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Chapter 208 Fish and Bear's Paws
For Aaron Swartz, it was just over half an hour's drive from his own residence to the ICQ building.

But when Swartz heard the call from the headhunting company, he was still very surprised. Of course Swartz had heard of Song Yang's name.

Among the young generation in Silicon Valley, the most famous ones are Anderson, Yang Zhiyuan, Song Yang and others. Among them, the most "genius" is naturally Song Yang. After all, Anderson and Yang Zhiyuan have at least been to Stanford. It was only after I got university that I slowly developed my talent for the Internet.

Where is he as vigorous as Song Yang? He is not like Bill Gates and others who dropped out of school. He established the world's first Internet advertising company directly before entering college. I heard that even the DART advertising system is not It was designed and developed by Song Yang.

Now the major websites in the Internet industry, as long as they involve advertising, cannot do without the DART advertising system. Although there is a guy who calls himself Bledsoe Jayden, he danced very happily before and threatened that Double-Click Company was established by him. DART The system was also developed by him, and he is in a lawsuit with Song Yang.

But Swartz, who has been in the Internet since he was a child, feels that Jayden is probably talking nonsense. Let alone the DART system, double-click company patents, brands, and technologies are all in the hands of Song Yang. Different.

That Jayden, after Song Yang sold the Hotmail mailbox for [-] million US dollars, except for occasional rumors, he disappeared.

On the other hand, Song Yang, needless to say, double-click the company, Hotmail mailbox, ICQ, America Telecom and other companies have appeared, no one can question Song Yang's vision and ability!

No matter how many Internet companies appear in the future, as long as they don't get rid of Internet advertising, they have to admit that Song Yang is the "father of Internet advertising"!

Aaron Swartz himself can be regarded as an Internet genius, but compared with the current Song Yang, Swartz really can't say the word "genius". Even if he is both a "genius", this thing still has level.

Entering the ICQ office building, Swartz saw countless busy figures. At this time, the Internet office building has not yet formed the style of later generations. What is allowed to bring pets to work, keep plants, and various benefits, etc., in today's Internet companies have not yet appeared.

Now these Internet companies, like Yahoo and the previous companies such as Double-Click, are either crowded in small broken houses or squatting in garages. Where can they talk about benefits and benefits? It’s good to survive.

People who enter the Internet industry now are a group of gamblers, betting that this company can be listed, and then they can be allocated options and equity, so as to get rich overnight and achieve financial freedom. If it is just for a little interest, who would be willing to work so hard? Nothing happens for no reason in this world!

In the past ten years or so, major Internet and technology companies have begun to propose high benefits and treatment to attract people, because it is no longer possible to give everyone such things as equity and options, and they can only offer high benefits. Welfare came as a temptation leek.

Knocking on the door, when Swartz entered, he saw a man who was a little younger than him, talking on the phone.

Swartz is no stranger to Song Yang's face. If you want to talk about the face of the American Internet, since Song Yang's debut, the major media have often used Song Yang's photos as news materials when reporting on the Internet industry. .

Compared with those unshaven programmers, Song Yang's face is much more attractive. At least using Song Yang's photo reports, the probability of female viewers watching Internet news has increased by more than [-]%. The news on the Internet just jumped off the platform!
"Don't worry, I'll be there when the time comes!"

It was Yang Zhiyuan who called and invited Song Yang to participate in Yahoo's listing ceremony again. Yang Zhiyuan invited many Chinese to participate in Yahoo's listing ceremony this time.

Yang Zhiyuan is joining a "Hundred Members Committee" established by Chinese, including Bei Jinming, Li Changyu and others. This Hundred Members Committee can be said to be a group for warmth, but it is basically a loose alliance, because the membership requirements are too strict , requiring social status, reputation, influence, and annual membership fees, basically eliminating the hope of ordinary people entering.

Without the support of the grassroots, it seems that the high-ranking federation will directly lose its influence. It is okay to do small things to influence some public opinion, but they want to launch zero-dollar purchases and attack Capitol Hill like some ethnic groups in America It is simply impossible to enclose land and build casinos.

Song Yang put down the phone and looked at Aaron Swartz. Swartz was also looking at Song Yang. Swartz, a typical Internet person, sat silently when he didn't talk about his field of expertise. There.

"Aaron Swartz, right? I'm sorry to bring you here so suddenly!" Song Yang said to Swartz.

