Chapter 1289: Explosive Press Conference

Silicon Valley is indeed an atypical American city. Employees here have so much freedom in their working hours that it is unimaginable for those who are used to clocking in to work.

Some companies will allow you to freely control dozens of percent of your working time, and some will allow you to completely control your own time and choose to work at home, at the company, or elsewhere.

However, this does not mean that you can have weekends off in Silicon Valley and don’t have to work overtime.

Because the looseness and freedom of working hours are based on the premise that you complete your work tasks.

Without this premise, not only will there be no relaxation and freedom, you may not even have weekends.

As for employees who abuse this kind of flexibility and freedom, who enjoy freedom but are unable to complete the work on time and with quality and quantity, congratulations, often after working for a short period of time, you can be completely free and take 7 days off a week.

Moreover, the company only needs to pay 3 days' salary as compensation.

When Feng Yiping rushed to the company on the afternoon of this weekend, he was not surprised to see many employees' vehicles in the parking lot. However, not all employees who worked on weekends had to pay overtime pay— —Those guys who keep up with their own pace.

However, the team he is inspecting now not only has to pay overtime pay, but also has to pay high overtime pay.

"Feng," Mike opened the door and welcomed him in, "We think it's completely possible to go online now,"

Looking at a room full of men and women with proud and expectant faces, Feng Yiping waved his hand and said, "I'll give it a try,"

This is not the first time he has tried it. He feels that the interface has not changed much, but it feels smoother to use.

He quickly uploaded a photo of himself grinning at the company gate and registered his account. Soon, friends recommended based on his company name appeared below.

Feng Yiping casually clicked on one. Immediately, the Indian guy excitedly clicked on his computer. With a "ding", Feng Yiping and that guy became friends.

Feng Yiping looked at the other person's status, browsed a few of his photos, liked one of the photos of him wearing national costumes, and left a brief comment to complete all this, just like he rarely did later. The experiences several times were similar, "From my personal experience, it's very good. If you think it's okay, then we will go online tomorrow."

With the big brother NEXTDOOR here, the relevant hardware preparations for this website have been easily put in place.

"Yeah!" The group of guys who also looked exhausted clapped and celebrated.

They are not celebrating the end of overtime work, they are celebrating their own success.

But Feng Yiping was not as happy as them. His feelings at this moment were a bit complicated. Of course he was excited, but there was also some unspeakable shame. This time, he could be said to have completely cut off a guy's path to wealth. road.

This is the first time he has done something of this nature in such a long time since he started his business.

Fortunately, based on subsequent facts, it seemed that this idea was not the guy's original idea, which made Feng Yiping feel a little less guilty.

"Mike, you should go home too. Lisa probably talks about me a lot these days," Feng Yiping patted Mike on the shoulder.

In recent times, Mike has been working 996 hours at least, and for several nights, he can't go home until around 11 o'clock. This has not happened for a long time for him. It's strange that Lisa has no objection. Woolen cloth.

"Feng, I want to tell you about promotion," Mike pulled Feng Yiping out.

Feng Yiping was a little surprised, promotion? Wasn't that already decided when you finally decided to start this project? Is this the first time that a company has invested heavily in launching promotion activities around the world at the same time?

Mike took Feng Yiping directly to his office, "What to drink? Oh, tea or mineral water," he asked himself.

"No, just mineral water is fine. Mike, if you have anything to say, just say it. Do you have any opinions about the job position?" Even though this may have complicated feelings, Feng Yiping can still see that, looking at Mike, he clearly has something to say. I'm embarrassed to say it.

"No, I'm very satisfied with my current job," Mike handed him a bottle of 10ThousandBC from Canada and a cup.

Knowing that Feng Yiping didn't like coffee very much, the company prepared some of this top-quality mineral water from Canada. This water is taken from the ten thousand-year-old pristine glaciers in the uninhabited areas of Vancouver - that is, it Origin of the name.

That area is inaccessible and can only be reached by a three-day boat ride, so the price is not cheap. A 750 ml bottle costs close to 14 US dollars, equivalent to RMB, which is well over a hundred yuan.

"Feng, I actually hesitated to say this for a long time. I didn't know whether I should say it or not, because this matter is actually related to your privacy," Mike said, holding a bottle of Coke and lowering his head.

"It doesn't matter, you are my closest colleague in the United States,"

"Okay, let me tell you the truth," Mike raised his head, "Feng, your image is very good in your country, here, and in the world. It can be said that you are the most well-known spokesperson of our company. Therefore, your image is closely related to the company’s image,”

"It just so happens that currently in the United States, and with this new company that will be launched tomorrow, our main business is all related to social networking and family, so,"

When Feng Yiping heard this, he roughly understood what he was going to say.

"Not to mention the company tomorrow, the main active users of our NEXTDOOR are housewives, so your current status..."

"Of course, I know that whether it is Huang or Ma Ling, whether it is Amanda or Vincent, they are all very important to you. Similarly, from ordinary people to popular stars, wealthy people, politicians in high positions..., including those who are married, many people are dating several people at the same time, and many of them have illegitimate children. This is actually an open secret in many circles."

"I know better than anyone that Ma Ling gave birth to Vincent without telling you, but Feng, if Amanda and Vincent are exposed at the same time, not to mention the website we are going to launch tomorrow, many users of NEXTDOOR may boycott our services,"

He said it more tactfully, using children to refer to mothers.

