Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

As Sachs walked through the new office, he always felt that the new space was larger than expected. When he finally walked to the company's new large conference room, a place nicknamed the "Arctic Circle," his vision suddenly became wider.

This is a large lecture hall that can accommodate 800 people. It is very much like a large lecture hall in a university. However, at this time, there is a neat row of computers on the podium of the lecture hall.

There were five people wearing headphones sitting on the left and right sides, and behind them were two curtains displaying game screens. The audience was bustling with about 50 people, sometimes cheering for the wonderful showdown on the screen.

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At a glance, Sachs caught sight of Ning Zimo, who was at the far end of the row of chief candidates. If he only looked at his focused look and the speed of his keyboard typing, he would never have guessed that that guy was actually focusing on the game!

Sachs smiled helplessly and looked towards the audience. Six executives, including Peter Thiel, Reid Hoffman, Paul Martin, and Max Levchin, were sitting in the back seats.

He walked straight over, sat down next to Hoffman, pointed at the score displayed on the screen and asked curiously: "Are you sure that by engaging in this game competition, you are not changing the direction to benefit Ning?"

Hoffman curled his lips, "Please, I didn't know that a senior programmer, a senior product manager, an operations genius who can be a COO, is also a game master. The important thing is that his girlfriend is also very beautiful!"

"I think you are envious of the fact that he has a beautiful girlfriend, but you don't have one." Sachs said with disdain, "And I always feel that you have some shady activities with him, so you set up such a suitable entertainment project for him."

"Yeah, why not chess? I can play 10 by myself!" Peter suddenly smiled.

When Hoffman was speechless, Levchin suddenly poked his head out, "I testify on behalf of Hoffman that Ning was not involved when the employees were asked to choose projects. It was just that Chen wanted to find confidence in him, so

I secretly signed up for him."

Levchin's words shocked several senior officials who were chatting. It took Hoffman a long time to react, "No wonder Chen has been feeling very hurt these days. I thought he was broken up in love.

"

"These two are called..."

""StarCraft" and "CS"." Seeing that Saxton couldn't pronounce the name of the game for a long time, Hoffman added a sentence for him with "disdain".

"Okay, although I don't know what these two games are. But from the expressions on Ning's opponents' faces every time they step down, it can be seen that this Paypal game competition must be their most painful memory."

"I also think that this is probably the first and last time, right?" Hoffman laughed loudly after saying this, which immediately aroused the curiosity of many people in front of him.

Hoffman, however, smiled indifferently. When he was completely happy, he turned to a smile and continued chatting with the guys around him.

Not long after, Sachs noticed that Jennifer was standing there with a person in the passage he had just walked into.

"He came really early," Sax pointed to the people around Jennifer and said to the guys beside him, "You go first, I will take him there after Ning's game is over."

Peter glanced at the man, and when he saw the man nodding at him from a distance, he smiled again, "That guy is still as cool as before. At this point, I'd rather be much better than him."

As he spoke, Peter stood up, and several others followed suit.

At this time, the "audience" in front of everyone suddenly burst into deafening cheers.

"Panda! Panda!..."

There were about 50 people, making a sound like hundreds or even thousands of people.

Hoffman smiled and said, "That's just right. The team led by Ning won, and now we are all together."

"Let's go."

…

"It's enough to make it this far. After all, your defeat to a quasi-professional master is enough to prove your strength."

Ning Zimo nodded affirmatively towards Chen Shijun, but Chen Shijun rolled his eyes without saying a word and pointed in the direction behind Ning Zimo to "send him off respectfully".

Seeing that he respected her so much, Ning Zimo smiled, turned around and walked towards Sachs who had waved to him just now.

"Is Chen okay? Are you so heartbroken that you refuse to communicate?" Sacks raised his chin towards Chen Shijun on the stage.

Ning Zimo couldn't help but laugh, "Are Paypal people so idle? People who gossip, play games, play with lovelorn people..."

"Isn't that right?"

The two people who were chattering at each other joked for a few words, then smiled knowingly and revealed the scene just now.

Sachs led Ning Zimo into the passage and then said, "Peter and the others go ahead to see him. I'll stay and take you there."

After a pause, he continued, "I always felt that you were very similar to him, at least when you were at that age last year. You are lucky enough to meet today. It can be regarded as a meeting between two Paypal geniuses."

???

Could it be that person?

…

"... When we wanted to merge X and Confinity into Paypal, wasn't it because similar competition would cause huge losses? And doesn't the success after the merger prove the importance of both parties benefiting from the merger in the Internet industry?..."

Peter looked at the speaker with a stiff face, suddenly curled his lips and continued, "I have to say that your statement has been emphasized by Ning several times, and this was something he discussed with us when he was promoted to COO.

This topic."

"Oh, that young genius that you value so much?" A different expression finally appeared on the man's face, "Then I'm even more looking forward to seeing him."

Peter shrugged, "You are such a rigid guy, he may not be looking forward to seeing you."

The man didn't say anything. At this moment, there was a knock on the door, and the door opened within two seconds.

At a glance, the man saw the face of a young flower farmer walking in behind Sachs.

