Reborn Capital Empire - v2 Chapter 687

Chapter 687 Chief Operating Officer

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Three days later, another senior office meeting of Ruby Company. Guo Shouyun, who was sitting on the main seat, clearly noticed the impact of John Roberts’ voluntary resignation. Compared with the previous mid-year meeting, the atmosphere was a bit depressing.

Everyone glanced at Guo Shouyun and Tim George’s faces from time to time, but the calm expressions of the two did not reveal any secrets they expected to see.

“I believe everyone has heard that Mr. John Roberts, the CEO of Ruby Mall, voluntarily resigned. I have agreed. I wish him a better future in his new job.” Guo Shouyun said.

Everyone looked at each other, although they all wanted to know what happened behind this. But seeing the big boss’s face, it was wise not to ask.

“I have read all the opinions on whether the Ruby Mall is independent or not submitted by everyone these days. Most people tend to let the Ruby Mall, which has little to do with the company’s business, operate independently. Therefore, I have followed suit and officially notified that from From this moment on, Ruby Mall operates independently and no longer has any affiliation with Ruby Company.”

Hearing this news, most of the people present looked at Tim George subconsciously. But the latter’s calm face did not reveal much information.

“I agree with the boss’s decision!”

In the surprised eyes of everyone, Tim George was the first to speak.

Guo Shouyun nodded, “I have always believed that the company’s business should be kept pure, and only with sufficient understanding will we not make wrong decisions at critical moments. Ruby is an Internet-based company, and e-commerce is not ours. The main business of Ruby is not logistics, nor is finance. Therefore, the independent operation of Ruby Mall is a good thing for improving the purity and future development of Ruby.”

Everyone nodded in agreement. At the same time they understood. The independent operation of Ruby and the voluntary resignation of John Roberts were an exchange between the big boss and Tim George.

I fired John Roberts, who was in conflict with you, and upheld your majesty as Ruby’s CEO in front of all corporate executives. You should also take the initiative to take a step back and agree to the independent operation of Ruby Mall.

“Boss, since John Roberts has voluntarily resigned, do we need our personnel to be responsible for the selection of the CEO of Ruby Mall?”

Carrie Dorothy, Ruby’s director of human resources, said.

“No, I’ll take care of it myself!”

Guo Shouyun shook his head. Ruby Mall is no longer a small company. As its CEO, not only must he have sufficient Internet thinking, but he also requires a certain understanding of logistics and finance. This candidate will not be decided in a short time. Also, he doesn’t plan to choose from within the Ruby Company, especially until something is finalized.

“Will the Ruby Mall listing work continue?”

asked Dunco Verne, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Ruby.

“Stop for now, wait until the new CEO of the company takes office, and then start again. In addition, Ruby Company will not pay any more attention to this matter.”

Hearing this sentence, the expressions of most people, including Tim George, changed a little.

There is no doubt that after the independent operation of Ruby Mall, its shares no longer belong to Ruby Company, but to many charitable funds under Guo Shouyun. This is equivalent to directly cutting off a large chunk of Ruby’s assets, which directly affects the company’s valuation and stock price when it goes public in the future, which is equivalent to reducing their equity in disguise.

Although they didn’t want to, they couldn’t change the big boss’s decision. Because at present almost all the equity of Ruby Company is in the hands of Guo Shouyun. Although the equity incentive plan for them to share the company’s interests has been signed, it involves financing before listing, so the shares have not yet fallen into their hands.

“Boss, there is no problem with the independent operation of Ruby Mall. But in fact, it can still be placed under the Ruby Company’s banner, which will also facilitate the sharing of website resources between the two parties.” Christina White said cautiously.

“I think you are wrong.” Guo Shouyun said with a smile after quickly swiping over everyone’s faces, “I let Ruby Mall operate independently, and it is not under the control of Ruby Company, which does not mean that I will put Ruby Company in Ruby Mall. All the shares of the company are divided. In the future, Ruby Company will appear on the board of directors of Ruby Mall as an institutional shareholder. Ruby Company can also share the benefits of the listing of Ruby Mall and its future development.”

Down to an ordinary family, up to a country, including a company. As long as you are in a group, if you want your decision to pass, the best way is to unite the majority and attack the least.

