Chapter 34 Facebook Goes Live (Ask for Recommendations)
"James, go out and play, do you want to go?"
Outside an apartment in Birmingham, England, a young white man in a football uniform shouted into the apartment.
"Tom, you go, I'm not going, I've heard there's a Severn ad later, and I want to see it. James poked his head out of the window.
"You are a man, even if you chase stars, why do you love a male star so much. Tom teased James and said, "You're not going to be gay, are you?"
There are a lot of gay men in Britain, and their private lives are very chaotic, so this matter is often ridiculed by people all over the world, and of course the British themselves make such jokes from time to time.
"Of course not!" After hearing Tom's words, James retorted excitedly, but after thinking for a while, he couldn't think of anything to say, so he said, "I won't tell you, you won't understand it anyway." ”
"Forget it, don't talk about it, you open the door, I'll see what kind of Severn is good, you have to watch it when you shoot an advertisement. Didn't you just sing a few songs, as for it?" muttered Tom.
James opened the door, and then immediately walked to the sofa in the living room, and said as he walked: "You will know when you see it, I see that many people on the Internet have begun to discuss Severn's advertisement, I heard that it is very inspirational, and it completely speaks the heart of us young people." ”
"Isn't it still on the air, how do those people know?" wondered Tom, if it had been broadcast, James wouldn't have been waiting for Severn's commercial.
"Because Severn went to the University of London today, and went to the University of London to promote it, naturally the advertisement was played, and those students of the University of London revealed it in the TEG, but there was no video. James said with a little regret.
Hearing this, Tom pursed his lips and didn't reply, he really couldn't understand James's star-chasing mentality, so he took out a bottle of Coke from the refrigerator and drank it.
"It's coming. ”
James, who was sitting on the couch, suddenly shouted excitedly, startling Tom, and then turned his gaze to the TV to see what was so surprising about the commercial.
You only smell my perfume, but you don't see my sweat.
You have your rules, I have my choices.
You deny my present, I decide my future
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Severn's deep magnetic voice sounded, and the background music made people unconsciously bring in it, as if they were there, especially for young people like James.
“COOL!”
After the advertisement ended, before James could speak, Tom next to him had already exclaimed loudly.
"It's so cool! The phrase 'you have your rules, I have my choice' is really good! I didn't expect Severn to have such a character, I decided, he will be my idol from today on!"
Tom was there waving his hands excitedly.
"Oh yes, Smith, what's the name of Severn's product?" said Tom, turning his head abruptly and looking at James with a bewildered expression.
Hearing Tom shout his name, James came back to his senses, but he still looked a little stunned and said: "Facebook, the product developed by Severn is called Facebook." ”
Tom, who had just suddenly erupted, really scared James a little, but he didn't expect Tom to react so violently after being a fan of Severn.
Well, it's not intense, it's a little scary.........
"I'll borrow your computer for my use, I'll search this Facebook. Tom said to James.
"Let's go together, I just want to see it too. ”
With that, James walked towards the study, turned on the computer, searched for Facebook on the Internet, downloaded it to the desktop, and then began to study the functions of this thing.
"Upload photos, show yourself?" James registered an account, and after learning about Facebook's functions, he wondered, "Could it be that after the photos are uploaded to this, more people will know about me?"
"Try it, if that's the case, wouldn't it be better to pick up girls in the future?" said Tom with an eager expression.
"Okay, I'll upload a photo first. ”
James posted a photo of himself playing on Facebook, and he didn't expect to be commented on instantly.
"Wow~, the boy in the photo is very handsome, can you leave a call?"
Seeing this comment, James was instantly excited, slapped the computer desk and said excitedly: "Great! I didn't expect anyone to really comment on me." ”
"Here, let me try. ”
Tom saw that there was really a comment, so he hurriedly squeezed James out of his seat, then pointed at the computer camera and took a picture, and then registered a Facebook account himself, posted it, and waited for other people's comments.
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About a third of young people in Britain have downloaded Facebook after seeing Severn's "I Speak for Myself" ad, like Tom and James.
