Chapter 151 Disagreement

ith top grades. This was too abnormal. On another hand, there was also a part of him that wanted to teach Xue Yiyang a lesson. The bet remained valid, and he couldn’t wait to see Xue Yiyang embarrass...Chapter 151: Disagreements

Su Can often asks himself which direction he should take in his life. It's like Pythagoras' philosophical question about self-awareness regarding life and death, always leaving one feeling lost. Perhaps it’s because he had no aspirations in his previous life, or even the fleeting衝動和激情都被折磨得消失殆儘，以至於到了今天，時光飛逝來到了2003年，蘇燦也開始有些迷茫。

He personally promoted the leading light industry黑馬蜀山文化用品公司在國內的發展，同時作為西南地區中高階品牌賣場的敦煌百貨商場也屹立在成都各大區。

另一方麵，由於王薄的支援，林光棟的菠蘿傳媒影響力從長三角擴大到了京滬穗，並穩步上升。預計明後年就可以在京滬穗三地的發行市場上開拓出比原規模大一倍的市場。

他還因為機緣巧合投資了趙浩的上麥音樂。目前上麥音樂並不火爆，但正在暗中收購唱片業界高新技術領域的版權，展開佈局。隨著電信業巨頭彩鈴市場的快速發展，這也代表著上麥音樂手中的版權資源更具價值。這些事業結合起來，足以讓一個默默無聞的人名聲鵲起。

更何況他還和馬克·紮克伯格一起創立了臉譜網。目前這個龐然大物正在以極快的速度擴張，看來要達到後世那樣獲取全球地位隻是時間問題。

這是大的事業線，往小眾的生活圈來說。他在高中畢業後和唐嫵進入南大，並像所有人一樣有一群各有特長的室友。此外還有一幫散落天涯但知根知底的朋友。他的生活圈社交圈還在不停地擴大，包括喬樹鑫、張果以及被臉譜中文所聘請的南大師生等人都在以一種他也許從來冇有想過的角度注視著他。他已經成為了他們利益群體的領航者，代表著所有人的未來。

當這一切搭建起來的時候，同樣有很多問題橫亙在他的麵前：企業成熟後的管理運作、企業發展和內部爭鬥矛盾，以及來自外部的變化格局和競爭。

這不是過家家，企業管理也並非就是商戰回憶錄。總有這樣那樣的問題擺在決策者麵前，即便是很願意做一個甩手掌櫃的蘇燦也無法迴避這些問題。

當臉譜中文會員突破一百萬的時候，似乎所有人都能感覺到自己在創造曆史，這也更讓人確信這是一家未來很有潛力的公司。而臉譜中文的發展也吸納了不少人才，包括一些在外企和國企大型民企有相當經驗的人物。當然，這也一定程度上帶來了一些不良風氣。

例如，有一位經理以前在一國際知名外企做市場營銷，被臉譜中文招入後才華橫溢但自視甚高，在公司裡倚老賣老，嘴巴有時也很討厭，有些意圖不軌，常騷擾其部門裡的幾個女孩。而往往受他騷擾的女孩因為他的級彆和身份敢怒不敢言。

有一次在餐廳和幾位公司內圈子裡的同事聚餐時，聊起男人的話題，一位小有名氣、臀部翹起的前台MM過來用餐，從他們餐桌旁經過，此人目露紅光對周圍人調侃說“那個女孩的臀部真想咬上一口”，引來一片鬨笑。那前台MM忍著眼淚打了餐離開。

This matter eventually reached Su Cen, and the Facebook executives including Qiao Shuxin were quite at a loss. If they didn't deal with this kind of風氣, it would create an unhealthy atmosphere in the company, possibly leading to future widespread unwritten rules and ethical dilemmas faced by many enterprises. However, if they openly punished that manager or had a one-on-one talk with him, wouldn't that be tantamount to driving him out of the company What face would he have left

Moreover, men sometimes find women the most interesting topic among themselves; even Su Cen's male classmates at Nan University would tell dirty jokes. If that manager had physically harassed someone, he undoubtedly would have been fired. But his problem was that there were no actual actions taken, but instead, he talked behind people's backs about girls without any restraint.

