Wind Rises 2005

Chapter 466 Be Poisonous!
Most things in this world can be solved with money, but there is only one situation where it can't be done, and the money is not enough.

Mark Pincus, an IT tycoon, like many Silicon Valley entrepreneurs, has been kicked out of the company by capital many times, so his vigilance is completely different from that of an entrepreneurial novice.

But even so, Ma Liang still impressed the other party with huge benefits.

Under the temptation of Twitter stock exchange, Mark Pincus finally agreed to the special financing plan he proposed.

This time, the Pre-A round of financing was skipped directly. [Dale Capital] invested US$2000 million in Zynga in the A round, once again acquiring 50% of the company's shares.

Including the 10% from the angel round, [Dafeng Capital]’s shareholding ratio reached 55% after conversion, making it the largest shareholder in one fell swoop.

Of course, Mark Pincus also took precautions and set up the AB share structure in advance.

His decision-making voting rights are twice as much as those of Gale Capital, so although the share ratio is not as good as that of Zynga, he still firmly controls Zynga.

Ma Liang doesn't care about this at all. He only cares about how many shares he can exchange from Twitter with Zynga.

The two parties happily signed the investment agreement, and the 2000 million investment funds will be transferred in two installments.

Next, Ma Liang will be responsible for taking down the Big Three of Twitter, while Mark Pincus will recruit more people to develop more board and card games, and at the same time increase revenue with Twitter's traffic support.

Moreover, Ma Liang secretly reminded him and asked him to go to China and pay attention to a game company called Five Minutes.

After all, "Farm Farm" is about to be released, and Zynga can buy the copyright in advance.

As for why Ma Liang didn't do it himself, it was because this kind of small business was no longer in his sight.

If it develops as expected, the revenue from Zynga, a game company alone, can add two to three hundred million dollars to Twitter's financial report.

If you add Happy Farm, revenue can even increase by more than 50%.

At that time, this revenue scale will be enough for Zynga to replace a large number of Twitter shares. This is what Ma Liang really likes.

Ma Liang stayed in San Francisco for the next few days.

While paying attention to the development of new features on the Twitter website, I also brainwash the three Twitter giants from time to time to take precautions against mergers and acquisitions in advance.

Burn more incense on a regular basis to avoid improvising.

Do more psychological preparation now, so that when large-scale mergers and acquisitions are really necessary in the future, the three Twitter giants will not be too resistant.

He got busy here, and Jennifer also started to do things separately.She led her investment team to various places to acquire game companies one by one.

On this day, Ma Liang came to Twitter's new office on time and took a look around.

As soon as he walked to the door, he saw Jack Dorsey running out of the office happily.

Originally, he wanted to find the newly appointed COO Dick Costolo.Seeing Ma Liang appear in front of him, he was even more excited.

“Marlon, you’re here at the right time, the new version of Twitter’s website has passed testing.

The update will be online at 0:[-] tonight, and our plan will be officially launched tomorrow. "

Ma Liang was also very happy when he heard this: "Great, this is really something worthy of everyone's celebration."

He couldn't wait to take out his mobile phone, compiled a text message and sent it to the group.

[Tonight at 0 o'clock, the carnival begins! ]
The person sending the text message was none other than the heads of the five major professional leagues and the four major record companies in the United States.

Twitter’s new website is online, and many new features will be updated simultaneously.

The biggest upgrade is that it allows users to have better interactivity, allowing them to follow others and be followed by others.

This means that with the fan function, you can even send private messages to each other.

However, ordinary users have a limited number of fans, and using these functions is free.

If you want to expand the upper limit of the number of fans, you need to open a VIP account and pay a small fee to Twitter every month.

Special users such as enterprises, celebrities, and celebrities can activate the authentication function as soon as they come up.

Certification is free for the time being, but at a certain point you will need to pay the same as ordinary users.

As for the ad placement function, it is still under intensive development and is expected to take at least a few months to launch.

At that time, we will be able to catch up with game companies one after another to enter Twitter and make huge profits using the traffic support.

Ma Liang sent a notice to all the heads so that they can take action tomorrow.

At the same time, he also told Jack Dorsey to be fully prepared, because tomorrow will usher in the largest wave of traffic impact in history, and the server must not be unable to withstand it.

……

October 10, 8 a.m. US time.

While the European Union held a two-day meeting of finance ministers to discuss the US economic slowdown and the depreciation of the US dollar, all employees at Twitter were very busy.

Technical staff are responsible for dealing with the pressure of a large number of users flooding in at the same time, while service staff are busy reviewing applications from VIP paying users.

