Chapter 2081 Enlightenment

"Sorry, Feng, the growth rate of Facebook's registered users has slowed down since this month," Mike said at the beginning of the meeting.

Sandberg couldn't help but look at Mike. Her boss was indeed an engineer.

She believed that a senior executive from a business school would never say such a thing in front of Feng Yiping under such circumstances.

Yes, judging from the growth of daily users, this month has slowed down compared to last month, but there are many achievements in other aspects, right?

Feng Yiping unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and took a big sip, then looked at the data on his computer, "No, Mike, I don't think so,"

"Our current number of registered users has reached 70 million. With such a base number, there are a few days when the growth of registered users is 10% or 20% less than the same period or the day before. I don't think this is a problem. This is a normal fluctuation,"

"According to this trend, our goal of over 100 million registered users by the end of the year will be achieved in advance in the third quarter at the latest, right?"

"From a geographical point of view, our users are already spread across more than 150 countries and regions in the world, covering more than 2,700 colleges and universities and more than 30,000 middle schools in the world... Overall, our achievements are unprecedented,"

"And you see, we have more than 40 million active users,"

Sandberg found it quite interesting. Here, the identities of bosses and subordinates seemed to be reversed.

In most companies, it should be the subordinates who show off their achievements and the bosses who find faults. Here, it is really the other way around.

She also somewhat understood why Feng Yiping had given Mike the responsibility for the most important project under her.

Executives who don't understand, or won't cover up their shortcomings in front of Feng Yiping, are the ones he trusts the most.

Sandberg feels a little relaxed. She likes this kind of atmosphere and this kind of company.

"However, this trend may also indicate that after more than a year of staking out territory, we should now calm down, consolidate and develop the existing achievements, and develop more points on the map into surfaces,"

"Step by step, we will successfully reduce the intervals between these surfaces and then connect them into pieces,"

"I hope that everyone will formulate more action plans for this goal,"

"I think that in the next step, we should try to mobilize more politicians from more countries and regions to become our registered users,"

Let celebrities in the entertainment industry become registered users and attract more people to register their own Facebook accounts. This is what Feng Yiping has been doing since the beginning.

This work has been progressing very smoothly and the results are very good. Now, he feels that it is time to let politicians from various countries, a group that will also bring huge demonstration effects, become his registered users.

"This is a good direction. We can imagine how many civil servants in a country will pay attention to their situation after the head of a country has our account," Sandberg said.

Feng Yiping nodded and asked another question, "Sandberg, how is the negotiation with Apple going?"

"It's going very smoothly," Sandberg said immediately, "We expect to complete your idea at the beginning of next month and cooperate with Apple's iTunes for promotion."

This is another plan proposed by Feng Yiping.

It is to persuade Apple to allow users who join the Apple student group on Facebook to download 25 singles per week before the fall semester starts. This is a promotion that is beneficial to both parties.

At the same time, this is more of a test.

From the beginning, he positioned Facebook as more than a social networking site, but a social platform.

Promotion with Apple can not only bring revenue to Facebook, but also arouse the interest of other companies. Feng Yiping hopes that in the future, more companies' applications can run on their own Facebook platform.

This will naturally bring more users to Facebook and increase the activity of users.

"That's good," Feng Yiping nodded.

"We are ready to discuss cooperation with more companies," Sandberg said.

"So Zack, will there be any problems in terms of technology?"

"With the participation of more engineers in China and India, we will ensure that the relevant research and development will be completed in early September, and more companies will be able to join," Zack's voice came from the phone.

It is not an easy task to build Facebook into a platform open to third parties, but because it has been in preparation since the second half of last year, especially with the participation of a team of more than 3,000 people in China and India, it has become a not-so-easy task - the human sea tactics have always been the specialty and advantage of the Chinese, and Feng Yiping has inherited these characteristics.

"We have added applications that support music discovery and sharing,"

"We have currently completed the construction of websites in 13 languages, and in September, this number will become 19..."

"Our notepad function has been in internal testing and can also be officially launched in September..."

The notepad he mentioned is actually a blog service that can add tags, insert pictures, and comment.

"In the next two months, we will add 5 small games..."

"The work of the R&D department is very good, which is good," Feng Yiping praised. "What about the research and development of our advertising platform?"

"Based on the current progress, it will be completed successfully in the fourth quarter at the latest," Zuckerberg affirmed.

"Okay," Feng Yiping clenched his fist hard.

That is, by then, Facebook will finally change the status quo of mainly relying on its own investment, and start to make blood on its own.

And Feng Yiping believes that after such a long period of preparation, Facebook’s hematopoietic function will be very strong.

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"Feng," Sandberg called Feng Yiping after the meeting.

Feng Yiping gestured, "Go down for a walk?"

It was a bright and peaceful summer night. Although many windows in the park were still lit, the downstairs of the park was no longer as bustling as it was during the day.

Feng Yiping held his hands and walked on the lawn of the park, "Are you worried about something?"

"Feng, by the fourth quarter, we will officially launch a full-scale competition with Google," Sandberg said.

"You were already prepared for this when you agreed to join, weren't you?" Feng Yiping asked.

He believes that when Sandberg decided to leave Google and join Facebook, she had already figured out how to make Facebook profitable, and that could only be online advertising, which is Google's current main source of income.

"Yes, it's just...,"

"I didn't expect it to come so soon? And it seems to be very competitive?" Feng Yiping was particularly relaxed.

"So you're worried that it will affect our relationship with Google?"

"Yes Feng, we all know that you are still the major shareholder of Google and have a very good relationship with Page Brin, so I want to say, are you...,"

"Let's go and do it," Feng Yiping waved his hand, "We all know that this market is big enough, and we provide users with different services, so you can rest assured that this will not have any negative impact on us,"

"You know, I'm preparing to propose to Google that we should embed Google's search box on our website,"

In view of future plans, Feng Yiping feels that it is a very good decision to use Google search on his website now.

"Really?" Sandberg was stunned.

She knew exactly what this meant.

Search is actually an important development direction of Facebook.

"What, do you think it's inappropriate?"

"Oh, no," the stunned Sandberg came back to her senses. She looked around, couldn't help but glance at Mountain View, that is, Google, and asked in a low voice, "About us and Google, have you reached some consensus with Page and others?”

"Can I think that we will cooperate in capital in the future? Or," her voice was lower and trembling, "acquisition or merger?"

She feels that only in this way can we explain why Feng Yiping is not worried about competition with Google, and Google has not taken many clear measures to deal with Facebook.

"I wonder if I have to postpone this proposal," Feng Yiping said.

If Sandberg can draw such a guess from this point, then more people will be able to think of this.

"I just want to say that there are many possibilities in the future, but this is based on the fact that we ourselves must be strong,"

"I understand," Sandberg said immediately. "Don't worry, Feng." She lowered her head and thought for a moment. "I will make sure that we can achieve profitability by the year after next at the latest."

"I believe in your ability," Feng Yiping said.

"Feng, and Google...," Sandberg couldn't stop asking.

She usually wouldn't get to the bottom of things like this, but this problem is indeed too big.

Feng Yiping smiled confidently and said nothing.