Swartz shook his head, "I should be happy, there are still people who can remember me, and I haven't been completely forgotten."

Listening to the self-deprecating words, Song Yang couldn't help but smile, and he could see that Swartz's character was a little dull, but he was by no means a stuffy bottle.

"I heard that the website you built, Swartz, is a pity that it should survive." Song Yang looked at Swartz and said.

When it came to his professional field, Swartz obviously talked more, "At that time, I just entered the Internet industry, and I had similar information, so I thought, if I can build a non-profit public website, so that everyone can In it, find what you want to know."

"However," recalling his previous thoughts, Swartz, who had obviously experienced beatings from society, smiled wryly, "Maybe, in another ten years, when there are enough Internet users, it will be able to appear!"

Song Yang shook his head, "Swartz, I don't think so, I think it is absolutely necessary to make a website for all Internet users to query information!"

"Now the Internet industry is too chaotic. There should be a reference book that records events and allows everyone to look up. Through this website, everyone can look up what they want. It is like an encyclopedia on the Internet. The whole book is the same!"

Song Yang's words attracted Swartz's attention, "Song, what do you mean?!"

"Wikipedia, maybe Swartz you can build a Wikipedia website, which unfortunately allows users from all over the world to participate, edit entries on Wikipedia, and it can include information in addition to traditional encyclopedias, as well as Various events and news reported by the media, etc.!"

Song Yang's words made Swartz's heart jump. The non-profit website he established a few years ago also had a concept like Wikipedia, but it hadn't taken shape yet. Now Song Yang has spoken out about this plan .

"This website should be a non-profit website, and all users can participate, but there should be review members to ensure the authenticity and fairness of these entries.

Websites should also not accept commercials, allowing profits to affect its operations! "

Every word Song Yang said seemed to hit his heart, he took a few deep breaths, and Swartz, who had been beaten up in society for several years, looked at Song Yang, he was a little unbelievable, Song Yang I came to him today for this purpose.

Wikipedia is indeed very attractive to Swartz, but he understands that it is by no means a big deal to Song Yang!
"Song, you came here today not only to build a Wikipedia website, right?!" Swartz looked at Song Yang and said.

Song Yang said with a smile, "It's just a pity that the concept of Wikipedia should not disappear like that. Internet users need it!"

"Of course, today I asked you, Swartz, not only for Wikipedia, but also for another matter."

Wikipedia is also a thing that affects public opinion. When a Wikipedia entry is accepted by all Internet users, after 1, 100 million, 1000 million, or [-] million people read an entry, even if the entry is The content is just fake. If the three become tigers, countless people will believe that it is the real thing.

Using the entries recorded by Wikipedia to reverse black and white, whitewash or pour dirty water on someone can also affect public opinion, and the nature of the Internet allows this entry to be kept for ten years, 20 years or forever. Entries can leave a person with a bad reputation for thousands of years, and the mud will fall into the crotch, and it can't be washed off.

This kind of thing that can affect public opinion, Song Yang feels, it is better to keep it in his own hands to rest assured. At the critical moment, if you put the black material of your rival in the Wikipedia entry, you will receive unexpected effects. Even if you can't beat it to death, you can still kill it and let your nemesis live with the shit on it for the rest of your life!
"I hope, Swartz, you will be the person in charge of a new project. After this project is developed, I will support you to build a Wikipedia website. In addition, in the future, 5% of the profits generated by this new project will be transferred to Wikipedia. The Encyclopedia Foundation, as the fund for the development of Wikipedia!" Song Yang said to Swartz.

Hearing Song Yang's words, Swartz didn't think too much, and looked at Song Yang with open hands, "Do I have a choice?!"

Song Yang smiled, got up and shook hands with Swartz, took out a contract and a non-disclosure agreement, and asked Swartz to sign it.

After Swartz read it and signed it, Song Yang said to him, "I hope you can complete the development of the PayPal project. You are the most suitable candidate for this project."

Swartz looked at the PayPal project plan, and raised his head after a while. Swartz, who has worked in the banking industry for several years, knows what he has in his hand, "Song, this project is completed, I'm afraid To talk to the bank..."

"I know, that's why I asked you, Swartz!" Song Yang said directly.

Hearing Song Yang's words, Swartz understood that Song Yang was fully aware of the impact that PayPal would have after its launch, but he still developed it.

"I want to know, Swartz, when can you let me see the PayPal project complete!"

(End of this chapter)