Chapter 2129 Remember 2005 (Part 1)

"Zengstrom," on the morning of Teacher's Day, after dealing with several media outlets, Feng Yiping finally had time to sit down and chat with Zenstrom.

At this time, the hotel where VIPs gathered was very lively, and scenes of exclusive interviews could be seen everywhere.

CCTV, especially the second set of reporters and anchors who looked familiar, was almost all present.

Other well-known satellite TV stations are no exception. Of course, due to the convenient location, apart from CCTV, the most advantageous satellite TV station is the satellite TV station in this province.

"The competition between us and eBay in China has nothing to do with you. Since you are here, just enjoy this journey,"

"I believe that the development of some Chinese companies should still be able to provide you with some reference,"

For this meeting, Lao Ma invited Whitman, CEO of eBay, very early. So let’s face it, sometimes he is really not very generous.

He is like this as a man, but Whitman, as a woman and a good-looking woman, is naturally even more like this. He just pretends that he has never received an invitation from Lao Ma.

Lao Ma's company did not survive for only 18 months as she said. It also snatched away eBay China's share bit by bit, making today's eBay China marginalized. A symbolic trend, under such circumstances, how could she participate?

Isn't it enough to be beaten in the face?

Did he come all the way to see someone he once didn't care about now come to see him like a winner?

That's definitely not her style.

However, her relationship with Feng Yiping had improved due to the acquisition of Skype, so Zengstrom was sent over.

To say that this was handled quite well, Skype is now a company under her, and she has a good relationship with Feng Yiping. It just so happens that Skype hopes to expand into the Chinese market.

This can not only show her generosity, but also allow Zengstrom to contact more Chinese colleagues through a platform like West Lake Sword Forum, and have the most intuitive understanding of the Chinese market situation.

"I believe that will be the case," Zennstrom said.

"Then, just be happy," Feng Yiping patted him on the shoulder.

Because this guy looks a little worried.

After several entrepreneurial failures, I finally succeeded, and as soon as I succeeded, I directly joined the billionaire club. After joining eBay, it seems that it is developing well, so what is there to worry about?

"Feng, you know Whitman is planning to put eBay China...,"

Feng Yiping interrupted him, "Zengstrom, thank you for the reminder,"

He gave him a knowing look.

Is it just that Whitman plans to package and dispose of the Chinese business that has embarrassed her? For Feng Yiping now, how can anything related to his company that happens in Greater China be hidden from him?

He also knew that that company was not only willing to be a successor, but also hoped to help Skype develop its business in the country.

He just didn't know these things and didn't want to hear them from Zenstrom.

His investment in Skype has already yielded excess returns. Even if Zengstrom cannot forget Feng Yiping's help to him, Feng Yiping does not want Zengstrom to do something for this that may make him feel guilty. Something goes against professional ethics.

After all, he is now an eBay employee.

Seeing this, Zengstrom admired Feng Yiping even more. He admired both his character and his strength.

His gratitude to Feng Yiping has not diminished because Feng Yiping has sold his shares in Skype and his own Skype has been successfully sold to eBay at a price higher than he imagined.

He couldn't forget how much help Feng Yiping provided him from the beginning to the end.

He knew very well that the reason why he succeeded so smoothly in starting his own business had a lot to do with Feng Yiping's help.

Of course, to say something that may torture human nature, if Feng Yiping did not develop better and better like now, making friends with Feng Yiping would still help his future development, then Zengstrom would have already considered it It's not impossible that Feng Yiping forgot something behind his ears.

In shopping malls, profit-seeking is their nature.

"That's right, I can't hide things in China from you," he said with a smile. "With your eyesight, Feng, you can naturally guess it."

That is, in view of the current situation of eBay China, Lao Ma can also predict what measures Whitman may take.

"I'm not worried about this. What I'm worried about is the current development of Skype,"

Could it be that the development of Skype has encountered obstacles just after it was merged into eBay?

At this time, a female reporter who looked familiar to Feng Yiping came over with a microphone from Phoenix TV and said, "Mr. Feng, Mr. Zengstrom, I'm sorry to bother you,"

"Oh, it's time to interview Zengstrom, right?" Feng Yiping stood up, "You guys chat,"

Because of the success of Skype, Zengstrom is also a popular figure, and this is his third TV interview.

"Mr. Feng, we all know the role you played in the development of Skype, so we hope that we can work together..."

Feng Yiping waved his hand, "Skype's success is entirely due to the outstanding capabilities of Zengstrom and his team,"

When he passed by the disappointed female reporter, he whispered, "At this time, we should take good care of our foreign friends,"

"Mr. Feng, you are right," the female reporter said quickly.

He was a little greedy.

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Feng Yiping walked through the crowd, stopping from time to time to chat with some familiar people. On the way, he passed a room and saw Schmidt sitting on a sofa in front of the window, accepting an interview.

To be honest, his support for this conference is indeed great.

Among the well-known American companies, he is the only CEO who directly attended the meeting. Because of this, he became the foreign guest that all media most wanted to interview at this conference.

Of course, Google's rapid development is also the main reason.

He just walked to the elevator, and it happened that Hong Haoran, CEO of Zhitong, and Han Guofang, CEO of Auto Network, walked out with a group of people.

