Simon and Aaliyah came to the restaurant downstairs, and the girls had already served dinner to the table.
Most of the Wei family's maids have received cooking training, and the food on the table is full of color, flavor, and taste. The seven girls with different temperaments add a bit of beauty to the dinner.
After greeting everyone, Simon casually sat down in the middle of one side of the long dining table.
The seven girls seemed to be courteous and courteous, but from the moment they took their seats, one could see the infighting among them.
This is the main dining room of the villa. A total of 10 people can sit on both sides of the long dining table.
After Simon sat down, Jennifer Bray, the youngest and smallest person in the restaurant, sat down unceremoniously on the right side of the man. Girl A seemed to be considerately helping the man share his meal, but she had already taken over unknowingly. position on the left.
Seeing this situation, the remaining five girls chose to sit opposite Simon.
Yasmine Gary grabbed the position facing Simon. Girl C and Nadja were on the left and right next to each other. Aaliyah and Girl D, who were one step slower, could only sit on the edge.
After the slightly weird game of jockeying for seats was over, the atmosphere in the restaurant became lively again.
Simon smiled and listened to the girls introducing which dish he cooked, and added a few more foods to his plate, and then asked the man opposite him: "How have you been in Japan these days?"
Yasmin heard Simon ask and said: "Nadja and I went to see the cherry blossoms. The Japanese cherry blossoms this season are so beautiful, like heaven. We also took a lot of photos. Simon, I will show them to you after dinner."
Simon nodded, remembering that it was now the cherry blossom season in Japan, and noticed the hope in Aaliyah's expression opposite him, and smiled: "If you have time recently, you can also go to Japan to see the cherry blossoms, which will last until mid-April."
Little Jenny next to her turned her face and said expectantly: "Simon, can you come with us?"
Simon could only shake his head: "No time."
Girl C regretfully continued: "I don't have time either, boss. I just talked about photos in IELTS. D is currently looking for a project, an online photo album, and it is very suitable for cooperation with my company. What do you think?"
Simon looked at Deborah, who was the last maid in ABCD, and asked with a smile: "Tell me carefully."
Many girls in the restaurant wanted to remind him that it was dinner time, but since the man spoke, everyone could only look at him pretending to be curious.
Deborah also didn’t expect Claire to mention this directly at the dinner table. Seeing Simon looking at her, she quickly organized her thoughts and said: “Actually, Facebook already has a photo album function, but relatively speaking, it is just a package of Facebook. . I did a survey in advance and found that many users prefer to post photos instead of interacting with others through text on Facebook. Therefore, I feel that establishing a pure photo publishing website should have great market prospects."
Simon listened patiently to Deborah's statement and asked: "What about the business model? How do you plan to use this website to make money?"
Girl D said: "Of course it's an advertisement. Compared with text links, I believe that image advertisements should be more effective. As a picture display website, it will be very convenient to embed image advertisements."
Simon asked again: "Do you think the current digital camera user base is enough to support a pure photo display website?"
Deborah blinked and said: "C's company's iCam shipments in the first quarter have reached 1.69 million units, and there will probably be 8 to 10 million units for the whole year. The entire digital camera market's shipments in 1994 The most conservative estimate is 15 million units. Coupled with the accumulation in the past few years, the number of potential users is expected to exceed 20 million by the end of this year, which is already huge. What's more, it's not just users who own digital cameras who will visit this store. website."
Simon also knew the data that Girl D mentioned, but he always subconsciously compared it with the user base of the same type of website, which later easily reached 1 billion to 2 billion.
Starting this project now, it will take at least until the end of the year to actually launch and develop it. By then, the number of digital camera users worldwide will reach 20 million, which is indeed very impressive.
You must know that at this stage, the total number of global users of the Facebook social network owned by Igret is only about 53 million. Even if it can quickly reach over 100 million or even higher in the next two years, it will still be far from the total number of users in Simon's memory. Compared to Facebook, which has a scale of over 2 billion.
However, even Facebook’s current user base has astonished many Internet companies.
If D-Girl’s idea can be successful and fully activate the potential user base it already has at this stage, coupled with pure browsing users who do not post photos, the scale of the website will also be very considerable.
Speaking of which, although the detailed planning is not yet clear, D Girl’s creativity is obviously close to the Instagram (photo wall) in Simon’s memory. As the most successful website in the mobile Internet era, Instagram also has a user base of more than 1 billion. Business The operation is also very good, and it can be said to be the most successful of Facebook's many mergers and acquisitions.
