“…… Ahn Joon-hyuk, a South Korean, doesn't seem to understand the concept of $1.3 billion, and he probably doesn't know anything about Yahoo's position on the Internet, which is why he said such arrogant things. Mr. Mark Zuckerberg, I am probably very upset to invite such a person to be the CEO now, of course, it is very likely that he also agrees with Ahn Junhyuk's idea, we should not be too harsh, after all, young people have the courage and right to make mistakes, but I still have to say - the next press conference, can you hire a professional press spokesperson, by the way, a more formal, hire a CIO (chief information officer) with rich operational experience? Otherwise, you may not know what you are saying at all. ”

A staff writer named Rhodes commented in a report on the 15th page of the San Francisco Chronicle.

His words are unbridled in expressing his frustration with Facebook as a whole — from the site itself to its leaders — that he sees Facebook as a botched "dating network" that serves nothing but sexual services to college students who have nowhere to vent.

"Its leader is also sensationalizing — forgive me for being rude, but I can't think of a better adjective. Ahn Jun-hyuk's arrogant speech reminds me of many low-quality websites that are currently popular, which are doing hype and marketing under the banner of web 2.0, and Facebook may be the same. As I see now, I'm actually worried about the IQ of Mark Zuckerberg and Ahn Jun-hyuk, who turned down $1.3 billion. Just let the media hype up and get people to pay attention to Facebook, is it worth $1.3 billion in their hearts to hype up Facebook? If that's the case, then we may have to see a joke of the century!"

Facebook's current employees, although most of them are otaku, also have the habit of subscribing to newspapers, and the San Francisco Chronicle is one of the most widely circulated newspapers in California, so the company naturally has subscriptions.

At noon the day after the launch. Moskowitz who had a busy morning. It wasn't until he got off work that he had time to read the newspaper and learn about the news, but he saw such a comment on it, which almost blew him up.

He hurried up to the third floor to find the CEO's office. When I opened the door, I realized that Zuckerberg was there. But Moskowitz didn't find it strange. Ahn Jun-hyuk doesn't understand technical issues, and now he is in charge of an Internet company, even if he doesn't understand it anymore. He also needs to know a little bit about it, so he's been studying with Zuckerberg lately.

After casually saying hello, Moskovitz slapped the newspaper in front of Ahn Junhyuk: "Ann, look at what these bastards are talking about, I'm so angry, how can they report so irresponsibly?"

After gasping for breath, and when his brain cooled down a little, he raised his head and was about to observe Ahn Jun-hyuk and Zuckerberg's reactions, but saw that the two did not show strange looks.

"Hey, guys, aren't you angry at all?"

"Because in the morning we have already seen it. Zuckerberg spread his hands, "The hottest topic in the company this morning is that we're famous, and then the hottest topic at noon becomes what's lunch, Dustin, and you're the only one who still treats it as news." ”

Moskowitz stammered and couldn't speak.

Smiling, Ahn Junhyuk casually put the newspaper aside, picked up another one from his hand and handed it to the somewhat depressed Moskowits, and said with a smile: "Don't look at those things that are unsuccessful, look at what others praise us!"

Taking the newspaper, Moskowitz found that it was a copy of the San Jose Courier, and when he opened the page, the first report was about the Facebook press conference. He skimmed it for a moment, then read it aloud:

“…… Some people may dismiss his words as the blind and ignorant words of young people, but I heard the sincerity in his short words, and I heard that they were indeed rejecting Yahoo's acquisition out of ideals. I am quite interested in the hacker spirit mentioned by Ann, since the great development of the Internet, many years of frequent malicious attacks, coupled with the media to fuel the flames, the distinction between hackers (Hacker) and hackers (Cracker) in people's eyes has become more and more blurred, so that the praise of maintaining network security has become a derogatory term today, this is the first time that a formal Internet company has publicly stated that it adheres to the spirit of hacking, and explained the main body of the spirit - freedom, but unfortunately because of limited time, Ann did not mention it in depth. ”

“…… After the press conference, I found a friend who understands Korean and checked Ahn's information in South Korea, I believe that this young CEO will not be unknown, but the fact still scares me, I can't believe that Mr. Ahn Joon Hyuk is an idol star in his own country, and his age is quite amazing, he is only 20 years old this year!"

But such information seems inevitable, in this society, the older ones are corrupted by Wall Street, and only the young people have enough passion and impulse to refuse $1.3 billion. That's where I feel the most sincere from him and his team, and their statements are formulaic but humble, which makes me believe that they are really fighting for their ideals, not hype. Of course, there will be many difficulties and obstacles in the future on the road to pursuing ideals, and we don't know where Facebook can go, but I think we should give young people who pursue freedom a chance!"

