Peter Thiel quickly flipped through the entire project plan, he has been a child prodigy since he was a child, and he once won the seventh place in the national junior division in the rapid chess tournament, and he has long developed a skill that he will never forget.

Rao is like this, and Peter Thiel is also turning slower and slower, and his heart is getting heavier and heavier.

The other party's project plan is much more perfect than his, from the market prospects, operation plans to possible risks and legal issues, and even the technical plan has a large framework, which is obviously not a sudden idea, but a business plan that has been fully prepared.

Zhang Chen watched Peter Tiel's face change constantly, and secretly sighed in his heart that the power of fate was too strong, even if there was such a variable as himself, Peter Tiel and Max still joined forces to embark on the road of online payment.

Now there is still one Musk left, and if Iron Man also appears, then the members of the PayPal gang will be almost halfway there.

And it's the main half.

Zhang Chen looked at Max and Peter Thiel with bad intentions, this Max is completely a little fresh meat with fine skin and tender meat, and Peter Thiel is still a gay who has not come out publicly, these two people will not have anything, right?

PayPal's plan has been prepared since Zhang Chen invested in Ebay, and Ebay, as well as Amazon, which has just IPOed, need PayPal as a payment channel to broaden the customer base.

The reason why it is still called PayPal is nothing more than that Zhang Chen himself is too lazy to think of a name again.

"You've already invested in this company, why didn't you see the name and structure of this company?" Peter Thiel couldn't see disappointment, he was almost absolutely rational, even if LinkField didn't succeed, he would only think about what to do next, and wouldn't dwell on the emotions of failure.

Zhang Chen took back the project plan: "It's not that I invested in this company, but that I plan to start this company." ”

Peter Thiel was surprised, "This is what you think?"

Zhang Chen nodded: "Yes, about half a year ago, I began to consider the feasibility of an Internet third-party payment channel platform, and I am looking for a co-founder recently, after all, like you said, I can't run this company myself, and there is still a lot of work to do." If Max and I are willing to join, you can be my co-founders. ”

Peter Thiel thought for a moment: "I don't understand, if I were you, I had the funds and already had a plan, why would it be illogical to divide the shares and find someone else to be the co-founder." ”

Zhang Chen said with a smile: "Just now you said that creativity is priceless, I think this sentence is half true, creativity is priceless only when it is truly executed, and creativity that is not executed is worthless." And the implementation, the effect will be good and bad, strong and weak. If I'm just looking for a professional manager with a good salary, it's hard for him to run the company as if it were his own. So the person at the helm of this company must have a sense of ownership, and there is no identity that can inspire people's initiative more than the founder of the company, right?"

The corners of Peter Thiel's mouth curled slightly: "But why me? This is only the third time we have met, and I have lost you fifty thousand dollars." ”

Zhang Chen looked at Peter Tiel: "You just came to me with a similar plan, which shows that you are also optimistic about this business, and it is natural to ask you to do it." And, the first time we met at Fairmont, you said you had snuck into the venue to sell your fund. For a start-up, this enthusiasm is an important quality. ”

Peter Thiel suddenly smiled: "This plan of yours is really good, much better than ours, after you show it to me, aren't you afraid that I will turn around and find someone else to cooperate?"

Zhang Chen laughed: "Peter, the payment platform is very easy to imitate, even if you don't do this, there will be a large number of companies following the trend after the launch of PayPal, but I am not worried at all, PayPal must be the final winner." ”

Peter Thiel applauded: "You're confident. ”

Zhang Chen shook his head and said: "This is not a matter of self-confidence, first of all, in this field, there are almost no entrepreneurs who are richer than me, and no investment institution can see this market better than me." Secondly, and most importantly, my resources are unmatched by any other institution and entrepreneur. ”

Zhang Chen stood up: "I am a board member of Ebay and a board member of Amazon, and now these two companies are the three largest Internet e-commerce platforms along with ebVan, and I can easily influence the management of both companies to use PayPal as a payment entry point on their websites." ”

Zhang Chen stared at Peter Tier: "In this case, any competitor who wants to compete with PayPal in the growth of the number of users will definitely lose." Who cares when the number of PayPal users is several times or even dozens of times that of homogeneous competitors?"

Zhang Chen's eyes were bright: "The reason why I want to find a more capable co-founder is not to pursue success, but to pursue more success and monopoly!" I hope that PayPal can monopolize the third-party payment market of the entire Internet!"

Peter Till frowned: "Monopoly?"

The word monopoly was notorious in the twentieth century, and the United States introduced the world's first antitrust law more than 100 years ago to eliminate monopoly and protect competition.

Zhang Chen's face was serious: "Yes, monopoly, monopoly is not necessarily a bad thing, because only monopoly can create high profits, with profits, enterprises can invest more wealth in research and development, make research that is more beneficial to human development, and truly change the world, a company that does not pursue monopoly is not a good company." ”

Peter Thiel was like a slap in the face, like an epiphany, and muttered to himself.

Zhang Chen once again stole the classic theories they would put forward in the future in front of historical celebrities, which was a really refreshing feeling.

It's like stealing each other's wives in front of their husbands in some Dongying action dramas.

Ahem.

Peter Till and Max chatted ear to ear, and said to Zhang Chen, "We still need to go back and discuss." ”

Zhang Chen nodded: "Three days, if there is no news after three days, it will be regarded as your disagreement, if you still want to enter this field, then we are competitors." ”

Peter Till nodded, and walked out of Zhang Chen's office with a green-faced Maxslav.

"You haven't spoken all this time, what are your thoughts?" asked Max bluntly, Peter Thiel.

Max scratched the short hair on the top of his head: "Frankly, I don't like him, I don't want to work with him. And you promised to bring in at least 3 million investments, and said that you are very familiar with Deutsche Bank and Meiyi Bank, and this money is not a problem, and if you can get investment from these big banks, we don't need his money at all. ”

Peter Thiel stroked his forehead and said: "Son, listen, I have invested 200,000 US dollars for you, I don't want these 200,000 to lose all my money, understand? Now it is not a matter of money at all, but in the face of such an opponent, our chances of winning are zero! Unless the co-founder he is looking for is too incompetent, under the accumulation of such resources, we will not be able to compete with this damn PayPal!

Max was in his early twenties, he hadn't graduated from college yet, and he was at the age of arrogance, so he said unconvinced: "Peter, I didn't expect you to be so timid, he is two or three years younger than me, don't you feel ashamed to be afraid of a teenage Chinese guy?"

Peter Till sneered: "I'm more afraid of losing money than being embarrassed." If you don't agree, I will swap shares into bonds, withdraw the investment, and think about it yourself!"

(End of chapter)