Chapter 130 Combined President and CEO (Part 1)

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Just as Su Can's incident at Nankai University was causing an uncertain stir behind the scenes, Dustin arrived in Shanghai on Monday. For this American boy, it marked his second visit to China within a year.

The first time was when Facebook Chinese was established, and he represented the American Facebook for the launch ceremony. Back then, seeing Facebook Chinese still at its雛鳥待飛stage reminded him of the apartment with a swimming pool in Palo Alto where Facebook had started.

Back then, it was just a few people and computers, along with some Stanford and Harvard engineering beauties. They played heavy metal music on second-hand Crown CD sound systems they picked up from flea markets, and stored Heineken beer in second-hand refrigerators. At that time, their work felt like play, diving into the high dive off the back of a swimming pool almost collapsing a chimney.

They were just like all young people who cherished freedom, doing what they enjoyed freely, drinking cold beers on hot summer days, playing rock music and partying. They sometimes thought about their future: whether to work at law firms after finishing projects for Facebook or inheriting family businesses, or moving to big cities like New York to start a career that would lead them into the middle class.

But no one knew that this group of people who seemed to be just playing around in that apartment would later become the founding members of American Facebook. They once received $16 million from The Washington Post, instantly becoming a company valued at $3 billion. Their ability to attract investment was incredibly strong.

Smiling as he picked up Dustin at the airport, Su Can said, "Is Zach so busy that he doesn't plan on coming to China once I heard he took a course called 'Doing Business in China' when he was at Harvard. He can't have learned about涇渭分明 and分而治之and thinks he should avoid frequenting my turf" Dustin was quite skinny, resembling the slender foreign students with curly hair who were popular among girls at Nankai University. He had a pair of bright blue eyes but always carried a large backpack that made him look unsteady. Standing only 176 cm tall, he was shorter than Su Can's 182 cm. But no one knew that this plain-looking American boy was actually a fierce warrior beside Zach from Facebook.

Dustin waved off Li Pengyu's offer to carry his bag and said with a smile, "It's not like that. Recently we've been hit hard because of our insufficient protection of user privacy rights. We keep receiving lawsuits as a result. You know how crucial it is when facing venture capitalists during fundraising rounds; Zach must deal with legal summonses and lawsuits from regional courts, trying to maintain friendly media coverage. He's in an awkward position now, so he sent me back to China to handle the contracts."

Su Can nodded and got into the car with Dustin, heading towards the Facebook Chinese headquarters at Marriot Tower.

On the way, Su Can asked, "I heard that Mike left management. What's going on" Mike was one of the earliest founding employees of American Facebook. He had graduated from Stanford University and passed a hacker challenge to be hired by Facebook: within a set time frame, he had to defeat seven hackers while drinking beer with beautiful women to complete a program.

In the first half of the year, Su Cen had played a game of PS2 with Mark when he came for funding, but it was heard that recently Mark fired him. Even his five thousand employee shares were not given to him. He has already filed a lawsuit against Facebook in America.

Dustin's expression seemed evasive as he said, "Mike and Mark have been having disagreements over the planning of Facebook for some time now. Mark believes that his presence hinders the normal development of Facebook, so during one meeting, he excluded him from the company..."

Su Cen nodded, "I understand Mark's dream and what he wants to achieve. Sometimes, it might not be a bad thing if he could pause for a moment instead of being too hasty."

Dustin sighed and said with a bitter smile, "Maybe only you can convince him when you say such things. Catherine has also talked to him many times and even had arguments before. Mark became very irritable and threatened her that she should leave too. This incident made her very distressed. Sometimes I saw her drinking coffee at the cafe downstairs in the building or secretly crying by the platform. All I could do was advise her to let it go. We all know how heavy a burden and pressure Mark is carrying..."

Catherine, who had graduated from Stanford University, was an engineering beauty who liked wearing simple clothes that couldn't hide her gorgeous and curvaceous figure. Unlike American socialites, she had her own unique charm.

When working, she would tie up her hair into a bun and insert a pencil behind it. To be honest, when Su Cen was in America, he could not help but acknowledge the girl's subtle yet astonishing charm.

Su Cen could only remain silent after hearing this.

Upon reaching Merro Building, Dustin met with Qiao Shuxin and others. The two hugged each other like when they were in America. Qiao Shuxin also appeared very enthusiastic; he had arranged for the internal affairs department to decline an interview from a weekly magazine today upon learning about Dustin's visit yesterday.

Market Director Zhao Yifan, Finance Director Kate and other senior staff were waiting for Dustin as well.

The group visited the Chinese headquarters of Facebook first, then went by car to see the servers located at Shanghai Telecom Data Center that were currently being used by Facebook China. Since the number of users was far less than Facebook's five million in America, it didn't have such an impressive data center like theirs either. However, the rapid growth of customers for Facebook Chinese version demonstrated the advantages of social networking as a new direction on the Internet.

