Zhang Chen stood on the stage and said: "Everyone knows that I am from China, a developing country with the largest population in the world. Do you know how many people there are in Huaxia? 200 million? No. 500 million? Still not right, let me tell you, China now has a total population of 1.2 billion. Last year, the population of the United States was only 230 million. ”

"I see that there are whites, blacks, Latinos, Asians in this room. But how much do you know about the most populous country in the world? When I first came to the United States, Bill, the owner of my bicycle shop downstairs, who was the first customer of my million-dollar website, once asked me, "Don't you Chinese people all have braids?" But in the same way, the Chinese people do not know much about the United States, some people think that the United States is full of gold, while others think that the United States is a capitalist society with all evils, and everyone lives in dire straits. ”

"With the example of the United States and China, we often think that Italians are late, French are romantic, Germans are rigid, Jews are shrewd, and Russians fight and drink. In fact, these are all stereotypes and prejudices. ”

"So, when I arrived in the U.S., I wondered, how did all this come about? And finally, in my meager experience, it all came from not knowing, and this lack of understanding was caused by distance and cultural differences. ”

"When I came to the U.S., I was exposed to the Internet, and when I first used e-mail, I couldn't help but shout, this is it! At that time, I thought that the Internet and e-mail eliminated the distance between people, reduced the cost of communication, and gave people in different regions and cultures the opportunity to communicate and interact with each other. But with the use of e-mail, I think the Internet can do more than that, and there should be a more efficient way. ”

"Finally, one day, by chance, I met three young Israelis. These three people are the real founders of ICQ, Viggs, Goldfinger and Wady. They showed me a piece of software, which is ICQ that a lot of people are using right now, and by the way, how many people in this room are using ICQ, can you let me know?"

"Stanford is the cradle of the Internet, and I didn't expect everyone to use it. After thanking everyone, Zhang Chen continued, "When I saw ICQ, I realized that this is an unprecedented software, a communication platform and tool that can make strangers become familiar and transcend distance and culture. ”

"Fortunately, at this time, the website I built by accident was acquired by AOL, and I had a sum of money in my hand, so I used the funds to invest in ICQ and became the majority shareholder of ICQ. In the past, I have said that business should go back to basics and should focus more on profitability. These are indeed my fundamental views on the conduct of business, but I didn't invest in ICQ to make a profit, but because it has the power to change the world. ”

"It's not my dream to change the world, it's my dream to bridge the barriers and wars in this world, to increase mutual understanding, and to bring people of different races and cultures to live in harmony. ICQ is a step in realizing this dream. ”

"Maybe with the advent of the Internet, our world will still not be peaceful, and there will still be all kinds of prejudices and misunderstandings between people. But it doesn't matter, as long as each of us takes a small step forward, then the world will take a big step forward. No matter how small the work you do, as long as it is beneficial to the world, you are actually changing the world. ”

"So, that's my dream. And for this dream, I invested in ICQ, and will invest in more companies in the future, after all, my dream has also given me a lot of rewards. By the way, there is one more small thing to tell you. On Friday, ICQ entered into an investment agreement with Sequoia Capital, in which Sequoia acquired a 17.5% stake in ICQ for $20 million. ICQ's valuation has officially exceeded $100 million, thank you. ”

After speaking, Zhang Chen bowed deeply to the audience.

The bomb thrown by Zhang Chen at the end of his speech stunned everyone at the scene, and no one thought that a company that had just been founded for less than a month would be valued at more than 100 million US dollars so quickly.

The moderator, a young lecturer from CS (Note 1), came up to the stage and said to Zhang Chen: "Thank you Zack for sharing, I really didn't expect that you are already a multi-millionaire, and it is estimated that you are the youngest self-made multi-millionaire in American history." I think there are a lot of students in the audience who want to talk to you in person, what do you think?"

Zhang Chen nodded and said with a smile: "It's my honor to communicate with everyone. ”

One student raised his hand and said, "How are you going to spend all the money you're going to spend?"

Zhang Chen thought for a while, "I have set up an investment company to invest in some start-up small companies. If you are interested in starting a business and have good ideas, you can contact me at any time, I am very willing to support everyone's entrepreneurial ideas. Dean Frederick once made the great decision to set aside a thousand acres of land to support Stanford student entrepreneurship. I can't be as great as him, but I'm happy to be able to help everyone. ”

Another student asked, "Do all entrepreneurial ideas get your investment?"

Zhang Chen smiled: "I really want to do this, but if I really do this, maybe I will become a poor egg in three months." Therefore, we still have a feasibility analysis of the project, and strive to achieve a win-win situation or even a win-win situation. ”

One student stood up, "I'm Martin, Martin Hall, I'm from Florida, I'm 17 years old, and my idol is Steve Jobs, so I want to learn computer science in the future." I heard that you had a bad relationship with Steve Jobs, is it true? What do you think of him?"

Zhang Chen smiled: "Look, this is the power of the Internet, and everyone knows my nonsense so quickly." Then Zhang Chen said, "Steve is someone I have always admired, and he pioneered the personal computer era. And, to this day, his product art is almost unmatched. Apple's loss of Steve Jobs is Apple's biggest loss. If I were on Apple's board, I would have sent Jobs back to save Apple. ”

Martin was surprised: "I thought you didn't like him, but Apple is terminally ill now, do you think Jobs can save it by returning to Apple?"

Zhang Chen said categorically: "I really don't like part of Steve's personality, but I apologize for Amelio: If there is only one person in this world who can save Apple, it is Jobs." ”

The host looked at the time, "Okay, one last question." ”

One girl raised her hand and said, "Hello, Zack, I'm Jewish." I couldn't agree more with what you just said about improving communication and bridging the divide between races and cultures. I wonder what you think of the conflict that is taking place between Israel and Palestine?"

As soon as the girl stood up, all eyes shifted to her, and several students exclaimed, "Natalie!"

Zhang Chen was also surprised, how could this beautiful girl who had already become famous at the age of 13 with "This Killer Is Not Too Cold" appear here.

Zhang Chen's look of surprise flashed away, and he said in a regretful tone: "I think this is a tragedy, and neither Israelis nor Palestinians should suffer such suffering." I think the lack of understanding of each other is at the root of this suffering. ”

Natalie asked, "Isn't it the Western powers that should bear the primary responsibility for this?"

Zhang Chen was a little surprised, he didn't expect Natalie Portman to be so aggressive, completely different from her appearance.

Zhang Chen thought for a while: "I don't know much about political things. I'm just looking at this from the point of view of a "person". Whether it's an Israeli or a Palestinian, it's the same people. And the state and politics are both a collection of people. If everyone can understand each other better and be more tolerant, I believe that estrangement and conflict will no longer exist. Even if politicians provoke conflict for their own purposes, they will eventually be abandoned by the people. Of course, this is very unrealistic. But the dream still has to be there, what if it comes true?"