Chapter 5 Successful Signing

Regarding Facebook's general plan and specific matters, Jin Jingcheng has talked to Mark Zuckerberg in detail through phone and video in the past ten days, and in order to further impress the other party, Jin Jingcheng re-explained these things today.

Mark Zuckerberg drank red wine while listening to Jin Jingcheng's explanation, and the originally gloomy mood suddenly brightened up, and his mood became high.

After listening to Jin Jingcheng's detailed explanation, Mark Zuckerberg said: "I'm curious, why did you ask me to cooperate? After all, we haven't met before." “

Jin Jingcheng knew that Mark Zuckerberg would ask this question, and he had a countermeasure, but he first deliberately smiled and said: "If I say it's fate, do you believe it or not?"

Mark Zuckerberg blurted out: "Please, we're not kids, don't use fate to perfunctory me, if you can't give an exact reason, it may make me doubt your purpose." ”

He speaks quickly, so he seems to be a little free.

"Just kidding. Jin Jingcheng said with a smile, took a bite of food, drank a sip of red wine, and then his expression became solemn: "I don't know if you remember a music program called synapse-media-player?"

Mark Zuckerberg's eyes lit up: "Of course I remember, this is a program I created in high school, using artificial intelligence to learn users' habits of listening to music, and it was posted on slashdot at that time, and it was rated 3 stars by Pc-magazine's five stars, and Microsoft and AOL wanted to recruit and train me at that time, but I refused." ”

When it comes to programs, especially his own achievements in program, Mark Zuckerberg is particularly motivated.

Jin Jingcheng was a little excited in his heart, knowing that he had almost overcome the opponent's psychological defense.

Jin Jingcheng nodded: "Yes, I know about this, you refused, and then chose to study at Harvard University." ”

Mark Zuckerberg's face suddenly darkened again, and he said in a complaining tone: "Now I regret it, I thought Harvard University was such a great place, but now I realize that this is simply a prison cell, a big prison cell, not only restricts my personal freedom, but even my creative consciousness is obliterated." ”

Regarding Mark Zuckerberg's idea, it is not difficult for Jin Jingcheng to understand that if the historical trajectory of the previous life, the creation of Facebook is related to the bondage of Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard University.

Historically, in his sophomore year of college, in the second half of 2003, Mark Zuckerberg developed a program called CourseMatch, which was a program that allowed users to refer to course selection based on the logic of other students' course selection. Some time later, another program "Facemash" was developed, which allowed students to choose the best-looking person in a bunch of photos.

Mark Zuckerberg was doing this just for fun, and he had several books called Face-Books that included students' names and photos. At first, he created a website with several photos, two of boys and two of girls, and viewers could choose which one was the most "spicy" and rank them according to the results of the vote.

The contest ran for a weekend and was shut down by Harvard authorities on Monday morning because Harvard's servers were flooded and students were not allowed to access the site. Many students also reported that their photos were used without authorization. Mark Zuckerberg publicly apologized for this and publicly stated in the school newspaper that "this was an inappropriate move."

However, Mark Zuckerberg came out of the fun website and has been asked by students to develop an on-campus website with photos and details of interactions. Mark Zuckerberg was overjoyed when he heard the news and decided that if the school didn't do it, he would do it and build a website that was better than the school.

So, on February 4, 2004, the Facebook social networking service was officially launched!

In fact, the creation of Facebook can be regarded as a coincidence.

Of course, the current historical trajectory will be changed because of the current Jin Jingcheng.

"Mark, now I can call you Mark directly, right?" Jin Jingcheng said with a smile, "Believe me, you are a very talented person, and even more believe in yourself, your future will definitely be very good." ”

As soon as the conversation changed, Jin Jingcheng cut back to the topic: "So, you agreed to cooperate with me, which is to give yourself a chance, I believe you have realized that my Facebook plan contains huge potential value, and this is your interest and strength, why don't you do it?"

Mark was moved, and after a little contemplation, he said, "I must admit that you are a very talented person, very creative and very persuasive. ”

He also said: "In addition, although I don't believe in fate, but at this moment I also have to admit that there is indeed fate between us, to tell you the truth, I originally planned to get a website for students to communicate in the school after a while, and even fantasized that it would be best to get a mass social networking website in the future, but I didn't expect you to propose it in advance, and there is such a detailed plan, and you found me." “

Kim was secretly glad that if he hadn't planned and implemented Facebook in time, history would still be that history.

Jin Jingcheng remained calm and pursued after the victory: "Mark, if you say so, I will take you as an agreement." “

Mark nodded, the depression of studying, the embarrassment of real socialization, the shadow of the breakup, and other factors made him eager to prove himself, in his opinion, Jin Jingcheng's proposal was indeed a great opportunity for him.

