The Best Director

"Dear, dear." A burst of cheerful footsteps sounded in the corridor. Before anyone arrived, the joyful laughter and shouts had already spread into the study. Danny, who was wagging his tail happily, rushed in first. Wang Yang was chatting with him. and Chen Shijun both turned to look, and saw Jessica, who was dressed at home, rushing in with a bright smile on her face and running towards Wang Yang non-stop: "I have recovered! I have fully recovered!" At this time She just discovered Chen Shijun, stopped hurriedly, suppressed her excitement, said hello and smiled: "Oh! Hello, you must be Steve Chen, Yang told me what happened today, I am Yang's wife ,Jessica.”

Of course Chen Shijun knew who Qi Miyang's wife was. The love story between the two had attracted much attention from the beginning. He stood up politely: "Hello, Mrs. Wang, Steve Yichen." Wang Yang gave a brief introduction, and Chen Shijun He is not well-known in Silicon Valley, but he claims to be, "Except for the amazing Yang, I am the most fashionable person in the industry." This is one of the reasons why he found this fashionable Chinese engineer with an afro, earrings, and pointed shoes, but he feels Chen Shijun is much more fashionable than him, but he doesn't know how to pierce his ears and wear earrings anyway.

"Wait!" Wang Yang suddenly heard Jessica's shout clearly, and he shouted out in surprise: "Oh my God! Are you okay?" Jessica nodded excitedly, and the latest inspection report came out. All indicators are normal! Wang Yang put his hands on his head: "Wow!" If others hadn't been there, he would have hugged her tightly and kissed her. He couldn't help but smile and raise his fist: "That's great, that's great!" Chen Shijun from the light bulb said with a silly smile on his face: "Congratulations to you."

"Thank you, Steve. Sometimes a sudden illness can be a terrible disaster." The two thanked each other, and Wang Yang couldn't help but sigh. These past few months have been really different. He looked at Jessica and smiled. : "Zhang Hao, we have rebuilt our home now."

Greeting his smile, Jessica's heart was filled with sweet happiness. From the moment she fell ill on the set, his meticulous care and love made her understand her husband, marriage, love, etc. more deeply; she also remembered For so many years, he has always cared and cherished her so much. This touch that lightly brushed and penetrated deep into her bones often made her feel the urge to rush into his arms desperately like now.

"Oh!" Wang Yang caught her off guard and hugged her, lowered his head and touched her forehead that was exposed due to the hoop, and smiled at the light bulb guest: "We are so happy." Chen Shijun shrugged with a smile. Jessica simply stood up on her tiptoes and kissed Wang Yang on the cheek, smiling like a child. Knowing that he still had other serious things to talk about about video blogging, she smiled and said: "Then you continue chatting! I'll prepare some." Here comes the tea." She glanced at the tea set on the coffee table, then walked outside with a sweet smile: "Danny, come with me, don't disturb Yang... there is dessert!"

Danny, who was enthusiastically surrounding Chen Shijun, immediately turned around and ran away. The most fashionable IT engineer was not as charming as the dessert. The two sat down on the sofa again, Wang Yang said with a smile: "I'm sorry if this makes you uncomfortable." Chen Shijun laughed and said: "No, no, I am a fashionable person." Wang Yang nodded and said with a smile: "I know, so let's make a fashionable website together. What do you think?" The two continued the topic.

In fact, the two of them have almost talked about it. They have been working in Silicon Valley for many years and have become millionaires. Chen Shijun is naturally not a fool, but he is not a cunning or ambitious person either. Just like many people who can write for days and nights with their heads down. An IT person who specializes in programming code. He is very driven and enthusiastic.

Occasionally, there are big boys with shy expressions who like fashion and trends, but are afraid of living a boring life and afraid of being bound by the traditional label image of Asians and Chinese. Just like Jerry Yang, Kevin Ma and others, they are all rebels in different eras.

Chen Shijun, like young people of the same age, was the first to know "Ghost Story" and "High School Musical", the video blog "unse1f", and the text and picture blog ggen. Although the popularity, traffic, and value of the former are far less than the latter, they are basically in exile. The status of streaming has problems of one kind or another, but it is still the leader among many video sharing websites. On February 1st this year, the Janet Jackson "1ùrǔ" incident occurred during the halftime performance of the Super Bowl; not long ago, on February 15th, Comedian Joan Stewart accused the two hosts of the show of dereliction of duty in "nete"... If the TV news website does not provide videos, even unse1f cannot satisfy people's "seeing" of these emergencies. Recently, He and Chad Hurley talked about this at the party. Their friends who missed the live broadcast called, searched everywhere on the Internet, and regretted that they could not "see it with their own eyes." This shows that people want to watch and share with others as they please, conveniently, rather than waiting for the "one-way indoctrination" from the TV station; it also shows that unse1f is out of date, and a new video website that adapts to the times is about to come out.

