Wall Street Legend

The first batch of employees who are eligible for free allocation and low-price housing will be announced at the annual meeting before Christmas this year. Ye Dongqing happened to be free today, so she came to take a look in advance.

By the second quarter of next year, ordinary apartment-style residences will also be delivered for use. Employees of several companies only need to pay minimal rent and daily management expenses to enjoy relatively good housing and living facilities, schools, hospitals, Sports facilities are under construction, and a golf course may be built next to it in the future, just like a satellite town of Santa Clara.

As the scale of the industry expands, the number of employees in Silicon Valley is also increasing.

It's okay for those who are alone. Some people with families can only separate the two places because of rent and children's education issues. After that, many people will be able to settle here. The scale and quality of the private school are likely to be ranked among the top. Ranked among the top 50 in the United States, it is jointly created with many famous schools.

These are considered employee benefits, and some bosses have the strength to do so, but they are afraid of trouble and do not want to pay too much for their employees.

And Ye Dongqing hopes that they can find a sense of belonging in his own company. By the way, it is worth buying a horse bone for a thousand dollars, because the high salary and benefits, coupled with the promotion system in terms of position, are more reasonable, despite the wolfish nature of the last elimination system. The management system has become a popular enterprise that allows headhunting companies to worry less.

After spot-checking several buildings, they felt pretty good. Ye Dongqing ordered: "Take time to post announcements in those companies and open some of the houses for them to come and see first, especially the middle and low-level managers. Tell them that as long as they work hard, You may also have these after doing it.

Executive officers, financial officers, and operating officers get bigger houses, right? Where are those villas? "

There were many people standing around.

The project manager responsible for undertaking the construction project told him: "The location is better than here. It is located on a small hill. You can see San Francisco Bay from the top. The area is about twice as large as these, and the front and rear gardens are also larger. Shall we go over and take a look?"

Well, no matter how beautiful the house is, can it compare to Ye Dongqing's own houses?

It was enough to just take a look. The smell left by the decoration made him feel uncomfortable, so he said casually: "Forget it, I want to go see the school and shopping mall. When will the investment recruitment work start? It doesn't need to be high-end, it can satisfy people As long as it meets the living needs, I heard that due to this project, surrounding land has been acquired by developers?”

"That's pretty much it. Nvidia is in Santa Clara, and it's said that Apple may also move some of its operations here. Together with Intel, it's quite suitable for building high-end apartments, and the prices are more than those in Palo Alto and Menlo Park. It is lower in other areas. In the south, a community of about 300 houses will soon be built. Developers have come to discuss the school with us. They hope to open up the admission threshold so that children in their community can also get admission opportunities. .”

The speaker was a middle-aged Jew sent by Tamsui Investment Group to supervise the project.

Ye Dongqing thought for a while and replied: "Yes, but the tuition may be a little higher. There must be children of company employees, as well as external students. Let's all communicate with each other. We can't let the children of any employee leave in the future." You also have to transfer schools, and these should be taken into consideration.”

No one would care when someone spoke, but he was different. The person in charge even took out a small notebook and wrote it down. Regardless of whether he really couldn't remember it, he must have done enough superficial work anyway.

One of the reasons why Ye Dongqing is not very social recently is that he receives too many compliments and compliments wherever he goes, as if because he is rich, he is no longer an ordinary person of flesh and blood. He doesn't like that very much, or he hears too much , after watching too much, I already felt bored. At first it was quite good.

After taking some time, I went to check out the shopping malls and schools that were almost completed.

According to the person in charge, the investment recruitment work has almost been completed. There are coffee shops such as Starbucks, and there are also retailers that specialize in selling furniture. Walmart feels that the market here is too small and is not willing to open a store. Instead, Carrefour is large enough to satisfy people's needs. For daily needs, larger supermarkets are not far away.

Looking at it this way, it is estimated that living here will be more comfortable in the future, and basically there will be no major faults, which is enough.

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The Internet industry boom is rising again.

In 2000 and 2001, funds were continuously withdrawn, and now they are pouring in again. While the valuation and market value of many companies are rising, Ye Dongqing's worth is also constantly being pushed up.

As the unlisted Internet company with the highest market value in the world, Facebook has always been the focus of investors. Currently, it has more than 600 million registered users worldwide and more than 390 million frequently used accounts. It is estimated that There is certainly a bubble in value, but it is relatively small because Facebook can indeed make a lot of money, mainly through its advertising business.

In comparison, the number of users of another company is not low, but until now it still has not found a good profit growth point.

Whatsapp is another social giant that has just emerged since ICQ has gradually fallen behind. Like Facebook, all the shares are in the hands of Ye Dongqing. With more than 200 million users worldwide, its latest valuation is as high as 7.5 billion US dollars. , a total of twenty-three securities firms made this offer. Unfortunately, Ye Dongqing has never had the intention to raise funds or go public, and the valuation is just a valuation.

how to say.

The rise of this company has been so smooth. With the user resources accumulated by Facebook, it only took three months for the number of users to exceed 40 million. Then it skyrocketed. After the launch of the video communication business, it became even more prosperous. Voice messaging technology has also been launched, and currently there are no strong competitors.

The development was so smooth that Ye Dongqing seldom paid attention to it. With more than 400 employees, such a huge market was supported, and there was almost no need to worry about management.

Ye Dongqing came to Silicon Valley this time to announce a big news - he was planning to let Whatsapp go public first. He set the initial offering time in January next year. The main reason was that he had been holding back his energy not to go public, which led to some problems in Washington. There are some negative voices driven by people, and it is also because the company's profit scale is limited. If it continues to be in hand, it is unlikely to make any big improvements in a short period of time. Instead, it will continue to consume funds for market expansion.

It will be half a year since Tencent went public, and it will be the second company hatched by Ye Dongqing to go public. Facebook will probably go public next year. It’s not that it can’t support it anymore. The money Facebook itself earns is enough to maintain operations.

However, after reaching this scale, the growth space has gradually become smaller. It is better to cash out some money and continue to invest elsewhere. In addition, it can also reduce the debt pressure of Tamsui Investment Group and use the money to do some things that Ye Dongqing wants to do more. .

The news hasn't been released yet, and others don't know yet. Ye Dongqing has thought about this matter more than once, and came to the conclusion that it can be launched now. Don't forget that there will be a lock-up period ranging from half a year to several years. The stocks in his hands must be more valuable then...