my return 2002

Chapter 290 Virtual Farm
A few days later, Shen Lang made an appointment with Zuckerberg, and was about to get up and go out early in the morning. Liu Shishi lost his humanoid pillow and muttered something. Instead, get out of bed.

After a casual breakfast, head to the company.

At ten o'clock in the morning, Shen Lang met Zuckerberg at Star International.

Zuckerberg was very interested in Shen Lang's way of moving Chinese Internet content to the United States. Shen Lang asked Li Xuelin to lead Zuckerberg around to satisfy the other party's curiosity, and then returned to Li Xuelin office.

"Mr. Mark, this is the game I told you about last night. You can call it Virtual Farm."

The name was chosen by Shen Lang after discussing with Li Xuelin. American internet names have a deep sense of identity with terms like fiction and science fiction.

Zuckerberg scratched his chin twice and nodded: "It's a good name. I hope the content of this game is as interesting as its name."

Shen Lang smiled confidently: "I believe you will like it."

Zuckerberg smiled, took the laptop, and started playing. In order to help new players get started quickly, Li Xuelin also asked programmers to design a tutorial for beginners. Don’t think that the Internet in the United States is so developed that Americans do not have computers. Xiaobai, in fact, there are many foreigners who don't like this new thing.

Zuckerberg quickly completed the novice tutorial, and soon he discovered the charm of this game. The United States completed the urbanization process as early as the last century. More than 80% of the population lives in cities, and farms are all It is managed by farmers large and small, and few Americans have personal experience in farming.

In China, it is basically self-deprecating to say that you can't get along and go home to farm. But in the United States, this is equivalent to showing off. To be able to own a farm in the United States is definitely the middle class.

It is not realistic to own a farm in reality, so owning a virtual farm on the Internet can make up for this regret?

The more Zuckerberg thought about it, the more excited he became, especially after Shen Lang demonstrated to him the game of "stealing food", Zuckerberg's mind was full of images of college students clicking the mouse to "steal food".

"Oh, Mr. Shen, how did you come up with this game? It's a genius idea!" Zuckerberg praised sincerely.

Shen Lang and Li Xuelin looked at each other and smiled, Shen Lang said lightly.

"Mr. Mark, shall we talk about the cooperation plan?"

Zuckerberg immediately sat up straight: "Of course."

"Game, we are responsible for the operation, we account for 70% of the final revenue, and you 30%."

After listening to Shen Lang, Zuckerberg almost jumped up: "No, it's impossible, you need my user base."

Shen Lang smiled and shook his head: "That's right, our game does need to be linked with social software, but this cooperation partner can be Microsoft, Yahoo, or Twitter, not necessarily Facebook, right? ?”

Although Twitter has only been established for less than half a year at this time, its momentum is very strong. Compared with traditional blogs, users of Twitter and Weibo are more sticky, which also puts a lot of pressure on Zuckerberg. The university market is coming out, I am afraid that Twitter will soon occupy all the outside market.

In Zuckerberg's view, neither MSN nor Yahoo Messenger will be Facebook's opponents, only Twitter is the real rival.

"At most half a point." Zuckerberg said resolutely.

Shen Lang shrugged and sighed: "Then I'm sorry."

Zuckerberg gritted his teeth and was about to leave.

Shen Lang suddenly said: "Mr. Mark, operation requires expenses, and we also need to pay PayPal a commission. The actual calculated profit is actually similar to yours."

Zuckerberg paused: "Up to 60%, this is my bottom line!"

Shen Lang hesitated for a moment, then suddenly smiled and pulled Zuckerberg back: "Okay, this is the first cooperation, to show sincerity, we will do as Mr. Mark wants."

Zuckerberg secretly slandered, why does it sound like he has taken advantage of it?

However, such a result is acceptable to Zuckerberg. For him, this cooperation is more important to find a business model suitable for Facebook. In the future, he can also cooperate with other game companies to launch social games. , can not only enhance user stickiness, but also improve company performance and attract more financing opportunities.

In order to avoid long nights and dreams, Zuckerberg immediately called a lawyer, and the two parties began to draw up a contract, taking advantage of the gap between Li Xuelin and Facebook executives.

