"happy farm."
The concept of personal space, coupled with functions such as online photo albums, message boards, diaries, and personalized short moods, did not make everyone feel very magical, but when Li Mu then mentioned the Happy Farm plan, everyone's eyes lit up.
Li Mu said that Happy Farm allows each user to have his own farm, where he can open up land and plant things of different levels. After planting, he can not only harvest vegetables and exchange for gold coins, but also accumulate experience and upgrade. There will be a very complete level setting. Each level will unlock a piece of land, unlock a crop and give users certain props.
These are not very interesting. What really makes everyone feel interesting is stealing food!
Based on Li Mu's description, everyone imagined how they went to steal vegetables from their friends' fields. They stole the crops that their friends had worked so hard to grow, and they also left records with their friends. Who and so and so came to your farm and stole what. , this is really interesting.
Li Mu firmly said that this kind of game will drive everyone crazy within a few months. No one doubted it, because it sounded very interesting. Unlike those online games where you upgrade to fight monsters, the farm sounds very capable. Casual and fun, and after Li Mu’s previous induction, everyone is now aware of the special attribute of this game: social interaction.
After Li Mu revealed the plan of Happy Farm, he said to Kong Lingyu: "The concept of the farm must be kept strictly confidential. What you have to do now is to lead the technical team to develop personal space and expand the server capacity. Although the usage of online photo albums is still very low at the moment. , but we must also prepare in advance. The actual development of the farm game is very simple. First, let the artist produce the cartoon materials according to my description and show it to me.”
"Okay, I'll design the materials and send them to you as soon as possible."
Li Mu then said: "That's it for product development. The rest is about organizational structure. In terms of the specific division of labor in our company, Lingyu is responsible for technology, Qingya is responsible for human resources, administration and organizational coordination, and Sister Yuan is responsible for finance. From this structure, we can It can be seen that we are a typical company that emphasizes technology and neglects support. At present, technical personnel account for the vast majority of the company, and if this continues, future development will be very unhealthy."
Everyone listened attentively, and Li Mu said: "The first thing we urgently need now is a marketing team. We must not rely on Baidu for future promotion and marketing. They have achieved obvious results in diverting traffic to us in the early stage, but will become increasingly weak in the later period. Then we will need our own On top of the promotion team, the future planning of the promotion team must be an all-round team capable of four-in-one promotion of the Internet, TV, print media, and on-site promotion.”
Lin Qingya asked: "What is the initial team headcount plan in this regard? There is also the team's annual budget. I will first make a manpower requirement."
Li Mu thought for a while and said, "We can't budget by year anymore. 2002 will be the year we take off. My goal for Series B financing is to raise at least 50 million, of which up to half can be used for operations." Promotion will be our top priority in occupying the market in the future.”
Lin Qingya was slightly startled. Twenty-five million was given to operations and promotions. When Li Mu said these heroic words, Lin Qingya admired him even more. She also always felt that Li Mu seemed to value technology too much. Although she was not an Internet Although she was born in China, she also gained her own understanding after being exposed to it. In her opinion, in the Internet field, promotion and technology are equally important. In some cases, the former is even more important than the latter. The company has always emphasized technology over technology. In addition, she was a little worried about whether there would be problems in the future.
However, Li Mu's words just now completely dispelled her worries. In her opinion, her young boss was almost perfect.
Li Mu added at this time: "Next step, our company will add three departments. There are two main functional departments, one is the marketing department and the other is the operations department. The marketing department is responsible for all promotion and publicity work, and the operations department is responsible for utilizing the company's existing resources, and maximize benefits through its own operating methods. Qingya is responsible for the preparation and establishment of these two departments. The team leader must have experience in the Internet industry, and we will provide a salary higher than the average market salary."
Lin Qingya nodded immediately: "Okay, no problem!"
Li Mu said: "In addition to the two main functional departments, there is also the construction of supporting departments, so the third department to be added is the Personnel Administration Department. This department is also established by Qingya and has full management. It will be responsible for external recruitment and management in the future. I am responsible for supporting work such as team building, employee training, welfare benefits, etc. In the future, we will gradually formalize it. For example, we will organize a weekly meeting for core-level employees every week, arrange for people to take meeting minutes, and send them to me via email every week.
In addition, a quarterly meeting is organized every quarter. The quarterly meeting can be held at tourist attractions around Yanjing. It takes about three days to have fun and meetings. It is also a disguised form of employee welfare. You can improve these things in detail. The spirit of most Internet companies is that the work is urgent and the system is loose. Flexible work systems and one paid personal leave per month must be provided. "
Lin Qingya said simply: "Understood!"
Li Mu breathed a sigh of relief, put the whiteboard pen aside, sat at the conference table, and said with a smile: "Now that we've finished talking about the stressful things, let's talk about something more relaxed and talk about Series B financing."
