Ace Hollywood

readx(); In fact, it includes poaching, as long as there are no problems in the contract and law, the former employer does not need to be considered. The main reason why Daniel wants to discuss with Page, apart from keeping Mark’s stock, is that he hopes that Google can continue to cooperate with F2F instead of having a grudge with a search giant. This is a big problem for any website. nightmare. Although based on the principle of fairness, it is impossible for Google to say that it will not display F2F results, but as long as it does some tricks, the impact on F2F during the promotion period is still huge.

But even so, this issue cannot be put on the bright side as a bargaining chip for discussion, at most it is an added bonus-after all, this is not a gift from a slave, but a job flow.

As a result, Google's two requirements come at a considerable cost.

The information given by Page before was rather vague, and Daniel was also very curious about what Google planned to pay.

"If you think it is necessary, Google can inject capital into your new project and share some resources with your new website as a minority shareholder."

Daniel couldn't help but laughed out loud.

"Page, we don't need to talk nonsense, I don't know if you want to know about this new project, or if you want to know about my available capital flow, both of which are obviously confidential. I'm sorry that I can't disclose it to you , but one thing I can tell you is that the funds for new projects have already been put in place, and I have no plans to introduce new investors for the time being. And, to say with pride, so far, the projects I have invested in, including some you know, except MB Others, such as DD Films and Weta Digital, I have never failed, and their value continues to rise. So, if Google is considering investing in this new idea, it should be your third requirement.

You should understand that I am not a newly graduated entrepreneur, I am not short of capital or resources. It doesn't make sense for me to sell a promising project in the first place. "

Page looked at Daniel intently for a while, and also smiled.

"Your confidence is utterly odious, but it's as charming as your person and talent."

"Okay. If the previous plan goes through, in our first request, we'll make a pretty good offer."

Paige paused, giving Daniel a space to think.

This is of course one of the real exchange conditions, how much Google's issued shares can Daniel's 16% shares be exchanged for in the end. This is about Daniel's immediate net worth.

"If it's just that, I think my offer might surprise you very much."

"We will provide you with less than 10 million internal original shares that are lower than a certain percentage of the actual issue price.

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Larry Page quickly named Google's killer feature.

10 million shares in the 270 million total share capital, which is equivalent to 3.7% of the shares, plus the replacement proceeds, means that Daniel will become a member of Google's board of directors, and the upper limit of Google's equity in his hand may be as high as 5%. .

Daniel knows that Google is a company with a market value of more than 200 billion, and 5% is 10 billion.

"The money is still too little." Daniel sighed inwardly.

This is of course a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for external investors. Although Google's internal equity incentives are very extensive, once it goes public. There are not a few millionaires who have been created, but they belong to middle and high-level managers. The only way for external investors is to issue subscriptions. However, in addition to this, some people with social energy can of course obtain part of the subscription rights to contribute to the success of the company.

Now that the two parties have reached an agreement in principle.

Then there will be protracted negotiations - for Google, it must be more and more uneconomical in the future, because the valuations of Google and MB are increasing rapidly. The Nasdaq tech sector is recovering, and that's true for internet start-ups. Definitely a big plus.

After the two talked in secret, the two teams immediately began to negotiate the framework and schedule arrangements.

This was still going on when Daniel left Clara City, but there was not much need for them in the subsequent itinerary.

Go to your old line. It is very painful to pretend that you don't know anything. When Daniel entered Javier's office, both parties found it quite interesting.

It is unbelievable to say that Daniel has never been to MB's headquarters since MB has grown from penniless to today's scale.

So I would like to introduce to him the building that belongs to him on this floor. It is very necessary. MB does not have too many employees. So far, the number of employees in the headquarters does not exceed 200, and the average age is very low. This is highly praised by social security organizations, because MB provides good treatment for many young engineering talents who have just graduated position.

This is also because MB has a very clear technical plan, so it can be reduced by a level in terms of cost and manpower.

This is the power of strategy.

"When I visited Google, we talked about some issues with MB." After chatting with Javier for a while, Daniel and Javier began to turn to the topic, "You may have expressed similar opinions to me in cryptic terms before."

Javier looked at him suspiciously.

"Haha, don't be nervous. I'm talking about some views on the company's development direction. You said that the balance between the number of users and profitability is a problem that needs to be considered."