Shen Lang suddenly said to Zuckerberg: "Mr. Mark, Facebook must need a lot of money to get out of college, and I happen to have a lot of spare money on hand."

Zuckerberg scratched his chin habitually: "Mr. Shen means you want to invest in me?"

"Of course, why not?"

"However, we just received $750 million in investment."

"Believe me, 750 million US dollars is not enough to support your next expansion. The cost of network bandwidth and servers will take up a lot of your funds, and you need more funds." Shen Lang shrugged.

Zuckerberg pondered for a long time and asked, "How much money can you give us?"

"1500 million US dollars." Shen Lang thought for a moment and said.

Investing in Facebook is definitely a profitable business, but Shen Lang does not intend to invest too much cash in it. As for controlling Facebook, Shen Lang does not have such a dream. Once there is such a day, Miguo will definitely try everything There is a way for Shen Lang to spit out these shares.

It is the correct operation to take the opportunity to buy at a low price, and wait until the high price to cash out and leave the market.

Zuckerberg hesitated for a moment: "The financing needs to consult all shareholders, and I can't give you an accurate answer for the time being."

Shen Lang nodded: "Of course, but I hope it can be done as soon as possible. After a while, I will return to China."

"Give me a week!"

"Okay, then I'll wait for your good news."

"Pleasant to work with."

"Happy cooperation!"

On the other side, Liu Shishi was exhausted last night, and fell asleep again in a daze. It was already noon when she woke up again.

Just about to go to the restaurant to have something to eat, the phone in the room rang. Liu Shishi thought it was from the hotel, but it turned out that it was Cai Yinong's voice.

"Master, did you go to the charity dinner in Beverly Hills last night?" Cai Yinong's tone was full of envy.

Liu Shishi asked curiously: "Sister Cai, how do you know? Are you also in the United States?"

Cai Yinong said a little sourly: "I can't get the invitation letter even in the country of America, okay, you girl is really a blessing from a previous life."

Cai Yinong is really envious. Such a gathering of celebrities and rich people is not something ordinary people can participate in. Even the international superstars in Hollywood are just a foil. The real core is those rich people. When she was a reporter in Xiangjiang, she also I have attended some similar gatherings, but the level of rich people in Xiangjiang is still far behind Wall Street.

"You girl, you really don't know how to tell me in advance so that I can arrange the announcement for you. Do you know that it is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to walk the red carpet with big Hollywood stars?" Cai Yinong hated iron road.

Liu Shishi muttered and explained: "I didn't expect that there would be so many big-name celebrities present, and will doing so make him unhappy?"

Of course he is Shen Lang, Cai Yinong slapped his head, he was too excited just now, and forgot about this, young and rich man like Shen Lang certainly doesn't want his gossip to fly all over the sky, luckily he didn't impulse.

"Well, Shishi, you are right, the announcement will not be issued. By the way, Mr. Shen, do you have any?"

Liu Shishi blushed as soon as she brushed her face, and he hesitated, Cai Yinong guessed the general idea when she heard it, and couldn't help secretly happy, as long as she hugged Shen Lang's thigh, her career would not take off in the future?
Of course, before that, she had to take good care of this aunt.

"Look at you girl, why are you so shy? You are both adults. You and Boss Shen are both talented and beautiful, and there is nothing to be ashamed of."

Liu Shishi's mind also reflected Shen Lang's kindness to her during this period. As a boyfriend, Shen Lang is definitely an ideal type, but Liu Shishi also has her concerns.

"But, the gap between me and him"

Cai Yinong quickly comforted: "Oh, my silly girl, what era is it now, how many people fall in love for the first time and can last forever? And you are still so young, you can also work hard to improve yourself."

Liu Shishi is very encouraged, yes, she still has a lot of time to improve herself, er, her English must be improved, last night was really embarrassing.

In the next week, Shen Lang took Liu Shishi to almost walk around Los Angeles. He had to admit that in the United States, the life of the rich is quite good. Here you can spend money to buy all the services you want. No wonder rich people are willing to run to the United States.

The days of traveling with the United States always pass quickly. A week later, Shen Lang received a call from Zuckerberg. The company's shareholders agreed to Shen Lang's investment, but at this time Facebook's valuation had reached 5.5 million US dollars. Shen Lang's 1500 million US dollars can only account for 2.7% of the shares, and he cannot have a seat on the board of directors.

