Chapter 1670 Tendency

The streets of San Jose, which seemed deserted yesterday, became lively tonight.

It's the first working day of the new year, and San Jose, the center of Silicon Valley, has completely entered its own rhythm.

After the holiday, which is equivalent to the Golden Week of the Spring Festival in China, those who went on vacation with their families have all returned. The wives who run the house are busy exchanging experiences and experiences of the past holiday. During this period, there will inevitably be showing off and comparison.

As for those who make money to support their families, they have already devoted themselves to busy work without any transition.

Many companies on the roadside are brightly lit. I don’t know how many people are working overtime under the lights. Cars are coming and going on the street. In every car, there is at least one person who looks tired. There must be something in his briefcase. Lots of people working.

Even in those high-end hotels and clubs, there are many people attending parties with or without themes. Among these people are not only ordinary engineers and executives from Silicon Valley companies, but also extremely busy entrepreneurs. There will be headhunting companies, venture capital companies, public welfare organizations, media practitioners...

This is the contradictory understanding outsiders have of Silicon Valley. This is the busiest place in the United States, or it can be said to be the world, but no one knows what they are busy with, or, it seems, many of them People seem to be wasting time.

Only those involved know what they are doing.

In a culture that believes that openness, equality, and sharing will generate creativity and opportunities, these seemingly pragmatic gatherings shoulder the very pragmatic mission of spreading the latest technology trends, promoting new products to the market, and looking for business cooperation opportunities. The people who attend these gatherings, with or without a theme, all come for themselves and opportunities, without any gestures or airs...

This is the night in Silicon Valley. There are no rolling green mountains, rows of palm trees, or sun-kissed flowers. There are only Silicon Valley people who adhere to the creed of "Asleep, you will fail."

The glory of Silicon Valley is based on the hard work of these people.

"Owen, do you like Silicon Valley?"

"I like it very much," Owen said without thinking. "There are so many opportunities here. I didn't know much about them originally, but when I was on the streets here, I saw so many people from all over the world, including your motherland. of high-tech talents. Of course, the most important thing is that you, boss, have come here. That definitely means that this place has the best opportunities and conditions in the world."

His words made Feng Yiping laugh, "Owen, I almost don't recognize you anymore,"

The black man driving the car also looked at his supervisor in the rearview mirror. He was quite impressed. He was excellent at his job and was so good at talking. No wonder his boss liked him.

Owen smiled naively, but did not flatter me any further. For example, it was all because of his influence, boss.

In this case, some executives around the boss said that it is better not to appear too shrewd because they are always with the boss and are only responsible for safety.

"Yes, it's a place of opportunity and hope," Feng Yiping said, "I like it here too. Everyone here has their own dreams."

He pointed to a man outside the car who was talking on the phone while walking his dog, "He must be a person with a dream,"

Owen nodded in agreement, but the next moment, something embarrassing happened. The guy was only focused on the phone, not paying attention to what his dog was doing, and then stepped on it.

"Shit," you could tell what he was talking about just by looking at the mouth of the guy on tiptoe with a disgusted look on his face.

Feng Yiping was stunned. He was so disrespectful and uncooperative?

"Well, I just have a dream, and I have to always pay attention to my steps," he could only laugh at himself.

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He was relatively leisurely. After ordering food at the appointed restaurant, Page and Brin arrived in a hurry.

"Sorry, sorry, there's a bit of traffic," Paige explained.

"Understood, I'm not a beauty," Feng Yiping said with a smile.

"You are more respectable than a beautiful woman. Which beautiful woman can invite us both to dinner at the same time?" Brin sat down carelessly.

"Yes, I'm honored, but I think it's not that beauties don't have a good reputation, but that Anne and Lucy keep a close eye on them." Feng Yiping handed them the menu, "I've ordered some, take a look at what's there supplementary,"

They listened without even looking at it, "Then why should I look at it?"

The three of them are now familiar with each other's tastes. In fact, they are not picky people when it comes to food.

After sitting down for a while, the manager of this restaurant personally led a group of people to bring their dishes and poured them drinks diligently. However, after that, there was not even a waiter around. This is not a big deal. , but they were the only three diners in the famous restaurant.

It is really troublesome for them to have dinner together now. Let's eat together with everyone. They are not afraid of disturbing others, but also afraid of others disturbing them.

People in Silicon Valley are engaged in related industries, and some of their conversations must be guarded against the wall, so nice small restaurants like this have become their first choice.

"What new measures will be taken this year?" Page asked.

"Yes, let's talk about it," Brin also looked at Feng Yiping intently.

The two projects he launched last year really made them both jealous.

"This year, there really won't be any new projects. We will further strengthen NEXTDOOR's various businesses. We hope to make good progress abroad, integrate YouTube and Netflix, further improve the functions of Facebook, and promote it globally. , should be the most important task this year,”

Page and the others were not disappointed after hearing this. It would be abnormal if new and eye-catching projects appeared every year.

Let’s just say that for them, up to now, the most important project, the most important project, is still search, and other products are all based on search.

