Chapter 694: Creating a Different Company (4000 Words)

Sitting on the plane to the United States, Ye Ge closed his eyes and was resting. He didn't fall asleep, even though he was in the first class. Ye Ge felt that it was not easy to sleep on the plane.

Beside Ye Ge, Yan Cici was holding a notebook and still working.

For the businessmen and officials who would meet in the United States next, Yan Cici was looking at their background information to prepare to know himself and the enemy.

But in Yan Cici's opinion, it was not that difficult to open a branch in the United States this time.

But Ye Ge made a lot of preparations, including meeting the governor of California.

It was as if Wenyin would encounter many difficulties, so Ye Ge needed to prepare in advance.

Among the many executives of large companies and California officials, there was one person whose information did not look so conspicuous.

This person's name was Zhou Zhi.

According to the information, Zhou Zhi was Singaporean.

In 2001, Zhou Zhi joined the army.

In 2003, Zhou Zhi retired with the rank of captain.

In 2010, he joined DST and became a partner.

He is still working at DST.

Zhou Zhi's family background is actually quite good. His mother is an ordinary courier, but his father founded a construction company in the 1960s. It happened that Singapore supported the construction industry in terms of policies at that time, so he made money quickly.

He once went to the Department of Economics of the University of London to study. After graduation, he joined the financial giant Goldman Sachs in London and worked as an analyst at an investment bank.

Being able to join this group is enough to prove how good Zhou Zhi is.

Many elites dream of joining Goldman Sachs.

Normally, after joining such a large company, you will choose to work hard at work, strive to make content at work, and then get promoted.

Basically, as long as you work hard, you will basically be financially free in this life and will not worry about money.

But Zhou Zhi made an important decision in 2008. He moved from the UK to the United States and studied for a master's degree at Harvard Business School.

In 2008, Zhou Zhi. He moved from the UK to the US and studied for a master's degree at Harvard Business School.

In 2009, when Zhou Zhi was still studying, he came into contact with a start-up technology company at the time, which is now the famous Facebook.

In 2010, after graduating from Harvard, Zhou Zhi joined the Digital Sky Technology DST, a Mao international investment fund, as a partner.

In December of that year, with the help of Zhou Zhi, DST invested US$500 million to purchase 8.8% of the shares of a certain Dong, and even successfully invested in Alibaba.

In 2011, it was also Zhou Zhi who arranged for the founder of DST to contact Da Mi, and finally purchased 7% of Da Mi's shares for US$500 million.

From the final results, these investments are basically profitable.

His vision is extremely ruthless and unique.

These companies have been developing rapidly recently, and for now, there is no sign of stopping, and they will continue to develop rapidly for a long time.

The more Yan Cici watched his investment process, the more he thought of Ye Ge beside him.

The fields he entered and the companies he invested in were very similar to Ye Ge's.

Could this be the so-called great minds think alike?

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me?"

Ye Ge just opened his eyes and noticed Yan Cici's sight.

"Nothing, I just wondered how you found this person, and why did you choose him as the first person to meet?"

Yan Cici asked curiously.

In fact, even if this person is very outstanding, it is indeed surprising for Ye Ge to put him as the first person to meet.

And to be honest, this person is not very famous now.

At that time, Ye Ge asked Xu Xin to find the information of this person.

And Xu Xin also asked Xue Tang Group to find the information of this person.

Xue Tang Group was also in trouble at first, because they had not heard much about this person.

Later, President Tang knew that Ye Ge wanted the information of this person, and because Ye Ge needed it, he personally asked some of his friends and mobilized his own connections, and finally found all the information.

That is to say, if Ye Ge hadn't specifically asked for it, then this person's information would be really hard to get.

Ye Ge smiled and said, "Don't underestimate this person, and don't think this person is young. In fact, this person's vision and work ability are definitely beyond your imagination.

If nothing unexpected happens, I will hand over our overseas business of Wenyin to him in the future."

"..."

Yan Cici knew that Ye Ge valued this person very much, but he didn't expect that he valued him so much.

Ye Ge has been seeking the development of Wenyin overseas.

Unexpectedly, Ye Ge would actually hand over a sector that he valued most to the other party.

Although Yan Cici didn't know how Ye Ge knew the other party, he didn't know why Ye Ge had such great confidence in him.

But Yan Cici believed in Ye Ge's decision. For now, none of Ye Ge's decisions were wrong, and they were even a little ahead of their time. However, this was also a decision that was ahead of its time and would be verified in the future. Ye Ge is right.

When Yan CiCi and Ye Ge got off the plane and came to the United States, they were still a little uncomfortable due to the time difference.

However, they did not have time to adjust to their jet lag. This time they had a very busy schedule in the United States.

Basically, every day was full of schedules, so after checking into the hotel that day, they simply slept for a while before setting off.

Ye Ge and Yan CiCi went to the first agreed restaurant.

Although both of them were still a little groggy, they managed to cheer up after drinking a cup or two of coffee.

In that restaurant, Yan Cici met Zhou Zhi in person.

This Zhou Zhi looks gentle and elegant, with the feeling of a Confucian scholar.

He is about the same height as Ye Ge. He is wearing a suit and looks very decent. There is not too much decoration on his body, giving people a very smart and capable impression.

"Mr. Zhou, right? Thank you very much for taking time out of your busy schedule."

Ye Ge stepped forward and said with a smile, stretched out his hand and shook it hard. He held it for a long time before letting go.

