The Wolf of Los Angeles

Chapter 156 Twitter

Eastern Los Angeles, San Gabriel Valley.

In the old office with red roof and yellow walls, Kasim scratched his smooth forehead, his face full of sorrow.

Opposite, a brown-haired Lola asked, “Are we really the only way to sell the website?”

Qasim said, "There is still a way to go to bankruptcy." He looked outside, and the three subordinates were still busy: "How long has the five of us not been able to earn? People can't do things with enthusiasm alone, now we still have money." What should I do when I can’t afford to eat or rent?”

Rola gritted her teeth: "Bennett, this bastard, ran away when he transferred his equity, so how can we maintain the two of us who only understand technology but not business?"

"He has no choice, he has no money." Qasim did not complain about Bennett. Before the other party withdrew, he transferred all the shares to him and Rolla.

At the beginning of last year, the three of them saw a big hit on their blogs. Many blog companies received investments. They took out all their savings and created a "window" blog website, which joined the craze.

Nearly a year has passed, the reality is quite cruel, there are too many homogeneous companies, and it is too difficult to make a breakthrough from it. It requires funds, resources, and operations.

And the three of them, Bennett, who actually only knows technology and has a little bit of operation, has run away now.

The phone rang at this time, and Qasim answered and said a few words, then hung up and said to Rolla, "They are here."

Knowing that this is the only way to make the website exist, Rolla said, "I hope they are sincere, not crazy for a moment."

The two left the office and, in the expectant eyes of the other three, came to the stairs.

Not long after, the two men and one woman went up the stairs together.

All three of them were wearing valuable business suits, especially the woman, who was either Hermes or Chanel.

Qasim took a step forward and took the initiative to stretch out his right hand: "Are you Mr. Hawke Osmon?"

Hawke shook his hand: "Hello."

The two made a brief introduction, and Qasim led the way: "Please here."

Hawke followed the two to an office, with a nameplate hanging on one side of the door with the words "Window Company" written on it.

The office is not big, with two rooms inside and outside. Apart from the computer and server, there are only three people who can sit down.

The room is also very crowded and the office conditions are average.

Hawke said directly: "You are planning to sell the window website?"

The transfer notice was posted on the blog website, and Qasim admitted: "The company has difficulty operating. Rolla and I are good at technology and are not good at operating the website... Forget it, we only have one requirement, and we will not close the website after transfer."

Rolla answered, “This is our hard work for a year.”

Hawke looked at the two of them carefully, wearing glasses, greasy hair, undressed, and ordinary clothes.

Very similar to a technical mate.

He said: "I acquire the website and naturally I want to let it develop."

Qasim scratched his oily hair, as if he was embarrassed, but when things came to the front, he could only force himself to speak: "How much do you plan to buy it?"

Hawke has many options, and of course he won't pay a high price: "$100,000."

"How much?" Rolla couldn't believe her ears: "This little money is even what we invested in..."

Caroline held Hermes, raised her chin, like a loyal lamb leg, stepped forward and took the conversation: "You seem to have forgotten. Let me remind you that the window is a website that is about to go bankrupt!"

She smiled quickly, showed her two small fangs, and began to tear her prey: "There are hundreds of blog websites like the window in the United States, and they go bankrupt every day, and you are close together, so we have priority to come and take a look."

Qasim and Rora are not good at speaking and don’t know what to say for a moment.

Caroline has enough knowledge of the companies and websites he picked out: "The window blog website has been online for less than 11 months, with 23,300 registered users. Since November last year, there have been an average of 1,140 active users per day, to the previous one In the month, the average daily active users dropped to 556. "

Rola looked at the background data and lowered her head.

How could this be described as a miserable person?

Caroline's sharp horns were already sharpened and pushed directly into the other party's vital points: "You have not paid any salary for more than 7 weeks. If you continue like this, will you still have money to eat?"

Qasim was speechless, the reality was too cruel.

As the boss's number one lamb leg, Caroline is very enlightened and is the sheep on Satan's mark. She looked at Hawk: "Boss, the 100,000 US dollars is too high, and 50,000 US dollars is enough."

Hawke waved his hand: "If you say $100,000, it's $100,000."

The two of them did not discuss in advance, but they cooperated very well.

Facing wolves and sheep, the two technical ottos are no match for them at all.

Qasim sighed secretly, and there was no other way, saying, "$100,000, we will go through the transfer procedures."

Hawke could basically see clearly after a brief contact. These two people were relatively simple, just that kind of technician.

He asked, "What are you going to do after the website is transferred? Leave this industry?"

"I haven't thought about it yet," Rolla said.