The work was all discussed and everyone relaxed a little. Kong Lingyu had been in contact with Li Mu the longest. When he heard him talk about Series B financing, he smiled and said: "BOSS, we don't know much about capital matters either. Can you tell us roughly what your next round of financing plans are?"
Li Mu said with a smile: "We are not spending money very fast right now. The money from the Series A financing is enough for us to last at least half a year. This is without any profit. If we start the real money-burning mode, this little money will be enough to sustain us for at least half a year." Minutes are gone. You can raise Series B financing at any time, but you must choose the right time. We will suffer losses if we raise money early, and we will suffer losses if we raise money late. We have to choose the right time.”
Kong Lingyu said: "Then we simply wait until the social software is launched before launching Series B financing?"
Li Mu didn't say anything, but asked Lin Qingya: "Qingya, what do you think?"
Lin Qingya thought for a while and said seriously: "I think it will be too late to raise financing after the launch. Generally, after the financing intention is confirmed, it will take several rounds of negotiation. It will also take time to sign the contract and receive the money. If our flagship product is launched, we will not raise funds again." If we talk about financing, there will not be enough financial support for the flagship product in the early stage, and I am afraid that the effect will be greatly affected. I think we should talk about financing when Happy Farm starts to become popular, and get the money before the social software is launched. In this case, social networking Once the software is launched, we will have enough capital to make it bloom everywhere on the Internet."
Before Li Mu could say anything, Kong Lingyu shook his head with regret and said, "Qingya's understanding of capital is much better than mine. Having said that, I feel that my ideas are really immature at the capital level."
Lin Qingya smiled slightly and said kindly: "Mr. Kong, after all, your main energy is on the technical level. If you talk about technology, I know nothing about it."
Li Mu smiled and said: "Skills have specializations. After all, Qingya is a senior at the Renmin University. She has a background in finance, so she has a professional vision."
Lin Qingya's eyelids were slightly lowered: "Mr. Li, stop flattering me. Compared with you, I'm just talking on paper."
Li Mu said: "Managers are all just talking on paper, and execution is naturally done by others. What you just said is very good, and it is the same as my thoughts on Series B financing."
After taking a sip of water, Li Mu continued: "In the B round of financing, my goal is a valuation of at least 500 million yuan, and 10% of the financing will come in. At that time, I will fight for a certain cash-out amount with investors, so that everyone can have options. It has been cashed out in proportion, and everyone can decide freely whether to cash out when the time comes, and the company will not give any interference."
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The B round of financing was just a message conveyed by Li Mu to everyone. Li Mu did not discuss it at the meeting. After finishing the key points of the meeting, Li Mu announced the adjournment of the meeting. After the meeting, he privately said to Lin Qingya: "Sister Qingya, Do you have time to have a meal together at noon? I have some questions that I would like to ask in private."
Lin Qingya is still a little uncomfortable with Li Mu calling her senior, but Li Mu feels that work is work and life is life. Putting aside work, Lin Qingya is indeed his senior senior, who entered the National People's Congress seven years earlier than herself. , I should call her senior.
After a moment of astonishment, Lin Qingya remembered what Li Mu had said about eating, then nodded and said, "I have nothing to do at noon."
So Li Mu and Lin Qingya found a restaurant with a very quiet environment and asked for a mini private room to sit down. Lin Qingya was a little uneasy at first. Li Mu asked him to eat in such a private place in private. He didn't know if he wanted to go with him. What are you talking about
After the food was served, Lin Qingya became even more panicked when she heard Li Mu telling the waiter not to come in casually. She even wondered whether this leader, who was seven or eight years younger than her, was trying to make unspoken rules for herself. However, my appearance and figure are not very outstanding, which is not consistent with common sense.
The more unreasonable it was, the more uneasy Lin Qingya felt, and she kept thinking wildly.
While he was thinking wildly, Li Mu personally poured a cup of tea for Lin Qingya and said to Lin Qingya: "Senior sister, you know our current share structure, 10% of which is held by Baidu. I want to ask you, if I want to invest in Series B Before financing, what method should be used to squeeze Baidu out or dilute their shareholding ratio?"
Lin Qingya's heart suddenly relaxed. It turned out that she really had something to ask her... What was she thinking about just now...
In shame, Lin Qingya also quickly adjusted herself. Instead of answering Li Mu's words, she asked: "Baidu is our traffic support, why do you want to kick them out?"
Let me explain to you again that the content of chapters 233-234 has been revised and the plot is completely smooth. If you read it wrongly at first, it is recommended to go back and read it again. Buge apologizes to everyone again!
In addition, the third update tonight will definitely be fulfilled. This is the second chapter.
(End of chapter)