"Living in H33, what would you say about your three roommates?" Ginny smiled softly, but the questions were not gentle at all.

Lin Mingyang nodded, "It's not bad, I think they should be the same kind of people as me." ”

"The same kind of people?" Ginny was stunned, "Including Glynn Nut?" ”

"Do you see that I have had an affair with a Hollywood actor?" Lin Mingyang reluctantly explained, "My surname orientation is normal, I mean they are all different, they have their own surnames and ideas, and they are full of passion and vitality, which is similar to me." ”

"Including Glynn Nut?" Ginny asked the same question again.

"He was one of the most unique among us, and he was even ahead of his time in thinking. In the preface to his book "Tolerance", Fang Long tells the story of a pioneer. The preface to this chapter tells us that we should have a more rational and tolerant attitude towards the advanced development of things. ”

"That's what you think of people with the same surname?" Ginny recorded it with her pen at a rapid pace.

This woman is not only beautiful, but also thinks quite quickly, she designed a trap to ask questions openly, even if Lin Mingyang saw it, he could only stretch his neck over without hesitation.

This aroused Lin Mingyang's curiosity about her, "Ginny, what course are you majoring in school?" ”

"Law!"

Jinny smiled sweetly, Lin Mingyang nodded with relief, she was born in a "famous mansion" like Harvard Law School, she does have enough capital to be proud of.

-- Ginny was satisfied to get the interview she wanted, but the next day her interview did not appear on the front page. Although Ginny had the advantage when interviewing Lin Mingyang, Luna took the lead and broke the details of Lin Mingyang's disguise infiltrating the school.

Luna got first-hand information from Jim, poor Jim didn't know when he was interviewed by her that the explosive head who lived in the same room with Mark Zuckerberg was Lin Mingyang, Luna easily took out the whole process of Lin Mingyang's encounter with them from his mouth, and also got a photo of them together.

Luna and Ginny's story made the front page of the Harvard Crimson the next day, with two articles taking up the entire page. Luna dominated the headlines with novelty, but Ginny got the most space with a detailed interview. Their reports are all related to Lin Mingyang, but the evaluation of Lin Mingyang's roommate in the article is diametrically opposed.

Mark Zuckerberg completely offended Luna, so in Luna's report, Jim's original words were quoted at length, and Mark Zuckerberg was extremely ridiculous, and then Greene Nat became an exhibitionist in her pen, and the only one who was spared was Billy Olson. Her essay completely portrayed Lin Mingyang as a victim of being deceived.

And Ginny's report is relatively fair, although she doesn't like Mark Zuckerberg either, but considering that she will often visit the H33 dormitory in the future, in order to have a good relationship with that group of guys, her report does not bring personal emotional color, and her evaluation of Mark Zuckerberg is not bad, especially Lin Mingyang classifies them as a group of people with himself, which makes many people's impression of this dormitory change greatly.

Lin Mingyang rarely accepted interviews with reporters before, so Ginny's report was cited by many newspapers at the same time. Lin Mingyang's views on same-surname love have been praised by many same-surname love organizations in the United States. Coincidentally, two days after the article appeared, the Massachusetts House passed an amendment to the law that began allowing same-name lovers to marry.

Ginny and Luna both successfully passed the test and officially became reporters for the Harvard Crimson Newspaper, but there were still some differences in their status at the newspaper, and Ginny's interview with Lin Mingyang was a success, and this report became a bridge for her to establish a relationship of mutual trust with Lin Mingyang, and she became a regular visitor to the H33 dormitory. Luna, on the other hand, was blacklisted for denouncing other members of the H33 dormitory in her reporting.

Lin Mingyang bought a high-end apartment near the school, but he still moved into the dormitory and honestly lived a life of living together. Compared with his previous appearances, Lin Mingyang's life at Harvard can be said to be a simple life, and most of the time he spends his time either staying in the dormitory or soaking in the library.

These small rooms on the third floor of Kirkland's dormitory are cramped, but the boys live here more intimately than they would if they were living in a more spacious environment. Lin Mingyang's ideas are unique, and his thinking is often imaginative, but he is extremely creative. Mr. Zuckerberg was born straight and sometimes outspoken, perhaps inherited from his mother.

The collective exchange in the H33 dormitory is generally led by Lin Mingyang or Mark Zuckerberg. Because of Lin Mingyang's existence, their conversation was often joined by boys from other dormitories. To be able to enter Harvard, the level is not bad, and the view of problems is his own ideas. Being able to be a leader in this group is only because the ideas of Lin Mingyang and Mark Zuckerberg are often ahead of the curve.

As a result, straightforwardness has become the usual style of conversation in this suite, and there are not many secrets to hide here. Part of the reason why everyone is here is that they know where everyone stands. With the exception of H33's fixed four masters, the people involved in their discussions are always changing. When there are less than one or two, everyone can occupy a very comfortable position on the sofa in the living room, and when there are five or six more, the sofa is crowded, and some people have to stand to participate in the discussion.

They talked about a wide range of topics, from politics and economy to nature and culture, and there were often sparks of wisdom in the discussions. This discussion is held about 2~3 times a week, and at the beginning it is all boys from the dormitory who have a close relationship with H33. The Billy Olson reunion played his part, and he put the discussion in his online blog, originally hoping to increase the click-through rate of his homepage, but invisibly promoting the discussion. As the influence grew, some of the school's most famous guys began to live in the H33 dorm, but the discussion was attended by only boys.

The only exception is Ginny, who has the exclusive right to report on the discussion due to her good relationship with the H33 dormitory, so she can record every discussion, sometimes laughing when the atmosphere is cold, but never participating in the discussion between the boys.

