You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 355: Timing of listing

After getting rid of the three people with connections, the rest of the journey became more relaxing. Except for Director Wang who was a little suspicious, the entire Chinese delegation relaxed.

College students in particular, seemed to be freed from their shackles and became visibly active.

Previously, due to lack of confidence and language barriers, Chinese college students rarely communicated with college students from other countries.

After this little accident, Chinese students began to take the initiative to chat with students from other countries and get to know each other's customs and practices.

Due to the two-day delay, the rest of the schedule was very full.

Students of the International College Summer Camp visited famous universities such as MIT and Harvard, and also went to Silicon Valley to visit world-renowned Internet companies such as Microsoft, Yahoo, Amazon, etc.

The content of the visit was full of American show-off elements, deliberately showing these foreign college students the big, advanced and cutting-edge side of Millikin.

Students not only entered companies such as Intel, AMD, and IBM, but even went to Boeing's Everett factory.

The plant, which covers an area of ​​about 100 acres - equivalent to 50 football fields, was built in 1967.

整个工厂有三万多名员工，总装厂房可以同时容纳2条747生产线、1条767生产线和2条777生产线

When they saw the huge jet production line, everyone was shocked by the spectacle.

The huge factory building is thirty meters high, one thousand meters long and five hundred meters wide. Standing in front of the huge factory gate, people seem particularly small. Looking around, there is no end to the production line, and there are densely packed large passenger planes that have not yet been completed.

The spectacle of this man-made giant is full of visual impact, revealing the beauty and shock of industry everywhere.

The students watched excitedly and took a lot of photos.

But on the way back, students from other countries were discussing what they had just seen and heard, while the Chinese students' voices became lower and lower, and finally fell into an eerie silence.

Qin Shaoyan didn't care about this at all. He brought these students here to see the real world, whether it was good or bad, just to see it for a bit.

We must face up to the gaps and shortcomings, but not belittle ourselves or belittle ourselves.

Qin Shaoyan did not follow during the visit. He stayed in Silicon Valley most of the time, dealing with Facebook matters.

Discuss the next marketing hype strategy with Facebook executives.

For Facebook, the "International College Student Summer Camp" event was an unprecedented success.

These college students from Europe are all Facebook users. During the event, they would post updates and photos on Facebook every day, and some would even write articles about what they saw and heard along the way.

Facebook will pay special attention to these accounts, arrange special staff to review and handle them, and give these accounts more traffic and exposure as appropriate.

At the same time, Facebook has placed a considerable amount of advertising in different European countries.

This combination of measures has achieved very good results, with a large number of European netizens flocking to Facebook to register every day.

The members of the summer camps have become Internet celebrities in their respective countries, their number of fans has grown explosively, and advertisers have begun to contact them and ask for quotes.

Faced with this unexpected wealth, college students from all over Europe were almost going crazy with excitement.

Most of them come from ordinary families and have to pay expensive tuition fees. Many of them go to school with loans. If they rely on themselves, it will take them a long time to pay back the money.

However, after participating in the "International College Student Summer Camp", they all became famous Internet celebrities, which not only brought them fame but also financial benefits.

These students then updated their Facebook accounts more diligently, hoping to live a wealthy life with this wave of luck.

Facebook, the black hand behind the scenes, is smiling even happier. Compared with the investment of promoting a few accounts to become an Internet celebrity, the huge returns obtained from Facebook are not worth mentioning.

The cost of acquiring a single registered user plummeted after the campaign began, even lower than the cost of acquiring users in the early days of Facebook.

This huge cost-effectiveness has even alarmed the venture capital firms that invested in Facebook, and they have begun to proactively contact Facebook to discuss the next round of financing.

Facebook is now like a sports car equipped with a rocket engine, and it is advancing by leaps and bounds.

Product managers even made a map of Europe, marking the number of registered users in each country every day so that employees can intuitively feel the results of their work.

Fred Weisler, CEO of Facebook, said to Qin Shaoyan excitedly: "John, if we continue to develop at this rate, we can go public in one or two years!" "I am cautiously optimistic." Qin Shaoyan said with a smile, "Now we have only opened up the European region, and there are still many maps waiting for us to explore. At this rate, it will take at least two years."

Fred was still very happy and said enthusiastically: "But the users in the United States and Europe alone are enough for us to operate Facebook."

"No, no, no." Qin Shaoyan refuted the other party's words, "Only if you keep expanding and have new users, the capital market will like you. Facebook's expansion cannot stop."

Fred said with some regret, "How long do we have to wait before the product goes on the market?"

"About three years." Qin Shaoyan said casually, "We can start preparing in 07 and wait for NASDAQ listing in 08!"

"That must be a wonderful scene." Fred's face was full of longing.

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Compared to European students who are crazy and intensive in updating Facebook content online, Chinese college students spend their daily breaks studying, preparing homework, and searching for information.

Although Chinese students are used to studying, another important reason is that they do not have the tools to access the Internet.

Students from other countries all bring laptops with them, so it is very convenient for them to access the Internet using the hotel's Internet cable.

For Chinese college students, laptops are an absolute luxury item. Each laptop costs around 20,000 to 30,000 RMB, which is several times more expensive than a desktop computer.

This is much more expensive than the camera they have.

This "International College Student Summer Camp" activity allowed them to see the real foreign countries and gave them an inexplicable sense of crisis.

Everyone held a Chinese-English dictionary, worked hard to look up information, and wrote their experiences and study tour notes.

At the same time, they are also working hard to prepare for the next phase of activities.

According to the schedule, there are very few visits and lectures below. Instead, college students participate in various social activities, as well as speech and debate competitions.

This makes Chinese college students nervous, as they have had little exposure to these activities before.

Although the university has organized similar social activities and debate competitions, they are not sure whether they are the same in China and abroad.

For a moment, everyone was worried that they would not perform well and bring shame to the country and the school.

However, to the surprise of Chinese students, the subsequent social activities were almost effortless.

In other words, these social activities are not quite what they imagined.

The social activities they organized, led by American students, were a bit like a show.

For example, during an environmental protection activity, everyone was taken to the beach by bus to clean up garbage.

While the Chinese students had already started picking up trash seriously, the American students were busy posing for photos and giving speeches in front of the camera, and only finally started picking up trash next to the Chinese students.

Of course, not all American students are just show-offs. These elite students quickly demonstrated excellent public speaking skills and organizational abilities, were adept at dealing with various institutions, and were extremely proficient in various social practice activities.

For example, when collecting food for the homeless on the streets, they can quickly find sponsoring companies and organizations, and arrange the food distribution process in an orderly manner.

When facing interviews with reporters, he can express his opinions fluently, talk about his views on political, social and other related topics, and explain his own concepts and ideas.

When fundraising, they even display some talent shows, such as playing instruments like violin and piano to attract the crowd's attention, and then give speeches for on-the-spot fundraising.

Chinese college students could only follow behind, obey the arrangements of American students, and do some odd jobs.

It seems that these American students are all all-rounders.

They are all college students, why is there such a big gap between them?

Compared with the United States, is there really something wrong with China's education system?
The students were confused. Could this be the legendary quality-oriented education?

(End of this chapter)