John Doerr chartered a small ballroom at the Fairmont Hotel as a conference room, saying that it was a meeting, but in Zhang Chen's view, it was more like a denunciation meeting and a mobilization meeting. Ｘ

John Doerr and Grace Capital's Stuart Otsop and Moretz dominated the atmosphere, constantly inciting provocative rhetoric to encourage attendees to boycott Proposition 211.

"Norin Evans' shit proposal completely ignores the interests of all of us here, and is trading the future of the United States and the future of the world for the votes of voters in the constituency! We must let Norlin Evans and the people behind him know that we will not back down on this matter, and the whole of Silicon Valley will not back down!" John Doerr foamed at the mouth.

Zhang Chen watched coldly, and realized a little in his heart, maybe this party was just like Bill Campbell said, a rebellion by Silicon Valley against Wall Street's provocation. But at the same time, there is another layer of meaning that Bill did not say, that is, John Doerr and Moritz and others are using this incident to expand their influence.

Even Andy Grove, a veteran elite of Silicon Valley, came to this party, which undoubtedly represents Silicon Valley's recognition and support for these venture capitalists.

It is no wonder that the "Occupy Wall Street" movement in later generations can be in full swing, in which the role played by social media cannot be ignored, and social media groups led by Facebook and Twitter represent a new force in the field of capital.

More than a decade later, in the face of the widespread silence of traditional media, people widely used various social media platforms to obtain news and connect with each other. Facebook and Google have publicly declared their support for the Occupy movement, which can be said to be a counteroffensive by the new capital forces against the traditional capital forces.

And the struggle between the two has actually begun now.

Silicon Valley and Wall Street are not a life-and-death struggle, but a long-term and complex struggle. You have me, I have you, everyone is fighting for interests and dominance. However, due to the profit-seeking nature of capital, neither Wall Street nor Silicon Valley will make any foolish moves.

Unlike Wall Street, there aren't as many suits and leather shoes as there are in Silicon Valley, and many people even wear only jackets with T-shirts.

"Hey, look at the way each of them looks, it's like some amateur political group at Stanford. A voice sounded in Zhang Chen's ears.

Zhang Chen looked sideways, and there was a young man sitting on the empty seat next to him, a bit like Ben Stiller on a wonderful night at the museum, with a bright gaze.

Zhang Chen smiled, "Are you talking to me?"

The young man held out his hand, "Peter Thiel, CEO of Thiel Capital." ”

peter thiel。。。。。。

Zhang Chen smiled and shook his hand, "Hello Peter, you can call me zack." ”

Peter Thiel shrugged: "I know, you just sold your stake in ICQ and made two hundred million dollars. Are you interested in handing over some of your assets to my company? I can guarantee an appreciation rate of more than 8% per annum. ”

Zhang Chen looked at Peter Till with a smile: "Hey, Peter, don't you know that I have my own investment company?"

Peter Thiel disagreed: "Diversification of assets is an important part of financial security, and one day, you may rely on this money to save your life." How?"

Zhang Chen looked at Peter Thiel thoughtfully, although Peter Til's reputation is not loud in the ears of the public, but in the ears of entrepreneurs, it is like thunder.

As the leader of the "PayPal gang" that later co-founded PayPal with Elon Musk, Peter Thiel is, to some extent, even representative of Silicon Valley 20 years later.

But what Peter Tiel did before founding PayPal, Zhang Chen really didn't know.

Zhang Chen asked curiously: "Is Thiel Capital the company you opened, what does it mainly do, and how many customers do you have?"

Peter Thiel proudly replied, "Yes, it's my company, and you can think of it as a private hedge fund." Now the client, uh, there are three, my father, my classmate Gower, and my grandfather. ”

Zhang Chen laughed and said, "In other words, there is not a real customer?"

Peter Thiel blushed and defended: "My company has just been launched, I have been a trader at Credit Suisse for three years, and I know very well about securities trading and hedge fund operations. If you leave some of your assets to me to manage, you won't lose money. ”

Zhang Chen looked at Peter Tier: "How much do you want?"

Peter Thiel had a happy look on his face, he had infiltrated today's party to find customers, had already asked a few people, but there was no response, and the rudeest Ellison even had to call the security guard to kick him out. I didn't expect to usher in a turnaround here in Zhang Chen.

Peter Thiel calmed down: "Of course, the more the merrier, but even if it's only $50,000, I'll accept it." ”

Zhang Chen shook his head and said, "No, I'm asking, if you buy your company and let you work for me, how much do you need?"

Peter Thiel was dumbfounded: "You, what did you say?"

Zhang Chen looked at Peter Til playfully: "You should have been mixed in, right? Just to find customers, right? Frankly speaking, I like your entrepreneurial spirit very much, and it just so happens that I am planning to set up a new investment department, are you interested in coming over and working together?"

Peter Tiel looked Zhang Chen up and down in surprise: "This is really the craziest thing I've ever seen, we have only known each other for five minutes!"

Zhang Chen said leisurely: "Some people have known each other for a lifetime, but they may not be able to see through each other. In this regard, I trust my instincts more. ”

Peter Thiel put away his surprised expression, "No, I'm not going to sell my company. If you want to do asset custody, of course I'd welcome it, but if you want to buy a company, sorry, I don't have that idea right now. With that, Peter Thiel turned his attention to the next subject, Mark Anderson of Netscape.

Zhang Chen didn't think much of himself, "Okay then." As he spoke, he took out a checkbook from his jacket pocket and scribbled it a few times.

"That's half a million dollars, and hopefully by next year, you'll be able to double it. Zhang Chen put away the pen and checkbook, and handed the check for $500,000 to Peter Tier.

Peter Till was pleasantly surprised, he had just rejected Zhang Chen's acquisition, he thought it was no longer a show, but he didn't expect to get such a large sum of money.

He now only has $200,000 in all his funds, and with that $500,000, his hedge fund can really start operating.

Zhang Chen smiled: "Don't thank me, there are conditions, you can not make any investment return guarantee for this money, but if you lose money or you want to sell the company, contact me and come and work for me." ”

Peter Thiel smiled: "Don't worry, you won't lose, now Soros is attacking the financial markets in Southeast Asia." The financial system in Southeast Asia is too weak, and operating behind the quantum fund will definitely make money. ”

Zhang Chen said in his heart, Southeast Asia, hehe, if you accept it when you see it, you can make a little money, if you attack Xiangjiang together, your company may be closed by this time next year.

Zhang Chen remained silent: "Oh, okay, be careful." ”