Guo Shouyun wants to maintain the stability of Ruby’s management, and naturally it is impossible to make corporate decisions that everyone is opposed to, unless it is related to the life and death of the company. So, the way to completely cut the ruby ​​mall from the assets of the ruby ​​company. Not even if he could. After all, he is only the chairman of the company, and the day-to-day management of the company relies on the presence of professional managers. Maintaining everyone’s centripetal force towards the company is more important than the simple asset issue.

Sure enough, after he finished speaking, the atmosphere in the field was obviously relaxed!

“In addition to dealing with the ruby ​​mall in today’s meeting, I have another news to announce.”

Everyone’s attention returned to him again.

“From the end of 2002 to the present, within a year and a half, Facebook’s registered users have exceeded 120 million. Among them, there are 34.5 million US users and 86.5 million international users. The monthly page views are 34 billion. And in the process of the company’s development , has always maintained a financial balance, and created a profit of $1.8 million last month. Comprehensively evaluating various values ​​such as development time, debt, number of registrations, fund usage, revenue, etc., Facebook has achieved a year and a half. The performance ranks first among the nine subsidiaries of Ruby. So, in recognition of Facebook employees, I decided to double the bonus for all Facebook employees this year. In addition, Facebook CEO Eric Schmidt also serves as the head of the company. Operations Officer. Let’s congratulate Mr. Schmidt.”

Under the leadership of Guo Shouyun, everyone applauded. It’s just that everyone’s expressions are different. There is admiration, jealousy, and dissatisfaction.

Eric Schmidt’s abilities have been demonstrated through Facebook’s development over the past year and a half. He became the company’s chief operating officer and no one said much. It just jumped to become the third person within the company after Guo Shouyun and Tim George. His promotion made Tim George feel a little worried, and it also made Dunco Verne, executive vice president and CFO, unhappy. Originally he was the company’s No. 3 person, but now Eric Schmidt, who entered the company later, has climbed on his head.

“Thank you for the trust of the chairman, I will do my best to help the company achieve better development!”

Eric Schmidt, the former CEO of Sun Micro and Knoller, has seen too much wind and waves. So in the face of people’s eyes with different meanings, he can handle it calmly.

“That’s exactly why I made you COO of the company!  …Okay, please take a seat!”

Guo Shouyun waved his hand.

After Eric Schmidt sat down again, Guo Shouyun continued: “Okay, I’ve finished all the questions I want to talk about today, any of you still have business?”

After everyone looked at each other, no one spoke again.

“Since it’s all right, let’s adjourn the meeting. Come to my office, Tim.”

After greeting Tim George, Guo Shouyun walked out of the conference room in the eyes of everyone.

“boss!”

“sit!”

Guo Shouyun pointed to the opposite side of the sofa in the reception area of ​​his chairman’s office. After Tim George sat down, “I remember when we first met, it was like this, a cup of tea, you sat across from me.”

“At that time, it was just in time for the Nasdaq crisis, and two-thirds of the Internet companies in Silicon Valley went bankrupt. If you didn’t hire me at that time, I’m afraid I might have left the Internet industry, and I wouldn’t be where I am today.” Tim George said with a hint of emotion in his tone.

Guo Shouyun nodded, “At that time, Ruby was still LinkedIn, and LinkedIn was just established. The number of registrations was only 100,000, and the business was only professional social networking, and it couldn’t even make a profit. … And five years later, Ruby has already It has eight subsidiaries and is an unparalleled giant in the global Internet social field, comparable to giants such as Yahoo, Amazon, AOL, Microsoft, etc. The company’s valuation has also increased from less than 500,000 US dollars at the beginning to nearly 40 billion now. .”

After a pause, he looked at Tim George, who showed a hint of emotion in his expression.

“…Tim, the company can achieve its current achievements, and no one can ignore your contribution!”

“You’re over the top~www.mtlnovel.com~ What really matters to a business is strategic decision-making and funding. Without you at the helm and always investing in Ruby’s growth, we wouldn’t be where we are today. .”

“So we’re ‘willing to meet’ and we have built a great company together?!” Guo Shouyun smiled and nodded.

“I’m just acting on your baton,” Tim George said modestly.

Guo Shouyun smiled.

“Tim, your most valuable qualities are modesty and prudence. However, I will not ignore your contribution to the company. When the company goes public, I will not be stingy with your share of the income.”

Nodding, after a moment of silence, Tim George suddenly raised his head and asked, “Boss, when are you going to let Ruby Company go public as a whole?”

“Why, can’t you wait to lead a listed company?” Guo Shouyun’s eyes flashed.

“No. I just want to know more about the company’s long-term plans.”