But to punish him solely for this could make all the male employees in Facebook China feel insecure; adults often know their limits and rarely refrain completely from inappropriate topics. To let personal preferences override judgment and use power arbitrarily would be excessive. Furthermore, such suppression isn't a good solution; it might lose the trust and morale built up among male employees within the company. However, if senior management did nothing about this issue, they would also lose the confidence and morale that Facebook China had painstakingly accumulated.

On the surface, it seemed like a small matter, but it could greatly impact Facebook China's future development.

This dilemma was now in front of Su Cen, testing his decision-making skills as an "absentee landlord." And he couldn't avoid this kind of situation.

The Monday regular meeting had a tense atmosphere. On one hand, those who were well-informed about the matter looked on eagerly for entertainment; women strategically allied with the receptionist seethed quietly; and the manager's clique remained smug.

Several senior executives of Facebook China wore expressionless faces but in reality were troubled by this issue that could affect morale.

Su Cen arrived on time as usual. Now, when people saw this young president, their feelings had shifted from initial disappointment and underestimation to eventual respect and awe.

Su Cen spoke about the prepared meeting topics and then paused before addressing everyone: "Last week I heard someone say, 'That girl's butt is so tempting that you want to bite it.'"

At this moment, there was complete silence in the room. People held their breaths, stunned by hearing such a phrase from a young man who happened to be the president, despite the shock value of his position being obvious. Even those involved and their friends were aghast, fearing more shocking words would follow.

But the situation swiftly changed; Su Cen continued, "People pursue beauty. My opinion is that next time you compliment another girl's perfect buttocks, please use more elegant language."

A few seconds passed before laughter broke out across the room, eventually turning into a chorus of amusement.

The smile on the front desk MM's face was a subtle one, hinting at a near-death experience. The manager whom Su Cen had not named earlier was already dumbfounded and now felt ashamed. He actually started to feel half-grateful and guilty towards Su Cen on stage at this moment. Human nature’s inherent flaws often only disappear completely after experiencing drastic changes and stimuli. Later, the manager no longer acted frivolously in the company and was tamed by Su Cen, daring not to cause any trouble.

Qiao Shuxin felt that Su Cen had the ability at this moment to become a helmsman steering Chinese Mienlang towards an even more distant journey. In terms of capability, he wasn’t inferior to Mark Zuckerberg studying psychology at Harvard; in fact, he was even better.

*** During Zhang Kai's stay in China, Su Cen and him would drink Heineken beer by the wooden lounge chairs next to the warm swimming pool at the holiday hotel while discussing future Mienlang construction issues.

Zhang Kai’s next step was to launch his platform strategy, which involved bringing applications online immediately and subsequently persuading all internet high-tech companies in Silicon Valley to develop applications that could be connected to Mienlang.

This would be a great feat for the software technology industry. They were uniting Microsoft, Apple, Google, Yahoo, Amazon, etc., giants who had already appeared or were emerging in internet history. A huge ecosystem market would be created; once successful, they would become the core of this market and large companies and enterprises dependent on their platform would emerge.

This reminded Su Cen of Ma Yun’s Taobao website; from a certain perspective, Zhang Kai's idea was similar. Countless crown stores and sellers with millions or even close to billions in sales were all reliant on the Taobao platform, forming their own brands and advantages. This method also fed back into Taobao’s popularity and recognition.

Zhang Kai's thoughts were just a draft while Su Cen had experiences from his subsequent life as a foundation, some ideas being much more developed. Zhang Kai often spoke with high enthusiasm to Su Cen, “I like this feeling; we drink Heineken beer by the water and all kinds of ingenious ideas will emerge. Harvard has a famous saying that ideas born here can change the world. We’re currently doing just that, Su, the sense of control is too good. The thoughts flowing out from us may be immediately put into action, and then we’ll see our concepts become reality. That’s magic, but also real power.”

There were many people in this world who could think up ingenious ideas; however, the reason why the world was familiar to us was because there were too many such people without opportunities, abilities, or strength to put their thoughts into action.

