Chapter 783: Bill Gates is being criticized
Seeing Zuckerberg and Priscilla chatting passionately, Lu Yiming immediately stood up and walked over, pulled a stool over and sat next to Zuckerberg, smiling and saying, "Good afternoon, both of you."
It was natural for two people to be upset when their love affair was interrupted. Zuckerberg was even more unhappy and asked directly: "Who are you?"
Lu Yiming smiled as he took out his business card and put it on the table: "I'm Lu Yiming, nice to meet you."
Zuckerberg obviously didn't recognize Lu Yiming and took the business card in confusion: "Future Capital?"
He has a good memory, but he has never heard of the name of this company.
Although he knew that an Asian once treated Wall Street as a leek field and harvested it again and again, the phenomenon of duplicate names is very serious abroad. A thrown brick may hit three Toms and four James, so Zuckerberg did not associate the "Wolf of Wall Street" with the young Asian in front of him.
It was Priscilla who recognized Lu Yiming. After all, Lu Yiming was very famous among the Chinese in the United States, mainly because he was very rich and knew many big names in the upper class.
She was a little surprised why Lu Yiming came over to say hello, but she was a smooth talker, so she immediately said with a smile: "I'm so happy, I didn't expect to meet Mr. Lu here."
Zuckerberg was very surprised and asked, "Priscilla, do you know him?"
Priscilla quickly introduced Mr. Lu to Zuckerberg, saying, "Don't be fooled by his young age. He just graduated from college. He is already the richest man in Asia and a guest of Bill Gates."
Zuckerberg immediately stood in awe and immediately connected the Asian man who was stirring up trouble in the United States with Lu Yiming in front of him. Although he didn't know Lu Yiming, he knew Bill Gates!
Therefore, Zuckerberg immediately changed his expression and said to Lu Yiming with an apologetic look: "I'm so sorry, I didn't recognize you just now as the Mr. Lu who made Wall Street tremble in the rumors."
Lu Yiming joked: "What's circulating on Wall Street is probably insulting me."
Zuckerberg smiled but said nothing. After all, the financial elites on Wall Street cursed Lu Yiming as harshly as they could. If Lu Yiming hadn't found a lot of protectors in North America, they would have already made a move in secret.
Lu Yiming also knew that he would never have a good image in the eyes of the capitalists in the United States, so he did not continue to dwell on this matter, but said: "I am very interested in what you just said."
Zuckerberg was very surprised, and his eyes showed a look of surprise, as if he had found a confidant; "You are also optimistic about the Facebook idea?"
Lu Yiming said bluntly: "Yes. I invested in a social software company in Xiaguo. It currently has 200 million registered users, and it is expected to increase to 300 million this year."
Zuckerberg was shocked when he heard this: "Two hundred million! Three hundred million?"
You know, the current total population of the United States is less than 300 million.
In other words, Lu Yiming’s social software company has a 100% market share in the United States!
This is really outrageous.
Beyond Zuckerberg's imagination!
His biggest expectation for Facebook at this time was to have tens of thousands of users, which would allow him to achieve his social goals.
Lu Yiming was very calm and said, "Of course, many of the 200 million registered users are duplicates, but the number of people online at the same time has already exceeded 5 million. In general, there are still tens of millions of users."
Even if it was only tens of millions, it was still an unimaginable number. Zuckerberg was still shocked.
Thinking about the earth-shaking things Lu Yiming had done before, Zuckerberg felt a little frustrated in his heart.
Obviously, Lu Yiming is about the same age as him, but at this moment he is still worried about building a small website. However, the young man in front of him already has tens of millions of users, is worth billions, and is the richest man in Asia!
But soon, Zuckerberg's inner ambition was completely ignited by Lu Yiming.
Others can achieve success at a young age, why can't I?
As soon as this idea came up, Zuckerberg immediately became very proactive and asked enthusiastically: "Mr. Lu, do you want to invest in my Facebook?"
