Chapter 683 Infighting

Yep, being regarded as a disciple! Beauty, it is inevitable that she is always so confident.

What's more, even Schmidt said that she is the face and public image of Google, not to mention the relationship between her and the company's founder Page, which can be detected by anyone with a discerning eye. In Google's three-acre land, she So confident, that's understandable.

But now Feng Yiping really doesn't think about it.

After arriving at Stanford, he has seen many unknown blond beauties, many of whom are younger and prettier than the one in front of him. Beautiful, I just want to develop on the bed, how can I have time to study and work?

What's more, today is an important day for him and for Google, not to mention that the person in front of him is obviously a little entangled with Page, how could he spend his time thinking about it?

However, there is no need to explain to her, and it is not easy to explain to her? How to explain to her, "Ah, beauty, you think too much, I'm not interested in you at all,"

That's the real way to die.

"Why do I feel that the office area is a bit messy?" Feng Yiping simply ignored her words.

Now Google's office area is quite chaotic, not a neat grid room, the office area is large or small, and the desks and chairs are also of different specifications. Every table and side is decorated according to the owner's mind. Different styles.

Deck chairs, couch chairs, these things that were found in Google's office area later, are also available now, as well as entertainment facilities such as table football and billiards... In short, it looks like classrooms and college boys' dormitories that have not been cleaned up in kindergartens. complex.

"Is it messy? We feel very comfortable! We advocate freedom. The main purpose of all these facilities is to serve employees and work, and everything else is secondary,"

Feng Yiping didn't answer the topic, but Mayer took it more seriously.

She looked at the little brother in front of her calmly. He was clean and decent, but the clothes and shoes were very ordinary. The backpack was a luxury brand, but it was an old model many years ago. The most valuable one was probably his wrist. on the watch.

She had heard of Feng Yiping's blue ocean strategy, but hadn't read it. The cloud computing he proposed was indeed good, but he knew nothing about programming and was so young that he didn't have much experience. Oddly enough, why would they want him to be the chief strategic advisor at the vice president level?

Could it be that this is really a genius like them?

"Is the company's restaurant free for employees?" Feng Yiping asked again. He wanted to know if this benefit of Google was there from the beginning.

“Yeah, free buffets for employees, that’s how it started,” Mayer said, “and they used to loot Ms. Wojcicki’s refrigerator when they rented her garage, and that tradition continues. come down,"

"Also," she said, pointing to the only room with a closed door and no large windows, "that's the massage room. We hired a full-time masseur to massage the employees who need it."

The little brother in front of her had the stability of an adult and the aura of a superior, which made her restrain her pride unconsciously.

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In the small conference room, Page looked at the general report made by the financial department after summarizing the opinions of all parties, and said nothing. Brin also took the report and frowned at the final conclusion. "Thank you!"

The department heads who were hastily recruited by the three of them were still a little confused when they got up and left one by one.

What does it mean that the CEO and the two founders suddenly put forward so many ideas, and after getting a general report on the budget, they refused to comment?

"If so many new projects are launched at the same time, the company's finances will definitely be difficult to maintain," Schmidt said. "Although Feng's analysis is correct, judging from the current situation, I think the development of some projects will be delayed until next year." Or at a later date, no problem,"

"This year's revenue should be between 200 and 300 million U.S. dollars. If you rely on your own funds to start a new project, it's still okay, so it's okay not to accept investment at the moment,"

"That's too slow," Page looked at the last part of the report. If new departments such as cloud computing, browser, mail, and electronic maps were established at the same time, the funding gap would be very large.

"Whether to strengthen our existing projects, or to develop so many new projects at the same time, I think this question is debatable."

Schmidt is still reluctant to accept a large amount of foreign investment at this time, and this investor seems to be very close to Page and the others.

Page and Brin are also worried about this. When it was so difficult, he insisted on his control over the company. Now that the company is on the right track, they are even less willing to have such a situation.

"Because of Sequoia and KPCB, we're definitely going public," Brin said, looking at Schmidt.

For venture capital companies, the sooner the company goes public, the better, so that they can get a return in a shorter period of time and withdraw funds faster, "If Feng accepts our offer, he will definitely give it to him at that time. he option,"

That is, as long as he accepts this job, Feng Yiping will definitely have shares in the company in the future.

"So I don't think it's a problem to accept his investment,"

Page also nodded, "I agree."

Instead of seeking financing from other institutions, it is better to accept Feng Yiping's investment.

And what Schmidt opposed was, in general, a strong case that Page chose to support.

Of course, if Feng Yiping waved the check and came to the door on his own initiative, with Page's temper, he probably wouldn't accept it. He would definitely suspect that Feng Yiping had ulterior motives.

But it's different now, they took the initiative to find Feng Yiping, Feng Yiping's financial strength was beyond their expectations, and the two investment reasons mentioned by Feng Yiping can also stand, accepting his investment, nothing will happen question.

The question now is, how much to accept and what share?

Page wanted to discuss this issue with Brin privately, "Let's go to Feng,"

"Wait," Schmidt stopped them and took out a document, "I have discussed this issue many times. I think it is urgent to recruit a vice president in charge of product management. At present, there is a suitable one. candidate, Jonathan Rosenberg,"

Page didn't accept the document, "I have to think about it again, at least, after confirming Feng's matter,"

"But you've been thinking about it for a quarter,"

Page waved his hand, draped Brin's shoulder, and walked out.

Schmidt sighed, it seems that this matter is destined to have no further results.

Why did Feng Yiping appear at this moment?

Page hired Feng Yiping as a strategic consultant, and he also had this consideration.

He has been reluctant to give up the CEO position. In response, he insisted on launching a reform in July last year, before Schmidt took office.

At that time, he announced at an impromptu meeting that all project managers and engineers would be dismissed and all would report to him.

His reasons were threefold: he didn't like non-engineers supervising engineers; engineers shouldn't be supervised by non-engineer managers with limited expertise;

This is actually his way of centralizing power. If this reform can succeed, even though he is only the product director, he still controls all the rights in his own hands. In other words, what is left to Schmidt is an empty space. Shell's CEO seat and title.

Unfortunately, that reform did not succeed in the end. Now is not the start-up period. Google's engineer team has grown too fast. He alone cannot meet the requirements of so many engineers.

Because of this, he has always been very vigilant about Schmidt's actions to expand his strength after he took office, such as recruiting a management team and a sales force. Even the recruitment of a front desk has to be signed and confirmed by Page.

It stands to reason that it is indeed necessary for Google to hire a vice president of product management. Without Feng Yiping's accident, he can only agree to Schmidt's request today. There is really no reason to delay.

However, since Feng Yiping cleared the fog in front of them and clearly pointed out the future development direction and the products that need to be developed, what is the need for a vice president in charge of product management?

Set up some project leaders at most, and let them report to their own product director.

"By the way, Brin, the position given to Feng cannot be the vice president in charge of strategy. We should let him serve as the strategy director and be directly responsible to the board of directors."

With Schmidt as a partner, Page matured very quickly, and immediately thought of a problem.

Brin also realized that Schmidt was indeed a veteran. A vice president assigned Feng to his side. The vice president, of course, had to be responsible to the president.

In the front, Feng Yiping was still guided by Mayer to visit the company, "Hi, Feng," Page ran over, "The investment amount, the financial department needs time to calculate, and the results will be available in the afternoon at the earliest. Experience our experience at noon. How about the buffet?"

invest? Mayer was taken aback. Is this guy really going to become his other boss?