Through conversation, Zhang Yuanjun learned that his eldest brother’s girlfriend had a really good background.
Born in 1980, she is the same age as her eldest brother. At the age of 25, she is already the deputy general manager of UTStarcom.
I went to MIT in college, and I also studied computers, but my learning ability is much better than that of my elder brother.
I graduated with a master's degree at the age of 20 and did not engage in computer work after that - at that time, the global Internet bubble burst and many people gave up.
Instead, he went to McKinsey as a management consultant, and has been working in the market and finance fields ever since.
Zhang Yuanjun teased his eldest brother: "Then you are much better than my boss. You have become a manager, and he is still studying."
Li Ying said: "Your brother is not good at marketing, but he is good at technology. I can't write code as well as Brother You."
"Then how did you two meet?" Zhang Yuanjun asked curiously.
This kind of thing has to be said by a boy. Zhang Leping took over: "Actually, we have known each other for a long time. The study abroad circle is so big and we studied the same major. We met again when we attended a conference last year. We got along quite well while chatting, and we got together smoothly."
"Last year?" Zhang Yuanjun said quickly, "Then you still went on a blind date?"
Zhang Yuanjun clearly remembered that his mother arranged a blind date for him last year with the daughter of some secretary-general.
Li Ying's tone was wrong: "Huh? Have you ever gone on a blind date?"
Zhang Leping blamed his younger brother: "You are the only one with a mouth." He then explained, "I met that girl once and had a meal, and then we lost contact."
"Was that before or after we got together?"
"Before. After this kiss, I confessed to you two days after I returned home."
At present, it seems that the eldest brother and this girlfriend are getting along very well.
Zhang Yuanjun also gave an explanation when he returned home.
After dinner, the brothers were enjoying the breeze and talking on the balcony.
"My parents will be turning 50 in August. Are you really not going back?" Zhang Yuanjun said.
"I really can't go back." Zhang Leping also wanted to go back. "I'm having a huge quarrel with my partners here. As soon as I leave, who knows what they will do."
"You said you invested in the project before, what exactly did you do?"
"You don't understand even if I tell you."
"If I don't understand, just tell me. Sometimes a layman can enlighten you."
Perhaps because he had not been able to express his long-term depression, Zhang Leping actually told his brother about the project he was working on.
This is a website called Facebook.
A social networking site developed by Zhang Leping and two other partners.
He contributed some money, but was mainly responsible for technology and held the smallest share among the three partners.
The website developed rapidly, and the three partners were very happy and thought they were about to succeed.
But here’s the problem. The founder with the largest shareholding, named Zuckerberg, wanted to monopolize control of the website after it became popular and began to clear out partners.
He first joined forces with his eldest brother and began to take action on Saverin, who held the second largest shareholding. At the beginning of this year, he successfully diluted Saverin's shares to less than 10%, and Saverin lost control of the company.
Zuckerberg now owns more than 60% of the company, and Zhang Leping owns a little more than 20%.
"In fact, my small amount of shares does not pose a threat to him, but he has been moving very frequently recently. Your movie sister said that he will not let me take so many shares. He will definitely take action against me by the end of this year at the earliest and next year at the latest." Zhang Leping took a deep drag on his cigarette, "The underlying code of the website was written by me."
Zhang Yuanjun really didn't have any good ideas after hearing this. He knew that Facebook would fly into the sky, but he really couldn't snatch this piece of meat from Zuckerberg.
"How much is the 20% of the shares in your hand worth now?" Zhang Yuanjun asked.
"Several hundred thousand," Zhang Leping said. "This website is very popular among the outside world, but the price cannot be estimated now."
Zhang Yuanjun thought for a while and said: "Keep it. He wants to drive you out of the company, so you fight him. How can you make him get what he wants? The trick of diluting equity he used on Saverin will not be used on Saverin." It’s on you, Sister Ying is in charge of this, you should listen to her opinion more.”
Even if Zhang Yuanjun didn't say anything, Zhang Leping would not give up his Facebook shares easily.
"If he wants the shares in your hand, just hold him back. You are the second largest shareholder. As long as you don't take the initiative to sign, he can't do anything to you. If he wants to find you, you won't be there. If he can't, he will go back to China. How can he still find a home?
"We are not in a hurry. It has been delayed for a long time. He is the one who is anxious. We only invested tens of thousands of dollars. If we lose, we will lose it. It doesn't matter."
In fact, this is also the strategy that Zhang Leping and Li Ying have currently discussed. They will delay as long as they can and try their best to deal with Zuckerberg.
Zuckerberg had just kicked Saverin out of the company and was still in the honeymoon period with him, so he would not take action against him for the time being.
Zhang Yuanjun continued: "Don't put all your eggs in one basket. Without Facebook, don't you know how to do something else?"
"This kind of thing is rare." Zhang Leping also hopes that his technology can be put to use. "Sometimes it takes a genius idea to meet the needs of the market."
If you want some ideas, Zhang Yuanjun has them.
"Brother, do you have a blog?"
Zhang Leping looked at his brother like a fool.
"I mean, we can make a short text blog website..."
Next, Zhang Yuanjun told Zhang Leping everything he knew about Weibo.
But what Zhang Yuanjun knew was very limited, but he still understood the basic framework.
In order to convince his eldest brother, Zhang Yuanjun explained after introducing him to Weibo: "Isn't there some kind of handheld computer now? In the future, it will become popular and the cost will come down. Everyone will have one of these handheld computers, and everyone will use this kind of thing to surf the Internet. Then It’s definitely inconvenient to read things on a small screen. We create this kind of short-text blog to meet future market needs.”
Zhang Yuanjun did not say that the future will be dominated by mobile phones, but used the analogy of fashionable handheld computers.
Of course, cell phones will kill PDAs right out of the gate.
But the basic concepts of mobile Internet can be explained clearly using a handheld computer.
"If he doesn't let you start Facebook, just start a small blog like this. Don't interfere with anyone."
Zhang Leping just thought this idea was pretty good at the moment, but he didn't pay special attention to it.
After talking about Zhang Leping's career, the two talked about Zhang Yunjun's movies.
"Everything is okay. The cost is not high. If the first movie doesn't make a loss, it will be considered a success. If you open up the situation a little bit, I can take on more roles later."
But Zhang Leping really didn't understand movies, so he looked confused, so he asked him: "You will graduate next year, what are your plans?"
Zhang Yuanjun pondered for a while and then replied: "I'd better continue acting. "The Legend of the Condor Heroes" will be broadcast next year. There should be a lot of movies to look for by then, and there should be no shortage of acting roles in two or three years."
"Okay, as long as you have a plan. Do you have enough money to spend?"
"Don't worry about me. You are two people eating now, and I am worried that you don't have enough money." Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile.
"Go away," Zhang Leping said with a smile, "Li Ying, who works in finance, is a rich woman, richer than me."
Zhang Yuanjun joked: "Damn it, the boss of the Zhang family is being taken care of."
(End of chapter)
