Xu Tingsheng's own English is pretty good, but he never has such talent and ability in business negotiation, so he brought Hu Chen and a team with him.
Hu Chen had previously heard Xu Tingsheng mention the share exchange he did with Tianyi when he was in Hucheng, and he laughed and said that it was the most bizarre and childish large-sum business behavior he had ever seen, and because of this, he was even more worried about Xu Tingsheng.
In fact, even Hu Chen still said that if a company wants to complete transactions such as share acquisitions abroad, it often has to actively seek help from Wall Street investment banks.
"Let's talk first." This is what Hu Chen said when he got on the plane.
Hu Chen is known as a Confucian general in domestic Internet circles. In Xu Tingsheng's view, the so-called Confucian general is probably a "killer" who has a scholarly face, is gentle and polite, and can make people die like a spring breeze.
In the malls and battlefields, those who can become famous and make great achievements, how can there be a real Confucian general? !
The fact is that some people look less ferocious, no matter what, they are still the same, they still look at the thousands of dead bones indifferently, they are calm, and they also hold the vicious killing move in their hearts, waiting for the opportunity to move.
He is really gentle, courteous and frugal, and he is already withered.
Before Hu Chen went to the United States, he had already formulated several sets of negotiation plans, each of which was step by step, one link after another, which made Xu Tingsheng speechless.
…
When she was in China, she had already contacted the plastic surgery clinic and made an appointment. The chubby female nurse looked a little fatter this time. Seeing Xu Tingsheng again seemed a little excited, like an old friend reunited, and warmly hugged her.
The two greeted each other and chatted for a while. After learning that Xu Tingsheng did not come for the second treatment this time, she still forced Xu Tingsheng to take off his clothes and checked the recovery of those scars for him.
Fu Cheng watched this scene dumbfounded, and joked that Xu Tingsheng should add two more titles to Xu Tingsheng's many titles: Xu Tingsheng who is merciful everywhere and Xu Tingsheng who is ruthless.
Xu Tingsheng stayed in the clinic for three days with Fang Yunyao and Fu Cheng while they were running against each other. On the first day, he settled down to rest and recover from the exhaustion of the journey.
For a high-end research-based private plastic surgery clinic that is close to the level of face replacement, the treatment of Fang Yunyao's scars is at best a minor operation, which is not difficult and does not require much effort.
Although the whole operation process took a long time, it was very smooth and successful.
Leaving a translator and Fu Cheng together to take care of Fang Yunyao, who was still under postoperative observation and recovery, Xu Tingsheng asked Hu Chen to contact Facebook, telling the other party that he had come to the United States and could start negotiations.
This time the landlord was not himself, Xu Tingsheng waited for the other party to arrange.
On the first day of waiting at the hotel, in order to prevent Xu Tingsheng from meddling in the negotiation process and making mistakes, Hu Chen also specially arranged a mock negotiation.
Hu Chen himself was not that much in favor of this cooperation, and even once strongly opposed it, but when Xu Tingsheng insisted, the matter was finalized, and a decision was made, he could immediately let go of his prejudices, reverse his identity, and become the most comprehensive and decisive partner. decision executor.
Having Hu Chen, like having He Yutan, is the great luck of Xu Tingsheng, a rookie genius.
All day, nothing happened on Facebook.
On the second day, it was not until the afternoon that Xu Tingsheng and Hu Chen waited for people from Facebook. But it wasn't Zuckerberg, it wasn't Peter Thiel or Breyer, it was just an assistant-level person from Facebook.
The assistant also just brought a message:
"I'm very sorry, after careful consideration by Facebook, the negotiation was cancelled, and the entire cooperation was cancelled."
"..."
On the spot, Xu Tingsheng felt the urge to hold him down and beat him up.
In my previous life, I heard a lot about Zuckerberg’s arrogant attitude and unusual behavior in business negotiations in the early days of his rise. For example, he once told Yahoo’s negotiators at the beginning of a negotiation that you only have ten minutes, and the ten minutes must be finished. …
And when he said this, the power of Facebook was actually not as big as Yahoo's little finger.
In fact, Xu Tingsheng was already mentally prepared to face a frivolous and unruly genius. He just didn't expect that he didn't even get money for a minute, and he was still in this situation where the other party was eager to beg him.
After the people left, the atmosphere of the seventh and eighth people in the whole room was: dumbfounded.
Why is there such a sudden shift on the part of Facebook? And it is to give up without even touching the connection. Not only Xu Tingsheng couldn't figure it out, but Hu Chen, who had more experience, couldn't figure it out either, because it was so unreasonable.
After being stunned, it turned into anger.
"Do you have Zuckerberg's phone?" Xu Tingsheng asked Hu Chen.
"Yes", Hu Chenying didn't call immediately, he looked at Xu Tingsheng with some doubts, and said, "But Mr. Xu, I hope you can understand that if the other party has already refused, if we ask to continue the negotiation... then It means that we will lose almost all positions and bargaining chips."
Hu Chen's words were agreed by almost everyone present, no matter out of anger or practical considerations, no one wanted to continue this cooperation.
Xu Tingsheng raised his hand to stop looking around for a while, and looked at himself with aggrieved eyes, and explained: "No, I don't want to continue to cooperate, I just want to say something to Zuckerberg...greetings to him, you fucking Is your brain sick?!"
