Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

"You stayed with this girl until the evening, and you just had two meals together, and then talked about music and playing guitar. There was no kiss, and you didn't even hold hands." Chen Shijun stepped on the brakes hard and wanted to

If it weren't for a seat belt, Ning Zimo could really fly out.

In this way, when Chen Shijun pulled out the key, he still said angrily, "You are simply embarrassing us men!"

"What? I have to meet someone for the first time, just like you, drinking wine with Kelly, chatting, and even grabbing someone's chin and saying disgusting love words to bring honor to the man.

?”

After Ning Zimo finished speaking, he pointed at Pan Yu and said, "Wouldn't it be nice to learn from others and talk about poetry and poetry with Bella."

"Humph, Pan has already learned about Bella's various preferences, height, and dimensions, and he's just missing the mark! You know nothing!" Chen Shijun slammed the car door with a loud bang, and blurted out the shocking news that made Ning Zi silent.

Shocked.

But the sultry man just smiled shyly. This contrast made Ning Zimo speechless for a moment.

After enduring it for a long time, Ning Zimo asked curiously, "Pan~~are you so reckless?".

Pan Yu scratched his head, "Don't be like that, Bella is a top student at Stanford, and I really like her."

"Tch, you're a virgin." Chen Shijun glanced at Ning Zimo with disdain, his face full of disgust, "You don't understand women at all!"

"Weini is only 16 years old~~"

"Weini~~~" Chen Shijun rolled his eyes, imitating Ning Zimo's voice and yelled funny, and in a flash he had an angry face again, "It sounds very sweet, but you just don't understand what it means to be in the United States."

What does it mean to invite a girl to dinner?"

Ning Zimo rolled his eyes to the sky,

How could he know all the secrets here!

Anyway, yesterday’s rest was worth it!

As he was talking, he arrived at the door of the company. Unexpectedly, he was stopped by Jennifer when he reached the door. Ning Zimo was confused and before he could react, Chen Shijun jumped out beside him.

"Come, after two days of rest, some changes have taken place in the company. If you put on the eye mask obediently, there will be a surprise for you." Chen Shijun waved an eye mask he didn't know where he got it from in his hand.

Ning Zimo glanced at Pan Yu in confusion. The guy stood aside with a faint smile, while Jennifer, with her arms folded, stared at him with a smile on her face.

This made Ning Zimo feel helpless, "Did the FBI find out that I am a flower-planting spy?"

"Well, he has a rich imagination. No wonder he is a creative genius." Chen Shijun covered Ning Zimo's eyes amid Pan Yu's hey.

in darkness,

There was a moment,

Ning Zimo panicked.

He didn't understand what these guys were going to do when they joined forces.

No way, after playing with Winnie and the guitar all night, it still stimulated them?

***+***

The girl whom Kelly called Wei Ni stood in front of Ning Zimo. The expression on her face was completely different from the cool look in his mind. Her beautiful face was revealed without any obstruction, and the corners of her mouth naturally raised.

The arc of her mouth made her mouth look like a seagull, and her eyes seemed to be jumping for joy when she spoke.

"I'm Avril Lavigne, my friends call me Winnie."

Lavigne stretched out her hand and introduced herself generously, while Ning Zimo was left scrambling for a while.

When he quickly stretched out his hand to hold her slender palm, Ning Zimo felt like his whole body was floating.

Avril Lavigne!

She is her favorite actress,

There is no one!

She actually stood in front of him when she was the youngest and before she became famous.

The important thing is that she still holds her hand!

Happiness comes too fast and is too unreal...

***+***

In the darkness, a hand suddenly held Ning Zimo's hand, and Jennifer's voice floated into his ears, "Follow me."

"Wow, Jennifer. When will I ever get such treatment?"

Chen Shijun only made a joke and then fell silent. Only Jennifer held Ning Zimo's hand and kept walking forward.

