As soon as Lawrence collected all the evidence that could be left behind, James Keane had already called his father, Paul Keane.
3321 was originally the best springboard prepared by the Keen family for James Keen. Lawrence's sudden attack brought huge shock and great dissatisfaction to the entire Keen family.
Originally, the Keen family was planning to use their own methods to get Lawrence away from Harvard after the 3321 US station was launched, but now it seems that this plan will be advanced.
However, James Keane has another concern.
He felt that Lawrence had never dared to make trouble with him before, and today he suddenly broke up with him. This must have a lot to do with Li Mu coming to Harvard. Although Lawrence himself did not mention a word about Li Mu, James Key En was convinced that there must be a big reason for this coming from Li Mu.
So, James Keane proposed to his father: "We can't just let Lawrence go. The power of this project is ultimately in the hands of Li Mu. Whether I can participate in it and gain a key position in it, it still depends on Li Mu." Just nod."
Paul Keane also realized this and immediately said: "Don't worry, I will ask Lawrence to get out first, and then I will negotiate with Li Mu. I have a way to get him to hand over the power of the 3321 US station to you."
For Paul Keane, he has a different kind of detachment and confidence in his heart. He always feels that with the influence of the Keane family in the United States, everyone must give some face. In his subconscious, Keane The aura of the family is so strong that the aura itself can be used as a charity.
Paul Keane and other members of the Keane family have a very profound experience, that is, in most cases, when the Keane family asks others for help, others will not only do their best to help, but also help the Keane family. They were humble in front of them, as if being able to help the Keen family was their greatest honor.
Moreover, the Keen family adheres to the nature of profiteers. In their eyes, they never have the concept of repaying favors. On the contrary, they regard favors as a kind of resource. Everyone thinks that helping the Keen family will definitely get the Keen family in the future. There are generous rewards in other aspects, but only the Keen family knows in their hearts that they never return the favor.
What Paul Keen wants to do is to use the influence of the Keen family to make a costless deal with Li Mu. He feels that as long as he throws out his identity as the Keen family and gives Li Mu a subtle signal, the Keen family can do it in the future. If you provide assistance to him and his career in all aspects, then Li Mu will definitely agree. After Lawrence gets out, it shouldn't be a problem for him to ask Li Mu for his son to be the general manager of the 3321 American station.
James Keane was not as optimistic as his father, because he had always regarded Li Mu as his biggest enemy and competitor, so he vaguely felt that Li Mu was extremely difficult to deal with, so he subconsciously asked: "Dad, what can you do to solve this problem?" Li Mu?"
Paul Keane snorted disdainfully and said: "He's just a damn Chinese boy. Although he is very famous and has made some progress in the United States, his foundation in the United States is still very unstable. Now he must be looking for Good opportunities make the foundation more stable, so at this time, as long as I let him see some political resources, he will immediately stick to me with his tail wagging."
James Keane couldn't believe it and said, "Dad, this Li Mu is not as easy to deal with as you think..."
Paul Keane laughed and said contemptuously: "I have always been very accurate in my judgment of people. Don't think that Li Mu is usually high-profile and calm, as if he is invulnerable. In fact, the more people like this, the less safe they feel. He is now in various situations. He is strong in all aspects, but he does not have any connections with the U.S. government. As long as the conditions I offer can satisfy his core needs, he will definitely be used by me!"
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In the internal restaurant of Harvard University, Li Mu met Mark Zuckerberg, who was still shy.
Mark Zuckerberg was brought into the restaurant and then brought all the way to Li Mu. His excitement and excitement were palpable.
Li Mu greeted him like an old friend and said, "Hey-Mark, Long-time-no-see, How's-it-going?"
"Hey Mark, long time no see, how are you doing?"
Mark Zuckerberg scratched his head shyly and said: "Thank you for your greetings. I have been doing well recently. I have been thinking about new product models and now I have some ideas."
As soon as Li Mu heard that he had an idea for a new product, he immediately asked him with curiosity: "Oh? What a good idea, please tell me."
Mark Zuckerberg was even more embarrassed and smiled slightly nervously: "This is just a simple idea, and the specific details have not been sorted out clearly."
Li Mu laughed, waved his hand and said, "Don't be so nervous. Just give me a few words of introduction. Don't forget that I promised to invest you five million dollars."
Mark Zuckerberg nodded, organized his language, and explained: "Some time ago, I accidentally saw a copy of "Face-Books"..."
Just hearing this, Li Mu's heart skipped a beat!
Face-Books? This name is almost the same as Facebook, except that one is in the plural form and the other is in the singular form.
As for Facebook, Li Mu is very familiar with it. To Li Mu, this word is like thunder!
This is a super behemoth product with a future market value of 400 to 500 billion US dollars!
The excited Li Mu desperately suppressed his emotions and continued to listen to Mark Zuckerberg's introduction.
