You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 250: Make it Big

After hearing Taylor's statement, Qin Shaoyan was stunned at first, and then a little confused.

Taylor's attitude is very interesting.

Previously, Qin Shaoyan pushed YouTube to acquire Qvod.com, and YouTube was very positive about it. Fred also felt that this was a good opportunity to hype up the valuation.

As a shareholder of YouTube, Taylor should be happy to see this happen. The increase in project valuation is a reflection of the company's performance.

But Taylor acted indifferent and seemed not to care about the matter at all.

When facing Qin Shaoyan's face-to-face questioning today, Taylor said, "I appreciate your approach, but I am not optimistic about it."

You don't think it's a good idea.

If you don't like it, what else can you admire?
Listen to what you are saying.

Qin Shaoyan took a deep breath and asked solemnly: "Why are you not optimistic? What's the reason?"

Taylor shrugged and said casually, "Someone doesn't want the YouTube acquisition to go through, either the acquirer or the acquirer."

"Walter?" Qin Shaoyan frowned. "Who is this someone referring to?"

Taylor paused. "Microsoft."

Qin Shaoyan was shocked. "What does this have to do with Microsoft? Davis?"

"Taylor, have you had any contact with Davis recently?"

Taylor suddenly laughed, "You haven't been able to contact him recently, right?"

"Hmm?" Qin Shaoyan frowned, "What happened to Davis? Do you know anything?"

"I know some, but not much." Taylor seemed to be gloating. "Davis has been in some trouble recently. He can't take care of anything else."

"Trouble?" Several thoughts flashed through Qin Shaoyan's mind.

The first thought was that Davis had gone in, so it made sense that he had lost contact.

But on second thought, it didn't make sense. If Davis really went in, there would be no way there would be no news at all. At least Fred would have heard about it.

And although Davis is not a wealthy man, he is at least a diamond-collar-level executive with his own full-time lawyer, so even if he goes to jail, he will be able to get out quickly.

The second was that Davis was seriously ill and unable to handle business.

If he was really seriously ill, Taylor wouldn't have to hide it.

The third reason is that Davis took the initiative to block contact with Qin Shaoyan, which is a bit intriguing.

It doesn't make sense logically.

Davis and Qin Shaoyan have no grudges against each other, and in terms of interests, both sides should be consistent.

It would be good for everyone if YouTube's valuation increased, so there was no reason for him to block the acquisition.

Even if the acquisition is fake, it's good to hype it up.

What's even more bizarre is that the order to cancel the negotiations was not given by Davis, but by a guy named Steve Bowman.

Thinking of this, Qin Shaoyan seemed to understand a little bit, and he suddenly asked: "What on earth does Steve Bowman want to do?!"

"Huh, you already knew that." Taylor was a little surprised.

Qin Shaoyan said righteously, "Taylor, no matter what this Steve Bowman guy wants to do, he is harming our interests, and you can't just stand by and watch."

“You are also a shareholder of YouTube.”

"We only own 10% of the shares." Taylor smiled and then advised, "This is an internal matter of Microsoft. I think you should stay out of it."

Qin Shaoyan laughed angrily. What do you mean I shouldn't meddle in other's business?

I don’t care at all about who lives or dies in your internal fights, but please don’t affect my ability to make money!

Qin Shaoyan said angrily: "I don't care what's going on with Davis and Steve Bowman, but they are harming everyone's interests."

"Microsoft is also a shareholder of YouTube! Are they even going to harm their own interests?"

Taylor said nonchalantly, "That's Microsoft's interest, not theirs."

"Besides, even if the acquisition is successful, what will happen? What if YouTube is valued at $1 billion?"

"Microsoft only owns 10% of the shares, which is only $ million. Do you think they care?"

Qin Shaoyan was speechless because he felt that what Taylor said made a lot of sense.

The interests of the company and the interests of the individual are not consistent. As long as it can hit the opponent, it doesn't matter if it damages the interests of the company.

Qin Shaoyan felt that Taylor could not be counted on. He thought for a moment and asked tentatively: "How can I contact Davis?"

