My Age of Investment

  Chapter 170 I Can Persevere

  Blogs are actually web logs, web diaries, also called WebLog, abbreviated as Blog, which is a blog.

  Blog was born in the 1990s, and it started to become popular around 2000 and entered China, and then became popular in 2004 because of Muzimei’s XXOO diary.

  Even portals that were not optimistic about blogs have also entered this field.

  In the United States, the better-developed Blogger website has set a record of over one million registered users in a single month.

  But for a long time, it did not make money, nor did it have online advertising business.

  If you can't live, you can only sell yourself.

  Google acquired this website in 2003, that is, in the middle of last year. It is still undergoing renovation and is preparing to redesign the page.

   Facebook wants to launch a blog function, Xia Jingxing naturally investigated the industry again.

  At present, this industry is not too popular, mainly because it is difficult to realize cash.

  This problem is not a problem for Xia Jingxing and can be ignored temporarily.

  The first issue he considers is user growth, followed by website activity and stickiness.

   Facebook already has a picture tagging function, which can be regarded as the prototype of picture socialization, but it still needs to be improved.

  The video is still not playable, so you can only focus on the text.

  Blogs are a good carrying tool for sharing life with words and sharing one's own views on something.

  With the introduction of this feature, it will also greatly enrich the existing functional applications of Facebook. It will no longer only have simple functions such as campus search, picture sharing, group discussion, and message wall.

  Especially those outside the school, they should prefer the function of blogs to express their opinions and get more people to pay attention and leave comments for discussion.

  "Dalun, to achieve the functions you want, users publish blogs on their personal homepages, and can import blogs from other blog service providers to Facebook, we need about one and a half months of research and development time.

  Because our website now has tens of millions of users, considering the stability and carrying capacity of the architecture, development is much more difficult than ordinary start-up products. "

  Evans was asked by Xia Jingxing to chat a few days ago.

  Then he went back to the technical team for a meeting, organized the staff to study the blog products on the market, and quickly came up with a detailed development plan.

  As he said, he handed Xia Jingxing a document with their complete and detailed development plan.

  Xia Jingxing took the file, looked at it carefully, estimated the time, developed the blog function, it was almost like the end of February, not too late.

   So he put down the file, smiled and said: "Okay, then I'll give you a month and a half. Don't be too anxious about time. Stable performance is above everything else."

  Xia Jingxing knows that with the increasing scale of Facebook users, like other large-scale websites, they have to face problems such as high concurrency and high load.

  QQ and MSN experienced many global paralysis in 2004 and 2005. The external explanation was a virus attack, but it was actually a problem with their own systems.

The collapse of   Daoyou.com is a lesson for the past. He now regards technology more than anything else, because technology is the cornerstone of this high-rise building under construction on Facebook.

  The foundation stone is unstable. No matter how tall a building is built, it will collapse even if there is any wind and grass!

  Evans rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Dalun, when the A round of financing is in place, our technical department needs to continue to recruit some people.

  Because the development and maintenance tasks are becoming more and more onerous now, everyone knows that the conditions are not allowed, so they are still clenching their teeth.

  But it is impossible to continue like this. The technical force must be strengthened. "

  Isn’t it just recruiting a few programmers? Xia Jingxing responded happily, “No problem, when the equity financing is in place, we will start a new recruitment plan, and you will submit an expansion plan for your department to me at that time.”

  "The operating department also needs to expand its manpower."

  When the foreign girl spoke, the little dog followed and yelled: "Our information analysis department will also add personnel."

  Xia Jingxing waved a big hand, "Trick and recruit. When the money is in place, I can say anything."

  ……

  ……

  Andrew was commissioned by Xia Jingxing on a business trip to Estonia more than half a month ago, and he represented Xia Jingxing in handling the A-round financing of Scape on behalf of Xia Jingxing.

  Now things are almost done. Today Andrew flew back to San Francisco from Tallinn.

   So Xia Jingxing drove to the airport, and while picking up the other party, by the way, he learned about the financing and future development of Scape.

Standing at the exit of the passenger passage, Xia Jingxing saw a fat man wearing sunglasses walking towards him.

  I don't know if Andrew didn't see him, or if his sunglasses interfered with his vision, he actually walked past him.

  Xia Jingxing blew the whistle several times before Andrew turned his head, took off his sunglasses, revealed two big dark circles under his eyes, and shouted with a smile: "Daren~"

   "What kind of sunglasses do you wear in this winter?"

  Xia Jingxing put her arms around her chest, and looked at this pretending offender with a smile.

   "No way, Estonian beauties are too charming."

  Andrew smiled and held Xia Jingxing’s shoulders and walked towards the parking lot with his shoulders on his back. While walking, he shared his Estonian affair journey.

  Xia Jingxing only noticed the dark circles of the other party at this time, and understood everything.

   smiled and joked: "You have to be a little more old now!"

  Andrew said nonchalantly, "What do I call this...Old Ji Fu Ting, Ye Yu Qiannv."

