Chapter 131
Chapter 131
The meeting with Zuckerberg was a joy for both the guests and the hosts.
But the meeting with Twitter was not so pleasant.
As one of the founders of the company, Jack Dorsey is still haunted by his dismissal as CEO.
He even refused to meet with Shen Fei.
In desperation, Ivan, who sold a part of the company's shares but still retained a small number of shares and the position of CEO, and two other shareholders met with Shen Fei.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Shen."
Ivan looked at Shen Fei and said, "That guy Jack is still playing with his temper." "
Shen Fei glanced at him lightly and said calmly: "Mr. Ivan, I think that if Mr. Jack Dorsey continues like this, there is no need for him to stay in the company, what do you say?" "
Hiss!
Hearing Shen Fei's words, several shareholders all gasped, and no one expected that this Chinese from the East would be so ruthless that he would kick out Jack Dorsey, one of the founders of Twitter, from the company as soon as he came up.
"Mr. Shen, I don't think it should be so exaggerated, right?"
Several people glanced at each other, and Ivan looked at Shen Fei with a smile and said.
Either way, Jack Dorsey is the co-founder of Twitter, and it would be inappropriate to just drive him out.
They're not Apple, and they can't do anything to drive Jobs away.
Besides.
Didn't even Apple bring Jobs back in the end?
Shen Fei said coldly: "Yes, then trouble Mr. Ivan to tell me, how to make money when the company is like this?" "
“............"
In response to Shen Fei, there was a silence.
This is indeed an important issue facing Twitter today.
Although it has 1.4 million users, how to monetize it has become the biggest challenge facing Twitter.
After all, investors' money is not blown by the wind, especially those on Wall Street.
The biggest problem with getting them to invest is that you need chips that can impress people.
The current website traffic alone can indeed make investors excited, but the key problem is that it is not possible to have traffic alone without any means of monetization.
Even companies like Face have begun to seek advertising fees and other monetization methods.
The purpose of Internet companies to burn money is not to make the data look good, but to be able to successfully make money in the end.
So.
Shen Fei's words directly silenced Ivan and the others.
"Half a year."
Shen Fei said slowly: "I only give you half a year, if the company can't turn losses into profits, then someone in the company's management must take responsibility for it." "
After saying this, Shen Fei stood up directly and left.
Lin Yuan hurriedly followed behind him and asked in a low voice, "This, this is the end of the conversation?" "
"Hmm."
Shen Fei said lightly: "The shareholding structure of Twitter is too complicated, if we don't force them, these people may be able to continue like this." "
He was telling the truth.
In the original history, the reason why Twitter went from being able to catch up with Facebook to finally disappearing from everyone was because the company's founder was too unenterprising.
They tend to make some ridiculous decisions.
In contrast, although Zuckerberg's guy has been criticized by many people, his determination and action are really jaw-dropping.
Any Internet company, if it wants to develop, in the final analysis, can only have one voice.
Throughout the entire Internet market, all the companies that are bigger and stronger, although they also have co-founders, they essentially have only one voice.
For example, Ma Xiaoyun is to Ali, Ma Huateng is to Penguin, Zuckerberg is to Face Bezos is to Amazon.
These people have the same words in the companies they have created, and the company has continued to grow.
But.
That's not the case with Twitter.
The company doesn't have a clear direction to go.
Regardless of the nonsense of a hammer in the east and a stick in the west, every shareholder has his own ideas and will point fingers at the development of the company.
Even the CEO has changed several times.
In Shen Fei's opinion, this is simply nonsense!
In order not to waste his money, Shen Fei had to make such an effort.
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The response from Twitter was swift, and three days later, Jack Dorsey took the initiative to meet with Shen Fei.
This time.
His attitude was very different from before.
"I'm sorry, dear Shen, because of some of my misdeeds before, the company has suffered losses'"
Jack Dorsey said sincerely to Shen Fei.
No way.
He had to relent.
In the past two days, several other shareholders have informed him that if he continues like this, then he must leave the company.
After all, all shareholders are actually the same as Shen Fei, no one wants the company to collapse in the end, after all, it is their own money that is lost.
Jack Dorsey also realized the problem and quickly apologized to Shen Fei.
Shen Fei looked at Jack Dorsey and sighed silently.
Let's be honest.
He also thinks this guy is unreliable, but in his memory, Jack Dorsey is the one who will bring Twitter's development on the right track in the future.
I really can't do anything to him.