"What if we get in touch?" Taylor asked casually.

"At least we are friends." Qin Shaoyan said seriously, "There is an old saying in China that it doesn't matter whether a business is successful or not, but there is always some friendship."

"If you encounter a similar situation, I will care about you too." Taylor was stunned for a moment, then laughed, "I'll give you a phone number, you can try it yourself."

"Thank you." Qin Shaoyan quickly wrote down a phone number.

"Good luck," Taylor said, before hanging up.

Qin Shaoyan immediately tried to dial the number, and the call was connected after a while.

"Who is it?" Davis's tired voice came from inside.

"I'm John," Qin Shaoyan replied, "I'm the boss of TNB, the founder of Facebook and YouTube, Qin Shaoyan."

"Oh, my God." Davis was very surprised. "It's you, John. How did you know this number?"

"Taylor gave it to me." Qin Shaoyan interrupted the other party and asked directly, "Davis, what happened?"

"I've been trying to contact you these past few days, but the call just doesn't work."

Davis said angrily: "These sons of bitches raided my office and bribed my secretary."

"That bitch Amy, I was always so nice to her, but she actually betrayed me."

"I just found out two days ago that my secretary has been passing information to my rivals. Fuck!"

Qin Shaoyan was speechless for a moment. How come the internal fighting in the company even turned into Infernal Affairs?

"So how are you now?" Qin Shaoyan asked with concern.

"It's not that bad," Davis said. "They didn't find anything."

"That's good." Qin Shaoyan breathed a sigh of relief. "Are you still in charge of the YouTube project now?"

"Of course!" Davis snorted coldly, "This is my project, no one can take it away!"

"Then who is Steve Bowman?" Qin Shaoyan asked.

"Huh?" Davis seemed a little surprised. "Why did you mention Steve Bowman?"

Qin Shaoyan was a little confused, "He is your enemy?"

"No, he wasn't before." Davis hesitated, "He wasn't from our investment department at all."

Qin Shaoyan felt that things were becoming more and more complicated. This Steve Bowman was not from the investment department, so why was he meddling in this?
"Then where did he come from?" Qin Shaoyan suddenly became angry.

"He is the CEO of MSN Video." Davis said slowly.

Qin Shaoyan was stunned for a moment. What the hell was MSN Video?

"What the hell? What is MSN Video?"

Davis hesitated for a moment. "It's a competitor to YouTube. As far as I know, Google also has a similar department called Google Video."

Qin Shaoyan was very annoyed. "Then how did this shitty MSN Video get involved in the investment department, and why did he want to stop our acquisition?"

"It's simple." Davis sighed and said slowly, "MSN Video wants to acquire YouTube."

"It's easy to acquire it, just use money to buy it!" Qin Shaoyan said angrily.

"MSN Video felt that YouTube's valuation was a little bit overvalued," Davis said.

what is this?
I want the goods, but I don’t want to pay?
Qin Shaoyan emphasized, "Microsoft is a shareholder of YouTube. What they are doing is infringing on the interests of the company!"

Davis smiled bitterly. "Who the hell cares?"

You have your KPI, and I have my OKR.

The interests of the investment department have nothing to do with MSN Video.

Qin Shaoyan said firmly: "We can't let them harm the interests of the company like this. We must stop this kind of parasite behavior."

"How the hell can we run Microsoft with these bugs?!"

Davis was a little confused when he heard Qin Shaoyan’s passionate speech. Why are you more excited than me?

Qin Shaoyan instigated, "Bill Gates and I are friends, so I have a say in this matter."

"NO..." Davis hesitated, "Isn't that necessary?"

Bill Gates probably won't care about such trivial matters between departments. It is unwise to appeal to a higher level in any country.

"John, wait a minute," Davis advised. "Things haven't come to that point yet."

Qin Shaoyan quickly followed suit, "You're right, there's no need to bother Bill for such a small matter."

“So we’re going to make it bigger.”

"Ah?!" Davis was stunned.

"John, what are you doing?!"

(End of this chapter)