A few days later, a company called "Blacklight Biotechnology" quietly settled in the city of Shangdu.
The company's office is located on the 45th floor of an ordinary office building in the central part of the commercial city. Its appearance did not attract anyone's attention.
After all, several such small businesses are founded every day, and several small businesses disappear at the same time. Their disappearance and appearance do not even cause the slightest ripple.
Just like all the living beings in this world, how many people can leave an understatement in the long river of history
As soon as the company was seated, it immediately entered the recruitment process, leaving Xia Yin in a hurry. Fortunately, she roped in a few employees from Huiyao Entertainment, which put the company on the right track.
After the company recruited the first batch of employees, Xia Yin asked those employees to go back. After all, they still had to avoid suspicion.
The company's first team has only established five departments: customer service, technology, planning, publicity, and human resources, with a total of less than 20 people.
As for the publicity and distribution of "Little Uncle Da has filmed a few local-flavored commercials.
The technical department is only responsible for the operation of the website for the time being. It has no involvement in software development and updates, so there is no risk of source code leakage.
At this time, Chen Chen was wearing a suit and sitting lazily in the chairman's office.
Because the company was new, Chen Chen came to the company to show up at Xia Yin's strong request. This was Chen Chen's first appearance since the company was founded.
"Currently, our products are still in the free promotion stage, and this state may continue for some time. If it doesn't work, we can accept advertising to stop losses."
Opposite Chen Chen is Xia Yin. At this time, Xia Yin is wearing a black OL outfit, and her temperament is obviously much more capable than a month ago.
"It's not necessary. Our products don't need any advertising."
Chen Chen shook his head and gently turned the gel pen in his hand, "Every company has its own corporate image. If you can choose, I hope that our company and our products can leave people with a 'clean' impression." This impression is much more important than those petty profits."
"After all, word of mouth will ferment."
"Then when should we enter the charging phase?"
Xia Yin asked, "We spent tens of millions on advertising last month. If we continue like this, the company will have no money."
"Actually, for the people in Zhongzhou District, the demand for our products is not great."
Chen Chen thought for a while and said, "After all, you have to know that the population density of Zhongzhou District is comparable to that of several other continents, and communication with the outside world is far less urgent than other continents. Therefore, the focus of our market should be in areas other than Zhongzhou District. Outside the region, there are other more complex continental regions, such as the European region with multiple languages, and our neighbor Indian region."
"Especially those regions that use Facebook and Twitter." Chen Chen added.
"Chairman, Manager Xia."
At this moment, a middle-aged female voice suddenly came from outside the door.
"Please come in!" Chen Chen waved.
"This is my assistant Sister Ye." Xia Yin introduced Chen Chen. "With Sister Ye's help, I can make up for my lack of experience in managing the company."
"Manager Xia thanks you for the award."
The middle-aged woman known as Sister Ye smiled lightly and said, "Chairman, representatives from Facebook and Twitter have arrived downstairs."
Chen Chen immediately raised his head, "Did they come together?"
"It seems... yes." Sister Ye couldn't keep up with Chen Chen's thinking and stammered, "Is there any problem?"
Chen Chen chuckled and said, "After waiting for a month, it seems they still can't crack the core of my program."
After hearing this, Sister Ye smiled awkwardly and said, "Chairman, are you going to greet them at the door now?"
"What are you waiting for?" Chen Chen looked puzzled, "Don't they have legs?"
"Uh..." Sister Ye choked, "Then, should I ask them to go directly to the conference room?"
"Yes, let them wait in the conference room first, I will come in a moment."
Seeing Sister Ye turn around and leave, Chen Chen turned his pen and stared at the other party's back with a thoughtful expression.
After waiting for a while, after seeing several blond foreigners filing in outside the glass window, Chen Chen stood up and walked towards the conference room.
Xia Yin quickly followed.
When Chen Chen walked into the conference room, five foreigners were already sitting in front of the guest seats. These five people were three men and two women, all wearing work suits. Sister Ye was busy serving tea and water to them.
On Chen Chen's side, besides him and Sister Xia Yinye, there was also a fresh graduate studying law.
When Chen Chen sat down, the man headed by Laowaizhong spoke, "Hello, Mr. Chen and Ms. Xia, I am Tony, the executive officer of Facebook's legal department. The lady here, Emily, is my companion. The lady next to me is Tony. Mr. Alvin is the representative of Twitter, and the other two are our assistants this time."
What everyone didn't expect was that the other party actually spoke authentic Chinese.
Chen Chen scanned the five people and nodded, "I am Chen Chen, the chairman of Blacklight Technology. I wonder what the purpose of these people is here?"
"That's right, Mr. Chen."
Tony smiled and said, "We, Facebook and Twitter, hope to make a Series A investment in your company. Although your company is not profitable yet, it has created a certain reputation in the industry. Our valuation of your company The value is US$1.5 billion. If Mr. Chen agrees, our two companies can buy 70% of your company's shares for US$1 billion."
"Sorry, I don't have any financing ideas yet." Chen Chen replied without hesitation.
"Well, Mr. Chen, don't you need to think about it again?"
Tony was a little surprised, "As far as I know, your company's angel round has only raised US$8 million. Isn't this money enough to develop excellent products like "Little X Translation Assistant"?"
"This is not something you should consider."
Chen Chen picked up the tea and took a sip, "If it's just for this matter, you guys don't need to continue talking."
"All right… "
Seeing that Chen Chen was struggling, the other party had no choice but to change his approach, "In that case, Mr. Chen, please take a look at this letter of intent."
With that said, Emily on the side took out a few white thin-cover books from her bag and handed them to Chen Chen, Sister Xia Yinye and others.
"As stated in the letter of intent, Facebook can purchase the permanent use rights of "Little X" on our Facebook platform for US$100 million without interfering with your company's software operations."
“We at Twitter do the same.”
Alvin, who had been silent for a long time, said, "We are also willing to pay US$100 million to invite your company's "Little X Translation Assistant" to join the Twitter platform."
Sister Ye on the side suddenly reminded in a low voice with words that only Xia Yin and Chen Chen could hear, "Manager Xia, this is equivalent to both companies paying for our advertising, which is absolutely detrimental to the promotion of our company. It’s a good opportunity!”