Mark Zuckerberg was seriously explaining to Li Mu at this moment: "I was inspired by Face-Books and wanted to create a platform for college students to display themselves and interact with each other. The best name would be Facebook."
Speaking of this, Mark Zuckerberg explained: "But now I don't have a very complete idea, so I still need some time to think about it slowly."
Hearing this, Li Mu, who was almost screaming to the sky, deliberately pretended to be calm and asked Mark Zuckerberg: "Such a project has a certain overlap with my YY. First of all, the self-display page is on YY It can be done in space, and interactive communication is the core function of YY. With the existence of YY, do you think your idea is easy to implement?"
In fact, Li Mu had already thought about this issue.
Facebook was indeed extremely powerful in the world of its previous life, but at that time there was no competing product of the same type in the United States or even the entire Western world. Facebook was equivalent to creating a new model on its own and developing it step by step.
To put it bluntly, Facebook's primary product positioning is an open personal space. It is a page product, and it is developed more customized based on the Blog product. The original meaning of Facebook is actually a "photo album", and Facebook The initial core positioning was actually to rely on the creativity of electronic photo collections to promote online social networking in universities.
However, the current YY space already has all the functions included in Facebook's early or even mid-term. The only embarrassing thing is that Li Mu knows very well that whether it is YY space or QQ space, compared with Facebook, which covers the world, The difference is a thousand miles.
Li Mu personally is not sure about the fundamental reason why Facebook can succeed. In this era, only Mark Zuckerberg may be able to understand this.
Faced with Li Mu's question, Mark Zuckerberg suddenly fell into deep thought.
Li Mu was right. His immature Facebook idea was completely defeated by YY Space in terms of product functions. He didn't know how to answer Li Mu's question for a while.
At this time, Li Mu comforted him and said, "Don't be anxious. Let's eat first. After dinner, we will communicate slowly in private."
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A question from Li Mu left Mark Zuckerberg in a daze for the whole afternoon.
He ate absentmindedly throughout the meal, thinking over and over again about his Facebook idea, researching how it was different from YY space, or how it could be played differently.
After dinner, Li Mu asked Xie Huairu for a lounge, and sat across from Mark Zuckerberg, waiting for Mark Zuckerberg's answer.
Mark Zuckerberg kept his brows furrowed, as if he was thinking very hard. Li Mu did not interrupt, but just sat opposite him and waited quietly.
After a long time. Mark Zuckerberg suddenly raised his head and said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, I just thought about it carefully. The more popular blogs are mainly about uploading text, while Facebook itself is mainly about uploading photos. YY space is mainly based on the integration of the two;
In comparison, it is relatively difficult to produce blog content, because not everyone can calm down and write a blog. Among the 10,000 daily active blog users, there are probably not even 100 people who can insist on writing a blog article every day. None, but it is relatively easy to produce photos. Now that digital cameras have become more popular, the threshold for users to create picture content is much lower than that of blog articles. "
Hearing this, Li Mu nodded in agreement: "That's right, continue."
Mark Zuckerberg added: "In fact, whether it is displaying text or photos on the Internet, it is actually the user's display mentality and the psychology of showing off that is at work. I wrote an article with great literary talent, and I don't want to Only I can see it, and I hope more people can see it, so I posted it on my blog, hoping to get recognition and praise from more people;"
"I have a very nice personal photo, or I went to a beautiful place. I also hope that by posting the photo online, more people can see it, and at the same time, I can get recognition and praise;"
At this point, Mark Zuckerberg paused and then said: "Although YY Space can now upload photos and publish personal blogs, its positioning is too big and it faces all YY users around the world. However, among YY's huge user base, there are very few people who have the ability to digitize photos. Such users either have their own digital cameras or can convert photos to digitize through other means. Therefore, in the face of YY's huge user base, , the proportion of picture socialization is very low, which makes it difficult to cultivate an atmosphere and behavioral habits of picture socialization.”
Then, Mark Zuckerberg changed the topic and said: "My positioning of Facebook is actually a picture social platform for college students. College students themselves have a strong sense of superiority. If they are allowed to be the same as other people, It will be difficult to mobilize their enthusiasm when playing in YY space, but if we give them a platform specifically for college students to socialize with pictures, their enthusiasm will definitely be greatly improved."
"Moreover, college students generally have the equipment and ability to digitize photos, so they are more suitable for such photo social platforms."
“In addition, I think you can also add your emotional status, your hobbies in music, books, movies and TV shows, and even your courses in school on this kind of personal homepage. Users can customize this information according to their own needs. Display, this will not only highlight the university positioning of this platform and enhance the favorability of university users to it, but also increase the desire of university students to make friends with each other. The ultimate goal is to enable all university student users to have a positive impact on this platform. High viscosity, and at the same time regard it as the most important social platform in university life.”
(End of chapter)