Chapter 2690 Mission

No matter how uneasy the three founders were, Twitter was obviously very enthusiastic when it welcomed Feng Yiping the next day.

When Feng Yiping arrived at the Twitter building on Market Street in downtown San Francisco at 10 a.m., warm applause and cheers immediately erupted in the lobby.

Dorsey and the other three were relatively reserved, but other ordinary employees were very excited. "Mr. Feng," a young man speaking Mandarin and wearing a black T-shirt squeezed over first, "I'm so happy to see you. You can give me Sign your name?"

It is really not unusual at all to meet coders from China in San Francisco and Silicon Valley.

"No problem," Feng Yiping wrote his name on his T-shirt in a flash, "Which university graduated from that university?"

"I graduated from the University of Science and Technology of China in China," the young man said loudly. "I actually participated in an interview with Facebook at the same time, but I received an offer from Twitter first."

"I didn't expect that I would eventually become an employee of your company,"

"I'm very happy that we will be colleagues," Feng Yiping smiled and took a photo with him.

"Feng," several more girls crowded in front of him and enthusiastically gathered him in the center to take pictures. They looked so excited that their faces turned red...

Dorsey, who had been pressing the elevator button, felt quite complicated when he saw this scene. It turned out that in the minds of employees, none of them, the founders, were as popular as Feng Yiping.

To a certain extent, this can also be said to be their failure.

He glanced at his two companions and found that Williams also had some sarcasm on his face, while only Stone was still smiling heartlessly.

Mike and Sandberg stood to the side, smiling, as is often the case when you have a celebrity boss.

As employees, they understand the enthusiasm of these employees very well. In addition to their admiration for Feng Yiping, it is estimated that many of them are because of money.

As we all know, Feng Yiping’s style is to use cash for acquisitions, which means that employees with Twitter options have the opportunity to cash in early.

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Twitter's office building is on the 9th floor of the building. As soon as you enter, what's more attractive than the huge company logo is the spacious restaurant. It seems that it can accommodate hundreds of people at the same time without any problem.

"This is a multi-functional restaurant," Dorsey said. "Many colleagues also like to come here when holding business meetings."

"We'll also be here when we have staff meetings,"

He introduced with some pride, “Everyone thinks this is a place for work and creative inspiration.”

But not to mention Feng Yiping, Mike and Sandberg also saw the essence at once. Whether they were eating and having a meeting, or having a meeting and eating, to put it bluntly, it was not because of limited conditions and limited space that they had to be integrated like this. use?

Feng Yiping smiled and nodded, and then visited the buffet area next to the restaurant. There was an eye-catching popcorn machine, and there were 6 coffee machines lined up on the island. Next to it was a large area with candies and other items. Glass jar.

There are many refrigerators placed against the wall, and some of them have beer company logos on them. Obviously, those refrigerators store beer. It seems that people here like beer.

In addition, there is also a dazzling array of puffed food, biscuits, etc...

Therefore, whether the company is in downtown San Francisco or in Silicon Valley, a restaurant that satisfies employees is always a must for all American high-tech companies.

Feng Yiping held a bottle of mineral water and listened to Dorsey's introduction, "... fresh vegetables and fruits are provided here every day, as well as freshly baked waffles, coffee cocktails..."

"Look, we also have a DJ here,"

Williams was watching this scene from the side, and he couldn't bear to watch. I said, can you not introduce these things in front of this person?

Compared with his well-equipped park, what does our restaurant mean?

In fact, Feng Yiping didn't pay much attention to Dorsey's nagging. But after walking around the restaurant, he easily discovered a problem. Twitter is really short of money now.

For example, those beer cabinets were very empty, and in those candy jars, there was only a little bit of dregs at the bottom of the more expensive beef jerky and chocolate...

He thought that at a time like today, the relevant staff of Twitter should not be late in supplementing the information in time. That is to say, it seems that they may not be able to even provide these things openly.

Dorsey is still introducing, "...he will eat hundreds of boiled eggs and drink hundreds of liters of coffee a day..."

Feng Yiping interrupted him, "I heard the rooftop is good?"

Dorsey was startled for a moment, "Yes, we have now arranged the roof of the building into a very beautiful courtyard,"

Williams had already pressed the elevator button, "Feng, please come this way."

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The top floor of this 11-story building is indeed well decorated. It is paved with grass and has many flowers planted. At this time, some employees are already sitting on the lawn and working.

It's really nice to have such a rooftop in the downtown area of ​​San Francisco. Unfortunately, there are many buildings much taller than this building nearby, not far away. I think you can see this place clearly from behind those glass curtain walls. Clearly.

There is probably someone looking down at this place right now.

He walked around upstairs and said, "Not bad,"

I added in my mind that it's just a little shorter.

Williams saw that he had no intention of staying here longer and said proactively, "Feng, the conference room is ready,"

"Thank you, let's go downstairs," he looked downstairs and said to Mike, "It's much more lively than Silicon Valley, right?"

Mike smiled, "Yes,"

Anyway, he didn't like this kind of office environment, because in such an environment, employees would inevitably be disturbed by the outside world.

It's better to have his own park, with complete facilities and quiet.

What Feng Yiping was thinking at this time was that it would be nice if he could have his own high-rise building here.

Even though Silicon Valley has a thousand advantages, the high land price is an unavoidable reality. Relatively speaking, downtown San Francisco is still cheap, especially here, high-rise buildings can be built, so the total cost is lower.

Also because of the high housing prices, many employees choose to buy property in San Francisco. If there is an office here, it will undoubtedly bring convenience to many people.

Stone asked at this time, "Feng, can we keep this office building in the future?"

"My personal opinion is that it can be,"

Dorsey and his team were happy. It would be better if they could maintain the same pace as before after being acquired.

If they move to the NEXTDOOR Park, it will be like standing under Feng Yiping's nose, how can they be so comfortable here.

"But I hope that it would be better to have a bigger place," Feng Yiping added, "and to be honest, I have never liked renting property for office use. If possible, I always hope that we can have our own office building."

This is a piece of news that makes Dorsey and others happy. If possible, who would want to live under someone else's roof?

But like all the times, they soon encountered something that made them unhappy.

"I have no opinion on the terms that we have agreed on," Feng Yiping said first, which made them feel very relieved. "Since the issues that need to be discussed have already been resolved, I hope to put an end to this matter in the next two weeks,"

"We have no objection," Dorsey and others said one after another.

Finally, they breathed a sigh of relief.

The results of their negotiations, such as the purchase price, have been greatly improved compared to Feng Yiping's last offer.

Although they knew that there would be no problems in this regard, they really couldn't completely let go when they thought about facing Feng Yiping.

Let's put it this way, they really don't think they have much room for bargaining in front of Feng Yiping.

Think about the embarrassing meeting last time.

"According to our usual practice, except for financial aspects, we generally do not interfere with the operation of the acquired company,"

"Also according to the usual practice, I hope to see everyone's work plan after the acquisition is completed,"

"And this plan should include the acquisition of the competitors we are in contact with, and how to carry out the work after all or part of them are acquired,"

"This plan, I hope it will be detailed enough, from the direction of product development to the determination of the business model, I hope everyone can come up with their own opinions,"

"Also, I hope everyone can clearly state what we should do first next,"

"I will personally review the plans of the three of you,"

Dorsey's mood suddenly became heavy again, because even Stone understood that this plan was actually a test.

And the results of this test will most likely affect their future work.

They all heard Feng Yiping's words, "Generally, we will not interfere with the operation of the acquired company,"

The key point is "generally" will not interfere.

But after hearing this, Williams couldn't help but get excited. This is an opportunity!