"Mr. Ye, you are too polite. When you invited me to dinner, I doubted whether you were a liar. After all, for an unknown person like me, I was really flattered to be specially invited to have a meal by you. "

Zhou Zhi also had a smile on his face, which neither made people feel too close nor too distant.

In fact, from the first impression, Yan Cici felt that this young man was indeed not very simple.

Under normal circumstances, if an ordinary person is personally invited to have a meal by a billionaire, he will definitely feel flattered, not to mention that the person is actually quite young.

But although the other party said that he was flattered, he actually acted neither humble nor overbearing.

"Mr. Zhou, please sit down."

"You sit down first."

After Ye Ge sat down, Zhou Zhicai sat opposite Brother Ye, and Yan Cici sat next to Ye Ge.

"This meeting with Mr. Zhou was indeed a bit unexpected," Ye Ge said.

"No, no."

Zhou Zhi said quickly.

"I just don't know if Mr. Ye took time out of his busy schedule to come to me. Is there something important?"

"Actually, it's nothing." Ye Ge took a sip of water with a smile, "I just want to ask Mr. Zhou, how do you feel about your current job?"

When Ye Ge asked this question, Zhou Zhi had already guessed Ye Ge's purpose. It was very likely that the other party wanted to poach him to join his company.

But this made Zhou Zhi even more confused, because he really didn't have much reputation. Even if he had some reputation, it was only in a small area.

"I am actually quite satisfied with my current job. The company has given me a lot of trust."

Zhou Zhi expressed his current thoughts tactfully.

That is, I am quite satisfied with my current job and have no plans to change jobs.

But Zhou Zhi didn't finish his words.

After all, if there were better opportunities for development, then Zhou Zhi would definitely want to use his skills.

Listening to the other party's answer, Ye Ge's lips curled up slightly. The other party's answer was also within his expectation.

For now, he is definitely valued in the company and will definitely not be dissatisfied with the company.

Generally speaking, he would not leave easily.

But he didn't say it to death, which meant that he felt that if he had a good opportunity, he would actually be willing to change jobs.

"Well, I learned from a friend that Mr. Zhou is actually a very talented person, and you have unique insights in the business field and various investments.

And a company I recently founded is called ByteDance.

We have invested a lot of money in this company.

In my opinion, this is not a dispensable project, but a project that must be developed. Now, in just a few months, the software we launched to stabilize the sound has already had 1, million users.

I believe the number of users will also increase.

But I'm not just satisfied at home, we want to develop overseas.

So what I want is to set up a branch overseas to be mainly responsible for overseas business.

I wonder if Mr. Zhou is interested in becoming the general manager of our overseas branch? "

We are all smart people, and after a little politeness, there is no need to beat around the bush.

So Ye Ge also expressed his thoughts directly.

After hearing the conditions given by Ye Ge, Zhou Zhi was shocked.

If the other party wants to poach you, the conditions they offer must be more favorable than those of your current company. This may be in terms of position or salary.

And now let's not talk about salary, just from the position alone, Zhou Zhi is enough to feel that the other party values ​​him.

And he must have heard about the byte jump that Ye Ge said.

Not only has he heard about it, Zhou Zhi has been studying this company recently, and the more he studies, the more Zhou Zhi feels that this company is very promising.

Even Zhou Zhi was thinking about asking his boss to invest.

So this time Zhou Zhi came to see Ye Ge, not just because of Ye Ge's invitation. In fact, Zhou Zhi also had his own little idea, that is, he wanted to see if this young billionaire wanted to accept investment. preparation.

Because according to my own understanding, this billionaire actually holds a very tight hold on ByteDance's shares.

Currently, this company only has two major shareholders, one is Xuetang Group and the other is Penguin.

These two major shareholders only hold 10% of the shares, which is not enough compared to Singer Ye's 80%.

What I didn't expect was that the other party extended an olive branch to me before I even tried it.

Although the overseas company has not yet been established, according to my understanding, the other party does have plans to expand overseas, and this is why the other party personally came to the United States to pave the way for the branch.

And the fact that the other party puts you in charge of all overseas business is enough to show that the other party attaches great importance to you.

"Is Mr. Ye so anxious to expand into overseas markets?" Zhou Zhi asked curiously.

Zhou Zhi knew that the other party had plans to expand overseas, but he didn't know whether the other party just wanted to give it a try or focus on development.

If the other party just wants to give it a try, then I feel there is no need to go there.

"Yes, I am very anxious. I attach great importance to the overseas market. At present, the overseas market is still in a relatively blank stage.

And if our software can be opened outside, billions of users will use our software, and our software will be able to stabilize its pace internationally.

As far as the current situation is concerned, all my available funds are basically used to develop business in both domestic and overseas markets.

And my Bilibili and Mihuyou are also constantly giving blood transfusions to Bytedance.

But I believe that everything we do will be rewarded, and I feel that what I have done is also a very meaningful thing. Nowadays, the right to speak in the entire world is monopolized by the Western media.

I think it’s time to have a platform that can break these monopolies and make some different voices.

Our ancestors once said that we should open our eyes to see the world.

I think it’s not just us opening our eyes to see the world.

Nowadays, in the entire world, the right of public opinion is becoming more and more important.

So we need people in the West to open their eyes and look at us. "

After saying that, Ye Ge stood up and extended his hand to him: "How about it? Do you want to start a different company with me?"