"It's a good deal, a billion dollars sale to Yahoo, which makes perfect sense, and they're in good faith." The middle-aged man sitting at the top of the right side of the long table was talking, while the young man at the top was silent.

Most of the other attendees looked approving, a few hesitated, and only a few frowned.

"Is that what everyone thinks?" The young man who came up after a while asked aloud.

"I think Irving said it right, it's a good deal." Someone immediately said this, and nodded to the middle-aged man who had spoken earlier, who smiled back.

The young man asked a few more, and basically all of them were in favor, and only one thought that the price could be higher.

"What do you think, Sean?" He then turned his head to look at the bearded young man sitting next to him, about the same size as himself.

"You know very well, Mark, I'm always against selling, it's true that we're still having trouble making a profit, but the most successful companies are the ones that won't sell themselves." The other party said very seriously.

Mark? Although Zuckerberg nodded imperceptibly, he never said anything, you know, most of the people in this room are Facebook executives, if they join forces, they are likely to repeat the same Steve 20 years ago? The Mistakes of Jobs.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at the COO sitting on his left hand, that is, the man who spoke before, Owen? Fan? Nata. The middle-aged man, a former Amazon executive, hired him to be the COO of Facebook for a better development, and now he is leading the way in the hope of selling the site, which makes Zuckerberg feel betrayed.

But, as mentioned earlier, the room full of executives here are basically tempted by Yahoo's offer, and if he strongly contradicts it, who knows if they will join forces? What a headache.

Then he saw the young man sitting further back on his right, who looked down at the table, not knowing what he was doing, but clearly not paying attention to the meeting.

Zuckerberg knew what he was doing, and nothing other than playing with his phone, or rather with an iPhone, because Zuckerberg had an iPhone of his own. As an IT person, I still pay more attention to Apple's trends, and I am also good at trying all kinds of new things.

Therefore, the other party's attitude made him a lot of curiosity, although there are no strict rules for the board of directors, but it is obviously inappropriate to play with mobile phones. And at this time, making this gesture, then the other party's attitude is worth playing, he is a major shareholder, and he was the first to invest in Facebook.

As soon as he thought of this, Zuckerberg immediately asked, "What do you think, Sean?" ”

The participants followed his line of sight, but the watcher did not react in the slightest, still playing with his mobile phone intently, so that it took several seconds for him to react, and raised his head in surprise: "Are you asking me?" Not Sean? Parker? ”

"Of course not, I've already asked Sean just now, so I'll ask you, Sean." Zuckerberg said this, not caring that their names were pronounced the same thing, so much so that after he said it, there were a few chuckles in the room.

"Well, since you're asking me......" Sean put away his phone and scratched his head, "It seems that many people think this deal is good, so ...... Why don't you sell it to me for $1 billion? ”

Zuckerberg looked stunned, not just him, but all the attendees, surprised and incredulous, as if he were speaking alien language.

"Are you kidding?!" Zuckerberg was the first to react, and immediately frowned and asked.

"No, I didn't," Sean shrugged, "I cashed out some of my shares in YouTube not long ago, and I had exactly $1 billion, and I didn't think about how to spend it, so I was notified." ”

When he said that "cashing out some of YouTube's shares", almost everyone's face changed, speaking of which, YouTube was founded almost a year later than Facebook, but it has developed much smoother than Facebook, at least in terms of funding, and now it has negotiated terms with several major media groups to carry out broader and deeper cooperation, and the valuation has surpassed Facebook.

Although this is also related to the fact that YouTube, as a video site, naturally spreads faster than other websites, this speed is still surprising enough. With their current situation, as long as they don't make big mistakes, the results in the next few years can be expected, and Facebook and YouTube have also had some cooperation because of Sean's threading of the needle, and they know a little more than others, which also shows that Sean's vision of IT is indeed very accurate.

Zuckerberg even envied Sean a little, if he could also say nothing on Facebook, how could he have the current problem, of course, he shouldn't have made that kind of joke before......

Pinching the bridge of his nose, he focused his distracted attention and asked tentatively in a half-joking tone, "Do you really want to buy it, Sean?" ”

"That's not supposed to be for me, it's for you," Sean shrugged, then looked him in the eye, "Do you really want to sell, Mark." ”

Zuckerberg didn't answer immediately, and he didn't know how to answer, because Sean's tone made him strongly feel that the other party's later words would be different depending on his answer.

