Chapter 2008 Competition

"I'm sorry, I'm so happy," Brie got off Feng Yiping with a blushing face.

She answered the question that she was willing. Although it was not a proposal, Feng Yiping invited her to sign a contract. To a certain extent, it was no different from a proposal, and it was even more reliable. It was to give her a long-term meal ticket. .

Boss Feng's reputation for having a good eye has long spread to the entertainment industry, so another reaction from Brie is naturally, he is very optimistic about my future?

If you are not optimistic about it, you will not invite yourself to sign a contract, right? ——So girls are sometimes powerful, and she really guessed Feng Yiping's motives.

Feng Yiping smiled, held his daughter with one hand, and stretched out the other towards her, "Let's make an agreement?"

"Yeah," Brie held Feng Yiping's hand and nodded vigorously.

How could I not seize such a good opportunity that fell from the sky?

When she let go of her hand, she blushed again and took out a tissue from her bag, "I'm sorry, your face..."

The next reaction was to cover his mouth. Since there were lipstick marks on his face, his lip makeup must have been a mess.

Feng Yiping followed her instructions and wiped it on his face a few times, "I hope your lipstick is not expensive,"

How many times did she kiss him just now?

Well, men, you should be more generous and just kiss after you kiss. If you still want to kiss back, that would be too stingy, right?

"Daddy, daddy," Amanda took his hand and motioned for him to squat down.

"What's wrong?"

"Okay," Amanda kissed Feng Yiping on the face, then tilted her little head and looked at her father's clean face in confusion. She was very messy. After I kissed her, why couldn't I leave it on my father's face? trace?

Feng Yiping knew that he had to divert her attention immediately, and hoped that she would not remember this matter, otherwise it would take a lot of money to mention it to Huang Jingping when he went back.

"Haha, we are going to a very fun amusement park with many carousels. Are you happy?"

The child was really easy to fool, so Amanda immediately put down the question she was thinking about and said, "Vincent, come here quickly, we are going to the amusement park!"

Wu Qian slipped out of nowhere, lowered her head and handed the phone to Feng Yiping, "Yahoo Chief Yang's phone number,"

"Sorry," Feng Yiping gestured to Buri, "Hello Chief,"

"Hi Yiping, are you still in Los Angeles?" Chief Yang sounded very enthusiastic.

"Yes, I have just taken over Marvel, and there is a lot of work to be arranged. Not to mention, I have gained a lot of new understanding of Hollywood in the past two days. All the plans I made before have to be redone, which is quite stressful. ..." He kept talking to Chief Yang about his work in Los Angeles.

"Haha," Chief Yang listened quietly, "I believe that with your ability, it will not be a problem at all to handle these things well,"

"The measures we have seen you disclosed, including personnel adjustments, are very effective. I have heard about Arad's problem. People like that really cannot be retained,"

After Arad was kicked out of Marvel by Feng Yiping, the media naturally reported on the reason for his kicking.

“A person who feels that his contribution in the team is so great that he cannot be satisfied with his compensation will definitely be a problem sooner or later,” he said.

"I have never accepted taking advantage of my job to seek personal gain for myself, regardless of my position," Feng Yiping said.

Before he could start talking again, Chief Yang interrupted him, "Feng, I know you have some concerns. The companies you acquired have all developed very well, and many of the companies acquired by Yahoo have indeed had many follow-ups. It’s not developing well,”

"This is normal. I think the companies acquired by Yahoo have greatly promoted the development of Yahoo's main business," Feng Yiping said.

Otherwise, what else can I say?

Yahoo acquired so many companies, and then most of them disappeared very quickly.

"Please believe that regarding Skype, we have made very thorough preparations this time. My request is that if we can acquire Skype, we must not only ensure that it can develop as fast as it is now, but also ensure that it will not be in the short term." Internally, there are performance requirements for it,”

"So Feng, please rest assured, if in the end, Yahoo offers the best terms, you don't have to worry about handing Skype over to us, it will suffer the same fate as some of the products we acquired before,"

It seems that now he is still aware of some of Yahoo's problems.

Yahoo's biggest problem is that it still overemphasizes KPIs for some products that are still in the growth stage and does not have a long-term strategic vision.

"I think if Yahoo, which offered the highest conditions, finally acquires Skype, it will definitely make everyone admire your vision even more,"

Chief Yang said this beautifully.

He knew that Feng Yiping was a little worried. If Skype was handed over to Yahoo and its development did not go smoothly, it might affect the way people in the industry viewed him. If you don't have good vision, why did you hand over Skype to an unreliable team?

But naturally he couldn't say it directly, "Don't worry, this decision will not affect everyone's view of you."

Doesn't that imply that Feng Yiping is a little stingy and selfish?

But he really misunderstood what Feng Yiping meant. Regarding Skype, he just wanted to cash out at a high position, so he was really unwilling to let Chief Yang be the taker.

As for Skype, it may not develop well after someone else takes it over. Please, can you blame me? It just means that the person who took over is too incompetent.

What a popular product Skype is, this is obvious to all.

This is the reason why he has nothing to say today, instead of worrying that Yahoo's future performance may damage his reputation.

"I don't have such concerns. I also believe that as long as Yahoo wants to do it, it will be able to do it. But the chief, because I am entrusted by the board of directors, I must choose the plan that is most beneficial to all shareholders,"

Naturally, it’s difficult to explain some things clearly, but fortunately, high-sounding excuses are still very easy to find.

