At this time, although the two giants of Apple and Google were far less powerful than later generations, they were already top giants in the eyes of the vast majority of people.

Apple and Google are not the only ones who are also interested in the newborn Facebook, but their response is far less rapid than that of Apple and Google.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, after a full hour of work, the new server that can accommodate millions of people online at the same time was finally launched.

Kirkland's dormitory, which was still very empty, is now crowded, but the more than an hour of waiting is a long time for Facebook registered users.

When Facebook was relaunched, it quickly spread again, and people who had only heard about it before had not had time to sign up flocked to the Facebook site.

The current Facebook photo comparison, which selects the best of him and her only stars and college students, has made some high school students unhappy.

At 3 p.m., when the number of registrations exceeded 150,000, the official Facebook account comments appeared with a lot of requests to add photos of the best high school students.

Mark. Zuckerberg finally decided to include the best high school student comparisons, and in the coming days he will add some photo comparisons of popular industries.

But just after he released the best high school student rating, his phone showed an unfamiliar number.

After answering the phone, Mark. Zuckerberg shrugged and looked at his partner: "Apple's call, they wanted to inject money into us, and then they also came up with the idea of buying us. ”

"Steve. Jobs' Apple, want to buy us? "Chris. Hughes was very surprised. Although Facebook's popularity has surprised all of them.

But he definitely didn't expect it to be less than a day after it was launched. The website was able to attract the attention of a giant like Steve Jobs.

Eduardo. In addition to helping create Facebook. Responsible for financial management.

He needed to manage all the expenses, and originally Chen Tian and Mark. When Zuckerberg first talked about it, he wasn't counted.

Later Mark. When Zuckerberg and Chen Tian discussed, they decided to give Eduardo a 7% stake, which came from Chen Tian and Mark. Zuckerberg each took out 2 of the original 40 percent, and Chris. Hughes and Dustin. Moskovitz took 1.5% out of 10 percent, thus making up Eduardo's 7%.

Looking at Mark. Zuckerberg asked, "Mark, how much did they prescribe?" Ten million dollars? ”

In his opinion, it is so hot and has endless potential. It is normal for Apple to offer a guaranteed reserve price of 10 million, unless the other party is not sincere, or treats them as a group of students who don't know anything, and deliberately offers a low price to buy and make a bargain.

"They offered 80 million to buy Tiyì, or they injected 10 million to get 20 percent of the shares." Mark. Zuckerberg didn't expect Apple to be so generous either.

Eighty million dollars, which made several people present gasp.

This is not a small amount, at least for them in their college years.

Just when a few people were lamenting the madness, Google's call also came.

When Mark. Zuckerberg was a little less shocked when he learned that it was Google's call, even though Google claimed to be able to invest 50 million in Facebook's growth. Even up to $100 million in acquisition contracts were issued.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Rand. Facebook is not my own, I'm just a partner, it's not something I can decide alone, I hope you can give me a little time to think about it before replying. ”

Chris. Hughes and the others looked at Mark with blank eyes. Zuckerberg's side, they just heard the word 100 million.

If they guessed correctly, it was probably the purchase price, otherwise Mark. Zuckerberg wouldn't say that Facebook wasn't his own.

"Hope to get good news from you, contact next time!" Rand was not disappointed, after all, this was the first contact, and it was impossible to expect success in the first attempt.

"Mark, what's the situation? I just heard 100 million? "Dustin. Moskowitz asked.

"Google's phone, they mean the same thing as Apple, but the price is higher.

It looks like we're on the go, otherwise they wouldn't have offered such a price on the first day. "Mark. Mr. Zuckerberg hadn't heard of a company that caught anyone else's attention on day one.

At the same time, he can get such a high purchase offer, if he sells, then he will immediately become a 40 million-level billionaire.

"God, I've become a multi-millionaire, even though it's just an offer, so it shows that we have a lot of potential, right?" Chris. Hughes grimaced his exaggerated expression.

"Justin, Apple and Google just called me, and they both proposed the idea of capital injection or acquisition?"

Chen Tian, who was browsing on Facebook, received a message from Mark. Zuckerberg's phone call, hearing the news, Chen Tian frowned.

He didn't expect to attract the attention of the giants on the first day, which is good news and is not good news.

In the capital market, Facebook will definitely go public unless it doesn't want to continue to grow and make money.

Once the listed shares are diluted it is inevitable that the specific future Mark. Chen Tian does not have a clear memory of how much Zuckerberg's stake remains, but it seems that there is only about 10% left in his impression.

Chen Tian didn't know much about business operations, but his intuition told him that this time was not good news, and he thought of the Ellison siblings, maybe they could help.