"I won't." In the end, he still gave the answer he wanted.

"That's right," Sean clapped his hands before the others reacted, "So, now, I'm launching a proposal in the name of the majority shareholder, about COO Owen?" Fan? Nata's vote of no confidence. ”

Owen who hasn't spoken? Fan? Nata couldn't help but be stunned, looked left and right, and after making sure that it was herself, she immediately asked, "I'm sorry, Mr. Tang, I don't understand......"

"The company invited you to come over as the chief operating officer, so that you can formulate the long-term strategy of the company and be responsible for the daily operation of the company, not for you to sell the company in a different way!" Sean interrupted unceremoniously, and in a rather stern tone, "This isn't the first time, right, Owen?" Fan? Mr. Nata? You've been agitated before and want to sell Facebook for 7 million, right? ”

"I ...... I just proposed, "Owen? Fan? "Just like today, just stand on an objective standpoint and put forward a fair opinion, and then ...... The decision is made by the Board of Directors. ”

He was cunning, and when Zuckerberg made a statement, even if not very firmly, he knew that something was not going well, and immediately moved past the CEO and moved out of the boardroom.

However, Sean was clearly prepared: "An objective position? What you mean by objectivity is that you don't see Yahoo getting bogged down, that they're afraid to try more new ideas because they want to retain a huge user base, that Facebook is thriving, that you don't see its broader prospects, right? ”

After speaking, he looked at Zuckerberg again: "Remember what I told you, Mark?" I see the prototype of the second Google! Tell me, do you want to stop here, or do you continue and walk down a path that no one else has taken? You want people to mention you later and say, "Hey, that's the guy who sold Facebook; Or is it like, hey, that's the guy who created Facebook and grew it?! ”

Zuckerberg's eyes lit up obviously, Sean's attitude was very clear, but he still didn't answer, so soon the other party put another weight.

"If I'm not mistaken, Sean? Parker once said to you, "Do you know what it means to be cool?" $1 billion! Sean said as he looked at the other Sean sitting next to Zuckerberg.

Sean? Parker and Zuckerberg have a very good personal relationship, and it was he who discovered Facebook, and was once appointed president of the company by Zuckerberg. However, his personality is clearly not suitable for this, and he has not seen anyone for three days, although he always does a good job, and then he was arrested in '05 on suspicion of drug possession, and then because some Facebook investors decided that he was not suitable for the position, so he finally left his job.

But Zuckerberg never gave up on him and kept asking him for advice, so he still appeared at the meeting today as an adviser.

"Yes, I did." Sean? Parker nodded at this point, without a superfluous word, and he seemed to be looking forward to what was going on more than Zuckerberg.

"So, I'm telling you now," and sure enough, Sean didn't disappoint them, "$1 billion isn't cool, $100 billion is cool!" ”

After this sentence came out, everyone present was moved, indeed, Sean is just an actor, although he is a famous actor, but everyone here also knows that his investment in the IT industry has hardly failed. He invested in Google in 00, Facebook in 04, and YouTube in 05, and if he wants to say this, maybe everyone here can refute it with a lot of data, but it is not convincing after all.

Irving? Fan? Nata immediately coughed dryly, wanting to say something to redeem it, but unfortunately Sean didn't give him a chance: "I know, some people will definitely say that Yahoo is still very profitable, and they are still a big company, so let's wait and see, and wait until the financial statements of the latest quarter come out." Let's see, let everyone see, how this thriving Yahoo is now. ”

"So let's do it first." Zuckerberg immediately picked up the conversation and ended today's meeting.

Since then, there has been no agreement between Facebook and Yahoo, especially after Yahoo's new quarterly financial statements came out, Yahoo's stock price fell slightly, and Yahoo's CEO Terry? Semel was even more willing to open only 8. 500 million purchase price, so Zuckerberg rejected the deal.

And later, Owen? Fan? Nata left Facebook before the end of the year, and Zuckerberg moved Shirley? Sandberg poached from Google, and Facebook was on the path to true glory.

In the years that followed, although Zuckerberg was still shy and not good at talking, he always talked about the two Seans, Sean? Parker dug out Facebook and always gave him the best advice, and Sean? Don gave him the strongest support on both key moments.