nightcrawler in los angeles

Chapter 329 Pervasive
Tao Xi touched the cigarette in his pocket

Seeing this, Carmen on the opposite side hurriedly took out a pack of cigarettes from his drawer and handed it over. Although he doesn't smoke, he always keeps a pack of cigarettes in his drawer.

Because only 3% of the company's management do not smoke, and the rest basically smoke, in order not to make people feel that he cannot integrate into the circle of high-level Panamanians.

He always prepares some of this

"Oh! Actually, I don't smoke these very often!" Tao Xi lowered his head and took a strong puff of the cigarette, and then exhaled a long stream of smoke towards the window: "Carmen, you know why I took you from Buffett. Are you going to dig it?"

Carmen was silent for a long time without speaking

Tao Xi was not in a hurry but explained calmly: "Hill is still young, you really wronged you as a deputy, but 12345 can't be said to be a simple Internet company now, you have to think about it in many ways to develop the company." To consider, such as policy, economic environment and so on.”

Carmen looked up at the letter of resignation he put on the table and still didn't speak

"You are the vice president and you know a lot of core data. Can you answer how much is my monthly salary of 12345?"

"As of now, the number of directly-administered workers within the group has exceeded 12000, the number of flexible employment of housekeeping on the platform has exceeded 40000, and the number of flexible employment of drivers on the platform has exceeded 130000."

Tao Xi squeezed his eyes and put half of the cigarette in his hand into the ashtray

"Sigh~"

"Whoo~"

"Do you know what such a high number of jobs means?"

Carmen finally spoke
It's just that his voice is a little hoarse. He quarreled with Hill in front of many people in the company for nearly three hours because of Hill's refusal yesterday.

If Mrs. Hill hadn't appeared later, maybe the two of them would have fought again.

Early this morning, he submitted an application to Tao Xi for resignation. He couldn't stand the development of 12345 that had been shrinking. The reason why he left Buffett was because he wanted to prove himself, and he wanted a great company to emerge in his hands.

At this stage of his life, he is no longer looking for money, he wants to prove himself, he wants to prove his social value.

"I know!"

"Influence! Now I can be interviewed by the governor of that state as long as I go to any state. I don't regard the influence of the platform as my own, and I have a good understanding of myself."

"But I hope that 12345 should be prosperous in my hands, instead of shrinking and stagnating every day. Now is the best time, but look at your decisions, every investment proposal I have has been rejected by you Already!"

Tao Xi sighed helplessly when he heard Carmen's words.
At the beginning, he wanted to bring back Carmen. After all, the bigger the company, the more important talents are, but Carmen was lost in the compliments from big figures and the aura brought to him by the company every day.

Although Carmen is right, 12345 has no new investment plan for more than two years.

Who doesn't want to earn money that is so bright outside, and now is the best time for the Internet industry, but the problem lies here, 12345 controls too many jobs.

The endless stream of competitors in the market has begun to show capital support and use subsidies to snatch users from his hands. This is good news for the industry.

But for enterprises, this is not good news.

Because some smart people have seen the real meaning and value in this industry, what they should do now is to consolidate the market and ensure their position!
As long as the traffic is still in hand, there is nothing to worry about.

"Carmen!"

"I already understand what you mean. I will not keep you anymore. After all, you have also created a lot of value for 12345. You are a conscientious manager."

Tao Xi took out a check and patted it on the table: "Go to start a business, this check is my angel investment in you, I hope you can do what you want among the things you like."

Carmen glanced at Tausi's check on the table

He reached out to take him without the slightest hesitation. Commercial Bank of Panama had a lot of market investment behaviors, but Tao Xi had almost no personal investment behaviors.

Even if Tausi writes $1 on this check, the investment of this $1 can benefit him a lot.

"I thought you."

"I will keep you, right?" Tao Xi smiled and waved his hands: "No, no, no, what you just said has gone astray."

Carmen understood Tao Xi's meaning

Tao Xi's meaning is very clear, his heart is no longer in the business of 12345, but there is nothing wrong with him wanting to have a better future.

Tao Xi also only recently understood the views of chaebols and capitalists.

A capitalist is a lion under the sun. The lion with its fangs and claws and its aura are everywhere, affecting your life all the time.

But the plutocrats are not like that

Plutocrats hidden under the sun are everywhere, and the DuPont consortium is a good proof, ranging from atomic bombs, bullets, gunpowder, to stockings, wires, and medical raw materials. Although he did not directly manufacture these things, the contents of these things A certain raw material or patent is theirs.

As long as you make or sell these, I can make money.

The current 12345 is at this critical node!

He needs to make 12345 a terminal machine, such as the current 12345 search and Google search, all under his control.

No matter how you play, if he doesn't nod and let go of the traffic outlet here, other people will have no way to do something creative.

If you really make a sudden breakthrough, I will negotiate with you for investment or mergers and acquisitions

You are disobedient, right?

If you don’t obey me, I will follow your model and create something similar to surpass you. I have more money than you, and I have more traffic than you. What else can I worry about.

And Tao Xi's ambitions are more than that.
Although the current computer is a platform and terminal for carrying traffic, due to the limitations of the computer, it cannot create some means of revenue very well.

Recently, both Google and Apple have made good progress on the mobile side. Maybe in a few years, the Internet industry will once again set off a revolution due to the revolution in mobile phones!
And all he needs to do is wait and keep the status quo
Of course, he is very optimistic about Amazon's current development, but Tao Xi has also found a countermeasure for Amazon's development, which is to open another section to make people's lives more convenient!
Second-hand trade goods and merchandise consignment
Appropriate traffic support and promotion will make people quickly realize the convenience of this. If the time is right, Amazon will only be a microcosm of an era.

