Reboot 2003

Chapter 168: Negotiations

After receiving the text message, Chen Qin waited until extracurricular activities, and climbed out from the school wall.

When she went out, Xu Lingling looked at the wall inside: "Be careful, Chen Qin, will you come back later?"

"I'm in a hurry, I'll come back when I'm done!"

Boss Chen swiftly turned out of the playground that was bustling with extracurricular activities, and rushed across the empty streets outside the school. Passers-by on the road watched him, an elementary school student, running around outside the school during school hours, and cast reproachful glances.

But Chen Qin rushed into the Internet cafe outside the school, and the boy at the bar saw the red scarf on his chest, as if he had seen a ghost.

Chen Qin took out ten yuan: "Boss, turn on the machine, I was introduced by Brother Gao."

"Which big brother?"

"As for Gao Lisheng, he said that I can directly report his name when I go online here."

"Fuck, who knows how to cause trouble for us... let's go in!"

"No charge? That's so embarrassing, count me an hour, and buy a bottle of Sprite."

"You kid is quite sensible..."

Since that day, I have become acquainted with Xiao Gao, and it seems that the benefits have been reflected... Chen Qin entered a small room behind the counter, and there were already several children playing in front of the computer. Song Ziyun smiled awkwardly when he saw Chen Qin : "Chen Qin, why are you here?"

"I am busy."

Chen Qin turned on the computer, turned it on, and the management system popped up first.

Come on system, it seems to be very popular recently, because the software itself is free, and it makes money by providing paid technical service solutions, and it can also share the advertising fees with Internet cafe owners in proportion. It seems that it has finally been promoted recently.

Chen Qin turned on the computer, and quickly played him an advertisement for the absolute goddess with big breasts. Speaking of which, Gu Wenjie was also chasing after this broken game. Although the self-developed game is only halfway through, the project is still in good shape. It's complicated...and Gu Wenjie's Kuaikan Media seems to be ready to represent Xinyou...

Forget about that.

I searched and found that there is no Skype in the Internet cafe, which is quite troublesome, and Chen Qin took the time to make the next one.

In order to prevent such an important account from being stolen in the Internet bar, email verification was added, and it took another 5 minutes to log in.

Old Xu connected very quickly. After the Internet phone was connected, he said to the primary school students on the computer side through the Internet: "Aotian, Zach and Sean have been waiting for you for half an hour."

Then he explained the semantics to the Meilijian guy opposite, and the two Meilijian spirit guys hurriedly chattered, and even said in Chinese that you are okay.

Chen Qin glanced at the time.

"I only have 10 minutes." Chen Qin said in his loose English.

The two boys quickly said: "Mr. Chen Aotian from San Diego, we are honored that you are willing to invest in our website, but we think there is still room for discussion about the financing ratio..."

To be honest, Chen Qin had a hard time listening: "Please speak slowly, the communication quality is not good."

The two boys said it again, and Chen Qin replied immediately after hearing it: "200 million US dollars."

He added: "This is the current quotation. If you do well, I can guarantee the minimum additional investment now. I can also provide you with support in the advertising field, and even cooperate with my products in China. Inject new users."

Boss Chen's English is not very good, but he said it word by word, as if there was a different kind of pressure, the breathing of the two boys seemed to become short, Zuckerberg tentatively said: "We have always respected your sincerity. It's clear that we've recently been preparing to roll out Facebook to all colleges and universities across the U.S., and our user numbers are skyrocketing..."

"I know, you are developing and you need money." Chen Aotian on the opposite side of the screen interrupted him, "If 200 million is not enough, how much do you need?"

Zuckerberg said: "We don't think 200 million is not enough. We are very clear about your sincerity, and the conditions you gave are also very good. I think those things will be very helpful to our development."

Sean Parker added: "And the domain name."

Zuckerberg said flatteringly: "Yes, and the domain name. We made a mistake when building the website. Fortunately, it fell into your hands. We are very happy to work with you."

A deep voice came from the opposite side: "So, what is your condition?"

Zuckerberg said: "We are very happy to cooperate with San Diego, but 200 million is too much, we want to keep more financing quota in the A round of financing, our current cost is not very high, which is also our advantage ..."

The other person asked: "Then you guys report the number, there are still 10 minutes."

Zuckerberg hesitated: "About financing, we are willing to make some concessions, but mainly the domain name..."

Sean Parker explained: "If you can hand over FB.com to us, we can give you 20% equity, but the financing amount can be reduced."

I heard something ridiculous across the screen: "Don't be ridiculous, boys, this domain name is worth more than your entire website, last week the American Agricultural Association was trying to buy this domain name from us, but I rejected them, You may qualify for it in the future, but not now."

Zuckerberg was a little reluctant: "What about Facebook.com?"

"This is a gift specially prepared for you, 200 million, give me 34% class b shares, then I can give you Facebook.com for free."

"No, this is too high anyway. If you want to acquire, we can negotiate with you on the terms of acquisition, but we are still a company in the growth stage..."

"There are still 5 minutes, please tell me the answer."

"We only need 5... 50, and we can give you... 15%." Zuckerberg gritted his teeth and stammered, "We Facebook can grow on its own, but please give us Facebook.com, sell us You can also give it to us."

"I'm asking if you can accept it."

"20% is fine, as long as you don't ask for Class B shares, so give us the domain name, please..."

"Wait." Sean Parker said, "Please allow me to say one more thing. As far as I know, the domain name Facebook.com last changed hands in June this year. At that time, its registration information changed, and you obtained it in advance. fb.com, Facebook.net and Facebook.org, you did this on purpose and I think it's domain name blackmail."

"So? There are 3 minutes left."

"I mean, our site is small, but we won't accept blackmail, if you insist on using this method..."

"Hello, Chen..."

"Shh!"

Chen Qin hurriedly turned around and gestured to Song Ziyun who was behind him. Song Ziyun didn't know what Chen Qin was doing with a bunch of messy English, but he pointed to his watch to indicate that class was about to begin. Aren't you going back to school?

Chen Qin asked him to wait, and Song Ziyun went outside the door to wait.

Looking back, I didn't know what Sean Parker said, so I could only ask, "So you mean you want to sue us?"

"No, that's not what I mean, but your condition is really..."

"If you want to sue, you can sue, but everything in the world has a price, and you have to consider its consequences when you do something." Chen Aotian said coldly, "My conditions have been made very clear. If you are willing to accept it, you can accept it, but if you don't, you can accept it. Just accept it, I have other appointments, sorry for not being with you."

drop--

The Internet call on the screen has been hung up.

In the coffee shop on the other side of the ocean, Zuckerberg stood up angrily: "We are all like this, what does he want?"

Xu Tao, who was sitting next to him, looked at his nose and his heart: "The boss just wants more investment in the right to speak. After all, we plan to invest additional resources. It's not that we don't trust your abilities."

"But he's threatening us." Zuckerberg showed a strange look like a lizard man, "He knows we can't leave that domain name."

Sean Parker stood up and patted him on the shoulder.

"Come on, Mark."

"Sean..."

"We don't give in to blackmailers," Sean Parker said. "This is Silicon Valley, and power can't do whatever it wants, I think so."

Xu Tao, who was sitting on a chair, was still drinking coffee: "Of course, we believe in the spirit of free trade, and that's why we came to this free country after traveling thousands of miles."

"Then there's nothing to say, Mark, let's go."

Sean Parker patted Markberg on the shoulder. Markberg seemed to hesitate for a second, but he still glared at Xu Tao and the computer next to him, then turned around and left the coffee shop with a flick of his sleeves.

(End of this chapter)