Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2964: Fate brings together

When you are working, time always passes quickly.

Zhou Buqi learned from Ziwei Cloud about the development of EverZoom, a multiplayer online video product, in the campus market, and how it compared with its competitors. He also learned about the traffic conversion data of Twitch, a gaming video website, and made an outline for the third book.

The time will come soon.

The secretary came to invite Lu Qi to go meet the guests together.

Reddit's negotiation team is already here.

Although it is Ziweixing International that wants to acquire Reddit this time, Reddit is obviously the more proactive and active party.

After the "civil strife", the power of Reddit has now been taken back by the board of directors.

The real control, of course, falls into the hands of the most important investor, YC Investment.

The young YC president that Lu Qi mentioned, who came out publicly at the age of 16, is the most important person in charge of this negotiation.

Zhou Buqi wanted to go over to meet him.

See who it is.

YC Investment is a well-known investment institution that has emerged in Silicon Valley in recent years. This person is only in his twenties and used to be engaged in technology. The fact that he was suddenly selected as the president of YC Investment shows that he has outstanding abilities.

The meeting place is "16P" on the 9th floor, which is actually the digital media conference room with the internal serial number "9".

This is a medium-sized meeting room.

Not many people came from the other side.

There are only about a dozen in total.

Zhou Buqi arrived a little later, and when he arrived, the guests had already arrived. However, he was qualified, and as soon as he showed up with a smile, more than 20 people from both sides of the negotiation team stood up to welcome the arrival of Boss Zhou.

Especially the Reddit team, the color in their eyes seems to be richer and the emotions they express are more excited.

Zhou Buqi went over and shook hands with them one by one.

It was a bit hard to judge for a moment.

Because these people are very young, probably in their twenties.

I don’t know who is the leader.

It was not until he shook hands with the sixth person that the other person finally introduced himself and shook hands with him with a smile: "Mr. Zhou, nice to meet you. I'm Sam, the interim CEO of Reddit. I'll be leading the team this time as well. I hope to have friendly negotiations with you."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "Of course, I believe we can get a result that satisfies both parties. I have a deep connection with Reddit, you know?"

"origin?"

“Reddit’s domain name was originally purchased from me.”

"It's you?"

The temporary CEO named Sam was stunned for a moment and couldn't help but feel pleasantly surprised.

  He actually just learned this information!

He had just joined Reddit's board of directors. He only knew that when Reddit was founded, it did not have the domain name. They spent money to buy the domain name from China across the ocean for a full $15.

As for who it was bought from, so many years have passed and no one cares.

  I didn’t expect such a coincidence to happen!

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "This is fate."

Sam said something very mysterious in English: "Fate has always been rare and indifferent. I am extremely grateful for your companionship. If there is fate, we cannot avoid it. If there is no fate, we cannot meet. When fate comes, we gather together. When fate ends, we separate. Mr. Zhou, I didn't expect that we would be connected by this matter!"

Zhou Buqi was slightly stunned and a little surprised.

However, Lu Qi said that this guy came out publicly when he was 16, so it is not surprising that he is studying Buddhism and practicing.

Zhou Buqi asked tentatively: "Do you usually practice Zen?"

Sam smiled and said, "Yes, I am a mindfulness practitioner. I have a meditation teacher. Whenever I have the chance, I will study and meditate with him. In my opinion, people's social relationships are based on fate, not interpersonal relationships."

"Makes sense, makes sense."

Zhou Buqi laughed haha.

I thought this guy is really mysterious and can fool people. Lu Qi seemed to see his disapproval and added: "Ultraman is a firm Zen practitioner. He and Steve Jobs have the same Zen teacher."

"Oh?"

Zhou Buqi became serious.

  I didn’t expect it to be real?

Ok?

and many more!

  What's his name?

Ultraman?

Sam...Ultraman...

"I go!"

Zhou Buqi was stunned for a moment, and then he looked at the young man in front of him carefully again. In a daze, he finally realized what the so-called legendary nature that Lu Qi was talking about was.

No wonder!

  No wonder his resume is so legendary, no wonder he is a young genius, no wonder he came out publicly at the age of 16, no wonder he and Steve Jobs were fellow Zen practitioners... Damn, he is Sam Altman, the father of ChatGPT!

This is so exciting!

Found a treasure!

Zhou Buqi's goal changed suddenly.

  Compared to acquiring the anonymous community Reddit, the person in front of you is more important!

We have yet to find a suitable person to be in charge of our own generative AI model.

Shen Xiangyang and Lu Qi were even coming up with bad ideas, wanting Boss Zhou to personally lead this major project.

Zhou Buqi knew his own limitations, so how could he have that ability?

He is confident that he can make an application-based product.

You can definitely do it well.

However, this general-purpose generative AI model can be said to be one of the few areas in the Internet industry that requires hard-core technology. It is also a cutting-edge technological project that aims to subvert the direction of the entire artificial intelligence industry. It requires leading a group of scientists with eccentric personalities... How can this be a job for humans?

Even if Zhou Buqi really accomplished this, he would still have to suffer a lot.

He can't do such a thing!

As men get older, they must be careful in this regard!

Work is important, but you can't be too hard on yourself.

Many men are no longer able to function when they reach middle age, and they feel powerless in their married life.

Not only will the time be shorter and the hardness be weaker, but the length will also become shorter.

  Having been immersed in the IT industry for so many years, Zhou Buqi has heard too many private conversations of this kind among middle-aged men around him. Even many young men in their twenties have encountered such physical difficulties. These are all negative effects brought about by technological jobs!

The sea of ​​stars is beautiful, but our beautiful yearning for the sea of ​​stars is not to be put into practice, but to be called for.

  I always let others do it, how could I do it myself?

Zhou Buqi has been really annoyed by this matter these past two days, but he never expected that after going through so many twists and turns, there is always a way out!

I actually found a turning point in the process of acquiring the small website Reddit!

The current interim CEO of Reddit is actually Sam Altman!

It's true that you can't find anything even if you wear iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.

It really is fate!

When fate brings us together!

No wonder this man, at such a young age, was able to cross over from a technical position to a financial position even after his business failed, and became the president of the well-known venture capital firm YC Investment.

Does this require enormous personal charm (ability to deceive)?

If it happened to Sam Ultraman, it wouldn't be surprising at all.

Sam Altman also noticed the change in Boss Zhou's expression and was a little surprised. "Is there... any problem?"

Zhou Buqi cleared his throat and said with a smile, "Nothing, I just felt a little strange just now. I always feel that you have a certain trait that is very similar to Steve Jobs. I discovered it when I first saw you. I didn't expect that you two really have some connection. This is probably fate!"

"Yeah, fate."

Sam Altman laughed.

Zhou Buqi had already made up his mind at this time.

To poach him away from YC investment.

Let him complete the "Ultraman Transformation" in Ziweixing International!