When Fribook's team released the news that it was ready for the second round of financing, in the next few days, the entire Palo Alto Silicon Valley was boiling, and various party dinners were waiting for Xia Ruxuan and Zuckerberg

At the beginning of December, at a seminar centered on technology, everyone was talking about what was going on in their hearts, and every small opinion could be an earthquake in the financial world, at a seminar centered on technology, and when it was Jeremy Phillips' turn to be a close adviser to the senior strategist at the Wen Group

He confessed that he was glad that his company had buried My, the world's largest communication site at the moment, and bluntly suggested that Fri Book was also very interesting, and at this time, Michael Wolff, the president of Viacom Group, left the restaurant in a panic, and he may have thought to himself that if Viacom Group lost to Wen Group in Fri Bo again, then the board of directors would definitely be angry

I don't know where the news came from, but on the second day of the 10-million-level celebration, Zuckerberg did receive a phone call, and the president of Viacom Group anxiously and bluntly asked if Fripook was considering selling himself to Wen Group, or accepting Wen Group's investment, and Zuckerberg certainly denied it decisively

Xia Ruxuan is also very clear about this, because they only talked to Wen Group last month, but Xia Ruxuan thinks that Wen Group is too Hollywood-style flashy, anyway, a media company like that doesn't understand how a technology company like this social network works, and he has no reason to give up his company's shares to people who are likely to be detrimental to his development, but unfortunately Xia Ruxuan has long forgotten who provided this round of capital injection to this website. Otherwise, he could have waited and waited, at which point the matter was urgent, and it might take a few months to complete a round of negotiations, and after the end of December, Christmas was missing, and there was not much money left for Fripook

Stanford's courses ended one after another during this period of time, and Xia Ruxuan naturally spent most of his time on the company's side for most of the remaining exams and papers, but fortunately, the company was not far from Stanford, which saved him a lot of time

During this period of time, the whole of Palo Alto was unusually lively, and the whole Fri Book was chased by countless people as if it had become a sought-after sweetheart, and Xia Ruxuan and Zuckerberg began to cruise around all kinds of dinner and drinking parties

The form of these dinner and drinking parties is different, but one of the situations that arises each time is that during the period, someone will inevitably appear in front of Xia Ruxuan and Zuckerberg with a ruddy face, praise the company's good results so far, and hope that the two sides can have a meeting

At this time, Xia Ruxuan would straightforwardly hope that the other party would give a price in mind, but in the past few days, none of the prices given by these people reached the point that Xia Ruxuan and Zuckerberg expected in their hearts, so there was no point in continuing to negotiate, and in the end, Xia Ruxuan simply avoided such a meeting completely and handed everything over to Zuckerberg to deal with

However, the impact of this incident was far greater than Xia Ruxuan thought, and when he appeared on the campus of Stanford University, he could hear news about Zuckerberg and the mysterious founder of the website in the East

In the hearts of these young people, the two young founders of the company in the building in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, not far from them, are just a legend, and such people can only be a minority after all, so there are many people who look forward to seeing what these two famous young people look like, those graduate students who are the same financial engineering majors as Xia Ruxuan Even when talking about the development of this company from a financial point of view, They never imagined that this genius young man they had never dreamed of meeting would be the most obscure and youngest Oriental boy in the class

If this news spreads, I'm afraid it will make everyone's glasses shatter

"Hey, in the apartment, Xia Ruxuan's roommate, this twenty-five-year-old finance bachelor named Josh Scumberg, who was a little chubby, with glasses and a beard, suddenly came to Xia Ruxuan, who was writing a subject paper, he admired this young man who was only twenty-one years old, but had begun to study for a master's degree, and after Xia Ruxuan came to the United States, some of the problems and unhabits encountered in life were all solved by Josh

And this person is also extremely talkative, which reminds Xia Ruxuan of Lan Junyang, who is far away in southern Jiangsu, that is, he dispelled the idea of moving out of the school building to live in a single apartment, anyway, even if he wants to go to the company, it is not far from Stanford

