The cost of buying and maintaining servers is not low, and staff salaries and benefits are also a considerable investment, but Facebook, like most other social software, is free to download and use, and there is no way to directly benefit from users, and they have to find ways to make a profit in other ways. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Facebook's revenue mainly comes from two aspects, one is the direct sponsorship of online advertisers, and the other is the recharge commission of the game platform, and no matter which aspect needs to be supported by a large user base. In 2007, they were growing very well, and their user base was growing rapidly, so after receiving funding from Microsoft, the executives decided to go big and launched a number of new features one after another.

Things went smoothly at first, and Facebook's estimated market capitalization rose by an exaggerated 60% in just six months, prompting "Amazing" exclamations from both inside and outside the industry. However, the revelation of the privacygate scandal has changed everything, and Facebook's development initiatives have all been understood as egregious acts of abusing people's privacy for their own benefit.

Americans pay special attention to personal privacy, and when they learn that their personal information is being used by Facebook for resale or even sent to research institutions for analysis, they are shocked and angry, on the one hand, they actively mobilize legal weapons to try to protect their own vital rights and interests, and on the other hand, they carry out a large-scale boycott of Facebook, and a large number of users close their accounts every day.

"Did the news go?" In addition to film studios and Twitter in New York, Liang Baoguang also has a small hedge fund that focuses on term spread hedging products.

"Boss, those messages have been sent according to your orders." Almost all of the people in the fund are Liang Baoguang's seniors from the three business schools of Harvard Business School, Chicago Business School and Wharton School of Business, although these people are older than him and have more experience than him, but he has performed the super "magic" of 100 million to 1 billion in front of everyone, so no one is not convinced by him.

"If you don't die, you won't die, and if you attack us, you must be prepared to be bitten off a piece of meat." If it weren't for being bullied, Liang Baoguang wouldn't want to tear his face with Facebook so early, after all, there is not much conflict of interest between the two sides in the short term, but some people feel that he is weak and can be bullied to use three indiscriminate means, so he can't be blamed for a tooth for a tooth, he only has two things that are particularly big, one is temper, and the other is ......

"It's from a school, but where can that guy compare to you." The subordinates laughed with Liang Baoguang, but a few people were rolling their eyes in their hearts, this is not just a bite of a piece of meat, after this battle, whether Facebook can retain the original half of the market is still a question, "As long as the information we release can impress the people, he will not be far from bankruptcy." ”

If the Facebook account is deactivated, others will still be able to open the user's homepage, because all the user's data will be kept by the company's servers. Not many people cared about these details before, but now the situation is so different that people can't help but over-interpret anything about Facebook. Is it reasonable for a company like this, which not only violates user privacy, but also retains data in a big way, to watch them continue to be at large? You must know that the United States is a country governed by the rule of law.

Liang has arranged for a special person to constantly attack Facebook's banditry practices, hype up conspiracy theories that they have friends behind the US government, and use impulsive student groups to put pressure on US officials. Because Mark Zuckerberg did file a petition for a bigwig's family, and Facebook's favoritism in the legal battle with civil society was too obvious, the trolls believed the Americans when they said it.

Twitter has not deliberately kept a low profile these days, but has made all kinds of cynicism about Facebook's behavior, and if it does not make a few gloating remarks at this juncture, those conspiracy theorists may soon stand up and point at Liang Baoguang's nose and shout that the real culprit is here. Although he did do it himself, he didn't want to be in the front line and bear the pressure, at this time, everyone's suspicion was directed to MySpace, the most profitable company, few people thought that Twitter, which had just been born for a long time, would have such a method, and he certainly wouldn't have nothing to do to jump out to attract firepower.

"Our company does not have a stable profit point, and has been providing social services for users at a loss, which must be known to all Twitter users." People like to take advantage, and when Facebook makes hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars from their information, and when Mark Zuckerberg becomes super-rich by selling out his friends, users don't have any emotions but anger. On the contrary, Twitter has been losing money to keep the company and its software running, and users will feel that they are taking advantage of it, and they will not care which software is better.

