Wall Street Legend

Chapter 290 Dinner (24)

Ye Dongqing didn't know whether SoftBank had signed a priority financing right with the founding team headed by Jack when it was financing that year, but since they had agreed to accept the financing, it meant that it must have been approved by SoftBank.

I don’t know why, Masayoshi Son did not continue to raise funds, or it may be that the founding team did not want to see a situation where one party was dominant.

The market capitalization of Alibaba Group these days is only around US$450 million. It spent US$500 million in financing and only accounted for 43% of the shares. Judging from the current situation, it must be slightly at a loss. Ye Dongqing does not want it to happen because of this. A small amount of money was a missed opportunity, so I agreed.

A lot of experience can be learned from Yahoo's failure. For example, Yahoo had already reached an agreement with Facebook, but on the day of signing, it lowered the acquisition price from one billion U.S. dollars to more than 800 million U.S. dollars. This made Zuckerberg so angry that he tore up the agreement on the spot, and then In this way, a company valued at one billion US dollars was turned into hundreds of billions of dollars when Ye Dongqing jumped off the building.

This story is enough to make Ye Dongqing think a little longer.

With the opportunity right in front of him, it doesn't matter if he suffers a little loss now. Who will have the last laugh is still uncertain. He said, "I'm going to act in a play. Just say that I didn't agree with it at first, but you persuaded me in the end." , in order to urge them to sign the contract as soon as possible. It cannot be said that it has been successful until the contract is signed."

"OK, this is what I'm good at. I acted in a play when I was in third grade. I still remember the acting knowledge taught by the teacher."

"You can act however you want, as long as you don't screw it up, and don't be as exaggerated as in a drama."

Ye Dongqing lit up a cigar again, feeling a little excited. He might get a large amount of profit, and it was not as twists and turns as investing in Apple. It took so long to get more than 40% of the shares. Of course it would be very difficult. Happy.

After Tencent, another Chinese Internet giant has "fallen". In addition to financial factors, it also means that it can better complete its layout. There is some overlap in the upcoming businesses of Taobao and Tencent, and the competition is At the same time, cooperation can also be carried out. For example, the two parties can establish a joint venture to establish a transportation department, which can reduce operating costs. Anyway, it is left hand and right hand, and everyone will make a fortune together...

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Karkawi's recovery speed was faster than Ye Dongqing expected.

Being involved in that kind of thing might destroy the connections he had worked hard to accumulate over the years, so he just said it was a misunderstanding, speeding while driving in New Jersey, and being involved in a small accident, which had been resolved.

The last Perfect Week Party met with an accident and ended halfway through. Without giving people a chance to stop, he once again sent invitations to friends through Facebook. This social program was absolutely successful and penetrated into people's lives at a terrifying speed. , many young people can no longer live without it, while older people are getting further and further away from this era.

Following online games, parents have also begun to worry about the harm of online socializing to teenagers. Recently, the judicial department is discussing with Facebook's legal department to further reduce the possible harm caused by online socializing, such as curbing the spread of certain bad pictures and illegal Online transactions, etc., review and other matters are outsourced to an Indian company, where the cost of employment is lower. As long as someone reports, the manual review process will be entered, and measures such as forced ban and account ban will be taken depending on the seriousness of the case.

In addition, smart screening and other functions are also being developed. Silicon Valley is cooperating with several Indian software companies. Only after entering this industry did Ye Dongqing know how huge the software outsourcing business is in India. Even Boeing Many Indian program companies are involved in the company's aircraft autopilot technology.

Compared with hiring employees in Silicon Valley, it is undoubtedly more economical to outsource the business, and the cost may be only one-quarter or one-third. However, top engineers are mainly concentrated here in Silicon Valley, and some industry elites are responsible for the architecture and front-end. Some tasks in the , back-end, and testing processes can be outsourced to Indians.

In just over a year, Ye Dongqing has more than 4,000 employees in Silicon Valley, not counting employees from Apple, Netflix, Amazon and other companies. Fortunately, Facebook ads are easy to sell. In the first quarter of this year It only suffered a small loss, mainly due to its overseas expansion promotion plan. It has entered more than 30 countries and regions, and has also made some achievements in Europe, with more than 16 million users. As for the total number of users, it is increasing at a rate of more than one million every day. In his eyes, it is all about money and influence. The news business is under development, and he is ready to compete with Google and Yahoo for the online news market.

There were a lot of troubles, but overall it went smoothly.

I was originally going to attend the party held by Kalkawi tonight, and if I was lucky, I could also hunt for a beauty or something, but suddenly I received a call from Angelina Jolie, saying that the film would be launched tomorrow and she wanted to invite him. Have a meal.

This inevitably made Ye Dongqing start to think about it. After all, the word "dinner" in the United States usually means more than just having dinner, it is similar to "come to my house for a cup of coffee" between the opposite sex.

Of course, a slap can't make a difference.

Before Ms. Vigo left her job last year, she invited Ye Dongqing to have dinner with her, but he didn't think much of it at the time.

On one side is a party that I have attended more than ten times, and on the other side is Crawford in "Tomb Raider". How do I choose? When he received the call, he immediately agreed and asked the housekeepers from the manor to help prepare dinner.

Ye Dongqing revised the script himself and added a plot involving the Cobra Building as a test of the attitudes of New York residents. He also generously lent his new home to the crew, as long as it did not cause too much damage.

New Manor, just lived here for a few days, very precious. I have been secretly comparing it to the Rockefeller Estate, and I always feel that something is missing. I am already planning to buy the more than 400 acres of land on the shore and build a botanical garden open to the public, a tropical botanical garden and a desert landscape botanical garden, and plant some outside. Cherry blossoms, red maples, etc., turned into his own back garden and the land of the city hall. Judging from the first contact, it is very likely that he will succeed.

After finishing all the things at hand, Ye Dongqing took a helicopter to return to his manor. It took an hour to drive and twenty minutes to get there by helicopter. The sun had just set on the horizon, dyeing the sky a very beautiful light pink. Some blue, quite layered.

Angelina rushed over at noon and was busy discussing the plot with the screenwriter. The male protagonist is Jason Statham. He is not famous these days. Ye Dongqing is not stupid enough to invite this guy to come to his house to eat. dinner……