My Age of Investment

Chapter 186 Chapter 186

Soon. A graceful, dark-brown-haired Caucasian woman in her early thirties stepped into the meeting room with high heels and a bag knocking on the door. Blayer stood up and shook hands with the other party, and quickly introduced the two parties. "This is Ms. Lori Greer, currently the general manager of store operations at eaby." "This is Dylan, Facebook CEO..." "This is Mr. Andrew, Facebook's shareholder and director... "Xia Jingxing and Andrew shook hands with Luo Li respectively. After a while, everyone took their seats and started chatting about the subject. Lori handed the three a resume and quickly introduced herself. Xia Jingxing scanned the other party's resume while listening. BA from Yale University, MBA from Harvard Business School, and MA in Public Policy from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. In Disney, he was responsible for the business strategy and planning of consumer products, co-founded a mother and baby e-commerce website and got financing, and later went to eaby, responsible for marketing strategy, brand management, advertising and consumer promotion, etc. Xia Jingxing admitted that his academic qualifications and resume were impeccable, but Facebook wanted to recruit CHO (Chief Human Resources Officer), which did not match the past resume of the lady in front of him. Xia Jingxing reminded, "Luoli, do you know what position Facebook is currently looking for?" Luo Li smiled and nodded, "I know, it's CHO, it doesn't match my past resume, for me It is not a small challenge, but I am confident in taking this position." This made Xia Jingxing and Andrew interested, while Breyer smiled and said nothing. "Let me briefly talk about my views on Facebook!" In order to dispel the employer's concerns and get the offer, Luo Li said slowly: "It has been a year and a half since Facebook was launched, and it has only been a year to register a company. , the company is very young, and the employees are also very young. This is a good thing, but also a bad thing. The company is young, which means that the department is not bloated, and the information and orders are delivered quickly and flexibly; the age structure of employees is on the trend of younger, It means that the grasp of the market needs of young users is more sensitive and accurate. But now Facebook has rushed out of the campus market, facing more and more complex people, and even entered the international market. Too young team, business experience There will definitely be deficiencies, especially the operation department, which needs to add a large number of people who are familiar with the international market. Some time ago, there were some negative public opinions on Facebook on the Internet. The lack of public relations departments, government public relations, etc. During my time at eaby, I witnessed eaby expand from a small company with dozens of people to a large company with thousands of people, and was also responsible for the international market. I believe that my Experience can help Facebook. In the process of developing small enterprises to medium-sized enterprises and large enterprises, there will definitely be an imbalance in the ratio of manpower..." Xia Jingxing nodded secretly, which is why he brought in foreign executives. Facebook is growing too fast, and many of the company’s employees can’t keep up with the company’s growth. Facebook has now entered the international market, but many employees have no experience in international market expansion at all. The big blood change is not enough! But must bring in some more experienced middle and senior management. Doing so will definitely stimulate the nerves of the company's veterans, and maybe even generate resistance. After working for so long, before ascending, the position was suddenly occupied by the airborne management. The capable go up and the weak go down, this is the eternal truth. However, if the method is used too crudely, it is very likely to cause company turmoil and a large number of employees to leave, which will greatly affect the development of Facebook, and maybe the expansion speed will be slowed down as a result. Xia Jingxing didn't have so much time to appease the employees, so he could only find a skilled and capable chief human resources officer. The rest of the company is too young and inexperienced to do the job. Xia Jingxing didn't talk about anything else, and chatted with Luo Li on the topic of "human resource management". Although the other party is not from human resources, he has started a business and worked in a large Internet company such as eaby.

