Chapter 146

"Man, is there such an exaggeration?" Tracy smiled and punched Joe and envied his life. Well, if his life is made public, it is estimated that the whole country will envy him.

"Exaggeration? It's not exaggeration at all, man. Do you know the proportion of male and female employees in every company in Silicon Valley?" Joe stared with exaggerated expression. When he spoke, the saliva in his mouth almost sprayed on Tracy's face.

Tracy smiled and dodged Joe's saliva. The corner of Joe's mouth tilted and motioned to Chris, "tell the big boss of the company, what kind of life we all live, and the gender ratio of our Silicon Valley company."

Chris chuckled and pushed the spectacle frame. "Is our life? Facing the computer and all kinds of fried food every day, we made a lot of dollars, but we can't find a hot girl date."

While Chris was talking, Joe, who was playing with Tracy, had caught Tracy. Chris came and caught Tracy in the middle, "As for the male female ratio of employees, our new potato and the two extra departments now have more than 120 people, but there are only about 30 female employees. Can you imagine the scene of three male employees winking at one female employee in our company?"

How many men wink at a woman and have no choice?

Tracy blinked, fantasized about what Chris said, and couldn't help laughing.

"Hahaha, your life is really good."

Tracy obviously said the irony. Chris glanced. "We are not the worst. The worst should be NVIDIA, whose female employees account for only 16%. There are more men than women, which is a common phenomenon in Silicon Valley."

Chris's words are somewhat helpless. Men like them with high work pressure and strong hormones usually can't find a way to vent. Tracy can't understand this pain.

As he said, this is a common phenomenon in Silicon Valley, with more men than women. According to the United States, where the proportion of women accounts for 51%, Silicon Valley is indeed a bit miserable. The proportion of female employees in some companies is no more than 30%, and the highest e-commerce giant eBay has only 42% female employees.

Needless to say, Tracy patted the two friends on the shoulder, changed the topic and said, "I brought you a lot of good things... Renault took the things off the plane."

Renault received Tracy's order and took buck down two boxes from the helicopter to Tracy.

Tracy patted the two boxes and said, "no woman, but there are two boxes of good wine. Well, don't waste time here. Go to the company if you have anything."

With that, Tracy motioned Renault to put the two boxes in Joe's car.

At the same time, Tracy took them to the car. Joe and Chris came to pick Tracy up, brought several employees, and brought three cars, a Mercedes seven seater business car and two ordinary Cadillacs.

Tracy got into the business car, Alice and Rosie followed, Renault was responsible for driving the car, and Joe followed, responsible for guiding Tracy. He introduced Silicon Valley to Tracy all the way.

Along the way, I passed Stanford University, Santa Clara University, and several famous companies, such as Adobe Systems, apple, Intel, etc.

These companies are only a small part of Silicon Valley. More famous are Oracle, Yahoo, HP, inruit and so on.

The Intel building in the new Tudou headquarters is not far away. It is a small two-story building with an area of about three or four thousand square feet.

The car stopped at the door. Tracy and Joe got off the car together and waited for Chris to get off and come over. They walked into the company.

The logo on the front desk on the first floor is a very cartoon potato shape. On the left is the staff's work area. Tracy simply inspected it and didn't disturb their work.

On the right is the rest area of employees, including tea room, restaurant, lounge, entertainment room, gym, etc.

Upstairs are the offices of several executives, one of which is reserved for Tracy. However, because Tracy basically doesn't come to the company, this office was occupied by Joe and others.

Executives of several companies regard it as a small meeting room, or they come here to smoke a cigar during a break and use it as a cigar room.

Tracy, Joe and Chris entered the office. It had been cleaned before. There was no smell or dust inside. It was bright, broad and beautifully decorated, making people look very comfortable.

After entering, Tracy didn't sit on the chair at the desk, but on the sofa. Joe and Chris also sat down. Renault and buck carrying the box took out the wine under Tracy's command.

Red wine, champagne, whisky and brandy are placed on the ground. There are many empty spaces in the wine cabinet in the office. These drinks are placed in bottles.

In addition to these wines, there were several boxes of high-end cigars in the box. Tracy took one box directly, opened it and lost one to Chris and Joe.

