Morgan Clark was contacted by Zhang Chen when he was working on the grid website, and Zhang Chen offered Netscape a sky-high price of three million US dollars, of course, the two did not cooperate successfully, but they finally established a relationship.

Netscape's sales ability is still quite strong, and it can fight its way out of many free browsers, allowing users to spend money to buy their browsers, on the one hand, because the product is leading, and on the other hand, because Netscape's sales department is really awesome.

Morgan Clark smiled and shook hands with the two young men: "Google is a great search engine, you guys have created something amazing. ”

Larry Page scratched his head shyly: "Uh, excuse me, can I ask why you agreed to join Google? Uh, Netscape is a big company with a market value of tens of billions, and we... You know, just a small website that may not be able to afford your salary on Netscape. ”

Regardless of his current abilities, Larry Page is struggling to adjust to his role as CEO.

Morgan Clark laughed a bit like Pierce Brosnan, "Netscape is indeed a big company with a market value of 10 billion, but I believe that Google will be a 100 billion company in the future." ”

Before Larry Page could speak, Zhang Chen patted Larry Page on the shoulder: "As for the salary, it's exactly what I want to talk to you." For a start-up, employee equity incentives are crucial, and I suggest that we give a total of 10% of the shares for employee incentives, and if we can give Morgan 0.7% of the shares, he agrees to receive only $3,300 per month for a minimum living guarantee before the Series A funding. ”

Larry Page thought for a moment: "I agree, Sergey, do you have any comments?"

Sergei Brin shrugged: "You don't need to ask me about this kind of thing, I have no opinion." ”

Zhang Chen smiled and said, "Okay, you guys get familiar with it first, I still have some other things, and we'll talk about it later." ”

"Miss Sandberg, I'm sorry to keep you waiting, you don't like it here? Zhang Chen walked up to Sandberg and smiled.

Sandberg had been paying attention to the conversation of these people, seeing that the time was almost up, and he was about to sneak away, after all, it would be too embarrassing to be caught eavesdropping on other people's conversations, but he didn't expect Zhang Chen to walk straight to him and call out his name.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to eavesdrop. Sandberg paused and smiled unnaturally.

"It doesn't matter. Zhang Chen waved his hand indifferently.

Cheryl Sandberg showed a puzzled expression: "Aren't you afraid of leaks?"

Zhang Chen laughed and said: "The business model I just mentioned, technology, traffic, and capital, all three are indispensable, and now there are only one or two companies in Silicon Valley that have the ability to operate this model, and these companies already have their own models, so it is not so easy to turn around." ”

Zhang Chen paused, "In the Internet industry, creativity is always the most valuable and the least valuable. One step ahead in the Internet industry is not enough, only step by step leading, is the foundation for a company's sustainable development. The projects we invest in are always ready to be copied by our competitors, so we only invest in companies that can continue to innovate themselves, so that we can stay ahead of the curve. With that, Zhang Chen pulled a chair and sat under the parasol.

"Miss Sandberg, I'm very glad you were able to meet me so soon, we don't need to say polite words, I only have one question, when can you go to work?" Zhang Chen's first sentence made Cheryl Sandberg stunned.

"Are you giving me a verbal offer?" said Cheryl Sandberg in surprise.

Zhang Chen nodded: "Yes, that's right." ”

"Don't you need to talk to me again, what if I'm not the right person?" Cheryl Sandberg didn't believe that Zhang Chen would be so childish, if that was the case, it could only mean that this position was not important at all.

Zhang Chen smiled and suddenly said, "'Increasing transfer payments to the poor, or changing their motivation to work, is a very expensive thing from the perspective of government taxation. However, the cost of persuasion and education is very limited to enable the poor to better understand and maximize the use of existing poverty alleviation policies, that is, the cost of persuasion and education, so the work of publicity, explanation and education is crucial to the implementation of policies. ’”

Cheryl's eyes widened in surprise, and Zhang Chen smiled: "This article "The Relationship between the Tax Elasticity of Demand and the Price Elasticity of Demand" published in ARE when you were in college is very wonderful, and I didn't sleep until I saw it in the early hours of the morning last night. I don't think I need to know any more about you. ”

Cheryl Sandberg didn't expect the other party to even read her college paper, and she didn't know what to say for a while: "Wow, that's amazing, I can't remember this paper very well, thank you very much." ”

Zhang Chen smiled: "This assistant position is very important to me, not only a simple secretarial work, but also to assist me in making various decisions, which requires a certain ability to make decisions independently." Looking at your resume and academic background, I have no doubts about your abilities and do not need to do any further investigation. ”

"So, Miss Sandberg, now all you have to do is answer whether you really want to join Tinder, and if so, when you can join the company. ”

It was the first time that Cheryl Sandberg had encountered such an interview, whether it was the World Bank or McKinsey she worked for, the interview process was extremely cumbersome, and various tests emerged in an endless stream, and the entire interview process could drag on for more than a month.

But it's really efficient, there's no red tape, and once you've set your goals, go straight to the point.

Cheryl Sandberg suddenly realized that she simply loved this way.

"I want to ask, if I join, what will my future career development be?" Since Zhang Chen was so direct, Cheryl Sandberg no longer had any worries and threw a question to Zhang Chen.

"Your future depends on you. Zhang Chen said calmly, "In Silicon Valley, all kinds of miracles are born every day, where the world's most advanced technology, the best talents, and the most intensive capital are gathered. On the short three-mile dune road, there are dozens of large and small venture capital firms, and 30% of the world's venture capital is invested in Silicon Valley, like a pillar of light, illuminating the entire Silicon Valley. ”

And the source of the fire is the brightest light among them. Zhang Chen said confidently, "Whether it is ebay, Amazon or Matrix, Tinder has invested in more than 20 companies in Silicon Valley, which is the fastest growing venture capital company in the entire Silicon Valley, no, the whole world." ”

"Anyone who can show the right ability will be rewarded in Silicon Valley far beyond expectations, including you, of course. Zhang Chen stared at Cheryl Sandberg.

(End of chapter)