After learning about the functions of this software, I was instantly fascinated, whether it was posting photos by myself, or looking at photos posted by others and commenting, it made this group of young people feel novel, who doesn't want to show themselves to others.
Especially those girls, who are crazy about passing photos.
And the number of downloads on Facebook is growing.
Hundred.
Five hundred.
........
Ten thousand.
Thirty thousand.
Fifty thousand!
In a short period of time, Facebook has reached 50,000 registrations.
After Severn advertised it at the University of London, the students at the University of London contributed about 2,000 downloads to Severn, which is about one-twentieth of the student population at the University of London.
In the small apartment on Euston Road, Abt Hebrew and others were sitting carefully in front of their computers, maintaining the normal operation of Facebook, although their faces were happy.
However, Facebook seems to have won a good start, but many people still don't know much about it, after all, Severn was originally positioned as a young person, especially Severn's fans.
Severn has a clear vision of Facebook's future direction, first from his own fans, especially those who are university students, and then from fans to young people across the UK, and finally by these young people to the elders around them, and finally to the world.
So Severn knows very well that if he doesn't do anything, the time period for Facebook's downloads to explode is only a few days, and after that, it all depends on the user's publicity.
But fortunately, Severn has already planned for Facebook's development in the future, so he is not very worried about the stagnation of user growth.
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London, 10pm, Magnum Bar.
"Come, Severn, this cup to you, congratulations, now you're finally going to make a mess. Josenna said, holding up his glass.
Not every rich second generation wants to bathe in the glory of their ancestors, and there are also people who want to be recognized by others through their own efforts, but the brand laid by the family is too deep.
As long as they attend high-end cocktail parties, they will be introduced by others: "This is the son of so-and-so" or "the grandson of so-and-so", and Josena has long been tired of this situation in his heart.
Now Severn's Facebook is online, although it has just started, but at least it has begun to make money with its own skills.
Although Severn has published books and albums before, in the eyes of these celebrity families, it is just fun, nothing or anything, unless you open a big entertainment company, such as EMI, they will think that you are doing the right thing.
Severn clashed glasses with Josenna and Allen, drank the wine and said, "It's nothing, I guess you two are about to start doing your own thing, right?"
Josenna and Alan nodded, the three of them knew each other's thoughts to some extent.
"I'm going to do commercial real estate, and the old man in the family has promised me £200 million as a starting capital. Josenna said as he played with the wine glass in his hand.
Josenna's family is doing traditional real estate, and he naturally doesn't want to follow the old path of his family, but he is not familiar with other industries, so he plans to innovate in the real estate industry and do commercial real estate.
"What ...... commercial real estate"
After hearing Josenner's words, Severn muttered to himself.
"It's not bad, I think it's promising, but it's £200 million......."
Severn didn't finish his words, but everyone understands the meaning, and 200 million pounds to play in the real estate industry must be less.
"Looking for a bank loan, can't you repay the loan with the words 'Zahavi'?" said Josenna confidently.
"Yes. ”
Severn and Alan nodded.
"Alan, what about you?"
"I want to make a mobile phone, but my family doesn't seem to agree. Alan smiled bitterly, his family made a fortune in oil, and now Alan wants to do a completely unfamiliar industry, and his family naturally disagrees.
Hearing this, Severn was stunned for a moment, and then said mysteriously: "Well, this idea is very good, I think if you seize the opportunity, maybe you can compare to Bill Gates." ”
He actually wants to encourage Alan to make smartphones, but the point is that no one can afford that much money now.
"Okay, don't talk about it, I'll be angry when I talk about this, come, drink. Alan said, holding his glass.
"Alan, didn't you call a model today?" After drinking, Josenna suddenly looked at Alan and asked, there are no models in the bar, this is not like Allen's style.
"Who said no, I have already called it, there is one from Australia, specially prepared for Severn. Severn, look, I'm okay with you. Alan winked at Severn.
"I'd better forget it, I have a girlfriend. Severn shook his head and refused.
"Wait for that model to come, you can say that again, I promise she's your thing. Alan said confidently.
Severn couldn't deny this, smiled and didn't speak.