Tracy himself took one and baked it over the fire.

The cigar gave off a fragrance. Tracy put it under her nose and sniffed intoxicatedly. Her eyes glanced at the two subordinates and friends who had been puffing. "I'm here to reward you two and learn about the company by the way."

Tracy's words were very beautiful, but Joe obviously didn't believe it. He took a cigar and looked at Tracy contemptuously. "Cut, a few bottles of wine and a little cigar will kill us? Come on, man, I know you care more about the two projects of new potatoes. Chris and I have already prepared a progress report for you."

Then Joe winked at Chris. Chris understood, got up, went to his desk, looked through it, found a document, came over and handed it to Tracy, "Take your time or let's retell it for you. To tell you the truth, I didn't agree with the company's allocation of resources to complete your project at first. I think the development goal of new potato is to catch up with and surpass rotten tomatoes. These two projects delayed the development of the website."

Chris did it again on the sofa and continued: "In particular, the e-book plan has cost us a lot of money. Of the $50 million we just raised, 10 million is used to buy a high-tech company and various copyrights. Now we still have to continue to invest. In addition, we may not be able to hold on for long to develop new software, maintain the website, the salary of employees, expand the popularity of new potatoes, etc. after all, new potatoes Not officially profitable. "

Tracy listened to Chris and nodded silently. Tracy knew the current situation of the new potato. After a round of financing, the company began to develop rapidly, and the cost must be much more than at the beginning.

Coupled with the two projects he led, the load of new potatoes will be even greater. It's nothing in a short time, but over time, there will be a shortage of funds.

Fifty million yuan is enough for new Tudou to develop the website for one or two years, and even adhere to the website's self-sufficiency in profits, but if you add the development of e-books, it is obviously not enough.

After thinking for a while and putting down the information in his hand, Tracy looked up at the two and said: "If it's a financial problem, I can contact the investment company for the third round of financing, which can be easily solved. Now there is a problem. Is the e-book plan a heavy load on the company? Does the project need to be separated and set up a subsidiary to complete the project?"

Everything in Silicon Valley needs money, and all kinds of projects are inseparable from financial support. With the rapid development of the company, the market value is rising, and there are more places to burn money.

In fact, these are all imaginary values and vulnerable to attack. It is unknown how many companies in Silicon Valley are working on the same project, and many of them go bankrupt and lose their investment.

People outside can only see that the market value of the most successful company has soared after it was listed, but they can't see how many bones are stepping on the foot of this company.

To put it bluntly, it's money.

Silicon Valley does not lack good ideas and talents, but funds. No matter how powerful a program ape is, it is worthless without capital support.

Tracy, mark and others are powerful enough, but if you want to gain a foothold in Silicon Valley, you have to hold the golden thigh of capital. If you want not to be swallowed up by capital, Tracy can only continuously invest money to support his industry in the IT industry.

When it comes to the new round of financing, Tracy needs to see what Joe means. After all, Joe is also the major shareholder of new Tudou, and the financing will dilute his shares, which is related to his vital interests.

However, Joe obviously didn't take this into account and was still excited to hear about the financing. On the contrary, Chris was much more calm. Before Joe wanted to speak, he stopped Joe. He said first: "The third round of financing must be carried out, but not now. Our funds can last until next year. At that time, the market value of new potatoes will become higher, and we can use less shares to finance more money. As for the e-book plan......"

Speaking of this, Christon hesitated.

"Why? Don't you want to give it away?" Tracy asked, as if Chris hesitated.

"Yes. Now in the company's projects, only e-books, I see the possibility of profit. It's difficult for us to achieve self-sufficiency in the short term." Chris took a strong sip of his cigar, put the rest on the ashtray and continued: "Amazon's R & D department contacted me a few days ago. They are also developing e-book projects and want to cooperate with us. They mean to merge their platform and research results with us to establish a new company."

Chris didn't go on. Tracy could hear his implication and showed a trace of disdain on his face. "They want to be the leader of this project, don't they?"

"Yes, if we cooperate with them, they should account for more than 50% of the shares."

"Dream, no one can eat my project. Working with them is OK, but only if we are dominant."