Chapter 245 Chaos
Qin Shaoyan sighed, this is indeed a big problem.
It will take at least another seven or eight years for the conditions in Zhang Pingyi's hometown to improve. After 2008, infrastructure construction will be rolled out, and Zhang Pingyi will be able to squat comfortably at home and wait for news.
Otherwise, he would have to climb up the hillside every day and look for signals while holding the phone.
So Zhang Pingyi simply returned to the capital early, waiting for something to be dealt with at any time.
"You haven't had a stable life this year. Didn't you buy a house in the capital?" Qin Shaoyan said, "It's better to bring your parents over."
Zhang Pingyi shook his head, "They refused to come, saying they were in the city I’m not used to living here, and I still have a lot of relatives in my hometown, but I don’t know anyone in the capital.”
Qin Shaoyan nodded, knowing that it was difficult to change the ideas of the elderly, so he couldn’t persuade them at all, so he simply didn’t mention it. This is a different story.
"The main problem this time is the human problem. There is a problem with the server, but the staff on duty cannot solve it." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "Zhang Tianshi, please analyze for me how to solve this problem. "
Zhang Pingyi thought for a while and said slowly: "The bug in the server this time is indeed serious, and the new person who took over is not familiar with this area. "
Then Zhang Pingyi began to explain to Qin Shaoyan the reasons for the BUG, and then a series of difficult terminology.
Qin Shaoyan pinched his forehead and said, "Zhang Tianshi, you don't need to explain technical issues to me. I don't understand technology. This is something you should worry about."
"Give me a conclusion. , is it possible that the server problem was intentional?"
Zhang Mingyi hesitated and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Qin, let me tell you this, the code can be done just by leaving it there. BUGs will appear on your own.”
“You have to say it’s intentional...every time the code is uploaded and modified, it may cause BUGs.”
Qin Shaoyan directly interrupted Zhang Tianshi, "Just tell me the conclusion, is it a coincidence or intentional?"
"I think it is an oversight." Zhang Pingyi replied, "I didn't consider the issues comprehensively when making new functions before. "
"Okay." Qin Shaoyan nodded, "Since it was Zhang Tianshi who said it, then I believe that the accident was caused by negligence."
"The problem has already occurred, let's not talk about it for now. Regarding accountability, the most important thing at present is how to learn lessons and improve the development process to avoid similar accidents in the future."
Zhang Pingyi thought for a while and said sincerely: "I think the biggest problem is. People, bugs are inevitable, and accidents are inevitable. ”
"The most important thing is to solve the problem. Others can't solve it and can only find a specific person to solve it. This is the biggest problem."
"The company cannot operate without a certain person. We We need to establish an emergency talent reserve system.”
“Huh?” Qin Shaoyan looked at Zhang Pingyi in surprise and gave a thumbs up, “Mr. Zhang’s ideological consciousness is really high.”
"I feel relieved to leave the campus network to you."
Zhang Pingyi said with a wry smile, "I feel a lot of pressure when you say that."
"Don't be stressed. Rome wasn't built in a day, and the company was perfected step by step." Qin Shaoyan smiled and patted Zhang Pingyi on the shoulder, "Have you eaten yet? I still have dumplings here."
"I Just eat something, don't slap me on the shoulder, I feel like the burden is heavier." Zhang Pingyi sighed.
"What's the point?" Qin Shaoyan said nonchalantly, "The four websites of China and the United States are all on my shoulders. I don't feel worried at all every day."
"Indeed." Zhang Pingyi said teasingly, "If you don't worry, it's because the venture capital bosses worry about you every day."
Qin Shaoyan laughed, "Eat, eat!"
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During the Chinese New Year, the Internet in the big eastern country was calm, showing the joyful atmosphere of the Chinese New Year.
Netizens are having various friendly exchanges online, sharing customs and interesting stories from various places during the Chinese New Year, and making fun of their weird relatives.
But across the ocean in the United States, the Internet is not so peaceful.
An explosive piece of news spread all over the Internet, triggering heated discussions among thousands of netizens.
The source of the news is a post on Facebook. The blogger who posted the post is an unknown person.
This blogger used to post some daily photos of Silicon Valley on Facebook. He would show off various electronic products at his work station and would often run and post some street scenes.
Looks like an ordinary IT geek working in Silicon Valley. This kind of person is everywhere in Silicon Valley, nothing unusual.
Even this blogger doesn’t even post photos of cats and dogs, so naturally there are very few fans who follow him.
