v6 Chapter 208： Clash

Chapter Two Hundred and Eight

Dustin, Catherine and Qiao Shuxin met Su Can at the airport.

I haven’t seen Qiao Shuxin for more than a month. He wore a huā plaid shirt. Compared with the way he was in Shanghai, he is now relaxed and laid-back with a lot of heavy responsibilities. Su Can knows that Qiao Shuxin has basically nothing to do with American Facebook in this month. Do. But I believe that Qiao Shuxin's mood will never be any better.

Qiao Shuxin helped pick up a piece of luggage from Li Pengyu and replied, “I often call Metro Mansion and ask their departments about the progress of the products that I planned to develop before I left. I still can’t bear it...”

After that, Qiao Shuxin sighed again, fearing that Su Can would be upset, and said with a smile, "Don't say so much, you just arrived, just treat this as a trip."

The most unique style of the California terminal is the gentle arched structure above the head, like wings covering the surrounding glass curtain wall, and the huge cantilevered steel frame densely "climbing" from the overhead to the front supporting part of the building. , And the ground at the center does not have any pillars. It is said that this design is also used in the aircraft maintenance warehouse of United Airlines, enough to accommodate four dc8 passenger planes. In the building surrounded by the all-glass frame structure, you can see at least five floors of the road outside the terminal building circling around. Although this year’s Shanghai is full of expansion construction sites, the airport’s t2 floor will also be completed soon. Completed, but it is still a long way from San Francisco.

Mén saw Dustin's British-style silver-grey Aston Martin sedan, which was parked on the parking belt outside. Dustin and the blonde Catherine were standing there, which was still quite eye-catching.

It has been a long time since we met last time. Catherine came forward and gave Su Can a light hug. Deep blue eyes stared at him and said, "We have been paying attention to the development of Shanghai Facebook. We used to think that Facebook China could not beat many competitors, but now you have done it. ,very impressive."

"A large part of these are the credit of Qiao Shuxin." Su Can smiled.

Put your luggage in the car. Dustin patted the car cover and smiled at Su Can, "How about this guy? I paid $170,000 to marry her."

Li Pengyu and Su Can looked at the car, and both nodded. Su Can said again, "If you land in Shanghai, it will cost at least 300,000 US dollars." Aston Martin has not introduced it to China at this time. Dustin bought it in the United States. RMB 1.3 million, if it landed in the country, relying on the high customs surcharges and the huge profits of domestic dealers, it would not start with less than RMB 3 million.

American Facebook has only recently given out benefits, and veteran employees like Dustin received about one million dollars. And now with the shares of Dustin and Catherine, both of them may have been promoted to the list of multi-millionaires. Seeing the young Catherine wearing a linen jacket, the corners of the lining shirt knotted on her abdomen, the flat belly with luǒlù outside has a beautiful belly button, and the lower body is a loose and casual kù, this dress does not show that she is already wealthy. Ten million. It's more like the big nv boy next door in the American idol drama.

Catherine was still dissatisfied with Dustin and said, "If you don't have to drive this thing and go to California schools to show off chasing nv kids, I would think this car is better, you don't have the gentlemanly demeanor that corresponds to the car."

Dustin grinned, "That's because you always look at my appearance, but never understand my inside."

"You should let your Berkeley University xiǎo girl, Stanford sister, and California State University high school neighbors understand your inner life. I don't even bother with this. We belong to two worlds from beginning to end."

Su Can couldn't help but smile, Dustin was still bored, and Catherine still had the aura and vitality of Stanford.

Everyone got in the car and headed towards Palo Alto.

Dustin said as he drove, "Frankly speaking, your arrival today made everything perfect. Today's South Bay Hotel in the California Avenue business district held a party for you. You will definitely like it. "Victoria's Secret" is now full. They are young underwear models from the post-80s. They used to be sī Tibetans in the so-called social clubs of Harvard. But now, if you talk about the choice between Facebook and Harvard University, these girls will join our Facebook party without hesitation. Ha, now we can become celebrities. Today, a bus model will arrive to celebrate for you. The co-founder in China arrives at his base camp, why don’t we have a carnival? You will inspect the company, you will Look at the aerial basketball court we built on the half-centre roof of the building. We have hundreds of matrix servers in the data center, just like the Matrix. In a building one block away from the headquarters, we set up specially for employees A beautiful cafeteria where all food is served for free... and the chef of the restaurant dug from google..."

Palo Alto, known as the center of Silicon Valley, is only more than 50 kilometers away from the California airport where Su Can and others arrived. Both national highways and one state highway can be reached by car. The train going in the same direction as them, the train is from San Francisco to San Jose. There are three stations in Palo Alto, but generally only two. If there is no ball game at the Stanford Stadium at Stanford Station, the train will not stop that day.

Su Can extended this road into Palo Alto, also known as Kings Avenue. Dustin's so-called meeting place was the meeting point of Kings Avenue and Palo Alto Commercial District.

