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"happy farm."

The concept of personal space, coupled with functions such as online photo albums, message boards, diaries, and personalized short moods, did not make everyone feel novel, but when Zhou Hao then mentioned Happy Farm, everyone's eyes lit up.

Zhou Hao said that each user of Happy Farm has a farm of his own, where he can open up land and plant crops of different levels. After planting, he can harvest vegetables, exchange for gold coins, and accumulate experience and upgrade. The farm will have a very complete level setting. Each level will unlock a piece of land, unlock a crop and give the user certain props.

If these are not very interesting, what really makes everyone find it interesting is stealing food!

Based on Zhou Hao's description, everyone imagined how they went to steal vegetables from their friends' fields. They stole the crops that their friends had worked so hard to grow, and they also left records with their friends. Who and so and so came to your farm and stole what. , this is really interesting.

Zhou Hao said with certainty that this kind of game would drive everyone crazy within a few months. No one doubted it, because it sounded very interesting. Unlike those online games where you upgrade to fight monsters, the farm sounded very capable. Casual and fun, and after Zhou Hao’s previous induction, everyone is now aware of the special attribute of this game: social interaction.

After Zhou Hao revealed the plan of Happy Farm, he said to Guo Kaiyu: "The concept of the farm must be kept absolutely confidential. You must first lead the technical team to develop your personal space and expand the server. Although the usage of online photo albums is still very low at the moment, you must also advance it in advance." To prepare, the development of the farm game is very simple. First, let the artist produce the cartoon materials according to my description and show it to me."

"Okay, I'll design the materials and send them to you as soon as possible."

Zhou Hao then said: "That's it for product development. The rest is the organizational structure. In terms of the specific division of labor in our company, Kaiyu is responsible for technology, Yatong is responsible for human resources, administration and organizational coordination, and Sister Hua is responsible for finance. From this structure It can be seen that we are a typical company that emphasizes technology and neglects support. At present, technical personnel account for the vast majority of the company, and if this continues, future development will be very unhealthy."

Everyone was all ears, and Zhou Hao added: "The first thing we urgently need now is a marketing team. We must not rely on Baidu for future promotion and marketing. They have obvious results in guiding us in the early stage, but they will become more and more weak in the later period. Then we will need our own On top of the promotion team, the future planning of the promotion team must be an all-round team capable of four-in-one promotion of the Internet, TV, print media, and on-site promotion."

Lu Yatong asked: "How many people are planned for the initial marketing team? There is also an annual budget for the team. I will first figure out the manpower requirements."

Zhou Hao thought for a while, "We can't make budgets based on years. 02 will be the year we take off. My goal for the B-round financing is to raise at least million. At most, half of it can be used for operational promotion. This This is our top priority in occupying the market in the future.”

Lu Yatong was slightly startled. Twenty-five million was given to operations and promotions. As soon as Zhou Hao's heroic words came out, Lu Yatong admired him even more. She also felt that Zhou Hao valued technology too much. Although she was not from the Internet, she had gained experience through contact. In her opinion, promotion and technology are equally important in the Internet field, and even at some times, the former is more important than the latter. The company has always emphasized technology over others. Is she still a little worried about something going wrong?

However, Zhou Hao's words just now completely dispelled her worries. In her opinion, her young boss was almost perfect.

Zhou Hao said at this time: "Our company will add three departments in the next step. There are two main functional departments, one is the marketing department and the other is the operations department. The marketing department is responsible for all promotion and publicity, and the operations department is responsible for utilizing the company's existing resources, and maximize benefits through its own operating methods. Yatong is responsible for the preparation and establishment of these two departments. The team leader must have experience in the Internet industry, and we will provide a salary higher than the average market salary."

Lu Yatong nodded immediately, "Okay, no problem!"

Zhou Hao said: "In addition to the two main functional departments, there is also the construction of supporting departments, so the third department to be added is the Personnel Administration Department. This department is also established by Yatong and has full management. It will be responsible for external recruitment and management in the future. I am responsible for supporting work such as team building, employee training, welfare benefits, etc. In the future, we will gradually formalize it. For example, we will organize a weekly meeting for core employees every week, arrange for people to take meeting minutes, and send them to me via email every week.

In addition, a quarterly meeting is organized every quarter. The quarterly meeting can be held at tourist attractions around the capital. It takes about three days to have fun and meetings. It is also a disguised employee benefit. You can improve these Yatong specifically. The spirit of most Internet companies is that the work is urgent and the system is loose. Flexible work systems and one paid personal leave per month must be provided. "

Lu Yatong said simply: "Understood!"

