After reaching a preliminary intention, Xiao Zha declined the proposal to go to the hotel for dinner, but hoped to finalize the details of the cooperation plan as soon as possible and sign a formal contract today. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Chen Wenhao had no objection to this, and arranged for someone to prepare fast food, and he was destined to work late today. Although the framework of the cooperation agreement has been confirmed, there are still many details to be negotiated. On behalf of the previous company, he has talked about a lot of cooperation and signed a lot of contracts, and the amount of cooperation is completely incomparable with this time, and it also takes a lot of energy and time to do a lot of trivial work.

Zuckerberg agreed to the terms of cooperation so simply, and at the same time had such an urgent requirement for time, Chen Wenhao also guessed some reasons, if the small card software version 1.0 has made comprehensive social networking sites salivate, then the release of 2.0 will promote this desire to develop and grow.

Facebook's first step ahead of the negotiation is a head start, but the first-mover advantage is not unbreakable.

Chen Wenhao believes that from tomorrow, there will be more Internet giants to contact him. From the perspective of maximizing profits, it is wiser to drag out the negotiations with Facebook and use this as a threat to bargain with the upcoming parties to get the highest bid.

However, because of the small card, Chen Wenhao is not pursuing maximum economic benefits. He is more concerned about finding the strongest partners in the shortest possible time and improving the popularity and strength of the company as soon as possible. Facebook is undoubtedly the most suitable partner at this stage, with sufficient funds, a large number of users, and a wide range of channels.

There are also some unspeakable reasons that in fact, Chen Wenhao offered a price of 5 billion US dollars, and he was ready for the other party to bargain, and his bottom line was 4 billion US dollars, but he didn't expect Xiaozha to agree. In that case, there is nothing to hesitate about, maybe not the highest price, but it is already a satisfactory price.

At this time, in order to do things better, Zuckerberg and his party have moved to a more spacious lobby office area. In addition to technical experts and bodyguards, Zuckerberg's entourage is staffed with legal advisers who are proficient in Chinese. It can be seen that he is ready to win this trip to China. The legal counsel had prepared a contract template before coming here, and now it is being refined and supplemented according to the content of the cooperation that has just been confirmed.

All the employees of the company were on the scene, with different expressions on their faces, many of them were excited, and some were incredible. Who would have thought that his company rejected Facebook's sky-high acquisition, but still received an astronomical amount of money from Facebook.

At this moment, Facebook's legal counsel was still tapping on the keyboard quickly, and Zuckerberg did not sit down, but chose to stand aside, with a somewhat complicated mood. Regrettably, he was unable to acquire or take a majority stake in the company. When he offered a high purchase price, but the founder of the other company replied with Facebook's experience, he understood that the acquisition was already an impossible task.

Because of this, he will seriously consider the cooperation method proposed by the other party, 5 billion US dollars is not a small amount of money, but it can only get the right to use it for two years, and his first reaction is to refuse.

And he will finally agree, and what moves him is the word "exclusive". After simple calculations, as long as this exclusive advantage can be maintained for two years, it will help Facebook to break away from its existing competitors, resolve the growing challenges faced by Facebook in the domestic market, and better deploy in the global market.

"It's just that I can't get the equity of this company, it's really disappointing." Zuckerberg looked at the office hall, where several sets of desks and chairs were arranged in groups in the middle of the room, which made the not very large room seem a little empty. Although several employees of the other company did not speak, they could see that their faces were full of excitement and excitement, which reminded him of the scene when Facebook was first established.

"The office conditions are a bit basic, but everyone is very enthusiastic about their work. I've read a lot of articles about Facebook's office environment, and we need to learn more from Facebook on this point. Chen Wenhao saw Xiao Zha looking around, so he took two steps closer and stood shoulder to shoulder with him.

"These are secondary, the key is the people inside." Zuckerberg tilted his head, "Facebook was born in my college dorm room, and our first office was a rented apartment, there weren't enough desks, and many of my colleagues sat on the floor with computers and wrote code. You know, they all come from Ivy League schools, turn down high-paying positions thrown by various big companies, and are willing to sit on the floor of an apartment to work. ”

"At least, Facebook has succeeded, and there are no regrets about their efforts."

