Reborn: Billionaire in College

Chapter 208 Brother, do you want to know more about the Metaverse?
Zuckerberg is a representative figure who started high and ended low, and he was once in the limelight.

He became a super rich man at a young age, as dazzling as a shooting star, and was once dubbed the "second Gates".

He founded Facebook when he was in his early 20s. In the third round of financing that just ended, the website's valuation has reached 150 billion US dollars.

A true winner in life, the youngest billionaire in the world.

Zuckerberg was still relatively peaceful at this age, not as hideous as he would be a few years later.

A few years later, this guy first hyped the concept of the metaverse, and then engaged in all kinds of denigration, slander and defamation.

Finally, he turned completely evil, and said at a US hearing: "There is irrefutable evidence that technology companies 'steal technology'."

The day after the hearing, news came out that TikTok was banned from operating in the United States.

At that time, Apple, Google, and Amazon were all there, but only Zuckerberg said so.

This guy later gained a bad reputation in the United States and was even named "Villain of the Year" by a relevant magazine.

When he was in college, he broke up with his girlfriend, so he stole her photos and posted them online, and was punished for that.

The three of them had originally agreed to start a business together, but unexpectedly something went wrong halfway through, and they pulled others together to form Facebook. In the end, they spent $6500 million to get rid of the plagiarism scandal.

As Facebook grew bigger, cracks began to appear between it and its partners. Zuckerberg began to cheat, by continuously raising funds and diluting shares, and eventually kicked the partners out. Finally, the partners took the company to court and once again used money to settle the matter.

Then he pretended to be nice, but turned hostile after being rejected. What's funny is that he used to talk about Chinese son-in-law all the time, pretended to learn Chinese, visited the Great Wall, and ran in Tiananmen Square.

It violates user privacy, causes information leaks, manipulates elections, and is almost turning into a cyborg.

In the end, Chen Pingjiang never showed up and sent Li Xi to discuss the cooperation.

It is a third-party interface in itself, and most partners apply directly online. The fact that Chen Pingjiang sent Li Xi to contact them in person is enough to show his sincerity.

As long as Renren, a big player in the social gaming industry, takes action, Zynga will have no chance.

The latter was once hailed as the most successful social gaming company, with a peak valuation of US$90 billion and an annual net profit of up to US$4 million.

It was only acquired after the decline of social games.

By the way, Zynga once copied FarmVille and put it on Facebook, and it became a huge hit.

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Li Xi, Bu Housheng and some other accompanying personnel rushed to San Francisco.

Bu Housheng went to Twitter to discuss investment matters, while Li Xi went to Menlo Park near San Francisco, where Facebook's headquarters is located.

And what about Chen Pingjiang?
He drove to Fatty Ding Square with Guan Yifeng and Li Fu.

As the first stop for working, this place will become very popular in the future and become a holy place in the minds of a certain group.

After arriving at the location, Guan Yifeng and Li Fu were very puzzled as to what was so good about this shabby and short commercial building? Wouldn't any other building in China be better than this one?

Chen Pingjiang did not explain, but walked around Fatty Ding Square with great interest. There were Chinese restaurants, hotels, internet cafes and the like there.

"I wonder what the gold medal lecturer and donuts are doing now." Chen Pingjiang muttered to himself.

These two were his most precious electronic pets in his previous life.

The lecturer's catchphrase is: "Brothers, it's time for dinner again today."

The donuts were miserable, and they were even surpassed by the old Mexican puffs.

The group soon went to Chinatown for a stroll.

At this time, Li Xi called and said that Zuckerberg wanted to meet him. Chen Pingjiang was stunned.

see me?

So a group of people rushed to Menlo Park again.

Menlo Park is the famous San Francisco Bay Area.

It takes just over two hours to drive from Los Angeles, a distance of more than 300 kilometers.

When we arrived at Facebook headquarters, Li Xi came to greet us.

"Boss, the cooperation has been discussed. We will be the independent studio in the United States as the main body. After deducting all operating expenses, we will get 7% and the other party will get 3%."

Chen Pingjiang nodded and asked curiously, "What did Zuckerberg tell you?"

"It probably means that Facebook and we are both world-renowned SNSs, and we want to communicate with you face to face to discuss the future development path of SNS social networking sites."

In response, Chen Pingjiang smiled playfully.

"They are not even remotely related, yet they are still communicating. Their opponents are similar."

It is impossible for Renren to go overseas and compete with Facebook, but Zuck now wants to enter the domestic market.

Since you want to communicate with me, I will trick you.

Under the guidance of the other party's staff, Chen Pingjiang met Zuckerberg in the conference room.

Still that iconic outfit.

"Hi, hello, Chen." Zuckerberg walked up enthusiastically and shook hands with Chen Pingjiang.

"Hello, my friend, nice to see you." Chen Pingjiang's expression was also exaggerated.

After the two chatted for a while, Zuckerberg changed the subject: "Chen, what do you think of social networking sites? Where are we going in the future?"

Chen Pingjiang shrugged: "Social networking sites can only be run as mature products at best. If we want to increase the company's market value and become even greater, we still need new growth points."

"Oh? Can you share your thoughts?"

"Of course!" Chen Pingjiang began to talk nonsense: "I think when technology develops to a certain level, humans can use digital technology to build a virtual world that reflects or transcends the real world."

“In the virtual world, people can use VR or AR technology to have a series of immersive experiences, including but not limited to browsing products, watching movies, and experiencing everything that exists in the real world.”

"The concept of this platform is grand and contains unlimited business opportunities. Imagine a world where we can become the film producers, play movies for users and charge tickets, and allow many e-commerce sellers to supply goods, and people browse online."

Chen Pingjiang used his hands and feet to vividly describe the scenes related to the metaverse, which even stunned Zuckerberg.

"My friend, your idea is pretty amazing, but is it possible to achieve it?"

"Why not?" Chen Pingjiang smiled and said, "The Internet has only been around for a short time. We are already in the 3G era. When 4G and 5G come along and the Internet speed catches up, VR and AR devices will also begin to emerge. If we don't prepare now, it will be too late when others enter the market."

Zuckerberg himself is particularly interested in the virtual world. After Chen Pingjiang's talk, his eyes gradually lit up. It really touched his heart.

The Metaverse project was jokingly called "make mark happy" to fool people.

When the concept came out, many people in China went crazy about it, but it was eventually proved to be out of reach and was just a means of hype.

In this case, Chen Pingjiang accelerated him.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t believe it now. Bitcoin will be out at the beginning of next year. By then, will Zuckerberg still believe it?

(End of this chapter)