Chapter 450 450 Let him dry for a few days

  Bought two large villas in San Francisco, Wang Guanxi, Luo Baowen, Zhang Xiaolei, Jennifer Lawrence, Ford Ingrid and others packed their luggage from the hotel that night and moved into the new villa.

  The two villas have a magnificent exterior with a beautiful white academy-style exterior wall, and the other is in the style of Queen Anne.

  Maids are also employed in the two villas.

On April 11, the nearby land was bought by the Crown Trust. The people of Horton House Company started to connect the two villas with a long bridge. At the same time, they will build several small houses for the convenience of the maids. live.

  There is already a large manor here, covering an area of ​​2 acres, which is 12 acres, which is the size of 18 basketball courts.

  This is the Pacific Heights in San Francisco, the billionaire district. The manor with 18 basketball courts is already the largest in the Pacific Heights wealthy district.

   Nothing to do, Jennifer Lawrence said: "BOSS, let's go to Alcatraz Island to play"

Alcatraz Island is an island in San Francisco Bay, California. It covers an area of ​​0.0763 square kilometers and is inconvenient for transportation. This island is one of the most notorious prisons in the United States. It has been in operation for more than 30 years. It was closed in 1963 and used as a tourist attraction in 1973. Reopened.

  Some well-known criminals in the United States have been imprisoned here. Alcatraz Island has also become a filming location for many film and television themes. In 1986, the island was also designated as a National Historic Landmark. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in San Francisco.

  "Okay, let's go." Then Wang Guanxi faced Luo Baowen, and Zhang Xiaolei asked, "Are you going?"

  Luo Baowen: "I want to take a break first, and then arrange the affairs of the villa. I just hired so many maids. I have to settle them before this afternoon. Go ahead."

  Zhang Xiaolei also said: "I also take a break, you guys have fun"

  So Wang Guanxi, Jennifer Lawrence and Ford Ingrid went to Alcatraz to play.

  Just after landing on Alcatraz, Wang Guanxi heard two young people complaining.

  “It’s really inconvenient to take a taxi in San Francisco, it’s been a long time”

   "Oh, luckily I caught up with the ferry ticket,"

  Wang Guanxi was taken aback, "Taking a taxi?"

  Jennifer Lawrence asked: "BOSS, what's the matter?"

  Ford Ingrid also curiously said: "This Alcatraz island is so small, there is no need to take a taxi."

  Wang Guanxi smiled and said: "It's okay, I just thought of an idea"

  Speaking of taxis, the most famous company is Uber, which is also called Uber in Chinese.

  And Uber was only founded this year.

   was founded by Travis Kalanick and Gretel Kemp, originally named "UberCab", Uber officially launched its service in San Francisco in June 2010.

   Thinking of this, Wang Guanxi called Greg Becker, CEO of Silicon Valley Bank.

  The call was connected soon.

  Wang Guanxi said, "Greg Becker, has Travis Kalanick found?"

  Greg Becker said on the phone: "Boss, Travis Kalanick is not in the United States, I heard that I went to France for a trip."

  Wang Guanxi was taken aback. It turned out that Travis Kalanick was traveling to France, but Uber has not yet been established.

  "Well, do this first, and when he comes back, call him to see me"

   "Yes, BOSS" Greg Becker thought for a while and said: "BOSS, Facebook is currently seeking financing everywhere. Markzak contacted me half an hour ago to talk about financing."

  Wang Guanxi said: "We are hanging him for a few days"

  This year, Facebook did not obtain financing until September, and it is only April, when Facebook’s valuation was the lowest.

  Greg Becker thought for a while and said: "BOSS, Google is also contacting Markzak, I heard that it is planning to acquire Facebook"

  Wang Guanxi smiled and said, “Google will definitely not be able to acquire Facebook.”

This Markzak rejected multiple acquisitions. When Facebook had internal and external troubles, Yahoo offered a purchase price of 1 billion US dollars. At that time, Markzak’s team also agreed, but Yahoo again bargained 150 million US dollars at a critical moment. Then Markzak felt the humiliation.

  On the board of directors, the 22-year-old Mark Zak tore up the equity agreement on the spot.

  It’s now in 2009, Facebook has become the climate, and Mark Zak will not sell Facebook anymore.

   "Yahoo didn't have an acquisition in 2006, nor can Google"

  Speaking of Yahoo, Greg Becker said: "BOSS, Yahoo is also planning to raise funds at the moment, do we want to participate?"

  "Don't participate" Wang Guanxi said: "This Yahoo company is not worth participating"

  Yahoo invested in Alibaba Group and made a lot of money, but in the future, Yahoo will not be able to mix up at all, and it will be defeated by the newly emerging technology giants.

   Yahoo is an unfamiliar term for the post-90s and post-00s of "Internet natives".

  But in the minds of those born in the 70s and 80s, Yahoo is the real “old driver” of the Internet, but it hasn’t been a long time since they started.

  From the pioneers of the Internet to the present scavengers.

  From the acquisition of Google and Facebook, to the acquisition by Verizon.