Thinking of Instagram, Simon could not help but worry that the idea of D-Girl might be too advanced. Just like the predecessor of AOL planned to carry out game and music subscription business through the Internet in the early days of its establishment, this idea was obviously too advanced in the early 1980s. .
Although he thought so, Simon had no intention of vetoing it.
D Girl's idea is right, and the business model of making money through picture advertising is also right. Moreover, the investment in this idea is far lower than that of e-commerce and other businesses that require a lot of money.
After just thinking about it for a moment, Simon said: "Let's call this website Instagram."
Girl D was delighted at first, and then wondered: "What does Instagram mean?"
Simon said: "Instant Telegram."
Instant Telegram, instant telegram.
Simon explained this, and all the girls here understood. This is another innovative word, which probably means sharing photos with peers like an instant telegram. Original words are very popular among Silicon Valley Internet companies. In fact, they are not unconventional. Mainly because of the second generation. In the 1990s, almost all the English words that could be thought of in human history had been registered into various companies.
Just like Apple, it had to fight a lawsuit for many years with another company, Apple Records, over a name. The exact registered trademark of the former Yahoo was actually 'Yahoo! ', followed by an exclamation point, the reason is that the word 'Yahoo' has been registered in advance.
When Claire founded Tinkerbell, she struggled a lot with the trademark 'Tinkerbell'.
Since Simon had chosen the name himself, Lady D had no intention of objecting. She nodded and couldn't help but confirm: "Boss, so you agree?"
Simon nodded and added: "I don't care if you screw up."
Girl D had a nice smile on her fair face and said, "No, I plan to cooperate with C and promote it together."
In fact, Simon is not too worried.
The ABCDs that Janet originally chose are all very outstanding girls. After staying in the Westeros family for these years, their connections and knowledge are far superior to those of rookie entrepreneurs who have just stepped out of school.
Of course, now that the foundation is in place, how far we can go in the future still depends on Girl D’s execution ability.
The world has never been short of business ideas. Even at this stage, there may already be pure photo sharing websites of the same type on the Internet platform. The key depends on who can stand out in the end.
Thinking like this, Simon gestured to the lady with waist, legs and waist opposite him, and said to Girl D: "Actually, if you want to open this website, the people you need to build a good relationship with are IELTS and others. If the entire Victoria's Secret Army can enter Instagram, This website will definitely have millions of users in a very short period of time.”
The power of star power is very powerful.
The current Victoria's Secret Army is not only very popular, but they are definitely the most eye-catching group of fairies in the world.
Yasmin and Nadja had been listening to the conversation between Simon and Girl D. When Simon said this, Yasmin's eyes flashed, and he turned to look at Girl D, then looked at the man opposite, and suddenly said: "Simon, Can I also invest some money in this website?”
Nadja Orman reacted at this time and subconsciously said: "I want to try it too."
Girl C smiled and joined in the fun: "I also want to invest, boss."
Little Jenny turned sideways and rubbed against Simon: "And me, and me."
Simon raised his hand and knocked on the little goblin's forehead: "Don't join in the fun."
"whee."
Simon retracted his hand, picked up the cutlery again and cut the black pepper steak on the plate, and said: "You can discuss it yourself. As long as D agrees, Instagram's initial investment may only require a few hundred thousand dollars, and Vase Fund will not participate this time. ”
In fact, all the girls here know very well that if Instagram wants to develop rapidly, it cannot do without Simon’s support. After all, it would not be easy for Instagram to become famous without the resources of the Yigrit portal.
Girl D is actually the most observant girl in ABCD. Seeing what Simon said, she thought about it and quickly said to the other girls in the restaurant: "Each person is 200,000 US dollars. I will give you 5% of the shares. I will take it myself." 70%.”
The waist and legs clearly don't know the market and are a little confused. Claire couldn't help it anymore and rolled her eyes: "Are you too dark?"
For six girls in the restaurant, US$200,000 each is equivalent to US$1.2 million, which is enough for Instagram to recruit a team to complete the preliminary website design and start operations, but a girl with a big mouth only needs to pay 30% of the shares. Moreover, although the chance is very small, if it fails, Girl D will not lose a penny.
For many startups in Silicon Valley, the first angel investment is often only a dozen or two hundred thousand dollars.
Girl D didn't feel guilty at all and insisted: "It's already very cheap. I still need to recruit people. In today's Silicon Valley, it is difficult for start-ups to recruit top engineers without giving them some shares. It will probably take more time." Give up at least 10% more.”
