Chapter 64: It would be meaningless to socialize without cutting edges
Boston is the capital and largest city of Massachusetts, with a population of only 600,000. It only ranks 24th 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 not only houses 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 250,000 students throughout the Boston metropolitan area.
Therefore, this place is simply a fertile land.
Qin Shaoyan looked at this city with 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.
Here 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 you. , This is my good friend, Qin, you can call him John." George patted Qin Shaoyan, "This is my cousin, Fred Weisler."
Frey. De 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."
"It's simply I can’t believe this was done by Chinese people. My roommate is so addicted that he can go all day without eating.”
Qin Shaoyan said with a smile: “Thank you for liking it.”
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George threw his backpack to Fred, "Let's go, let's talk while we walk."
Fred still talked endlessly 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 moving the game studio to Boston?"< br>
"No, Fred, they are lawyers." George replied.
“Lawyer?!” Fred was stunned for a moment and looked at everyone in surprise.
"Bang!"
Everyone who was about to board the car heard a muffled sound, and everyone was stunned.
Then there were two more sounds in succession, "Pop!"
Zhang Pingyi's face was even more confused, "Where to set off the cannon?!"
Fred's face changed drastically. , dragged George down to the ground, and shouted: "Get down quickly!"
Qin Shaoyan reacted quickly 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 is not what you can do with 28."
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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 had not yet reached that point.
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.
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 company with 300,000 registered members "People's website." Qin Shaoyan said modestly, "This website has been established for less than three months."
"Wow, this is so cool." Fred exclaimed. Man, you are amazing.”
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 Opportunity.”
“I think this type of website is also 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 in American universities."
"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 couldn't wait, "It's my dream to build an Internet company. If I have the opportunity, I must grasp it before me."
"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 use funds and funds. Technology investment.”
“No, I can build the website myself.” 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 matter."
Qin Shaoyan looked at George, and George also interjected: "Fred's programming skills are great, and his grades in school are excellent. I believe in his skills. Strength."
"In that case, we will reconsider the equity division." Qin Shaoyan did not dwell on this matter, but said happily: "Then it is okay for you to invest in technology, but this part will occupy. Not a lot."
"How many?" Fred asked.
"It depends on your strength." Qin Shaoyan smiled and stretched out his hand, "Welcome to join, Fred."
Fred whistled and shook hands with Qin Shaoyan Shake hands.
Having Fred build his own website can 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 have initially reached an agreement. Fred will provide the technology, George and G Fat will contribute 30% of the shares in their own names, while Qin Shaoyan's TNB company will occupy 60% of the shares, and the remaining 10% will be used as options. Pool.
The website is called Facebook and is valued at $10 million.
After the two parties successfully reached a cooperation agreement, they began to talk about the details of the website.
Qin Shaoyan gave an overview of the functions of the website, and Fred listened with 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 it? Advertisement? We have to contact other universities for advertising space. "Advertisement?" Qin Shaoyan smiled slightly, "No, no, that would be too expensive and the effect may not be good."
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"Then what are you going to do?" Fred was a little surprised.
"Of course it's a borderline." Qin Shaoyan said meaningfully, "It would be meaningless to build a social networking site without borderline."
(End of this chapter)