"We know, Boss." Hedge funds are not only a group of budget-conscious managers, but also professional lobbyists and promoters who specialize in publicity, whether it is attracting new investors to join the company, or looking for investment banks to seek higher leverage, they all need their good eloquence.

Originally, these are all things for Twitter company, and they shouldn't be done for people in hedge funds, but spreading rumors and creating panic is the old business of these people, and it's much more handy to do it than the group of technical nerds in social companies. ”

Twitter frequently appears in TV newspapers as a positive example, and the behind-the-scenes boss Liang Baoguang has also been dug up by first-class professional Western reporters, and he has generously walked to the front of the stage and talked on many occasions about the process of his investment and integration into Twitter. The company finally got the opportunity for great development, and he had no reason to refuse the opportunity to promote it for free, but he would give face to any media invitation of sufficient weight.

A young director who wanted to go to SXSW to promote his film was suddenly attracted by a social software called Twitter, and after hesitation, he put the money he was going to use to shoot the next film into the small company. The company was resurrected, and the director reached the pinnacle of his life, not only achieving commercial success as an upstart in the IT industry, but also making a breakthrough in film, winning the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival a year later. However, this is not the end of this, in addition to the success of this director's career, he is also proud of his love scene, and Hollywood's popular lover Scarlett Johansson has also mixed up with him...... This is a saga that no young person can refuse.

When the name Paul Liang became known throughout the United States, Liang Baoguang and his story became known, and "This Man from Earth", the "work of destiny" that brought him to South by Southwest, undoubtedly aroused the interest of young people, who were curious about what a $200,000 movie would look like, and why Sony Classics could suddenly get a contract with it.

On the weekend of the fourth week, the movie's originally sluggish box office suddenly exploded, and in the following week, there was no decline but a steady rise, apparently Liang Baoguang's personal popularity drove the box office. According to this momentum, it will not be a problem for "This Man from Earth" to make six or seven million dollars in the North American film market before it is painted, and it is not impossible to break the eight million dollar mark with another effort, and it is already a great success for a low-budget independent film to hand over such a report card.

Mike Buck was very entangled after seeing the box office momentum of "This Man from Earth", admittedly, they can earn an extra dollar for every additional ticket sold, but this is obviously inconsistent with their plan to suppress Liang Baoguang. He hesitated for several days between the inside and the face, but he couldn't make a choice, and finally his good partner Tom Bernard woke him up, this dollar is not of much significance to Sony's classic films, and it is difficult to subdue those independent filmmakers after losing face once. So as soon as the two of them combined, they directly drew Liang Baoguang's movie, anyway, the distribution right is in their hands, and it doesn't matter if outsiders want to say anything.

Liang Baoguang was very annoyed when he learned the news, the box office potential of the movie could be tapped again, but Sony's classic movie directly removed it from the screening sequence, and it was clear that he wanted to give him some color. If it weren't for the fact that he had been following up on Facebook recently, he would definitely have to let that old bald head walk around, but at this time, even if he wants to do something, it is too late to do anything, the fact that the movie has been drawn cannot be changed, even if there is a remake like "Titanic" in the future, the box office is not easy to cumulatively calculate.

"Reaching 5 million at the box office is already a big hit, and you only spent $200,000 when you first filmed, which is not satisfied with 25 times more." Scarlett Johansson doesn't understand what Liang Baoguang is angry about, "This Man is from Earth" has always had a good reputation after withstanding the first wave of offensives, except for devout Christians, and the box office performance is also quite good, the box office of five million is a number that other independent filmmakers can wake up with a smile in their dreams, but Liang Baoguang still grits his teeth every day and wants to kill people.

"I could have challenged the record, but who knew it was ruined by that Jew." The cost control within 200,000 US dollars is definitely super low, I'm afraid that only home videotape movies can be cheaper than it, if you make a little more box office Liang Baoguang may be able to win the title of the director with the highest "yield", but the sudden painting of the movie made these come to naught, he doesn't hate that guy and can he give him a good face?

"Don't let Natalie hear that." Natalie Portman is also Jewish, and Scarlett Johansson is of Scottish descent and has been racially abused at school.

"What are you afraid of, my complexion doesn't touch porcelain and says that others are racist, even if they are lucky." Liang Baoguang squeezed his eyes.