He stayed in a nearby five-star hotel. Although Palo Alto is only a town, it is known for its numerous high-tech companies and is even regarded as the heart of Silicon Valley. The hotel where Su Can stayed is a bit of Mediterranean style. The mén carpet makes the shoes under the feet sink in half, making people feel as if they are stepping on the clouds.

Su Can and Li Pengyu lived in the same room. After they were settled, Catherine stepped forward to pull open the curtains, half-waisted up on tiptoe, her figure was different from the Eastern slender body, and her waist and abdomen were outside with healthy and rich texture. Playing xìng, this is a very moving scene when Su Can came to Southern California.

But Catherine noticed through the side mirror that Su Can was looking at her, and a very confident smile was drawn from the corner of her mouth. She turned around and walked to him, staring at him and said, "It's great that you are back this time... "Afterwards, it seemed that there was still Li Pengyu at the scene. Although the expression was welcome, the atmosphere was always quieter and denser. Then she replied to her status as a technical talent, picked up her own things that she put on the sofa, and then said mén, "You can take a shower first, and go to the headquarters for a while. There will be endless activities in the evening. "

Zach is inspecting the server center in California, not in Palo Alto now.

Despite the preparations, Su Can was calmed by the lively and welcome atmosphere at night.

The hotel’s mén mouth greeted him with a banner. At this time, the mén mouth had already parked countless vehicles, and some people were walking inside one after another. Several silver-belt, technologically-sense buses stopped outside the mén, and most of the buses that got off He is a handsome nv, dazzling.

When he reached the mouth of mén, Dustin wore a shiny gold dress, which looked like a pimp outside a Las Vegas casino. Mén was full of people looking at him, like a very popular person in Stanford University. Student sports and lectures.

"Many of you may have never seen him, but I want to say that people who are qualified enough here today understand his identity and status!" Dustin saw Su Can, pointed his finger, crossed the crowd and landed on him and Qiao Shuxin Su Can, who came together, said, "Let us welcome the protagonist of today's banquet, the co-president, Su."

At this time, people looked at Su Can and Li Pengyu and his party, applauded one after another, and talked a lot.

One of the directors of Facebook, Jim of Axel Partners is a long and thin American man with a sharp face. At this time, he is holding a wine glass in the crowd, leaning on the pillar outside the hotel, and waiting for everyone and Su Can to greet and shake hands one by one. , Just walked over and raised the red wine in his hand to Su Canxu, "It's nice to meet you."

As a representative of Axel Partners, Jim seems to be quietly and carefully examining why this young Chinese man can keep pace with Zach, and what kind of influence he will bring in the future.

Then a few men in their 30s and 40s came forward and handed out their business cards to Su Can. They were all Silicon Valley-related investors and securities exchanges.

He was blocked by Li Pengyu with a smiling face.

Entering the gorgeously decorated hotel, Qiao Shuxin patted Su Can on the shoulder, and said, "It is estimated that half of the people in Facebook headquarters attended the welcome party you are here today, and the number of Facebook employees is more than 500. But excluding cleaners and other employees of the internal support department mén, the total number of formal employees is about four hundred. These employees basically have Facebook employee stocks, and the total number of Facebook employees will remain at this for about several years. number."

Su Can nodded. According to the regulations of the US sec (Securities Exchange Commission), once the number of shareholders of a company operating in the United States exceeds 500, even if it is a non-listed company, the company's financial report must be announced within 120 days. Due to strategic considerations, many companies are reluctant to announce their financial reports before going public. Even if they are listed on the market, most of the financial reports are covered with clouds. However, Facebook in the United States has granted employee options in batches, resulting in that most of the regular employees of Facebook are one of the shareholders of Facebook.

Once the number of shareholders in many Silicon Valley companies exceeds 500, they will find redundant shareholders to repurchase shares in order to avoid financial disclosures, so that many people who have sold their stocks soaring net worth are created. Of course, there are lucky and some because of the stock. In the future, the market value will rise and the loss will be like participating in a huge wealth roulette gambling.

"You prepared for this party?" Su Can turned his head and asked.

"Just treat it as a political show." Qiao Shuxin sighed, "This is also something that can't be helped."

Su Can understands that this is Qiao Shuxin's preparation for Su Can's trip and his prestige on Facebook. There is no way to reflect a person's status and importance in the company more than holding a welcome party in the United States.

Some of the veterans who were still on Facebook in the United States came up to meet Su Can one by one. When Facebook was an apartment company, everyone bought nothing but cheap furniture from IKEA and a few computers and stereos. It’s a huge company that now owns a building, 500 employees, and hundreds of millions of users.

And there are many people who have left, such as Matt Kohler, Chris Hughes, Adam D'Angelo, etc. There are also many young faces that Su Can never knows, including whites, blacks, and Vietnamese. Chinese, even Indian students at Stanford. Many people in the lounge in the distance, pulled over the elder who had just shaken hands with Su Can and walked away, venting their mysterious curiosity about this co-president and many eager questions to clarify.

