The difference between the way Americans and Chinese deal with problems is that the Chinese prefer to go around a question before finally asking it inadvertently, while Americans' directness and conciseness made Xia Ruxuan feel something at this moment.

Logically speaking, as an employee, you should not talk to him like this, but at this moment no one blames Matt Kohler for this, because everyone is waiting for this answer that can reassure them, if the station really wants to be sold,

Then it would be meaningless for them to gather here at this moment.

At this moment, even Zuckerberg and Parker were waiting for Xia Ruxuan's answer. Xia Ruxuan did not reveal any details to even Zuckerberg on this issue, so even they didn't know what Xia Ruxuan was.

Thought.

"Frankly speaking," Xia Ruxuan suppressed the smile on his face, "This time I came here just for this one thing." He paused and looked around everyone, "I know you are working hard for the company here.

We gather here for the same hope."

"About the company..." Xia Ruxuan changed the topic, "When Mark and I planned to make this friendbook together, we had a vision for the future. I don't know if you still remember, I said,

We are setting out to change the world." Xia Ruxuan looked at Zuckerberg with a dull expression. Xia Ruxuan's words were like a reassurance for everyone.

"I remember," Zuckerberg said with a smile on his face, "We are working hard for this step now, aren't we?"

"So what else do you have to worry about?" Xia Ruxuan looked at everyone with interest.

Only then did everyone come back to their senses and return to their jobs. Only then did Matt Kohler touch his nose in embarrassment, and then looked at Xia Ruxuan sincerely, "Please forgive my presumption."

"It doesn't matter, our company is different from other staid guys in Silicon Valley." Xia Ruxuan shrugged, "Zuckerberg and I probably have the same concept. We are doing some... fun things."

Xia Ruxuan's description finally won everyone's kind smiles. It seemed that because of the change just now, everyone was a little more accepting of the arrival of this young shareholder... But Xia Ruxuan understood that he still needed to work hard to gain his status.

"So, Mr. Xia," Moskowitz, who we met a year ago and wanted to get involved because he thought it was fun, has changed a lot from before, and the childishness on his face is no longer as good as last year.

, and that playful look has now become calm and steady. After a year of training, he has become truly qualified as a technician at this moment. He handed a piece of information to Xia Ruxuan, "You

Do you think what we made is cool?"

Xia Ruxuan glanced at him, then looked down at the information.

Although he solved the crisis just with one sentence, it does not mean that these people have recognized him.

It is a stand-alone program called "wirehog" that users can download to their computers. The creator has set up a small profile toolbar for it on friendbook, which can help you get to know your friends, and

Find out if they have also downloaded this software. It gives users a way to communicate with other people on their computers, allowing people to know what files others are willing to share, including pictures, videos, music, etc.

In general, this software has advanced the functions that Xia Ruxuan remembers as friendbooks. In fact, these functions were already present in the version that Xia Ruxuan first showed to Zuckerberg. It was just that Zuckerberg felt that these settings were

It was too cumbersome, so I simplified the main website of Friendbook, which is probably why such a thing was born.

Xia Ruxuan frowned and thought for a while. At this moment, everyone focused on Xia Ruxuan to see what he would say about this. On the one hand, they seemed to know that the company's bosses had spent a lot of money on this issue recently.

What do they think of the software that has spent a lot of time? On the other hand, they want to know whether this young man has a shining point that can make them surrender.

"There is nothing wrong with this idea." Xia Ruxuan gradually relaxed his eyebrows after a few minutes, "However, even if this program is put into friendbook, it will still fail. There is no doubt about this. So we don't need to invest any more energy in it.

, there is a saying in our country that time should be used wisely."

"Why?" Zuckerberg suddenly said, "I think it's great, really."

Xia Ruxuan looked at Zuckerberg and shrugged, "Because it is a program that exists independently of Friendbook, this is destined to lead to its failure. This program goes against the purpose of making the website simple and practical.

Idea. Unless one day we have enough funds to support a huge storage space to store users’ photos for sharing with others, otherwise, give up this idea as soon as possible.”

He paused and continued, "More importantly, it exists in the user's computer to allow users to share information. In other words, if someone is willing, they can use this to monitor the user's computer, instead of letting the user send them

Upload the information you want to share to a site. How many people do you think are willing to do this?"

"Give up." Xia Ruxuan finally concluded.

