Reborn 2005: The Internet Myth

Elizabeth was also a top student in high school, getting A's in every subject, and she also wrote a C++ compiler. A university in Daxia bought it at a high price, giving her her first pot of gold.

After she obtained the invention patent, the professor applied for a scholarship and opened a company in Silicon Valley called Theranos.

At this time, in 2003, Elizabeth was just 19 years old. The purpose of establishing this company was to use a drop of blood to detect all diseases that require blood.

However, after several years of research and development and hundreds of millions of dollars in financing, the company has yet to develop this technology.

In order to get more research and development funds, she had no choice but to start falsifying data.

The key is that her work was very good, and many super bosses believed her. They listened to her deception and were optimistic about her project. They invested in her project one after another, pushing the company's market value to 9 billion U.S. dollars. At the time, she was even called the female version of Steve Jobs by the media.

It was not until 2015 that he was completely exposed, and then in 2022, he was sentenced to 7 years in prison for large-scale fraud.

This Elizabeth was never seen again.

But at this moment, someone was sitting right in front of Wang Zheng.

I only have 20 million, so I don’t dare to enter this big pit.

Thinking of this, Wang Zheng didn't want to continue the conversation and said directly: "It's a cool product. I hope you can realize your wish. I'm a little sleepy. Good night."

Elizabeth was stunned for a moment, looking a little embarrassed when she saw Wang Zheng sleeping with his head tilted.

She thinks she is pretty good-looking, is the CEO of a startup company, and has great ideals, so why is Justin not interested in her?

I really don't want to be interested.

I was just pretending to sleep, but I didn't expect that I actually fell asleep.

When I woke up, I looked out the window and saw darkness, and I didn’t know where I was flying to.

My watch was set to Pacific Time before I got on the plane, and it is now 5 a.m. on March 1.

Another day passed, March 1st.

Inexplicably, I felt very happy, finally taking advantage of God.

The cabin was quiet, the lights were turned off, and Elizabeth, who was seated next to her, had also fallen asleep.

I wanted to sleep again but couldn't, so I took out my iPod and put on my headphones and started listening to music.

Wang Zheng’s favorite European and American singer is Avril Lavigne, the punk princess of Maple Kingdom, and later Taylor Swift.

Since Michael Jackson, I have no interest in male singers, especially black rappers.

If you have that time, you might as well listen to Zhang Liu Zhou Chen more.

In 2006, Jackson had not passed away yet, so it seemed that there was a chance to go to his concert.

Listening to the familiar singing voice coming from the headphones, I never quite understood the meaning before. Even if I got interested and looked up the translation, I would forget it later.

Now I am learning English quite well, and I am more able to resonate with the connotation of music.

The kind of stubbornness that Avril Lavigne expressed in her singing that would never compromise or give up made him somewhat empathize with her.

Wang Zheng crossed the ocean to Silicon Valley alone, probably because of his stubbornness.

The sky began to turn white, and Elizabeth Holmes, who was sitting next to her, also woke up.

Seeing that Wang Zheng was awake, he took the initiative to say hello: "Hey, Justin, good morning."

"Good morning."

Perhaps seeing that this handsome Asian guy didn't have much desire to communicate and didn't even take off his headphones, Elizabeth shrugged and stood up to sort out the housework.

Not long after, the flight meals were also delivered, including burgers and Coke.

Wang Zheng didn't like this kind of food very much, especially the lettuce leaves and tomatoes, so he picked them out directly.

Elizabeth was very curious: "Don't you like vegetables?"

"I don't like raw vegetables." Wang Zheng is indeed not used to eating anything raw.

In fact, he has no health problems now that he is young. The main problem is that ten years from now, when his stomach is not good, eating raw food will cause diarrhea.

So I developed a habit of not eating raw vegetables and not adding ice to drinks.

After dinner, maybe because she was really bored, Elizabeth had nothing to say and asked: "Justin, are you still in school?"

In fact, he has considered applying to a better university. In Midland, alumni are a very important network.

Unfortunately, Justin's academic performance in the past was very average, and good universities here in Silicon Valley would not accept him at all.

After he succeeds in starting a business, he can try to apply. These schools have many preferential treatment for successful people.

"No. I'm also planning to start a business."

"Cool. What industry are you going to work in?"

"Do some internet business."

Elizabeth is also a pioneer in entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, and of course she knows how popular the Internet is in Midland.

Moreover, she is also a Stanford student. Although she dropped out of school, she still has connections.

So I took the initiative to tell Wang Zheng some stories about entrepreneurship in Silicon Valley, and Wang Zheng listened very seriously.

Needless to say, although Elizabeth's company and ideals are a big trap, this person is really quite good.

Wang Zheng wouldn't invest in her anyway, and since he couldn't step into that trap, he let go of his worries and started communicating normally.

The active communication received positive feedback, and Elizabeth was also very happy - this Justin is very handsome, but his conversation is very gentlemanly, and the journey is finally not so boring.

After about three hours, the plane was finally about to land.

Elizabeth took the initiative to take out her business card and said with a smile: "Justin, thanks to you, I will have a wonderful trip. This is my phone number, you can call me at any time."

"Thank you." Wang Zheng took a look and saw that the CEO of Ceanos also had a phone number. He put it in his pocket and said he would contact her after getting the Midland number.

When getting off the plane, Elizabeth said again: "I wish you success in Silicon Valley and realize your Midland dream."

"I also wish you success."

San Francisco is not very cold in March, and a suit is enough to cope with it.

After leaving the airport, Wang Zheng got into a taxi directly and named his destination somewhere in Menlo Park.

In fact, Silicon Valley is a very large area, and most of the cities in the Bay Area of ​​California can be classified as Silicon Valley.

A large number of semiconductor and Internet companies are concentrated here.

Compared with famous cities such as San Jose and Santa Clara, Menlo Park is just a small place with a small population.

But it is very close to the famous Stanford, and there is also a very famous company here in the future - Facebook.

Menlo Park and San Francisco are about 60 kilometers away, and it takes about an hour to get there on the highway.

A two-story office building at 255 Charter Road, Menlo Park, where Meta is registered.

Behind it is Facebook, only separated by a small road.

This place was rented through an agency, and the rent was not high, less than US$1,000 per month.

At that time, Zhou Ruoyun asked him where his company was going to be registered. He had never been to Silicon Valley, so of course he didn't know.

So I just casually said that the closer you are to Facebook, the better.

If you want to fight against the opponent, it will also be convenient for poaching or acquiring people.

He chose Meta without looking at his company name, so the closer the location, the better.