"I understand, hehe, I understand," Chief Yang laughed heartily, "Also, Yiping, when will you return to Silicon Valley? I hope we can meet then,"

"Look, although we can't cooperate in e-commerce in China, I still hope to discuss cooperation in this area in the United States... Oh, okay, we'll see you then, "

When cooperating on e-commerce in the United States, Feng Yiping understood that this was another benefit given by Chief Yang.

It just seemed like I was going to disappoint him again this time.

But Chief Yang's proposal soon had other effects.

…………

Silicon Valley, eBay Park, Whitman quickly received the relevant news, her brows immediately furrowed, "Cancel my original work arrangements," she ordered, "Get me through..."

In the next hour, she had a very sincere communication with several directors of eBay's board of directors. An hour and a half later, she hosted a conference call.

"Dear directors, we are currently facing an unprecedented and severe situation regarding the acquisition of Skype," she said at the beginning.

"In Los Angeles, one of the competitors for this acquisition, News Corporation, has shown favor to Feng Yiping from many parties. We know that Feng Yiping recently acquired Marvel, and many of News Corporation's business departments can fully cooperate with comics. Wei for docking,"

"Isn't there news that News Corporation is competing with Comcast to acquire a social networking site in Los Angeles?" a director asked.

There is no one like them who is not well-informed.

"The acquisition of MySpace does not prevent them from bidding for Skype at the same time," Whitman said. "News Corp. has made as many mergers and acquisitions over the years as we have."

That is, in Europe and the United States, mergers and acquisitions are always the most effective means for a company to develop and grow.

Murdoch Sr. went from being an Australian newspaperman to becoming the most influential media giant in the world today, relying on mergers and acquisitions again and again.

Otherwise, he would not be able to complete it even after spending his whole life just building a TV network all over the world.

"News Corporation's financial problem..." The person who spoke consciously withdrew his opinion.

For News Corporation, launching these two mergers and acquisitions at the same time is not a problem at all.

"Have we ever studied this issue? Will News Corporation's acquisition of MySpace make Feng Yiping dissatisfied with them?" a director asked.

His question was echoed by several directors.

One of Feng Yiping's hottest products right now is Facebook and MySpace, which are all competitors to Facebook.

News Corporation made such a decision at this time, and it seems that it may indeed cause Feng Yiping to have objections.

If this is the case, then News Corporation's threat can be significantly reduced.

"We have already analyzed it and there will definitely be an impact. However, especially because Feng Yiping acquired Marvel, News Corporation has too many ways to compensate him,"

"Secondly, we must believe in Feng Yiping's professionalism and that he will professionally coordinate the relationship between his personal perception and the entrustment of Skype directors,"

Whitman was naturally prepared for this problem.

"In addition, we have just received news that Jerry from Yahoo has just proposed to Feng Yiping, hoping to explore their cooperation in the field of e-commerce," Whitman revealed the blockbuster news in his hand.

"What?" "Really?"...

Sure enough, this news immediately stirred up a hornet's nest.

Today's Yahoo, it can be said that although it is not outstanding in everything, it is doing everything.

Upon closer inspection, it is really an opponent that many companies cannot underestimate.

For example, in the field of search, in North America, although Google is the leader, the second largest market share is still Yahoo.

The same is true in the field of e-commerce. Yahoo is naturally not as good as eBay or Amazon. But if it wants to be the third largest company, there are really not many companies that can compete with it...

Even if it ranks third in many fields, when many third places are added together, its overall strength is not that strong.

If not, is Yahoo just famous? If that were the case, it would have long since failed to survive in Silicon Valley.

E-commerce is naturally the area eBay cares about most.

Although Feng Yiping's NEXTDOOR is the first to launch group buying, it is obviously lagging behind Yahoo in the field of e-commerce. Therefore, if he takes over Yahoo's olive branch, eBay will face a double blow: no one can add a new one to its main business. A underestimated opponent; in acquiring Skype, it is inevitably out of weakness.

Many eBay directors would like to say, WTF, Yahoo, where is your moral integrity?

In order to give yourself an advantage in the bidding, you actually made such a promise to Feng Yiping?

"So, fellow directors," Whitman stood up and walked back and forth beside the table with his arms folded, "I think we must now face Feng Yiping's request,"

Everyone fell silent.

Whitman put his hands on the table, "I know, I know, this is a difficult decision for us,"

This is naturally a difficult decision.

Feng Yiping coveted PayPal, which is under eBay and can be said to be better developed than eBay!

"But, compared with other competitors, we do not have the conditions to increase our competitiveness,"

Here is the annoyance.

Feng Yiping can be said to be blatantly using the right to host Skype's sale negotiations to seek personal gain, but what he did was actually supported by the Skype board of directors.

Should you be so shameless? Or again, where is your moral integrity?

If Skype was a listed company, it would be fine, then you could complain to the regulatory authorities, but it is not.

Therefore, eBay, which is determined to acquire Skype, can only accept it.

"I think if we look at this issue from a different angle, the nature may be different," Whitman said.

"Because of the potential of Feng Yiping's company, if he becomes a shareholder of PayPal, it will actually help us expand PayPal's business scope. At present, if we can become a payment tool on his NEXTDOOR, it will obviously be beneficial to us,"

"So in fact, it can be said that this is a mutually beneficial result,"

Hey, this seems to be an idea, and the directors have some heated discussions.

Whitman, who proposed this idea, was not as excited as the directors at this time. If possible, she really didn't want to make such a compromise.

Because this is actually a compromise.