Chapter 2719 Asking for Advice

If there is anything bad about this Olympics, it is that the weather is too good. There has not been a drop of rain for several days. Most of the time, the sky is blue with no clouds. The weather is so hot that people feel that these days , every asphalt road you step on is a little soft.

This is a rare experience in San Francisco during the summer.

Perhaps because of the unusually high temperature in Silicon Valley, Chief Yang seems to have been unable to cheer up these days.

I didn’t participate in a few activities, and I didn’t even accept a single interview.

But after the car entered the Jiasheng business district, Chief Yang's wife Jingzi felt that her husband seemed to be more energetic.

"Do you think this place is very good?" Chief Yang said.

Akiko looked out the window and didn't think there was anything special here. The main building was still a high-rise building that was not uncommon in this country. Due to the high temperature, the leaves of the trees beside the road were hanging down, and even the grass in the lawn was. They seemed to be curled up.

Oh, the greening in this park is great!

Although it is common compared to most campuses in Silicon Valley, it is rare here.

Akiko just asked about the land prices nearby, and immediately felt that this area really felt like the center of the universe.

In a place like this, it is really extraordinary to have so much space for greening.

But that's not what Chief Yang was talking about. "Look at them," he pointed at the people walking in and out of the building. "Are they particularly energetic?"

Those people who held their heads high and walked in a hurry reminded him of the years when Yahoo was first established. They were confident and fearless, with only dreams in their eyes and a future with infinite possibilities. They had no time to feel the cold or the heat. I feel it, so I don’t care.

But now...he was envious.

Akiko somewhat understood her husband's mood. Seeing that he was about to arrive at his destination, she arranged his clothes. Looking at the reporters who came out of the building and turned their cameras, she felt that this was even more necessary.

Chief Yang looked at the reporters running towards the car and said with a smile, "This one is even..."

When he got out of the car, he returned to his usual demeanor, smiling and waving to reporters amid the flashes of lights.

But what happened next also surprised him. In the lobby, there were many young men and women shouting his name excitedly. They were all proud to take photos with him and get his autograph.

Chief Yang was also extremely enthusiastic. When he finally shook hands with Feng Yiping, who greeted him with a big smile, his hands felt a little sore.

"Chief," Feng Yiping hugged him, "Welcome to visit again,"

Chief Yang slapped Feng Yiping twice on the back, "Thank you!"

For anyone, many things cannot be realized until they are lost.

For example, the reporters who swarmed at the door just now, the enthusiastic fans who joined in the cheers, and those interviews that are not helpful at all to the work, but sometimes have to be accepted...

It seems that not long ago, these were existences that he didn't care about or were a little bored with, but in recent times, Chief Yang can't help but miss them.

Suddenly going from the center of the spotlight to almost no one paying attention, such a cliff-like experience will really bring people an unexpected and strong sense of frustration.

Especially at this time, because there are reporters from all over the world gathered here. Many people with similar status to him are always surrounded by flashlights.

Therefore, he appreciated Feng Yiping's arrangement.

At a time when many people, including those who had been very flattering to him in the past, immediately distanced themselves from him, Feng Yiping could still be so enthusiastic, which made him feel very warm.

Therefore, he felt closer to Feng Yiping.

A few minutes after going upstairs, he pulled Feng Yiping to sit down by the window and talked about his feelings these days.

"I still have to solemnly thank you Yiping. If it weren't for you, I don't think my ending would be so good."

Being able to sell Yahoo, which has a market value of more than 20 billion U.S. dollars, for a high price of more than 50 billion U.S. dollars, and create two years of opportunities for company employees to rearrange and plan their careers. From any point of view, this is a remarkable achievement. The perfect ending.

After experiencing the impact of the Internet bubble and a series of subsequent setbacks, although he still had confidence in the company he founded, he knew clearly that if he wanted the company's market value to grow to more than 50 billion US dollars again, if If there is such a path, the difficulty of that path will definitely exceed your imagination.

Feng Yiping looked at Chief Yang. Although he said that the ending was good, there was no trace of happiness on his face. Instead, he was full of loneliness that could not be concealed.

This is probably the case when beauties grow old and heroes grow old.

"Chief, I know how you feel,"

For an entrepreneur who once created brilliance in the industry, if the company is sold, what kind of good result can it be?

This is of course the worst outcome.

But I have to say that, relatively speaking, it is a comfort to be able to sell the company at a high price.

But for Chief Yang, it must be a comfort that makes his heart ache when he thinks about it.

"Yiping, what do you think we did wrong?" Chief Yang asked.

To him, it still seems like yesterday that Yahoo was regarded as a leader and guiding light by the entire industry.

The merger and acquisition initiated by Yahoo also heated up the related entrepreneurial field for a time.

Why do you suddenly feel helpless and helpless in front of all the younger generations?

Think about it, whether it is search that made Google the leader among high-tech Internet companies, or social networking that made Feng Yiping a rising star on the Internet, as well as online video, these are areas that Yahoo has pioneered.

For Feng Yiping, this is not an easy question to answer, because it is equivalent to talking about the shortcomings of his ex with a person who can never forget him.

But especially during this period, in his mind, his ex is precisely the most flawless time, that is, no matter what you say, the result will only be wrong.

The problem is, at a time like this, if you don't answer such a question, it will make people unhappy.

"Chief, you are really stumping me. I really can't answer this question."

Just when Chief Yang felt that the person he regarded as his confidant was a little unhappy, Feng Yiping said again, "From my personal experience, sometimes it's not really that we did anything wrong, it can only be said that it's the timing. The problem,"

“Just like many companies that are currently experiencing huge losses or are in an existential crisis, strictly speaking, their current situation is not because they have done anything wrong, because they may have been doing similar work in the past few years. I did it, but I didn’t encounter the current predicament,”

"The reason why they are in current difficulties is mainly because they encountered subprime mortgages," Feng Yiping added.

"It's a matter of timing, it's a matter of timing," Chief Yang muttered.

Feng Yiping's explanation can be said to have reached his heart at once. He recalled the decisions the company had made, many of which were proven right by others - such as spending a lot of money on online video websites. of mergers and acquisitions.

And, during the dot-com bubble, the company's market value shrank significantly.

Yes, we didn't actually do anything wrong, it was just that the timing was wrong.

Of course, although he also felt that this was the best explanation, he didn't feel that there was anything he needed to improve on.

Yes, he is very unwilling, so he hopes that he can create another career, but before that, he needs to make up for his shortcomings.

So he asked another question, "So Yiping, what do you think is the main reason why you can lead your company from success to success?"

Yahoo once achieved extremely brilliant success, but suddenly collapsed. However, Feng Yiping's company, after achieving remarkable achievements one after another, is still growing at a high speed. To be honest, he I envy this.

"I really haven't summarized this yet," Feng Yiping lowered his head and thought for a moment, "If I want to say, my experience is that the more we are on the top of the mountain, the more we have to remember the time of climbing. Times are not easy,”

He really feels that Yahoo's decline has a lot to do with blind optimism after success.

For this reason, Yahoo has been very sloppy and even a little haphazard in many aspects, especially in its acquisitions.

From 1997 to the present, Yahoo has spent a huge amount of money on acquisitions, but most of them have really not even heard a sound.

Not many companies can afford such unbridled squandering.

In particular, they are so carried away that they think they can succeed in anything they do, so they do everything. In the end, they are naturally sparse in everything.

"...peak...climbing..." Chief Yang chewed Feng Yiping's words repeatedly, and suddenly lowered his head to cover his face...