Maybe in a few years, everyone will know this, but now, not many people have thought of and done this, and they realize that this is a good entrepreneurial direction. However, at this time, Wang Yang, the "laggard", confidently and leisurely told him more, not only about sharing emergencies, not only some funny short films at parties, but also about self-made paid videos and cooperation with film producers to build online stories. "This is an infinitely large online TV station!" Wang Yang said: "I have a complete plan. One day, the video website will host a presidential election debate." "

When he saw that Wang Yang was so clear-headed and had such long-term ideas, Chen Shijun felt suddenly enlightened and knew that -ng was indeed a promising business opportunity, but it was a better choice to cooperate with Qi Miyang, not to mention who he would find to build a new website with him. , as long as unse1f completes the upgrade and reform, it will be difficult for other new and old video websites to do anything. Why do we plant crops? There are many technicians and engineers, and ideas and opportunities are the key to the success of the four websites.

This is a very lucky partnership opportunity, he has the technology; Magic Yang is better than the venture capital, with financial resources, creative ideas, promotion capabilities, and cooperation contacts from all walks of life."

"Yang, of course, I am very happy to partner with Rong Zhang this time!" Chen Shijun thought about the answer for a while and happily agreed, "One day, the video website will hold a presidential election debate.

"The prospect described by this charming voice made him feel excited, a kind of forward excitement that is unique to entrepreneurship! Wang Yang over there also suddenly laughed: "Very good, that's it. good! "Chen Shijun suddenly remembered something and said quickly: "However, I hope that I can get two of my friends to join in a partnership, Chad and Hurley, and Ide and Kajiam. Their skills are very good. If it's just me, it won't work. To build an upgrade for unse1f, we need to brainstorm. "

"D-guy" Wang Yang asked noncommittally. He knew that working on program code was like preparation and editing. It was always difficult for one person to be comprehensive. Multiple partners were expected, and he needed technical talents.

Chen Shijun nodded with approval and introduced: "gReaT-guy! Chad Hurley is 27 years old and has been married for four years. He is mature and steady. He is particularly good at personnel and management; Joyd Karim 25 years old, German, he is a very rigorous technical expert. Many core components of paypa1, including the real-time fraud prevention system, were designed and written by Karim, and he will be an important member of the society."

Since Chen Shijun has been invited to join the partnership, Wang Yang has already done some research on him including his strength and character, otherwise the two of them would not be familiar with each other; now the two friends he recommended should be reliable people. And it's just a preliminary intention now. After a moment of hum, Wang Yang nodded without any objection and said with a smile: "If that's the case, I welcome it. You know I have too much to do. I originally wanted you to start a new company, but it sounds like Chad Yihe Is Hurley more suitable?" Seeing Chen Shijun say yes, Wang Yang said: "OK, Hurley will do it, you do netbsp;" His calm and serious tone conveyed the decision: "I hold 51% of the shares, you %, Hurley 15%, Kareem 9%, and Evan Williams 5%. I will provide 10,000 yuan in founding capital, and you will provide the technology. "

This is like children playing house, who is the boss and who is the villain, but listening to these leader-like words, Chen Shijun feels a little breathless. This ratio is not excessive at all, % of the shares is ten thousand, but these seem to The suppressed and thrilling emotions are not because of money, but because of the inexplicable pressure brought by the magic. What is it? Just when he was about to say something, Wang Yang laughed: "But don't think that this is just for everyone to live in a villa and invite a bunch of beauties to have a party. Absolutely don't think about it! It would be nice to have a garage for you, we don't There will be excess funds. We want the smoothest server and the best website! Don’t think that I will throw money again soon or take out loans. No! Let’s start everything from scratch. This is our new company and has nothing to do with unse1f. , they are still enemies! Let’s knock them down, knock down Wang Yang, and hit all the current video websites, do you understand?”

"Yes!" Chen Shijun felt that those depressions were gradually dissipating and were replaced by a gradually burning passion. It was an excellent starting point, but it must not be used to settle down at the beginning and dampen the motivation to start a business and program!

