My Age of Investment

"Evans, this is our office. It's relatively simple. But don't worry, we won't be here forever."

Xia Jingxing walked into the office and greeted the five people behind him with a smile.

The foreign girl and the dog also came up and greeted the five people one by one.

These five people are the backbone of the technical team that Principal John found for him.

The person at the head is Evans, who used to be the CTO of a small start-up company.

With the dot-com bubble, Evans' startup collapsed.

Now he was looking for a job everywhere, after Principal John found out, he recommended Xia Jingxing to come here.

Evans was wearing a rumpled hoodie, his hair was messy, and he looked terrible.

The other four programmers behind him were similarly dressed, and they didn't look any better than Evans.

But Xia Jingxing did not look down on the other party at all, after all, it was only a momentary desperation.

When that small startup was still around, it was as famous as Facebook is today, but it was unfortunate to catch up with the trough of the Internet.

"It looks good, can anyone live here?"

This question from Evans stopped Xia Jingxing.

The little dog and Yang Niu were also stunned, and took a closer look at each other's clothes, not to mention, they really looked a bit like homeless street performers.

"Live?"

Xia Jingxing scratched his head, "Don't you have a place to live?"

Evans shook his head, "I didn't have the money to pay the rent, so the landlord kicked me out, and now I'm living in a friend's house."

This tragic situation was beyond Xia Jingxing's imagination.

"In this way, I will rent you a house nearby, you can just go and live there.

Salary, you can also pay half a month in advance to you. "

Evans was a little excited. "That's great, Darren, you've helped me a lot."

Xia Jingxing spread his hands, "What's the matter? Facebook has succeeded. I guarantee that each of you will have a big house to live in and a luxury car to drive."

"Ha ha."

Evans smiled faintly. He has already failed once, and he is no longer young. Naturally, he will not be full of chicken blood because of a light sentence.

Xia Jingxing didn't take it seriously when he saw that Evans' reaction was flat.

After all, he doesn't have the air of domineering, so it is naturally impossible for everyone to bow down.

Greeting the group to sit down on the sofa in the corner, and calling Yang Niu and Puppy to pour a few glasses of water, Xia Jingxing got to the point.

"Have you heard about Facebook before?"

As soon as Xia Jingxing asked the question, one of the Evans team nodded, "I heard that, I heard from a student who is still studying in Colombia. It's a very good website, very innovative."

The babes and puppy who sat on the side without speaking were a little surprised. The unremarkable technician on the sofa was actually a Columbia graduate, but why was it so miserable?

Evans seemed to see through the thoughts of the two and explained: "I'm mainly to blame for this. I called them to start a business, but in the end, two years of youth were wasted and nothing was gained."

Xia Jingxing said with a smile, "We have an old saying in China that victory or defeat is a matter of military affairs.

The same is true of entrepreneurship, failure is always a high probability.

In addition to good ideas, execution, management, etc., sometimes a certain amount of luck is required.

The Nasdaq crash was unpredictable.

The events of the past are turned over, and we should grasp the present. "

Evans glanced at Xia Jingxing and smiled, "I like your last sentence very much."

Xia Jingxing chuckled twice and continued, "Facebook now has over 100,000 to nearly 200,000 users.

But the function is relatively simple, so we want to improve the function.

This is our short-term goal.

"

"What about long-term goals?"

Evans smiled and looked at this Chinese student who was very different from European and American races.

Through simple conversation, he knew that this was a mature founder, and he didn't underestimate him at all.

At the same time, he also wanted to know what kind of company the other party wanted to make Facebook.

"Long-term goals……"

Xia Jingxing smiled, "Let social networking become a new model of the Internet.

Facebook is to social what Yahoo is to Portal, Amazon is to e-commerce, and Google is to search. "

Evans smiled and said, "Then this goal is really not small, the next Jerry Young?"

"He's my goal to surpass."

Yang Jieyuan is currently the richest among the Chinese and overseas Chinese in the United States. Andrew and old John often use "the next Li Rui Yang" as an example to encourage Xia Jingxing.

And Xia Jingxing always answered in a joking tone: To surpass each other.

Evans' reaction was the same as others. Hearing such a "crazy talk", he smiled faintly without speaking.

Yahoo's market value is 100 billion US dollars, and Yang Jieyuan is worth 10 billion US dollars.

All are astronomical numbers.

Young people, be wiser!

Evans was young himself and dreamed of ringing the bell and becoming a billionaire in his last startup.

After being beaten up by society, he has now learned to be pragmatic.

"Evans, don't think I'm joking."

Xia Jingxing said lightly, "Any big company has developed from an inconspicuous stage.

And they all have one thing in common, which is creating a model. "

Evans did not question this time, took a long breath, nodded in agreement: "You are right, if social networking sites can really become a brand new Internet model, and reach the influence of portal sites and e-commerce. .

As a pioneer and leader, Facebook really has a chance to become a tech giant.

Of course, this "pioneering" is not ordinary difficulties and hardships. "

Xia Jingxing nodded slightly, "Of course, no kind of success in the world is easy."

"Headmaster John said you'd give five of us a 0.5 percent entry option?"

"right!"

Xia Jingxing nodded, "It's just for joining the job. After making a major contribution to the work, there will be other option rewards."

After confirming this, Evans nodded slightly.

To put it aside, on this condition, he would never agree to it so easily.

But now that he is living on the streets, he cannot help bargaining.

"What about the salary?"

The food was almost too much to eat, and Evans was more concerned with the more tangible things.

"We are a start-up company, and we can only give three thousand dollars a month for the time being."

After all, he was not rich, so Xia Jingxing could only talk more about his ideals.

But when people asked about salary and treatment, he could only answer truthfully.

"Can you add more? How about three thousand five?"

Evans thought about it for a while, but still felt that the salary was a bit low. The average salary of programmers in Silicon Valley is now four or five thousand a month.

"Okay, but there is a half-month trial period."

Xia Jingxing hesitated for a while but agreed. After all, he couldn't exploit too much. Even if he added 500 yuan, the salary was still a little low in Silicon Valley.

However, although the salary of a small company is a little lower, there are infinite possibilities, and it is still very attractive to join.

Evans, as the lead eldest brother, has no objection, and naturally the other four have no objection.

Xia Jingxing started the interview with five people.

Or the old rules, handwritten code.

Evans didn't say much, picked up the pen and began to write and draw, followed by the other four.

The code is well written, and it can be seen that there are real talents and hard work, not parallel imports.

Xia Jingxing immediately took out five employment contracts and handed them to them to sign, as well as the attached nondisclosure agreement, competition agreement, and so on.

Andrew stayed here for so many days, ate a lot of meals, and did some personnel affairs. These agreements were sorted out with the help of the fat fat man.

He asked Yang Niu to take the social security numbers of the five people and do a registration.

Americans do not have a unified ID card, and basically use a social security number or a driver's license instead.

After signing the employment contract, Xia Jingxing asked Yang Niu to give the five people half a month's salary in advance, and told them to rent a suite nearby, buy some clothes, and take care of their image.

After recruiting this group of people, the matter of recruiting and buying horses has initially come to an end.