The lack of vision made Ning Zimo's attention involuntarily focus on the palm of his hand. Jennifer's fingers were slender, even longer than Lavigne's, but their skin was not as delicate as his rough guy.

Comparable.

After walking for who knows how long, Jennifer suddenly let go of her hand. Ning Zimo stopped in a hurry, but seemed to hear a dense and dense sound of footsteps all around.

Lots of people!

This made Ning Zimo even more panicked.

What's going on? Are you really handing yourself over to the FBI?

Ning Zimo took off his blindfold in a hurry, and the light of the rumor blowing in his face made him close his eyes unconsciously, but there were many voices all around him, "Congratulations..."

Congratulate me?

The first person to be caught with rape?

Amidst the inexplicable congratulations, it took Ning Zimo several seconds to recover his eyesight. At this time, he finally saw the situation around him clearly. At this time, he was in the lobby of the company, with a

A three-layered cake, with him and the cake as the center, surrounded by company colleagues.

Some of them knew each other, some didn't, but everyone's faces were filled with bright smiles. Saxophone, Levchin, and Hoffman were standing next to the cake, and a tall man with short hair was walking past them.

.

That man, he knows!

"Hi, Ning, I am Peter Thiel. I have heard a lot about you, including different versions of Saxophone, Levchin and Hoffman. But this time, I saw with my own eyes the counterattack plan you planned.

, with the concerted efforts of everyone, we defeated eBay’s deliberate attack.”

The visitor smiled very sincerely. Ning Zimo was already used to this kind of amiable scene with the great master in his previous life.

Peter Thiel,

That chess genius,

12-year-old ranked seventh in the country,

current paypalceo,

In his previous life, he invested 500,000 US dollars in Facebook in 2004 and made a profit of 20,000 times. He was also one of the founders of the PayPal gang. I didn’t expect to meet him so soon!

Peter Thiel put his hand on Ning Zimo's shoulder and took a good look at him, and said with a smile, "I didn't expect that the genius who can save our PayPal from the fire and water is so young and handsome! It's really jealous.

"

There was good-natured laughter all around, which made Ning Zimo feel a little "shy" for a moment.

Peter saw this and was overjoyed.

In fact, Peter has known Ning Zimo for some time. It seems that since February this year, he has been hearing Ning Zimo's name constantly.

Whether it is a human-machine verification program,

Or the emergence of ebayswindler,

Even the transformation from "Seller Assistant" to "Trading Assistant",

There is also the fierce eBay, which retreated in just one day.

Although he has only been here for less than 20 days, his relationship with Paypal has started in February. A series of creative ideas with great ideas and effects have made his name almost everyone in Paypal.

Yes, he is only 17 years old.

However, his creativity and vision,

It is a height beyond the reach of ordinary engineers.

Today, everyone in the company is here, but there is something very important to announce.

Peter collected his emotions, stood back, spread out his hands and said solemnly to Ning Zimo, "Ning, thank you for all your efforts for Paypal. Today, I am standing here, and everyone in the company is standing here. The sincere thanks of all the employees in our company

200 people have to witness one thing together.”

???

Peter saw the confusion in Ning Zimo's eyes. He smiled and suddenly increased his volume:

"Let us welcome together, the youngest product manager in the history of Paypal!"

“Our youngest product manager!”

"Ning, good on you!"

"Ning, you have to continue working on some projects to overturn eBay!"

"We welcome you..."

Amidst the thunderous applause, there were some people who were not too bothered to agree with this. Ning Zimo heard a few of the loudest words, and felt the excitement of the colleagues around him. The thing that pleased him the most was the excitement of his colleagues.

Agreed, but what surprised him the most.

It turned out to be,

Got promoted!

Actually, so fast?

What Ning Zimo didn't expect was that in order to celebrate defeating eBay's attack, the company actually booked an open-air restaurant on the top floor of the hotel to celebrate during working hours in the afternoon. This large terrace, which can accommodate 200 people, is located against the wall in the center.