Judging from the look on his face, there seems to be a hint of familiarity in it?

Have you seen it somewhere?

Ning Zimo looked at the person standing next to Peter. He recognized him. He had never met him, but he was a famous character.

"Hi, Ning, I heard they said that our paypal has a young genius with strong comprehensive ability, who looks like the 17-year-old me." The man came over and took the initiative to hold Ning Zimo's hand, with a faint look on his face.

He laughed, "But I think you are much better than me at 17 years old!"

Ning Zimo held his hand, feeling a little excited.

After all, it is an honor to recognize a true genius!

"I'm Elon Musk."

True to his name, Elon Musk,

The famous Silicon Valley Iron Man in his previous life.

Founder of x,

co-founder of paypal,

Ning Zimo’s career idol in his previous life.

Finally meeting him and listening to the meaning of his words, Ning Zimo finally understood why he was so comfortable staying in Paypal.

Isn’t it because these partners at Paypal have already learned from Elon Max that there are geniuses in this world!

"Hi, Elon, I am Ning, the flower grower."

"sit"

Elon Musk, who let go of his hand, changed his face in an instant. His seriousness made the usually gentle Peter Thiel and others a bit more serious. This made Ning Zimo, who had not experienced this scene for a long time, as if all of a sudden.

Zi returned to the negotiating table in his previous life.

"Ning, I heard Peter say that you analyzed last year that our Paypal cannot be the enemy of eBay."

"Yes," Ning Zimo reacted quickly and quickly adjusted his status. "Because no matter what, eBay's funds are still far greater than ours. Even if we find a wave of sufficient funds in the stock market, with the international

The expansion of website business will still widen our front line and lag behind our development.

At that time, Paypal's development efficiency will definitely not be the same as ours last year. Therefore, the sale is inevitable. We even have to consider the potential for eBay to launch a counterattack against us if it takes back Wells Fargo's shares in [Billpoint]."

"You are right, size is our biggest weakness! If we had developed a few years earlier and grown with him, our choices would not be as passive as today." Elon nodded, turned around and asked again.

He said, "Then do you have any good suggestions for eBay's acquisition?"

Regarding the structure, Paypal's senior executives see it very clearly. Ning Zimo is very happy to work with this group of people, because if they don't understand the general situation, it will definitely affect their next plan.

But seeing the curious expressions on his partners' faces after Elon's question was raised, Ning Zimo knew that their thinking had taken a step closer.

The PayPal gangsters in this past life were all courageous, capable, farsighted, and self-aware people!

"Ebay is also waiting for us to go public, and we have to wait. We have to stay calm and wait for them to initiate a purchase during the second and third issuance of shares." Ning Zimo picked up the important words, because those are important

Everyone in the team knows the information.

Paypal has currently approached Salomon Smith Barney to sell shares. It is estimated that a total of 60 million shares will be sold. The initial issuance price will be between 12 and 14 US dollars, and 5.4 million shares will be sold to the public. Calculated in this way, Paypal's expected market value at that time was 720 million to 840 million.

If the issue price can rise to 20 yuan, PayPal's market value will reach 1.2 billion.

Within a few months of the second round after the lock-up period, Paypal's continued profitability will drive the stock price to continue to rise. If it reaches 25 yuan per share, Paypal can reach a market value of 1.5 billion.

Paypal doesn’t have that much time to wait,

eBay will not sit back and watch PayPal increase prices to higher prices.

Neither side has the patience to wait for the third round of sales.

The time between the second and third issuance of stocks is definitely the best time to trade!

"Yes, we can't compete in terms of the situation. But the initiative is in our hands. Your definition of time is quite correct!"

Elon Musk was a little surprised. Although he had only been in contact with Ning Zimo for a few minutes, the support behind his words was enough for him to see Ning Zimo's vision clearly.

As for his abilities?

Elon Musk has heard a lot from Reid Hoffman and David Sacks, not to mention that the sustained profits in the past few months have been operated in the hands of this young genius in front of him!

With his thoughts flowing, Elon glanced at everyone in the office and continued, "Now, we only need to think about how to keep calm and strive for a good price. Let everyone's efforts be rewarded accordingly! And for those who have ideas

Guys, you can also have the energy and funds to get back on the road."

"Yes, guys."

When Peter Thiel saw Elon looking at him, he smiled and distributed the several file bags under him to the corresponding people according to the names written on them.

When Ning Zimo took it in his hand, Peter smiled specifically at him and glanced at everyone, "This is the share the board of directors decided to allocate to the core personnel before going public. It is something everyone deserves."

The thing in Ning Zimo's hand was not heavy, but in his heart, the document bag was heavy.

That was the main goal he set before coming to Paypal, and now, it's in his hands.

What proportion will it be?

0.1%?

0.5%?

Or is it more?

Ning Zimo was looking at the bag in his hand, but he felt a pair of eyes on him from the opposite side. Looking up, Ning Zimo saw Elon Musk staring at him with burning eyes.

Seeing him looking over, Elon smiled silently at Ning Zimo:

"Ning, are you interested in joining the acquisition negotiation team?"