There are both knowledge and practical ability, and the level of the professional human resources officer was revealed during the conversation. "By the way, this is a human resource planning table I made based on what I know about Facebook. The three of you can look at it." After speaking, Luo Li took out three documents from the bag, respectively. It was handed to Xia Jingxing and the three of them. Xia Jingxing read it carefully for a few minutes, then glanced at Andrew who was looking up after reading the document, and both were satisfied with this Lori. So Xia Jingxing skipped the question and talked about salary and option incentive plans. Needless to say salary, Luo Li joined Facebook, a start-up company from a large Internet company like eaby, which has already been listed, and it is impossible to maintain such a high salary. On the one hand, startup companies have limited funds. On the other hand, Facebook has a salary system that cannot be broken casually. Salary is not the first element to attract these talents. What they want is platform development and option incentives. Facebook is not stingy, giving a 0.25% option incentive plan, which is awarded in five years. "No problem, I'm willing to join Facebook!" After listening to Xia Jingxing's introduction, Luo Li readily agreed without much thought. The 0.25% option, based on the company's valuation of US$555.55 million, is worth nearly US$1.4 million without considering the exercise price. It doesn’t look like much, but it’s just Facebook’s current valuation. In the future, the company’s valuation will rise ten or twenty times. Luo Li naturally looks at the future, and believes that Facebook will have a valuation and market value of 10 billion US dollars. Xia Jingxing thought that the other party must have had a deep understanding of Facebook before coming here. During the conversation, the other party also showed this aspect, and also brought out a family resource planning book for Facebook. He glanced at Blayer, who was smiling at him. This made Xia Jingxing pay more attention, this Luo Li was the one recommended by Axel. Watch more! ……………… After two more days of interviews, the headhunter successively recommended seven or eight candidates, and Facebook finally found a suitable candidate for another vacant CFO position. Owen Van Natta, 34 years old, Caucasian American, is currently serving as the vice president of Amazon, and has a very good academic background and work experience. Xia Jingxing, Andrew and Breyer all recognized this person's ability and level. At the same time, Owen Van Natta is also very optimistic about the development potential of Facebook, and he accepts and is satisfied with the conditions such as salary treatment and option incentive plan. The two sides fell in love with each other, and they almost entered the bridal chamber. But new problems loomed again, and this man was Amazon's vice president. If Facebook didn't cooperate with Amazon, the hoe would be relentless, and it would dig in the corner. But now everyone is working well together. Amazon pays Facebook a monthly referral fee for new users, which is one of Facebook’s main incomes. At the same time, the warehousing and logistics of Facebook’s stores on Amazon have to rely on Amazon’s support. Therefore, Xia Jingxing had to consider Amazon's feelings and could not just poach people away without a word. So Xia Jingxing called Blackburn, Amazon's vice president. "Mr. Blackburn, haha, Facebook's financing has been completely completed, thank you for your concern... That's it, in order to increase the number of users, Facebook will bring more new e-commerce users to our loyal partner Amazon ...so, we're going to borrow someone from you! Who are you borrowing... Borrow Owen Van Natta. I know, I know, don't get mad, let me tell you slowly... Facebook is a small company , We urgently need all kinds of talents to join us. When Facebook develops well, wouldn’t Amazon also benefit from it? I also know that Owen is a new vice president, and he is not ranked high in Amazon. The role that Facebook can play and the indirect benefits it brings to Amazon definitely exceed the direct benefits it brings to you at Amazon... Sigh, the Amazon family has a big business, and it doesn't matter if a vice president is gone, you cultivate one internally. , or recruiting a new one, it's much easier than us... Oh, do you need to ask Mr. Bezos? Okay, then I'll wait for your good news." After the call, Andrew and Breyer both came together, The former asked, "What's the matter? Does Amazon agree?" "Blackburn said he couldn't make a decision, and he had to ask Bezos for advice." Xia Jingxing spread his hands, quite helpless. Andrew murmured, "Amazon should agree, right? This executive is determined to leave and come to our company, or go to eaby?" Blayer proposed an idea, "What if Amazon doesn't agree? Then what should we do?" "Then stare at the eaby family and dig!" Xia Jingxing looked at the strange eyes of the two and waved his hands, "I'm not targeting them either, Google is going to go public soon, employees are not good at digging, Everyone is waiting for the listing to split the money. Jerry Young of Yahoo said that he would come to talk to me for a while, and everyone is considered a friend. I think about it, I can only choose eaby to start!"