Ace Hollywood

"A lady sent this over just now. Toli Literature Network"

Mark, who was already cocked, raised his chin and pointed to a box of various macarons on the table.

Ressa, who heard the noise in the kitchen, hurried out, "Mrs. Giffel brought it, I brought her some almond cookies, she said she met you at the door just now, so I brought snacks to Mr. Mark Taste it with you."

Daniel nodded, "Let's go out to eat at noon, you'll come back in the evening."

Ressa doesn't live here, Carly Simon, the American singer who introduced her to Daniel, is her previous employer, but Daniel is closer to their home, so he introduced her to Daniel. He and Carly didn't know each other originally, but when Sally was helping him buy a house, she happened to meet the original owner who entrusted the villa to Carly, and the two took over. It's the same, it's always easy to negotiate a business.

Because it is off-season and the original owner is in a hurry to sell, the discount is still good.

Speaking of it, on Martha's Vineyard, housing transactions are very active. The housing price here is twice as high as other places. In times of crisis, they are more inclined to deal with the real estate here, so there are houses that are sold because of bankruptcy all the time. Correspondingly, there are also people who want to come here to prove their wealth because of their fortune.

Speaking of which, Daniel falls into this category too.

It is normal to want to buy a villa in a summer resort to show off one or two things. However, unlike others, he did all this quietly and silently. The time to move in is actually the time to suspend work.

Ressa responded and brought the breakfast to the table. After they finished eating and cleaned up the kitchen, they left first.

"We went to the Black Dog Restaurant for seafood at noon."

The Black Dog Restaurant is a very famous restaurant on the island, and Mark was a little surprised to hear him say that.

Daniel should now be avoiding crowded places. Once recognized, it must be news.

"You can't be sneaky. If you are recognized, you will be recognized. I don't know how many famous people and billionaires on the island, and the paparazzi are also winking."

Nodding, Mark doesn't care.

"The website will be launched at the end of this month. From the test, the effect is still very good."

f2f was originally available at the end of last year, but then a technical bug appeared, so it had to be postponed to the end of January.

Mark came here specially this time, mainly because there was a problem with the original promotion plan.

The executives of Google and mb have different opinions on promoting f2f in full force.

Seriously, this is something that Daniel didn't take into account. Mark was so focused on technology and website development that he didn't take into account the big problem of promotion.

Javier single-handedly developed the mb to the size it is today. For the right to speak on social media, it can be said that it ranks first in the world, after participating in the f2f test. Javier made it clear and direct that he hoped that f2f could be a subsidiary of mb, and he and mb management could not be involved in the operation at all, but the two sides had to coordinate their actions.

As for Google, more than half of f2f's R&D team is Google's technical engineers, and the negotiations between Larry Page and Daniel continued for so long. The knowledge of f2f is also very deep, of course. That has nothing to do with technical and commercial secrets, it just means that Google is very familiar with this model. After all, in a series of cooperation terms between the two parties, there are also cooperation methods between f2f and Google search, but this time he also clearly opposed mb to f2f promotion.

What Daniel didn't expect is that f2f and mb are mutually exclusive.

Although the two sides have different focuses, for the user, there is only mb. No matter whether he prefers the f2f mode or the mb mode, he will be an active user of mb. But once f2f exists, users are bound to be further subdivided, and it is clear that the three-dimensional structure of f2f is far more attractive than the flat structure of mb.

Javier had to feel a sense of crisis.

Of course, even if Mark and Sandberg don’t make this website, others will. The huge success of mb has attracted countless capital too early, just like hungry wolves, waiting for suitable projects and websites. If f2f is handed over to others, there is no need to worry about money issues at all. As long as you hold this mature plan and shout, investment funds can basically choose.

So he did not try to prevent the birth of f2f, but wanted to close f2f under mb, so that he could adjust the direction of f2f's operation and try to avoid the impact on mb.

Of course Mark would not agree.

A large part of the reason why he and the group of technicians were attracted by this idea, they left high-growth companies like Google and Apple, and chose to be a veteran of f2f, put f2f under mb, and were constrained by the above. , Mark is definitely not acceptable.

Daniel couldn't accept it either.

He is not short of funds now, and the era of Internet wealth creation is relatively small. Relatively speaking, his current conditions do not have to rely on the transfer of benefits to allow f2f to develop smoothly.

In this way, the promotion of f2f is more problematic.

