Wall Street Legend

Chapter 192 Benefiting oneself at the expense of others (23)

"There is still no idea of ​​financing at the moment. Facebook's liquidity is enough to last for a while."

Although he is Chinese and has eaten a lot of Chinese food, Ye Dongqing rarely participates in this "wine table culture". In the past, his uncle often went to eat, but they often did not take him with him. In the impression, his father often did The whole family went out to eat, but the memory of that time is already very blurry. With the death of his parents, the connection between the father's generation has also been severed.

It was unclear whether Yang Zhiyuan knew it or read the relevant information temporarily. At this moment, he nodded and said: "Well, loan development is a good way. This requires a lot of confidence. More entrepreneurs are seeking investment, just Just like when I was financing, I started to regret it after the business started, feeling that I had lost money on the shares.

I heard that a bank has lent you hundreds of millions of dollars. In addition to the money earned by the company itself from selling advertisements, if it does not acquire other companies, it will probably be fine for five years. When the shares are valuable, it will not be too late to raise funds. Search engines are different. Users have too many memories and friends in your product. Once they have used it for a period of time, they will not easily switch to other platforms. Didn’t my new rival Google recently develop a product similar to Facebook? Product? "

"Yes, they also sued my company. I remember reading somewhere that the two founders of Google wanted to sell the program to Yahoo?"

"It's just one million US dollars. The people under me thought it was useless. They didn't even tell me. If I had known that such a competitor would be cultivated, I would have definitely bought it even if it was offered for one billion US dollars. I would have suffered a huge loss. It’s so bad that I don’t even dare to think about it, and there’s no point regretting it.”

The waiter was serving the food. Hearing this, he looked at Yang Zhiyuan and Ye Dongqing and subconsciously thought they were bragging. He thought that the bragging was already happening before he even drank the wine.

After taking a bite of cold cucumber, Yang Zhiyuan clinked glasses with him after speaking. He didn't feel the aroma of the wine, but Ye Dongqing only felt it was spicy, from the throat to the stomach. He put down the cup and ate the food quickly, saying : "I also wish you had bought it so that you wouldn't come here to harm me now. Google is pretty good, allowing merchants to buy ads through keywords and make a lot of money."

But it is just a search engine. It is not as comprehensive as Yahoo's portal, but they only focus on advertising, which can concentrate resources on development. With Yahoo's current resources, it is not impossible to defeat Google. I think we can cooperate. , open a Yahoo search page directly on the Facebook social page, and you also promote my Facebook, which is good for both of us. It is better than giving advertising resources to Google. "

"...This is a good suggestion. You can take the time to talk carefully about how to cooperate. Let's help each other, and don't talk about who takes advantage of whom. If cooperation can be achieved and user resources are bundled, the effect of one plus one will definitely be greater than two." Yang Zhiyuan toasts again.

The reason why I specifically say who is taking advantage of whom is mainly because the scale of Facebook is now much smaller than that of Yahoo. Whether it is the number of users or market value, it seems that Ye Dongqing is the more cost-effective party, but Yahoo has not lost anything. This is the reason why Jerry Yang nodded in agreement. The cake in the advertising market is too big, so there is no need to worry about being divided too much. Compared to FB, Google is Yahoo's real enemy.

"Well, let's talk about it later and you think about it first."

Ye Dongqing's real mental age is actually similar to that of Yang Zhiyuan. Before jumping off the building, Yahoo had been sold for more than 4 billion US dollars. Now it is bigger than Google and has already started overseas business.

Helping FB was one thing, and he didn't forget to take revenge on Google. After a glass of wine, Ye Dongqing said insinuatingly: "Let me tell my truth, Brother Yang, don't mind. Although Yahoo's business is so wide now, there is no Google is highly competitive. When users talk about Google, they only search for information. However, Yahoo's business is too complex, so it is better to focus on expanding overseas markets first.

Winning the United States is only one-third of the success. The international market is more important, and the page layout needs to be changed a lot. Can a company with a market value of more than 20 billion US dollars not be able to hire a few programmers? I have been using it, but it seems a bit messy. In addition to content, user favorability is also very important. News can be completely separated and a subsidiary company can be established to provide professional news services. Some people like to search for something when searching for something. , interfered by other messages? "

Yang Zhiyuan was peeling peanuts. He was not a good drinker, and his face was already red after a glass of wine. He thought it was just a young man who likes to show off his feelings, but it seemed feasible to divest part of the business.

If the time were pushed forward two years, he would definitely just ignore it, but with the recent rise of Google, Yahoo CEO Yang Zhiyuan has been feeling pressure. Those businesses are not very profitable, and the portal website diversion is so severe that in advertising. In the minds of merchants, the competitiveness is weakened. Yahoo does not make any money, but allows other websites to make a lot of money.

If you want to say who knows Yahoo best, it must be him. Many new businesses have just been launched, and it is not troublesome to separate and integrate them. He opened his mouth and replied: "This is a good suggestion. I will have a meeting with people tomorrow to discuss the development. Now, I can hardly figure out how to manage the company next, and some of the things I want to do are restricted by the board of directors.”

"The corporate atmosphere is also very important. Recruit more young people to help come up with ideas. There must be one suitable idea among a hundred ideas. Google is developing so fast, so there is a reason for it. Speaking of which, Yahoo is more famous now. It's absolutely fine. Develop a voting tool to ask users what they like, what they don’t like, and what areas need improvement. I think if we want Yahoo to go further, streamlining is the key, and the main business must be put first..."

Just to avenge a small incident, Ye Dongqing was able to come all the way to Silicon Valley, specially invite Google's rivals to dinner, and help give side-by-side development suggestions. Anyway, he was not planning to invest in Google, and he was bored, so he tricked Google's Call someone serious.

It’s not clear yet whether Yang Zhiyuan will listen. Anyway, what needs to be said has been said. As for the acquisition of advertising channels and investment in social platforms, these involve Ye Dongqing’s own interests, so he deliberately avoided them and did not fully understand them. out.

Take away Youtube and Android, and if Yahoo can also cooperate, he is sure that Google will be unable to turn over, and it will certainly not reach the scale of its previous life. He is definitely a formidable opponent. Someone even took a bite out of Ye Dongqing's cake. It would be strange if he could not get angry. This time, it was Google that attacked him first.

He had been on a plane for such a long time today and was not in good condition. After drinking more than one glass of white wine, he was already walking a little drifting. He had a smile on his face when he got into the car. At this moment, he hoped that Yahoo could live up to his expectations...