Shen Lang didn't care about this at all, and he didn't have the energy to participate in the management of Facebook.

Perhaps in order to appease Shen Lang, Zuckerberg gave Shen Lang the title of Senior Vice President, and Shen Lang simply responded to this.

During this time, [Virtual Farm] also officially logged on to Facebook. Facts have proved that college students all over the world have no resistance to this innovative game.

Soon [Virtual Farm] set off a wave of "stealing food craze" in American college circles. Many college students began to bring laptops to the classroom, and then turned on the computer when the professor was not paying attention, and finished collecting vegetables and stealing vegetables. The dishes are done in one go.

[Virtual Farm] was only popular among students at the beginning, and soon even teachers were attracted. The new gameplay idea of ​​farm + social made this game a great success.

In just three days, the number of users exceeded 300 million, and the number of people online at the same time exceeded 20. Although most users hang up for a long time, such user stickiness is already terrifying.

And what makes Zuckerberg even more excited is that the revenue data of [Virtual Farm] is also very beautiful. In just three days, it has obtained more than 100 million US dollars in revenue. In the case of the upper limit of game props.

Among them, puppies of various breeds are the most consumed. Compared with the dogs in the mainland version, the dogs in [Virtual Farm] have spent more attention on the design of Lihua. There are more than ten kinds of common pets in American families. Dogs, this is also directly reflected in the purchasing power of users.

In addition to preventing being stolen by friends, many people enjoy the pleasure of raising pets more.

Star International.

Shen Lang said to Li Xuelin: "Help us book a ticket back to China tomorrow."

Li Xuelin nodded, called the secretary to the office, and explained to her.

After the secretary went out, Shen Lang said to Li Xuelin again.

"The number of users of the virtual farm should continue to grow. It's time for you to expand here. How about you set up a Star Game company and hand over the operation of the virtual farm to the new company? The business of Star International can't do it either. Delay, don't look at the virtual farm to make money, just focus on it."

Li Xuelin nodded quickly: "Boss Shen, I know what to do."

"Well, by the way, you have arranged your work during the Chinese New Year this year, and you can also go home for a while, and give you half a month's leave. It's not a problem to be floating abroad all the time. If your family members are willing to come to the United States, you can also You can take over." Shen Lang is very satisfied with Li Xuelin's work in the country of America, and plans to let him stay in the country of America.

Li Xuelin hesitated for a moment: "Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with my family, but my parents are definitely not willing to come and settle here."

"You can figure it out. The company will reimburse the expenses at that time. In addition, when the company conducts the first round of financing, I will give you a certain option reward. Do it well." Shen Lang patted Li Xuelin on the shoulder.

Li Xuelin was overjoyed. In fact, during this period of time, some venture capital institutions have come to the door actively, and the valuation given has exceeded 5000 million US dollars. Now there is another star game. With the popularity of [Virtual Farm], the valuation is definitely not high. It will be lower than Star International.
A few days later, Li Xuelin sent Shen Lang and Liu Shishi to the airport. After a brief farewell, Shen Lang and Liu Shishi also boarded the flight back to China.

In the business class, Liu Shishi was holding an English tutorial and was fascinated by it, Shen Lang couldn't help jokingly said.

"So hard? Learn English, I'll just teach you."

Liu Shishi glared at Shen Lang coquettishly, this guy used the name of learning English last night to torture her until her bones almost fell apart.

After more than ten hours of flying, Cai Yinong finally picked them up at the Shanghai Airport. Seeing the two walking side by side, Cai Yinong couldn't close his mouth with a smile.

"Mr. Shen, please take care of Shishi these days."

Shen Lang smiled and said to Cai Yinong: "No trouble, thanks to the presence of my teacher, otherwise I would not be able to find a female companion to accompany me to the charity dinner. In the future, I will have to trouble Mr. Cai to take care of my teacher. .”

"That's for sure. Shishi and I are sisters, and we will definitely take good care of her."

After seeing off Cai Yinong and Liu Shishi, Shen Lang also got into the car, looking at the tall buildings in the magic city, Shen Lang suddenly looked to the south.

"It's time to close the net!"

(End of this chapter)