Wall Street Legend

Chapter 91: The end of the year (please collect, recommend tickets!)

  Chapter 91 Year-End (please collect, recommend tickets!)

   It is precisely because Facebook burns too much money that Ye Dongqing dare not invest all the funds on hand.

   Otherwise, after the company’s capital chain, which was burning money in the early days of its business, has problems, it will find a way to sell a share, or find ways to make money from other places to fill the funding gap.

  In the early stage, he did not plan to accept financing from other institutions or individuals, as long as the operation is completed, the future income prospect is quite considerable.

   It's worth the risk.

   Whether it can be as successful as the original Facebook company is still hard to say, but judging from the current situation, this newly developed product works quite well.

  The Beta version is definitely not very advanced, but it has almost all the prototypes, such as sharing pictures, text messages, adding friend information through search, and leaving messages on the other party's public homepage, etc.

   There are still some functions that have not been launched, such as blocking a certain friend, like function, etc. The whole page looks quite simple. With the improvement and optimization, I believe that in the near future, it will be able to reach the level that Ye Dongqing is satisfied with.

  Someone once said that the most difficult part of Internet entrepreneurship lies in product positioning and long-term planning. Many people rush into this industry as soon as their heads are hot.

Don’t look at the nearly ten thousand large, medium and small start-up companies in Silicon Valley at its peak in the 1990s. After a bubble collapse and baptism, none of the remaining companies survived. Counting with your fingers, in fact, there are only so many companies that have really reached the top.

The things that troubled other entrepreneurs are not a problem at all for Ye Dongqing. He knows exactly what to do, and the possibility of going astray is not high. As long as the "logistics support work" is done well, here refers to the constant digging. It is almost impossible to make a profit within two or three years if money is used for promotion and development. Ye Dongqing is even prepared to be unprofitable for five years.

  Reluctance to accept financing prematurely necessitates additional capital infusions.

Now that Facebook has more than 8 million US dollars left, it is hard to say whether it can survive the first two months of next year. After all, the requirements for this product are too high, and it will soon enter the stage of staff expansion, and hardware support such as servers The product is updated, and currently only rented a small server.

  The beta version of the Facebook website has been open for nearly a week. After constant modification and testing by programmers, it has reached a level that can be released for actual testing.

Ye Dongqing kept flipping through the first message, and then went out to call Mr. Alfred House, and said to him: "How about choosing a good day and launching it on the market tomorrow? People will spend more time using computers during holidays." I think that is a good opportunity to promote our products.”

   "Starting tomorrow?"

Alfred looked outside subconsciously, and told Ye Dongqing: "But who should stay on duty, it may cause a crash at any time, the test version program is not so stable, the web version is a little better, but the small program It's too bad, if it is open to users, it must be inseparable from people.

You should have told me about this earlier, now many people have already arranged their vacation plans, like me, going to the beach in Miami for vacation, if my wife is in a good mood, she may go to the Panama Islands, which is too It's embarrassing for me. "

  “.I know what you mean, just don’t let you stay and work overtime, right?”

  The programmers in my company are generally not very old. Mr. Alfred House is only in his early forties. After thinking about it, Ye Dongqing continued:

   "There should be some people who are not married. Do you think I will give a bonus of 5,000 dollars in addition to salary, and he will get a week's vacation after you go to work. How many people will agree to stay and work overtime?"

   "Five thousand dollars?"

  Alfred asked a rhetorical question, and replied after a while: "It should be enough to keep the company running. It's almost three times the salary. The cost is only a few days' delay in vacation."

After the idea of ​​making this product come out soon, it took root in Ye Dongqing's mind. She didn't want to wait for the end of the long vacation, so she would rather spend a little more money, about 30,000 or 40,000 U.S. dollars, a similar small price He can bear it, and it has nothing to do with sitting and eating. The Danshui Fund Company is still helping him earn money.

  Ye Dongqing personally walked out of the office and told the employees the "good news". Their reaction was not as enthusiastic as he had imagined. Several guys immediately shrank their heads, for fear of being arrested.

  It is difficult for ordinary people to live in New York. For programmers with relatively high salaries, as long as they have a stable job, not to mention how good they live, at least they can make do.

  Westerners generally hate working overtime on holidays, especially when their bosses force them to work overtime. Ye Dongqing's approach is okay. After getting an extra reward, he can enjoy a week of paid vacation time at the beginning of next year.

  Two people raised their arms at the same time and voluntarily stayed during the vacation. They must belong to the category that is relatively short of money, or they are single dogs.

  The remaining ones would rather lose a lot of money than work overtime. Everyone else is on vacation, and the world is full of coolness, but they are working in an empty office building. This feeling is really uncomfortable.

   After a moment of silence, two more people raised their hands and joined in. Ye Dongqing asked Alfred if this was enough, and after getting a nod from the other party, he smiled and patted those poor **** on the shoulders, encouraging:

   "Don't worry, I will never treat you badly. I will reimburse you for meals and transportation expenses, and I will also bring you some small gifts.

  In case, I mean, in case our company goes viral, it would be cool to be able to tell people the first few days of operation that you were the ones doing the maintenance? "

Well, it’s actually not cool at all. For this young rich Chinese boss, many employees don’t even know what he does. They don’t meet often, and the relationship can only be considered average. They think that most of them are rich at home. , so the kind of rich second generation who spend money to toss.

  Don’t expect to be able to respond to everything, the whole company has only about 20 employees at full capacity, and it takes about two months to come to work.

No one responded to him, Ye Dongqing was a little embarrassed, pretended that nothing happened, went to the office to pack up his things, and was going to visit the Freshwater Fund again, and talk about the year-end bonus distribution with Carneg, who was acting as Vigo's supervisor. detail.

The performance has far exceeded expectations. It is unjustifiable not to give more bonuses to the employees. You can pay half a month or a month more salary. Instead of being taken away by the tax bureau when paying taxes, it is better to give employees a good reputation. Looking forward to their efforts in the coming year.

  Before leaving, Alfred also showed him the online official website of Freshwater Fund, which is expected to be officially launched early next year, with online trading, redemption, and communication functions.

  (end of this chapter)

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