"Let me tell you one thing first. Don't think about selling your website to Yahoo, Microsoft, Google, etc., or exchanging stocks for mergers. I won't agree." Wang Yang is very serious. Looking at Chen Shijun, Ggen's Evan Williams had once been tempted to accept Google's acquisition plan, but he finally persuaded him to come back. His goal was to create an Internet sharing world with enough power to support Flame Movies. In the world, blogs and video blogs are an important part. Wang Yang said seriously: "We don't need the support of big companies, we are big companies, a new monster, do you have the confidence?"

"...Of course!" Chen Shijun nodded with a naive smile. If others told him this, such as Chad Hurley, Mark Zuckerberg, and Sean Parker, he might not have confidence; now Miraculous Yang said this, I am confident! How could anyone despise Miracle Yang's achievements in the town world? As far as he knows, the Flame Group owns websites such as the women's xìng portal 11age. Wang Yang is personally the largest shareholder of ggen and has an unknown number of Google stocks. Now it seems that the long-dormant unse1f is about to become a blockbuster. To be more precise, it is a new website. .

Thinking of some of his past "outdated" contempt, Chen Shijun couldn't help but sincerely praised: "Yang, you really should spend more time here in Silicon Valley and let everyone see your greatest energy, haha!"

"No, no, no, it's not." Wang Yang laughed out loud. Why have people been advocating for him to go to Silicon Valley since middle school? Is he really that talented? Even if he comes into contact with computers to play games and watch movies instead of programming? Looking at the door of the study room, Wang Yangcai shrugged and said with a smile: "My high school girlfriend says this all the time, Stanford, Stanford, Stanford... She just wants me to go to Silicon Valley. But seriously, man, I can spend days and nights forgetting to eat and sleep. Editing, programming? C++? I really don’t have any talent, so I’ll be fine now. Don’t worry, I’m very, very interested in video blogging.”

Chen Shijun chuckled. If their interests and hobbies are not the same, both would become very cumbersome and boring. He asked: "For the trailer of "Fireflies"?" Wang Yang raised his eyebrows, winked and said with a smile: "That would be The first video of the new website. ""High School Musical" gave birth to unse1f, and "Firefly" brought a new website. Chen Shijun sighed: "The value it will generate after its success will be huge." Is the concept of video blogging still feasible? Unknown, if it succeeds and is sold to a big company in due course, does he think it might be worth 100 million US dollars? Three hundred million? Five hundred million? !

"I have to say, don't underestimate the box office of "Fireflies", haha!" Wang Yang heard what Chen Shijun meant and said, "The value of the website may be due to this reason itself." He joked with a smile, and then said seriously: "Do you know? For me, making money is not the purpose of anything I do now, including making commercial films and creating websites. Otherwise, I would have retired a long time ago.

"Listening to these heartfelt words, Chen Shijun nodded. He felt the same way when he received the Wanhou from paypa1."

Wang Yang shrugged and said: "When I was a child, I thought that with one million, I could travel around the world with peace of mind. Then I thought about my family and girlfriend, and ten thousand is enough, right? And now..." Now he has a lot of money, and he can travel around the world with peace of mind. I have traveled around the world countless times; it’s just that career and pursuit are not that simple, doesn’t Helen know? He likes to make movies and TV series, and he likes the feeling of making the audience laugh and cry in "Cinema Paradiso". He likes to see and create scenes that he wants to see.

Not only is there an omnipotent and infinite world on the big screen, you can realize your ideas to your heart's content; think about it, all kinds of spoof versions of "Firefly" trailers are all over the Internet, how interesting it is! The whole world is moved by "Fireflies", how interesting it is! Just as "The Big Bang Theory" may change people's ideas about nerds in the future, and "Brokeback Mountain" may change people's ideas about homosexuality, "Firefly" will also change some ideas... How interesting!

These cannot be summed up by the word "Ziyan": of course money is a good thing, it can make yourself and your family live a better life, you can independently invest in various films and TV shows without restrictions, change the world, and you can help those in need. It can also allow the Flame Group to continue to be more and more influential without being annexed.

Many thoughts flashed through, but Wang Yang became more interested in this new video blog website. He looked at Chen Shijun, who was also thinking, and asked with a smile: "Do you have any ideas about the name of the website? I always think of it." unse1f, but we need a new look.

"Well..." Chen Shijun discussed this topic with Chad Hurley. After thinking about it, it is also the direction of unse1f (show yourself), such as se1f (play yourself), but the name is too long, ast is more It's much harder to spend and lose people, so they think it can only be used as a slogan or website name? Suddenly remembering the "network TV station" Wang Yang mentioned, he frowned and thought: "Uh, oLTV? o-L-T-V? utube? T-u-B-e?".

