Fasher's little trick set the stage for a meeting, and after he left, the Facebook team began to talk about Dubai and the prince. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Those who reacted quickly could already realize that this might be a business opportunity, but the exact way to do it depends on the meeting with the prince; The audience, which was sluggish and was proud of its software, suddenly leaped from the majority of students to the royal family.

In short, these people are looking forward to meeting the next day.

It was the next morning.

A convoy of five sedans approached, and under the sideways eyes of passers-by, the convoy stopped on the side of the road, and a group of black-clothed bodyguards came down first, all expressionless, with vacuum headphones around their ears, and the sense of a movie agent.

The middle Mercedes door was opened, and a man dressed in a jacket and jeans got out of the car, his sunglasses covered his eyes, but he could feel the extraordinary momentum he exuded, and the bodyguards around him automatically took him as the core.

Zuckerberg's gang was amazed at this kind of style.

The Sheikh came to them and took off his sunglasses, and El Fasher stepped forward first, introducing them to both sides: "Prince Sheikh Rashid! ”

Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moskowitz, Susie Stenson ......"

"Hey! Guys! ”

Sheikh showed American enthusiasm, took the initiative to extend his hand to them, shook them one by one, and said without any pretense: "Just call me Rashid." ”

Zuckerberg, who is still very young, has the shyness of some otaku: "Your English is really good." ”

Fasher had already spoken to Sheikh last night, and he said casually: "I studied in the UK, and recently in New York, I happened to come into contact with your masterpiece, although it is a little simple, but the creativity is what makes my eyes shine." ”

Zuckerberg smiled and scratched his head, and when he saw a group of people standing, he reacted: "Please!" Sorry, our workspace is a bit messy. ”

"You have very talented brains, and this is your most valuable asset." Sheikh casually sat down on a couch and glanced around.

In the early days, Facebook's office was really ordinary, with computers everywhere, kitchens and work areas mixed together, unfinished pizzas on the table, and typical programmers messing around.

Of course, it doesn't matter, Sheikh has a crush on this team, and not long after he sat down, he showed the style of Dubai's local tyrants to these young people: "I have prepared some greeting gifts for you, I hope you will like it!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Amir asked the bodyguards to move several large boxes in, and Sheikh motioned for them to open the package, and everyone confusedly unwrapped the outer packaging, revealing the contents inside.

"Look at that! IBM minicomputers and servers! ”

Some people exclaimed, for the early stage of Facebook, it was completely unthinkable that they could have the most cutting-edge equipment of IBM, and these dream machines were now in front of them.

Zuckerberg was too embarrassed to accept: "This gift is too expensive." ”

Sheikh didn't care about money with a face full of money: "If you can make your website responsive and the service content better, I am also an indirect beneficiary!" ”

Fasher laughed, and everyone laughed together, they have experienced the courage of the local tyrant, and they cannot refuse, and they have no perseverance to refuse, who doesn't like a free gift?

Sheikh won the favor of this group of people in a short period of time, and in the communication about the software, he also pointed out many problems, such as photo sharing, short videos, and a wider social circle.

"I don't want it to be limited to college students or groups of students, your philosophy is to be social, and social people have social circles, if not more so. As far as I'm concerned, I'm looking forward to seeing the dynamics of friends with familiar names......"

"It's just a pity that I can only use it in the United States, if you can expand to the world, make full use of its advantages of the Internet, and maintain its diversified and unique style, I think you will become a popular product in the world."

As always, Sheikh carried the concept of the afterlife, before he decided on the investment, he just briefly mentioned a few points, and did not go too deep into it, but for these people, inspiration continued to explode, and their ideas and horizons were expanding.

They began to look at the prince in the face, and he was really good creatively.

Zuckerberg gathered his thoughts: "We had plans for this, but we don't have all the resources to rush it. ”

Sheikh was very curious: "The developed American capital market, doesn't it favor your company?" ”

Everyone looked at each other, and Zuckerberg continued: "There is capital, but they evaluate us less than expected, and they want to buy out our results altogether." ”

Xie He said: "Capital is like this, after the A round is melted into the B round and C round, constantly pulling your capital chain, and after diluting layer by layer, your results will eventually be assigned to someone else's name." ”

He lifted Erlang's legs, looking like Lao Tzu had seen countless storms, and every word of his heart made this group of young people agree with him.

Although the Sheikh is pretending to be forced, it is based on the prominent background, no one thinks that he is pretending, but he still hopes to get the guidance of this local tyrant friend.

Zuckerberg didn't understand this, and was a little helpless: "This is the inevitable development of the enterprise, we want to do a good job, but the investor only pursues profits." ”

"Not necessarily."

Sheikh groaned and quietly revealed the fox's tail: "Actually, you can also see that I like this product very much, and I especially hope to use it in the Gulf region, and I look forward to you launching more perfect functions." ”

Everyone nodded, and in the conversation just now, Sheikh made a lot of requests from the perspective of users, and every sentence was a great inspiration to them, and from a technical point of view, this is priceless.

With this layer of free help in the first place, they did not reject it, but took the initiative to ask: "What do you think?" ”

"I should have some pocket money in my hand."

The Sheikh looked at Amir next to him, and the latter cooperated and blew: "You have enough balance in your dollar account to spend a billion dollars." ”

It's a pity that I heard this group of people take a breath clearly, and the pocket money in front of them is still understated, but the opening is billion? It makes people feel that his money is simply blown by the wind!

No wonder they all say that Dubai is a crazy country, and the prosperity of oil piling up, and now that you can experience it in person, this pride is simply trembling.

Sheikh returned to the topic: "I can provide you with sufficient help, and the controlling stake remains in your hands, I am a layman, so I will not interfere in the operation." ”

"You can use this money to concentrate on product development, and you don't need to deal with capital anymore, and you no longer have to face unscrupulous investors."

The conditions of the Sheikh are simply to their hearts, and this way of trusting investment and not interfering with it is the most ideal plan in the eyes of all entrepreneurs.

What's more, he is super rich, and he doesn't care about money in every word and deed, and they feel that the value of the company can be doubled, and they will not use frequent financing in the future.

After everyone looked at each other, Zuckerberg spoke: "Excuse me, sir, how much are you going to vote?" ”

Xie He's smile bloomed: "I value your company at three to five hundred million US dollars, the larger the proportion of shares I can hold, the more capital will be invested, and the choice is yours." ”

Zuckerberg swallowed, and what he didn't tell the Sheikh was that a VC recently offered them $12 million on the condition of a 10% stake, which the team was already considering.

But they didn't dare to think that today's scene, when there are only 3 million users, someone will give their small business a financing line of their choice.

The $500 million valuation made them dizzy.

It even diluted their resistance to venture capital, because there was no such investment, and all of them decided that the prince was really a local tyrant who burned money and had fun, but he was the ideal partner for them.