A group of people laughed for a while, and Xu Tingsheng waved his hand: "Yes, let's treat it as my invitation to travel to the United States. It's all right, let's all go out and play happily, those who love to shop, those who love to shop, love Go clubbing, do whatever you want... Pay attention to safety, and keep the communication open."
There were foreign students among the team members, and after they led the team away, only Hu Chen and Xu Tingsheng were left in the living room of the suite.
It wasn't until this moment that Xu Tingsheng asked, "Is someone sniping our plan this time?"
Hu Chen pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "It should be, I can't find any other possibility."
"But few people know about this negotiation."
"We had a leak on our own team."
"who?"
"The three young people in the team who were in the stars after graduation can basically be eliminated. For the remaining few, whoever has the most complicated relationship with the Internet circle and the United States at the same time will be the one."
"Then it's you?!"
"... Tingsheng, no, Mr. Xu, can we stop joking for now?"
"Enliven the atmosphere," Xu Tingsheng said with a smile, "Then, this person, stay for a while?"
Hu Chen nodded: "Yes, at least the target is clear now, which is more difficult to find than the other party's return, which is beneficial to us. And if we look at this 'spy' in a different way, in fact, he is also the only one we have a clear, traceable possible leads."
"That's right." Xu Tingsheng thought for a while and said, "Then who wants to snipe the stars? Is there a direction?"
"I'm looking for someone to ask."
"who?"
"A person who has really mixed relationships in the Internet circle, the financial circle, in the United States and China."
The person Hu Chen mentioned was Wayne Yang. He was a classmate of Hu Chen’s university at Stanford when he was studying abroad. He was a Chinese-American super activist who warmly took care of many Chinese students who had just arrived. Of course, he also cheated You guys have a lot of money.
Hu Chen forged a friendship with him in the pits and anti pits, but he dropped out of school only in his sophomore year.
Wayne Young, who dropped out of a prestigious school, did not embark on the road of entrepreneurship like his pioneer Bill Gates, achieved great success, and was talked about... He interpreted another kind of life—mixing is also the extreme of a life Version.
His level of mixing is too high.
As a result, many rich and famous people who usually have a good image will temporarily lose their demeanor when they mention him, and they can't help cursing, Wayne? Shit, that's a fucking bastard.
But no matter how they scold, when they encounter certain problems, the first thing they think of is this bastard, even though they know that once they find him, they will be cheated.
This bastard's contacts and network are too large and complicated. He can get involved in almost everything and provide effective information on anything.
This is how he survives, where his mansions, watches, sports cars and beauties come from.
It is not easy to do this, not everyone can do it, just like not everyone has that kind of vision, as early as a few years ago, I spent almost all my time wandering around Wall Street, Silicon Valley, Shenzhen, Bangalore...
He can share the cheapest food and drinks with those entrepreneurs from various countries who have just started in small restaurants, while talking about their dreams, giving them advice and help at no cost, and he can also appear cheekily and frequently in various high-level receptions and forums , talking and laughing gracefully with various tycoons, presidents, and ladies holding red wine, exchanging opinions...
Therefore, when an Indian company wants to seek technical support in Silicon Valley, they will first find Wayne Yang;
When a Wall Street bank wants to understand the investment prospects of Chinese Internet companies, they will turn to Wayne Yang;
When a young entrepreneur faces an acquisition intention from a large company, he will want to listen to Wayne Young's opinion;
Even if a certain Wall Street bigwig wants to know who his young model wife is cheating on, he will turn to... Wayne Young.
More than an hour later, Xu Tingsheng met the famous and notorious Wayne Yang.
This is an unbelievably handsome guy. Xu Tingsheng felt that those Wall Street tycoons who came to him to find out who their wives were cheating on... must be out of their minds.
After warmly hugging Hu Chen and greeting Xu Tingsheng, Wayne sat down and said, "500,000 dollars."
"One hundred thousand." Hu Chen said.
"Fourty thousand, for the sake of old classmates."
"Two hundred thousand, for the sake of old classmates."
The two were haggling over the price in a serious manner, and Xu Tingsheng interjected, "Is this the same between you old classmates? Does talking about money hurt your relationship?"
The two turned their heads to look at Xu Tingsheng, "What we are talking about is your money."
In the end, it took Wayne Yang three minutes and one message, and Xu Tingsheng took $250,000 away.
"Just two days ago, a large consortium found Facebook to discuss investment cooperation. Whether it is capital, technology, or resources, the energy of this consortium is absolutely beyond your reach at present..."
"Then you don't necessarily have to reject me, do you?"
"Of course, because they are not going for Facebook at all, but for you... As far as I know, there is an exclusive agreement in the contract between this consortium and Facebook, and there is only one object of exclusion..."
"Stars?"
"Yes, and no, to be precise, what they exclude...is you. Everything related to you, Xu Tingsheng, is the only object of exclusion in this contract."
Xu Tingsheng fainted, "No, who did I provoke?"
Wayne Yang smiled: "I'm not sure about this. The last clue, my source told me that she heard someone calling the investor Mr. Kasai in private, or there may be another one, Mr. Cen..."
Xu Tingsheng sat blankly for a while, then murmured to himself nonchalantly:
"Apple, your father?!"