But on February 10, 2005, the second day of the Chinese Lunar New Year, this blogger who had been silent for a long time suddenly posted a post disclosing inside information about the company.
The post is not long, but the content is very exciting.
According to this blogger’s claim, he works at an Internet video website and is a lower-level technical staff member.
He accidentally got the news that the top management of the video website discussed the issue of acquisition during a certain meeting.
Because video websites have developed rapidly and have become the latest trend among Internet users, they were targeted by a large Internet company and offered to acquire them at a high price.
It is not convenient to reveal the name of this large Internet company, but the blogger still mentioned that the large company that wants to acquire video websites has a famous Internet search engine in its business.
After the post was posted, it did not cause any splash, which is normal, after all, the blogger is not impressive at all.
But this article was discovered by a small blogger who focuses on the field of Internet technology. He forwarded and shared this article casually, and attached a question:
“This is true. "Really? Please refute the rumor."
Soon, several bloggers who followed him also began to repost it, and the number of followers of the retweeted blogger became larger and larger, and the news began to spread everywhere.
From the Internet field at the beginning, it spread to other fields, and bloggers of beauty, cute pets, and funny daily life also began to participate.
After that, a lot of knowledgeable buddies caught up with the popularity and began to analyze the authenticity of this post one by one.
It’s easy to guess the video website. There is only one most popular video website in the United States, and that is YouTube.
Since YouTube was launched, it has become popular on the American Internet in just a few months, with a large number of users pouring in.
After all, video websites are still a new thing, and many netizens have the need to upload and store videos, which has also contributed to YouTube's rapid popularity.
Another reason why YouTube is so popular is pirated videos. Yes, American netizens also love to watch various pirated movies and TV series.
After all, many TV programs are paid.
Video websites solve this problem and make watching programs more convenient and faster for everyone.
There is no need to rent video tapes or CDs, or regret missing a certain program. You can easily find it on video websites.
With this convenience, it plays a great role in attracting users to YouTube.
What followed was a series of YouTube marketing activities, including the famous Ice Bucket Challenge. The Ice Bucket Challenge has become America's latest trend thanks to its viral spread.
In the beginning, the Ice Bucket Challenge was only spread at the bottom. As its influence gradually expanded, various film and television stars, sports stars, government officials and parliamentarians joined in, bringing the popularity of the Ice Bucket Challenge to a new level. climax.
In addition to drawing attention to rare diseases, the biggest role of the Ice Bucket Challenge is to make YouTube popular, because all Ice Bucket Challenge videos are posted on YouTube.
Video websites have also become the most promising new Internet concept among investors, and are naturally popular. YouTube's valuation is also constantly rising.
Now news suddenly broke out that YouTube was going to be acquired, which also attracted everyone's attention.
So which company is going to acquire YouTube?
This answer is easy to guess. Let’s keep it in the dark for now and see if the company will jump out on its own.
The news fermented for two days, and sure enough, someone stepped forward and responded... It was Yahoo.
A senior executive at Yahoo who did not want to be named said that they are indeed optimistic about YouTube as a video website and feel that this type of website can be a useful supplement to Yahoo’s Internet ecosystem.
The acquisition is still an informal discussion among high-level people internally, and no final decision has been made.
In addition, Yahoo feels that YouTube's asking price of US$800 million is a bit high. They believe that YouTube's value should be less than US$500 million.
Yahoo's statement directly pushed this news to new levels of popularity, and discussions started again on the Internet.
The focus of the discussion is naturally how much YouTube should be worth. Some people think that the price of 800 million US dollars is just right. Some people support the valuation given by Yahoo and think that YouTube's value of 500 million US dollars is already overvalued.
Then the two groups began to express their arguments to each other and started arguing fiercely on the Internet.
When things have reached this point, YouTube has also stood up and issued a statement.
However, their statement was not a denial of the acquisition, but a protest against Yahoo's $500 million valuation.
The YouTube website emphasizes that as a new concept on the Internet, video websites have a huge user base and broad application prospects in the future. A mere US$500 million is not enough to reflect YouTube’s current value.
In order to show its attitude, YouTube also specially spent money to buy advertising traffic and hot searches for the official Facebook account.
Some people from both sides of the incident came forward to speak out, which confirmed the breaking information, so everyone became more active.
From whether it is useful for Yahoo to buy YouTube, to how high YouTube’s valuation can be, and then there are many people discussing whether YouTube will be sold.
