Chapter 898

As soon as Following Xiao Fu, representing Umbrella Properties, contacted MySpace, Facebook got anxious.

Zuckerberg still wanted Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's Family Properties and Following Xiao Fu's Umbrella Properties to fight each other so he could reap the benefits.

As a result, he was slapped in the face by Following Xiao Fu.

"No, we can't wait anymore!"

"MySpace already has more users than us; if we add Umbrella Company, our Facebook will be finished."

In the office,

Zuckerberg was anxious and pacing irritably.

Originally, he wanted to wait until the 500,000 dollars provided by Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu was spent and the scale had expanded to seek a higher valuation before looking for Umbrella Properties for investment.

Now that Umbrella Properties had approached MySpace, he had to act decisively.

"Book a flight immediately to Los Angeles to the Umbrella headquarters!"

Zuckerberg contacted Eduardo, who was interning at Lehman Brothers, while boarding a plane to Los Angeles.

The next day,

Zuckerberg arrived in Los Angeles and headed straight to Umbrella Properties, wanting to meet with Following Xiao Fu.

Following Xiao Fu could be considered a man of high position and great power at this time because Umbrella Properties had developed too early; by the time the white people discovered it, Umbrella Properties had already grown to a point where no one could shake it.

Therefore, the equity of Umbrella Properties was very concentrated.

Chairman Following Xiao Fu held great power, which was a bit different in nature from Jimmy's.

In the downtown area of Los Angeles, the Umbrella Properties headquarters building.

There were relatively few high-rise buildings in Los Angeles, with large areas of low houses scattered across the vast plains.

And the downtown area was one of the few high-rise districts; looking from afar, that area was the only one that stood out.

(Image: Downtown Los Angeles)

And the Umbrella Properties building was one of the buildings in this group of high-rises, named Wilshire Figueroa.

After Zuckerberg arrived at the Umbrella Properties headquarters, he waited and waited...

One day...

Two days...

Three days...

News frequently appeared outside about cooperating with MySpace.

MySpace was also actively releasing signals about cooperating with Umbrella Company.

Zuckerberg's psychological expectations were getting lower and lower, and he was becoming more and more urgent.

On the fourth day,

Following Xiao Fu finally "had time" and met with Zuckerberg.

"I only have three minutes..."

Following Xiao Fu looked at his watch and looked at Zuckerberg with a playful expression.

Zuckerberg swallowed his saliva; his Facebook was indeed much worse compared to MySpace.

(Image: Why did MySpace lose to Facebook? It had quite a few flaws.)

Zuckerberg had a flash of inspiration and said urgently: "Facebook currently has more equity. If you cooperate with MySpace, you won't get too many shares because they have already been invested in by someone."

"But we at Facebook are different; we still have a lot of equity!"

Following Xiao Fu curled his lips.

Very good.

This was exactly the effect Brother Zu and he wanted!

15% equity, how could that be enough?

Especially when facing a greedy opponent like Zuckerberg.

"How much equity can you give?"

"20%!"

"Not enough!"

"25% at most, and with anti-dilution rights and voting rights that can be retained until later... and I heard I still have to go find the East Coast's Happiness Properties."

Both sides haggled with each other.

They haggled for three days in a row, and finally, it was settled at 26%.

Thus,

The shares in Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu's hands reached 26% + 12%.

And Zuckerberg still thought Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu and Following Xiao Fu were competitors from the Republican and Democratic parties, still thinking about sowing discord and playing power balance games.

As a result, he didn't know that this was: the association, the referee, and the linesman were all my people!

In October,

The New York State Assembly election was in the midst of building momentum.

One assemblyman after another was promoting their own policy propositions and campaign platforms through speeches, advertisements, media, and other methods to win the support of voters.

By the way, assemblymen were divided by electoral districts, just like assemblymen in Hong Kong were divided into various districts for elections.

And Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu, under the identity of Guan Wenlong, was also constantly talking about various policy propositions in his electoral district.

Relying on his system support rate, his terrifying charm aura, and his oratorical infectiousness,

Wherever he went:

Gongs and drums were deafening, firecrackers were sounding, red flags were waving, and there was a sea of people.

Every speech:

Applause was like a tide, cheers were constant, "Long live Mr. Guan!"

It directly made other assemblyman candidates in this district doubt their lives.

I've become a clown!

However,

The biggest momentum was undoubtedly the presidential election.

The whole country was watching.

In October, three televised debates would be held.

Little Albert and Bush, these old rivals, were fighting again after 4 years.

The first debate, theme: foreign policy and national security.

Core focus: the legitimacy and progress of the Iraq War, the effectiveness of counter-terrorism strategies, and control over the situation in Afghanistan.

Little Albert emphasized that "counter-terrorism must be proactive," calling Iraq an important battlefield for counter-terrorism; while Bush criticized the Iraq War as a "wrong choice," believing the Little Albert administration ignored the Bin Laden organization and failed to formulate a reasonable post-war plan. Performance: a draw.

After listening to the debate, Director Director Director Guan Zu Zu: "............"

It seems,

This was also the debate in his previous life, but the views of both sides were completely opposite.

Sure enough, these politicians said whatever was beneficial to them.

The second debate, theme: domestic policy and people's livelihood.