They would not doubt that Feng Yiping actually had a good idea, but he did not say anything because he wanted to be wary of them.

They no longer need to be so vigilant among themselves. Since they asked about it, even if Feng Yiping had a good idea and said it, they would not rush to do it.

In other words, they have been busy with existing projects.

So many products launched last year before going public, from browsers to maps, have received good market response and have greatly promoted the improvement of the search business. However, not all products will be replaced after they are launched. Gao Zheng is free from worries.

Even the core of Google, the program they originally wrote at Stanford, has now been almost rewritten, let alone these relatively simple products that were later launched.

The speed of product development in Silicon Valley has always been incredibly high, because it doesn't matter if it's not high. Every day, people are developing new products like crazy, and more people are working on existing products.

After being launched on the market, if you do not maintain high-speed updates, then maybe you will be replaced by others in the next moment.

"I have always felt that although the original NEXTDOOR has developed gratifyingly and has more and more functions, it is still difficult to promote it globally, even today when the anti-terrorism situation is still severe," Page said.

"Yes," Feng Yiping nodded.

Just look at the development of NEXTDOOR in Canada and you can see how difficult it will be to globalize it.

Promotion around the United States is not easy, let alone in Europe, which is on good terms with the United States on the surface but has its own demands privately.

"However, even if it is only developed in North America, this is definitely a very successful project. Although the overall globalization is difficult, some of the business sections can be considered independent and promoted around the world," Brin said .

"We have already considered this," Feng Yiping said.

Now that some business sections under NEXTDOOR, such as group buying, are independent, it not only has a good foundation, but can indeed be promoted in countries around the world.

"As for Facebook and YouTube, they are the easiest projects to promote around the world. We must establish absolute advantages while competitors are still in their infancy," Page said.

"Yeah, that's our focus this year,"

"Last year's results were pretty good. I wish we can continue to make great strides this year," Brin raised his glass.

"Let's bring more good changes to society," Page said.

"Let more companies dare not sleep at night," Feng Yiping also said domineeringly at such a time.

In fact, it's hard to say that this is domineering. The three of them are definitely qualified to say such things.

"Cheers," "Cheers," the three wine glasses clinked together loudly.

"It's a good thing Facebook is your project, otherwise, we wouldn't even dare to sleep at night," Page said.

"However, the competition between it and Google will only become more and more fierce," Feng Yiping said.

"Don't worry, we are not worried," Brin said. "The market is big enough, and we hope that together we can dominate the entire online advertising market in the future."

They really don't have to worry now. Google's AdWords technology has allowed them to dominate the field of online advertising, leaving all their competitors far behind.

Although everyone can see that Facebook has great potential in this area, after all, it is just getting started.

Even in the original time and space, in the early years after Facebook was founded, there was still a honeymoon period with Google for several years. The subsequent confrontation was somewhat involuntary.

"There are more and more directions in which we can cooperate. How about this year's advertising costs on Google? There should be a significant increase," Page asked.

"That's natural,"

With Google’s share of the search market, advertising on Google is naturally the best channel to promote Facebook and YouTube.

"Also, when will Tesla's board of directors meeting be held, can it seriously consider letting us join?" Brin said.

"After seeing the relevant introduction in the park, we both hope to contribute to such an undertaking,"

"He liked the exterior design at first sight," Page said. "I liked it too, but I really liked the Tesla project as a whole."

"No problem, I will convene the board of directors as soon as possible." This research and development process is really not a simple matter. Future promotion will be even more not simple. With Google joining and Microsoft joining, that is a great thing. .

"This is also another area where we can strengthen cooperation, in artificial intelligence," Feng Yiping said.

Even Amazon is developing artificial intelligence technology, how can Google fall behind? And their subsequent achievements in this area, such as Alpha Dog, are well known to the world.

At the same time, their research on autonomous driving technology is also inferior to Tesla.

"Yes, and cloud computing and big data," Page mentioned.

"Actually, sometimes I am very envious of your projects. Whether it is NEXTDOOR, Facebook, or YouTube, they are all products that users will like more and more the more they use them. They are very sticky. From the perspective of big data, these products , a lot of very specific micro data can be collected,” Brin said.

He glanced at Page, "And I think your businesses are very complementary to ours,"

Feng Yiping smiled, "Yes, so this is the basis for our close cooperation,"

He heard what Brin meant, and he was also happy to see such a tendency. However, there were some issues that were not yet time to discuss.

"As for the data, no problem, it will definitely be shared with Google,"

The two of them also know that some things are really difficult to say at this time, but with this foundation, there will be a suitable time in the future.

"Actually, there are other areas where we can cooperate," Feng Yiping chuckled.

"Wait a minute," Page stood up immediately and said, "Are you done eating? Let's go. Let's go. Can't you see? He smiles like that, and it's definitely up to him."

"How come, it's really a good thing." Feng Yiping pressed him down with a smile, "Look, everything has to flow. Then in terms of talents, let's also cooperate so that some talents can be distributed between our two families. "Flow between flows?"