Chapter 1700 Expectations

"Feng, I think we actually have a more effective way to compete with eBay," Sandberg, who had just joined the company a few days ago, sat opposite Feng Yiping after boarding the plane and actively gave him suggestions.

Presumably, she had also paid attention to the confrontation between Whitman and Feng Yiping just now. From then to now, there was enough time for her to fully understand the entanglement between Feng Yiping and Whitman.

Feng Yiping supported her chin with her hand, looked at the planes waiting to take off outside, and did not comment on her statement.

Sandberg was a little disappointed. As a new member, she naturally had to work hard, but what did Feng Yiping mean? After saying this, shouldn't you listen to what I have to say?

But for her, this was not even a small setback, and it did not make her feel frustrated. It made her feel that as soon as she accepted Feng Yiping's employment, his attitude towards her changed immediately. Before, he was eager to seek talents, but now he was high and mighty.

She was ready to tell Feng Yiping what she had thought of before he asked. At this time, Mike gently pulled her and shook his head at her.

Sandberg was a little confused. Are you not interested in what I said? Do you know what I want to say?

Mike circled his index finger around his temple twice and gestured to Feng Yiping.

Oh, Sandberg immediately understood that Feng Yiping was thinking now.

It seemed that he was thinking very deeply. As the speed of the Gulfstream on the runway increased, people could obviously feel some turbulence, but he still kept that posture motionless.

It was not until the Gulfstream rushed into the sky and the plane that had experienced several days of rain and rain saw the long-lost bright sunshine again that he came back to his senses, "Sandberg, what did you say just now?"

He said that he was not such an arrogant person, and he would not change his attitude in just a few days. Although even if the situation was like this, Sandberg would not be frustrated, but if it could not be, it would naturally be the best.

"I said that there is actually a better way for us to compete with eBay," Sandberg, who was in a good mood, said with a smile.

"Thank you," Feng Yiping nodded. Sandberg's support for him naturally made him feel a little warm.

"I believe that what you want to say will definitely be a very good solution. However, from the perspective of the company as a whole, it is actually quite good for us to maintain the current relationship with eBay."

In China, Jiasheng Mall and Alibaba's encirclement of eBay does not need to show any mercy, but in the United States, although he threw out such harsh words in front of Whitman, in fact, there is no need to confront eBay head-on. That should be the job of Amazon or other e-commerce companies. There is no need for his own company to step in and conquer the world for others for free.

Because strictly speaking, even if NEXTDOOR and eBay have confronted each other head-on in the group buying business, eBay is not a competitor of its core business in the United States.

Therefore, there is really no need to confront it comprehensively.

In fact, Whitman is also clear about this point. Since the group buying dispute, eBay has never done anything to Feng Yiping and his American company again, because the business of the two companies in North America can be said to be very incompatible.

If all the energy and resources are put into dealing with Feng Yiping, NEXTDOOR, Facebook, etc., how can there be conditions to compete with other real competitors?

The several confrontations between Whitman and Feng Yiping also occurred when they met, and did not involve the company level. It was a bit similar to Whitman's dislike of Feng Yiping personally for various reasons before.

Of course, whether it was the competition at the company level or the verbal confrontation at the personal level, Feng Yiping was no exception and successfully fought back without hesitation, so that Whitman never felt the pleasure of victory, but had a lot of frustration and resentment.

As the person in charge of the company, he must know clearly what the company should focus on. Obviously, taking some measures to expand the conflict with eBay should not be the focus of work in the United States at this stage.

Sandberg pondered for a while. Why didn't he even want to listen to the good way to compete with eBay? Later, she quickly figured out the key and couldn't help but look at Feng Yiping with a higher eye.

At his age, when he should be young and vigorous, it is not easy not to decide the company's behavior based on personal preferences or emotions.

"You are right," Sandberg said.

She thought of Feng Yiping's previous book again. In the Blue Ocean Strategy, he did not advocate a zero-sum game of life and death.

A company that is aggressive is not necessarily not an excellent company, but it is obvious that an excellent company that is not aggressive will naturally be more popular with users.

Feng Yiping nodded, "It's just a different angle."

In fact, he is not so generous, he just controls it better.

The problem he was thinking about just now was related to dealing with eBay, but he still hoped that he could not be so narrow-minded and use this new product not to target anyone specifically, but to serve users.

"I just had a new idea," he said.

Sandberg and Mike were both interested, and this was naturally talking about the problem he was thinking about just now.

Feng Yiping waved, and Randolph immediately sat next to him.

"Do you think there is any connection between people who search for the same word online? Can we develop a product to connect them?"

"Yes," "There should be something in common," but so what, what business opportunities are there?

"Then I think, can we create another community, a community that accommodates a circle of friends who are interested in various issues. For example, I personally like a Hollywood star, then I can create a community in this community. The section named after this celebrity provides a space for other netizens who also like this celebrity to discuss and follow this celebrity."

