CHAPTER XX
PS: The next chapter is at night, I've been busy all night, and my head is big...... Here is a special thank you to the two big sisters of the General League, and by the way, they roared at the cat bubbling in the book review area: Uncle, I've been chasing your books since the Suzaku Ji, you are my idol, ahhh
Many things in the world are just a kick in the door.
The Chinese invented gunpowder a long time ago, and as early as the 10th century, gunpowder-based muskets appeared as a weapon, and then around the 13th century, it was officially installed in the army. The reason why the development was so slow and did not go seriously was that the gunpowder propellant projectile had a very short range, and the residue of the burned gunpowder made it necessary to clean the barrel before it could be used again.
At first, people thought it was a recipe problem, so over the centuries, countless scholars changed the formula of gunpowder, but there was no fundamental solution to the problem of combustion, and the musket could not form an advantage over traditional weapons, so for a long time, it could only play a supporting role.
It wasn't until the 16th century that it came to life in the hands of the French, and it was as simple as it was – the ingredients of the recipe were wet, mixed to form a "wet" powder ball, dried and crushed, and then sifted and polished (that is, sifted through a sieve, placed in a large wooden barrel, and shaken with graphite) to make granules.
A very simple step, nothing more than a superficial principle of increasing the overall surface area of gunpowder and expanding the burning area, but no one thought of it for hundreds of years.
This does not mean that those people are stupid, but that they are thinking in the wrong direction.
The same is true of Facebook today, social networking is not a game. You can select a subset of users to test internally and modify them before launching them on the market. Its charm lies in the close connection between people, forming a closely combined interactive network, a small range of testing is not applicable to it at all, if you want to test the user's sense of it, you can only solve the problem of good technology, and then boldly push to the market this road can go!
Ahn Joon-hyuk didn't know how long it would take Zuckerberg to come out of the cycle of "taking it one step at a time" in his dream, but at least at this time, his reminder worked. The suddenly enlightened three people, Zuckerberg, Parker, and Moskowits. After thinking for more than ten minutes, I nodded in agreement with his decision.
"But in this way, it is estimated that for a long time, we will become the protagonist of Silicon Valley people's after-dinner jokes. Moskowitz said with some depression. He pinched his throat. The voice shrieked and imitated: "Look. Those four megalomaniacal idiots, who actually refused $1.3 billion, the Americans will make them understand how stupid they are. ”
Zuckerberg and Moskowitshar laughed. Ahn Joon-hyuk took a moment to distinguish before realizing that he was imitating Breyer.
…… Breyer ......
Thinking of the middle-aged man who had met a few times but never spoken again, Ahn Junhyuk narrowed his eyes. He doesn't like the uncertainty in the company he controls, even at the top decision-making level, yesterday, on the rejection of the proposal to buy Yahoo, Thiel, Si Ze and others probably understood that nothing could be done, so they abstained, while Breyer voted against, but no matter what, there is a gap between them.
Ahn Joon-hyuk doesn't like such factors, and if they are still restless, then they can only say sorry!
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Syllable!
The golf ball slammed into the wall and then landed on the carpet, where more than twenty balls were already lying there.
Breyer gasped, retracted his swinging posture, threw away the club, and sat heavily on the chair, on the desk at hand, a cup of black tea was already cold, but he had always paid attention to the quality of life, but he took it and poured it hard, but unfortunately the cold tea could not extinguish the anger in his heart.
Damn it!
Gritted his teeth and cursed secretly, no one could understand how angry and heartbroken he was since yesterday's meeting!
Those four damn idiots were even more determined than he imagined, they not only bewitched the free shareholders, but also completely cut off the possibility of Yahoo buying Facebook - a one-year validity period, God knows how many bad things will happen to Facebook in this year, and when the expiration date passes, maybe Facebook will have become worthless a long time ago.
Watching as many as ten times the rich rewards slipped away from his eyes, Breyer's heart was dripping blood.
The more he thought about it, the more annoyed Breyer became, and finally couldn't help but curse "Fuck", waved his hand and smashed the teacup out, the tea spilled out, the carpet and the ball carpet were in a mess, the porcelain teacup fell on the blanket and rolled to the door, the door happened to be pushed open, and a pair of leather shoes blocked its way.
Tyre glanced down at the porcelain cup that had rolled to his feet, and then at Breyer, who was still annoyed and angry, and bent down to pick it up.
"Isn't this your favorite tea set?
"Hehe......" Breyer just couldn't tell what it tasted like, and sneered.
For him, Thiel in front of him is a traitor, a grass on the wall, the two discussed a good way to advance and retreat together, but after Ahn Junhyuk's speech, seeing that the general trend is irresistible, the other party sold him, otherwise, everyone united, although they may not be able to be evenly matched with Ahn Junhyuk, but at least they can form a force of resistance that shareholders cannot ignore, in that case, the hateful provision that is valid for one year may not be passed.