  Xia Jingxing chuckled, and stopped paying attention to the act of persecuting.

  When he came to the parking lot, Xia Jingxing started the car in the driving position and drove out with Andrew sitting in the co-pilot.

  After getting in the car, Andrew stopped talking and began to talk about the journey to Estonia.

  "...Scape's development speed is amazing. The newly-entered venture capital institutions have a very low attitude, so the financing is very smooth.

  The current due diligence is almost finished. You only need to pay the additional investment of 1.44 million US dollars in equity financing.

  Nicholas plans to move their headquarters to Luxembourg, where taxes are low, and at the same time quiet, they can avoid "harassment" from telecommunications companies in various countries. "

  Xia Jingxing nodded, and as he drove, he asked, "Did Fengjie make any troubles?"

  Andrew shook his head sharply, “No, Howard also talked to me about Facebook. He said that he was very sorry for not being able to invest in Facebook, but he couldn’t do much about the company.

  They, like us, are all Scape shareholders, and they can’t cause us any trouble.

  It's just that the investment in Facebook is unsuccessful. Defengjie's family is big and will not take it too seriously.

  In Scape, everyone's interests are the same. Things fall into one yard, and they are very sharp-headed. "

  Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "Howard is actually okay, but he doesn't have a good boss.

  If Defeng Outstanding has the highest price, I will definitely choose them to cooperate. "

  "Speaking of cooperation, I heard Mr. Hennessy say that you put Breyer on the line."

  Andrew smiled and looked at Xia Jingxing's face.

Xia Jingxing gave Andrew a glance, then retracted his gaze, looked straight ahead, and slowly said: "I think they have too much power on the board of directors, so I let him lose one board seat, and Breyer also readily agreed. "

   "Agree freely?"

  Andrew obviously didn't believe this statement, and asked the truth of the matter.

  Xia Jingxing still needs Andrew's support in the board of directors, and the two have a good personal relationship, so he told him the cause, course and end of the matter.

"Oh!"

  After listening to it, Andrew suddenly realized, “No wonder Breyer is so confident in Facebook that he doesn’t even blink his eyes if he adds money.

  However, it turns out that his method is correct. Facebook has now completely defeated Diaoyou.com.

  I’ve heard about it in Tallinn. Dating.com has crashed and users have lost severely. Facebook has been playing triumphant songs all the way..."

   "Then have you heard that I was blocked by a student in a car in the parking lot? I was almost caught by the student and beaten up."

  Xia Jingxing recalled the thrilling past few days, but also had a lingering fear.

  At that time, he was surrounded by a group of students in the parking lot, and he was not allowed to drive away. The window glass of the car was almost smashed for him. He had to come out to express his opinion and stop opening Facebook registration before he would give up.

  In the end, the second general, Huo Ha, protected him to avoid the unsuspecting disaster.

  Andrew laughed, "Thanks for your hard work, things are completely calmed down now?"

  Xia Jingxing nodded, and stopped talking about it, it was all over, and it was meaningless to say more.

  He continued talking about Breyer.

   "These venture capital institutions can do whatever they can to their benefit, Andrew, on the board of directors, you have to take my side."

  Andrew replied very readily, “That’s for sure, the happiness of my next life will rest on you.

  Don’t worry too much about Breyer, he now puts Bao on Facebook, and he certainly won’t do anything bad for Facebook.

  Actually, what the old saying goes, called...

  The crows in the world are generally black.

  Brayer is also awkward, Huluopingyang is bullied by a dog, and threatened by a hairy boy of you.

   Believe it or not, you dare to tell Moritz and John Doerr what you said, they immediately dared to lift the table with you, annoyed you, and forced you to jump on the Golden Gate Bridge, believe it or not? "

   "That's why I chose Axel, it's relatively easy to check and balance."

  After finishing speaking, Xia Jingxing remembered that Andrew dog was referring to Sang Huai, "Who do you think is a dog?"

   In response to Xia Jingxing’s stern gaze, Andrew shook his head like a rattle, the fat on his face trembled, and an innocent expression on his face.

   "I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about a little dog."

  The two drove all the way, and they talked about all the way.

  Andrew glanced out of the car window, and said in doubt: "This way is wrong, where are you taking me?"

   "Let's visit a startup company together."

  Andrew thought that he had just returned from a business trip, and he hadn’t taken a break. He was called to work again as soon as he got off the plane. He suddenly said with a bitter face, “No, capitalists don’t take you to exploit the working people like this, right?”

  "If you yell again, I will find someone else to take this job."

   Hearing this, Andrew suddenly changed to a smiling face, "No, what's the relationship between us."

  Go, take a look, I think I can hold on. "

  　Reward thank you list: Old Bookworm 1989, 66 to the left all the way, Kimi0228, book friend 20201009194742567, book friend 20190529014823468, Agumon alone, Lin Jingyu.

  (End of this chapter)