The two of them were talking and the car had already arrived at the place.
Mark, the owner of Facebook, lives in a small rented room. This is something Xu Jiahao did not expect. Although Wang Zhengfei had known about it for a long time, when he actually saw it, he still felt a little emotional, because the other person was not only now
You only do this when you have no money. Even if you are worth billions of dollars in the future, you will still not change your surname.
After opening the door, both parties were surprised by how young the other party was. Fortunately, Xu Jiahao and the others had already learned about it through previous information. They knew that Mark was the same age as Xu Jiahao, who was also born in 1984, and was one year older than Wang Zhengfei, but
Mark didn't know that Xu Jiahao and Wang Zhengfei were so young. He only knew that they were the heads of a company from China. He thought they were old men in their forties or fifties, but he didn't expect them to be so young.
"Hello!" Mark spoke stumblingly in Chinese, which surprised Wang Zhengfei and Xu Jiahao.
Mark had a somewhat proud smile on his face, and then said in fluent English: "How about it, I can speak Chinese pretty well, you know, my girlfriend is Chinese!"
Wang Zhengfei suddenly had a black line. Is this still considered good? But considering the identity of the other party as an American, it’s not bad!
"Sit wherever you want. I'm a little small here. God, I didn't expect you to be so young!" Mark said in amazement. "China is really a magical country!"
"Haha, we have a saying in China called "Heroes come out of youth". It is indeed a very magical country!" Wang Zhengfei was still very proud when talking about his country.
"I think you should know our purpose of coming!" Wang Zhengfei said.
"Well, I went to find out. God, it's hard to imagine that someone on the other side of the ocean would have the same idea as me!" Mark said with an exaggerated shrug.
Wang Zhengfei knew that this same idea did not mean that he came up with the idea of making a social networking site, because this social networking site had already existed and was not original to them. His same idea meant that the structure and creativity of Facebook and Renren
They are all strikingly similar, just like twin brothers.
In fact, this is not surprising. Renren in the previous life copied most of the settings and ideas of Facebook, and the creative source of the current Renren comes directly from Renren and Kaixin in the previous life.
So it's not surprising at all that it feels similar.
"But things in the world are so wonderful, aren't they?" Wang Zhengfei laughed and said in a pun, referring to similar things and at the same time his rebirth.
In fact, rebirth is the most wonderful thing that he has ever encountered. Nothing else can compare with this. So he has become much calmer after his rebirth, because compared with rebirth, everything else is just a cloud.
People who have been born again are so confident.
"Yes, God can't explain many things!" Mark continued to shrug.
"Let me explain our conditions this time. I believe they are definitely the best!" Xu Jiahao said.
"Oh, no, I think you misunderstood me. I didn't want to sell Facebook at all!" Mark said with a shrug.
"Mr. Mark, our company is willing to pay five million US dollars to acquire Facebook, and you can easily get dozens of times the return. This is a win-win situation, isn't it?" Xu Jiahao said.
"Oh, no, Facebook is my work, just like my child, there is no way I can sell it!" Mark said.
Xu Jiahao looked at Mark in surprise. It was obvious that Mark was not so determined and wanted to sell the last time he contacted him. How could he completely change his mind just now?
In fact, he didn't know that Mark wanted to sell it at first. Facebook was just a gadget he created unintentionally. He had created many similar things before, and many companies had abandoned him.
An olive branch has come out. When many young people are still confused about the future, he doesn't need to worry about this at all. For him, an annual salary of one million is just a joke, and this is after tax.
So he doesn't care much about Facebook at all. Moreover, currently, Facebook has not brought profits and is still losing money. But he is not a fool. On the contrary, he is very smart. Someone comes to ask for acquisition.
It shows that someone is optimistic about the future, and it is a company far away in China.
All this aroused his curiosity. What is the reason that makes a company in China travel thousands of miles to come to the United States for acquisition? You must know that his understanding of China is quite limited. The only understanding he has is from his Chinese daughter.
I know it from my friends’ mouths.
Soon he found the information of this Chinese company called Ruifeng through online channels. He was immediately surprised and had nothing to add, because this company started as a social networking site, and the entire setting of Renren was consistent with what he had just completed.
