Chapter 006 Throwing money to your daze
Fahill's tricks laid a good foundation for the meeting between the two sides. After he left, the Facebook team started to talk, and their words were full of curiosity about Dubai and the prince.
Those who react faster can realize that this may be a business opportunity, but the specificity depends on the meeting with the prince; those who are slower, who are proud of their software audience, suddenly leap from students to royal aristocrats.
In short, these people were all looking forward to meeting the next day.
Time comes the next morning.
A convoy of five cars came. Under the side of passers-by, the convoy stopped on the side of the road, and first got off a group of bodyguards in black, each with expressionless faces, with vacuum headphones around his ears, which made the sense of déjà vu of the movie agents.
The Mercedes-Benz door in the middle was pulled open, and a man dressed in a jacket and jeans got out of the car. His sunglasses covered his eyes, but he could feel the extraordinary momentum he exuded, and the bodyguards around him were automatically centered on him.
Zuckerberg and his group were surprised by this style.
Sheikh came to them and took off her sunglasses casually. Fahir came forward first and introduced to both sides: "Prince Sheikh Rashid!"
"Mark Zuckerberg, Dustin Moscowitz, Suzy Stenson..."
"Hey! Guys!"
Sheikh showed American enthusiasm, actively extended his hands to them, held each other one by one, and said without any airs: "Just call me Rashid."
Zuckerberg, who is still very young, is shy with some otaku: "Your English is really good."
Fahill had already communicated with Sheikh last night, and he casually said: "I am studying in the UK and recently in New York. I happened to be exposed to your masterpieces. Although it is a bit simple, my creativity shines my eyes."
Zuckerberg smiled and scratched his head. When he saw a group of people standing, he realized: "Please be there! Sorry, our workplace is a bit messy."
"You have very talented brains, and this is your most precious wealth." Sheikh casually sat down on a sofa and glanced at the surroundings.
The Facebook office space in the early days was really average, with computers placed everywhere, kitchen and work areas mixed together, and unfinished pizza on the table, which is a typical programmer who is chaotic.
Of course this is not important. Sheikh is interested in this team. Not long after he sat down, he showed the style of the Dubai tycoon to the young people: "I have prepared some meeting gifts for you, I hope you will like it!"
After saying that, Amir asked the bodyguard to bring in several large boxes. Sheikh signaled them to unpack. Everyone uncovered the outer packaging in a daze, revealing the contents inside.
"Look at that! IBM's mini-computers and servers!"
Someone exclaimed that Facebook, which was in its early stages of development, could have the most cutting-edge models of IBM, which was completely unthinkable, and these dream machines were now placed in front of them.
Zuckerberg was embarrassed to accept: "This gift is too expensive."
Sheikh looked indifferent to money: "If your website can be responsive and the service content is better, I will also be an indirect beneficiary!"
Fahill laughed, and everyone laughed. They had experienced the courage of the rich, and they had no perseverance to refuse. Who doesn’t like the free gift?
Sheikh won the favor of this group of people in a short period of time, and in the communication with software, he also pointed out many problems incisively, such as photo sharing, short videos, and more expanded social circles.
"I don't want it to be limited to college students or students. Your philosophy is social, and people in society have social circles, or even more complex. As for me, I'm looking forward to seeing the dynamics of friends who are familiar with their names..."
"It's just a pity that I can only use it in the United States. If I can expand to the world, make full use of its Internet advantages, maintain its diversity and unique style, I think you will become a product that will be popular all over the world."
As always, Sheikh moved the concepts of future generations. Before he decided to invest, he simply mentioned it a few times and did not say it too deeply. However, for these people, inspiration continued to explode, and their ideas and horizons were expanding.
They began to face the prince, and he was really amazing in terms of creativity.
Zuckerberg sorted out his thoughts: "We have plans for this, but we have not fully improved our resources so we cannot rush to achieve success."
Sheikh said strangely: "Doesn't the developed American capital market favor your companies?"
Everyone looked at each other and Zuckerberg continued: "There is capital, but their assessment of us is lower than expected, and they want to buy out our results in a complete manner."
Xie He said, "Capital is the same thing. After round A and round B and round C, you keep pulling your capital chain. After diluting it layer by layer, your results will eventually be classified into other people's names."
He raised his legs and looked like I had seen countless storms. Every word he said made these young people agree with him.
Although Sheikh is showing off, he is based on his prominent background. No one thinks he is pretending, but he still hopes to get the guidance of this rich friend in his heart.
Zuckerberg also didn't understand these things, and he was a little helpless: "This is a necessity for corporate development. We want to do a good job, but investors only pursue interests."
"uncertain."
Sheikh pondered for a moment and quietly revealed his fox's tail: "Actually, you can see that I like this product very much, and I also hope to use it in the Bay Area. I hope you can launch more and more complete functions."
Everyone nodded. In the conversation just now, Sheikh made many requests from the perspective of the user, and every sentence was a great inspiration for them. From the perspective of technology, this is priceless.
With this free help, they were not rejected, but instead asked: "What are your thoughts?"
"I should have some pocket money in my hands."
Sheikh looked at Amir next to him, who whispered: "Your US dollar account has sufficient balance and can use one billion US dollars."
Unfortunately, I clearly heard the group of people taking a breath. The pocket money was still lightly mentioned in front of me, but the opening was billion (billion)? It made people feel that his money was blown by the strong wind!
No wonder everyone says that Dubai is a crazy country. Now that I personally appreciate the prosperity of oil, this kind of heroism is simply trembling.
Sheikh returns to the topic: "I can provide you with sufficient help, and the controlling rights are still retained in your hands. I am an amateur, so I will not interfere in the operation."
"You can use this money to concentrate on product development, no longer have to worry about dealing with capital, and no longer have to bite the bullet to face investors with bad intentions."
Sheikh's conditions are simply a matter of every sentence that goes to their hearts. This kind of trust investment and no interference is the most ideal solution in the eyes of all entrepreneurs.
What's more, he is super rich, and his every word and action shows that he doesn't care about money. They think that the value of the company can be doubled sharply and he will no longer use frequent financing in the future.
After everyone looked at each other, Zuckerberg spoke: "Sir, how much do you plan to vote?"
Sheikh smiled: "I value your company to $300 million. The larger the proportion of shares I can hold, the more capital investment. The choice lies with you."
Zuckerberg swallowed, but he didn't tell Sheikh that a venture capitalist recently offered them $12 million on the condition that they held a 10% stake and the team was already considering it.
But they dare not think about this scene today. When users only have three million, someone will offer their small businesses the financing amount they choose.
The valuation of $500 million made them dizzy.
Chapter completed!