My Age of Investment

the next day.

Xia Jingxing flew to Luxembourg with Yabo and several employees of the Liqiu Fund.

As a well-known low-tax area in Europe, Luxembourg is where the headquarters of Skype is located.

In addition, avoiding court subpoenas and threatening letters from telecommunications companies in various countries are also important reasons why Skyp chose to locate the company's headquarters here.

After getting off the plane, Xia Jingxing took two taxis with Yabo and others, and arrived at the Skyp headquarters after a short drive.

Skyp's headquarters is located in a six-story ordinary small building, which looks very old, covered with various vines, so old that it loses its teeth.

No one could have imagined that a company valued at billions of dollars would be located in such an inconspicuous place.

From the outside, this building looks more like a residential area than a place suitable for offices, and there is no SKYP logo hanging on the door or other conspicuous places.

When Xia Jingxing knocked on the door, he realized that there was a hole inside.

As soon as you enter the house, you will be greeted by a swimming pool assembled from inflatable capsules.

"Oh, I bought it, boss, what is this? Have we entered a children's playground?"

As soon as the duck neck finished speaking, a tall man walked out from the opposite side, and the man smiled all over his face: "Welcome to Skype Children's Paradise!"

While talking, the man greeted him with a smile, and high-fived Xia Jingxing, "Dai Lun, long time no see!"

"Nicholas, my friend, it is a pleasure to see you."

Xia Jingxing was also possessed by a playwright, and immediately immersed himself in the scene of seeing his old friend again. He and Nicholas Zengstrom gave high fives and hugs again, with an expression of incomparable joy on their faces.

Ya Neck slandered while determined to learn from the boss.

"Daren, how do you feel here?"

Nicholas spread his palms and pointed around.

Xia Jingxing took a look at the messy hall, and said insincerely, "It's very cool, there is no other defect except a little waste of water."

Nicholas laughed "haha\

,"Pointing to the swimming pool, he said, "Actually, it's not a waste. We just put a few tons of water. In summer, everyone can take a shower, take a bath or something."

Xia Jingxing smiled lightly, he had heard that the Skyp team was extremely slutty, and today he learned the lesson.

Next, Xia Jingxing introduced Yabo and the others to Nicholas. After shaking hands, Nicholas led Xia Jingxing and his party upstairs.

The downstairs is the swimming pool, and the upstairs is even more grandiose. The accounting department works in the toilet and bathroom, and the various technical departments work in the bedroom.

The building was originally a single-family apartment, but the entire building was rented out by Scape, and it was abruptly transformed into an office.

The modification is also very rough!

Xia Jingxing almost burst out laughing when he saw a financial officer sitting on the toilet doing his work.

Nicholas noticed Xia Jingxing's expression, spread his hands and said, "I can't help it, it's not because I can't afford to rent a better office building, but because I'm afraid of harassment."

Xia Jingxing nodded, Nicholas's team has a criminal record, and Skyp did something that harmed the interests of telecom companies in various countries, so they can only keep a low profile.

"Actually, except for the legal letters from your rabbit country and the United Arab Emirates, we have never feared any country's telecommunications companies."

Xia Jingxing smiled, Emirates Telecom is controlled by the royal family, not to mention the communication operators in the Rabbit Country, they are not easy to provoke, unlike other countries where private capital controls the communication operators.

Xia Jingxing looked at the employees who were eating snacks in the office and browsing Facebook and Youtube, and frowned. Isn't this management too loose?

He heard that Skype Out, a product that uses Skype to make calls to landlines and mobile phones, was priced without market research, but by two employees who spent an evening using Excel to figure it out.

Typical, made by patting your head!

Whether there is less money to be made, that is certain.

It was going to be sold anyway, and Xia Jingxing didn't really care how chaotic Skyp's management was.

At present, Skype is thriving, and he guesses that the high growth has covered up many management defects.

It's not that "happy work" is bad, but I feel that Skyp is a little too happy!

"Nicholas, where are the others? What about Annus and Tallinn? Take me to meet them?"

Nicholas hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "Okay, come with me!"

Xia Jingxing followed Nicholas up to the sixth floor.

Before pushing open the door, Xia Jingxing heard the deafening music in the room.

Nicholas was still a little embarrassed, and forced an excuse: "Today is a rest day, so everyone is in the company, and it is actually a party at the daily residence."

Xia Jingxing didn't bother to analyze the truth of what Nicholas said, and said with a smile, "Really? I like parties the most."

Nicholas pushed open the door, and Xia Jingxing saw such a scene.

A group of burly men with bare upper body, puffed and drank in the room, and even sang with a microphone in their hands, their tunes were out of tune.

"Daeron! Welcome!"

"Long time no see, Darren!"

"Daeron, come have a drink!"

...

When the other five founders of Skyp saw Xia Jingxing appearing here, they greeted Xia Jingxing casually, and some people stepped forward to pass beer.

From an oriental point of view, it is impossible to understand this kind of carnival no matter what.

This is an attitude of Westerners towards financial freedom and major events in life.

Play!

Just play!

I'm high-profile, what the hell!

Xia Jingxing took a beer, greeted the five founders of Skyp one by one, and sat down on the sofa next to the calmer and more sober Nicholas.

While listening to all kinds of howling ghosts and howling wolves, Xia Jingxing drank and chatted with Nicholas.

"Is it really decided? Do you have to sell it?"

Nicholas glanced at Xia Jingxing and nodded, "Although Skyp has 20 to 30 million users, it has been unable to make a profit for a long time.

In addition, the telecommunications company can't wait to send special forces to arrest and shoot us all. The pressure we face is very high. "

Xia Jingxing understood Nicholas' concerns very well. The other party's last start-up died due to external pressure. In order to avoid repeating the same mistakes, it is only normal to accept it as soon as it is good.

"I heard that the Estonian commander-in-chief's advisers all flew to Luxembourg to find you?"

Nicholas sneered, but he didn’t hide anything, and he said, “Because there are no well-known Internet companies in Estonia, the country hopes that we will not sell the company and promises to provide us with various supports…

It's all nonsense!

I don't know what kind of support our country can provide for us. As soon as Yingjiang's father puts pressure on him, he immediately kneels down. "

Nicholas' words were very blunt, and he belittled and disdained his motherland.

But Xia Jingxing knew that what he said was the truth.

Let alone a trade war, a small country like Estonia will have to kneel with just a look from Dad Yingjiang.

This is the tragedy of a small country!

It is simply impossible to provide support for the people and businesses.

If the country could be stronger, Nicholas' determination to sell Skype would not be so strong.

Because Nicholas is not stupid, he knows that if he continues to play, with the strength of his motherland, he will not be able to cover them at all.

Therefore, those speculators who made money in domestic real estate, donated to famous foreign schools, and their sons insulted the country and martyrs on the Internet platform should really be pulled out and shot 10,000 times.

This is a typical example of picking up the bowl to eat meat, and putting down the chopsticks to scold your mother.

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