Chapter 164 New tasks and new goals
Ocean Parkway, Santa Monica.
Hawke came out of the simple gym on the basement floor of the office building, went upstairs to the office, entered the suite to shower and change clothes.
When he came out, Caroline happened to bring breakfast.
A very exquisite meal that is in line with her usual taste.
Caroline sat on the sofa, tilted her head and looked at Hawke, and smiled unconsciously when she saw him eating the breakfast she brought seriously.
But when I thought about it, I discovered a serious problem.
During this time, I brought breakfast to Hawke every morning, and I specially bought expensive and exquisite ones, spending a lot of money.
Can it be reimbursed?
Hawke turned on his computer, logged into his Shit account, checked the latest situation online, and changed multiple portals in succession. The Smiths' red table show was the top trending news item on Twitter.
Will Smith now is different from more than ten years later. At that time, he had already fallen from his peak, and now he is a veritable king of history.
Twitter is even more popular, and users are extremely active.
"Discussing cheating and open marriage openly, Hollywood stars have refreshed the lower limit of my knowledge time and time again."
"Both of these two people have exposed cheating videos. The so-called red table dialogue is a crisis public relations."
"No movie in the Sacred Valley is as outrageous as this couple."
"Sure enough, reality is much more magical than the movies."
"Twitter exposed the cheating video of Mr. and Mrs. Smith, and they also live broadcast it on Twitter. I seriously doubt that Twitter has more powerful information about them."
After Hawke finished breakfast, he went to rinse his mouth. Just after work time, he received a call from Erica's mother.
Mary Ferguson said directly: "Looking at your pace on the Internet, you should be busy for a period?"
Hawke said: "I will have some free time today."
"I'll go over to your place and take a look." Mary has been watching the recent events.
Of course Hawke welcomes: "Come over anytime."
Half an hour later, Mary Ferguson's Rolls-Royce Phantom stopped at the door of the office building.
This is Erica's mother. Hawke was waiting in front of the door early.
The group went upstairs and entered the reception room. Mary asked directly: "How many registered users are there now?"
Hawke just looked at the data this morning: "12.45 million, still growing rapidly."
Mary smiled: "I remember a month ago, the number was 30,000 people."
"Yes." Hawke said another thing: "I completed the investment agreement ahead of schedule. Every dollar of the US$5 million investment from Pacific Investment Group was not wasted."
Although the majority shareholder of Pacific Investment Group is the Ferguson family and the CEO is Mary Ferguson, the two parties originally signed a gambling investment agreement.
Mary remembered very clearly that the gambling agreement stipulated that the number of users would increase to 200,000 by May.
She already valued Hawke, but ended up seriously underestimating him.
Mary wondered, Erica's vision is so good? The problem is that she is good at playing with guns and doesn't know much about business.
But when she thought about her husband, Carter Ferguson, choosing herself from so many women, she felt it was reasonable.
My husband’s eyesight is very good, and my daughter’s eyesight is also very good.
Mary fully recognized Hawke's ability and focused on the future: "If you win, I will have people complete the rest of the agreement as soon as possible. You will have absolute control."
Social media requires crazy money burning in the early stage, and the development model adopted by Hawke cannot be sustained by one person.
Even if you have vision and ability, it is extremely difficult to get ahead in this extremely complex society.
Mary tentatively said: "If you are willing to introduce investment now, with Pacific Investment Group here, it will not be difficult for Twitter to obtain a valuation of hundreds of millions of dollars."
Hearing this, Hawke understood where Erica learned his habit of pulling jokes.
He said: "There is no rush now. In the next six months, I am confident that the number of Twitter users will double or triple."
The number of users represents a leap-forward doubling of the company's valuation. Mary nodded: "Go ahead and do it. I will help you withstand the pressure."
Hawke said bluntly: "My methods are wild."
Mary didn't care: "Every new company that wants to develop must go through a bloody battle. Every drop of blood shed by its opponents can solidify the company's foundation and enhance its strength."
She reminded her from her own experience: "Rules are only used to restrain those who should abide by the rules, not us."
Hawke understood the meaning of her words: "Those old black men dare to retaliate, I will chop off their outstretched hands."
Mary nodded: "Call Brian if you need support."
Hawke is clear that this support is more than just legal.
Mary Ferguson followed Hawke to visit several departments such as operations, editing, and technology, and soon left.
In the afternoon, Hawke attended an interview meeting and convened a short meeting with the directors of various departments. Twitter's most important task at the moment is to fully absorb the traffic brought by the cheating scandal and the red table talk show.
This operation not only brought about a surge in the number of users, but also made Twitter truly famous in North America.
There are already freelance reporters coming to sell news.