So I can only bless Carmen~
Because of the internship at Hathaway and 12345
Carmen's choice of starting a business is also very clear, that is, Internet-oriented medical insurance!
A website + a product is enough to determine the future profitability of an Internet company. Carmen, who has worked in two large companies, is of course extraordinary in appeal.

On the first day of starting a business, he was congratulated and interviewed by the Silicon Valley Venture Fund, the Los Angeles Insurance Association and a large number of media.

Through the 12345 network technology and Tao Xi's check, he also quickly received resources and support from all directions.

The Carmen Medical Portal quickly acquired its first customers and its first partners.

"How big is the website traffic now!"

Carmen, who was sitting on the boss chair, looked extraordinarily high-spirited. With a ruddy complexion, he was not in a hurry when he looked at the company with only more than 20 people.

Because the dividends of the Internet are enough for him now, with his resources and contacts from big companies, he will definitely be able to create a world that belongs to him.

"Boss, our current traffic ranking can be seen in the 12345 monitoring network, and we can see that the current ranking is probably more than 2700."

The first time he heard 【12345 Monitoring Network】

He couldn't help but frowned. Although he had stayed in 12345 for a long time, he had never even heard of this website.

"Is this website also owned by the 12345 Group?"

The operation director standing below sighed helplessly when he saw his boss's confused face.

Although his Boss came from an Internet leader, his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, he does not know the logic of many low-level affairs.

"Yes, whether a website is good or not depends on the amount of traffic and IP addresses of the website, and this website is a non-profit website that provides information consultation for Nasdaq."

"We all need to get some reports from this company if we want to know where we stand."

"Why haven't I heard of this before in 12345?"

The director of operations replied seriously: "They are the rule makers, and we are just players in this game. The makers hold red and yellow cards in their hands. If we want to go public, we can only plan according to the data reference they provide. Our own development!"

"Fxxk!"

Carmen hammered the table hard, but he didn't realize that this was only the first step of 12345's erosion of the Internet industry.

"Okay! Continue to communicate with the 12345 search engine to see if they can add a list of medical sections on the 12345 navigation network."

"I remember that the 12345 portal can have a part of the discount every quarter."

As soon as the operations director sat down, the business director sitting on the other side put a bill on Carmen's table with a look of embarrassment on his face: "Boss, although the other party has agreed to add a recommendation section for the medical portal, but at present the other party says Many medical groups are also very interested in the bidding model of the recommendation section, and our budget may not be as sufficient as you think."

Glancing at several medical groups on the bidding list, Carmen couldn't help but gasped.

Because the direction of his business is medical insurance, but his main means of active user is through some senior physicians and some pharmacists to recommend their insurance for customers for free diagnosis and treatment on the website.

There are already similar companies in the market, and they are all developing well, and there are even investments from some medical groups behind them.

But what he didn't expect was that the position of a recommendation section on the 12345 portal website required bidding!
He is the vice president. He just needs to get the company's middle management to act and grasp the group's strategic policy. The real implementers are Hill's technical nerds.

But when the quotation on the bidding form appeared, he was still stunned.

Because the quotation above is basically his one-month deposit, the quotation of nearly 7 US dollars, this position is not the best.

If you want better traffic, you have to keep increasing the price.

"Didn't you tell me about me?"

Seeing the expression of his Boss, the business director couldn't help but shook his head helplessly: "Boss, I have been communicating with the other party for almost a month, but we really can't give us a good solution to this bidding model. plan."

Carmen hesitated for a while and finally did not sign this form but signed another report.

Because the bill on that form was only less than $5000, they could use the $5000 to get a promotional poster at the door of many pharmacies.

When the meeting was over, Carmen sat in the boss chair and suddenly felt a dark cloud over her head

At 12345, he didn't have any obvious feeling. He even had a special meeting with his former boss Buffett the day before he started the company.

"Carmen, you are very lucky. You don't have many working years in basic positions, and you are very young. Leaving 12345 is not a good choice."

Although his boss did not bless him, the main business sold by his company is a business specially customized for him by Buffett.

Although everything seems to be going well for him from the outside world
But after today's meeting ended, he seemed to understand what Tao Xi said to him on the day he resigned. The cost has to spend 12345% of the company's profit, and some hard costs have not been eliminated.

Carmen, who quickly thought clearly, almost gritted her molars and asked the business executive to sign the bidding agreement with the 12345 portal, because traffic is fundamental in the Internet industry!

Light assets will be accepted by investors on Nasdaq.

12345 Network developed a new product, 12345 Security Software, under the interviews of the media!

However, this company is very low-key. Just after launching a simple press conference, their technical director disappeared from public view.

No one noticed, it's on the official website of 12345 Security Software
[Microsoft, IBM and a series of computer hardware manufacturers have successively signed technical contracts and technical disclosure memorandums with 12345 Security Software]

The erosion of the Internet by 12345 continues.

Even Microsoft's official website announced that the 12345 smart input method will be adopted before the next system comes out, but ordinary people have not noticed.

Pervasive invasion and hardware development are the development model of an industry controller.

Although 12345 is very low-key now, it may become a company with absolute control over a certain industry in the future. This is Tao Xi's real plan.

(End of this chapter)