"What, what do you have in mind?" Xia Ruxuan looked back at him with great interest During the time he lived together, this bachelor of finance was always used to studying a financial problem in a variety of strange directions, and even a variety of financial problems, Xia Ruxuan felt extremely unaccustomed at first, and some couldn't keep up with the rhythm of his thinking, but now he is gradually getting used to it, after all, he had an experience with a geek like Zuckerberg before

"Not" Josh shook his head and smiled, "You didn't have an arrangement tonight?" ”

"No" Xia Ruxuan was stunned, not knowing what he was going to say, and said frankly

"That's okay" Josh winked at Xia Ruxuan mysteriously, "You hurry up and get ready, I'll take you to a place at night"

"Where are you going?" Xia Ruxuan's face was inexplicable

"I can't tell you now, you'll know when you get there" Josh's still mysterious expression aroused Xia Ruxuan's curiosity, "Okay, how do I prepare?" ”

"Well, it's good to dress a little more formally, nothing else" Josh looked at Xia Ruxuan, "You'll definitely be grateful to me when the time comes, I promise" He laughed as he said and turned back to his bedroom to change clothes

Xia Ruxuan looked at the time, it was almost four o'clock in the afternoon, pouted and put down the paper that had been written in general, and went back to change into a casual suit that was not too ostentatious

Josh, who came out of the room and sucked his stomach vigorously and tied the belt, was suddenly stunned when he saw Xia Ruxuan, and said a little leisurely, "Xia, if you don't like to make friends with Fribook, it is definitely not difficult for you to become a celebrity in Stanford...... You are so handsome that I am a little jealous," he said a little exaggeratedly, such a tone made Xia Ruxuan suddenly laugh, because there are really some like Lan Junyang, he should be not bad at this time in China, but for his praise Xia Ruxuan also smiled and thanked him, speaking of which, compared to the environment in China where he is used to treating cream students as handsome guys, in the United States, Oriental men like Xia Ruxuan who have seriously exercised and have muscles are really in line with their aesthetic ideas

At half past four, Xia Ruxuan got into Josh's car, a second-hand off-road vehicle

"Now can you tell me where we're going?" Xia Ruxuan said helplessly, "Do you need to go to the dinner party so early?" ”

Josh laughed seriously, turned his head back at Xia Ruxuan, winked at Xia Ruxuan, and still said mysteriously, "We're not going to Palo Alto, we're going to San Francisco, going to the Fairmont Hotel to attend a party at the top of San Francisco, I promise it's going to be a wonderful dinner, people like you who can't adapt to life in the United States should have more activities and participate in such a banquet."

"What kind of banquet is that?" Xia Ruxuan was a little dazed, but he didn't know what the situation was

Josh still looked at Xia Ruxuan with a mysterious expression, "You should know that there is now a matter of the second round of financing of Fri Book that has become the focus of attention in the whole of California?" If you don't know...... You still don't say that you studied finance, this matter has been paid attention to by financial people all over the United States, and those Wall Street giants are definitely discussing this matter, a social networking site founded by two young people, now has an estimated value of more than 500 million dollars, which is a miracle of the Internet economy" Josh said with a look of envy

"I know......" Xia Ruxuan paused and nodded

Josh blinked, "That's it, my uncle is a financial tycoon in San Francisco, and he invited the CEO of that company, a genius named Mark Zuckerberg, to today's dinner, and we can see this genius who is as young as you, and if he talks to my uncle, then we will be close to this company, which is wonderful, isn't it, I can't wait, it's just a pity...... I heard that the company's largest shareholder did not participate," Josh looked at the road ahead with some sigh

"I want to ...... It shouldn't be possible to talk about it so soon" Xia Ruxuan was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it for a long time, he spoke

Josh shrugged his shoulders indifferently, "But anyway, it's a good opportunity for you to meet the upper circles of San Francisco, you know, for those of us who study finance, the more contacts the better, and I really doubt that a lifetime of academic stuffing in a room like a student in your country can achieve anything good in the end...... Well, of course I didn't mean to be offended," Josh quickly defended at the end

Xia Ruxuan was stunned but didn't know how to tell Josh, but he wouldn't care about such a statement, and the teaching concept in China was already facing doubts from all sides