Fight to the third generation

Chapter 480 Options

Just like any other newly successful startup.

Today's Google is full of vigor and vitality, and its employees are full of energy. They want to be like Yahoo.

Judging from the example of the Yanwen Group, they have no doubt that the next person to get the reward stock is likely to be themselves.

This is not because I feel that the Google search engine is really so easy to use.

The confidence of the employees is mainly derived from their major shareholder, who is the famous billionaire in Silicon Valley, the sole shareholder of KOKO Venture Capital, the shareholder of Yahoo, the creator of TVT instant messaging software, and the son of a mysterious rich man in the East who acquired ICQ - Su Yehao.

Today's Silicon Valley is a small world of its own.

Every super rich who rises in this place is similar to a star in the eyes of others.

If it is said that Su Yehao's reputation last year was not obvious.

Now, he can hold a bunch of dazzling titles and be talked about by local employees and entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley.

Su Yehao is just in his early 20s. He has not only bet on many companies and made a lot of money through investment, but also founded Yanwen Group, which will soon be listed on NASDAQ.

In addition, it was rumored that his family was very influential in Hong Kong City and Casino City, and belonged to a wealthy family with a profound background. With a rather seductive Asian face, he had already gained a group of "fans", trying to make a fortune from Su Yehao In the process, summed up the experience worth learning.

Actually, there's really nothing to learn from this.

After all, Su Yehao's family has a strong foundation. Not long after he brought TVT to Silicon Valley, he spent more than 3 million US dollars to take down ICQ company... This trick alone cannot be learned by others.

As for Su Yehao's old background, he has long since become famous and has been stripped clean.

but.

Rich people in other fields try to come to Silicon Valley to cross-border, but very few of them actually succeed.

The entire Silicon Valley is increasingly immersed in the dream of creating wealth myths. People often only talk about success, and no one pays attention to the losers.

So when Su Yehao came to Google, the employees were of course polite.

The open office is in full swing, and the rest area is equipped with coffee machines, beverage machines, desserts and fitness equipment, etc., for employees to use for free.

On a large screen, the total number of daily searches and the total number of users are counted in real time.

Each different IP represents a different user, and the results of tracking statistics are more accurate.

For example today.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the number of active users has exceeded 33, and the total number of searches has reached more than 300 million times. This does not include the number of times users click and jump on the webpage, but only counts the number of searches.

Relatively few people use computers during the day, and the peak usage is at night.

According to Larry Page, the recent daily active users will soon be maintained at about 70, and the weekly active users will reach about 150 million.

Su Yehao usually pays attention to the specific situation.

He continued to find a group of Google executives, including Danielle Kenning, who was transferred from KOKO Venture Capital, and asked them to give advice and suggestions. Everyone had to think about some problems that needed to be solved, or the next step development proposals.

Danielle Kenning, the current COO of Google.

In the eyes of the old people in the anti-link company, she was like Su Yehao's spokesperson in the company, so despite her beauty, no one dared to provoke her.

Almost every company needs a strict and demanding executive, and Danielle Kenning has already perfectly adapted to this role.

At the very beginning, this woman thought that only by staying in KOKO Venture Capital could she achieve good results, but now she definitely doesn't think so.

Facing Su Yehao, Danielle Kenning raised her hand first, and said with a smile: "Boss, I think what everyone wants to ask the most is when can I get the option reward?"

"Yes, according to the standards of other companies, we can go public now. If the boss thinks it's not worthwhile to go public too early, then it's okay to arrange option rewards first, or there will be no goals all day long."

The speaker was Craig Silverstein, formerly the head of technology at Antilinks.

Relying on being the first employee of the whole company, Craig Silverstein has now successfully become Google's chief technology officer, and he knows Su Yehao.

Hear this question.

Su Yehao touched his chin, and after thinking about it for a while, he replied:

"I really think that Google's potential is more than that. It's not good for me to go public too early. You also know the situation at Yanwen Group. I am very generous to outstanding employees who have made contributions to the company. Since I want stock option rewards, Then I will ask McKinsey Consulting to help arrange a slightly looser reward plan. With the company's current development speed, it will definitely not be too difficult to achieve the goal."

Danielle Kenning can be regarded as Su Yehao's person, but as the chief operating officer, she also needs to coordinate the conflicts between the employees and the boss.

Due to the lack of news about the equity incentive plan, many middle and high-level managers have already expressed their opinions.

As the chief operating officer, she can also win benefits for herself. Since Su Yehao took the initiative to offer her opinions, of course she would not miss this good opportunity.

After everyone chatted and celebrated, Danielle Kenning continued to ask: "Then what about Larry and Sergey's fixed equity? Will they get option rewards this time?"

This issue is a bit sensitive.