In fact, the reason why Daniel turned a blind eye to this rather obvious problem was not only that he wanted to maximize his profits and keep more equity until the valuation was high enough, but that the content fell into a misunderstanding. At the time of his arrival, whether it was QQ, WeChat, WeChat in the East, or Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, whatsAPP in the West, etc., there were hundreds of millions of users. And the premise of user experience, to achieve profitability. This is a particularly big problem, and it is even more difficult to achieve this goal in countries with insufficient intellectual property rights, because original content is easily stolen illegally, content creators are not paid, and platforms do not receive a share. There are many differences with the West.

Therefore, in Daniel's subconscious mind, he always felt that this social media profit-making method was the most important.

He completely ignored a normal development law of MB, that is, it has not yet accumulated enough users, and many people are deterred by this highly mature business model.

They will feel that instead of joining a social media. Signed up for an ebay account instead, and importantly, there isn't anything worth buying on MB yet, in their opinion.

This time a conversation with Larry Page. Gave him a wake up call.

Standing in the future has advantages and disadvantages. Some things need to be based on the present. The solution is undoubtedly more reference opinions.

Javier was surprised to hear Daniel take the initiative to talk about this topic. Also very excited.

As a pioneer in the industry, he is very sensitive to the development of other financial forces.

Although currently limited by MB's complex patent portfolio, there are no competitors with enough weight to stand up, but the development of technology is very rapid, Havel can guarantee that if MB does not establish a desperate advantage after 2005, in this year The advantage in the competition of the model will be quickly lost, because it is clear that after a company has been in business for many years, it will definitely give users a bad impression. If there are enough good choices at this time, active users will be lost in large numbers.

At present, the development speed of MB is still satisfactory, because the introduction of stimulating publicity strategies has led to a sharp increase in the number of users, but this is definitely limited. If the core features of its information release and flat communication cannot be strengthened, it may be very difficult for users to increase rapidly.

So, he was very excited to hear that Daniel was starting to think about it.

"However, Javier. This is one aspect, but I think that just like movie marketing can stimulate the number of users, some appropriate commercial behaviors can also help the accumulation of users. For example, shopping discounts for women, shopping for the elderly Health information sharing, etc. How to achieve coordination between the increase in the number of users and the progress of the business model should be an advanced topic for MB. I think MB, especially the planning and creative departments, should do more on this topic More research, of course, at present, in order to accumulate the number of users, it is necessary to give up some profit points."

After thinking about it, Daniel still intends to reveal his expectations, "I think Raymond and Google will invest more than 300 million in development funds for MB's overseas expansion and user acquisition plans."

This figure obviously exceeded Javier's expectations.

"Do you plan to invest another 200 million or so? If you don't plan to give up your current shareholding ratio."

Daniel hesitated for a moment. This was a top secret negotiation between them and Google, and it might not be a good option to disclose it to Javier.

"Raymond will discuss the investment ratio with Google. After all, the funds are limited, and it is not impossible to make concessions on the shares. That is not realistic."

Javier didn't know that Daniel had taken a sum of money from the crude oil market.

"Greek Wedding" and "Hotel Rwanda" made a lot of money for DD Films, and Raymond's investment has been quite efficient - this can be seen from the speed at which Daniel's wealth accumulates, so Daniel has money on hand, Javier is not surprised, but he would be surprised if the amount of money is so large that 200 million can still be used to maintain the operation of DD Films.

In the end, Daniel still didn’t get to the bottom of Javier. Any information leakage may cause Daniel to lose points in the intensive negotiations with Google and lose a lot of benefits.

He had to tread carefully.

MB is located in Sunnyvale, which is very close to Cupertino, where Apple is located. In fact, Silicon Valley is not that big.

Apple is the penultimate stop of his trip. After staying in Apple for one day, he will visit PayPal, a subsidiary of EBay, and return to Los Angeles half a day later to end this visit.

In addition to the negotiation with Page, the second purpose of this trip is of course to meet the legendary Steve Jobs. It would be best if he could find out a little bit about the secrets. If I remember correctly, the secret research and development of the Or it started in 2004, no matter which year it is, Jobs must have a complete idea in his heart now. (To be continued.)

PS: The third change, more than 10,000 words, thanks to my third deacon, eternal fall