After reading it, Moskovitz looked at it carefully for a moment, grinned for a while, and then remembered something, and said in surprise: "Ann, you are an idol star?"

Ahn Jun-hyuk shrugged, and Zuckerberg rolled his eyes: "This is also news that has long been outdated, Dustin, I thought you should have known about it half a month ago!"

"Damn, no one told me that!"

"You should take the initiative to understand things, man, if you continue like this, you will be derailed from the world. ”

The two exchanged a few words, and Moskowitz looked at the comment carefully again, and raised his eyebrows in satisfaction, "It's pretty much the same, but he still said one thing wrong, and we just wanted to hype...... That's right, Ann. Mark, have you noticed that these people don't seem to be very optimistic about us, and even this writer who complimented us only said that he believed in our sincerity and courage. ”

"It's okay, it's weird that someone really thinks of us. Ahn Jun-hyuk was unimpressed.

"So, what's next?"

Moskowitz asked suspiciously, and Zuckerberg over there also looked over.

Ahn Jun Hyuk crossed his fingers on his chest and thought for a while before replying, "Wait for it to ferment." Supporters of Yahoo. I can't wait to jump out and help us get the word out, like this Mr. San Francisco Chronicle contributor!"

Moskowitz and Zuckerberg looked at each other, and then they looked at the article, suddenly feeling sad for the writer. I don't know if he has thought about it. He vents and belittles today. In fact, it is the achievement of Facebook?

……

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Recently, more Silicon Valley people have begun to discover that a website called Facebook is taking over the media with an extremely high frequency.

Initial reports. It seems to have been due to the site's rejection of Yahoo's huge takeover, and the other party's statement at a press conference that it was on the same level as Yahoo in the social sphere, apparently angered many Yahoo supporters, including staff writers and columnists for some local newspapers in Silicon Valley.

"Facebook will soon pay the price for choosing an inappropriate leader. ”

"Facebook is a new, dynamic company, but it chose the wrong CEO at the wrong time and made the wrong decisions. ”

"This company is full of frivolity and impetuousness from top to bottom, it can't go far, and the so-called status equivalent to Yahoo is just a pipe dream of Asians!"

Since the San Francisco Chronicle, more media have been engaged in condemning Facebook, but since there are Yahoo supporters, it is natural that there are also people who, like the San Jose Courier, agree with the views expressed in Ahn Jun-hyuk's speech.

"In today's world where the tentacles of Wall Street are obscured, a company that has the courage to remain independent will set an example for more start-ups, and Facebook, led by South Korean Ahn Joon-hyuk, is on the road to its ideals. ”

"Terry Semel once said: Who can say no to $1.3 billion? Now that the answer is revealed, Facebook can, Zuckerberg can, Ahn Joon-hyuk can!"

According to reliable sources, when Ahn Joon-hyuk took office, Facebook shareholders were divided over the sale, until Zuckerberg brought in the South Korean. He recently gave an exciting speech at the extraordinary general meeting, which finally consolidated the opinions of the shareholders, but unfortunately, we are not able to obtain the content of the speech from official channels for the time being! But this news alone is enough to show that the decision to refuse to sell was not the impulse of Facebook management, but the management had a clear idea and used this idea to convince shareholders - this is the most formal practice of a regular company, far less arrogant than the arrogance described in some reports!

In general, with a few exceptions, the confrontation between the media can be regarded as restrained and rational, and even if the two sides hold different views, there will not be so fierce rhetoric because of this, but the Internet is a completely different side.

Facebook now has 6 million users, with users all over the United States in high schools and colleges, and these young people who like Facebook have a unified trait - lively and rebellious!

"Let Yahoo die, it's old!" a user named Stroth, ranting in a-for-tat with Yahoo supporters.

Not to be outdone, Yahoo supporters responded by giving him a middle finger.

"I don't see any arrogance on the part of the new CEO, Ahn Joon-hyuk, he's just stating the fact that Yahoo's era is over, and it's lost even its core business. ”

"Even if the era of Yahoo is over, it will not be Facebook's turn to express its opinion, and its number of users is not even a fraction of that of Yahoo!"

With these quarrels all over the Internet, no one cares, Facebook's name is being remembered by more and more people, of course, according to the normal development, if there is no more powerful topic, Facebook will soon be forgotten, after all, at this time it has a natural flaw - its users are too single!

Therefore, when the time came to the end of August, Facebook, whose focus was gradually cooling, once again attracted people's attention with an open letter. (To be continued......)

PS: This chapter has been rewritten several times, and the more I write, the emptier my head becomes, which may be the reason for not resting enough...... But looking back, the theme seems to have deviated too much, and I always forget that this is an entertainment novel......