"For another example, let me assume and boast that Mike likes my book "Big Data" very much, so he can create a section called Big Data in this community to let those netizens who also like this book, In this space, exchange views and opinions about this book,"

"Bezos is interested in aviation. He can also build an aviation-themed section. However, the section he builds may face competition from the topic of flying to Mars founded by Musk." He did not forget to mention The two men took it out and rinsed it.

Obviously, Boss Feng's "new idea" was launched the year before last, but it had not yet formed a trend. Later, it became a trend, but it allowed many people to see that their company was to a certain extent, or at least in many businesses. , a product that lacks a sense of social responsibility and is purely profit-oriented, Tieba.

"The advantage of this is that in such a small circle, everyone can talk more deeply about certain topics," Sandberg said.

"I don't think profit is a problem. For example, I like the Star Wars movie series very much. If I create such a topic, after there are fans and the small circle becomes lively, I can insert Star Wars peripheral products on the page. , and advertisements for games of similar nature,” Mike seemed to be quite interested in the idea and very insightful.

"It is indeed good. If it is run well, many users will probably continue to participate in discussions on topics they are interested in for a long time, or keep paying attention to that topic. This will obviously bring huge traffic," Randolph said.

He also understood what Feng Yiping meant. This is a product that provides a place for people with similar interests to communicate. How many common interests do everyone have?

There are so many common hobbies, but there are only dozens or hundreds of people participating in one topic. So how big is the number in total?

The reason why Feng Yiping thought of Tieba is very simple.

When Whitman was having trouble with him, he thought more than once about opening a new section on NEXTDOOR specifically for people to complain about the various unpleasant experiences they encountered when shopping on eBay. It would be better to open another one at the same time, so that A section where everyone talks about buying good stuff on Amazon.

He wanted to see if Whitman would be so angry that she vomited black blood.

But that is obviously too stingy. It is better to try to serve this new product to more people, so that this product will have more vitality.

"The difficulty of development is not too high," Mike added from a technical perspective.

It's just high, so what's the problem for them?

They now have ample funds and a good image. What kind of people are they looking for but can't find? Under this premise, as long as you have a good idea, there is no problem that it cannot be developed.

"Then, the next question is whether this new product will be placed under NEXTDOOR or given to Facebook,"

He saw Sandberg wanting to speak without thinking, and waved his hand, "Everyone should carefully consider the pros and cons before talking,"

This is obviously impossible to give to YouTube, but Randolph is not willing to be alone and said, "When the time comes, we can build more topic groups about movies, and we can also advertise our DVD rentals."

This makes sense.

"They are all good, so everyone writes down their thoughts, and we will finally consider it comprehensively and decide where to let it settle down. Then, the next step will be a related product."

Anything else related?

"Since everyone has a lot of questions and looks for answers online, can we make a Q&A product?" Feng Yiping said.

"I know that Google already has similar products, Yahoo seems to be getting involved in this area now, and Answers.com now claims to have tens of millions of visitors every day. I think this is also a good direction,"

As a former Google employee, Sandberg was in no rush to speak this time.

Since this was a product that was already on the market and one that Mike and Randolph didn’t know much about, they didn’t rush to speak.

"Everyone can also seriously consider whether we can make this product, and if we do, will it affect our relationship with Google?"

Feng Yiping believes that it will not be affected. Like many other products, Google Questions and Answers is currently very unsuccessful. Google does not care much about it. However, Feng Yiping hopes that they can start from different aspects. Consider this question and provide yourself with a reference.

"Similarly, if you want to do it, then put it under NEXTDOOR, or join Facebook,"

He looked at Sandberg without speaking, thinking she had other ideas, "Of course, this is extra work...,"

"No, Feng, this is certainly not extra work," Sandberg said. "I'm just very surprised that in such a short period of time, you have considered so many issues and asked such good questions. I am very much looking forward to my future work,”

"Haha, you'll get used to it quickly," Mike said with a smile.

Among those present, he was indeed qualified to say such a thing.

"Unfortunately, what you said today, Feng, has no direct connection with YouTube or Netflix, which makes me very regretful," Randolph said.

"Regret? Come on! How many ideas did Feng think of for YouTube," Mike said immediately, "Besides, isn't it enough to have such a good product as YouTube?"

"What about you, isn't it enough to have a good product like Facebook?" Randolph said tit for tat.

"Hey, everyone hopes to get better and better," Mike said with a smile.

Randolph let him go, then pointed the finger at Feng Yiping, "Boss, you just said that you want to build a circle for a Hollywood star you like. Which star is that? Is it a female star? You know , we have a lot of cooperation with Hollywood now, if you have any ideas, we can tell them directly to the star,"

"Yeah, which female star is it?" Sandberg also asked with a smile.

Mike's little eyes also illustrate the fire of gossip burning in his heart...

These guys!