Lu Yiming came here for this matter, so of course he would not be pretentious and said directly: "Yes. I am optimistic about Facebook, and I am more optimistic about you, so how much money is needed for the first phase, just name a price."
Zuckerberg mentally calculated the basic costs of building a website, then opened his hand and held up five fingers.
Just as he was about to speak, Lu Yiming said, "Okay, five million dollars as an angel round investment. I want 40% of Facebook's shares. Isn't that too much?"
"hiss……"
Zuckerberg couldn't help but gasp.
He clearly just wanted $500,000.
In fact, he thinks these numbers are the most ideal situations. Maybe if he can bargain down to 100,000 or 200,000, it would be very good.
What the hell is five million?
However, 40% of the shares is indeed a bit too much to ask.
However, Zuckerberg simply couldn't say no.
There is no way, Lu Yiming gave too much!
This year, the most expensive car sold in the United States, the two-door Ferrari Enzo 50th Anniversary Limited Edition with a 6-liter 660-horsepower V12 engine, is only 652,000 US dollars. Lu Yiming asked for eight cars as soon as he opened his mouth!
Although Zuckerberg was a genius at that time, he had never seen the big storms. In addition, the Facebook project was still only in his imagination and had not shown any potential. So after a little thought, he nodded and agreed to Lu Yiming's conditions: "Five million US dollars, 40% of the shares, deal!"
Lu Yiming immediately smiled and signed a check to Zuckerberg: "This is a bank draft of $5 million from Citibank, payable at any time. Now it's yours."
Zuckerberg took the check and was stunned: "We haven't even signed a contract yet!"
Lu Yiming laughed and said, "I believe you are a smart person. You will never default on my debt for just five million US dollars, right?"
Just a little?
Zuckerberg once again felt the charm of the richest man from between the lines.
Rich people are so awesome, even the words they say can be so powerful!
Zuckerberg swallowed his saliva, and then he remembered that Lu Yiming was a super-rich man with many powerful and wealthy people in the United States. Even if he wanted to default on this big man's debt, it would not be easy.
Moreover, he is starting a business from scratch. If his reputation is ruined, which investor will dare to invest in him in the future?
So Zuckerberg smiled and readily took the check.
"Of course not. I will present the equity agreement to you before noon tomorrow."
Lu Yiming raised the coffee in his hand and said, "Then I wish us a happy cooperation."
Zuckerberg excitedly picked up the coffee cup and drank it in one gulp as if it were a celebratory drink.
Lu Yiming muttered quietly: "Pure iced Americano, so damn bitter."
Until Lu Yiming took Shi Qingxue away, Zuckerberg still seemed to be dreaming. Looking at the bank draft in his hand, he was completely confused.
Priscilla, who was sitting opposite Zuckerberg, reached out and stroked Zuckerberg's face, smiling and saying, "Congratulations, you are now a millionaire."
Zuckerberg finally came to his senses, and then excitedly hugged Priscilla and said, "Honey, I feel like you are my lucky star!"
Priscilla shook her head and said, "I am the lucky one. I have always believed that you will succeed because you are a genius. I just didn't expect this day to come so soon."
Zuckerberg was very proud to receive the praise from his beloved. After all, which man doesn't want to be the object of admiration of his beloved?
"Do you think I can become ?"
Priscilla looked at her boyfriend with a light in her eyes: "I believe you will."
Although Zuckerberg had heard about what Lu Yiming had done in the United States, he had very limited knowledge of Lu Yiming himself. Now that Lu Yiming had become his angel investor, he felt that it was necessary for him to get to know Lu Yiming in depth.
"Dear, do you know this Lu Yiming? He became the richest man in Asia at such a young age. Is it because his family is very rich? Is he a rich second generation?"
Priscilla obviously knew Lu Yiming, and immediately said, "That's not the case. His family background is actually similar to yours. His father is barely middle class, and it is said that his career was not going well at the time. Mr. Lu relied on his brains to earn $300,000 from Bill Gates as his first pot of gold when he was in high school, and then he became rich."