Aaliyah, who had been relatively quiet since dinner started, suddenly said: "D, maybe I can try to help find some outstanding software engineers. Indians don't need shares, but it may be more troublesome to get a visa."
Yasmin, who was subconsciously hostile to Aaliyah, almost blurted out, "Do Indians know how to use computers?" However, she realized that Simon was sitting opposite, so she stopped her words.
No one knew what Aaliyah and Simon had just discussed upstairs, and they were all confused when they heard what was said.
Seeing the girls' looks, Simon smiled and vouched for the Indian girl: "Aliya should be able to do this. It's really cheap, and her ability is not bad."
Although the overall level of the Indian software industry is very low, there is no shortage of top talents anywhere. This is evident from the proportion of Indian executives in Silicon Valley later. At this stage, as long as these people can come to work in the United States, at least in the short term, they will not expect too much. With the resources and connections in the Westeros system, it will be easy to obtain several work visas.
Seeing what Simon said, of course Girl D had no objection.
The girls continued to bargain, but at Deborah's insistence, each of them still only got 5%.
In fact, 200,000 US dollars is not a lot of money for the girls here, even little Jenny. In the past few years, the girl has been able to get 100,000 US dollars in living expenses from Simon every year. It is not in vain to help Claire on weekdays. Even in the worst case, she can easily borrow it. this amount.
Thinking of this, Simon looked at the girl next to him: "Aren't you going to graduate early this year? Please help D first."
Jennifer Bray entered the Department of Computer Science at Stanford University in 1991. It only took the girl two years to complete most of the courses. Although she is a junior this year, she will successfully graduate with a degree after her defense next month.
The little girl had been happily joining in the fun just now. When Simon said this, she immediately looked over pitifully, like a cat about to be abandoned by its owner: "Simon, I want to work beside you."
If she wasn't trying to get to a man as soon as possible, she wouldn't have to work so hard.
Simon smiled and touched the girl's little head: "You know the recent events, and you have also been in the gossip newspapers."
"I do not care."
"The main thing is that you can't come here to steal A's job, and you're still so young. I'll work for D for two years first, and then come to my side."
"Two years, you said so."
"I promise."
"Hook hook."
"Um, don't make a fuss, or we'll add another year."
“…”
Almost in the middle of talking and laughing, a brand new Internet project was finalized.
Even if the seven girls present had no shortage of expectations, they had no idea how far they would develop in the future as they excitedly invested in a project during this dinner.
When dinner was over, it was already past eight o'clock.
Aaliyah, girls A and D, finished cleaning up the tableware and went to a living room next to the living room of the villa. They saw little Jenny lying on the sofa like a cat in Simon's arms. Sure enough, the little girl still had a little girl. The advantage is that although she is already 20 years old, little Jenny, who is only 155cm tall, is like a little lolita of 12 or 13 years old. She can even confidently pretend to be a lolita in front of Simon. This is why everyone calls her little fairy in private.
The TV was on in the living room, but no one was paying attention to it.
When the three girls came in, Yasmin and Nadja were trying on the kimonos they brought back from Japan. The pink kimonos decorated with cherry blossoms were very beautiful. Both girls also had the best clothes, but it was a pity that the effect after wearing them was not the same. Unsatisfactory.
When Claire saw the three people coming in, she pulled Alison and tried it together, and the effect was slightly better.
Finally the girls finally reacted.
Little Jenny was dragged away from Simon and carefully wrapped and dressed up. Although the kimono size chosen by Yasmin and Nadja was not suitable for little Jenny, this was not a problem for her waist, legs and waist who were always dealing with clothes. , folded and tightened skillfully, and it fit quickly.
Finally, the girls helped little Jenny rearrange her hair and makeup like a doll, and a kimono lolita that was so exquisite that it made you want to take a bite was presented in front of everyone.
Obviously, kimonos are more suitable for petite women.
Girl D happily brought an iCam and took many photos of little Jenny, saying that she planned to post them on her website in the future. Then the seven girls took turns taking photos, and finally she asked Simon to act as the photographer.
With such fun and play, as the time approached ten o'clock in the night, the atmosphere in the villa gradually became charming.
I didn’t plan to really have one boy and seven girls.
Although none of the seven girls would refuse individually, it was not that easy to get together.
Seeing that it was almost time, Simon rushed a group of goblins who had their own thoughts to go to rest. In the end, Simon only took Yasmin and Nadja to the upstairs bedroom.