In terms of operations, Hawke was inspired by Will Smith's agent James Locke. When the popularity and traffic of this topic decrease, he will also contact the communication company and use mobile phone text messaging to promote it.
Also, there is the issue of security.
This is also a top priority.
Hawke has no doubt that someone will storm the Twitter building with a gun in the future. Therefore, all security personnel have professional certificates.
If someone really storms the company office with weapons, they can shoot.
In the evening, Hawke took Edward to the safe house in Santa Monica and met Campos as he had made an appointment.
"You did a good job this time." Hawke praised first, and then asked: "How is the personnel situation?"
If the one million US dollar reward is not handled well, people's hearts will easily disperse.
"People's hearts are relatively stable." Campos briefly stated his handling method.
Hawke nodded slightly: "Okay." Thinking of the trouble caused by this accident, he also warned: "Personnel training must be strengthened to prevent similar low-level mistakes from happening again."
Campos said: "I have developed a new training plan. In addition to professional courses such as tracking, investigation and shooting, I also allow people with legal status to start practicing guns at a shooting range."
Hawke agreed: "Very good, it is better to rely on anyone than ourselves at critical moments."
Campos added: "During this period, we have begun to take on some sporadic small businesses. Are you here, boss?"
Hawke also has a new mission this time: "Pay more attention to Leonardo DiCaprio. He is engaged to Gisele Bundchen, but according to my understanding, Leonardo Duo will never marry Gisele, the two of them may break up at any time."
Campos took out a small notebook and wrote the names of Leonardo and Gisele.
If you want to reap the traffic dividends, celebrities are the best candidates.
After the red table talk show ended last night, Hawke was thinking about this aspect and recalled several suitable candidates: "Paris Hilton, the wealthy daughter, please check her boyfriends in the past few years and make a detailed list. .”
He had some impression that the first time he saw Paris' One Night in Paris was in 2005, but according to the man's dictation, the video was taken when Paris was less than 20 years old, that is, in 2001.
Hawke doesn't remember the man's name. LSP appreciates this kind of video tape. Who cares about the male protagonist's name.
But after seeing the photos, I guess I can get an impression.
Campos asked while taking notes: "Do you want someone to film Paris Hilton?"
Hawke thought of the usual style of this rich and promiscuous woman and said: "It's okay to follow her and take pictures, but focus on finding her boyfriend."
"I understand." Campos nodded.
Butterfly Company currently has limited manpower, so Hawke only mentioned these two items for the time being.
The former is time-sensitive, and the news needs to be published as soon as possible.
The latter can be done secretly, preferably with video tapes available.
Campos quickly left.
Hawke and Edward return to the company.
The latter didn't go to Brentwood for many days, so he told Hawke and hurried back to find his Deborah.
Hawke changed a car, left the company and quietly came to West Los Angeles and entered Megan Taylor's home.
The sewer at her house was clogged, and the good guy Hawk hated this situation the most, so he came over early to make preparations to help Megan clear the sewer.
At 9:30 pm, Meghan drove her BMW 7 back home.
As soon as the person walked in, Hawke's eyes lit up.
Wearing a white shirt, hip-hugging skirt, black stockings, and a pair of flat glasses on the bridge of her nose.
Hawke said deliberately: "I checked and there is no problem with your sewer."
Meghan walked towards him step by step: "There is another place that you didn't check."
"I'm going to get the tools." Hawke stood up and went to meet him.
Megan raised her lips and smiled: "Ordinary tools are useless, you must use the lamp pole of the God of War."
Hawk rushed forward.
These two are entangled like crazy.
Meghan is a non-marriage person who neither wants to get married nor have children.
Hawke asked about her family, and Megan didn't want to say anything.
He asked no more questions.
When the sewer was clear, Hawke took a bottle of water from the wine cabinet and chatted with Megan.
Meghan asked: "You will never provide me with news again?"
Hawke said frankly: "Paparazzi was the first choice when I first came to Los Angeles. Now I have better choices."
He thought for a while: "We will definitely have opportunities to cooperate in the future."
Meghan nodded: "I hope it's big news that can shock the whole world." She never concealed her ambitions in front of Hawke: "I want to win a Pulitzer Prize."
Hawke laughed: "I think the Nobel Peace Prize is easier."
Megan wondered: "How is it possible?"
"As long as you can become the master of the Oval Office." Hawke said a fact: "The Nobel Peace Prize will be handed over to you, even if you launch one battlefield after another."
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Meghan deliberately asked: "Does the Nobel Prize in Biology exist?"
"There is a prize for medicine," Hawke said.
Megan said: "I want to study a new subject, light pole warriors and genetics."
(End of chapter)