Zhou Hao breathed a sigh of relief, put the whiteboard pen aside, sat at the conference table and said with a smile: "Now that we've finished talking about the stressful things, let's talk about something more relaxed and talk about Series B financing."

After the work was discussed, everyone relaxed a little. Kong Guo Kaiyu had been in contact with Zhou Hao for the longest time. When he heard him talking about the B-round financing, he smiled and said: "Boss, we don't know much about capital. We need to Can you tell us roughly what the next round of financing plans are?"

Zhou Hao said with a smile: "Our current spending speed is not very fast. The money from the A-round financing is enough for us to last for at least half a year. This is still without any profit. If we start the real money-burning mode, this point The money is gone in minutes, and Series B financing can be done at any time, but you must choose the right time. We will suffer losses if we raise money early, and we will suffer losses if we raise money late, so we have to choose the right time."

Guo Kaiyu said: "Then we simply wait until the social software is launched before launching the B-round financing?"

Zhou Hao didn't say anything, but asked Lu Yatong: "Yatong, what do you think?"

Lu Yatong thought for a while and said with a serious face: "I think it will be too late to raise financing after the launch. Generally, after the financing intention is confirmed, it will take several rounds of negotiation. It will also take time to sign the contract and get the money. If our flagship product is launched after Let’s talk about financing. There is not enough financial support for the flagship product in the early stage, and I am afraid that the effect will be greatly affected. I think we should discuss financing when Happy Farm starts to become popular. Get the money before the social software is launched. In this case, we will be ready once the social software is launched. There is enough capital to allow it to bloom everywhere on the Internet."

Before Zhou Hao could say anything, Guo Kaiyu shook his head with regret and said, "Yatong's understanding of capital is much better than mine. When you say this, I feel that my ideas are too immature."

Lu Yatong smiled slightly, "Mr. Guo, after all, your main energy is on technology. If you talk about technology, I know nothing about it."

Zhou Hao said with a smile: "There are specialties in the arts. After all, Yatong is a senior at the Polytechnic University. She has a background in finance, so she has a professional vision."

Lu Yatong's eyelids were slightly lowered: "Mr. Zhou, please stop flattering me. Compared with you, I'm just talking on paper."

Zhou Hao said: "Managers are all just talking on paper, and execution is naturally done by others. What you just said is very good, and it is consistent with my thoughts on Series B financing."

After taking a sip of water, Zhou Hao continued: "In round B financing, my goal is a valuation of at least 5 million, and 10% of the financing will come in. At that time, I will fight for a certain cash-out amount with investors, so that everyone can have options. The cash will be cashed out in proportion, and everyone will be free to decide whether to cash out at that time, and the company will not have any interference."

……

The B round of financing was just a message conveyed by Zhou Hao to everyone. Zhou Hao did not discuss it at the meeting. After finishing the key points of the meeting, Zhou Hao announced that the meeting was adjourned. After the meeting was over. He said to Lu Yatong privately: "Senior Yatong, would you like to have a meal with me at noon? I have some questions that I would like to ask in private."

Lu Yatong is still uncomfortable with Zhou Hao calling her senior, but Zhou Hao feels that work is work and life is life, put aside work. Lu Yatong was indeed my senior. She entered the Polytechnic University seven years earlier than me, so it was appropriate to call her senior.

After being stunned for a moment, Lu Yatong remembered that Zhou Hao had said that we would have dinner together, and nodded, "Okay, I'll be fine at noon."

So Zhou Hao and Lu Yatong found a very quiet restaurant and asked for a small private room to sit down. Lu Yatong was a little nervous at first. Zhou Hao went to eat with him in private, not knowing what he wanted to talk to him about.

After the food was served, Lu Yatong became even more panicked when she heard Zhou Hao tell the waiter not to come in casually. She even thought, could this leader, who was seven or eight years younger than her, have unwritten rules? However, my appearance and figure are not very outstanding, which is contrary to common sense.

While he was thinking wildly, Zhou Hao poured Lu Yatong a cup of tea with his own hands and said to Lu Yatong: "Sister, you know our current share structure, 10% is held by Baidu. I want to ask you, if I want to raise money in the B round What should we do to squeeze Baidu out or dilute their shareholding ratio?"

Lu Yatong felt relieved. It turned out that she really had something to ask her... What was she thinking about just now...

In shame, Lu Yatong also quickly adjusted herself. Instead of answering Zhou Hao's words, she asked: "Baidu is our traffic support, why do you want to kick them out?"