"William would send me an email every month. After selling off Microsoft stocks, he successively purchased shares in fruit companies. After reaching a peak, William asked Yun Jue for instructions to suspend acquisitions. Now there are no more acquisitions.
"
"Peak? What peak?" Fang Zhe didn't respond. Wu Mingzhu explained with a smile: "Five percent, if it reaches 5%, it will be announced. Didn't you say not to become a major shareholder? Now it seems to be 100%
It looks like 4.5. By the way, after Steve Jobs returned to the fruit company, the stock price rebounded, but it was limited."
"I understand, then just keep putting it there and keep it." Fang Zhe was relieved. He really wants to be the most fruitful shareholder. To be honest, Fang Zhe is afraid of being remembered. Now he is a small shareholder who does not need to be publicized.
No one is threatening, which is good.
Knowing that Fang Zhe was not interested in the yacht thing, Wu Mingzhu did not mention it again, but brought up the matter of Stanford: "I think it is possible to cooperate with the school in the name of a fund to study at Stanford."
Obviously, Wu Mingzhu doesn't want to study for this master's degree. Now she cares more about enjoying life.
"Okay, you go and register this domain name first." Fang Zhe took out a piece of paper and handed it to Wu Mingzhu.
"I will arrange for someone to do this." Wu Mingzhu used his subordinates as a habit, and Fang Zhe asked for the paper: "Then I'll do it myself." Wu Mingzhu was anxious and quickly grabbed the piece of paper.
"I'll go, can't I go?" This was the first time Wu Mingzhu saw Fang Zhe attach so much importance to something. Even though she was not very familiar with the Internet, she still decided that she had to do it herself at the beginning. She even thought about it, I still want to study for a master's degree.
Bar.
Fortunately, Fang Zhe persisted in not pursuing a degree, and Wu Mingzhu had no intention of getting a yacht. The next day, she went to find her aunt, and through her connections, she contacted the principal of Stanford and made an appointment to meet.
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Principal John is a stereotyped old man, at least that's how Fang Zhe felt when he met him. Probably all principals in the world are similar. Fang Zhe thought so in his heart, and quickly got to the point after introducing himself.
"I only have ten minutes, I hope you hurry up." John said seriously, without even a cup of coffee.
Fang Zhe took out a check and handed it over with a smile: "This is my personal expression of admiration for Stanford. When I was studying, I hoped that I could study here. Unfortunately, this can only be a young and ignorant dream.
"
John glanced at the number on the check and had a smile on his face: "Why do you say you are young and ignorant? I think there is no distinction between high and low dreams."
"Because of the geographical location and my lack of personal talents." Fang Zhe gave such an answer with a smile, and Old John showed an expression like "Why don't you explain clearly?" Fang Zhe really didn't continue talking about this, but changed the topic.
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"I had an idea, but I didn't have the ability to realize it, so I set up a company. I wanted to put the company's office on campus, because the original intention of this idea was to give students a large enough campus.
, a platform for self-expression. I didn’t have this condition before, and I could only think about it when I was a student. Now with the development of the Internet, I feel that the opportunity is ripe, so I came to realize this idea.”
Principal John looked at Fang Zhe with a serious expression: "Can you tell me your thoughts in detail?"
"A platform is mainly targeted at students on campus. The biggest feature of this platform is that it only provides services, and the content is completed by the students. Whatever they want to express, they can upload the content they want to express to the platform. It can be
It can be a photo or a text, in short it is very free. I think it can be defined as an online social platform for students."
Principal John nodded: "If you are a student at the school, I still support placing the company on campus. Unfortunately, neither of you are students at Stanford. Even if you are willing to pay rent, it will be difficult for me to convince other people in the school
.”
Fang Zhe was somewhat disappointed. Judging from John's tone, he was serious. If the name is not correct, the words will not be correct.
It was a bad start and things had to continue. Fang Zhe was silent for a few seconds and then smiled: "In this case, I'll take my leave."
John smiled and made a gesture of invitation, probably just for the sake of the $100,000.
After saying goodbye and leaving, the two of them walked side by side on campus. Wu Mingzhu looked guilty: "How about I still study for a master's degree."
Fang Zhe shook his head calmly: "It's not necessary. As long as I stick to the route of focusing on campus socializing, it shouldn't be a big problem."
Wu Mingzhu knew that she must have disappointed Fang Zhe, but what should she say? She did not intend to wrong herself. She wanted to let Fang Zhe know clearly. It was obvious that Fang Zhe understood it and did not mention the matter of studying again.
"There is another way, you can sponsor the student union and let them come out to help promote the website. You don't have to spend money, just provide some services. You can completely use the resources of Pinnacle Film and Television." Wu Mingzhu quickly made up, she was still a little worried about this.
The project was left behind.
