Reborn Entrepreneurial Giant.

Chapter 75 Yahoo Yang Zhiyuan

After delaying for several days, Qu Li and Zhang Yiwen finally arrived at Yahoo.

"Why did it take you so long to come?" Yang Zhiyuan warmly received the two of them.

"I've wanted to come and meet Yahoo for a long time, but there are some things to deal with that have delayed me."

In the past few days, he not only has to negotiate with Google, but also receives the income from "Comet", which totals 9000 million US dollars, which is not a small sum for Lionsgate Pictures. The HSBC team has been helping him keep an eye on it to avoid various concessions. Things that complicate simple problems.

Of course, the most important thing is that after several confrontations with the HSBC US team, he finally found the Paulson Fund. He remembered that this guy made a lot of money during the subprime mortgage crisis. This year, Paulson’s first fund rose. 590%, and the second fund rose 350%.

On the one hand, it is possible to earn 10 times by investing in crude oil options, and on the other hand, he can earn 5 times by investing in funds. Both are profitable, which makes it difficult for him to choose, so he can only put it aside for the time being.

Yang Zhiyuan took Qu Li to visit Yahoo. He was really a good person. He later became a member of Ahri's board of directors and never harmed Ahri's interests.It was Yahoo that was finally acquired and disappeared in the wave of the Internet.

了解了雅虎的产品体系和组织架构后，这才明白他们为什么会失败。雅虎此时的股票从2004年的58美元一股下跌到现在2007年1月约28美元一股。

"How's it going? What are your thoughts?" Yang Zhiyuan is not the CEO of Yahoo now, but the CEO Terry Semel at this time has been dismissed from the board of directors because of several huge failures such as missing out on Google, selling Google shares at a low price, and giving up the acquisition of Facebook. Approved.

"I don't dare to say it." Qu Li refused with a smile.

"If you dare not say anything, you dare to destroy Microsoft, but don't you dare to destroy Yahoo?"

"This is a rumor. I have no idea." Qu Li didn't want to take the blame.

"Haha, this idea is actually possible. No one likes Microsoft."

"But they are too powerful. If they target me, it will be bad luck."

"Don't worry, Microsoft is targeting you and I will help you stand up." Yang Zhiyuan patted Qu Li on the shoulder.

Qu Li shook his head helplessly. It wasn't that he didn't believe Yang Zhiyuan, but that he thought he couldn't protect himself and couldn't help him much.

"I went to Google first, so in comparison, I feel like Yahoo doesn't have much of an advantage."

"Really, it's clear to all observers. It just so happens that I can't see Yahoo's problem."

"I feel that Yahoo is not an Internet technology company, but an Internet company that grew up according to traditional industry rules and regulations. Your management system is naturally not suitable for rapid development..."

"I think Yahoo has no focus. It is involved in everything and does nothing well. That's not right. Yahoo's news and email functions are still very popular."

"If management is not good, is there anything left?" Yang Zhiyuan concluded

"The lack of focus means that Yahoo has no long-term strategic plan. Is it a technology-oriented technology company or an Internet media?"

"Is there any difference? Can't the strategic direction be adjusted at any time?"

"Of course, but you've seen someone want to go to New York one hour, Peanutton the next, and Texas the next, where does that person end up?"

"..." Yang Zhiyuan was silent

"I think Yahoo can streamline its organizational structure, retain news, mailboxes, search engines, and sell other businesses, and then choose one of the three directions of video, social networking, and browsers to focus on development." Qu Li kindly gave Yang Zhiyuan advice. Anyway, The powerful Facebook is the axis of evil. Netflix has nothing to do with it. Google's lack of Chrome also has nothing to do with it.

“I can understand video and social, but why have a browser?”

"IE is no longer suitable for the current network environment. If Yahoo had a popular browser, Yahoo search would be used by default in the address bar and other places..."

"Without IE and Firefox, how could Yahoo defeat them?"

"First of all, we must be willing to spend money, hire more programmers to develop the browser, speed up the iteration, upgrade it once a month, upgrade a major version every three months, and improve the performance of the browser by 50% every year... "

"Simple design, coupled with rich extensions, increase user playability..." Before edge, Qu Li had been using the Chrome browser.

"You are quite confident in yourself, but you can indeed develop browsers." Yang Zhiyuan admired Microsoft very much and established a Yahoo Research Institute regardless of the actual situation. Many talents came from here.

"Let's go, I'll take you to meet a person to see if you can develop the Yahoo browser."

"Hey, wait a minute, if you are reluctant to spend money, and if you don't have the determination to invest $[-] million every year for ten years, this browser will most likely not be successful."

"Isn't it just 10 billion US dollars? Isn't it just a Facebook..."

"..." Qu Li suddenly felt embarrassed. After missing out on Google and then missing out on Facebook, Yahoo was destined to become a laughing stock on the Internet. It was just because of its successful investment in Ali that it could barely restore its reputation.

Yang Zhiyuan took Qu Li to meet with a senior vice president of Yahoo named Lu Qi. "Don't worry, I'm going to promote him to the company's executive vice president."

Qu Li didn't care about this, but he felt that Lu Qi's name was familiar. It turned out that this person was from Zhongguo Magic City, and he had grown up to the position of executive vice president in the United States.

"You are Qu Li, I know." Qu Li was a little surprised as soon as Lu Qi spoke.

"How do you know me?"

"You attended the Apple press conference and said some very interesting things. Later, I checked some of your information and found your videos on YouTube. They are very impressive."

"But there are a lot of people at home and abroad who laugh at me, and some people think I want to write science fiction novels. Do you think I have a great imagination?"

"Because you have no technical background, strictly speaking it is imagination, but I agree with your view of the future."

"Lucci also wants to develop a browser, so you two can meet and have a chat."

"That's good!" Qu Li didn't know how much money the browser business made for Google, but he thought it couldn't support an Internet giant. If Yahoo really streamlined its front lines and concentrated its efforts on news media, search engines, and maybe even future.

"By the way, Jerry, can you help me find the contact information of the founder of Twitter? I want to invest in this website." Just when Yang Zhiyuan was about to leave, Qu Li said

“Twitter, what website?”

"A short blog website that can only send two text messages at a time may not have much development in the PC Internet era, but didn't Apple release the iPhone? I think Twitter is very suitable for the mobile Internet era, taking advantage of the fact that the IPhone has not been officially released yet , if I invest in such a website in advance, there is a high probability that I can make money.”

"Twitter, okay, I'll contact you." Yang Zhiyuan nodded in agreement and then left.

"Do you want Yahoo to acquire Twitter, or develop in this direction?" Lu Qi seemed to notice something.

"Well, almost. If Yahoo is not interested, I will really invest in this company. After all, the mobile Internet era will not come for long. This time I..."

"Sorry, there are some things I can't talk about now." Qu Li did not mention the cooperation with Google

"It's okay, I understand."

"I think Yahoo is sluggish and not like a technology company. Jerry Yang seems to lack cultural confidence. However, Yahoo has great symbolic significance to Chinese Americans, so I just said some words that may not be so nice. I hope Yahoo will streamline its organization." The architecture and product line focus on the development of news, email, search, and towards video, social networking, and browsers..."

"Why are you telling me this?"

"What do you think? You may be lucky to become an executive vice president in the United States, but ability is the foundation. I hope my company can become one of your choices one day..."