Chapter 860

Wu Tao's several jobs in his previous life are actually the roles closest to technicians, so he knows the thoughts of these people best.

As long as there is hope and work, there is nothing.

However, after the project report meeting, the thoughtful bill followed Wu Tao back to the office and asked inadvertently: "boss, today's Internet stock market is depressed. Will skyscape have the opportunity to go public and IPO in the future?"

As the person in charge, Bill obviously thinks more than the following R & D personnel.

Wu Tao raised his eyebrows. "Of course, as the first Internet technology company I pushed, skyscape's IPO is only the first step. In the future, becoming a high-quality stock in the stock market and even a technology company led by market value is your real goal!"

When Bill heard this, he was surprised. The Chinese boss has more ambition and courage than himself.

Now there are no selfish thoughts in my heart.

At this extraordinary time, we'd better do this well paid job and get through the difficulties.

After all, even if he went out and struggled, he might not be able to carry the depression.

It's better to enjoy the cool under the big tree of Apocalypse investment.

"Why, bill, do you have another idea?" Wu Tao, observing his words and expressions, knocked with words.

Bill shook his head and said, "nonono! I have no idea at all. "

After seeing Bill off, Wu Tao called Jim Felman in the name of knowing the progress of the project.

This tall, thin white man with a big beard, in terms of technical vision and accumulation, is unique to bill Bobby, which is worthy of key support and training.

Be prepared anyway.

After contacting the core technical director, Wu Tao focused on the financial statements here, got a general understanding of the invested capital since its establishment, and ended his investigation in skyscape.

In the afternoon, Wu Tao had a buffet lunch in skyscape and came to Facebook company not far away.

Due to the joint holding of several companies, Facebook's ostentation is obviously larger than skyscape. It has three independent office buildings, forming a lush courtyard.

The first CEO of Facebook was Rick Iverson, the former head of operations from Oracle Software.

When Wu Tao saw this guy, he found that the tall, thin white man had the elegant temperament of Chinese Confucianism.

In his early thirties, he was promoted to the position of director in an old software company with a solid organizational structure, which itself proved his ability.

After the two sides met, Rick took the initiative to introduce Wu Tao to other senior executives of Facebook team.

CFO Zhou Li is a middle-aged Chinese in his thirties and sixes. Wu Yingying is stationed from Apocalypse investment Los Angeles branch. So when Zhou Li saw Wu Tao, he was obviously more intimate than the others.

After all, it's my own.

As for coo Courtney green and CIO Brett Taylor, they are all from Ivy League university and veteran technicians with bright resumes.

Facebook's interior decoration layout is not so much a company as a holy land of inspiration.

Whether in terms of functional layout or floor segmentation, Facebook did not follow the traditional horizontal, vertical and orderly.

On the contrary, the wide office area is divided into relatively independent functional areas by using walkways, terraces and even a bonsai. It looks like a modern loft factory, but it is obviously much taller.

Finally, the first meeting between Wu Tao and senior executives was held in a semi open conference room.

Sitting in the main seat, Wu Tao can not only see the performance of the participants, but also see the movement downstairs and even other areas on the same floor.

After observing all this, Wu Tao returned to the conference room and found that everyone's interest didn't seem very high.

Then he interrupted Rick's speech and said, "I'm sorry, Rick, I have to interrupt. I find that your interest doesn't seem to be very high. Can I know why? "

Once the question was raised, the venue was strangely quiet.

Compared with the noisy, Wu Tao is most afraid of the feeling that the air suddenly calms down.

It seems that the current problems of Facebook are not small. At least the management personnel have different thoughts and have a great deviation in consciousness.

Fortunately, I came early enough, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

After a brief silence, Courtney, as chief operating officer, first broke the deadlock.

The middle-aged woman in her thirties was specially hired by Molly's Quantum Fund.

"Mr Wu, you should know that once a website like Facebook goes online, the most important thing is to promote and accumulate users, right?"

Wu Tao nodded, "I know, you're right."

Courtney continued: "at present, there are only AOL's ICQ and Microsoft's Windows Messenger for companies and products with similar social functions in the market."

Wu Tao remembered while listening, but from Courtney's tone, it was obvious that the woman came prepared.

It seems that the disadvantages of cutting the operating budget a while ago have finally been exposed.

"Neither AOL nor Microsoft can easily compete with Facebook. AOL has extensive business and has a good user base in promoting ICQ software. Needless to say, Microsoft directly packages Windows Messenger and ie, which is detrimental to user growth. "

"... as far as I know, ICQ has more than 20 million users, and windows messenger has reached about 10 million later. But our Facebook has been online for five months, and the registered scale is no more than 3 million! It's worth reflecting on, isn't it? "

Courtney said the question and sat down.

Wu Tao lost the right to speak. He couldn't stop talking at this time.

Otherwise, the management team that originally doubted his authority would not take him seriously.

Wu Tao knocked on the table with his signature pen in his hand and said, "ladies and gentlemen, I appreciate the question raised by Courtney very much. Let's briefly analyze that Windows Messenger has reached such a high level in a short time by relying on the user base of ie. let's not talk about it yet. "

"... take ICQ for example. As far as I know, when AOL acquired ICQ, ICQ already had a user base of 10 million. The remaining 10 million growth is the credit of AOL after taking over. So, ladies and gentlemen, do you know how much operating costs they have invested to achieve this achievement? "

Courtney said, "30 million dollars."

"Yes, it's $30 million! Compared with the achievements of US $5million to reach 3million users, the efficiency is actually low. This shows that marketing and operation is not the more investment, the better, at least for the past six months. "

Everyone was lost in thought. Rick then asked, "boss, I have different ideas with Courtney. I heard that Facebook's product idea comes from Huaxia's campus network. I'm worried that this idea is not applicable to European and American countries with different cultural bases. "

"Rick, I can't agree with you." In this regard, Wu Tao's attitude is clear-cut.

"... first of all, at the beginning of the promotion of a website and product, it is the slowest stage of growth. Facebook can reach 3 million users in just five months, which itself shows the identity of its social attributes. "

"... secondly, although the cultural foundations of China and Western countries are different, the attributes of social interaction are similar. As for the differences in products, you need to track and adjust. In my opinion, Chinese netizens prefer the words on the school internet; Will Facebook netizens prefer the above photo sharing... "