Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

This afternoon, when Chen Shijun and Pan Yu received a short notice and walked into the "Arctic Circle" large conference room, many people were already sitting there.

The senior management team headed by Peter Thiel stood beside the rostrum, chatting solemnly. Chen Shijun felt a little bit in his heart and had a bad feeling. But he and Pan Yu still chose a seat to sit down.

Other employees walked in noisily one after another. The atmosphere in the entire conference room was like the classroom in childhood, just like the noise when students found out that the person who walked into the classroom was a substitute teacher. But this did not affect Taiwan at all.

The speeches of several people above.

Peter Thiel was the first to wake up from the shock, frowned and said to Ning Zimo, "Man, originally I had decided to step down from the position of CEO after the acquisition was completed and return to the hedge fund I was most familiar with. Even

We have already discussed how to help you to the front of the stage after I leave, do you still want to leave?"

"Peter, this has nothing to do with position or money. I have to leave."

"Peter, you and I know it, and so do Hoffman, Levchin, and Sachs. I think in addition to the administrative and marketing teams, our entire Paypal senior engineers even know it. Paypal can coexist with eBay, but

All executives and senior engineers and above will not coexist with eBay."

Ning Zimo spoke word by word. Although it was a heavy topic, Ning Zimo saw that his partners around him were listening attentively.

So he paused and continued to reply, "We are a group of highly motivated people, but those MBAs at Paypal are not like that. The pain of integration is inevitable. Either they accept our vigorous and resolute style, or we lower our standards."

Wait for them to understand.

But this process is too long, and no one can afford to wait. So we will all leave, but I can’t wait until the day it falls apart, because I don’t want to see us separate one by one. Instead of doing this, it’s better if I just climb up

I leave this mountain top, and then I go to create a new sky and wait for you at the foot of that sky."

Ning Zimo breathed a sigh of relief under the gaze of several people, and then glanced at Peter Thiel, the CEO who had always trusted him.

Let’s take another look at Reid Hoffman, the senior vice president who has always been very cooperative with foreign affairs.

There is also Max Levchin, a very capable paypalcto who works well with him.

And David Sachs, the marketing president who has been supporting me since I joined Paypal.

When Ning Zimo turned his attention to the audience, he saw his roommates and partners Chen Shijun and Pan Yu. There were also Paul and Jennifer who were relatively familiar, and there were also some guys whose names they had worked with several times but it was difficult to remember their names.

but,

"All the feasts in the world come to an end," Ning Zimo calmed down and tapped his fingers in the air a few times, "You, you, you, you and me,"

No one thought Ning Zimo was impolite, but they paid close attention when he pointed at them.

Ning Zimo saw that they had gathered their energy and smiled, "I want to leave early, and then find another way to let the friendship we established here spread to other places. Maybe the end of today is to let us have tomorrow.

A chance to change the world!”

"Yes, Ning is right," Sachs suddenly waved his fist excitedly.

Just now, he was still most confused about why Ning Zimo left. But after Ning Zimo finished these words, he was the first to be emotionally stirred up, "Even if we all leave, we are still comrades in arms!"

"Yes," Levchin's eyes finally stopped being serious and he smiled, "We can change the world."

"right,"

"Yes!"

"Okay, guys. When you start a business and have any good projects, remember to come to me!" Peter Thiel was stunned for a moment, then nodded unconsciously.

Finally, Peter's brows relaxed and he pointed to the audience and said, "But the guys in the audience are waiting for us, so we'd better send someone to announce the news first."

As soon as Peter finished speaking, everyone's eyes were fixed on Ning Zimo.

"Are you giving me such a good task?"

"Yes."

"Well, it's time to say goodbye to them."

Ning Zimo did not shirk, and walked straight to the stage in full view of everyone. Looking at the familiar and unfamiliar faces under the stage, Ning Zimo did not let them wait any longer.

"Okay, guys, let's get started now." Ning Zimo adjusted the microphone in front of him and began to say, "I guess everyone already knows the content of this meeting, we are going to sell the company to eBay.

This transaction will be conducted entirely through a stock conversion, with every 0.30 eBay (ebay) shares exchanged for 1 PayPal (paypal) share. The transaction may take approximately 3 months to achieve the actual acquisition.

But until then, everything will remain the same, and the two companies will continue to operate independently. After the sale is completed, PayPal will be an independent unit of eBay, with the current management team intact.

Because there is no overlap in functions between the two companies, our specialty is payment, and eBay's specialty is auction, so no positions will be eliminated, except that [billpoint] will be closed after the transaction is completed, and PayPal will be integrated into

On eBay’s website.”

Everyone in the audience burst into laughter and applause. Ning Zimo looked at them, but his thoughts were suddenly in a trance.

Looking at the team in the audience that has expanded from 6 people to more than 600 people, Ning Zimo stood on the stage and had a sense of déjà vu giving a speech to his previous partners at Luban Technology. Maybe one day there will be such an opportunity, but I don’t know.

How many old friends from the past can I meet?

Ning Zimo sighed slightly, then took a long breath and continued, "This exchange is of great significance. Although people will always raise questions, given that we have received a good valuation, and

It removes a huge risk for the company, and I think it’s worth it.”

"The premium is 20%, and the transaction price is US$1.8 billion! Guys, congratulations, the day of harvest has finally arrived!"

Perhaps because Ning Zimo was too concise and concise, everyone in the audience was suddenly stunned, and there was no movement for a while.

Three seconds later, Chen Shijun reacted first, and then looked over in disbelief. Ning Zimo nodded knowingly, his expression gradually blossomed, and he smiled like a daisy.

Then there's Pan Yu, and then there's Jennifer.

one, two,

One piece, two pieces,

When everyone stood up and applauded excitedly, Ning Zimo stood on the rostrum and looked at them. After thinking about it, Ning Zimo stood outside the rostrum and bowed deeply to the colleagues below.

bow.

Chen Shijun suddenly saw Peter and the others standing beside Ning Zimo, imitating his example and bowing deeply to them.

I don't know what influenced him, but Chen Shijun felt his nose was a little sore. He just wanted to applaud harder for them, the people around him, and himself.

for a time,

applause,

whistle,

The sound reaches my ears.

When Ning Zimo and others straightened up, they only saw faces filled with sincerity, gratitude, tears, and howls.

Thank you too, paypal people,

It's time to say goodbye.

Will see you later,

Goodbye Jianghu.