Arriving in Palo Alto in the morning, having a brief meal at noon, and then spending the whole afternoon on a tour, to be honest, Mark wasn't a proper tour guide, and although it wasn't a short time to move here, he spent most of his time in the studio— Two small houses, with servers placed outside and workshops inside, computer cables are messed up, a group of more than a dozen unkempt men guard the screen in front of them, there is no reaction to the arrival of outsiders, only a few whispers sound in the room, and most of the time the smell of athlete's foot mixed with the aroma of coffee is full.

"Uh...... Everyone is used to it, and the house is small, and the ventilation conditions are not very good...... Hey, you guys, hurry up and put your stinky feet in your shoes!" "Because he couldn't find a good spot, he had to take Ahn Joon-hyuk to visit his studio, and Mark was very embarrassed at the time.

If he was just a friend, of course he wouldn't pay so much attention, but Ahn Jun-hyuk may still become a shareholder of his small studio, so it is necessary for him to show his good side, and strive to give investors a better impression and more confidence.

Unfortunately, the first step failed.

However, it didn't take long for him to forget about this and began to introduce to Ahn Junhyuk the current achievements of the college student community he had built, as well as the subsequent development plan, which was no different from the history Ahn Junhyuk knew in the dreamland, at this time, Mark was ambitious to expand to more universities, which required increased investment in hardware such as servers, and only those low-end machines outside the world could not support the foundation of expansion.

In the process of introduction, Mark frankly stated that he had found other investors, but no one took a fancy to him and his website with only hundreds of thousands of registered users, even if someone was moved, they did not want to invest, but were ready to buy the entire website, which was obviously completely unacceptable to Mark.

Although he has only been out of school for less than a year, his quest for independence and freedom has begun to manifest itself in this shy young man, whose ideal is to create a new way of communication, a small society in the network, rather than a mere money-making tool.

There is a person who is willing to give him some funds, but that person is not willing to provide too much, only about 500,000 US dollars, such a small amount of money except for the purchase of servers, there is not much left, and the daily expenses of the studio will be stretched thin in the future, and that person, Mark does not like it very much, the other party is a pure businessman, once established a well-known electronic payment company, but after planning the company to go public, it was sold out, and it made a lot of money.

He doesn't like his partner to be such a money-eyed businessman, which means that maybe his company will become a tool of capitalists in the future, and he, maybe like Jobs, has the heart to stick to his ideals, but he is powerless to resist, and can only be driven out of the decision-making level.

After hesitating, he remembered that he met Ahn Junhyuk on the Internet, and remembered that the other party said that he was engaged in the venture capital industry, so he contacted him with the attitude of giving it a try, but the result surprised him.

He still remembers that day Ahn Junhyuk was on MSN, and readily promised to come to visit the investigation, and then consider whether to invest, his heart suddenly swelled with joy - although it has not yet been determined, but Mark stubbornly believes that Ahn Junhyuk will be persuaded by his ideals, just like the past few months, each other's expectations for the Internet and new ways of human communication, the ideas are strikingly similar, many times, Mark will even absurdly think that Ahn in South Korea may be his twin brother in exile.

It is impossible to start talking about investment intentions so quickly, and the first day of arrival will be spent like this.

The summer climate in California is hot and dry, and the wind blows in the evening, but it does not bring a trace of coolness, but rather gives people the illusion that the wind is blowing in the direction, perhaps with the illusion that a volcano is baking. …,

On the third floor of a small apartment, on the crowded balcony, Ahn Junhyuk and Mark leaned on the railing, chatting with the night breeze one by one.

“…… When I first started this website, it was when I was at Harvard, and I just thought it was fun, so I hacked into the school archives and stole the photos of those classmates in it, so that everyone could choose who was the coolest and who was the hottest, but unfortunately it was later shut down by the school, but some friends told me, go ahead, open a campus website that can upload photos and record personal past details...... And then the inspiration kept coming out of my head, you know, a lot of messy ideas, but that's when the idea for a social networking site was formed. At that time, I thought, since we want to open an on-campus website, why not make it a dating website? There are so many colleges and universities in Boston, so many students, I don't know how many of them have studied in the same school or even a class in elementary and middle school, but many of them have lost contact with each other, and when they recall their childhood, they can only look at their graduation photos and think about them alone, and they are in a daze at the phone numbers recorded by their classmates who can't get through...... As long as you rely on it and build a platform for everyone to leave the schools and classes they have attended, then everything becomes very simple and ......convenient."

Mark gushed endlessly, and Ahn Jun-hyuk next to him looked at him with a smile, maybe only when he told his ideals, this young man would have a trace of shadow in a few years, confident and dazzling, that is the brilliance of the persistence of ideals.

He took a sip of beer and said with a smile: "Not only universities, but your idea is applicable to many aspects, such as colleagues who have worked in a company before, have a good relationship but have broken contact, such as friends who accidentally lose their contact information......"

Mark stared at him blankly, stunned for a long time, before he suddenly yelled excitedly: "yes! yes, it's not just for universities, it's okay for any crowd, damn, why didn't I notice it before?"

He grabbed his hair in excitement and annoyance, and then hugged Ahn Junhyuk's shoulder fiercely, "Man, I really love you to death, no one understands my thoughts except you, they all say that I am whimsical...... Shall we do it together?"

Seeing that he came over excitedly and with a little worried face, Ahn Junhyuk smiled: "You want to poach me to your studio?"

Mark nodded repeatedly.

He shook his head, "I'm sorry, I have other things to fight for. ”

"Oh......" Mark was a little depressed, the invitation just now, just with the idea that there would be a chance, in his understanding, Ahn Junhyuk is already a successful person, and it is unlikely that he will join his small studio.

Although I was mentally prepared, I still felt disappointed.

The bottle came to his lips, and he had just poured a sip of beer, and Ahn Junhyuk's subsequent words made him squirt out all the beer.

"So frustrated, do you think that if I provide funds, it is not considered cooperation?"

"Ahem, ahem, ahem!"

Mark coughed violently and stroked his chest for a while before he took a breath and looked at Ahn Junhyuk in surprise: "You...... You mean, agreed to invest?"

"Of course!" Ahn Jun Hyuk patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "I believe that you will achieve your ideals, maybe everyone will be amazed by your achievements in the future, and when the time comes, maybe I will also touch your light." ”

This undisguised compliment made Mark blush a little and smiled embarrassedly: "It's too exaggerated......"

Is it an exaggeration?

Ahn Joon-hyuk looked up at the starry sky in the clear night sky, and in a few years, the light of the sloppy young man around him would cover them all, and he would use that light to climb to a peak that others could not reach......

Mark, come on!