Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

{Time: February 2, 2001}

{Location: Flower Planting-Qin Province-Hannan City}

Since the end of 2000, when Paypalceo Peter Thiel raised funds for the second time, Paypal suddenly had an extra $150 million in cash. Most of this money was invested in Paypal's operations and promotion, which also enabled Paypal's engineering team to expand rapidly.

Reaching a scale of 40 people. According to David Sacks, Paypal can indeed organize a team of 3-5 people at any time.

If this is the case, doesn’t it mean you’ve plagiarized your friend’s idea?

Yes, they are friends.

Although, it only lasts a few days,

Although, he is only 17 years old.

However, Ning Zimo, who was far away on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, was already a new friend that Pan Yu recognized in his heart.

The pursuit of beauty is the same for everyone. Some people look at their faces, while others look at their hearts. For Pan Yu himself, it is the world behind it that Ning Zimo depicts through the words on the screen.

Although, Ning Zimo didn't say much in every email.

But Pan Yu believes in such a young man who explores the essence.

In the future, things will definitely be created that are different from the current world.

Just like when I was in the same grade as him, I was full of curiosity about the world.

He could feel how broad his vision and mind were on the other side of the Pacific Ocean.

Therefore, when Pan Yu heard that David Sacks had even considered plagiarism, Pan Yu's first reaction was anger.

Turning his head, Pan Yu did not participate in their conversation anymore, but directly opened the browser on his computer.

After entering a URL, Pan Yu placed a website in front of David Sacks and spoke in a stiff tone.

"Maybe you should take a look at this."

David Sachs had just been chatting with Levchin.

Regarding Pan Yu's sudden change in momentum, he just glanced at Pan Yu indifferently. Then he cast his sight in front of the display screen.

In the eyes of David Sachs, this is a strange website. It presents a three-column layout of left, center and right, which is the least popular nowadays.

On the left is something similar to a ranking list, which seems to be arranged according to points.

In the middle part, there is a search bar at the top, and a waterfall interface at the bottom. It displays many product pictures and corresponding text, and each line seems to have a product.

On the right is another ranking list, also arranged according to points.

Perhaps if there were flower growers from previous lives who saw it, they would see that this is a website with a scarf-like interface.

"This is the idea of ​​the boy you want to copy. It is divided into three parts.

On the left is the fraud account announcement area, which is used to announce sellers who have committed fraud on eBay.

In the middle is the search and latest fraud publishing area, which is used to publish fraud behaviors discovered by the system itself, and people who have been deceived publish information about being defrauded.

On the right is the buyer fraud account announcement area, which is used to announce buyers who have committed fraud on eBay."

Pan Yu's tone was serious, clearly showing his dissatisfaction.

But David Sacks, a manager who was one level higher than Pan Yu, had no intention of questioning his attitude at this time. Instead, he used his mouse to carefully check the website.

The crisp sound of the mouse and keyboard suddenly became the only sound in the conference room.

It took about 10 minutes for the sound to stop.

David Sachs looked at Pan Yu with dumbfounded eyes. It took him a long time to squeeze out a sentence and asked, "How did he complete the fraud verification?"

Pan Yu seemed quite satisfied with David Sachs's expression at this time, but he still curled his lips before replying, "This is an algorithm he calls 'behavior trajectory tracking'."

"Similar to the same thinking we announced to the Wall Street Journal last year that 'scammer patterns are different from normal listing and buying and selling patterns.'"

Only then did Levchin make his voice heard.

Seeing David Sachs looking over, Levchin smiled and continued, "Unlike us who rely on human power to solve this problem, this 17-year-old genius used a wonderful comparison algorithm.

Since the amount of data processed in his background is very large, this kind of troubleshooting can help him conduct a large number of screenings and reduce manual pressure.

Therefore, he can complete the work of our 5-10 security analysts by himself.

And if this algorithm is applied to the work of our security analysts, we can save a lot of manpower and material resources."

"Then why don't we recruit such a talented person, instead of just letting him become an idle cloud and a wild crane?" The wrinkles on David Sacks' brow were obviously deeper than before.

At this time, Chen Shijun, who had been doing little on the side, whistled.

Seeing everyone looking over, Chen Shijun just shrugged and said nothing.

"I mentioned to you, but at that time his things had not yet been revealed, and this young man was only 17 years old, so there would be many difficult situations to deal with..."

"No, we need him. He is not only a creative genius, but also a market master."

David Sachs interrupted Levchin almost rudely. He waved his hands and continued, "You guys who focus on technology only see the creativity and thinking behind the technology, but you don't pay attention to the ideas behind his idea.

Market value."

Pointing to the website interface on the screen with his left hand, David Sachs tapped his right index finger on his temple and said with a serious face, "From the layout of this website and the ideas behind it, what I see is his understanding of market demand.

Digging ability.

Its functions are simple and its layout mode is novel. What is important is the way users participate, using a method that facilitates word-of-mouth communication.

This method will make his website spread as quickly as a virus."

David Sacks' words made Pan Yu, who had some emotions towards him just now, become serious.

Before he could speak, Levchin couldn't sit still, "What do you mean?"

"He may be more powerful than you think. Compared with his technical ability, entrepreneurship and thinking are his greatest advantages!"

David Sachs expressed his serious opinion.

It's just his view,

It completely exceeded the expectations of several others.

Moreover, didn’t he just want to plagiarize that genius’s idea?

How could it become,

So fast?

***+***

When Ning Guoping woke up and opened his eyes, he saw that it was 8:10 on the wall clock.

The snow is still falling outside the window and the weather is still very cold.

The wife beside him murmured something in her sleep, but he just sat up and she woke up.