"Mr. Dorsey, I'm sure you're a man with dreams, but I hope you understand that if Twitter continues to grow like it is, it's not going to work."
Shen Fei said lightly: "If possible, I hope you can consider cooperating with me, Twitter doesn't need too many partners." "
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Jack Dorsey was stunned.
He looked at Shen Fei in surprise, he never expected that Shen Fei would make this request.
And Shen Fei looked at Jack Dorsey, but his face was calm.
Because he knows very well that Twitter's shareholding structure itself is very controversial.
The entrepreneurial history in the mouth of the later Twitter management is like this.
In '04, former Google employee Evan Williams founded the podcast company Odeo and invited his friend and former Google employee Bizstone to join.
Soon, Apple released iTunes, and the Odeo podcast platform faced extinction.
So Evan Williams, Bizzstone and Jack Dorsey co-founded the Twttr project, which later became Twitter. Odeo's investors didn't like Twitter, so Evan stepped forward and bought back all of Odeo's shares.
However, in this version of Twitter's founding history, the social networking site's management deliberately ignores Noah Grass, the co-founder who contributed greatly to Twitter's birth and development in the early days.
As a matter of fact.
The truth that Shen Fei knows is that a few years ago, an entrepreneur named Noah Grass created a podcast platform called Odeo in his apartment, which allows users to make MP3 podcast audio and post it on the Internet by leaving a message on the phone.
Evan Williams was one of Odeo's earliest investors.
Unlike other investors, Williams is more deeply involved in Odeo's development.
He even used his unused apartment as Odeo's office.
Soon after, Odeo moved into a formal office and began hiring more staff, including Jack Dorsey engineer Brian Cook, who is now Twitter's chief technology officer.
Evan Williams became Odeo's CEO.
However, in the fall of '05, something that no one expected happened: Apple released the iTunes music store and built a podcast platform into iTunes. All iPod players began to have podcast services built-in, but Glass and Williams began to realize that even they themselves didn't like to listen to podcasts.
So, Williams decided to find a new direction for Odeo.
Odeo's employees were assigned to different groups to develop different projects.
In February '06, Glass and Jack Dorsey started a project called "Twttr" within the company: users sent a text message to a certain number, and the content was automatically posted to the network and shared with friends.
The idea for the TWTTR project came from Jack Dorsey, but the project leader was Glass.
The name "Twttr" was also given by Glass, which became known as Twitter.
Although Twitter's earliest idea came from Jack Dorsey, early employee recollections recall that Glass was instrumental in driving the Twitter project forward, and some even referred to Glass as Twitter's "spiritual leader"
And then.
In September, Evan Williams wrote a letter to investors at the time, saying that the company could not find the right direction and that Twitter had attracted less than 5,000 registered users in just two months after its launch, which made him very frustrated, and he wanted to buy back all the shares held by investors to ensure that investors did not suffer losses.
The investors eventually agreed to the terms of the buyback, and Evan Williams got his wish and got his wish to acquire all of Odeo's shares, including the Twitter project, for five million dollars.
Then, he brought in Ivan and others as new shareholder investors, and the company was valued at more than $100 million.
Later, many investors believed that they had been deceived by Williams.
After buying Odeo back from investors, Williams shocked everyone by doing the first thing he did: firing Noah Grass, the founder of Odeo and Twitter's biggest contributor.
And now.
Although he didn't show it in the previous meeting, Shen Fei knew very well that that guy was not a fuel-efficient lamp.
So.
Shen Fei plans to integrate Twitter's resources.
Jack Dorsey looked at Shen Fei, and after being silent for a long time, he said slowly, "Mr. Shen, do you know what you're talking about?" "
"I know."
Shen Fei said lightly: "I want you to join forces with me to kick other investors out of the company and bring in a Wall Street consortium to put Twitter on the right track, is it difficult?" "
“............"
Jack Dorsey was silent. (If you read a violent novel, go to Feilu Novel Network!) )
He really didn't expect that this investor from the East would be so ruthless.
"Aren't you afraid, I'll join forces with the others to drive you away?"
Jack Dorsey asked, a little surprised.
"I don't have any interest in the management and operation of the company, I only care about how much return I can get on my investment. And after the listing, I will not hesitate to sell my shares, Mr. Dorsey thinks it is better for investors like me, or is it better for your friends? "
Shen Fei looked at Jack Dorsey and said word by word.
“............"
Jack Dorsey was silent.
Obviously.
Shen Fei's words made his heart move.
In fact, everyone has their own ambitions.