There was a lot of hype on the American Internet, and the news soon spread back to China.
The first batch of people to get the news were Chinese investors specializing in the Internet field, and they were most concerned about American Internet news.
If YouTube can really be sold for 800 million US dollars, it means that the video website is still very profitable.
Of course, the first batch of venture capital investors who got the news were not all excited, and some were in a state of collapse.
After Zheng Nan got the news from the United States, he ignored the time difference and directly called his friends in the United States one by one. He woke them up even if they were already asleep.
After understanding all aspects of information in detail, Zheng Nan actually found out an inside message.
"Zheng, I don't know where you got the news." The other party's tone was a little dissatisfied, but he still yawned and said, "But the rumor that Google is going to acquire YouTube cannot be said to be false news."
“Sequoia also went to inquire about Google’s trends. A Google executive revealed that they had previously tried to build a competing website similar to YouTube, but the effect didn’t look good, so Someone proposed to acquire the YouTube website."
Zheng Nan asked eagerly: "So what is Google's reaction?"
"They are interested, but they are still discussing it." The other party turned around. He rolled his eyes and said, "I don't know how specific it is. Now that Yahoo itself has come out and said it wants to acquire it, does it matter whether Google wants to acquire it or not?"
Zheng Nan was speechless for a moment, what he said made sense.
No matter how it was rumored before, now Yahoo has jumped out and said it plans to acquire it.
Then the fact that YouTube was acquired has been proven.
After Zheng Nan put down the phone, he immediately called Xiong Xiaoge and said in a difficult tone: "Mr. Xiong, the news that YouTube has been acquired has been confirmed, not by Google, but by Yahoo."
< br>“Are you sure?” Xiong Xiaoge was startled, “Where did you get the news?”
"Yahoo has issued a statement." Zheng Nan said, "Just now, I asked my friends in Sequoia in the United States, and they confirmed it."
"This is not right." Xiong Xiaoge said suddenly, " Didn't Qin Shaoyan say that Google wanted to acquire it? Why did it become Yahoo?"
"Qin Shaoyan didn't lie. Google did have intentions in this regard, but Yahoo expressed its stance first." Zheng Nan sighed, "Mr. Xiong, The problem is a bit tricky now."
Xiong Xiaoge was silent for a few seconds and said calmly: "Why are you panicking? YouTube has nothing to do with us. Whether it wants to acquire it will not affect us."
" That’s what I said.” Zheng Nan hesitated, “If YouTube really wants to sell, it will definitely look for ways to increase its valuation.”
"The fastest way right now is to acquire Kuaibo.com. As long as we acquire Kuaibo.com, YouTube's valuation can easily exceed one billion U.S. dollars. If not, it may reach 1.2 billion."
< br>"YouTube has only been established for half a year, and it's worth one billion dollars!"
Xiong Xiaoge said coldly, "Qvod.com is ours, can they still rob it if we don't agree?"
< br>“That’s hard to say.” Zheng Nan sighed, “YouTube’s shareholders include Sequoia and Microsoft, and Goldman Sachs also wants to get involved.”
“If they want to facilitate the acquisition, What to do with China Public Relations?”
"Mr. Xiong, the question now is not whether we agree or not, but whether we can take YouTube back."
Xiong Xiaoge pondered for two seconds and quickly calmed down, "The key to this matter still lies with Qin Shaoyan , he is both a shareholder of YouTube and a shareholder of Qvod. As long as you convince him, the rest will be easy."
Zheng Nan was stunned for a moment, "It won't be easy to convince him."
< br>"It's nothing more than spending money." Xiong Xiaoge sighed, "Tell him, we agree to the valuation he gave, on the condition that Kuaibo.com cannot be sold."
Zheng Nan let out a sigh of relief, " Then do what Mr. Xiong wants and I’ll call Qin Shaoyan.”
Xiong Xiaoge thought for a while, "I'll make the call."
After putting down the phone, Xiong Xiaoge pondered, feeling that something was wrong.
The call to Qin Shaoyan was quickly answered. Qin Shaoyan said with a smile: "Happy New Year, Mr. Xiong, and I wish you a happy old age."
Xiong Xiaoge said straight to the point: "Yahoo wants to acquire I heard about YouTube, but their offer was only $500 million."
Qin Shaoyan was a little confused when he heard this, "What Yahoo?"
What does this have to do with Yahoo?
(End of this chapter)