Su Cen's rebirth advantage changed his surroundings. Now, walking on the streets for two or three blocks would allow you to see the distinctive black and white logo of Shushan Stationery chain stores; in New Hampshire State two years ago, The_facebook was born; in Rongcheng outside Duhuang Department Store, luxury cars were parked neatly in the parking lot and there was a grand fountain playing music. He now had copyrights from Wang Feng, Lao Lang, Pu Shu, Wang Fei, etc., and even his next step would involve participating in the shareholding of World of Warcraft, which later became popular among countless otaku boys and girls around the world.

He was strictly speaking a second-year student at Nan Da University in Shanghai. His father was soon to be the former general manager of a state-owned enterprise, while his mother was an office supply agent. That simple.

In those days when they were admiring the campus lake by Winter Lake during their time in America’s high school and warming up with hot coffee, they were merely ordinary teenagers who could not change anything; the only thing that could be changed through their performance was getting a better semester evaluation grade from the school.

They also had many ingenious ideas back then. Tang Wu had her black hair down and none of them knew what the future would look like. They wouldn’t have anticipated either that they’d meet in Shanghai, China a few years later to discuss even broader prospects. By then, they became capable of turning their thoughts into reality step by step.

Su Cen clinked glasses with Zuckerberg and took a sip of Heineken. The bitter hops spread in his mouth, while the shimmering pool water reflected on their cheeks.

Su Cen then reminded him, "We have received funding from venture capitalists like Axel, selling ten percent equity. We now have sufficient cash flow, but this doesn't mean everything will be smooth sailing. There are still many hidden risks in reality: pressures from both hardware and software infrastructure, weaknesses in our company structure, and potential resistance as we become more prominent within the industry. Right now we're on an upward trajectory, but a single misstep could cause us to tumble down. Every move we make will be under intense scrutiny by outsiders. I know you are currently focused on building the 'broadcast' feature for dynamic news updates, which broadcasts users’ activities on Facebook partner sites to their friends in their social circles. However, this project itself has significant design flaws and invades user privacy. Additionally, I've heard that you frequently interact with companies like Google and Microsoft, who are making offers to acquire Facebook, causing internal unrest at American-based Facebook."

Facebook's success in Silicon Valley is widely admired. In the view of Facebook’s leadership, Zuckerberg is willing to discuss anything with anyone visiting him anytime, particularly if they're CEOs as well. But everyone wonders what these meetings mean Many companies are trying to acquire Facebook and there are doubts among senior executives about whether Zuckerberg plans on selling the company, or if he will refuse to sell it and become part of a major conglomerate like Viacom or Yahoo, or perhaps even a news giant. For young people from Harvard and Stanford who have followed Facebook's rise with idealistic hopes, does this mean the end of the social network miracle

"I don't intend to sell," Zuckerberg said half-closed eyes.

"I know that, but your actions are sending out confusing signals internally. Right now, Facebook is like ants in a hot pan."

Su Cen referred to internal struggles within the American-based Facebook company. Vice President of Product Development Doug was heavily favored by Zuckerberg, someone skilled at wielding power and gradually stripping senior executives of their authority. Dustin had confronted him, even seeing his reach extend into Dustin’s commercial development area and interfering with agreements with Amazon bookstore. However, Zuckerberg maintained a half-open, half-closed attitude towards these complaints from executives; if this continued, there might be an internal revolt.

Zuckerberg stared blankly at Su Cen for a while before saying, "Doug was hired because I needed someone to manage product development so that I can focus on other company matters."

Subsequently, Zuckerberg revealed a significant smile; the reflection of the shimmering pool light in his previously dull eyes produced an ultra-high frequency sparkle. "Doug believes he has many supporters and always assumes he will be a candidate for CEO one day. Of course, this belief will persist until we no longer need him."

Then he raised his glass, "Su, you don't need to worry about that. We're in Shanghai right now; it's a great city I like here. I like you and I enjoy being with Tang Wu. That's enough for me. As for matters back in California, I'll handle them. Don’t you think"

Su Cen watched him take another sip of beer, hesitating to speak further.

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