"Utube?" Wang Yang stopped shouting. It sounded familiar, as if it had appeared in "The Big Bang Theory". Who knows what changes will happen to the orbit of this and that world! But it obviously makes people have more confidence in Chen Shijun and the others. As for utube, the name... Wang Yang murmured several times. oLTV seems to be simpler and more straightforward, but it reminds everyone of the traditional concept of TV, and even seems to be a certain TV station. official website, resulting in resistance. The name of a successful website must be trendy and cool, like! , g1e, the letter combination is simple and beautiful, and the two-syllable domain name is novel and unique with a youthful atmosphere, which can greatly attract people.

TuBe is a slang term for television. It is not as serious as TV. Utube is your own TV channel. It sounds and looks like Be, which is very interesting. Wang Yang snapped his fingers and showed a satisfied smile: "Okay, so be it." Chen Shijun nodded happily.

"This is the best." Chen Shijun had no objection, although this move was a bit arrogant as it was a precautionary measure. Wang Yang did not have this consciousness and said jokingly: "Let's divide these domain names. They are all good websites. uTube is mine. Which uTube do you want?" The initial intention of the new website was finally agreed upon. After hearing his words and During the conversation just now, I vaguely learned about his "plan" to acquire 11age and ggen, reject the acquisition by Google, and rebuild the video blog...

This must be a big plan. Chen Shijun thought for a while and said seriously: "Yang, if you want to invest in any good website, I recommend The-k. I just left there, but this social networking site for college students has great potential. You can pay attention to it. .”

There are many online communities, message boards, and social networking sites that are nothing new. For example, c1assmates, the earliest campus classmate registration website launched last year; n, a business social network launched last year, and The, the former Harvard University and current multi-university social network launched this year -k. However, this month The-k was involved in a lawsuit on the one hand, and on the other hand it received approximately US$500,000 in angel investment from paypa1 founder Pete Thiel. "

As a former The-k employee, Chen Shijun explained all these things in detail, and also explained the reasons why he was optimistic about this website. It was like sending a certificate of land investment. He finally smiled and said: "Mark Zuckerberg's My girlfriend, Priscilla Yichen, is your fan and he is often jealous."

"Isn't she your sister?" Wang Yang grinned strangely, and Chen Shijun immediately shook his head: "No, no." Wang Yang also laughed: "I am a married man, what if that guy is jealous? Refuse my investment? Haha! Steve, why did you leave The-k to start a business?" Chen Shijun shrugged: "Life is too dull, I want to start my own business; and The-k also has many problems, Zuckerberg I often consider going back to Harvard to study, but if it weren’t for Sean Parker, it would have closed.”

The-k? Wang Yang nodded thoughtfully. Regardless of current speculation or the information from "The Big Bang Theory", social networking sites do have a bright future, but they really can't arouse any interest in IT. Otherwise, they would have chosen Stanford long ago, which is just like Google. Investment is okay, he said with a smile: "ok, I will pay attention to it. It would be good to invest if I have the opportunity. Don't mess with me because there are too many things! My God, "Firefly" and Utube are enough to keep us busy. But..." He asked: "Why not take u away and just call it k? The domain name is owned by someone else?"

"Yes, I remember that I was at E Company, and they offered a very high price." Just after Chen Shijun said this, Wang Yang burst out laughing: "I thought of a good idea! Let's just buy the domain name this time. K also bought it. It’s a gift. It’s useless to make Mark Zuckerberg jealous, haha.” This guy is even more overwhelmed than Sean Parker. Chen Shijun doesn’t know what to say: “It’s really good. idea."

The two chatted for a few more words, when Danny suddenly rushed in excitedly, and then Jessica walked in briskly holding a plate of tea, and said with a pleasant smile: "Gentlemen, the tea is here. !”

"Wow, that's great! Sin" It was too late, we were all done talking. "Wang Yang pretended to hit her with frustration. He was putting the tea cakes down on the coffee table. Jessica let out a surprised sound. She looked around at the frustrated Wang Yang and the silly Chen Shijun. She clasped her hands together as if she had a good idea. Smiling: "Bu" LL, can we talk for a while?" Wang Yang laughed: "Okay! Anyway, there are too many topics, Steve." He looked at Chen Shijun, holding tea, and asked with a smile: "Halloween is coming soon. Which horror movie are you going to watch? "Saw"?"

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