"Well, this is a good idea. You really need to spend more energy on it. Let me tell you this, this may be one of my most important investments. As the CEO of this company, I think the shares you get
Twenty percent is appropriate. I take 60% and reserve 20% as the option pool."
Wu Mingzhu opened her mouth in shock: "So many?" Fang Zhe nodded: "Without so many shares, we can't recruit highly skilled programmers and outstanding managers. Take your time for the time being, and hurry up.
Once the company is registered, it will be called Facebook.”
After receiving Fang Zhe's approval, Wu Mingzhu registered the company, called a lawyer from the fund, and signed a share agreement.
Naturally, the next step is to recruit people. Fang Zhe wants to express his intentions clearly, so he can only do the recruitment himself. There is no need for a headhunting company for the time being, this thing is not complicated, and the most valuable thing is creativity.
After confirming the company address, they placed an advertisement in the newspaper. The company was located near Stanford. Not only did they recruit programmers, they also welcomed students to work part-time. Wu Mingzhu was busy preparing for publicity and contacted the Stanford Student Union.
Again, I don’t know what she is doing, and I don’t know what the effect will be.
After the advertisement came out, people came for interviews soon. I originally planned to temporarily loan Julia to be a secretary, but I never thought of it. Wu Mingzhu said that one of Bova’s sisters, Anna, graduated from college and worked in Wu Mingzhu’s company for a while, and her ability was pretty good.
, being a secretary is more than enough. Fang Zhe had no objection to this, and Anna, the first employee of Facebook, took up the post.
In fact, Anna's full name is very long, and Anna is just the abbreviation. Seeing her signing the new work contract, Fang Zhe said: "I can't even count the names that are long enough." Anna is a blonde beauty with a pretty face.
Baby, some parts of your body are still swollen.
She is a very generous beauty. When Fang Zhe teased her, Anna immediately laughed and said, "Boss has never seen the full name of a Spaniard."
Well, even though he has never seen it, Fang Zhe has heard about it. Spanish names are also known to be long, and it seems that people in Italy also have long names. Fang Zhe really feels that as a Chinese, he has a sense of superiority.
, at least writing the name doesn’t have to be so laborious, right?
When Anna took office, the first thing she did was arrange an interview.
Fang Zhe’s plan is to recruit two programmers and a few part-time students.
Unexpectedly, the first person to apply for the job was an Indian. Fang Zhe asked him a few simple questions and asked him to go back and wait for news.
Anna could clearly sense Fang Zhe's emotional tendencies, and reminded her seriously: "Boss, don't you like Indians? You have to know that these Indians in Silicon Valley may have been naturalized in the United States."
"Maybe it's a stereotype. Indians seem to me to be very lazy." Fang Zhe answered casually.
Anna smiled and said: "This is wrong. People should not be characterized in this way. There are many Indians in Silicon Valley."
Fang Zhe accepted the criticism humbly: "I accept your suggestion, I will pay attention to it and correct it in the future."
Anna probably didn't expect Fang Zhe to be so straightforward, and said with a rosy face, "You are a very good boss."
We received a total of more than a dozen people, and finally identified two programmers and three part-time students.
The treatment provided by Fang Zhe is still very good. At least the two programmers are very satisfied, and the three part-time students are also very satisfied.
Of course, they are more satisfied with the company's environment, which has all the living facilities, including a gym, free coffee and snacks. One of the programmers, Bryant, asked a direct question during the interview.
"Mr. Fang, I saw a huge lounge in the company with free coffee and snacks, TVs and game consoles. I also saw a gym. To be honest, when I first came in, I suspected that this was not a company.
It is the private residence of a person working in the IT industry."
Fang Zhe pointed to his head: "Here, the Internet is a place that requires creativity. Technically, a company like mine is still in its infancy and will not have too high aspirations. A comfortable environment can make people feel happy. I think this is good for
For all employees, wonderful creativity will burst out when you are in a good mood."
"Boss, you have convinced me. It is an honor for me to serve this company."
After ten days of busy work, everything was ready and the company's first working meeting was officially held.
Fang Zhe attended as the major shareholder, Wu Mingzhu's alter ego was the general manager, Anna was the secretary and personnel director. Bryant was the technical director, another programmer Coster was an ordinary employee, and three part-time students also came.
"The original intention of establishing this company was because of an idea of mine..." Fang Zhe started his speech at the first working meeting. The people below were listening carefully. Even Wu Mingzhu was listening for the first time.
Go to Fang Zhe to show his true intentions.
Fang Zhe did not simply explain, but explained with pictures and texts what exactly he wanted to do.
The picture is naturally a sketch drawn by Fang Zhe. It looks very sloppy, but the programmer below can understand it. Wu Mingzhu also sees the sparks of thinking. Although she doesn't understand the benefit of doing this now, she trusts Fang Zhe.