"Boss, I found that I have deeply fallen in love with China,"

Zuckerberg, who was still wearing a gray T-shirt and jeans, said loudly as soon as he saw Feng Yiping.

His words immediately attracted many people's smiles and attention.

This kid!

Feng Yiping remembered that he seemed to say the same thing not long after arriving in India.

"Feng," Sandberg, Randolph, Mike, and Cummins, who were traveling with him, all greeted Feng Yiping with a smile, and they all looked excited.

"It's incredible that China has developed so fast," Sandberg said.

Former US President Clinton, who will attend the meeting today, was once her boss's boss.

In 1998, when Clinton visited China, as the chief of staff of the Deputy Treasury Secretary of the Clinton administration, she was also a member of the 1,200-person delegation.

Seven years have passed since then. China has changed so much in the past seven years, "so much that I can't believe it," she said.

"Although I have made mental preparations, everything I saw today is still far beyond my imagination," Randolph said.

Feng Yiping saw that Hong Haoran and Han Guofang, who accompanied them, were not surprised to hear these words. Obviously, they had heard too many such words while accompanying them outside as tour guides.

Such a meeting, even other companies are so supportive, Feng Yiping himself must set an example, so from NEXTDOOR to Facebook, and YouTube, they are all present.

"Boss, when can we enter China?" Zuckerberg immediately asked another question. He looked around and whispered, "Compared with here, India can be said to be backward in all aspects,"

"Especially in terms of infrastructure and computer penetration rate, since we can develop so many users in India now, how can we ignore such a large and good market?"

"Do you know what I think of now, boss? I think of those words in Marco Polo's Travels, here is full of gold,"

"And India is full of scalpers,"

"Let me do it, boss, as long as we can enter, I promise you that our users will at least double than now,"

"From our development in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, if we can enter the mainland, this is certain," Sandberg said.

She felt that Zuckerberg, who was many years younger than her but not much different from Feng Yiping, was especially like a child who spoke without restraint in front of Feng Yiping.

But in front of him, he was still quite mature.

Cummins helped Feng Yiping answer this question, "Including YouTube, we are stepping up the relevant approvals,"

Feng Yiping patted Zuckerberg, who was excited and a little jumpy because he intuitively felt the hugeness of the mainland market, "So, in the next interview, you must perform well,"

In other words, he would naturally not miss such a great opportunity for publicity.

"No problem, boss,"

"Feng, will it be difficult?" When Zuckerberg and Sandberg went to accept the joint interview, Feng Yiping's earliest executive in the United States, Mike, asked in a low voice.

"There are indeed many obstacles, but we are now working on solving them step by step," Feng Yiping did not hide it from him.

Relatively speaking, YouTube is okay. Facebook wants to get permission while maintaining its greatest advantage. The problems to be solved are indeed not small.

"There will be results," he said.

"For such a huge opportunity in the Chinese market, we will definitely do our best," Cummins said.

"I can see that you have discussed it and jointly put pressure on me, right," Feng Yiping said, looking at the two of them with a smile.

"Hehe," the two smiled but said nothing.

"Yiping," Lao Ma came in accompanied by Wu Qian, "You two, I'll borrow him for a while," he pulled Feng Yiping outside, "The former president has arrived,"

Feng Yiping looked at his watch, "Finally here,"

This former president should be the one with the worst financial foundation among the guests attending this conference, because we all know that because of Miss Lewinsky, he and the former first family owed more than 14 million US dollars in debt.

But he is still the biggest star, and his itinerary is strictly confidential, even Lao Ma, the person in charge of the conference, is not clear.

I only know that before coming to Hangzhou, he first visited Zhongyuan and made a statement that he would never say during his term, "I hope China will become stronger and stronger."

The reason for this is naturally not because the former president's understanding of China has changed, but mainly because of money.

Because of the debt, Mr. Clinton is now in China mainly for money, taking advantage of the fact that he is not too angry and can make more money by speaking.

After leaving Zhongyuan, he went to the northwest again, and Hangzhou was the last stop of his trip to China.

"There is a piece of news that you will be very happy to hear," Lao Ma said with a smile.

"What?"

"The former president's team said that they don't charge for attending our meeting," Lao Ma said proudly.

Feng Yiping was stunned for a moment, "I am really surprised by this, it's very face-giving,"

But think about it, it seems that there is nothing to be surprised about.

This West Lake Sword Discussion can be said to be a grand event in the international Internet community, and the Internet is precisely an important political legacy he left to the United States during his term.

Because of his promotion of the Internet during his term, he can actually be regarded as one of the most important political figures in the history of the development of the Internet.

Such achievements in the past must have made him proud.

So he should be happy to attend such a meeting.

He was not giving face to this meeting, he was proud of it.

"That is, it can finally open,"

"Yes, it will open," Lao Ma stood in the hall with his hands on his waist, looking at the prominent guests around him.

At this moment, he was definitely prouder than the former president of the United States.

"This," Feng Yiping touched him, "Do you think it is possible that the money I made for the former president in the first two stops is enough?"

Lao Ma didn't know whether to laugh or cry.