Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

Ever since he learned about eBay's upcoming action, Hoffman felt that he had never had a good night's sleep. Last night, Hoffman was busy until 3 o'clock in the morning. When he lay down and closed his eyes again, it was already 6 o'clock in the morning.

:30.

Although his body was a little weak and his head was even heavy with thoughts, Hoffman still decided to get up.

Hoffman has an obsession in his heart. He is the senior vice president of PayPal. At this moment when the team's life and death are at stake, he must fight with the team.

In less than 20 minutes, Hoffman drove to the company. What surprised him was that Jennifer, who was supposed to go to work at 8:00, was already busy with something at this time.

Hoffman resisted his doubts and walked quickly towards the office. Due to his weight, he could even hear the dull echo on the floor with every step he took.

But among the dull echoes, he could clearly hear the fine crisp sounds.

Hoffman raised his arm, and the watch on his wrist told him clearly.

It's only 6:55 in the morning!

Looking around in confusion, Hoffman saw a somewhat thin figure from behind in the open engineer's office area.

It's him!

That creative genius.

Did he come early in the morning?

Or stayed away all night?

Hoffman's footsteps stopped there, looking at the somewhat thin back, but hearing the intensive keyboard sonata in his ears.

It's a full five minutes,

He didn't even move a step,

The thin voice never stopped.

Hoffman was stunned there. For some reason, a person appeared in his mind. He vaguely remembered the story he heard from that guy in college. When he was 17 years old, he was just like this young man.

Work hard.

Although he had not officially met Ning yet, he had personally handled Ning's visa information. After he came to the company, he could always hear a lot about Ning's deeds from others.

It has only been 13 days, and that young man already enjoys a great reputation in the team!

If he is really as far-sighted as Sacks said, if he is given another day, what will he grow into?

Hoffman didn't know the answer,

But he unconsciously put him,

and the person in his mind,

when connected together.

that answer,

Seems amazing.

After taking another deep look at Ning Zimo's back, Hoffman turned and walked towards his office.

While passing by the business team's office area, Hoffman suddenly saw Sacks sitting there without knowing what he was thinking. He walked forward curiously, and the sound of his heavy footsteps immediately attracted Sacks' attention.

When their eyes met, Sachs smiled softly.

"It seems that you didn't sleep well last night."

"Aren't you the same?"

The two looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

After a pause, Sax pointed to the direction that Hoffman had just looked at, "Levchin, Paul, Chen and Pan, the four of them took a rest after delivering the module at midnight last night. Ning was busy again in order to integrate the project.

A whole night. Now, he hasn't closed his eyes for three whole days."

"Three days? It's too much for a tough body, not to mention he's still growing." Saxo's news immediately made Hoffman's eyes widen, "You stayed at the company last night?"

"Well," Sachs nodded, "I went back and slept for a while. I came here in the early morning, and then I heard Ning typing on the keyboard all night long."

"How can this be done? We have to let him rest."

"I tried, but he was so focused that he couldn't even hear my voice."

"No, let's try again."

After speaking, Hoffman frowned and turned towards Ning Zimo. Sachs quickly got up and followed him.

…

"No, Sachs, I'm just looking for you. I need your help."

"No, Ning, you need to rest now."

Ning Zimo, who hadn't closed his eyes for three days, was in a daze. It took him three seconds to realize who was speaking to him.

"Ning, this is Reid Hoffman, our only senior vice president of Paypal." Seeing that Ning Zimo was in a daze, Sacks quickly stood up and introduced Ning Zimo.

Hoffman stretched out his hand, patted Ning Zimo on the shoulder and said, "Ning, the company's projects are important, but your body is more important. You must rest now."

"Hi, Hoffman, my mind is clear now." Ning Zi shook his head like a rattle, then smiled and said, "Today is the time when the eBay store will go online. I have already thought about it. Just rely on "

"Seller Assistant" is not enough to protect against risks, so I have a plan."

"What's the plan?"

Seeing that Hoffman wanted to insist on his opinion and let Ning Zimo rest, Sacks quickly grabbed him.

In these days, he has seen Ning Zimo's stubbornness, his strength, and even his leadership. Sacks has realized that when Ning Zimo plans to do something, he

I will definitely do everything possible to implement the plan.

So, Sacks thinks.

Even if we add Hoffman,

Neither of them may be able to stop it.

Instead of letting Ning Zimo dwell on the plan,

But let him say it!

"Hoffman and I are both here. If you think you want to weigh hot iron, you can make a plan and we will help you arrange it."

Hoffman glanced at Sachs. In the past few days of working together, he was very clear about Sachs's behavior. It was the first time that he had seen that Sachs would be so "conniving" to a person. You know, everyone in the engineering team

I have a love-hate relationship with the saxophone.

Ning Zimo didn't pay attention to Hoffman's reaction. At this time, his energy no longer allowed him to run multiple threads. He only noticed what Sacks said about striking hot iron. So, he quickly opened a Notepad document and scrolled through it.

While hammering out the plan in his mind, he said:

""Seller Assistant" has been previewed on the ebayswindler website. Such hungry marketing these days has whetted the appetite of buyers and sellers. In the past 13 days, we have added a lot of buyer-related information to "Seller Assistant"

The service items turned this new project into "Trading Assistant"."

"From "Seller Assistant" to "Trading Assistant"?..."

Just as Hoffman was mid-sentence, he suddenly saw Ning Zimo turning around and staring at him aggressively. Obviously dissatisfied with his interruption, Hoffman quickly laughed at his impolite behavior.

He smiled and motioned for Ning Zimo to continue.

"The reason why we became "Transaction Assistant" is because we feel that it is not enough to just use sellers' public opinions to influence eBay's decision-making..."

This was Hoffman's first close encounter with Ning Zimo, and he finally understood that many people in the team called Ning a "creative genius."

“Hunger Marketing”;

“Public opinion manipulation”;

"opinion leaders";

These words he had never heard of were combined with Ning Zimo's description and his interlocking and meticulous strategies.

In Hoffman's mind, a huge and influential activity appeared.

As long as this activity goes on as planned, Hoffman feels that eBay's iron lady's plan may have failed again.

"Hey, why are you here..."

Levchin, who had just gotten up from the ground, stopped mid-sentence.

Because he saw Hoffman pointing at Ning Zimo, who was leaning on the stool and snoring, and then pointed at a densely packed document on the screen in front of him that was still lit.

That document has a very intuitive name:

"Counterattack Plan".

Hoffman put his finger to his lips,

He rushed to Levchin and the few people who had just stood up behind him and said softly,

"Shh, let him have a good rest."