Chapter 1738 Ensure

"Fon, let me introduce to you, this is my partner and my best friend, Janus Frith," Niklas Zengström, still wearing narrow-rimmed black-rimmed glasses, pointed A man with blond hair, thin build, and dressed in all black introduced to Feng Yiping enthusiastically.

best friend? When he heard this, Feng Yiping came up with an idea for some reason. This is probably the person you least want to mention in the future.

In the high-tech world, apart from the two people at Google, there seem to be very few people who can start a business together and never give up after success.

There are very few people who can share adversity together, and even fewer people can enjoy happiness together after going through adversity together.

"Hi Fries, nice to meet you,"

"Nice to meet you," Fries, who seemed a little silent, held Feng Yiping's hand firmly.

From the strength of his handshake, Feng Yiping could feel his enthusiasm. This was also a guy with a fire in his heart.

"This is our CTO, CSO...," Zenstrom pointed to the people standing around the table and introduced them one by one.

Today, because of Feng Yiping's arrival, all Skype executives, not one of them left, came to greet, or in other words, to watch Feng Yiping.

Now Feng Yiping, not to mention his personal wealth, is already qualified to attract attention in academia and the Internet field.

They were not disappointed. This young oriental man who looked inconspicuous at first glance - no way, you can hardly expect these guys who are unable to recognize oriental faces to think you are handsome at a glance. They were extremely impressed: this was a very charming man.

Although these guys are generally older than Feng Yiping, they have to admit this.

Charm, like temperament, cannot be packaged. It is a comprehensive reflection of a person's characteristics.

This comprehensive expression of Feng Yiping is extremely attractive. When he looks at you, you will not only feel that you are valued, but also feel close to him.

"Today, I finally get to meet everyone in such a complete way, so my trip is considered worthwhile."

As soon as he sat down, Feng Yiping said.

The conference room they were in had a great view, similar to Davos, with vast expanses of forest covered with a thick layer of snow.

However, from the angle where he sat, he could still see the golden Statue of Victory over the city.

"Nicholas knows that I have always admired this team composed of everyone. If we were to name the ten most capable teams in the Internet field, I am very convinced that our team will undoubtedly be one of them,"

No one dislikes this, especially when the person saying it is not only one of the most successful people in the world, but he is also one of your bosses.

"Feng," said Zengstrom, who was also smiling, "don't praise them anymore, otherwise if they use this as a reason to ask for a salary increase, I can't help it."

"Then let's bring it up now," someone shouted.

"Hehehe," everyone laughed happily.

This is of course a joke. If Feng Yiping says they are good, they will raise their wages. Then, if Feng Yiping says they are not good, won't they have to reduce their wages?

"Feng, your Facebook is the product that we admire even more," Frith said.

"Come on, there's nothing unusual about that," Feng Yiping said, "At least, Mr. Powell, Chairman of the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), didn't feel traditional after downloading our product. The age of social interaction is over,"

"Hahaha," everyone laughed again.

What Feng Yiping said was another glorious thing for them. Last year's Fortune magazine published a speech by Powell: "When I downloaded Skype, I realized that the era of traditional communication was over."

"Feng, you are still so unique, sharp and humorous," Zengstrom couldn't help but slapped the table. "By the way, I haven't appreciated your wonderful performance in Davos yet." Formal congratulations,"

"Hey," Feng Yiping waved his hand, "What are those?"

"We want to say that your speeches, your description of Facebook's disaster map function, and your free rice network...everything is very exciting." Everyone was talking about it. It seems that they They are really concerned about Feng Yiping.

"You know, the boss will often take away the credit of the team - of course, I don't know if Nicholas is usually like this," Feng Yiping pointed at Niklas Zengström and said, "As for me, because I am always stopped by people to ask questions. Many times, I refer to the collective achievements of the company as my personal achievements. Therefore, if it is really wonderful, it is also the wonderful work of those teams,"

“Just like our Skype, it’s because of our team that it becomes great,”

"By October last year, we had completed 2 billion call minutes. What an amazing achievement is this? How many users has this benefited?"

"Who else has completely changed an industry in such a short period of time?"

His words made everyone present raise their heads higher and higher.

"I believe that we will soon enter more and more countries around the world, and will soon succeed in those countries. Our number of users will soon reach nine figures, and our call duration will account for an increasing proportion of the total international call duration, so high that traditional and non-traditional competitors will be jealous..."

Feng Yiping encouraged again.

The effect of boosting morale was so good that Zenstrom was a little timid. Fortunately, I am in Luxembourg. If I were in Silicon Valley, you would come here from time to time, and I might not be able to keep my seat.

Probably no one could guess the intention of Feng Yiping's words, not even Mike, who came with Feng Yiping and was also applauding at this time.

Feng Yiping came here to ensure that everything could go on the original track, and he didn't want some processes to be deviated or changed because of his own reasons.