Zuckerberg's eyes lit up after hearing this, and he regarded Lu Yiming as his idol and role model: "This kind of life is so wonderful!"
Zuckerberg also longs to have such a wonderful life.
Priscilla continued to encourage Zuckerberg, saying, "Mr. Lu also rejected the olive branch from Microsoft and chose to start his own business. I remember that when you were in high school, you also refused to work for Microsoft. So you and Mr. Lu are the same kind of people. You are both geniuses, and you are both born to have extraordinary achievements."
"Haha, I love hearing that. Thank you for your encouragement, dear. Knowing you is the greatest luck of my life."
Zuckerberg is so happy now. He and Lu Yiming have similar backgrounds, and both of them have rejected Microsoft. If Lu Yiming becomes the richest man in Asia, then it is not too much for me to become the richest man in America, right?
Thinking of this, Zuckerberg felt like he was about to take off.
But she seems to have overlooked a small point - the world's richest man, Bill Gates, is also from America.
Regardless of the guests around him, Zuckerberg hugged Priscilla in his arms and kissed her.
It is rare to find a true friend in life, and he feels that he has found his soul mate who can accompany him for the rest of his life.
On the other side, on the way back, Shi Qingxue couldn't help but ask Lu Yiming: "Is this how you do business? You didn't even sign a contract, but you spent five million dollars? If he really defaults on the debt, he can live a carefree life anywhere in the world with this five million dollars."
Lu Yiming smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, no one can default on my debt, and Zuckerberg is a smart man, otherwise I would not have invested in him. He will definitely not be satisfied with 5 million US dollars. I said, I came here to discuss a big business of 570 billion, this is nothing."
Five million dollars was nothing to Lu Yiming. It didn't matter even if he was hacked by Zuckerberg. In fact, it was better that way.
After all, Lu Yiming is more familiar with the development of Facebook than anyone else. He can just find a capable person to give guidance and operate behind the scenes to knock Zuckerberg to the ground.
You can make money without doing anything, so why do you have to do it yourself?
Therefore, the best option is to just throw five million dollars to Zuckerberg and wait for the money to come without doing anything, unless Zuckerberg himself is stupid.
Bill Gates also learned the news that Lu Yiming had arrived in the United States.
After all, as the world's richest man, he has spies and connections all over the world. As long as he wants, he can definitely keep track of the whereabouts of such an important person as Lu Yiming at any time.
After learning that Lu Yiming went to Harvard to meet Zuckerberg, Bill Gates immediately became concerned about this matter.
Bill Gates certainly knew Zuckerberg's name, after all, this was a young genius who had rejected Microsoft's offer. Lu Yiming was involved with Zuckerberg, and Bill Gates knew intuitively that this was not a simple matter.
Moreover, not long ago, Bill Gates had a not-so-pleasant conversation with Lu Yiming. Although Lu Yiming's implicit disparagement of MSN at the time made Bill Gates very unhappy, he did not dare to ignore Lu Yiming.
MSN has already failed in Xiaguo, and it can be said that Microsoft is not adapting to the local environment.
But if MSN can't even defend its homeland in the United States, then it can't fool people anymore.
Bill Gates quickly mobilized his connections to find out the details of Lu Yiming's meeting with Zuckerberg. Soon he got a piece of news that surprised him: Lu Yiming actually gave Zuckerberg $5 million directly!
Although the money was not much, Bill Gates had a bad feeling: Lu Yiming had always been a profit-seeking person. Would he just spend five million dollars just to chat with someone?
Thinking of this, Bill Gates suddenly felt a little uneasy.
Both Lu Yiming and Zuckerberg are restless young people.
Especially this Lu Yiming, who always likes to bring a little surprise to people. Bill Gates doesn't want to be ruined by Lu Yiming because of his negligence.
After all, he has been famous for decades. If he were to be bullied by Lu Yiming, his reputation would be completely ruined.
Soon, all of Zuckerberg's information appeared in front of Bill Gates.