"Mark, we don't sell now, since they can pay such a high price now, it shows that we have more potential, otherwise they wouldn't be like this.

Mark, when the number of members reaches 500,000, it will be opened, and ordinary people will upload photos to their respective accounts, and then add Colo. Moretz's photos have made her photos a hot spot, and I'm going to let a lot of people see them.

You need to work on it, I don't know how to use computers! Chen Tian said with a smile.

“OK。 That's fine. I'll give it to me. "Mark. Zuckerberg agreed.

Facebook's user sign-ups are snowballing. The rate of growth is getting faster and faster.

By 10 p.m., the number of registered users exceeded 300,000.

Such a rate of growth makes Mark. Zuckerberg hasn't had time to get ready to launch Klo. Moretz, for his own mistakes Mark. Zuckerberg was a little depressed.

For Apple and Google, Facebook's growth rate is too dazzling for them to miss out.

The comparison of the best high school students quickly attracted a large number of high school students to participate, which is one of the reasons for the rapid growth in the number of registered users.

"Brian, I saw your picture. On this social networking site called Facebook, you're going to be famous, and you seem to be in sixth place. ”

Brian. Lively looked at her friend Ruth in bewilderment, she hadn't uploaded any photos.

"Oh my gosh, you don't know, I bet someone has a crush on you who uploaded it." Ruth swore that she was very envious of Brian. Lively .

I quickly clicked to open the Facebook page, quickly logged into my account and found the best high school girl photo page.

Brian. Lively is in sixth place, with 676 people upvoted.

"This girl is going to be a superstar when she grows up. Very temperamental. ”

"I like you, you're so beautiful. If I appear in a movie or TV series, I will definitely watch it. ”

"Blonde girl, future super beauty, Burbank High School is not far from where I am."

"It's beautiful!"

……

Brian. Lively looked at the comments with a smile on his face.

Her dream is to become an actress, and she is now in 10th grade in Burbank, Los Angeles, where she wants to try her hand at acting.

In fact, she did become a big star in the future, and eventually became famous for starring as the heroine Serena in "Gossip Girl".

She didn't know what it was for, but it would have been nice to be in sixth place, but her attention quickly turned to the five people in front of her.

"Deanna. Agron? "Brian. Baffly whispered that the girl in the photo was also a blonde girl, with a face that resembled hers, but was a little more rounded than hers.

The eyes are bright, and the overall facial features are really beautiful together, and the bottom of the photo is almost all praised, and the number of likes has reached 3656.

And her number of likes is almost this Deanna. Agron's fraction, the original good mood suddenly became a little worse.

"Ruth, I'm not the best picture, is it?" Brian. Lively said a little depressed, in fact, the photos uploaded on the computer are already very good.

"Of course, your best photos will definitely rank higher when they are uploaded, do you have them on your computer? I'll upload it for you. ”

Ruth as Brian. Lively is best friend, she knows what the other person thinks.

High school students are no less enthusiastic about participating than college students, and Facebook is burning more and more fiercely.

Within 24 hours of going live, the number of registered Facebook users officially reached 500,000.

On this day, Facebook also attracted a lot of media attention, and attentive reporters naturally discovered the direct connection between Chen Tian and Facebook.

And Mark. Zuckerberg launched the post-90s girl photo contest at 10 p.m. Moretz quickly finished in the top three, while the number one was Julia. Roberts' niece, Emma. Roberts.

Many popular post-85 actresses appeared in Facebook's selection, and the next day, the media in the United States reported on Facebook.

"USA Today" even used the title of "Social Miracle" to praise Facebook's incredibleness, and the Disney talent scouting department, which has always focused on the development of girl stars, has set its sights on the selection of post-90s girls.

Facebook is becoming more and more popular, and Chen Tian, who is hidden behind the scenes, has appeared in the newspaper for the first time as a role that is not a scandal or a director's film.

The Wall Street Journal even reached 1 million registered users within three days of its launch on Facebook. Zuckerberg put it in the economic headlines.

He also asserted that Facebook would reach a market capitalization of $500 million within a year if it could keep growing.

Kolo. "Little Sunshine Beauty" starring Moretz has not yet been released, and the post-90s girls who have already relied on Facebook have become the focus of countless people's attention.

and Emma, who was born to live in the spotlight. Roberts comparison. People are obviously more willing to pay attention to Colo. Moretz.

This directly made many people who didn't know "Little Sunshine Beauty" make up their minds to enter the theater. Check out this self-destructing image playing Oliver's Colo. How is Moretz's table xiàn.

