with a great product, at this time, Silicon Valley companies like Jennifer drove private jets to poach corners, giving an annual salary of millions of dollars, what did Snapdragon take to retain?

Therefore, if you want to make a big business, there are only two options, either move Snapdragon to Silicon Valley and become an out-and-out American company, or split Snapdragon into two companies, one at home and one abroad. Otherwise, Snapdragon can only become a domestic giant like BAT at most, and cannot be an international giant like Microsoft or Google.

Du Qiu is not interested in being an American at all, so he only thinks about splitting up, and this time he went to Silicon Valley with Jennifer to explore the tone of Silicon Valley venture capital companies, and then decide how to split up is the most beneficial. (To be continued.) )