There is also a small stage, which looks like a very unique place at first glance.

In such an open place, colleagues seemed very relaxed. Although Ning Zimo could not drink, many colleagues would still come to his table to introduce themselves and chat.

I have to say that this is a good opportunity to get to know my colleagues. On weekdays, everyone is busy with their own affairs, so we don’t have such an opportunity to be so easy-going.

"How is it? This place is not bad. I think you can take this opportunity to meet a lot of colleagues." Peter Thiel came over with a wine glass. After he, Pan Yu and Chen Shijun took a sip respectively, he suddenly spoke

He said, "Guys, can you let Ning and I talk alone?"

"Wow, this is a good thing." Chen Shijun winked at Ning Zimo and took Pan Yu to wander to another table.

Amid Ning Zimo's confusion, Peter Thiel poured more juice into his glass and asked casually, "Are you still used to life in the United States?"

"Not bad. After all, I am young and have strong adaptability." Ning Zimo, who was confused about Peter's purpose, replied concisely.

Peter smiled when he heard this, "You are so precocious that it reminds me of a friend and enemy."

Friend and enemy?

Could it be him?

He thought of someone in his mind, but Ning Zimo had a curious expression on his face.

Peter did not continue on this topic, but instead said, "Ning, although you are still young, I can feel from what I heard and saw that you are a person who does great things, so I will get straight to the point."

The news of his promotion had just been announced, so what else could Peter bring to him now? Ning Zimo suddenly became curious.

"Ning, although we have not had any real contact, I know a lot about you. I know you are a smart person, so I will tell you the truth." Peter looked into Ning Zimo's eyes and said, "What about you and us?"

Analyzing the relationship with eBay, I think what you said is very correct. But I am a leader, and I cannot give the team a hopeless future, so naturally I have to find ways to resolve this."

"I can understand." Ning Zimo nodded in time.

"That's great, I like talking to smart people." Peter was a little surprised, but he quickly smiled and continued, "So, you can understand that the direction I plan for the company is that in the short term, PayPal must be regarded as an enemy.

.”

"Um."

"But I got some different opinions from you, and I think it's time for us to make some changes in order to develop our business."

???

Ning Zimo had a black question mark on his face and couldn't keep up with Peter's jumping thoughts.

Peter smiled and said, "Sachs told me that you once said that we cannot be enemies of eBay."

On the day he first joined the company, Ning Zimo mentioned this topic, but Peter was not present at the time. Now it seems that Ning Zimo understands why Paypal can develop to the scale it did in its previous life.

It is because of the close connection between the founding teams that PayPal became a unified force. It must be said that the middle and senior management headed by Peter Thiel are indeed quite skilled in company management.

From this point alone, Ning Zimo felt that he had learned a lot.

Peter naturally couldn't hear Ning Zimo's thoughts, and he continued, "Levchin, Hoffman, Sachs and I, the four of us have limited energy, and we need fresh blood to share the burden with us."

"So, I only joined the company for ten days and became the youngest product manager of Paypal." Ning Zimo smiled.

Peter smiled, but then shook his head and said, "We started to have contact with you in February, and you entered the company in early May. But the assessment of you actually started in March, so naturally it's not just superficial.

Come tomorrow. Besides, your ability is highly recognized by us, how can we just let you show this advantage?"

Ning Zimo is quite confident about being recognized. But Peter obviously has something else to say, what could it be?

Ning Zimo became even more curious.

Peter was very satisfied with Ning Zimo's reaction. He glanced around and raised his head in one direction. Following the direction he "pointed", Ning Zimo saw a person.

Paul.

Peter smiled strangely and said mysteriously, "Paypal is the starting point for your career, and product manager is a good step up. But these are not enough for you, so we hope you can compete with Paul for the position of COO."

Ning Zimo was shocked!

He thought about the position of coo,

But I never thought I would have another chance so soon.

Are the top management at PayPal so reckless?