"You've just won a $5 billion business, and by any measure, your company has succeeded. But you, unlike us, have obtained these by the power of one person. I've always considered myself a top programmer, but this time I have to admit that I can't read your program. ”

Chen Wenhao could only smile. What can he say, can you say Xiaozha, don't be discouraged, what you can't understand is just a program written by alien technology, and among the programmers on the earth, you are still the top group of people.

"So, I personally regret that Facebook can't take a stake in your company, and I thought I would have the opportunity to appreciate the source code of the small card software." Zuckerberg continued, "But I'm also glad that at least we're partners. ”

After Xiao Zha said these words, he didn't say anything more, but stood with his shoulders crossed and remained silent.

The next negotiations on the details of the contract went smoothly, much smoother than Chen Wenhao expected. Zuckerberg, for his part, didn't dwell too much on the details. It seems that the other party has made up his mind to fight a quick battle, so as not to have sudden twists and turns.

With this premise, the formal contract was finalized very quickly. Of course, this kind of fastness refers to a contract involving such a large amount of money, and if the two parties have a big difference of opinion, it is normal to spend a year or two seesawing. So, it took 4 hours, a few small arguments, and finally finalized the details of the contract, which of course can be regarded as fast.

According to the results of the negotiation, the main contents of the contract are as follows:

With a spending of US$5 billion, Facebook purchased a translation module from Infinite Future Technology Co., Ltd. that is compatible with Facebook's main program, and the function and efficiency of the translation module are based on version 2.0 of the small card translation software, and shall not be lower than the level of version 2.0 software.

Facebook has exclusive access to the translation module for two years. During this period, Infinite Future Technology shall not provide supporting modules with similar functions to any commercial website in any form. After the expiration of two years, Facebook has the priority to continue to purchase the right to use it.

The $5 billion will be delivered in the form of "down payment + installment". Facebook will pay $1 billion to Infinite Future Technology within 7 days of receiving and testing the supporting module, $2 billion after three months, and the remaining $2 billion in three months.

Facebook's legal counsel prepared the contract in both Chinese and English, and after the contract text was completed, Chen Wenhao and Xiao Zha each picked up a copy and began to review it.

Although there is no professional legal counsel like Facebook, Chen Wenhao is not worried about any contract traps in the middle, he has the corresponding experience, and has also studied relevant courses, like this contract with relatively simple terms and few additional conditions, he still has the ability to review.

What's more, the surveyor has been recovered, and now it is changing into a watch-like shape and wearing it on his hand, when he reads the contract, Chen Wenhao believes that Xiaoka must have seen the content of the contract clearly. So far, I have not received a warning from the small card, indicating that there is no problem. You must know that Xiaoka has been analyzing all kinds of books and materials in human society, and will definitely not miss legal information, and with its computing power, it will definitely blow up any legal counsel.

After flipping through it, Chen Wenhao looked up, Xiao Zha on the opposite side had already begun to sign the contract, he took a deep breath, and signed his name in the blank space of the contract.

This is the path I chose, and I set off like this. Fortunately, I was also very curious about what kind of scenery I would see at the end of this road.

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"Two bosses, please look at the camera, 3! 2！ 1！ OK！ ”

Fang Yuxin held her mobile phone and froze the moment when Chen Wenhao and Zuckerberg exchanged signed contracts. This was proposed by Xiaozha.

As a U.S.-listed company, Facebook must make an announcement in advance for such a large fund transfer in accordance with relevant securities regulations. In this case, it is necessary to carry out the corresponding news campaign in parallel. This photo, at the right time, will be sent to major news organizations in conjunction with the press release of this collaboration.

It is said that the public relations team at Facebook headquarters is fully in place and ready to go.

"Chen, are you ready to stand on the cusp?" Xiao Zha suddenly turned his head and said, "Trust me, you're going to love it." ”