The Laomei employees like to go straight, Su Yehao didn't think there was anything wrong, and said with a calm smile:

"In fact, I have already regretted my promise that their equity will not be diluted. I knew that I should have spent a few million more dollars. I don't know how much I will invest in the company, and it may reach the billion-dollar level."

"Larry, Page, I don't have any rewards for you this time, but I'm here to make a public promise that when the number of daily active users reaches 100 million, I will personally give you both a supercar, and I will give you a set when the company goes public. Great villa..."

Larry Page and Sergey Brin looked at each other, not disappointed.

They sold the company to Su Yehao, and they have already reaped a lot. Now they are receiving high salaries and benefiting from Su Yehao's reputation. They don't need to invest a penny in the company, but they can enjoy the dividends brought by the rapid growth.

Compared with the tremendous pressure of last year, there is nothing to be dissatisfied with.

Larry smiled and said provocatively: "If the villa is in the Atherton area where you live, boss, then I have no problem."

Silga also smiled and said, "I'm the same as him."

As soon as the words came out, some of the big guys whistled, and some laughed and applauded.

As a wealthy area in Silicon Valley, Atherton’s houses are almost sold out, and occasionally a house is released, which is worth at least several million dollars.

Su Yehao smiled happily and told:

"As long as the company grows enough to go public smoothly, even if you go to Los Angeles to buy a house in Beverly Hills, you deserve it. I will personally introduce female celebrities to you..."

Chapter 481 Seeing Yang Zhiyuan Again

Google is in a period of expansion. As long as you do your job well, it is easy to get promoted and raise your salary, and it is easier to do business.

From the perspective of the overall environment of Silicon Valley, there has always been a talent gap, and the market size continues to expand with the addition of new netizens. Coupled with the hot money from all over the world, there is a steady stream of money coming in. There is neither internal nor external trouble.

For a Silicon Valley super rookie like Google.

Even if there are problems, they will be overshadowed by prosperity and turned into trivial troubles.

Sitting in the meeting room with a group of senior executives, the atmosphere is harmonious and relaxed. They are mainly talking about the follow-up development plan. There are not many problems that need to be solved, and basically they can be solved by spending money.

Su Yehao does not plan to release too many shares prematurely for the time being, so he would rather give more bonuses to Google employees than follow the wishes of most people and bring Google to NASDAQ listing as soon as possible.

Yanwen Group is more valuable, and has the opportunity to raise more than one billion US dollars in funds, waiting to be used in the cold winter after the Internet bubble burst.

The development time of Google is too short, and it has not been half a year since he acquired it.

If Google were to go public now, the total market value would not exceed [-] million U.S. dollars, and the funds that could be raised during the IPO would be tens of millions of dollars at most. Su Yehao could easily take out this money and sell it at a low price Shares are clearly not in his interest.

As for option rewards, the big deal is to give more now and less when it goes public, Su Yehao won't feel bad...

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After the meeting.

Declining Danielle Kenning's proposal to have dinner together, Su Yehao went home to pick up Yin Liuli, and drove straight to San Francisco by car.

The venue for the Christie's auction is set at the St. Francis Hotel. This historic hotel is located next to Union Square. It is already considered one of the landmark buildings in San Francisco and has hosted many famous people.

After getting off the car on the side of the road, Su Yehao said to Yin Liuli:

"When I take pictures of what I want, I can leave early and go shopping nearby with you at night? Or I can just rest in this hotel tonight and return to Silicon Valley after shopping tomorrow morning. There is a lot of business this time. If you want to talk, if you miss it, you may not be free to take you to play again."

Yin Liuli's personality has always been Buddhist, she smiled and told: "I can do it, you can arrange it as you like, the temperature here is colder than I imagined, it is best to buy some thicker clothes."

"OK, let Linda Yun introduce you. She is a local and is much more familiar than me."

Su Yehao entered the hotel, and as soon as he came to the auction site with the invitation letter, he saw many familiar Silicon Valley tycoons.

Yang Zhiyuan, the founder of Yahoo, was standing there alone looking through the album. When he saw Su Yehao, he smiled and raised his hand to signal, and said hello, "Mr. Su is here too, and he brought such a beautiful female companion. I know your vision." Well, when will you arrange it for me?"

"Okay, as long as your wife has no objection, I will arrange it for you."

Su Yehao walked up to him and introduced each other: "Yin Liuli, my girlfriend, her hometown is in Hualien. This Mr. Yang Zhiyuan, one of the richest super-rich in Silicon Valley, a large part of my net worth comes from him." Only earned."

Yin Liuli smiled and reached out to shake hands with Yang Zhiyuan.

Yang Zhiyuan is married. His wife is a Costa Rican woman of Japanese descent. Su Yehao once met her in Silicon Valley.

Say hello.

