You call this entrepreneurship?

Chapter 64: It would be meaningless if you don’t keep social contact
Boston is the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, with a population of only 24. It ranks only th among cities in the United States.

Despite its low ranking as a small city, Boston is an old revolutionary district and one of the oldest and oldest cities in the United States.

Boston occupies a place among the six cities where the top universities in the United States are concentrated. It is not only home to Harvard, the first university in the United States, but also famous schools such as MIT, Northeastern University, and Boston University.

There are more than 100 universities and more than 25 students in the entire Boston metropolitan area.

Therefore, this place is simply a fertile land.

Qin Shaoyan looked at this city with great interest, the green sea, the absolute green sea of ​​the Internet.

There are so many leeks growing vigorously, just waiting for someone to wield a sickle to harvest them.

Qin Shaoyan, Zhang Minyi and the legal team were looking around, full of curiosity about the city.

George was talking on the phone and looking around. Suddenly he smiled and waved his arms, "Hi, Fred, here!"

A blond young man wearing a white pullover rushed over and hugged George warmly, "Hi, George, long time no see. I was so happy when I heard you were coming."

"Let me introduce to you, this is my good friend, Qin, you can call him John." George patted Qin Shaoyan, "This is my cousin, Fred Weisler."

Fred stretched out his hand excitedly, "Hi, man, you are the producer of Plants vs. Zombies. I like your game very much. It is very good. My classmates and I all love to play it."

"I can't believe this was done by Chinese people. My roommate is so addicted now that he can go all day without eating."

Qin Shaoyan said with a smile: "Thank you for liking me."

George threw his backpack to Fred, "Let's go, let's talk while we walk."

Fred continued to talk about his love for the game while leading everyone out of the airport, "Fortunately, I found a minibus, which is big enough for all of us."

"Why did you bring so many people here? Are you planning to move the game studio to Boston?"

"No, Fred, they're lawyers," George replied.

"Lawyer?!" Fred was stunned for a moment and looked at everyone in surprise.

"Snapped!"

Everyone who was just about to board the car heard a muffled sound, and everyone was stunned.

Then there were two more sounds in succession, "Pop!"

Zhang Minyi was even more confused, "Where can we fire the cannon?!"

Fred's expression changed drastically. He dragged George and lay on the ground, shouting: "Get down quickly!"

Qin Shaoyan quickly reacted and shouted, "It's a gunshot, get down quickly!"

Everyone panicked and hid behind the car.

Soon a series of gunshots sounded, followed by piercing sirens.

Qin Shaoyan sighed, "You can't just shoot someone as soon as you enter the city. This can't be done with 28 shots."

……

We have long heard of a free America, with gunshots fired every day.

But Qin Shaoyan thought that it was only 2003, and the lighthouse hadn't reached that point yet.

As a result, Qin Shaoyan was given a slap in the face as soon as he got off the plane, allowing him to see the simple folk customs here.

Fortunately, this episode passed quickly and did not affect Mr. Qin's business confidence in this place.

After sending the legal team back to the hotel, Qin Shaoyan took brothers Zhang Pingyi and George to chat in the restaurant.

What the four people wanted to talk about didn't have any professional topics, so there was no need for a special translator. Qin Shaoyan's daily business English was enough for communication. George once again introduced Qin Shaoyan's identity to Fred, "John is not only an excellent producer, he also owns an Internet company."

"It is a website with 300,000 registered members." Qin Shaoyan said modestly, "This website has been established for less than three months."

"Wow, that's cool," Fred exclaimed. "Man, you're awesome."

A website can grow to have 300,000 members in three months, which is a very impressive achievement in the United States.

"The main group of my website is school students, SNS social networking sites." Qin Shaoyan looked at Fred with a smile, "I went online by chance, and I found that there is no such website in the United States. I think this is a good one Chance."

"I felt that this type of website was also very suitable for American students, so I thought why not build it in the United States?"

Fred blinked, "You mean, you want to build a similar website at an American university."

"That's right." Qin Shaoyan nodded.

"Wow, that must be really cool." Fred immediately became excited. "What does this website look like and where do we start?"

Qin Shaoyan was a little surprised by Fred's reaction, "Do you agree to cooperate?"

"Why not?" Fred said impatiently, "It is my dream to build an Internet company. If there is an opportunity in front of me, I will definitely seize it."

"In that case, let's talk about how to establish the company and how to distribute the equity." Qin Shaoyan took out a document with a smile, "We will invest in the company with capital and technology."

"NO, I can build my own website." Fred waved his hand and said, "I refuse to use other people's code."

"Huh?" Qin Shaoyan pondered for two seconds, "Fred, are you sure you want to do this?"

"Of course!" Fred said confidently, "I want to build this website myself instead of using other people's stuff. I am also a programmer and I have my own pride."

"I'm very serious about this."

Qin Shaoyan looked at George, and George also interjected: "Fred's programming skills are great. His grades in school are excellent. I believe in his technical strength."

"In that case, we will reconsider the equity division." Qin Shaoyan did not dwell on this matter, but said happily: "Then even if you have technical shares, the proportion will not be large."

"How many?" Fred asked.

"It depends on your strength." Qin Shaoyan smiled and extended his hand, "You are welcome to join, Fred."

Fred whistled and shook hands with Qin Shaoyan tightly.

Letting Fred build the website himself would avoid a lot of trouble in the future. After all, if this American version of the campus network develops, some things will become very sensitive.

Just the excuse of using China's code is enough for competitors to seize it.

The two parties initially reached an agreement, with Fred providing the technology, George and G Fatty investing in their own names to hold 30% of the shares, while Qin Shaoyan's TNB company held 60% of the shares, and the remaining 10% was used as an option pool.

The website is called Facebook and is valued at $10 million.

After the two parties successfully reached a cooperation agreement, they began to discuss the details of the website.

Qin Shaoyan briefly explained the functions of the website, and Fred listened with great interest.

"Man, I think this website is so interesting. It will definitely be popular with students." Fred was full of confidence at this time. "How do you plan to promote the website after it is built? Where are you going to advertise? We need to get in touch. Advertising space near other universities.”

"Advertisement?" Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "No, no, no, that would cost too much, and the effect may not be good."

"Then what are you going to do?" Fred was a little surprised.

"Of course it's just a borderline." Qin Shaoyan said meaningfully, "It would be meaningless to build a social networking site without borderline."

(End of this chapter)