Chapter 311: Ten Million Level Celebration
While eating popsicles that day, Zuckerberg waved his hand and talked to Xia Ruxuan: Such a change symbolizes that this ticket-playing company is officially moving towards a solemn image...... However, during the relocation process, Xia Ruxuan really couldn't feel what Zuckerberg said. The most dramatic sight of the day on the street was a large group of young men in T-shirts and extremely disheveled as they walked along the sidewalk a street a street of their way, each of them holding a king-size monitor, which became a headline in the local newspaper that day
Nearly at night, Xia Ruxuan drove this BMW 6 Series sedan to the parking lot of the building, which was the car of Moskowitz, the head of the company's technical department, but it was used by Xia Ruxuan to run on both sides of the school and the company at this time
Taking the elevator to the floor of Fri Book, Xia Ruxuan saw a busy work scene
Hey, when Xia Ruxuan pushed the door and walked into Zuckerberg's office, he walked to his side, and he came back to his senses with some hindsight and smiled at Xia Ruxuan, "Please wait a while, I still have some work to do here."
This guy has always been like this when he is working, he once made an analogy, even if there is a ** around him at this time, he will definitely not be a little distracted and turn his head to look
Xia Ruxuan nodded, turned around and returned to his office, when he purchased this headquarters, it was the time when Xia Ruxuan began to devote himself to the company's work, so of course there was Xia Ruxuan's place He turned on the computer and began to watch some domestic industry news, as well as open friends TT and domestic friends network to contact people - at this time he is remotely controlling the development of both sides, in this stage of seeking common ground while reserving differences between the two sites, he can well understand the differences between the two cultures
For example, now Fribook has been in full swing to develop the plan of high school users, there is absolutely no way to work in China, in China can even say that 99% of high school students are not able to access the Internet at will, there is that energy to develop high school, it is better to think about how to cover more universities
I don't know if it's because of the vast land or cultural differences, in the United States high school went very smoothly, but the friend network in China has entered a bottleneck, there will always be some people who are keen on academics and don't want to enter this social networking site, but fortunately, the base of college students in China is much more than in the United States, although the coverage rate is not high, but the number of users is still steadily rising, coupled with the different strategies on both sides, there is already a mature website as a mature website began to consider the problem of profitability and develop in other directions, And Fribook is still in the process of expanding and continuing to be majestic in this social field
Xia Ruxuan had planned to merge the two companies in the end, but before that, Fri Book still had enough time to become stronger, Xia Ruxuan always firmly believed that it had this potential, but a more gratifying news is that even if the situation of the friend network is not so satisfactory in China, but the 360 security guard has swept the country with a very strong momentum, has occupied millions of users, and has the appreciation of college students, so that there is no need to promote too much, The software is installed as a plug-in in the computers of those who are adults
As for Yahoo China, the previous 3721 Internet assistant, it completed the merger and acquisition plan with Alibaba in October, and everything was going on in a normal trajectory as Xia Ruxuan expected, and there was nothing to worry about
That night, on the seventh floor of the building in Palo Alto, Zuckerberg ordered a huge multi-layered cake and sent it to the headquarters at eight o'clock in the evening
When the time came to 8:27 p.m., the number of registrations exceeded 9,999,900, and the number would jump up every few seconds on average, sometimes even two or three at the same time, and the last 100 did not take much time
At 8:30 and 6 a.m., 9,999,990 o'clock, they began to jump online one by one
At this moment, the entire company headquarters was quiet, and no one made even the slightest sound, for fear of missing such a moment to witness a miracle, in a sense, the company's users from millions to tens of millions, is indeed a huge miracle
Eighteen seconds later, the number was fixed at 10 million, and at that moment everyone remained habitually silent, but when the number jumped up one more time, the pre-prepared salute exploded, and Moskowitz jumped up quickly, picked up the champagne, stood on the chair, shook it violently, and then, with a snap, the lid was blown away, and the champagne fell from the sky like a pouring of rain, and the whole headquarters suddenly boiled, and everyone cheered, cheered to their heart's content