Taking Dustin around for a tour, everyone then checked into the hotel downstairs. The upper management of Facebook joined in a simple cocktail party to welcome Dustin.

A while later, Su Cen received a call from Tang Wu; picking up, Tang Wu's voice said, "Where are you We're coming over..."

Su Cen's business exposure was no longer a secret within Shanghai’s social circles. Cheng Congcong and Tong Tong constantly hinted about it in front of Tang Wu. Clever as Tang Wu was, she couldn’t help but understand their true intentions. Furthermore, since Facebook executives from America had come over for a relatively relaxed natured company-sponsored cocktail party and leisure activities, Tang Wu suggested that they all go together.

It could be said that a year ago when they were together there were still some reservations on both sides. Additionally, given that Tang Wu never deliberately tried to curry favor with her dorm mates in the first place, she had neither distanced herself nor gotten too close to them. However, after almost two years of相處時間，三零一寢室的女生們也算真正的成了一個集體。

Cheng Congcong, Tong Tong, and Ruan Sige were naturally very excited. On one hand, they had a strong desire to understand the company founded by Su Cen, an exemplary case among college student entrepreneurs. After all, Cheng Congcong’s impression of Facebook Chinese was only second to what she heard about it from her senior classmates.

Of course, those who were most excited and attracted—the likes of Cheng Congcong—might not be there just for a free meal; rather, they might be more interested in the famous hot spring at Xuhui district where Dustin was staying.

Dustin met Tang Wu for the first time. After introductions, Tang Wu extended her hand and shook Dustin's lightly, maintaining poise and grace as she smiled and said, "Hello."

Dustin’s eyes lit up noticeably. Then he felt a surge of excitement from being aroused by Tang Wu’s high-caliber girl-next-door charm, whispering to Su Cen afterwards, "I’ve heard Zack talk about Tang Wu in America. Now that I see it for myself, I wonder if his interest in Harvard's Chinese girls stems partly due to her influence, making him somewhat immune to Chinese girls..."

"You held my girlfriend’s hand for over a minute just now; I really doubt your resistance level...," Su Cen looked at Dustin with suspicion. His eyes shone with a certain kind of light that made the latter look away, half-blinded.

The hotel had separate male and female sections for their hot springs, although they were separated by only one wooden partition.

However, the hotel is adept at exploiting certain dark psychological tendencies. The male and female changing rooms lead to their respective bath areas via almost the same hallway. While soaking in the hot spring, Su Cen suddenly wanted to see Tang Wu wearing a swimsuit. He let Dustin and others go ahead, then waited by the entrance of the hallway, hoping for an opportunity.

Of course, Tang Xiaowu wouldn't willingly be that "rabbit." Cheng Congcong and Tang Wu emerged together; based on her knowledge of those 'beasts' at Nan University, she immediately understood Su Cen's desire to indulge in the sight. Thus, with towels in hand, Tong Tong wearing a bikini and Nuan Siusiu in a one-piece swimsuit both blushed slightly. Even the most uninhibited Cheng Congcong reddened as well, possibly recalling last year when she had an embarrassing incident at the school swimming pool right in front of Su Cen.

The only impression Su Cen got of Tang Wu was her long slender legs like jade and her impressive bust beneath the swimsuit. Seeing Tang Wu's feet stepping into a pair of pink slippers, he could almost vividly remember the smoothness and fragrance of her skin, yearning deeply for it.

Cheng Congcong and others shamelessly left Tang Wu alone to face Su Cen at the hallway entrance while they went ahead to the hot spring. Soon enough, their excited shouts were heard.

Tang Wu frowned and asked Su Cen, "What are you standing there for Don't tell me you're planning to come over here to the female area"

"I noticed that you guys are the first ones. There shouldn’t be anyone else in there, so it’s not a big deal if we all soak together; after all, no one is completely naked."

"I’ll scream harassment," Tang Wu said with a smile. At this moment, she was clearly more casual and less elegant compared to when she met Dustin and the Chinese executives from Facebook.

Unbeknownst to her, these words combined with the steam rising from the hot spring made Tang Wu appear extremely alluring. Su Cen’s animalistic instincts stirred deep within him as he stepped forward, wanting to get closer to Tang Wu. "You seem to have forgotten that I never back down."

Tang Wu was visibly startled and lightly scolded him before pushing him towards the men's hot spring area so that his hands wouldn’t grab her unexpectedly. She then turned around and fled toward the women’s section. Her ponytail had already come undone, black hair swinging behind her as she moved; her alarmed profile was stunningly breathtaking.

The next update will be earlier tomorrow.hirt or T-shirt suitable for morning exercises among the disordered piles of clothes. Then they put on their prepared sports shoes or running shoes before joining in with the group.Along the way, they...