Chapter 24: The Poor Dagger
"Vulgarity. Vulgar. Vulgar. β
Roy seemed unaffected by the beauty of the dishes, as disgusted as if he were looking at rat poop, and he scolded Fang Xuan's judgment: "Vulgar restaurants don't work on the dishes, but pour wine, light fires, make flaming ice cream, or focus on the art of plating, and arrange everything in the shape of an abstract oil painting, but in the end, you will find that you only ate a few shiitake mushrooms and a few pasta sticks, which didn't taste very good, but spent enough money to eat a few big dishes elsewhere." β
Dumbfounded and speechless, Mark Randolph has a new understanding of Roy's eloquence, this Nima is simply born for debate, and can immediately find flaws in any topic and give a sharp rebuttal.
At this time, when he looked at these dishes again, he didn't have much appetite.
On the contrary, Roy swallowed a few saliva covertly, and his righteous words on the surface were as majestic as a defender, and he had betrayed him a hundred times in his heart.
Expensive dishes, art-like food, were now in front of him, and he couldn't even do it.
Roy inexplicably came up with an advertising slogan in his heart: miss it once, wait another ten years.
Whining...... I pretend to be B, and I have to go down on my knees.
"Roy, you did a great job this afternoon, if you are not a calm investor, I am afraid you will have to make a decision. Mark slowly shifted the subject.
"Thank you, without your connections and vouches, I would be nothing in front of them. Roy said humbly.
"Huh?" Mark was slightly surprised, he didn't expect the other party to come out of the tense confrontation so quickly, he smiled and said, "Haven't others told you, is your humble appearance cute?"
"The premise is that you have to have real talent and real learning. Roy laughed, unceremoniously boasting again.
Mark was almost accustomed to the other party's style of language β the annoying kind, he said, "Remember what you said when you first came to Netflix for an interview?
"You say: If you're going to hire employees, forget it, if you need a partner, we can talk about it.
"You also said: Give you a million dollars, and you can start a company that disrupts the giant BesTV.
He also said that he was able to make his own forum and website.
"You know what? I felt like I had met a madman, a megalomaniac, a neurotic, and I never believed in the world that a 19-year-old guy who hadn't even graduated from high school could achieve anything like that. But, as a result, you know β you're a well-deserved genius. β
Thinking of his embarrassment a few weeks ago, Roy was also full of emotion, the past was like the wind, like a dream, he smiled and said: "I accepted the sugar coating, and I have to return the shells to you." As I said before, I will not budge on the issue of principle. β
Mark didn't give up and continued to sketch out the blueprint: "Hey Roy, don't rush to give an answer, you may not understand what a great thing we are doing.
"Think about it, if we can get financing from a venture capital company, then now Reed's position is yours, and you can call the wind and rain in the company, and cover the sky with one hand, what else are you not satisfied with?
"Look at your current identity, a down-and-out wage earner, a month's salary is not enough to eat here, you need to rent a house, clothes, eat, including a girlfriend, after paying these bills, how much money do you have?
"No! or even in debt.
"Now that you have such a great opportunity in front of you, what reason do you have to turn it down?"
What a beautiful blueprint, Roy smiled, "yes, such a good opportunity, can I give it to others?" I think countless Americans with dreams of making a fortune will not refuse. β
"I admit that I can't find a young man as talented as you to work with in a short period of time. Mark tried to explain.
Roy raised his glass, took a sip, and shook his head with a smile: "Mark, we are all smart people, why do you have to go around the bend." You may be thinking to yourself that there are countless talented young people, but there is only one suitable scapegoat like me, right?"
"I don't know why you think that, but I managed to reach out to a lot of venture capitalists, can't I show my sincerity?"
"Your sincerity is not enough to shake me, and I repeat at the end, if you want to form a new company in partnership, the executive CEO must be me, and you are not allowed to meddle in financial matters, and as for the distribution of equity between the two of us, I can be appropriately courteous. Roy said solemnly.
"My God, you're really mad, tell me, how old are you? 19 years old, right! You expect an investor to believe that a 19-year-old hairy boy can succeed in starting a business? Unless the capitalists on Wall Street have their heads in water, they will choose to believe you, and in that case, the United States will not be far from extinction!" Mark said angrily.
Roy admitted that what the other party said was all right, the United States is a country with equal human rights on the surface, but behind the scenes, the discrimination is more serious than anywhere else, young people, women, origin, skin color, education, appearance...... And so on and so forth, all of which will be summed up in their judgment of discrimination. (Appendix 1)
Therefore, when I met Reid Hastings during the interview, it was only because I was lucky, if I went to work elsewhere, I would definitely be ridiculed and hit a wall everywhere.
My background is not clean, except for the most difficult to judge the work ability, there is nothing, and it is very difficult to get the initial start-up capital, which is more than a dream.
"Well, I'll admit you're right. I can make financial concessions. Negotiation is a mutual compromise, Roy stretched out three fingers and tentatively said, "30%." β
"It's not enough, boy. The form reversed, and Mark learned Roy's tone and said, "Your sincerity is not enough to shake me." β
"What are your conditions?"
"100% financial dominance. β
Roy shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, leaned helplessly on the backrest, and said with a smile: "That's not to talk?"
"You know, that's my biggest concession. Without me, you'll always be the lowest employee in a small company, and nothing miracles will happen!" Mark pressed hard.
"Are you so sure? You know, it's gold that always shines, and without you, I can still find investors. β
Mark sneered, "Investors with water in their heads? Yes, it's possible." β
"No, Miss Elisa, he admires me, everyone can see that, I want to thank you for introducing her to me, I have the confidence-"
"βdon't be foolish, do you have her phone, do you think she's going to meet you?"
A gilded business card turned in Roy's hand, looking very high-end, and he quickly glanced at Mark's eyes, and then carefully received it in his arms, like a newborn chick.
He tilted his head, a confident smile on his face, and pretended to be embarrassed and said, "I'm sorry, I have her business card." β
"No way! How can this be? When...... When is it...... Is it the time to deliver the information?" Mark was extremely unbalanced, when he contacted Anthony Albert through the other party's assistant, he himself did not have the other party's direct contact information, I didn't expect this kid to get the phone number of Anthony's daughter Alyssa, this is simply ...... It's extremely unpleasant.
"yes, I didn't expect you to observe quite carefully. Roy's tone was lighthearted.
"Even if you have her phone, don't be naΓ―ve, you have to recognize that you are still a child. β
"You may be right, but so what? I have nothing, nothing to lose. Roy thought to himself, if Mark knew that the business card in his arms was actually the salesman's in the corridor downstairs, he wondered if he would be angry because he was being teased.
Thinking of this, the smile on his face became a little stronger.
[PS] Appendix 1: "Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Tells Us About the Real You and Me" by Seth Stephens and David DeWittz.
Through the study of Google search data, the book enumerates the division, discrimination, arrogance, and complaining behind the lies of Americans...... (If the investigation takes place in China, it is believed that the same applies)