In other aspects, Feng Yiping was not worried, but who made Skype's first sale to eBay, and he had always been at odds with eBay recently, oh, should I say, eBay had always been at odds with him recently?

Because of this reason, is it possible that the acquisition that should have taken place will be affected? Feng Yiping thinks it is possible - from Whitman's previous entanglements, it can be seen that he is not worrying about nothing.

This is also why he always avoids talking about his social products lightly, and just now he also encouraged everyone to focus on communication, which is actually to deepen the global development of instant messaging.

Because, if these guys suddenly want to develop social networking based on the existing foundation because of me, wouldn't I have cultivated a rival for Facebook?

So, even if some things have changed, we still have to ensure that everything remains the same.

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After the collective meeting, Zengstrom took Feng Yiping out, "It's a rare trip, I think I should take you out for a walk,"

"That's what I mean," Feng Yiping said with a smile.

So after a symbolic visit to the company, Zengstrom drove Feng Yiping and Mike, plus Owen's car, a small convoy of three cars, to the city center.

Located in the heart of Western Europe, surrounded by Germany, France and Belgium, Luxembourg is not only the only grand duchy on earth today, but also one of the smallest countries on earth.

Its land area is less than 2,600 square kilometers. Starting from the capital, also called Luxembourg, it only takes about half an hour to drive to the three surrounding countries.

Its population is currently less than 600,000, which is also similar to some of our county towns.

But its other point is that it is proudly at the forefront of the world. Its per capita GDP ranking entered the top five in the world for the first time in 1984, and has been ranked first in the world since 1993.

Last year, it was still ranked first, with a per capita GDP of US$75,590.248, while last year, our per capita GDP ranked 110th, with a per capita GDP of US$1,493.79. This gap is not ordinary.

Last year, the exchange rate of RMB to US dollar was still above 8. If we calculate it at 8, Luxembourg's per capita GDP is more than 600,000 RMB!

Of course, this is mainly because it has a small population base and is not very comparable. If our country's per capita GDP can reach this level, it will not be a matter of dominating the earth, but a matter of dominating at least the solar system.

But this is enough to show its wealth.

Moreover, it is not easy for such a small country to survive in the European continent, which is also full of wars.

Not to mention that in modern times, such a small place has neither oil nor gambling industry, but its three pillar industries, finance, radio and television, and steel, have not only developed successfully, but also have a very important position in the world. This is indeed not easy.

Passing through those clean streets that do not look too surprising - Nordic countries are basically the same, we went straight to the city center, that is, next to the Constitution Square. The golden statue of the victory girl that Feng Yiping saw just now stood on the top of the monument to heroes in the Constitution Square.

Going further from the square is the famous Grand Canyon in Luxembourg, the Grand Canyon of Luxembourg, also known as the Petros Grand Canyon.

This east-west Grand Canyon naturally divides Luxembourg City into two urban areas: south and north, new and old.

Walking on the Adolf Bridge, a stone viaduct built in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, facing the biting cold wind, looking at the ancient trees and streams at the bottom of the valley, the buildings that are already looming, and then looking at the castles in the north and the modern European buildings in the south, there is really a sense of grandeur mixed with time and space.

"If you come here in summer, it will be more beautiful. At that time, the trees are all green and flocks of birds fly in the canyon," said Zengstrom, pointing to the bottom of the canyon.

"I am very interested in finding another summer to come here,"

"If you squeeze time, you can always squeeze it out," said Zengstrom, "but some things may not be possible,"

"Feng, have you read our financial statements for the last month of last year?" he asked.

"Of course I have," Feng Yiping nodded.

As a shareholder, although he does not interfere with the specific operations of the company, if he does not even have a grasp of the financial situation, wouldn't it be irresponsible?

"Are you very dissatisfied?"

"No, Nicholas, on the contrary, I am very happy. You see, our user growth is so rapid, our functions are becoming more and more complete, and the performance is becoming more and more stable. With such development, what else is there to be dissatisfied with?" Feng Yiping said.

He was really worried. The next moment, the guy said, "So, I also want to do social networking,"

"I know all this, but you can also see that our share in the field of enterprise services is not high, and the proportion of ordinary users who pay is not high. As an entrepreneur, even I can't see when we can make a profit,"

"As long as we develop enough users and the base is large enough, we will always make a profit," Feng Yiping comforted.

"In addition, as an entrepreneur, I want to remind you that we can't only get a return after the company starts to make a profit, right?"

"You mean, the next round of financing?" Zengstrom shook his head, feeling that it was very unnecessary.

Then, he asked another question, "If, I just said if, I intend to sell the project, can you understand?"

I like this question!

"I understand," Feng Yiping tried to look serious, "The key is to see how much the other party can pay, right?"

"After all, it's rare to have a phenomenal product like ours that can quickly increase the number of users,"

He couldn't help but look at the statue of Victory again. Even on such a cloudy day, the statue was still so dazzling.