"I'll get up and you can sleep a little longer."

Zheng Yawen blinked, glanced at the time on the wall clock, and suddenly woke up, "It's already 8:10, Zimo must have been up for a while, he's going to be hungry by now."

As soon as he finished speaking, the heavy friction sound of the outer door hinges came in.

Listening carefully, although the footsteps are very light, someone is indeed walking in the living room.

"Zimo?"

"ah?"

Through the door, Ning Zimo heard his mother calling him. He replied while working on the stove.

"Mom, are you guys getting up? I just came back from buying pot stickers and camellia. I'll heat them up on the stove. When you get up later, we'll have breakfast together."

As soon as Ning Guoping and his wife heard this, they quickly got up quickly and soon opened the door and walked out. They happened to see Ning Zimo eating breakfast.

Ning Zimo nuzzled his lips on the stove,

There were two breakfasts being heated.

"Did you go buy breakfast this early in the morning?" Zheng Yawen rubbed his eyes, not quite believing what was happening in front of him.

Ning Zimo shook his head, "No, I finished my workout and took advantage of my body heat to buy breakfast."

"ah?"

Zheng Yawen feels that the sun is shining in the west today. Her son almost never liked exercise before. Why did he change his gender today?

Ning Guoping was already accustomed to his son's recent changes, but a new change occurred today, which made him suddenly feel that something was about to happen.

After dragging their wives to wash up together, and when they sat down at the dining table, hot food was already in front of them.

Seeing that his son was still competing with the pot sticker just now, Ning Guoping was curious but not used to asking directly.

He glanced at his wife beside him, and the two of them understood each other's intentions as soon as their eyes met.

"Son, tell mom, do you have a girl you like?"

As soon as her mother spoke, Ning Zimo rolled her eyes in her heart.

If it weren't for two generations, how could Ning Zimo pay attention to the little actions of his parents just now.

But this way of going around in circles is, after all, parents' unique way of caring for themselves.

This gentle approach is different from other families.

In fact, I don’t have much time to experience it.

Ning Zimo's face turned serious when he thought of this.

When Zheng Yawen saw her son's expression, she suddenly remembered the emotions he had buried when he came in yesterday, and immediately stretched out her hand nervously and grabbed her son's arm.

Unexpectedly, Ning Zimo smiled before he could speak.

"Nothing can fool you. I have received a job offer from the American Paypal company."

"Ah?" Zheng Yawen's hand that grabbed his son's arm suddenly froze there.

Immediately, I realized that my son had just tricked me.

Zheng Yawen glared at her son fiercely, and couldn't help but slap him twice, "I told you to lie to me! I told you to lie to me."

Cross-border thinking is the most advantageous experience and method that Ning Zimo has summarized for himself after his rebirth.

Whether it is using social thinking and big data comparison methods to improve the algorithm of the ebayswindler website, or using a viral marketing model to promote it.

Those are all market and marketing strategies formulated by Ning Zimo for the ebayswindler website, taking full account of the characteristics of the Internet.

As for the email reply to Pan Yu, there are details about the third idea, which are ERP management thinking that ordinary people could not use in the previous life, but are often used in the e-commerce industry.

With the existence of these forward-thinking products, Ning Zimo is extremely confident that Paypal will actively invite him.

As for whether they would plagiarize after exposing some details of the third idea to Paypal, Ning Zimo was not worried.

Because they can't do it, they can't be as good as Ning Zimo planned.

But what Ning Zimo didn't expect was that before his third idea could really be launched, a job offer from Paypal came.

“When the American Paypal company responded to my email, it officially offered me a job with a monthly salary of US$4,000.

This salary level belongs to the senior engineer level and exceeds the per capita monthly income in the United States.

And before my passport, visa and other documents have been processed.

I will join their engineering team on February 5th, which is next Monday, as an online part-time job. During the part-time period, they will provide me with half of my monthly salary.

At present, they have arranged for a special person to handle the special information regarding my trip to the United States under the age of 18.

What I need help from my parents is that you will accompany me to Peking in the near future to submit applications for going abroad and apply for visas."

Ning Zimo spoke very slowly, and as he spoke, he could see many changes in his parents' faces.

There are doubts, reluctance to borrow, reluctance to let go, and even struggles.

Maybe if I followed a normal path like in my previous life, my parents wouldn't have so many emotions when they received the college admission notice.

But after rebirth, the path Ning Zimo chose was different from ordinary people, which would inevitably cause them to have such a reaction.

This was expected by Ning Zimo, but he could only wait quietly.

Zheng Yawen glanced at her husband and found that his expression was a little hard to describe.

These days, Zheng Yawen and Ning Guoping have been chatting behind their backs about their son Ning Zimo's condition. She can understand her husband's feelings.

My son has grown up, his wings have become strong, and one day he will fly into the blue sky.

However, compared with other children, his growth rate completely exceeded expectations.

This not only made the couple feel relieved, but also felt a sense of powerlessness, because they felt that they were unable to help.

Especially after just a few days of the expected half-year vacation, I first earned an income of 100,000 US dollars, and then unexpectedly received a job invitation from an American company. The monthly salary was 4,000 US dollars, and my monthly income was more than 30,000 yuan.

Do you still need to go back to school in the future?

While Zheng Yawen was still hesitating, she saw her husband's slightly frowned brows suddenly relaxed.

"Go ahead, read thousands of books and travel thousands of miles. As long as you don't give up on learning, isn't it the same no matter what profession you do?" Ning Guoping slowly raised the corners of his mouth as he spoke, "Besides, you can devote all your enthusiasm to it.

Your career is worth trying."

It's loud and clear,

What a surprise!