Chapter 2603 The Lion Opens His Mouth
At ten past three in the afternoon, on the way to the hotel conference room, Stone was still complaining about Williams' decision at noon, "Why do you have to act so urgent?"
That decision not only failed to give them the opportunity to communicate with Feng Yiping on relevant issues immediately, but also caused them to have a very shameful lunch.
"I swear, that was the worst Chinese meal I've ever had," Stone said.
"Then why did you eat all the food?" Williams retorted.
This left Stone speechless.
It’s hard to say directly that they are qualified to show off in front of Zuckerberg, but in front of Feng Yiping, they only have the right to show off in front of Feng Yiping.
Although Americans are often self-centered and behave quite rudely, especially outside the United States, many times they even live in the world with a pair of pants, a T-shirt and a pair of slippers, and they are very ignorant of many rules and etiquette. Dismissive.
A face that says I am so arrogant, unrestrained, and free-loving.
But the more such guys are, they are more particular about observing etiquette than anyone else. The premise is that they meet a newcomer like Xiao Zha or a big boss like Feng Yiping.
When Feng Yiping was devouring fast food like that, Stone naturally knew that if he was picky, it would undoubtedly be impolite and disrespectful to Feng Yiping.
So, how could he not eat it all?
He also felt that Williams insisted on seeing Feng Yiping as soon as he got off the plane, which was not only a bit aggressive, but also acted like he wanted to make his time in front of Feng Yiping very precious, which was actually a kind of impoliteness. Disrespect to Feng Yiping.
"Guys," Dorsey said, immediately stopping the two partners from arguing.
Because he is the CEO and has the greatest direct pressure, as well as for other reasons, Dorsey does not speak much, but precisely because he does not speak much, it is effective.
In front, there is already a conference room.
However, as soon as he sat down, Stone couldn't help but whisper, "According to their customs, at this time, shouldn't there be a banner above to express welcome or indicate the theme of the meeting?"
If he was familiar with Feng Yiping's character, he would know that he would not be able to enjoy such treatment even if he died.
Dorsey took the time to confirm several important conditions with them, and then closed his eyes slightly to rest. This meeting was worthy of his all-out effort.
Stone and Williams still acted very relaxed, talking loudly about what they had seen today, commenting on the furnishings of this simple conference room, and laughing from time to time.
Even in a team, there is actually the concept of having a taller person to hold up the sky if it falls, and at this time, Dorsey is undoubtedly the taller person.
At exactly 3:30, they heard footsteps coming from outside. Williams and Stone quickly sat down like Dorsey, with the door open and a suit on top of their shirt. It looked like they had rushed directly from the exhibition. Feng Yiping came over and walked in with Lao Ma with a smile, "I'm sorry you three, because of the unoptimistic foreign trade situation this year, the company firmly hopes that I can make more contributions at the exhibition,"
Dorsey and the others stood up and waited for Feng Yiping to take their seats. "It's all the fault of those guys on Wall Street, isn't it?" Stone said with a smile.
Of the three founders of Twitter who are still at the company, he is truly the most eloquent.
"That's right," Feng Yiping smiled and nodded towards him, "Please sit down,"
As soon as he sat down, Dorsey first said, "Von, I may have to explain to you, Williams, he pays great attention to efficiency, so to be honest, some of his habits are not even acceptable to us,"
Dorsey still spoke very slowly, and both Feng Yiping and Lao Ma looked at him with smiles.
The founder of Twitter, who proposed limiting each tweet to a maximum of 140 characters, seems to be a very quiet and serious person.
Feng Yiping also knew the reason why he spoke slowly.
When he was a child, Dorsey suffered from a speech impediment. Although various treatments and efforts later made him actually very talkative and good at debating, most of the time, he always behaved so calmly.
Feng Yiping was thinking at the same time, maybe he really lacked something, so he just wanted something.
Zuckerberg is actually a guy who is not good at communicating with people, so he thought of using a product to promote people's social interaction.
And Dorsey, it seems, is the same.
"Just, all his time is planned, he even marks time on his calendar to play with his kids," Stone quickly added.
Well, that's one thing to say.
Feng Yiping knew that this was Dorsey and Stone, indirectly apologizing for Williams' insistence in the morning. Before Williams reluctantly prepared to speak, he looked a little disappointed, "So, you are so So it turns out it’s not because you want to see me as a celebrity for the first time?”
Lao Ma coughed, "Feng, you overestimate your charm. You may be considered a star, but you are not a beautiful star like Nicole Kidman or Scarlett Johansson."
Their amusement quickly aroused the laughter of the three people on Twitter. Such a start, such a humble and humorous Feng Yiping, gave this meeting a very good start.
Williams once again took the initiative to stand up and shake hands with Feng Yiping. Feng Yiping once again smiled before he spoke, "We are all peers, so there is no need to be so polite."
While Williams has a fondness for Feng Yiping, he is also full of vigilance. This is indeed a powerful opponent.
In such a meeting, a person who can take care of the emotions of the other team members is undoubtedly very powerful.
This shows that he is very confident about the outcome of this meeting.
Of course, there is another possibility that he actually doesn't care much about the outcome of this meeting.
Neither of these possibilities is good news for Williams.
Naturally, he is firmly opposed to selling Twitter, so if Feng Yiping insists on acquiring Twitter and is convinced that he will acquire Twitter, he will undoubtedly be very unhappy.
But if Feng Yiping shows no concern for Twitter, as in the latter possibility, then he will actually be unhappy, or even more unhappy than the former.
You just don’t look at the results of the hard work of a bunch of us?
There is no doubt that Williams is a difficult character.
At this time, Dorsey smiled and said, "Feng, we all admire you. Your NEXTDOOR, Facebook, and your strong support of Skype have greatly improved the communication and communication of many people in the United States and even the world."
Feng Yiping nodded, "Thank you,"
Stone immediately jumped in, "I think our jobs are similar. We are both committed to making the communication of information more accessible to the public. Feng, I have to say, I love this job,"
Feng Yiping nodded again.
Stone's transformation from a college dropout to one of the founders and backbone of Twitter was actually a successful counterattack, so of course he loves this job.
Williams felt that at this time, he did not need to speak, because the two partners said everything that should be said and should not be said.
"Yes, I also like this kind of work that can promote people's communication," Feng Yiping said. "I always believe that timely and sufficient communication and cooperation can promote the development and transformation of many things in the world for the better. "
He paused and said, "We actually appreciate the work of several people very much. Today, as the pace of life becomes faster and faster, there is more and more information, and there is more and more useless information, we control the number of words in each blog to 140. , this is really a very commendable decision,”
"I believe that this will definitely be a major decision worth remembering in the history of social networks,"
The essence of Twitter can actually be said to be a blog, but a light blog.
The reason why blogs gradually fell silent, while Twitter and Weibo have a large number of users, has a lot to do with Twitter's "maximum 140 characters" rule.
When domestic Weibo was first born, it can be said that it copied Twitter’s formula.
His affirmation undoubtedly made the faces of the three people opposite him very bright.
"Thank you," they said in unison.
"My colleagues and I all feel that such a product is exactly what our social department needs, so we sincerely hope to cooperate with Twitter,"
At this time, Williams felt that it was time to make an offer. This time, he got ahead of his two partners and said, "Feng, we all believe that this cooperation should be worth at least US$800 million."
As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the conference room suddenly changed...
ps: I really don’t know why this is the case. I just replaced the screen and something went wrong again. Yeah, yeah, I’m so depressed!