Top of the big era

(The real situation is that under Carl Icahn’s pressure to break up PayPal, coupled with Zuckerberg’s seduction, David Marcus joined Facebook and took charge of the Messenger project. In the novel, the protagonist is involved and dramatized Made some adjustments.)

Marcus made a decision.

There are Zhou Buqi and Carl Icahn on the board of directors, each one more scary than the other. Can you survive a fight with them? Just relying on Pierre's strength?

If you stay, something will happen sooner or later!

By that time, not only will the job at PayPal be lost, but the opportunities at Facebook will also be gone.

It is better to change from passive to active and put the choice in your own hands.

Leave PayPal and go to Facebook!

Marcus took a deep breath, and then without hesitation, he quickly stood up, walked out of the office, and came to the large office area for employees.

When he appeared, many people became quiet.

The atmosphere is a little weird.

Even the lower-level employees know that something might happen. Marcus did not attend the first official meeting of the new board of directors, and word had spread within the company. What was going on?

Marcus took a few more deep breaths and said loudly: "Everyone, please put your work aside. I have something to say to you."

When everyone's eyes gathered, he said firmly and decisively: "I have submitted my resignation to the board of directors, and I have decided that I will leave PayPal!"

As soon as these words came out.

There was an explosion in the office.

The originally quiet office area suddenly became chaotic.

Marcus was in a hurry now and had no time to explain to them.

He had to work hard to maneuver.

The order of the timeline needs to be rearranged.

To send a clear signal to the outside world, he submitted his resignation first and then failed to attend the board of directors. Instead of not getting the chance to sit on the board of directors and then submitting my resignation.

He left PayPal on his own initiative, rather than being fired.

When he returned to the office, he found Zhou Buqi's phone number and hurriedly dialed it. After answering, he found a female voice on the other side, who should be the female secretary of Boss Zhou.

Marcus quickly said: "Hello, I am David Marcus, the CEO of PayPal..."

"Oh, oh, Mr. Marcus!" The other party's voice was soft and beautiful, very comfortable to listen to, but the English had some foreign accents, "I am Zhou Buqi's assistant Wan Wan, are you okay?"

Marcus said: "Two things. First, I want to submit my resignation to Mr. Chairman."

"ah?"

When Sun Wanran heard this, he was immediately shocked.

Marcus continued: "The second thing, I hope the lady can make an appointment for me to see when Mr. Chairman is available. I want to meet with him alone."

Sun Wanran knew that this was a big deal, the most important thing at the moment, and responded quickly, "We have time now. You can come to the headquarters campus of Ziweixing International at any time this afternoon."

"Okay! Thank you! I'll be there right away!"

Marcus is now pressed for time.

You have to go see Zhou Buqi quickly.

Zhou Buqi is the chairman and can represent the board of directors and hand the resignation to him. In a sense, it can be said to be a resignation submitted to the board of directors.

However, before that, he had to contact Facebook first.

What a coincidence.

At this moment, Zuckerberg took the initiative to call.

After Marcus took a deep breath, he answered the phone and said straight to the point: "Mark, I have read your email, and... and I have also officially responded."

Zuckerberg quickly asked: "What's the reaction?"

Marcus said: "I have submitted my resignation to the board of directors of PayPal. Before your call, I had already made a decision. I want to join Facebook, and I want to work with you to create an era of online social networking!"

This statement was completely consistent with Zuckerberg's previous judgment. He said excitedly: "David, are you really resigning?"

Marcus said solemnly: "Yes, I resigned. Just now, the company held a board meeting. I was originally one of the attendees, and I would be elected as a director of the new board of directors. But I did not participate. I want to leave PayPal, I’m going to find bigger dreams!”

Zuckerberg said excitedly: "David, you made a very right choice!"

Marcus hesitated for a moment and whispered: "Mark, there may be some trouble with my contract."

Zuckerberg laughed and said boldly: "You don't have to worry about the contract at all! I know that PayPal is about to go public, but Facebook's stock is more valuable. Facebook will not only compensate you in full for the losses caused by your resignation, but also I will give you the largest signing fee in the history of Silicon Valley!”

Marcus had no doubts.

One of Facebook's biggest attractions in Silicon Valley is its willingness to pay sky-high prices for talent to poach employees. When Zuckerberg poached Sheryl Sandberg from Google, he probably set a record for signing fees for job-hopping in Silicon Valley.

reached $20 million.

And that’s not even counting stocks.

Now Ms. Sandberg, as the chief operating officer of Facebook, has a personal wealth of more than $6 billion, ranking 17th among the richest women in the United States.

In terms of contract value, Marcus is now more valuable than Ms. Sandberg back then.

"Hmm... Also, my non-compete agreement is a bit troublesome." Marcus made such a big sacrifice and chose to change jobs. He certainly cannot bear the cost of these benefits.

Zuckerberg said without hesitation: "No problem! Our legal and financial staff can solve all problems, as long as you really make the decision to join Facebook."

Marcus smiled and said: "As early as this morning when I saw your email, I had already made up my mind. Zhou Buqi invited me three times in a row and wanted to attend the board meeting. But I didn't go. I listened He said that he hired Bill Gates to serve as the director of PayPal. I am really worried that if I attend the meeting, and so many business leaders present try to persuade me to stay, I will change my mind and simply not attend the meeting.”

"He invited Bill Gates?"

Zuckerberg was quite surprised.

This Zhou Buqi is really amazing!

Even Bill Gates can be invited to come out.

Um……

But so what?

Didn’t you lose to yourself in the competition with David Marcus?

Zuckerberg was proud and proud.

…

Ziweixing International Headquarters Park.

Office of the Chairman.

Boss Ma, Thompson, and Jason Kilar are also there.

Discussing how to deal with this complex situation.

The strategy is also simple.

It is nothing more than defeating them one by one, talking to each director who voted against them individually, explaining them rationally, moving them emotionally... and even promising them benefits.

That's what votes are all about.

The U.S. presidential campaign also requires promises of what kind of benefits in order to gain more votes. The operations of the two meetings of the House of Representatives and the Senate are also similar, and they are all their own games.

Zhou Buqi and Boss Ma had already prepared for the worst, but if it didn't work out, they would even overturn the table.

But Thompson and Kilar are both Americans. They are both experienced and familiar with the voting system in the board of directors. In their opinion, the situation is not out of control at all.

After trying to convince the two opposing directors, the matter was settled.

Unexpectedly, Sun Wanran ran over in a hurry, not ladylike at all, and said loudly: "Marcus is calling!"

Spoken in Chinese.

Kilar and Thompson were a little surprised. They felt that this little secretary was so ignorant of the rules. How could Boss Zhou tolerate this?

Not to fire her?

Boss Ma was slightly startled and sat up straight. From Sun Wanran's body language, he knew that something important must have happened.

"What's up?"

"Marcus said he is going to submit his resignation to you!"

The car crashed. I stepped on the accelerator and reversed the car but failed to control it properly. It hit the flower bed. I was so busy that I forgot to post it.