Chapter 164: Refusal to Acquire
The two of them were talking, and the car had already arrived at the place.
The place where Mark, the owner of Facebook, lives, is still a rented small room, which Xu Jiahao did not expect, although Wang Zhengfei already knew, but when he really saw it, he still felt a little emotional, because the other party is not only like this when he has no money now, even if he is worth billions of dollars in the future, he still does not change his surname.
After opening the door, both parties were surprised by each other's youth, Xu Jiahao They are okay, they have already understood through the previous information, knowing that Mark and Xu Jiahao are the same age, they are also 84 years old, one year older than Wang Zhengfei, but Mark didn't know that Xu Jiahao and Wang Zhengfei were so young, he only knew that it was the person in charge of a company from China, and thought it was an old man in his forties and fifties, but he didn't expect it to be so young.
"Hello!" As soon as Mark opened his mouth, he stumbled in Chinese, which surprised Wang Zhengfei and Xu Jiahao.
Mark had a smug smile on his face, and then said in fluent English: "Well, I speak Chinese well, you know, my girlfriend is Chinese!" ”
Wang Zhengfei suddenly had a black line, is this still good? But considering the identity of the other party's Americans, it's okay!
"Sit down, I'm a little small here, God, I didn't expect to be so young!" Mark said with a kind of exclamation. "China is such a magical country!"
"Hehe, we have a word in China called heroes out of youth, it is indeed a very magical country!" When it comes to his country, Wang Zhengfei is still very proud.
"I think you know what we're here for!" Wang Zhengfei said.
"Well, I've gone to find out, God, it's hard to imagine that someone on the other side of the ocean has the same idea as me!" Mark said with an exaggerated shrug.
Wang Zhengfei knows that this same idea does not mean that the idea of making a social networking site was born, because this social networking site has been around for a long time, and it is not their original idea, and his same idea is that the structure and creativity of Facebook and Renren are strikingly similar, just like twin brothers.
In fact, there is nothing surprising about this, Renren.com in the previous life copied most of the settings and ideas of Facebook.com, and the creative source of Renren now comes directly from Renren.com and Kaixin.com in the previous life, so it's not surprising that it feels similar.
"But that's how wonderful things are in the world, aren't they?" Wang Zhengfei laughed and said with a pun, which not only refers to similar things, but also refers to his rebirth.
In fact, rebirth is the most wonderful thing he has encountered, and nothing else can be compared with this thing, so after he was reborn, he became a lot calmer, because compared to rebirth, everything else is a floating cloud, and people who have been reborn are so confident.
"Yes, there are many things, and God can't explain why!" Mark continued to shrug his shoulders and said.
"Let me elaborate on our conditions this time, I believe it is definitely the best!" Xu Jiahao said.
"Oh no, I think you misunderstood me, I didn't even want to sell Facebook!" Mark said with a shrug.
"Mr. Mark, our company is willing to pay five million dollars to buy Facebook, and you can easily get more than dozens of times the return, it's a win-win thing, isn't it?" Xu Jiahao said.
"Oh no, Facebook is my work, just like my kids, there's no way I'm going to sell it!" Mark said.
Xu Jiahao looked at Mark with a surprised face, obviously when he contacted last time, Mark was not so resolute, and he still had the intention of selling, why did it take so long before he completely changed his mind.
In fact, he didn't know that Mark wanted to sell it at first, Facebook was just a gadget he inadvertently made, he had done a lot of similar things before that, and many companies had thrown olive branches to him, and when many young people were still confused about the future, he didn't need to worry about this at all, for him, the annual salary of one million was just the same thing, and this was after tax.
So he doesn't care much about Facebook at all, and at present, Facebook is not profitable, and he is constantly losing money, but he is not a fool, on the contrary, he is also very smart, someone comes to ask for a purchase, which means that someone is optimistic about the future, and it is a company far away in China.
All this aroused his curiosity, what was the reason why a company in China came thousands of miles to the United States to buy it, you must know that his understanding of China is quite limited, and the only thing he knows is from the mouth of his Chinese girlfriend.