Jack Dorsey, as the founder of the company, did the same.
It's just that he is not a major shareholder after all, so even if he has ideas, he can't say anything about many things.
But this time, Shen Fei's words ignited the ambition in his heart at once.
Shen Fei smiled and didn't say anything more.
The seeds have been planted, and it doesn't really matter how far they can take root and sprout.
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For Shen Fei's series of operations, Lin Yuan was difficult to understand.
But the good thing about him is that he supports Shen Fei's behavior 100%.
After all, Lin Yuan thought very clearly, Shen Fei's talent in this area was something he didn't have.
Therefore, it is better to be an executor honestly.
There will always be people in this world who will become chess pieces, and there will always be people who will become chess players.
You are not suitable for chess.
And Shen Fei is undoubtedly more suitable for playing chess.
"'Marvel's side, I'm not going to see you.'"
Shen Fei thought about it and said to Lin Yuan.
"Why, didn't you say you'd go to Beverly Hills?"
Lin Yuan was slightly surprised when he heard Shen Fei's words.
Originally, according to the agreement between the two of them, they were going to take Shen Fei to Beverly Hills to have a look.
It is a well-known rich area in the United States, and Lin Yuan also bought a big villa for Shen Fei at the beginning.
"I don't feel like meadowing in their decision-making."
Shen Fei smiled and said, "We gave the money, and let them decide what movie they want to make." "
The principal of Marvel is Kevin Feige, and this guy is not like these people in charge of Twitter, who likes to intrigue.
And Shen Fei felt that it was not the time yet.
"Okay, you decide."
Lin Yuan nodded with a smile when he heard this: "What's the matter, this is going back?" "
"That's not alright, I'll go by myself."
Shen Fei glanced at him and said, "You keep an eye on Silicon Valley, I'm going around the United States." "
"Okay."
Lin Yuan instantly understood what Shen Fei meant.
This guy is just going to get distracted.
In fact.
That's what Shen Fei really thought.
In his opinion, his life can't all be used to make money and do business, and occasionally he should take it easy and rest.
Although this person has a goal in life, if he really lives again and becomes a slave to money, then what is the point of his hard work?
Enjoy life and make the quality of life a little higher, this is Shen Fei's biggest hobby.
Making money is never the goal, the purpose is to use the money earned to enjoy a good life, which is the goal.
In the following time, Shen Fei flew directly to Los Angeles with Shen Jun and went to Hollywood for a spin.
In his last life, the place he longed for the most was the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and he had imagined countless times that one day the movie he made would be on the Oscars.
But it's a pity that Shen Fei at that time didn't have any chance at all.
And now.
He (Wang Wang Zhao) didn't have that much desire for this place.
"This place is the Avenue of Stars."
Looking at the people around him, Shen Fei said to Shen Jun beside him with a smile.
"It's quite lively, so many tourists."
Shen Jun nodded inexplicably.
To him, the place looked like nothing but a little lively.
"The mecca of world cinema."
Shen Fei gave an evaluation and explained to Shen Jun: "The goal of many filmmakers in their lives is to be on the award stage here. "
It's the truth.
The Oscars and Hollywood mean a lot to many people, which means that they are recognized by the world's mainstream film circles.
For them, the purpose of lifelong struggle is to leave their footprints on the Avenue of Stars.
"Strange pursuit."
Shen Jun thought about it and shook his head.
Obviously.
For him, this thought is incomprehensible.
Interlacing is like separating mountains, and this sentence still makes a lot of sense.
"Haha, let's go, let's go back."
Shen Fei didn't mind, and nodded with a smile.
The two men left one after the other and returned to the hotel where they were staying.
As soon as he walked to the door of his room, Shen Fei saw a blonde woman leaning against the door, looking drunk.
"What's wrong?"
Seeing that Shen Fei was a little stunned, Shen Jun asked in a low voice in Chinese.
"It's nothing, a female star in the United States, well, it's not the famous kind now."
Shen Fei shook his head and said a little strangely.
Scarlett Johansson!
The famous Black Widow should be in her early twenties by now, but why did she appear here alone, and at the door of her room.
"Do you want to call a waiter?"
Shen Jun was stunned and asked Shen Fei.
"It's okay, no."
Shen Fei thought for a while, walked up to Scarlett Johansson and said, "Hello Miss Johansson, is there anything I can do to help you?" "
Although I don't know why she is like this, after all, I liked her quite much in my previous life, and Shen Fei doesn't mind lending a helping hand to help the widowed sister.
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