In the blink of an eye, tAt Network Technology Company had been established for over half a year.

Su Yehao liked being a hands-off manager, which led him to pay special attention to management experience when recruiting executives.

He often prioritized talents who had served as supervisors and understood technology. He also liked poaching from large companies, essentially letting other companies do the initial screening, and then picking up a ready-made candidate. He was willing to pay more for this.

If the upper beam wasn't straight, the lower ones didn't exactly collapse either.

Up to now, although there had been some detours, the company's overall development direction was fine.

Su Yehao rarely participated in specific management, and the executives under him were relatively relaxed, creating a pleasant and harmonious work atmosphere.

In order to maintain their well-paid and promising jobs, these managers were quite diligent, earnestly carrying out various arrangements. Considering that the company still hadn't made a profit, and there weren't even any conflicts of interest, they often gathered together to discuss how to satisfy Su Yehao.

With harmony above, the employees below were also comfortable.

Usually, there was no talk of competition. Everyone's treatment was similar, and there was no pressure regarding performance.

Salaries were never delayed, overtime was almost non-existent, and although the company wasn't making money, the benefits were quite good. The only thing they needed to do was to honestly do a good job on the product, and that was it.

The corporate culture cultivated in a muddleheaded way deeply influenced every new employee.

In this era when open-source code was quite rare and development required brainstorming, the programmers were happy. Without being bothered by all sorts of workplace troubles, their work efficiency was quite high. Although the development speed was a bit slow, it excelled in being solid and reliable.

For example, the Steal Vegetables mini-game took nearly half a year to develop. It was quite mature right from its launch.

Although there were only three kinds of vegetables to plant and the graphics looked unsophisticated, it was indeed the product Su Yehao wanted. He planned to launch it as a major product when the program was upgraded in March.

If other company bosses were as idle as Su Yehao, their startups would probably have failed long ago.

It could only be said that he had hired some excellent professional managers and didn't focus on short-term revenue data. By some stroke of luck, he used the right management style in the right industry.

His own management skills hadn't improved at all.

However, the executives under him were free to do their jobs, which unexpectedly achieved good results. It not only earned the company a good reputation and attracted more and more talents to join, but also formed a unique corporate ecosystem, with various departments interacting and influencing each other, without requiring Su Yehao to worry too much.

Therefore,

Su Yehao often only needed to provide funding and a direction for development.

The increasingly mature executives would help solve many problems themselves, and ultimately hand the answer sheet to Su Yehao. It was somewhat similar to a partnership-based management model, but they only received salaries and didn't have shares.

Hong Kong enterprises were deeply influenced by British and American corporate culture, and were far more mature than the mainland in terms of professional manager systems, which saved Su Yehao a lot of brainpower.

The plan to develop an international version of tAt was immediately planned.

In order to be independent of the current tAt Network Technology Company, they not only created another company registered in the Cayman Islands, but also separated the corporate headquarters, management and development, finance, etc. Even the name had to be changed to avoid confusing users and investors between the two products.

A few days later, when Su Yehao arrived at tAt,

John Zhou came to his office as soon as possible and asked if he had thought of a name.

Su Yehao decisively said,

"After careful consideration, I think tvt is good. The new company is already being registered. No one is helping me for the time being, so I'd like to ask you to help me build a framework first. We'll put the global headquarters in Hong Kong or Singapore, and the headquarters will be arranged in Silicon Valley. Be sure to consider the tax issues. I'll find someone to arrange this. You just need to help me hire some talent, preferably Chinese who can easily integrate into American culture."

"..."

John Zhou was speechless. tvt, only changing one letter compared to tAt and tot, did that require careful consideration?

Moreover, tvt was previously the internal code name for the portal website, but it has now been merged with the search engine and is called tot.

After working together for more than half a year, they had developed a tacit understanding.

He knew Su Yehao's temper. He could disappear for days if he wasn't careful. Even when he was in the office, he mainly slacked off. It was best not to disturb him if possible, as that was the most comfortable way.

"I can understand changing the name, but why register another new company? Wouldn't running them independently cost another salary? We think there are very few positioning adjustments needed, and the changes are relatively easy. I'm worried about redundant development and wasting your money."

John Zhou had already pondered this question, but he really couldn't understand it.

After all, if it belonged to one company, it would actually be quite easy to establish an international affairs department, or arrange for an overseas branch.

Su Yehao didn't say that he knew the mainland's internet ecosystem would be closed for a long time, so it was better to operate separately from the beginning.

He made an excuse and explained,

"The mainland business is likely to be loss-making for a long time, and the product requirements are not all the same. I'm worried that the money invested in the mainland will affect the valuation given to our company by international venture capital institutions. It's better to operate separately."

"In addition, implementing two plans will also help to achieve success and avoid putting all the eggs in one basket. As for the unnecessary internal friction in the development process, the two sides can maintain close cooperation. For example, if tvt uses tAt's patents, they just need to pay according to the market price. tAt is my sole investment, and tvt will likely need to raise funds in the short term. There's no need to save money for other shareholders. You know the rules of doing business in the United States better than I do. Without the support of giants, it's difficult to open up the market..."

After listening carefully,

John Zhou felt it made some sense. With a hint of worry in his tone, he tentatively asked,

"So, will the focus be on developing tA... oh, no, tvt in the future? Will there be any adjustments to my position?"

Su Yehao immediately guessed what John Zhou was worried about, nodded, and said frankly,

"The mainland and Southeast Asian markets are a bit small. Southeast Asia, Japan, South Korea, and other markets will also be planned into tvt's development blueprint in the future. From the perspective of market size, it's inevitable that tvt will be given more importance. tAt will mainly target the huge potential market in the mainland. Anyway, you have experience, so why not wait until the United States is ready, and I'll transfer you back to continue as the chief operating officer? As for the chief executive officer, you don't have any experience dealing with capital, so I feel it's best to find a white person, or an American-born Chinese, to make it easier to integrate."

Knowing his own abilities, John Zhou was very happy to learn that he could be transferred to the new company and return to the United States to continue his development.

It wasn't that he liked living in the United States, but because the European and American markets were larger, with amazing short-term development potential. Both income and room for advancement were broader than now.

His position could be considered at its peak, but there was still room for improvement in reputation and status.

After settling the preliminary arrangements for the new company in a few words, Su Yehao asked, "How many users are there in the mainland? How about the tot portal website and search engine, are they ready?"

John Zhou told him,

"The weekly active users are around 17,000, and the monthly active users are 26,000. The growth is relatively slow, but it's been increasing. The company and schools have long holidays for the New Year, so the speed is slower than before. The tot side is basically ready. They're doing the final debugging and have already asked people in Pengcheng to help collect website data and build new servers..."