Soon he found out the information of this Chinese company called Ruifeng through online channels, and he was immediately surprised that there was nothing to add, because this company started as a social networking site, and the setting of the whole Renren was strikingly similar to the Facebook he had just completed, if it weren't for the fact that the other party had launched Renren as early as a year ago, he might have felt that Renren had plagiarized his Facebook, because he knew very well that Facebook was original.
After knowing all this, he knew why the Chinese company had come to buy his company from far and wide, because the two sides were the same type of company, and it was clear that the other party had the ambition to dominate the world, and it was also possible to enter the American market by acquiring his own company, so there was no need to doubt the sincerity.
But even so, he doesn't want to sell it, because since the other party is so optimistic, it doesn't mean that his Facebook is a company with great potential, otherwise the other party will not come to the door, or to be precise, that is, this market has great potential, since the other party has been successful in China, it is a good reference case there, and a large part of the reason for its success in China can also be copied in the United States, and only some details need to be modified.
So instead of selling it for millions like this, it's better to continue to do it, even if it can't reach the situation of the other party sweeping the world in China, but it is much stronger than selling millions now.
He still knows how to weigh the pros and cons of this, so he quickly changed his mind and disagreed to sell, and the more anxious the other party is, the more he can't sell.
He knows this in his heart, although he is very casual many times, but it does not mean that he is a very casual person, he is much more shrewd than many people, the so-called rumors that he rejected Microsoft because he didn't want to get up at eight o'clock in the morning, naturally it is absurd and uninhibited, but he doesn't want to, just because he doesn't want to, and there is no such absurd reason, although this don't want to be very absurd, to work at Microsoft, is the dream of many computer students.
"Six million!" Wang Zhengfei suddenly spoke.
"I'm sorry, I really didn't mean to sell Facebook!" Mark said a little helplessly.
"Seven million!" Wang Zhengfei added one million to one million, but he only felt that the other party should be afraid of the lack of money.
"Really not interested!" Mark said with a smile. "Facebook is a work that I have carefully prepared, it is impossible to give up, if you are asked to give up Renren, are you willing?"
"Of course not, but that's different!" Xu Jiahao said.
"What's the difference!" Mark said with a smile on his face.
"We are now the largest social networking site in China, and your Facebook network still looks worthless, at least for now!" There was a bit of pride in Xu Jiahao's tone.
"If it's worthless, will you come to me?" Mark said with a smile on his face.
Speaking of which, Wang Zhengfei suddenly understood what this mark meant, what Facebook is that his works will not sell, etc., these are all nonsense, the fundamental reason for his surname is that he sees the good prospects of social networking sites, and he feels that he can also make money with this, so he refused.
In all fairness, he wasn't wrong in his decision, and if it were someone with a little bit of a vision of the future, he would do it.
Wang Zhengfei sighed, it seems that future confrontation is inevitable!
smiled slightly, stood up and said: "We know what you mean, but you are a little mistaken, the reason why we came to you is not what you think, your Facebook is really good to this point, you have also seen it, our Renren and your Facebook are surprisingly similar, not at all what you think, we are really optimistic about this market, and in the United States, you are not the only one who is making this cake bigger, I think you also know this." I chose you just because you have the highest resemblance to us, and you are the easiest to do! ”
Mark's face was a little stunned, he didn't expect Wang Zhengfei to say this, to say it so directly, and suddenly he realized that it seemed that he was really thinking too much, or to say something ugly, that is, he looked up to himself too much.
"In that case, we also know your attitude, Mr. Mark, so we will stay soon!" Wang Zhengfei said goodbye.
went downstairs, Wang Zhengfei's face was a little gloomy, and Xu Jiahao said a little apologetically: "I'm sorry, I'm too impatient, otherwise I wouldn't have let him find out!" ”
"It's not your problem, it's that he doesn't want to sell at all!" Wang Zhengfei said. He remembers that in his previous life, although Facebook had venture funds, it had never been completely acquired by others from beginning to end, even if Microsoft paid for it, they did not buy it.
"In that case, it is impossible to buy him and thus open up the American market, and we will have one more opponent because of it!" Wang Zhengfei said, "Now we are ready to investigate the US market, and when the time comes, we are ready to launch the United States and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan simultaneously!" ”
Since confrontation is inevitable, let's burn the flames of war to the opponent's backyard!
(To be continued)