  From a market value of 100 billion U.S. dollars to a future sale of 4.8 billion U.S. dollars.

  The back waves of the Yangtze River pushed the front waves, and Yahoo died on the beach.

  On February 1, 2008, Microsoft offered a high price of US$45 billion, a premium of 60%, and offered an olive branch to Yahoo, hoping to break Google’s monopoly in the search and online advertising markets through the marriage of the two.

  Yahoo thinks that the offer underestimates the market value of Yahoo.

  Three months later, Microsoft increased its offer to $50 billion, but it was still rejected by the latter.

  On July 25, 2016, the US communications giant Verizon announced the acquisition of Yahoo for US$4.83 billion.

  For the former Internet giant, this ending is more like a humiliation. The $4.8 billion sale price is less than a fraction of the 100 billion valuation at its peak.

  From hundreds of billions to bankruptcy and low sales, I didn’t even keep my name.

  Thinking of this, Wang Guanxi smiled and said, “Yahoo will definitely go bankrupt in the future. Let those financial institutions raise funds. We will not participate in this company.”

  "Yes, BOSS" Greg Becker is a little puzzled, but Yahoo is still an Internet giant and is very popular among investors.

  Now Yahoo wants to raise funds, and many financial institutions have used money to raise money for Yahoo.

   However, BOSS has an extraordinary vision, and perhaps Yahoo will really be overwhelmed by the rise of new technology companies in the future.

  Now Google, Facebook and other technology companies are attacking Yahoo's market.

Thinking of this, he said: "BOSS, this time Yahoo, like Google, is planning to acquire Facebook. This time Yahoo’s financing is to acquire Facebook. I heard that it intends to use cash and stocks to acquire Facebook. Acquired"

  Wang Guanxi was taken aback, and he smiled: "This Yahoo company cannot be acquired, and Google cannot be acquired."

  Speaking of this, Wang Guanxi said: "Continue to keep an eye on the Facebook company, you first refuse the loan."

   "Yes, BOSS"

  After finishing the call, Wang Guanxi continued to play in Alcatraz with Jennifer Lawrence and Ford Ingrid.

In the next few days, Wang Guanxi, Jennifer Lawrence, Ford Ingrid, Luo Baowen, Zhang Xiaolei and others visited the Golden Gate Bridge, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco Chinatown, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Twin Peaks, San Francisco Discovery Museum, Nine Music Flower Street, Union Square, Alamo Square.

  Everyone visited the top ten tourist attractions in San Francisco.

   During the period, Mark Zak, who came to Facebook, ignored Yahoo’s mergers and acquisitions, and continued to seek financing and loans.

   April 15th.

  Wall Street Journal: Global users are strongly dissatisfied with Facebook's revision.

  Recently, Facebook launched a new version of the page. The new page after the revision revises the homepage, personal information page and friend dynamic page, aiming at turning Facebook into a real-time information publishing system in addition to social communities, so as to challenge the microblog Twitter.

  But this revision seems to be unsuccessful. The survey results show that 94% of users do not like the new page.

  Among the nearly 800,000 users who participated in the vote, only more than 5% of the users voted yes, and even Facebook employees did not buy it. Some users complained: "A lot of their favorite features are missing, it's uncomfortable."

  Some users said: "It's better to change it back to the original state."

  Some users said: “I hate new pages. If they don’t change, I will reduce the number of logins.”

  For the dissatisfaction of users, Facebook product director Christopher Cox responded on Tuesday and gave four improvement measures.

   Such as adding more controls and strengthening Highlights in Stream.

   Facebook Chief Operating Officer Cheryl Sandberg said on Thursday that so far Facebook still does not know why this revision will cause users to be so dissatisfied.

   "What is wrong with this revision, we still don't know." Sandberg also pointed out that although the revision was opposed by users, the proportion of opposition is still lower than the previous revisions.

  When Facebook's bad luck continued, Twitter announced that it had received $330 million in financing from ten funds.

  Many media have reported that Facebook has been abandoned by investors, and Twitter will replace Facebook in the future.

  Moreover, the media broke the news that the Facebook revision of the company copied the Twitter company. +

Facebook’s COO Sandberg responded specifically to the microblog Twitter, claiming: “Twitter is an excellent company that does a good job of updating information in real time. Facebook has the world’s largest number of photo sharing, Twitter We can do what we can do, and I think we can do better. This revision did not refer to Twitter"

  Sunderberg also said that the current economic downturn has not affected Facebook’s advertising revenue. Sandberg said: "Our advertising business continues to grow, revenue continues to grow, and Twitter does not yet know how to make a profit."

Bloomberg: "Facebook and Twitter have fallen into a disadvantage in the financing competition. Twitter has received $330 million in financing, and Facebook has not yet received a penny. Obviously, the investment market will abandon it. "

  At this moment, in the manor, Luo Baowen asked: "Boss, do you want to find Markzak for financing now?"

  Wang Guanxi said: "Not in a hurry!"

"hold on!"

  (End of this chapter)