Seeing Breyeppi's smiling appearance, Thiel was not surprised at all, but he was not embarrassed, he just chose the most self-interested approach in a process that had already determined the result.
At that time, anyone could have seen that Ahn Junhyuk's speech had already resonated with the free shareholders, they had completely failed, and it was pointless to fight again, but would open up the management conflicts, and in the case that 1.3 billion US dollars had already been lost, and it was impossible to submit a sale proposal in the future, it was obvious that maintaining the stability of the management and allowing the company to develop normally was the most important thing for a major shareholder to do.
All for the sake of profit!
Arriving at his desk, he pulled out a tissue to wipe off the stained teacup, and then placed it on the table, where Tyre pulled over a chair. Sitting across from Breyer, seeing him turn his face away with a little impatience, Tyre lowered his eyes as if he hadn't seen it, and said softly, "Jim, you know, we have already lost at that time, and there is no point in fighting them any longer. ”
Breyer snorted: "Heh, everyone has different concepts, there is nothing to say." ”
"It's not a matter of perception. But that's just the way it is. Tyre shook his head. "No matter how much we resist, we can't change the fact that Ahn Jun-hyuk's speech has won more than two-thirds of the support. The result is already doomed, and the-for-tat confrontation continues. In addition to wasting company resources. What else do we get? Facebook is the company we're investing in. One opportunity to generate returns is lost, and we cannot afford to lose another. ”
Breyer didn't say a word.
His attitude made Tyre a little helpless. He spread his hands and tried to persuade: "Jim, the most important goal of our investment in Facebook is to make profits, it is indeed a pity to lose $1.3 billion, but since it has been lost, and it is impossible to recover it, then we have to turn our eyes in other directions - Jim, you may be very uncomfortable, but our goal cannot change!"
"So ......"
Breyer finally spoke again, a sneer on his lips, and looked at Tyre, "You came here today to persuade me to obey Zuckerberg and Ahn Joon-hyuk, to persuade me to obey those two arrogant, stupid, arrogant clowns who cost us $1.3 billion? Pete Tyle, what do you think I am? Uh-huh? Chihuahuas? They kicked me and wanted me to lick their uppers...... Dreaming!"
His anger almost exploded in his chest, and it took a lot of control to keep him from insulting Tyre.
After all, both parties are angels and venture capitalists, and they have partnerships in many places, so it's not wise to turn their faces on Facebook, and of course, don't think about what kind of face he gives.
However, to Breyer's surprise, Tyre shook his head after he gritted his teeth and said those words.
"I'm not asking you to obey them, Jim, you're the majority shareholder, you don't need to obey anyone, on the contrary, I'm coming to you today in the hope that our partnership will be more connected. ”
"Huh?" Breyer looked confused.
He suspected that he had misheard or was hallucinating.
Thiel's words earlier were obviously to persuade him not to fight again, so as not to affect the development of Facebook and eventually affect everyone's investment.
After thinking about it for a while, Breyer, who became more and more confused about Tyre's thoughts, finally persuaded himself to ignore the other party's betrayal for the time being, and asked suspiciously, "What are your plans?"
"My plan is for us to join forces again, only this time to be more stealthy and less noticeable!" Thiel stood up and paced back and forth a few steps, his expression looking sad: "Jim, my disapproval of your confrontation with Ahn Joon-hyuk was limited to yesterday's shareholder meeting, because your actions will alert them...... I'm not wrong, $1.3 billion has been lost, and another opportunity cannot be lost, which is normally true, but Jim, we can't ignore one problem!"
Looking at his serious expression, Breyer forgot his anger for a while, and subconsciously continued: "What's the problem?"
"It's not Zuckerberg who controls Facebook now......"
His eyes shrank slightly under the light shining outside the window, which made his expression look extremely solemn and urgent, "I don't deny that Zuckerberg is a genius, but that's technical, for you and me, he's just a toddler, so we can use various ways to manipulate him, and even if the manipulation fails, we can also have ways to ease the relationship between us." But Ahn Joon-hyuk is different, he is quite an old and spicy hunter and very aggressive...... Through yesterday's shareholders' meeting, I believe you already have an intuitive idea of this. ”
"The old spicy hunter never believes that his prey is kind. The wise king never believed in the loyalty of his courtiers!We used to be on the opposite side of him because of the sale of Facebook, and for Ahn Joon-hyuk, we are the destabilizing factor in the Facebook kingdom under his control, Jim, what would you do if there was a senior partner who might threaten your rule over Axel?"
How?
Of course, it is to weaken his power step by step before he becomes a climate, and then either confine him or expel him, in the world of commerce, kindness is the most unneeded virtue!
Seeing his frowning understanding, Tyre said quietly, "So, Jim, we must unite, and only together can protect our interests!" (to be continued......)