During this time, Lin Mingyang has been observing Mark Zuckerberg attentively, and in fact, the other party is doing the same thing as him. Mark Zuckerberg was quiet when he found out that he was surrounded by strangers, but that was just an illusion, because once he spoke, he became a different person. When others fully express their thoughts, Zuckerberg usually doesn't speak, but instead stares at the other person. He was accustomed to looking at the person who spoke, and he himself was completely silent.

If the other person says something very enlightening, he will end up gushing his opinion. But if the other person talks for too long, or the content of the conversation is obvious, he will see through it, and when the other person is done, he will gently reply "yes", and then change the subject, or turn away.

In fact, after learning that he was in the same dormitory as Mark Zuckerberg, Lin Mingyang had a faint plan in his heart, Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook has just been established now, and this website has shown strong vitality since it appeared, but there is still a process for people to accept it as a new thing. In Lin's memory, Facebook will not get its first venture capital as early as next year, after Mark Zuckerberg officially drops out, and until then, funding has been the reason for limiting the development of the site. Of course, in addition to money, there is a more important issue of how to make people accept this new way of online socialization.

With the vision and gaze of the reborn, Lin Mingyang is not only optimistic about Facebook, he has a larger network development plan in mind, but Facebook is a very key part of it. The success of Lin's plan depends largely on the level of trust he and Mark Zuckerberg can build.

And from the moment Lin Mingyang walked into H33, Mark Zuckerberg also had a vague idea in his heart, and in the continuous contact with Lin Mingyang, the ideas in his mind became clearer.

In this case, a separate appointment becomes inevitable.

Harvard University is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and the nearby Charles River meanders through Boston, three miles away. The city of Cambridge, like Boston, is a city that combines history, culture and modern civilization. The intersection of tradition and innovation in the city has also deeply influenced Harvard University. Harvard is unwalled, and the campus is integrated with the city, with art galleries, concert halls, museums, and of course, elegant and chic cafes.

Although this was a formal meeting, whether they could reach a consensus or not would even deeply affect their respective life destinies, Lin Mingyang did not deliberately make himself dress more formally, and Mark Zuckerberg directly stepped on his rubber slippers to attend the appointment. Anyone who sees this image cannot imagine that the conversation between these two young men will turn into a company worth tens of billions of dollars in a few years.

When Mark Zuckerberg came, he found that there was still an unfinished cup of coffee opposite Lin Mingyang, which was obviously not intended for him.

"Looks like someone waited before me."

Mark Zuckerberg smiled casually, but Lin Mingyang's very casual answer made his smile freeze on his face.

"Mr. Saverin just left."

Saverin, Facebook's chief financial officer and one of the company's current partners, invested $10,000 in the construction of the website, which was not a small amount for Facebook at the time.

When Lin Mingyang met with the company's financial director, he didn't know it, Mark Zuckerberg immediately became vigilant, but he was a little puzzled, if the content of their conversation was unfavorable to him, then Lin Mingyang didn't need to tell him this.

The expression on Mark Zuckerberg's face was cloudy, but Lin Mingyang could easily guess what he thought. "You should have spoken to Mr. Saverin about your true thoughts before that, so he found me. But our conversation was limited to superficial exchanges, and nothing got to the core. I can sit here and tell you this, and with your cleverness, you should know what I mean. ”

"What did Saverin tell you?" Mark Zuckerberg nodded, and he asked the waiter to change himself for a cup of coffee.

"The main thing is that you have some disagreements on the development of the website, he wants to use advertising to support the operation of the website, but you think that it is not important to make users happy all the time with advertising to get as much revenue as possible. Because some commercials don't match the humorous and playful style of the students on Facebook, you turn down some companies, including Mercer Consulting and Goldman Sachs. ”

Mark Zuckerberg candidly said: "That's the biggest disagreement between me and Saverin, I don't want to advertise, but Saverin is a businessman. ”

Mark Zuckerberg is not alone in his generation with unique ideas for the web. Classified sites like Craigslist and Wikipedia had rapidly risen to prominence on the internet at the time, and sites like them were clearly not commercialized with advertising.

"Actually, what I really care about is the Facebook audience, and Saverin told me that now Facebook can expand to schools with more students, like the University of Arizona. But you seem to insist that the site should be opened primarily in Ivy League institutions, or at least in schools that users have asked him to add, the latter of which was included in Facebook because some of the user's friends attended there. ”

According to Lin Mingyang's initial understanding, in the first few months of operation, the social circle of the Facebook website was always small and there were xenophobic surnames. Because Zuckerberg insisted that users be limited to students, faculty, staff, and alumni of the schools that joined the network, even advertisers could not access the site. Not being able to see ads from their own company is unheard of for them.

"Do you also think I should open up more schools and get more people to join the site?" Mark Zuckerberg's initial positioning of Facebook was similar to that of Harvard, taking the elite route. This has a lot to do with the fact that the website was born at Harvard, but it has become a shackle to development now.

"The real elite does not trap itself in a castle built with pride, only when it goes to the masses, can the value of the social elite be reflected." Lin Mingyang felt the need to teach Mark Zuckerberg a lesson, because this guy was a little arrogant in his bones, and when he entered Harvard, this problem became more and more obvious.

"If you're only going to keep your site's users in the Ivy League, then there's no need for us to talk about it today, and in my imagination Facebook shouldn't be confined to campuses. It wants to enter thousands of households, transcend national borders, connect the virtual world into a whole with the way of online social networking, influence and change people's lifestyles, and even establish a second world on the Internet that reads beyond reality! ”

(To be continued)