For example, the veteran employees who have a high reputation on Facebook now have considerable respect for him. And it was said that he eliminated Sean Parker, a Silicon Valley xiǎo son who founded many companies, and became the final winner. This is a secret inside story that young Americans want to explore.

Su Can doesn't know if this is the so-called brother not in the arena, but there are legends. At least Qiao Shuxin's arrangement has already played the role he should have.

Qiao Shuxin finally sighed, "I hope that the final jiāo frontman put on the board of directors will never appear after this. I used to think that Zac would eventually be with us. But I have been in the domestic ceo position for two years and have seen a lot. The matter, Zhao Yifan left the last time. My understanding of people has deepened. I shouldn't have been so naive...Look at these people around me."

Su Canshun Qiao Shuxin pointed to the past, hundreds of people were at the party, everyone's eyes were bright, and everyone's face was filled with a confident smile. Because they are employees of Facebook, they don't need to be in the United States, or even to the UK, to say that they are working for Facebook, I am afraid that listening Zhengs sè dare not take it lightly, because it is so famous. Everyone is very confident and will not worry about social status or living conditions, and will generate real motivation to work. At the moment of becoming a staff member of this company, the options they hold are enough to allow them to enter the middle class and above in the United States. It is not a dream to become a millionaire.

Qiao Shuxin’s voice came into his ears again, “If American Facebook encounters a crisis, what will happen to these people? They work hard now and can get rich returns. At the same time, the days when their hearts are still full of ideals will be gone forever. Their common ideas will collapse. Zach has no retreat, because he is no longer alone. He represents the ideas these people have placed on him. So all his decisions must be made around the core of'self-interest' We can’t let American Facebook be threatened. In fact, he is not wrong. And we are the same. No matter what we face in the future, we will represent our own interests in the country. No one is wrong, but everyone is wrong. ..."

Su Can has nothing to say.

The banquet lasted for a long time until late at night in California. People were caring about it. Li Pengyu drank five large glasses of draft beer in front of everyone, and then he was sent to the back as a hero and vomited into darkness. When his old father in the Nanjing Military Region called and asked about the situation in the United States, whether he had contacted his friends in the United States, he answered, "Dad, just arrived in California, drinking? No drinking? Hahahaha ..."

Just after dancing a great dance, in Stanford, there is a somewhat unruly technical beauty. Catherine blushed and kissed Su Can on the cheek. The high cháo that triggered the banquet.

This is enthusiastic California.

Su Can misses all this occasionally.

In the middle of the night, Zac and the crowd rushed back to Palo Alto overnight. At the same time, several mysterious black vehicles arrived, but they finally parted ways at the crossroads. Zach and his party almost stopped at the headquarters, and drove to the hotel where Su Can held a welcome party.

When he stepped into the hotel, Chris Cox, the vice president of Zac, saw such a popular venue, his pupils shrank. Compared to his current position in the company, such a scene really made him feel very uncomfortable. threat.

Zach entered the venue and stood there, staring at Su Can on the other side in a daze, as if he hadn't noticed the carnival of the people around him. Then Su Can spotted him, Zac's eyes jumped a few times, and the smile on his face was a little stiff. He stepped forward and patted Su Can on the back, just saying, "You are here."

At the Facebook headquarters late at night, Su Can stood side by side with Zach in the all-glass conference room, looking at the scenery of Xiǎo Town outside through the window. Palo Alto is not big, and the hotel where Su Can lives is right next to the headquarters, so he only needs to walk a few steps before going back to his room to sleep.

Li Pengyu, Qiao Shuxin, Cox, and a few American Facebook executives who Su Can hadn't met, all watched the scene with all their emotions. This may be their last good conversation.

"I know it doesn't make sense to persuade you not to sell your shares now." Su Can sighed. "So the last effort is almost wasted."

"Unless you can find a better way..." Zach shook his head He was a little sad, as if he didn't know how to face this former friend.

He has many friends, buddies who grew up in dentist Xiǎo County, high school classmates, and those jīngying roommates from Harvard University. Su Can is not the closest geographically, but Su Can persuaded him to take the post step by step. Going to the position of the ceo on Facebook gives him the current position of power. This kind of ideal of changing the world together and the relationship between teachers and friends is unprecedented, and it will not be possible to repeat itself in the emperor of his society in the future, so maybe this is the case. It will be painful, "But you can't find it, I can't find it..."

Su Can stood in front of the clear floor-to-ceiling windows that contained the lights of the entire Palo Alto town, and stood quietly with Zac for a long time. As if they will stand here in silence forever.

Su Can finally patted Zac on the shoulder and said, "We, see you on the board."

Then he turned around, walked into the transparent elevator with Li Pengyu, and slowly descended in the parallel field of vision.

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