MTL - Best Actor-v3 Chapter 153 $100 billion is cool

"It's a good deal, $1 billion to Yahoo, very reasonable, and they're sincere." The middle-aged man sitting at the top right of the long table was talking loudly, while The young man at the top was silent.

Most of the other participants showed approval, a few were hesitant, and only a few frowned.

"Does everyone see it this way?" The young man who took the lead after a long while asked aloud.

"I think Irving is right, this is a very valuable deal." Someone said that immediately, and nodded to the middle-aged man who spoke before, who replied with a Smile.

Young people asked a few more questions, basically all of them were in favor, only one felt that the price could be higher.

"What do you think, Sean?" He turned his head and looked at the bearded young man sitting next to him, similar to himself.

"You know very well, Mark, I'm always against selling. It's true that we are still struggling to make a profit, but the most successful companies are those that won't sell themselves." The other party said very serious.

Mark Zuckerberg nodded slightly, but never made a statement. You must know that most of the people in this room are Facebook executives. If they unite, they will be very It is possible to repeat the mistakes of Steve Jobs 20 years ago.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but glance at the COO sitting on his left, the man who spoke before, Owen Van Natta. This middle-aged man was a former Amazon executive. He invited him to be the COO to better develop Facebook. Now he is taking the lead in the hope of selling the website, which makes Zuckerberg feel betrayed.

Woolen cloth? What a headache.

Then, he saw the young man sitting further back on the right. The other party looked down at the table, not knowing what he was doing, but he obviously didn't focus on the meeting.

Zuckerberg knows what he's doing, it's nothing but playing with his phone, or an iPhone, because Zuckerberg himself has an iPhone. As an IT person, I still pay more attention to Apple's trends, and I am good at trying all kinds of new things.

Therefore, the attitude of the other party made him a lot of curiosity. Although there are no strict rules for the board of directors, it is obviously inappropriate to play with mobile phones. And if he makes such a gesture at this time, then the attitude of the other party is worth pondering. He is a major shareholder, and he was the first to invest in Facebook.

At this point, Zuckerberg immediately asked: "What do you think, Sean?"

Start: "Are you asking me? Not Sean Parker?"

"Of course not, I've asked Sean just now, so I'm asking you now, Sean." Zuckerberg said so, not caring that their names were pronounced the same, so he said it After that, there were a few low laughs in the conference room.

"Okay, since you're asking me..." Sean put away his phone and scratched his head, "It seems that many people think this deal is a good deal, then... it's better than this, with 1 billion How about selling it to me in dollars?"

Zuckerberg showed a stunned expression, not just him, but all the attendees, with surprise and disbelief, as if he was speaking an alien language.

"Are you kidding?!" Zuckerberg was the first to react, and frowned immediately.

"No, I didn't," Shawn shrugged, "I cashed out some of my YouTube shares a while ago, exactly $1 billion, and I didn't know how to spend it when I got a notification coming."

It is much smoother than Facebook, at least there has never been a problem in terms of funding, and now it has negotiated terms with several major media groups to carry out broader and deeper cooperation, and its valuation has surpassed Facebook.

Although this is not unrelated to YouTube, as a video site, it naturally spreads faster than other sites, but this speed is still surprising enough. Based on their current situation, as long as they don't make big mistakes, their results in the next few years can be expected. Facebook and YouTube have also cooperated with Sean because of his threading, and they know a little more than others. This also shows that Sean is in IT. The sight is indeed very precise.

Zuckerberg even envied Sean a little, if he could talk about it on Facebook, why would there be such a problem now, of course, he shouldn't have made that kind of joke before...

Pinching the bridge of his nose, he focused his distracted attention and asked in a half-joking tone, "Do you really want to buy it, Sean?"

"This question shouldn't be asked of me, it should be asked of you," Sean shrugged, then looked him in the eye, "Do you really want to sell, Mark."

Zuckerberg didn't answer immediately, and he didn't know how to answer, because Sean's tone made him feel strongly that the other party's later words would have something to do with his answer. different.

