The Ritz-Carlton.

Roy made an appointment with Netflix's Reed Hastings and waited for the arrival of investors in the conference room.

"Reed, what was my suggestion the other day, are you interested in merging Netflix with Red Coral?"

Reed hesitated, Netflix's current situation is really not good, the situation of online rental tapes has not yet opened, but in the early days of entrepreneurship, difficulties are normal, as long as you can find the right business model, it is almost over.

However, his biggest concern right now is that rival Red Coral has found its own customer base, which continues to grow in number and has a certain level of loyalty — which is quite scary. Because the accumulation of advantages is likely to produce the Matthew effect (Appendix 1), if Netflix can't find a game-breaking mode in a short period of time, it will be difficult to have another chance.

"A month later, I'll get back to you. Reed decided to be rational and leave himself a way out.

"Okay, very much looking forward to our continued cooperation. ”

Roy smiled and shook his head, if the other party chooses to join the company in a month, it will not be the current price. In particular, after Red Coral's Series A financing, the company's valuation will soar again, which will be the largest growth before 2001. Unless DVD manufacturers make a surprise move to sweep VCRs out of the market in advance, otherwise, in the next few years, the growth rate of red coral will definitely slow down, and the company's capital chain can maintain a balance of payments.

Roy confidently brags to Reed again, asking him to wait to see how domineering he looks in front of investors.

After a while, Gary, the sales director of another important member of Red Coral Company, also came here.

Gary, as a senior executive of Red Coral Company, is also a well-known elite in the industry, and holds many options in the company, so he is naturally Roy's best partner when it comes to financing.

The three of them chatted for a while.

Investors are finally long overdue.

Roy was about to get up and smile and shake hands to welcome, but the smile quickly stiffened on his face, it was Henry, who had a relationship when he signed the contract before, Roy frowned and asked, "What about Mr. Woolley?"

Henry felt Roy's contempt, and he didn't like it, a young entrepreneur was just a small shelf, and he explained nonchalantly: "Mr. Woolley just had an important meeting, because of the time conflict, so I was appointed to come to understand the situation, and after the meeting, I faithfully conveyed today's content to Mr. Woolley." ”

"Have you read the company's earnings report that mailed you before?" Roy asked.

"To see, or not to see, so what?"

Roy sneered, completely angry, you are late, forget it, and TMD only sent an assistant to come, if it weren't for the fact that Flynn Capital was the first to invest in red coral, Lao Tzu wouldn't be alone with you.

When the seed round was used to pull investment, it was because he didn't have any chips, so he naturally acted with his tail between his legs and slapped the investor's ass thump.

And now!

Roy mocked disdainfully: "Lao Tzu is waiting here with a one-meter-long eldest dick, and the glitter all over his body can blind your 24k gold carat dog eyes." Fack, you TMD deserve it too!

"Go back and tell Woolley, let him keep his eyes open and take a good look at how shitty his assistant is. ”

He picked up his coat and looked back apologetically, "Let's go, guys, we don't have time to waste on some garbage." ”

Reed and Gary got up one after another, glanced at Henry in a stupid state with an unkind face, and then walked out.

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Roy returned to the office, called Ulysses, and said with a smile, "I heard that your team was the first in performance last month? ”

Ulysses immediately wilted and muttered, "Who knew it was so hard to lead a team, and you wouldn't let me cheat." ”

"Haha, it's not necessarily a bad thing. I heard from my sales colleagues that with your team, which is the penultimate in 10,000 years, they are very happy to work, at least they don't have to worry about being at the bottom. Roy joked.

"Boss, I'm going to die, you're still laughing. Fack, do you have any other work for me?"

"Absolutely. Roy said solemnly: "This job is definitely what you are best at." ”

"Really?" said Ulysses, surprised.

"Fooling people, bragging, pretending to be an uncle...... How's that? Familiar?"

Ulysses rubbed his palms eagerly: "Are we going back to our old business?"

"Wool. Roy glanced at the other party with disdain, "Every industry is interconnected, and for us in the business community, there is actually another corresponding expression, that is, planning, vision, and model." Roy handed over a copy of the information, and continued: "This is the company's performance report for the past two months, followed by the company's vision, long-term planning, market forecast, innovation model, etc. You memorize all the things in it, translate it into your own language, and then ......"

Ulysses probably flipped over, looked dizzy, and said confusedly: "And then what?"

And then ...... You need to change your outfit, suits, shoes, shirts, ties, coats, and purses, all of which have to be exchanged for tens of thousands of dollars of high-end goods. ”

"Tens of thousands?!Is everything tens of thousands?!" Ulysses was excited in disbelief.

"Hey, that's a must. I'll let Rex accompany you to shop, and the budget company will reimburse you. ”

"Rex?!" Ulysses jumped three feet high, already dreaming of a golden outfit that swept the hearts of thousands of girls.

"Before that, though, Rex will help you solve the puzzles in this document. ”

"Haha, don't worry, boss, I'll figure it out. Keeping pace with the times and outperforming the average IQ is the ancestral motto of our industry. ”

This...... Why does it sound so awkward? Roy sighed: "In Silicon Valley, there is a dune road not far from Stanford University, only two or three kilometers long, but it is home to dozens of the world's most influential venture capital institutions, managing hundreds of billions of dollars. Your goal is there!"

Hundreds of billions of dollars?!How much money should there be? Ulysses can't imagine that every boss there is not a capital predator!

Roy sighed in his heart that Intel was born in Silicon Valley in 1968 and continued to make history again and again. Its successful financing has inspired many potential entrepreneurs, created a wave of entrepreneurship, directly achieved the fame of Silicon Valley, and indirectly contributed to the modern venture capital industry, thus allowing high-tech companies to officially enter the stage of leading the entire era.

"Ulysses, when everything is ready, you will brag in front of the world's top investors, how about it?

Hearing those legendary big people in the clouds, Ulysses's mind calmed down a little, and he worried: "BOSS, will I blow the cowhide?"

"What are you afraid of, the future is uncertain, and the only thing that is certain is the vision you have drawn at the moment. Although he went to play freely, until the sky was falling, the ground was surging, the golden lotus, the Buddha, the devil and the gods, all surrendered. ”

"But what if they don't believe me?"

"Laugh at their stupidity! Our company has such a deep potential, such an awesome project, such a hanging bombing model, the world is so big, who else can I be?!"

"Will you make enemies for our company? Didn't you say you should be ......honest before?"

"-NO, boy, you're still too young. You don't have to be presumptuous. Those hyenas who are attached to Wall Street behind them have an extremely keen sense of smell, and where it is profitable, they will swarm to drill wherever it is profitable, and their dignity will always be under money. Emotional investors have long been swallowed up by the tide of capital, and there is no scum left. ”

"What happens if it doesn't work out?"

"Hahaha, nothing will happen, because it's still me!"

“…… BOSS, I seem to understand something. ”

"Go boy, that's your battlefield. ”

[PS] Appendix 1: The Matthew Effect refers to the phenomenon that the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker.

The social phenomenon reflected is polarization, with the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer.

Reflected in the Internet business phenomenon is the first-mover advantage, network effect, and winner-takes-all.