Chapter 99 Woaw
In the end, Barron decided to try this kind of social network project in England before Facebook was founded.
And he has also made two preparations. If it fails in the end, he will wait until Xiao Zha founded Facebook before investing.
After all, the temptation of having a social network controlled by oneself is too great. Even if his social network can only retain the European market in the end, it can be considered a success.
It’s not that he was too unconfident. In fact, in his previous life, the global Internet market could be said to be dominated by the United States. Only China could maintain its own market in this regard.
This has led to the fact that the United States can be said to be completely controlled in terms of online public opinion - even though Britain is the "traditional ally" of the United States, when it comes to interests, it also needs a platform that it can control.
“The project I am planning to carry out will be a real social network on the virtual Internet. Each user can create a homepage where they can share their photos, personal interests and life details. , you can also find and contact your friends to interact..."
"Isn't this very similar to the website I created?"
"It seems similar, but the most important thing is The key point is to be authentic!”
As for Davo’s doubts, Barron explained to him:
"The original intention of your current website was to allow students to interact and communicate, but you found that most of the users who registered for your website may actually be students at the University of Cambridge, but they often do not use their real names. and information, so this will create a sense of alienation in mutual communication..."
< br>Including most of the current websites with social functions, almost all are "stranger social", that is, everyone on the Internet mainly communicates with "netizens", but what Barron wants to do is to be a person on the virtual Internet. In a real social network, users need to use their own information to express themselves and communicate with other people.
“So how do we do this, because most people on the Internet are not willing to show their original identities to others.”
“This is what I want to learn from college first. The reason for the development is that in the early stage, I will use an invitation system to let everyone invite their classmates and friends to join this network. In this way, our social network will have a reality. The goal can be achieved by using the relationship network as the basis and using other methods to encourage everyone to show their true identity.”
At this time, real-name authentication methods such as face recognition are still available. It is unrealistic. It is difficult to achieve 100% real social interaction. You only need to create a real social atmosphere based on the real network of relationships in the beginning.
Of course, the website that Barron is about to launch will be a new model called SNS (Social Networking Services), which is a social network service, as well as the subsequent development direction. For these more detailed contents, Barron is now Won't tell it to Davao.
Although he has signed a confidentiality agreement, Barron needs to be the leader of this project, and Davo will only be his "tool" to achieve this. Tools do not need to know too much, basic Preparation is still needed.
In his previous life, Barron was engaged in the financial industry, but because his work often involved overseas work, he was quite familiar with applications including Facebook, Twitter, etc., and because he was once very popular The short-lived movie "The Social Network" also has a relatively detailed understanding of some of the things that happened when Facebook was first founded, as well as its version changes. The only thing is that he is not a technician himself.
So what he needs now is for professional people to complete the project under his leadership, instead of sharing the company's growth with them. The attitude required is completely different.
In other words, Barron himself knows what functions need to be realized and how to develop in the future. He only needs people to implement them according to his ideas.
This is somewhat similar to Boss Ma who founded Alibaba. He himself is not an Internet professional, but it still does not affect his leadership of the company. He only needs to think about how to do it. As for how to realize his ideas, it is up to him. Hire staff to make it happen.
So after an afternoon of talking, Davo already understood what kind of website Barron wanted him to complete initially. Next, he needed to go back to school and complete these.
"What is the name of this website?" As for the question, Barron originally wanted to call it Facebook directly. After all, following other people's paths will leave others with nowhere to go...
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But thinking that if it doesn’t succeed this time, I still have to wait to invest in Xiao Zha’s Facebook, forget it, let’s not do it yet.
After thinking for a while, he said:
"Let's call it Woaw. It's easy to remember and makes everyone marvel at this website. Well, this is it."
While talking like this, They decided on the name of the website. Before Davo left, he signed a contract with Barron to help him complete the website and receive corresponding compensation.
Next, Barron’s staff will also help him register Woaw Technology Company. After that, Dawo will become the first employee of this company, and some students will be added in the future.
The reason why Barron specifically asked Dawo, who is a student, to do this is that he happened to have made a similar website, and on the other hand, Woaw itself was planning to first start from the campus. Start promotion, so the identity of Davao students is more conducive to the initial development of the website.
Anyway, there are still more than two years before Facebook appears, which is enough time for Barron to develop slowly. At the beginning, the website was not large in scale and the user scope was limited to students, so the expenditure required was not much. First of all, It would be painless for him to spend tens of thousands of pounds to give it a try.
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"How are you today? Honey."
After Bonnie returned to London, Barron ended his "single" life, and now they are two They were already living together, so most of the time, Bonnie would come to the Devonshire Hotel to live with Barron.
After returning to the hotel, Barron waited for a while before seeing Bonnie in professional attire return to the room. He couldn't help but give her a hug and asked her affectionately.
"Today went well. We contacted Julian Fellowes. He said that he liked the novel "Downton Abbey" very much and was willing to adapt it into a script himself and serve as the producer of this TV series."
< br>“That’s great.”
“This is the person you originally recommended.”
Yes, Julian Fellowes was recommended to Summit Media by Barron. The reason is because this person was originally his previous life. He was the writer and producer of the TV series "Downton Abbey".
Of course, the reason Barron gave to Fergal and Bonnie, the managers of Summit Media, was that he liked the movie "Gosford Park" written by Julian very much, and it also described a noble manor. As a matter of fact, Julian, who is also a producer himself, is considered a more suitable candidate.
Julian Fellowes just won the Best Original Screenplay Award at the 74th Academy Awards for his work "Gosford Park" in March this year, and his popularity at this time is considered good.
(End of this chapter)