Facebook is surprisingly similar. If the other party hadn't launched Renren a year ago, he might have thought that Renren had copied his Facebook, because he knew very well that Facebook was original.
After knowing all this, he finally understood why this Chinese company traveled thousands of miles to acquire his company, because the two parties were the same type of company, and it was obvious that the other party had the ambition to dominate the world, and it could also be acquired through acquisition.
My company has entered the US market, so there is no need to doubt its sincerity.
But even though this is the case, he doesn't want to sell it anymore, 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 him, or to be more precise, then
This market has great potential. Since the other party has achieved great success in China, it is a good reference case. A large part of the reasons for its success in China can also be copied here in the United States. All it takes is to carry out
Just a few minor modifications are enough.
So instead of just selling it for a few million, it's better to continue doing it. Even if it doesn't reach the situation of sweeping the world like the other party in China, it will still be much better than selling it for a few million now.
He still knew how to weigh the pros and cons, so he quickly changed his mind and disagreed with the sale. The more anxious the other party was, the less he could sell it.
He knows this well. Although he is very casual most of the time, it does not mean that he is a very casual person. He is much smarter than many people. According to rumors, the reason why he rejected Microsoft is because he does not want to climb the stairs at eight o'clock in the morning.
It sounds absurd and unruly, but he just doesn't want to. It's just because he doesn't want to, and there is no such absurd reason. Although this not wanting to do so is already very absurd. Working at Microsoft is the dream of many computer students.
"Six million!" Wang Zhengfei said suddenly.
"Sorry, I really have no intention of selling Facebook!" Mark said a little helplessly.
"Seven million!" Wang Zhengfei added one million to one million, thinking that the other party might think the money was too little.
"I'm really not interested!" Mark said with a smile. "Facebook is a carefully prepared work of mine. It is impossible to give up. If you were asked to give up Renren, would you be willing?"
"Of course not, but that's different!" Xu Jiahao said.
"What's different!" Mark said with a smile on his face.
"We are now the largest social networking site in China, and your Facebook, at least for now, still seems worthless!" Xu Jiahao said with a bit of pride in his tone.
"If it was worthless, would you come to me specifically?" Mark said with the same smile.
Having said this, Wang Zhengfei immediately understood what this Mark meant, what Facebook meant that his works would not be sold, etc. These were all nonsense. The fundamental reason for his surname was that he saw the good prospects of social networking sites, and he
I thought I could make money from this, so I refused.
To be fair, his decision to do so was not wrong. If it were someone with a little bit of future vision, he would have done the same.
Wang Zhengfei sighed, it seems that future confrontation is inevitable!
Smiling slightly, he stood up and said: "We know what you mean, but you made a mistake. The reason why we came to you is not what you think. Your Facebook is really so good. You can see
Here we are, our Renren.com is surprisingly similar to your Facebook. It is not what you think at all. What we are really optimistic about is this market, and in the United States, you are not the only one who is making this cake bigger.
That’s all, I think you know this too. I chose you just because you are the most similar to us and the easiest to fuck!"
There was a bit of surprise on Mark's face. He didn't expect that Wang Zhengfei would say this, so directly. And suddenly he realized that he really seemed to think too much, or to put it more unpleasantly, he thought too highly of himself.
Already.
"In this case, we also know your attitude, Mr. Mark, and we will stay soon!" Wang Zhengfei said goodbye.
After going downstairs, Wang Zhengfei's face was a little gloomy. Xu Jiahao said a little apologetically: "I'm sorry, I was too impatient, otherwise he wouldn't have discovered the clues!"
"It's not your problem, it's that he didn't want to sell it at all!" Wang Zhengfei said. He remembered that in his previous life, although Facebook had venture capital investment, it was never completely acquired by others from the beginning to the end, even if it was Microsoft.
Acquisition, they did not acquire it.
"In this case, it is impossible to expect to acquire him and open up the U.S. market, and we will have one more competitor!" Wang Zhengfei said, "Now we are ready to investigate the U.S. market, and we will be ready to launch it simultaneously in the United States, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan!
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Since confrontation is unavoidable, let’s take the flames of war to the other side’s backyard!