"Young Master Tang."
"Do you really think so highly of them?”
Feng Tao asked in confusion after leaving the headquarters.
In that simple three-story building, there was a group of lifeless programmers. Dorsey, Noah. Glass was on steroids, but he didn't think the forty-seven million dollar investment was a wise one.
"Of course."
Sitting in the back seat of the Cadillac President One, Tang Tian said with a deep gaze,""Old Feng."
"Sometimes, investment is not only about the present, but also the future. The people and companies who bet on it are indispensable.”
In the original history, in 2012, when Facebook went public, its market value exceeded 100 billion US dollars. At its peak, it reached 850 billion US dollars.
If Twitter could take down Facebook, it would have a market cap of one trillion yuan. How could it lose when standing on the shoulders of giants?
"Yes."
Feng Tao was deep in thought, but his heart was still filled with doubts.
At this moment, Tang Tian, who was resting with his eyes closed, was thinking about something. Twitter had already embarked on the path of micro-blog development in the future. To a large extent, what he provided to Twitter was precisely the highlight of Weibo.
In that case, the original version of Weibo in China should also be put on the agenda. The two would echo each other and blossom at the same time, starting the battle in the social field in one fell swoop.
"How's the progress with the Aston Martin?”
"Young Master Tang."
Hearing this, Feng Tao quickly replied,""Ford has already announced that they are selling Aston Martin.”
"Racing tycoon David. Richards had already gone to the Ford headquarters three times for talks, but the two sides did not seem to reach an agreement.”
" Recently, the news media in America published some news that Ford is also interested in selling Jaguar and Land Rover.”
"Don't worry about this."
Before Feng Tao could finish, Tang Tian interrupted him.
Not to mention that Ford couldn't sell Jaguar and Land Rover now, their chassis could be used with Ford's.
Even if the Ford Corporation was to be sold, the price was not something Stars Investment could afford.
In the original history, Ford sold its two luxury car brands, Land Rover and Jaguar, to the car manufacturer Tata in the three countries for 2.3 billion US dollars in March 2008.
"Yes."
"Ford has announced a price of one billion USD.”
"Haha!"
"Murali really dares to ask for a price." Tang Tian sneered.”
"Don't talk about David. Richards was just a puppet. He was the Desert Tycoon, John, standing behind him. It was impossible for Sindes to accept this offer.”
"Don't worry about Mulally for the time being. Ford."
"Yes."
Hearing this.
Feng Tao understood.
Although the CEO of Ford Group was Alan. Mulally, but Ford's chairman was Bill. Ford was the great-grandson of Henry Ford, the founder of Ford, and the real boss.
Without his approval, no one would be able to sell the luxury car brand Aston Martin.
..........
April 25th, morning, Yanjing.
In a cafe less than 300 meters away from Xinlang's headquarters.
"I didn't expect that the person who entrusted Mi Gao and Pu Zhi to hire me would be you, Old Brother Shen.”
Wang Yan, the vice chairman of Sina.com, looked at Shen Nanpeng and said helplessly,""Isn't it a little too bold to poach someone here?”
"There's nothing bold about it."
Shen Nanpeng said frankly," We all know why your Brother Wang stepped down and why he left the management.”
"Xinlang can't tolerate you, and Cao Guowei won't care where you go, right?”
The change of power in Xinlang was a good show on the Internet and even in the business world of Xia country. It was comparable to a palace drama.
It was not appropriate to use the word 'alternated between the old and the new.' Perhaps it was more appropriate to use the word 'life and death.'
“嗐!”
Wang Yan definitely did not feel the bitterness of being poked in the sore spot. Instead, he looked like he had let it go and asked,"I heard that you gave up your position as the managing partner of Sequoia China and ran out to be the general manager of a newly established investment company.”
"Looks like the chairman of Stars Investment has a very charismatic personality. Otherwise, you, Yan Yan, and Feng Tao wouldn't have joined him.”
"However, I still don't understand why your chairman hired me.”
Senior executives of companies like them signed a non-compete contract when they were employed. Moreover, the penalty for breaching the non-compete contract was not low.
For example, Wang Yan's breach of contract had exceeded nine figures.
"The chairman said that portals are boring. The Internet has already been fixed.”
"However, the mobile internet has not arrived yet. This is a blue ocean that has not been explored.”
Looking at Wang Yan, Shen Nanpeng said meaningfully,""A few days ago, we acquired Twitter.”
"What do you mean? You guys want to start a micro-blog?"
"Then why not just let Twitter enter the domestic market?”
Wang Yan stared straight at Shen Nanpeng, wanting to hear more from him.
"The national conditions are different."
Meeting Wang Yan's gaze, Shen Nanpeng explained,""What the chairman means is that Twitter controls the international market, or to be precise, the market outside of Chinese, while Weibo controls the domestic market.”
"The chairman gave the founder of Twitter, Jack. Dorsey, Noah. Grasse's 3% shares would never be diluted.”
"He said that if you're willing, he'll give you 5% of the company's shares.”
"Stars Investment will invest 30 million RMB in Weibo to build a team.”
"We have an office. The second, third, and fourth floors of the Stars Building in the east of the Yanjing City's Binhai Plaza are temporarily handed over to Weibo.”
"In addition, after Weibo is launched, Stars Investment will add another 70 million yuan to promote it.”
"What a big deal!"
Wang Yan was shocked by Tang Tian's move.
This was just a company that they were talking about, but they had already taken out 100 million yuan to prepare. The company's office was also prepared.
Who could have such conditions to start a business? It was simply like a little sow flying on a plane.
"Since your chairman has acquired Twitter, it is impossible to ignore the threat of Facebook unless he has a killer move.”
At this moment, Wang Yan raised a crucial question.
In fact.
Facebook was the main competitor of Facebook.
There was also a social networking site like Facebook in China, which was the Xiaonei website.
Although the development of the school's internal network was too slow, it still had a relative reference value.
"Indeed."
" Twitter is already in the midst of a full revamp. It's expected to relaunch in three months to take over the market.”
" Moreover, the new Twitter has an incomparable advantage. It won't be a problem for it to surpass Facebook by the end of the year.”
"China is different from foreign countries. There is no strong competitor like Facebook in China. Weibo's main competitors are still the big websites 'blog.”
"How to snatch users from the major websites, and even compete with the social media giant, Tengxun, is the first problem.”
"If Brother Wang is willing to join, I can naturally show you the Weibo operation plan in my hand.”
Speaking of this, Shen Nanpeng's expression was full of temptation.
"Old Brother Shen, you."
Wang Yan shook his head, took the pen on the table, and signed the employment contract.
"Happy cooperation!"
Seeing this, Shen Nanpeng could not help but extend his right hand and said with a smile.
"Happy cooperation!"
Wang Yan looked at him and smiled.
From today onwards, everyone was in the same boat.
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