Chapter 1134 Come on, Let’s Hide It From Each Other

To executives, Hastings is one thing, but to ordinary employees, he is another.

People who are not close to him, those employees who are not high enough, should never see the side of him that sometimes becomes angry because of hesitation and helplessness.

No, early in the morning, Hastings was familiar with ordinary employees. He ran around upstairs and downstairs, from one desk to another, answering questions raised by employees, and also following questions. They discussed some issues and sometimes even occupied a desk where the owner was temporarily away to deal with urgent emails.

Very kind, professional and calm.

This is something he often does.

When Randolph arrived at the company, he saw Hastings, just like before, with his hands on a cubicle, smiling and discussing something with an employee sitting inside.

He admired Hastings very much for this. No matter how severe and pessimistic the situation was, no matter how anxious and unsure he was, no matter how irritable or uneasy he felt, he was always the best in front of ordinary employees. That kind of image that everything is going well and everything is under control.

Randolph felt that he would never be able to do this by never letting his employees see or feel the slightest fluctuation.

He felt that Hastings' ability in this area was even better than that of the foreign minister of Saddam Hussein's regime who was very visible in this year's Iraq War and "defeated" the US-British coalition forces with just one mouth.

But I have to say that this set of methods is really useful. When the company faced difficulties one after another in the past, Hastings’s magical problems felt like they were just floating clouds, which made everyone at Netflix always tenacious and Standing behind him with confidence, then, a miracle seemed to happen. Either the situation changed, or the opponent made a mistake... In short, every difficulty was overcome with ease and stability.

This, in turn, lends credibility to Hastings's story.

He is indeed better than me, Randolph thought.

Hastings patted the employee on the shoulder encouragingly, looked up with a smile, and saw Randolph looking at him thoughtfully. His expression changed, and then he nodded towards him as usual, "Here we are. ? Come on, go to your office,"

He did not forget to tell the employee just now, "Jack, that's a great idea."

"What's the idea?" Randolph asked casually.

"Nothing," Hastings said back casually. "Hi, Susan," he greeted Randolph's secretary with a smile.

As soon as he entered the office, his expression changed, "Randolph, why were you absent from such an important meeting last night?" He walked around Randolph's desk with his hands folded, "The company is facing such a severe situation. Next, you should set an example, shouldn’t you?”

"You just walked away like that without even leaving a reason. How do you want me to explain it to other people?"

"Then why do you need to explain?" Randolph replied nonchalantly, "Here, coffee."

Hastings took the coffee Randolph put in his hand and was stunned for a moment. When was the last time he lost his temper like this?

But Randolph was right. As a co-founder of a company, his status should always be special. If he didn't attend some meetings, then he just didn't attend. Just say it.

"Randolph, do you have any opinions about the company or me? At this time, shouldn't you stand firmly behind me and support me?" Although Hastings was still questioning, his tone softened. .

An honest person loses his temper once in a while, and that's quite powerful.

"You have to forgive me. There have been too many things recently. Sometimes, my attitude may not be very good." They are both old partners and are familiar with each other's temperament. When Randolph occasionally becomes unruly, the tough Hastings immediately softens. Made peace.

"But you also have to understand that facing the current situation the company is facing, I really can't be optimistic. Sometimes I really can't control myself. Don't worry, I have realized that there is something wrong with my recent mood. I will take some time as soon as possible. Go see my psychiatrist,"

Seeing a psychiatrist is not something unmentionable for them. They go to see a psychiatrist not to solve their mental illness, but to adjust and control their emotions.

"Based on your current situation, I think there should be a psychiatrist in the company," Randolph said. "But, Hastings, I really don't understand. It's not like we haven't experienced more severe situations than this. Just this time, why are you so abnormal?"

"Think about it, there seems to be something wrong with you since the summer." Randolph guessed this time himself. NEXTDOOR began to attract more attention at that time. If Hastings contacted them, he should also at that moment.

Hastings narrowed his small eyes and said, "Not at all, Randolph, why do you say that?"

"No?" Randolph glanced at Hastings and then turned to look at the Santa Cruz Mountains outside the window. "Then I think you really need to see your psychiatrist."

"What we are facing recently are actually some old problems, but your temper has been too irritable recently,"

Hastings instinctively felt that Randolph seemed to know something, "I will definitely go, make an appointment today,"

"By the way man, where were you last night?" he asked.

"There's nothing new," Randolph said, "other than the ostentatious charity dinners held by housewives who have money and time, and whose husbands are often not around,"

Nothing new, why didn't you even attend such an important meeting last night? Hastings complained in his mind, "Did you take pictures of anything? It's time to take some pictures. It's been too long since we attended such an occasion with them."

"I took a bottle of wine," Randolph didn't hide it from him either.

"That's good. Okay, I'll send you the minutes of last night's meeting right away. You should take a good look at it. Let's think about it together and how we should deal with it next."