"I won't." He finally gave the answer he wanted.

"That's right," Sean clapped his hands before anyone else could react, "Then, now, I'm launching a proposal in the name of the majority shareholder, regarding the treatment of COO Irving Fan. Natta's vote of no confidence."

Owen Van Natta, who had not spoken for a while, couldn't help but look around. After confirming that he was talking, he immediately asked, "Sorry, Mr. Tang, I don't understand..."

"The company invites you to serve as the chief operating officer, so that you can formulate long-term corporate strategies and be responsible for the company's daily operations, not to let you sell the company in a different way!" Xiao Enhao He interrupted rudely, and his tone was rather stern, "This is not the first time, is it, Mr. Owen Van Natta? You have been agitating before this, wanting to sell Facebook for 7 million. Sell ​​it, right?"

"I...I'm just proposing," Owen Van Natta defended, "just like today, just take an objective stand and put forward a pertinent opinion, and then...the board makes a decision. ."

He was very cunning, seeing Zuckerberg's position - if not very firm - knowing that something was wrong, and immediately moved past the CEO and moved out of the board.

But Sean is obviously prepared: "An objective position? What you call objectiveness is that you can't see that Yahoo is in deep trouble, and that they can't see that they want to retain a huge user base. Don't dare to try more newer ideas, don't see Facebook thriving, don't see its broader prospects, right?"

After not waiting for an answer, he looked at Zuckerberg again: "Remember what I told you, Mark? I saw the prototype of the second Google! Tell me, you Do you want to stop there, or keep going and go down a path that no one else has done? Do you want people to mention you later and say, hey, that's the guy who sold Facebook; or, hey, that's what created Facebook and the guy who made it bigger?!"

Zuckerberg's eyes lit up obviously, Sean's attitude was very clear, but he still didn't answer, so soon the other party put another weight.

"If I remember correctly, Sean Parker once said to you: Know what is cool? A billion dollars!" Sean said, looking at Zuckerberg sitting Another Sean by his side.

Sean Parker and Zuckerberg have a very good personal relationship, and he was also the one who discovered Facebook and was appointed by Zuckerberg as the company's president. However, his character is obviously not suitable for this. He does not see people for three days and two days, although he always completes his work well. Then he was arrested in 2005 on suspicion of possession of drugs, and then because some Facebook investors thought that he was not suitable. In this position, I eventually resigned.

But Zuckerberg never gave up on him, always questioned him, so he still appears at the meeting today as an advisor.

"Yes, I said it." Sean Parker nodded at this time, without a single extra sentence, he seemed to be more looking forward to the following than Zuckerberg.

"Then, I'll tell you now," Sure enough, Sean didn't let them down, "$1 billion isn't cool, $100 billion is cool!"

failed. He invested in Google in 2000, invested in Facebook in 2004, and bought YouTube in 2005. If he wants to say this, he may be able to use a lot of data to refute it, but it is not convincing enough.

Owen Van Natta coughed dryly and wanted to say something to save him, but Sean didn't give him a chance: "I know, some people will definitely say that Yahoo's profitability is still very high. , they're still a big business, so let's wait and see until the latest quarterly financial statements come out? Let's see, let's all see, what's going on with this thriving Yahoo."

"Let's do this first." Zuckerberg immediately took over and ended today's meeting.

After that, Facebook and Yahoo have not been able to reach an agreement, especially after Yahoo's new quarterly financial statements came out, Yahoo's stock price fell slightly, and Yahoo's CEO Terry Semel more It was only willing to offer an acquisition price of 850 million, so Zuckerberg rejected the deal.

Later, Owen Van Natta left Facebook before the end of the year, and Zuckerberg poached Sheryl Sandberg from Google, and Facebook also embarked on a real road to glory.

In the following years, although Zuckerberg was still shy and not good at speaking, he always talked about the two Seans, Sean Parker discovered Facebook and always gave him The best advice, and Sean Tang gave him the strongest support in two crucial moments.