However, the film market, which has not been ignited by the release of many new films, has made Eric. Lomis couldn't help but worry that "Little Sunshine Beauty", which collided with "The Lord of the Rings 3", would become cannon fodder.

Compared to the promotion of "Super Burger King", "Hard Candy" and "This Man from Earth" combined for less than $5 million.

"Little Sunshine Beauty" reached $5 million in just ten days of promotion. And that's not even counting the handover to Harvey after the release. Weinstein pounded the Oscar's publicity expenses.

Eric. Lomis conservatively estimates that the publicity cost spent on "Little Sunshine Beauty" will reach 10 million, which is not a large amount, but it is not a small amount for MGM.

If "Little Miss Sunshine" is as bad at the box office as the previous films, he will face even more pressure.

Especially in the case of recent rumors within the company that MGM will be sold to Sony is becoming more and more real, if there is no good worksheet, once it is sold to Sony, then he is likely to step down, which is not what he wants to see.

And once "Little Sunshine Beauty" has an excellent performance, then he can at least have some self-proof chips with the four films he has collaborated with Chen Tian.

On December 16, 2003, there was still one day before the release of "Little Sunshine Beauty" and "The Lord of the Rings 3".

Facebook changed its servers for the third time. Because the number of registered users has reached 10 million in just ten days.

Chen Tian invested another $5 million, and Mark. Zuckerberg will rent office space in Boston while hiring staff.

With the dazzling spring breeze of Facebook, Kolo. The number of likes on the post-90s girl list has exceeded 3 million, second only to Emma. Roberts was second.

Kolo. Moretz has its own fan base and its own official website.

In her personal official website, Chloe. Moretz's photos have become the object of countless people's pursuit, which directly brought more attention to "Little Sunshine Beauty".

"Little Beauty PK Lord of the Rings" - this is the headline of the Hollywood Reporter's front page on December 17.

At the end of the article, the editor wrote: "Compared to the box office, this is definitely not a fair comparison." For Justin and his fans, their victory was to stage Miracle 4.0. ”

That's a good point. Chen Tian will not be arrogant to think that "Little Sunshine Beauty" can compete with "The Lord of the Rings 3" for the box office, what he wants is to move towards the 100 million yuan mark on the basis of the 50 million box office in the future.

However, "Sweet Dance" and "The Last Samurai" released on the 5th, and the new films "Love is a Compromise", "Personal Brothers", and "Love is Priceless" released on the 12th.

In addition to the low-cost "Sweet and Spicy Dance" to recover its costs, "Love is Priceless" and "Personal Brothers", two small productions, zuò, relied on the North American box office and finally estimated that they barely recovered their costs.

The 80 million "Love is a Compromise" received less than 20 million at the box office in five days after its release, which is destined to stab Sony hard.

Such a dismal market heat made Chen Tian a little worried.

What makes Chen Tian relieved is that the discussion of "Little Sunshine Beauty" on the Internet is not low.

Although it can't be compared with "The Lord of the Rings 3", it is far higher than other films.

"Robert, I'm going to see Chloe tonight. Moretz, are you going! "Ronn is a 12th grade student at Beverly High School in Los Angeles and will be entering college next year.

Deanna of their school. Agron is now the number one photo of high school students on Facebook, but he prefers Kolo. Moretz.

Robert and Ron were classmates, also from Chloe. A big fan of Moretz.

Even argued with others about this online as well as in reality. Roberts and Kolo. Moretz who is cuter, the day before yesterday was even more because of this problem and a fight with a little boy in the lower grades.

His nose was bleeding and he was beaten by his father.

"I'm going too, and I'm going to call my friends." Robert had already set aside tonight's time.

All the homework had to be solved early, otherwise his dad wouldn't have let him go to the theater.

"I didn't expect your father to allow you to go, see you that night."

"See you in the evening!"

Similar conversations in Colo. The same happened to Moretz's other followers, not just the students.

Kolo. Moretz's cuteness has attracted the love of many adults, and the popularity accumulated by Chen Tian has also played a big role.

Roger and Alice, who were far away in New York, had assembled a team of people all over the United States a day earlier, including 500 people in New York and Los Angeles.

The 5,000 of them will enter the theater at 7 o'clock tonight, trying to get off to a good start at the box office on the opening day of "Little Sunshine Beauty".

And Scarlett, who also opened a personal account on Facebook. Johnson, Natalie. Portman, Annie. Hathaway, Jessica. Alba also called on everyone to support "Little Sunshine Beauty" on the Internet, Natalie. Portman even invited Boston audiences to join her in the theater.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Chen Tian and Scarlett. Johnson left the villa for the theater, and "Little Beauty in Sunshine" ushered in the release moment. (To be continued......)