Xia Ruxuan suddenly felt that this feeling was really good, he could feel that most people were really thinking about the company, because almost all the employees of the company were young people, and they all firmly believed that they were participating in creating a history, which made each of them work so hard In the carnival of everyone, Xia Ruxuan suddenly noticed that Zuckerberg returned to his office alone, and when everyone was shouting and cheering, his expression seemed a little unusual
Xia Ruxuan avoided the cheering crowd and walked in not long after Zuckerberg returned to the office
Zuckerberg looked at his computer with a serious face, his hands were dancing on the keyboard, and at this time he was always so focused, so single-minded, there was nothing to turn his mind away from his work
When the first stage of work was completed, Zuckerberg stretched his waist, then looked at Xia Ruxuan and smiled, until now he will only behave in front of Xia Ruxuan as he did at the beginning, in fact, everyone has been changing in the past two years, and no one will stay in place forever
"Everyone is playing, why did you run back alone" Xia Ruxuan smiled and pointed outside
"Let them rest for a while, this time is too busy, you know we have just opened the picture function, during this time the expansion of the server almost disrupted our plan for the next half a year, but fortunately with the help of Mr. Rothschild, if it weren't for his data center software familiarity, our server was close to crashing several times, Mr. Rothschild was on vacation, if there was a basket at this time, how could I have the face to face everyone"
At this moment, Zuckerberg is no longer the one in Xia Ruxuan's memory who will be completely emotionally moved because of any achievements, at this time, after two years of training, after countless doubts, he finally began to have a leader, and he has begun to consider others
Mr. Rothschild was the man in his fifties who received Xia Yunbai when he first came to San Francisco, and Xia Ruxuan did not know until now that this full name Jeff Rothschild was actually one of the founders of Veritas, a large business software company, but he had retired from that company, but he became a consultant to the company because he was Xia Yunbai's agent at this time
That's why he has the same skills as Zuckerberg said, and it's true that without his help, there would have been several times during this time when the server would have crashed
"Xia," Zuckerberg suddenly faced Xia Ruxuan, "I always feel a little nervous during this time, and now is a crucial turning point for the whole company, whether everything can go according to the wonderful blueprint we have drawn is really important."
Xia Ruxuan nodded, at this time, the website is in the process of a 'workplace network' plan, before this, the college student network and the high school student network have achieved unprecedented success, whether they can enter the workplace will become an extremely intuitive question
"Xia," Zuckerberg paused, and then continued to speak with some seriousness, "but regardless of the success of this workplace network, the twelve million we received in the first round of financing are now less than two million left, and if you take a positive view of the development of the whole 2006, I think in this year, we will have about one ......" Zuckerberg frowned and looked at the report and was still thinking
Xia Ruxuan paused and added, "There is a gap of 20 million to 30 million."
Zuckerberg looked at Xia Ruxuan in a daze, Xia Ruxuan suddenly smiled and said, "Don't forget that I'm studying finance now."
Zuckerberg smiled, "If only I had as much energy and spirit as you, I don't know where I threw my knowledge of psychology" Indeed, Zuckerberg majored in psychology and minored in computer science when he was at Harvard, "Now in the outside world, Fripook's valuation is about $800 million, are we considering starting a round of financing plan, I think we can release five percent of the shares"
"Five percent of the shares can attract a capital of 30 million to 40 million," Xia Ruxuan sat down and closed his eyes slightly and analyzed, "Of course, this is when everything is good, no matter how bad we are, we have a bottom line, that is, based on the market value of 500 million, we will finally obtain a financing of about 25 million."
Kerberg nodded
"So what are the companies that are interested in investing right now?"
Zuckerberg raised his eyebrows, and suddenly grinned, full of anticipation, "There are a lot of people waiting for us in Manhattan, it's a place where angel investors gather, it's a paradise"
"It's also a hell," Xia Ruxuan added with a smile.