After more than three months of development, iVie recruited more than 50 employees in Silicon Valley, and as soon as the news of the successful fundraising came out of the conference room, this group of usually quiet and dull guys seemed to have fallen into an ecstasy spell, and they all fell into a state of madness, with streamers, balloons, champagne, and cakes flying all over the sky - champagne and cakes really flew in the air, one sprayed everywhere like a fountain, and the other smashed everywhere like a cannonball, and soon turned the office into a garbage dump.

When this group of crazy people heard the story of Chen Dayou learning Elvis Presley at the conference table and singing "Hound-Dog" and dancing the hip twisting dance, they were even more excited, surrounded him, twisted his hips, applauded, and shouted like a wild bonfire.

“O…… Dylan, you're an outstanding rabbit......"

“O…… Dylan, you're an outstanding rabbit......"

Chen Dayou's emotions were so excited that they were about to explode, he held the huge champagne bottle, raised his head and took a big sip, then raised his right hand, spread his five fingers, and announced loudly: "When the money arrives, everyone will be given a bonus of 50,000 US dollars!"

Programmers are also people, no one does not love money, the annual salary of iVie employees is about 80,000 US dollars, 50,000 is equivalent to 7 and a half months' salary, which is definitely a heavy reward, and the audience suddenly resounded with the cheers of ghosts and wolves, almost collapsing the roof.

At this time, most of the investors had already left, but Jennifer hadn't left yet, she was worried that her clothes would be wet with champagne splashing everywhere, so she had been hiding in Du Qiu's lounge, looking out through the glass window at this time, and sneered: "It's really a nouveau riche among nouveau riche." ”

Rewarding merit is the best way to maintain the company's cohesion, as Du Qiu has done in China, and he reclined the corner of his desk and argued: "Dylan is just too excited." ”

"Why aren't you excited?"

"How do you know I'm not excited?"

yes, how can you not be excited......

Du Qiu was just an ordinary otaku before he crossed over, and 200 million US dollars was an astronomical amount that he couldn't even think of, but now that he had it at his fingertips, it was impossible not to be excited, but this excitement was more similar to leading the team to defeat a super difficult boss in an online game, and he was mentally satisfied, but his mind was still sober, knowing that life would continue, and he was still a human being, unlike Chen Dayou who lost his mind and thought that he was the king of the world, and fell into a complete carnival state.

"Feng told me that if you're excited, you're going to be like a beast in heat, very aggressive. Jennifer's gaze moved downward, glanced at Du Qiu's jeans, and then put on a posture of opening the door wide and letting you taste it, and said, "This room is very soundproof, do you need me to close the curtains?"

Du Qiu was a little overwhelmed, hurriedly raised the wine glass in his hand, took a sip of champagne, forcibly changed the topic, and said, "Jenny, thank you for breaking the siege at the meeting." ”

"It's nothing, we're friends. Jennifer has often teased him these days, and every time she tasted it, she accepted it when she saw it, and this time was no exception, she didn't make any more moths, and said: "I really regret not bringing a camera here, if the scene you and Dylan dancing just now can be filmed and published in the media, it will be a great publicity." ”

"Really? I think it's funny. ”

"The two of you are now superstars in Silicon Valley, and the funnier, the more amazing, the more controversial the more sensational it is. Jennifer crossed her arms, looked into Du Qiu's eyes, and said, "If iVie succeeds, today's burlesque dance will become a legend, spread in Silicon Valley and even the world, if it fails...... If you fail, your whole life is funny, and it doesn't matter. ”

She contributed a lot to this financing, and also took a lot of risks, the pressure was no less than Chen Dayou, Du Qiu was a little touched in his heart, but he still maintained a cynical attitude on the surface, and said with a smile: "In order not to disappoint you, I will not fail." ”

Jennifer seemed to sense the sincerity hidden in his words, smiled and said, "I believe in you." ”

At this time, a man's voice came from outside the door: "Autumn is a man who is good at creating miracles, and I believe in him too." ”

Du Qiu looked up and saw that it was Masayoshi Son, the boss of SoftBank Group, who walked in from outside the door with a glass of champagne and said in Japanese: "Toussaint, congratulations." ”

"Thank you. Du Qiu raised his glass to him and said, "I hope there will be more opportunities for cooperation in the future." ”

"Definitely. Son Masayoshi drank a lot of wine, his face was flushed, but his mind was very sober, and he proposed: "Dussaint, iMail is a revolutionary product, and there is a big market in Dongying, why don't we cooperate to open a branch?"

"Okay, let's find some time to talk about it in a few days. ”

Jennifer listened to their conversation in Japanese, so she made a gesture of "I'll go first", left with her briefcase, Son Masayoshi looked at her back, and said with emotion: "Toussaint, if it weren't for this woman who persuaded Tim Draper and let De Fengjie seize the opportunity, I would have invested you 100 million dollars, 100 million dollars alone!"

"Sun San, you have a pair of good eyes that are sharper than falcons, and you are good at discovering miracles, I believe in you. ”

"So we're a match made in heaven. Son laughed, touched his glass with Du Qiu again, and asked, "Toussaint, iVie owns 20% of Yahoo, right?"

"Yes. ”

"So have you heard the news that Netscape is preparing to buy Yahoo?"

Netscape wants to buy Yahoo?

