Zuckerberg's robotic face gradually showed a little movement and said, "Okay, don't fight, do two things together, and the short video platform will start to produce immediately. On the other side of the headlines, communicate with Sequoia Capital, let them be intermediaries, and try their breath!"

"Okay." Rachel said: "I'll contact Sequoia Capital."

Zuckerberg glanced at Dan Ross and said, "Dan, you are responsible for this new short video business. You don't have to think about innovation, but you can directly imitate Tik Tok. We will talk about how to improve the future later."

"No problem," Danros agreed.

......

"60 billion US dollars?" Zhou Yujie was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said with a smile: "This Zuckerberg quotation is indeed refreshing. No wonder he can develop Facebook to its current scale."

Some time ago, Facebook, under the introduction of Sequoia Capital, sent people to the Tik Tok headquarters in Silicon Valley, expressing its hope to acquire the entire Tik Tok.

Whether it is the person in charge of Tik Tok or the person in charge of Tik Tok headquarters in China, although they all know that Tik Tok cannot be sold, they still report to the Toutiao headquarters for process needs.

Lin Youde smiled and said, "Zuckerberg has always been more unrestrained in small money. When he encounters a company with potential, he will directly buy it at a high price. WhatsApp was like back then. If it weren't for being decisive enough, he might not be as large as Facebook today."

Facebook has many businesses, one of which is similar to WeChat. This business is not original to Facebook, but acquired from outside. The amount of acquisition was US$19 billion, which was 20-25 times the valuation of the company at that time. This price is simply outrageous.

But looking back, if we had not acquired WhatsApp, then maybe today's Facebook would have been eliminated by the mainstream market.

"Yes, this kind of core lifeline business should be acquired decisively. He hesitated for a few months for the price and hesitated again, and he might never have a chance." Zhou Yujie nodded and said.

There are many cases of unsuccessful mergers and acquisitions on the Internet, and these unsuccessful cases have led to the giants falling from the altar. The reason is very simple, because although these former Internet giants have Internet thinking in company operations, they do not have them in business negotiations. They refuse to let go in order to lower the price and engage in meaningless games, just to save a little money.

For example, Microsoft once wanted to acquire Gu Ge for US$2 billion, and Gu Ge's two founders made it clear that if you only need a little more, we will sell it, and then Microsoft refused.

Yahoo was planning to acquire Facebook for $1 billion. At that time, Zuckerberg and investors readily agreed to the deal. As a result, when signing the contract, Yahoo suddenly lowered the price and was willing to offer only $850 million. Zuckerberg was so angry that he immediately turned against him and tore off the contract on the spot. The two companies parted ways.

There are many other similar cases, and Facebook is an exception. As long as the company they like, they immediately acquire it at an extremely high price, there will be no bargaining plot. It is the rapid response mechanism that allows Facebook to grow smoothly into one of the global Internet giants.

Lin Youde said: "Then will you just reject him?"

Zhou Yujie nodded and said, "Yes, refuse directly, there is no need to make trouble. With the current scale of Tik Tok, coupled with the cake we have touched a lot of people, there will be pressure from other aspects soon. This is the focus we need to pay attention to."

"Well, this is much more difficult than starting a business at the beginning." Lin Youde said helplessly.

Zhou Yujie smiled and said, "It's just for you to experience the situation of Huawei in advance, and we are just software, which is much better."

Lin Youde said: "That's true, Mr. Zhou, when it comes to Hua & Wei, we should also talk to them about that matter."

Zhou Yujie nodded and said, "No hurry, let's take a look in a few months. Mr. Ren from Hua & Wei probably hasn't made up his mind yet."

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Kunshan City, Wanda Plaza:

This is the commercial area with the largest traffic in the city. Every day, tens of thousands of people come to shop, eat, go shopping and play. On weekends, the number of people can double or triple.

"Hey, is there a car shop here?" A man and a woman walked to the middle of the square. The woman saw the shop on the right and suddenly said in surprise.

"The car seller?" The man turned around and said, "Lightbeam? It was still being renovated here last month. It turned out that he was going to sell the car."

"Don't you always sell cars in the 4S store? Why did you come to the mall? And how did this car come in?" the woman asked curiously.

The man rolled his eyes and said, "Go and have a look. I want to buy a car recently."

When the two walked in, a young female salesperson immediately came over and said with a smile: "Welcome to the beam car experience store. I am the sales manager Wang Yan. Sir, your surname is?"

The man said politely: "My surname is Qin, this is my girlfriend, her surname is Shen."

"Mr. Qin, Miss Shen, you two can come in and experience our new car up close." Wang Yan said with a smile.

The shop is not large in size. When I said this, several people had already walked to the car.

The store is placed in three cars with diagonal arrangements, all of which are the same, white, red and yellow, and the size is also of general type. However, from the front green license plate and smooth body curve, you can tell at a glance that it is an electric car.

"Price is 138,000?" Looking at the parameters and price list posted on the car window glass, the man surnamed Qin asked subconsciously.

Wang Yan, who was following behind but kept a distance, heard the problem and immediately walked closer and said, "Yes, this is the only price of our beams in the country, and it's the same anywhere."

A man surnamed Qin asked, "The transportation costs in each place are different, right? The prices in the north and south are the same?"

Wang Yan said: "Yes, it's all the same, but Mr. should also know that electric vehicles are not performing well in the winter in the north, so our main market is still in the south."

The man surnamed Qin then asked, "Then your configuration is the same, there is no high or low configuration?"

Wang Yan smiled and said, "Mr. Qin, every car is equipped with a high-end configuration, such as seat fans, seat heating, electric seats, 360 panoramic cameras, lane warnings, and assisted driving. We do not have the impractical functions of some high-end models, such as head-up display, headlight cleaning, seat memory, etc.

What we pursue is practicality and the highest level in terms of safety and comfort.”
Chapter completed!