Yang Zhiyuan said to Yin Liuli: "Hualien is a good place, with beautiful scenery and special support for people. No wonder Miss Yin is so beautiful. Mr. Su is young and promising, you have to pay close attention to it."

Yin Liuli continued to smile, took Su Yehao's arm, and replied, "I will."

Su Yehao changed the topic at this moment, and asked, "Mr. Yang, what treasure is he looking at today? We should communicate well in advance, so that we will not compete when the time comes, and the seller who sent the auction will be cheaper for nothing."

Yang Zhiyuan smiled and said:

"How dare I argue with you, ICQ is about to go public, with billions of dollars in the pocket, I can't afford it. Tonight, you came here for that Van Gogh oil painting, right? Van Gogh's works are not rare , but most of them are kept in museums, and there may not be a piece of work released every year. The last time "Sunflower" appeared was more than ten years ago, and it could not be bought with money."

""Under the Stormy Sky", this Van Gogh painting looks more comfortable, but it is not my goal. The Qianlong Doucai bottle is it. I plan to give it to my grandfather. The old man at home should like it very much. "

After listening to Su Yehao, Yang Zhiyuan nodded and told:

"That's great. My goal is neither Van Gogh nor the bottle you fancy. My wife likes Jeff Koons' giant artwork "Balloon Dog". Give it to her someday."

"Is this the romance of a married man?"

Su Yehao joked, and then added:

"What kind of balloon dog? I seem to have a little impression of it. It's a big and very valuable stainless steel sculpture, right? It comes in several colors? If there are others, I'd like to buy one and keep it at home. It's very interesting."

I don't care if it's interesting or not, but Su Yehao remembers seeing this thing from the news and selling it for a sky-high price.

At that time, he still thought that the money of the rich is really easy to make, and stainless steel can be sold so expensive, so he was a little impressed.

Yang Zhiyuan said with a smile:

"What is romantic or not, two people live together, how can your life be nourished. My wife likes rose red, if you really want to buy it, you can ask Jeff Koons, he told me orange and blue The big dog is in his hands, and today the rose red one was bought by the gallery, so I had no choice but to hold my nose and spend more money to come to the auction and ask my assistant to push Jeff's number to you later."

"Then you really have to push it to me quickly, otherwise if you buy it at a high price later, wouldn't it be a waste of money for me?"

"Mr. Su likes to joke. Things worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, in your Hong Kong dialect, are small things like sprinkling water. It feels like someone is hyping this sculptor. The value of the work is likely to increase. Buy it back and take a gamble. It's also quite interesting."

Yang Zhiyuan obviously knew about Jeff Koons, but Su Yehao knew nothing about him.

However, judging from the sky-high selling prices of works in the future, it is indeed very possible that they will be hyped. According to the conventional operation, it is generally to buy a large number of works of a certain artist, and then promote them wildly. value.

For example, if you spend 100 yuan to buy ten paintings, you will spend a total of 100 million yuan. If you sell one of them for [-] million yuan, the value of the remaining nine paintings will also increase accordingly.

Of course, if you want to hype, you have to have a basis for hype.

Jeff Koons's stainless steel oversized balloon dog sculpture undoubtedly has an eye-catching effect, and there is indeed a basis for hype...

Before the auction started, other acquaintances from Silicon Valley came to say hello to Yang Zhiyuan and Su Yehao.

Su Yehao didn't know many strangers, but most of the people in Silicon Valley knew him, including a senior vice president of Black Rock Group, and a director of the Silicon Valley investment department of Softbank Japan.

As if thinking of something, Yang Zhiyuan suddenly asked him, "Your Google is developing rapidly. What are your plans for the future?"

As early as when he met Yang Zhiyuan, Su Yehao guessed that he would talk about this aspect, and replied calmly:

"The small company I invested in is actually being noticed by you. Doesn't it mean that it is going to be popular? The market is so big, and it will become even bigger in the future. Even if I don't invest, someone else will enter the search engine field. It's just a normal business investment."

Yang Zhiyuan didn't care too much, and sighed with a smile, "Yes, Yahoo's rate of return is no longer as good as those of small start-up companies. It can be hundreds or even thousands of times, which is too scary."

heard.

Su Yehao couldn't laugh or cry, and said to him: "Yahoo's rate of return is also thousands of times? When you started your business, you didn't have much start-up capital, right?"

"Well, but it's definitely not as good as you. If I want to develop, I have to find funds from the outside, and release a large part of the shares cheaply, which makes me a little uncomfortable on the board of directors now." Yang Zhiyuan said.

Su Yehao looked around.

He lowered his voice and said with a smile: "You can't talk nonsense, if someone hears it, the stock price will probably fall..."

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Chapter 482 The Million Dollar Balloon Dog

Auction starts soon.