Although after the 3C meeting, Du Qiu had already been mentally prepared for the unrecognizable history of the Internet, he was still a little surprised when he heard the news, and asked, "Where did Sun Sang get the news?"

"I have a very good relationship with Sequoia Capital, they once recommended Yahoo to me, and when I went to inspect it yesterday, I listened to Yang Zhiyuan. Son, who has worked with many companies in Silicon Valley, is well-connected and well-informed, saying: "Netscape intends to buy it in a combination of cash and stock for $50 million, and if iVie wants to buy it too, it's better to follow up quickly." ”

When Du Qiu wrote IE to Microsoft in June, he received a remuneration of 4 million US dollars, at that time iVie had no plans to spin off financing, the company's main employees were in China, and the expenses were very small, and the money was idle, so he encouraged Chen Dayou to take out 1 million US dollars to invest in Yahoo, originally wanted to make a fortune when it went public next year, but now the situation has changed, and this investment is really well planned.

According to the agreement, iVie will form a five-member board of directors after the financing is completed, and Son, as the second largest investor, has already locked a board seat in advance, Du Qiu decided to consult him and asked, "Sun Sang thinks we should buy Yahoo?"

"Yahoo has more content and more clicks than iCard, and it has a great advantage in terms of advertising, which I think should be acquired. ”

It is worthy of the big financier who forcibly threw $100 million to Yahoo in the original space-time, and he is still so optimistic about it......

However, Yahoo is not worth $50 million at all, and Yang Zhiyuan, like Chen Dayou, may also be setting off smoke bombs to increase his value......

"When we invested in Yahoo in June, they were valued at $7 million, and only four months later, it became $50 million, which is a bit inflated. ”

"Toussaint, iVie was only valued at 20 million in June!" Son shook his head and smiled, breaking the news: "At the beginning of this year, when Yahoo had not yet registered a company, Netscape offered to buy them for 6 million shares, which is equivalent to $300 million at the current stock price, and now it is only $50 million, which has shrunk a lot. ”

"Is there anything else?" Du Qiu pondered for a moment, still undecided, so he said: "If Netscape really wants to buy Yahoo, Yang Zhiyuan will definitely notify us, now let the news fly for a while, don't rush to make a statement." ”

"Toussaint is young, but calm and measured, which I admire. ”

"Where, Where, ......"

The party lasted about 30 minutes and was forced to terminate due to complaints from other companies upstairs and downstairs, but Chen Dayou quickly came up with a better plan to celebrate, he chartered a Boeing 737 business jet and prepared to take all the employees to Las Vegas to continue the party.

Du Qiu was not interested in gambling - Bo and party, but in order not to spoil the interest of the employees, he also followed, and when he walked into the cabin of 737, he immediately noticed that something was wrong, because there were too many flight attendants on the plane, more than 30 of them, scantily dressed, and wearing heavy makeup, which was very similar to a scene in the movie "The Wolf of Wall Street".

"Brother Chen, do you want to play in the air with the wine pond meat forest?"

"Yo, I didn't expect you to be so dignified and very knowledgeable. Chen Dayou was completely indulgent, hugged the two plump meat bullet girls, and said with a grin: "It's just a scene, Jiang Danfeng won't know, and even if she knows, it's fine, she can't care about you at all." ”

Du Qiu is not a dignified gentleman, but he doesn't like this kind of play, so he turned around and walked towards the outside of the plane, saying, "You guys play, just don't make a plane crash." ”

"Hey, Du Qiu, you're not bored, just have fun. ”

Du Qiu turned his head and glanced at him, and warned very seriously: "Brother Chen, it's okay to play, but don't touch things that shouldn't be touched, after returning to the company, all employees will go for a blood test as soon as possible, and all those who have problems will be fired, including you!"

As soon as Chen Dayou was warned by him, his fanatical mind cleared up a lot, and he let go of the two women a little sneeringly, patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, I just made a lot of money, and I want to live a few more years, so I won't mess around." ”

The workload of developing iVie and iMail is very large, the company's employees have worked more than 10 hours a day since mid-September, and all of them have volunteered to work overtime on weekends, and have not rested for more than a month, which is very rare in the United States, Du Qiu does not want to appear unkind, before getting off the plane, he announced: "Give you three days of vacation, each of you will be reimbursed 10,000 dollars in chips, and you will come back to work on time next Monday." ”

“oooo！”

"Boss, I love you!"

After getting off the plane, Du Qiu looked at the time and found that it was only about 3 o'clock in the afternoon, thinking that it was okay to stay in Silicon Valley alone, so he called Jennifer, wanting to borrow a private jet to go to Los Angeles to shop and buy some favorite items to treat himself, after all, he had been spinning for more than a month, physically and mentally exhausted, and needed to rest.

"That plane belongs to my mom, it's parked in Seattle, not in Silicon Valley, and if you have an urgent need to go to Los Angeles, I can help you contact a leasing company to rent one. ”

"Nothing was in a hurry, I just wanted to go on a sightseeing tour and relax. ”

"For sightseeing, why don't you drive from Route 1 to Los Angeles, there are a lot of beautiful scenery along the way, and it takes about 5 hours to get there. Jennifer was also in a state of boredom and proposed, "I'll be your tour guide, let's go together." ”

Traveling alone is lonely, traveling for two people is romantic, and it is good to have someone to accompany you, so Du Qiu said: "If you travel by car, I want to buy a car first, a car suitable for the nouveau riche." ”