Chapter 39: The Knight
"Not bad!" Sean Parker slapped the table excitedly, his eyes finally starting to grow eager at Sid, "You don't look that annoying." Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ infoβ
"Hehe, should I say thank you?" Sid said with a smile.
"You should be honored, I don't look down on anyone very much. Sean Parker said with some embarrassment.
"Caesar once said, don't draw your sword lightly, if you're not ready for war. Sid said with a smile indifferently.
"What do you want to say?" Sean Parker squinted, his sharp gaze looking through his glasses.
"There is a fine line between recklessness and bravery. Sid shrugged, "It's fun to be reckless once or twice sometimes, but if you want to put your future into it, it's a bit more than worth it." β
After speaking, Sid didn't wait for the other party to say anything, and asked to himself, "Have you ever watched "Ghost Shadows"?"
"I think it's like a horror movie, what? You're going to treat us to a movie?" asked Sean Parker quipped.
But before he could finish his snort, "Ahhhhhh
His red-haired girlfriend whispered to him, "Stupid, Ghost Shadow is Sid's neodymium work!" and then she looked at Sid with a smile: "Hey, that, Sid, I've seen Ghost Shadow, it's beautiful, it's great." β
"Oh, thanks. Sid smiled, then said, "Then could you please tell Sean (Parker) about the story?"
"Okay, no problem. Sean Parker's girlfriend nodded repeatedly.
Then she began to tell the story of "Ghost Record", from a couple who moved into a new home, to a strange thing falling out at night, to the appearance of a psychic. Although I can't see it, Sean Parker's little girlfriend tells ghost stories, and she still has a bit of a supernatural flavor.
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but sweat in their palms, and it wasn't until the ending of the tragic death of the couple that Sean Parker wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and looked at Sid with different eyes: "Is this really something you came up with when you were 16 years old?"
Sean Parker pointed to his head as he spoke, and Sid couldn't help but laugh, "I've got a good head, man." β
Then Sid put away his smile and looked at Sean Parker: "I had an idea when I was filming "Ghost Shadows". β
"Nowadays, people like to shoot all kinds of videos with DV, but for various reasons, the things they shoot can only be kept in their own hands, just like the videotape in the setting of "Ghost Record". β
"So I thought, wouldn't it be interesting to build a website where all users of the Internet can freely upload, watch, and rate 'little videos' that other people have taken? Sid's words finally piqued Sean Parker's interest.
"Sounds interesting. Sean Parker nodded first, then immediately pouted, "But do you know how unrealistic what you just said?"
"Upload a video?browse reviews?" Sean Parker said with a sneer, "Did you know that today's computers don't have external devices that can upload DV videos at all, and you watch videos on the Internet? Dude, you're so whimsical." β
"Now the Internet bandwidth in the whole of North America, it takes half a minute to open the picture, and you still want to watch the video? Ha! I'll tell you what the result will be - even if you reduce the resolution of the video to 10*10, it will get stuck and you want to die!" Although he said no, Sean Parker's body leaned towards Sid very honestly.
Facing the aggressive Sean Parker, Sid smiled faintly: "So, you just admit defeat so simply?"
"What am I throwing in the towel? it's your project, man!" Sean Parker said visibly mischievously.
Sid added: "So, you don't have the guts to take on this challenge, so you have to just give up?"
Sean Parker said impatiently: "Then you want me to join you so much, aren't you afraid of those rumors in Silicon Valley?"
While Sean Parker is widely regarded as an internet wizard, his fickle, irritable, and unpredictable temperament easily irritates investors, a well-established fact in Silicon Valley.
He often hangs out late into the night, talking feverishly about topics he is passionate about, and because of this, he has no sense of time, often fails to make appointments, and even disappears without saying a word for weeks. This also led to the fact that the three companies he participated in founding "historically" were quickly kicked out after they soared.
But for some things where the risks and rewards are equally high, his sharp blade comes into play, or rather, it is difficult to find a more suitable character than him.
Sid smiled slightly: "I'm not afraid, what are you afraid of?"
Sid's words immediately aroused Sean Parker's blood, and he slapped the table: "I have nothing to fear!"
"So......" Sid looked at the assistant who came with him, and the assistant immediately pulled a document from his handbag, and Sid pushed it over from the table.
"What is this?" Sean Parker looked at the file curiously, and Sid raised his hand for him to look at it.
So Sean Parker picked up the file and opened it to see that it was an employment agreement, and Sid's new website would hire Sean Parker as the company's president, with an annual salary of $200,000 and a 5% stake in the venture.
Quite, no, should I say very lucrative contracts.
Even the unruly Sean Parker couldn't help but make his eyelids jump, and as for his girlfriend, she was already stunned and petrified.
"You just believe me? Sean Parker asked, squinting his eyes.
Sid shrugged lightly, "I've always been confident in my eyes on people, even though you're an unbearable weirdo to the rest of Silicon Valley." But in my opinion, you're just a lost child. β
Despite the ups and downs of Shaun Parker's fortunes, his friends still trust him very much. "Why do we all have to put up with his quirks? There are two reasons: First, he created a lot of value when he wasn't missing. Second, he is loyal. He'll be there when you really need him.
After being kicked out of his startup three times in "history", Sean Parker was deeply disappointed with human nature, which was what caused him to become more and more debauched.
But when he met Mark Zuckerberg, who was like-minded and thoughtful with him, he immediately jumped as if he was the guardian knight of Mark Zuckerberg and Facebook, and became an important figure in Facebook's early game with venture capital.
Therefore, it can be seen that people have sincerity and soul.
Any talent has its own strengths and weaknesses, and how to develop their strengths and avoid weaknesses and stimulate their potential that they themselves do not know is the duty of the commander.