Moskowitz and Zuckerberg looked at each other, and the latter looked at Xia Ruxuan with some frustration, "To be honest... our idea has failed. I just don't understand why such an interesting thing cannot be liked by everyone.

But now... I think I understand a little bit."

"Do you have any more questions?" Xia Ruxuan clapped his hands. If not, I have something to announce.

“Mr.

Can I get your support for this idea?”

He looked about twenty-five years old and spoke very slowly. However, what surprised Xia Ruxuan the most was that he was an Asian yellow man. "You can tell me what you think. Are you..."

"My name is Chen Shijun," the man said in Chinese with a Taiwanese accent, "I am Chinese-American and I have an idea for a video sharing site..."

"Oh, come on, Chen." Matt Kohler complained with a smile upon hearing his words, "Just put those crazy ideas of yours away, you're trying to make a huge mistake that you'll regret for the rest of your life.

With this decision, you have to know that Friendbook will become a business giant! And there are already a lot of video sites!"

Everyone laughed when they heard Matt Kohler's words.

Only Chen Shijun looked at Xia Ruxuan seriously.

Xia Ruxuan frowned and looked at him, but his mind was filled with turmoil.

How could he not understand Chen Shijun?

YouTube, the world-renowned video site, was created by him!

This site originally appeared in February 2005, but just twenty months later in October 2006, YouTube was sold to Google for 1.6 billion! US$1.6 billion! That’s

What a dazzling price it is?

In Xia Ruxuan's plan, he had thought about contacting this person, but Xia Ruxuan only knew that he worked at Paypal, but did not know where he was during this period of time. However, he did not expect that he would actually appear in the friendbook team. In this world...

...It’s really crazy (Author: There is information that Chen Shijun stayed in the Facebook team for a short time and started YouTube after leaving. This is not a fabrication)!

Xia Ruxuan suppressed his ecstasy and said calmly, "We can discuss this matter in private. If the idea is good enough, I can buy shares in a private capacity." Xia Ruxuan reiterated that the intention of these words was just to give others an attitude.

, after all, it is not a good thing to help people in your company's team start a new business, and at this time, Xia Ruxuan is indeed a rich man in everyone's impression.

After all, of the nearly half a million US dollars that Friendbook has burned this year, Xia Ruxuan has provided 300,000 US dollars. For a nineteen-year-old boy, more than 300,000 US dollars is not a small sum.

Chen Shijun seemed a little excited after receiving Xia Ruxuan's consent. His eyes were shining brightly, but his reason allowed him to calm down and listen to what Xia Ruxuan had not said yet.

"Okay, friends." Xia Ruxuan clapped his hands, "I know you have been worried about where Friendbook will go. You are also worried about what choice I will make between Viacom Group and The Washington Post.

, what kind of situation it will bring the company into." Xia Ruxuan only used one sentence to get everyone to focus on him.

This is indeed a question that everyone has been thinking and worrying about for some time.

"If I choose Viacom, I can walk away with 30 million US dollars and leave you with a mess." Xia Ruxuan smiled, "But as I said just now, this is not what I want. I think

You know I am not short of money at the moment."

Such a joke made everyone want to laugh, but at this moment, everyone grinned so awkwardly that they realized that they couldn't laugh at all. The sun shone in through the gaps in the curtains, and the dust in the air swayed like plankton.

Well, in this contrast, this room just looks so quiet.

It was as if time had stood still. Everyone held their breath for fear of missing any of Xia Ruxuan's words.

"The price given by the Washington Post is six million US dollars to acquire 10% of the shares." Xia Ruxuan directly told everyone this still secret news, and those who didn't know the truth were stunned, with a look on their faces.

Ecstatic, because this is such an affirmation for friendbook!

"This plan...is also not what I want."

The expressions on everyone's faces were frozen.

Even Zuckerberg looked confused at this moment. He only gave Xia Ruxuan these two choices. What would happen if he didn't want both? You know, the money Friendbook burns every month is nothing.

A small amount.

"I have contacted the investors. The amount of capital injected into us is 12 million US dollars and the shares in exchange are..."

Xia Ruxuan paused for a moment, taking in everyone's expressions, and then spoke loudly, "Ten percent, that is to say, this time our company's pre-existing valuation is US$108 million!"

Countless gasps of air pierced Xia Ruxuan's ears.
Chapter completed!