Hawke winked at Caroline and shook hands with Qasim and Rora: "That's it. Caroline will talk to you in detail. I have something to do, so I'll leave first."

Qasim glanced at the arrogant and mean woman, and wanted to talk directly with Hawk, but he couldn't stop Hawk from leaving.

Hawke and Edward left the window company and went straight downstairs.

Edward saw it: "Boss, aren't you going to recruit them?" "This is not suitable for me." Hawke said simply: "If the person Miss Me recruits is not suitable, I will just go out and open it."

Edward suddenly realized: "I understand, boss, Miss Me can take the blame."

Hawke nodded casually, remembering his promise to Hei Xiaoshuai.

Hei Xiaoshuai's ability is indeed average, but it is trustworthy and can also provide emotional value.

Sometimes, ability is not ranked first, and Hawke said directly: "You prepare some money and invest in the company's website, and you will count it."

Edward has received a lot of bonuses in the past six months, but he also spent a lot: "I should be able to raise 50,000 US dollars."

Hawke said, "Yes."

Meanwhile, in the office upstairs.

"Your website is acquired and you will be unemployed. If you don't do it, you will have to leave the industry you love." Miss Me got on the pirate ship, took the blame, and turned into a black goat. She treated Qasim and Rola with her. He said, "Why not do this. Come to my company together and continue to do the previous work, salary...whether your salary chart?"

Rora took it out.

Caroline glanced and said, "In this way, on the basis of the current situation, it will increase by fifteen percent."

No mistakes, one song, one content, one in 6, one book, one bar, one reading!

Qasim asked, "Or do the work of program development and website architecture?"

Caroline nodded, “That’s right.”

Thinking of the failed entrepreneurship and the confused future, Qasim said, "Give us some time and discuss it."

"Yes." Caroline turned to discuss the specific acquisition with them.

An agreement of intent was signed on the same day.

Two of them, including Qasim, think that this industry has no future and prepare to switch to the track after getting the owed salary.

Passion has been almost exhausted in the past year.

Qasim, Rora and the other guy, no better choice, are ready to enter the new company.

Hawke temporarily put down other things and worked hard to get started with the new company.

The new company is registered in Delaware.

Hawke rented a four-story building as the company's office in the area where Santa Monica and Venice, and also the Silicon Beach that Los Angeles has just developed vigorously.

The company is set up here and can receive rental subsidies and high-proportion investment tax deductions.

Hawke again poached a young man named Haaland from the Island Blog Company with a high salary and temporarily served as the technical director of the new company.

As for the name of the new company and the new website, Hawketu is simply and easy to use, it is called Twitter, and it holds shares through the West Coast Studio and a company registered in the Cayman Islands.

Hawke personally served as CEO and operations director, and Caroline acted as his assistant and handled internal administration and personnel matters.

The company also started external recruitment.

The new version of the website and program update is the top priority.

Hawke had several meetings with Haaland, Qasim and others. He only had some ideas but did not understand technology. He had to rely on these technicians to turn the idea into reality.

“Last year, it was not very common for taking photo phones, and now it has become popular.”

In the conference room, Hawke stood at the front of the conference table and said loudly: "When you take novel content or take a photo at a tourist destination, do you want people around you to know what to see?"

He looked at Miss Me: "Will you take a photo if you buy a new luxury item? Let others see it."

"Of course I want to!" Caroline straightened her neck, stretched her left hand forward, revealing the new Cartier women's watch: "The greatest significance of luxury goods is to be unique and make others envious."

"In terms of websites, you should surpass blogs in terms of interactivity. If the person you follow updates Twitter, you will receive a prompt in an easy-to-see position!"

Haaland, who is tall but vicious, understands what Hawke means: "More emphasis on interaction and sharing?"

Hawke said: "Yes, interaction and sharing are important purposes of human social interaction. Let people who want to show off, people who want to share their experiences share, and even in addition to interactive messages, they can also chat with people alone, like MSN. Create a group."

As for video sharing and mobile phones, let’s talk about it after the network develops initially.

The road needs to be taken step by step.

Hawke continued: "On the right side of the web page, we should reserve a news section for publishing popular news and establishing a hot news list. Our early goals are mainly entertainment news and sports news, and gossip. ”

"Goggle scandals are more attractive," said Qasim, a Hollywood enthusiast.

Rolla whispered, “That’s just you like.”

Qasim whispered, "You have seen a lot of selfie doors."

For these tech otakus, gossip scandals are one of the few fun.

Hawke added: "Our users can forward the news anytime, anywhere, inside Twitter, including individuals and groups."

The meeting was held until after get off work.

Hawke transmits all the ideas from his previous life.

(End of this chapter)