"However, in terms of shares, I would like to take 30%. Mark added.

According to the previous negotiations, Jin Jingcheng will not only provide creative and overall planning, but also bear all the funds, so he will occupy 55% of the shares of the website, Mark will hold 25% of the shares, Tony will fully cooperate with Mark and occupy 10% of the shares, and Jose will be fully responsible for the legal business, as well as supervise the performance of the company, including Mark and Jose, and occupy 10% of the shares.

After thinking for a while, Jin Jingcheng nodded resolutely: "No problem, I can give you 5% of the shares, but what I want to say is that Facebook's creative planning is mine, and the investment is also mine, and I also have three people, including me, and I am willing to give you 30% in this situation, I hope you can fully see my sincerity." ”

The deep meaning of these words is to wake up to Mark, hoping that he will not gain an inch, and he will not make trouble in this regard in the future.

Jin Jingcheng knows that Mark is a very arrogant person in his bones, and if he wants him to devote himself wholeheartedly, he has to be willing to pay for it from the beginning, and he is not easy to deal with, and if he wants to master it, he will not let him make trouble, and he has to guard against it in the future, which is also one of the reasons why Jin Jingcheng deliberately asked Jose and Tony to join.

Jin Jingcheng has a relatively clear understanding of himself, knowing that he doesn't have much talent in this area, and he doesn't want to spend too much time and energy in this area.

After being busy in the early days, he can happily be the big boss behind Facebook in the future, that is, the chairman, Mark is the CEO, Tony is the president who assists the CEO, Jose's authority is somewhat special and complex, but it is definitely not small, if you use an analogy, he is not only Facebook's weapon in law, but also a weapon that Jin Jingcheng has placed in the company.

Of course, the current share distribution is only initial, and in the future, with the continuous development and supplementary expansion of Facebook, the shares will definitely continue to disperse and change, but Jin Jingcheng is confident that he will maintain his position as the largest shareholder and chairman, but he also has a master's degree from New York University's Stern School of Business.

Mark suddenly wondered: "With all due respect, I know that you are a graduate student in school, and you don't know the funding ......"

Jin Jingcheng interrupted: "You don't have to worry about the funds, you can do your things well, and I guarantee that you can keep up." ”

Mark finally smiled and took the initiative to stretch out his hand to Jin Jingcheng: "Then, it's decided." “

Jin Jingcheng shook Mark's hand.

Immediately, Jose took out a thick stack of legal contracts, involving all aspects, this contract was completed by Jin Jingcheng and Jose in two days and one night, Jin Jingcheng linked to a series of legal lawsuits encountered by Facebook in his previous life, and comprehensively listed the terms that could protect his interests, and Jose, a doctor of law, was in charge of consulting and writing.

In a friendly and harmonious atmosphere, Jin Jingcheng, Mark, Jose, and Tony signed their names one after another.

When Kim signed the autograph, both Jose and Tony looked at him with a curious look.

In the past, the two of them admired Jin Jingcheng a little, but mainly in their studies, but now, their admiration for Jin Jingcheng has become a kind of respect, and they feel that Jin Jingcheng is so calm and confident, but there is no feeling of blind confidence. They felt that Jin Jingcheng seemed to have a powerful charm that could naturally attract people to follow, which made them fall into it unconsciously.

Of course, the main reason is that they realize the huge potential value of Facebook, which is really tempting, and who doesn't think about their future?

What they are wondering about now is, where did Jin Jingcheng get the funds?

"oK, the signing is successful, in the next few days, Mark and Tony, the two of you will start to write the website program, Jose, you will investigate some problems that may be encountered in the early stage of the website in advance, and the website will be officially launched in a few days. ”

With Jin Jingcheng's words, Facebook, which was originally launched in February 2004 in his previous life, has changed the trajectory of history and will be advanced to the summer of 2003!

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That night, Jin Jingcheng, Jose, and Tony directly found a hotel near Harvard University to stay.

Rather than go back to his Harvard dormitory, Mark stayed in a double room with Tony, and the two began working on the website overnight.

José was also busy in his room.

The biggest advantage of young people starting a business is enthusiasm, and they are not lacking.

Jin Jingcheng naturally has no shortage of it, but his enthusiasm is based on more reason and control over the overall situation.

Jin Jingcheng was not busy, but he was hesitating, not for anything else, for funds.

Right now, he was sitting on the edge of the bed, a black cloth bag with a stack of dollars, about 20,000 dollars, on the bed beside him, and his mobile phone in his hand, a long phone number displayed on a small screen, a Korean number, and a name.

The name has three words: Kim Jong Kook.