"Yes, although these are old problems, the situation this time is indeed a bit serious, man," Hastings looked at Randolph seriously and said, "I need your support now more than ever,"

This is not a lie. Although his status is not as good as his own, Randolph's status as co-founder still gives him great influence in the company.

Randolph's decision can also easily affect many people. Most importantly, Randolph has always been his most critical and important ally on the board of directors.

"That's never been a problem, right?" Randolph said.

"Thank you, you're busy," this reply made Hastings feel at ease.

Randolph nodded and immersed himself in working on the computer. Hastings stood outside his office door for a while, his face a little solemn. After so many years of cooperation, he could see that his partner must be right. He was hiding something.

An engineer passed by him, "Hastings, I have a new idea about the algorithm for recommending movies to users,"

"Oh? Let's go and see together,"

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In the office, as soon as Hastings went out, Randolph raised his head. He was not sure at first, but now he knew clearly that Hastings must be hiding something from him, and it was something important. It's a big deal that he's been so abnormally out of control recently.

And this matter might be related to NEXTDOOR. Otherwise, why would Hastings hide his meeting with NEXTDOOR from himself? If it's nothing, there's no need to hide it.

In the same way, if it was really nothing, that Cummins and that beautiful Emilia would not come to me for no reason.

Yes, Silicon Valley is indeed not big, but if it happens to such an extent that Randolph doesn't realize that there must be something behind it, it would be an insult to his intelligence.

But, what’s going on behind this?

Randolph turned the business card that his wife had taken from him yesterday in his hand, hesitated for a while, and finally made a call to Cummins.

"Hello Cummins, this is Randolph. I want to ask, do you know what Hastings talked about with you?" He didn't mince words at all, and asked the question he wanted to know directly from the beginning.

"Yes, I probably know." Cummins didn't mind him being more direct. "Hastings talked to Buchanan once. Just a few days ago, he came to our company in person and visited Feng once."

"That's true," Randolph thought to himself. "What exactly did they talk about?" he asked.

"Feng has authorized me to tell you this question," Cummins said. "Feng admires the Netflix team very much. He also believes that this industry has great development prospects. At the same time, he clearly knows which direction Netflix should best take. Walk,"

"According to him, as long as Netflix takes the right path, its future development will be beyond many people's expectations. Moreover, as long as it takes that path, the competition and pressure that Netflix has been facing will all Not worth mentioning,"

"This Feng's tone is so loud," was Randolph's first reaction.

However, these words Feng said should not be without purpose, otherwise, Hastings would not react the way he did now.

"So, Feng hopes to cooperate with Netflix?" Cummins directly stated the purpose.

"As you said,"

"Cummins, I'm also looking forward to meeting Feng. Can you arrange it?" Randolph still didn't talk nonsense.

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After completing all the goals in the plan in Seattle, leaving two additional unresolved matters, Feng Yiping took his family and set off for the next destination.

Almost immediately after the plane entered level flight from take-off, it entered the descent mode. In less than an hour, they arrived in Canada from the United States. This is the largest city on the western coast of Canada, Vancouver.

Vancouver was once the first choice for Chinese immigrants. It is said that it is the most livable city for Chinese in North America, so its Chinatown is very unique.

Although it is only more than 200 kilometers away from Seattle, it is very close and only takes more than two hours to drive. However, the scenery on the roadside in this area is no different from what you see in the United States, and it takes a lot of time to cross the border. The total time, all added up, was at least more than four hours. Feng Yiping simply chose to take the flight.

NEXTDOOR is developing very slowly in Canada, and is currently focused on eastern Canada. Therefore, the company currently does not have any direct business in Vancouver - there are still indirect ones, such as the export of some products.

In other words, this time in Vancouver, Feng Yiping’s rare trip was purely for sightseeing.

In fact, there are many places to travel, such as coastal cities in North America, each of which is said to have its own characteristics, but just like those cities in our domestic coastal areas, overall, they are still very similar.

Of course, for Feng Yiping, it doesn't matter where he goes now. The most important thing is to walk around with his family.

This is the same as Amanda and her father. As long as there are many people and as long as her father is with them, she is happy. She will hold her father's hand and run around aimlessly, but occasionally she will mutter a little, "I want my dog,"

"Whenever you can take care of it, we will take it out with you," Feng Yiping said, "Wait a minute, Dad will answer the phone."

"Hey Cummins, Randolph wants to see me, that's a good thing, okay, you can make an appointment with him,"

Another big stone fell to Feng Yiping's heart. They had studied that Randolph, who had a key position in Netflix's core team, was actually very easy to do his job. At least, Feng Yiping was completely sure to convince him.

"Amanda," he said happily to his daughter, "do you want to ride a big horse?"

"Yes, yes," Amanda said repeatedly.

"Yiping really dotes on Amanda," Huang's mother said happily to her daughter who was accompanying her, "but don't dote on her too much. You still need a tutor when the time comes. Don't spoil someone who even you hate." Come on, kid,"

"I know, Mom," Huang Jingping replied, but she was thinking, did something good happen to him again?

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