Feng Yiping knows about this matter. He is unmarried and still young, which is a good reason, but those housewives will definitely be very dissatisfied with Feng Yiping's behavior.

This matter is relatively easy to control in China. At least, few media outlets will publish news about his private life, and few media outlets dare to publish it.

However, in the United States, where freedom of speech is guaranteed, those reporters are really not vegetarians.

Once his current living conditions are disclosed, it will have a certain impact on his image, and in turn, it will have a certain direct impact on the company.

There are solutions. At least in Silicon Valley, few people know about Ma Ling's existence. However, when thinking about his affirmation when he climbed the mountain with Vincent this morning, he immediately burst into tears and laughed. In addition, there was also the pressure that Ma Ling had been silently carrying for the past two years. Feng Yiping felt that he had no reason not to spend more time with them.

Alas, isn't it easier to say that those reporters are not vegetarians, but only meat eaters? Now I can completely use money to open the way.

"Different cultures will have different degrees of acceptance of such things," Feng Yiping said.

Not to mention Clinton, who was finally forgiven by the people, Kennedy's philandering was known to everyone on earth, but American men, women, young and old, don't they still regard him as one of the greatest presidents of the United States?

There is something Feng Yiping doesn't know. During the 2016 US election, a candidate who was exposed to be extremely disrespectful of women was still sent to the White House by the American leaders, the British and the people.

As for well-known American entrepreneurs, everyone knows about Jobs' illegitimate daughter; everyone knows about Google's Schmidt's philandering; everyone knows about Brin's extramarital affairs; everyone also knows about Oracle's Ellison's changing wives more and more, and the wives are getting younger and younger, and later they are generally younger than his sons and daughters..., but this still does not affect their careers.

This matter is of course a matter, but there is no need to exaggerate it too much. The American people are still relatively accepting of this matter.

Of course, if Feng Yiping gets into other troubles, such as those related to "drugs" or other criminal cases, it will be really difficult to save.

"Yes, look, do you need me to find someone to do a possible assessment? Of course, no one will know that the target is you,"

"Okay," Feng Yiping nodded.

"Under the current circumstances, in order to avoid possible trouble, I think, especially in public, you should still pay more attention, and try not to let the media know your itinerary, so that Owen and others can bear more responsibility,"

"No problem," Feng Yiping agreed. No matter what, he hopes to protect Amanda and Vincent closely, especially before they reach adulthood, and will not let them be exposed in front of the camera.

Going to Ma Ling can also be more discreet. Of course, this should be discreet. Otherwise, if Huang Jingping knows, it will be a big trouble.

"Feng, in fact, the solution is also very simple," Mike said, "We don't need to evaluate to know that everyone can accept the divorce. You can marry them first and then divorce them, so that you can go to see them naturally,"

This is really not the case at present.

"Is it not okay for me to join the Mormon Church?" Feng Yiping joked.

…………

On January 19, the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, Zheng Jiayi, wearing a blue skirt and a white suit, took a notebook and walked quickly to the back of the podium, facing the many reporters in the audience, and held an unconventional press conference.

"First of all, I want to report a set of data to everyone. As of yesterday, the number of registered users of NEXTDOOR has officially exceeded 75 million."

You should know that the vast majority of NEXTDOOR users are households, which means that most households in the United States are already registered users of NEXTDOOR.

"The number of active users per month exceeds 50 million, and they stay on the website for more than 30 minutes every day."

These data did not surprise the reporters below, as most of them were NEXTDOOR users.

"The number of statuses, messages, comments and photos posted on the NEXTDOOR platform exceeds 600 million times every day,"

"The number of users who have participated in our group buying activities has now accumulated to more than 30 million times,..."

"The number of people served by Coin Star this month has exceeded 3 million times for the first time..."

She read out the script one by one, but the reporters below were a little impatient. Isn't this an impromptu press conference? Why is it like a regular press conference?

"Finally, I want to tell you some good news. Starting from today, everyone can easily check these data on the website of our company launched today,"

New website? Just say it!

Zheng Jiayi turned around, and the velvet on the wall behind her quickly parted to both sides, revealing a large screen inside.

She held a laser pointer and pointed at the website on the screen and said, "This is a new social networking site for our company. It is no longer focused on families in the community. It supports everyone with an email to register their own account." ,"

“It also integrates the functions that we are very popular on NEXTDOOR, including personal information, timely updates, and feelings that you want to send... You can follow other people, like others, and leave messages... , there are also mini games to let you relax,”

“What’s different from NEXTDOOR is that it will actively recommend related people as friends based on the information you provide, for example, people from your same company, friends of your friends, etc. There are no geographical restrictions,”

"You can also search for your friend's account based on his email address. Similarly, starting from today, you can search for users around you on the website and proactively contact those you want to be friends with and want to communicate with as friends..."

"In short, unlike NEXTDOOR, which mainly focuses on social networking within the community, the website we just launched is a social software that truly has no restrictions,"

She pointed to the prominent name at the top and said, "Welcome to use Facebook starting today,"

"Boom," the reporters cheered up.

ps: I have created a group, 454, 231, 228. Everyone is welcome to visit and provide valuable opinions. I look forward to the opportunity to communicate with you!