Although he is the controlling shareholder of mb, this involves harming the interests of mb, and Google will definitely not agree. If the major shareholder can so blatantly damage the public and private, the law is just a decoration.

"What Shirley means is that we can do the promotion ourselves, that's fine too."

Glancing at Daniel, Mark was a little worried. Daniel has absolute control over f2f. He has 10% equity dividends and voting rights in f2f - but the equity itself belongs to Daniel. When he did this, Daniel was very clear I told him that the terms of the employment contract are also clear, and the dividend always belongs to him. If he wants to transfer this part of the equity, he can resell it to Daniel as a 10% actual share. But the right to vote must continue to serve in f2f to take effect.

This is how Daniel controls the company. Because if all goes well, f2f will develop into a 200 billion-level company, and any negligence will lead to unpredictable results.

same. Such a model also allows f2f to develop completely in accordance with Daniel's will.

If he hadn't followed the chart, even Daniel himself could hardly guarantee that it was appropriate - any individual may have a blind spot. Once the blind spot becomes a decision-making consideration, the impact on the company will be terrifying.

So, Mark is worried that Daniel will scruple Javier and mb. And the relationship with Google, at some cost. Put f2f under mb, that's why he rushed to Massa in a hurry.

He knew that Javier and Larry Page would soon make a move to try to convince Daniel.

But. Mark has no confidence. On one side is a company with a valuation of billions and Internet giants like Google, and on the other side is a new website with an "unpredictable future". If it wasn't for the f2f model, it was Daniel himself who came up with it, he might be happy. The mind not to fight.

Last night, Daniel had a brief chat with him, which was a little comfort.

But what Mark didn't know was that Daniel was also a little anxious. As far as he knows, Mark Zuckerberg's the-k was born earlier this year, in order to avoid problems. Website promotion must start quickly.

He simply doesn't have time to dawdle with Google and mb.

"Does Shirley have a specific promotion plan?"

"No, part of the original plan can still be used, but leaving mb will become fragmented." Mark quickly answered, and Daniel asked this question, which means that he has made a decision.

"We're going back today, and it must be officially launched before the end of the month."

Daniel began to recall the development of Facebook in his mind. In fact, Facebook’s operation for a period of time was very fragmented, and Zuckerberg was helped by teachers and roommates. The website was only launched, and it was only for Harvard students, but in just 10 months, there were millions of users, and within two years, the valuation exceeded 2 billion US dollars. This is almost the era of social networking. The most reliable evidence of a powerful charm.

Therefore, to promote it, in fact, Daniel is not under much pressure.

This is one of the reasons why he still looks relatively relaxed.

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Near lunch, Daniel drove Mark to the Black Dog, leaving his fancier Porsche in Los Angeles and the Mercedes for Cusa, given that he had announced that he would be returning to Hollywood at least June 2005. Filming "Immortal Gardener", so it is natural for Cusa to continue to work, and the contact with Fox and others also continues to attract attention. The agent is now almost a half-star.

Watching him, you can understand Daniel's arrangement. After all, many people are not sure whether "The Immortal Gardener" is the first movie after Daniel's return.

In the black dog restaurant, Daniel unexpectedly ran into Eliza.

Let Mark order the food first. He went to chat with Mr. Rosen Walton, only to know that Eliza will be back to Chicago in two days, so he brought her to try the tuna here.

Mark looked over, the two looked at each other and nodded.

"Mr. Rosenwalton, the little girl is his granddaughter. Their villa is a little next to my house, and the one with the juniper at the door."

Mark nodded and suddenly laughed, "When you went to see me at Stanford, UU Reading www.uukanshu.com Jessica's cousin is called Catherine, isn't she? It seems to be about the same age as this little girl, but unfortunately, this one Not a movie fan anymore."

Raised eyebrows.

"She said she was a fan of mine, but you don't know which of my movies she liked the most - The Pianist! The Lord of the Rings or Pirates of the Caribbean, even The Bourne and Greece Wedding, I wouldn't be so surprised."

The hobbies of the rich family may not be the same as those of the commoners.

The two did not continue to talk about this. After eating, they went back to the room to clean up. Daniel and Mark returned to California together. Massa Island has its own airport. Although there are few off-season flights and even need to transfer, it can be done on the same day. go. (To be continued)

ps: Second update, thank you, I love to eat rabbits as a reward

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