After the new version of the website was updated and launched at 0:[-] last night, the website almost went down several times.

As celebrities from the five major leagues and the four major record companies registered Twitter accounts, users were completely plunged into a social carnival. NBA legend Shaquille O'Neal registered a Twitter account more than half a year earlier than in his previous life.

As a result, the name [O'Neal] had already been registered by others, so he named his Twitter [The_Real_SHAQ].

This guy is indeed an entertainment guy. He posted several updates as soon as he registered his account.

"I started to control my diet a few days ago. I want to become a Calvin Klein underwear model. Please don't laugh at me, I am very serious."

"That's right, the game against the Jazz is still 1 hour away. I still have a ticket in hand. Whoever contacts me on Twitter first will get the ticket."

Except for O'Neal, every NBA All-Star player started to have fun.

Dwight Howard is also a gamer, and his curiosity about new things is unparalleled in the NBA.

His talent for comedy is also well known to everyone, and he was instantly hooked after signing up for Twitter.

Not only does he interact crazily with his fans on Twitter, he even says that he needs to live in an environment where he can play Twitter all the time.

Howard probably couldn't imagine that this wish would come true after another year.

By June 6 next year, Apple will officially release the iPhone 10G version.This epoch-making product will officially lead the mobile phone industry into the mobile Internet era.

By then, not only Twitter will be available on smartphones, but many websites and software applications will also be online.

This is the reason why Ma Liang is stuck in launching Twitter’s financing before May next year.

NBA superstars have joined, and superstars from NFL, MLB, NHL and MLS have also joined this online event.

Countless big-name music and film stars have also flocked in.

After all, these music and film stars need more exposure than sports stars and want to maintain their popularity.

Therefore, Twitter, which can accumulate millions of fans, spreads within the circle by word of mouth, and immediately becomes a favorite among celebrities.

Leonardo DiCaprio, Model Worker Sister, Tom Cruise, Taylor Swift, Emmy, and Magic Red are all here.
Many people started using Twitter without waiting for notification from the record company.

Especially film and television actors are even more exaggerated. Ma Liang has not made efforts in this field at all. As a result, there are no less actors and stars than those in the sports world.

The main reason why there is no integration of stars in the film and television industry is that it is too troublesome.

After all, actors are not like singers. Most of them work independently, and the agencies are extremely scattered. It is difficult to give orders as quickly as sports leagues and record companies.

To Ma Liang's surprise, the acting stars were not slow at all, and familiar names submitted applications for certified accounts one after another.

There were screams from time to time in the customer service office of Twitter.

"Oh my god, The Rock."

"Look, everyone, my eldest cousin Jennifer Lawrence has opened an account!"

"Oh my God, the elf prince Orlando Bloom is here too. Today is really my lucky day."

"It made me laugh. Jimmy Kimmel from The Show actually posted a funny post right after he was certified. He actually wanted to invite the star with the highest number of followers in a week to be on his talk show."

Unlike the sports world, stars in the entertainment industry have their own communication attributes and can easily set the pace.

Not only can it attract a large number of fans to join Twitter, but it can also share this new and fun website with their respective circles.

In the end, the celebrities did not apply one by one, but seemed to be infected by the most contagious virus.

Together with a large number of ordinary users, they poured into the Twitter website like crazy.

Of course, none of this would be possible without the hard work of COO Dick Costolo leading the team to operate and promote the product.

Whenever an influential celebrity joins Twitter and posts something funny, they will take screenshots and post everywhere to promote it.

This results in an increasing amount of traffic flowing into Twitter, and congestion is inevitable.

Although the server is not down, intermittent network lag has occurred countless times.

Although Twitter had made sufficient preparations in advance, it did not expect such a scene.

If Ma Liang hadn't warned him early, this wave of traffic would have crushed the Twitter website.

"It's crazy, it's poisonous!" The programmer stared at the server and felt like he was about to collapse.

Users did not follow the rules at all and poured in almost like a tide, leaving them unprepared for diversion.

At this moment, Twitter seems to have poisoned many people, and they are trapped in it and unable to extricate themselves.

If this continues, the servers and bandwidth prepared in advance will simply not be enough. Once the website is destroyed, it will not be easy to recover.

It’s okay to work overtime to restore access to the Twitter website. I’m just worried that I won’t be able to pass the BOSS review.

Today Jack Dorsey gave a fatal order and no downtime was allowed.

Otherwise, whoever is responsible will get out.

(End of this chapter)