After hearing Sister Ye's words, Chen Chen nodded. "As for the matter of entering the platform that the two of you mentioned, I'm happy to hear about this, but..."
Everyone immediately pricked up their ears.
"If you want Little X Translation Assistant to enter your platform, 100 million won't be enough."
Chen Chen held up two fingers. "I want two billion!"
"Mr. Chen, isn't that a little too much?"
Tony was shocked. "We only value your company at 1.5 billion. Two billion is beyond the entire valuation of your company. We can't accept that!"
"That's fine, we can use another method of cooperation."
Chen Chen smiled and said nonchalantly, "Which one of you is willing to pay three billion US dollars? I'll let them get the exclusive license in the entire Federation."
Upon hearing this, Tony and Alvin's faces paled at the same time. Tony stammered, "Mr, Mr. Chen, this behavior of yours is immoral. In the language of the Mainland... What's it called, what's the price?"
"Driving up the price?" Chen Chen asked.
"Pfft..." Xia Yin almost spat out a mouthful of water.
"No! It's... Driving up the price! "
Tony slapped his thigh. "Yes, driving up the price! That's not the behavior of a gentleman! "
"No need to say more."
Chen Chen waved his hand. "I'll only give you these two options. Otherwise, there's nothing to talk about."
"If you insist, I'm afraid we won't be able to continue this business!"
Tony took a deep breath and suppressed the anger in his heart. "We don't see the sincerity of you and your company at all!"
"Manager Xia?" Sister Ye suddenly looked anxious and wanted Xia Yin to persuade Chen Chen.
However, Xia Yin only pursed her lips. She wanted to laugh but dared not. Her face was flushed.
"You should've noticed that my software isn't suitable for the Mainland market."
Chen Chen suddenly changed the topic and said calmly, "Whether it's QQ or WeChat, or even Tieba or Weibo, none of them are suitable for Little X Translation Assistant. The only ones who really need it are international communication platforms like yours.
"Our company's translation software was created for international communication platforms. The value of the software alone may not be high, but its actual value is far more than the revenue on the surface. "
Chen Chen analyzed calmly. "Have the two of you thought about the consequences of using my translation software on your competitors?"
As soon as Chen Chen said this, the conference room fell silent.
Tony and Alvin looked at each other. How could they not see the value of Little X?
He was just pretending to be ignorant.
Not only that, but they also knew that if social media platforms such as Tumblr and Telegram were to get their hands on Little X, it would be a disaster for them. It might even threaten their dominance in the social media field!
"Think about it again. If both of your companies can obtain the exclusive authorization, not only will your position as the hegemon be more stable, but you might even have the opportunity to enter the emerging market!"
Chen Chen stared into their eyes. "Have you ever thought about settling in Mainland China?"
The last sentence was like a bolt from the blue, causing everyone present to hold their breaths!
At this moment, everyone thought of Tencent.
Everyone knew how Tencent rose to prominence.
However, it was precisely because they were clearly aware that they were jealous to the point of going mad, and they were jealous to the point of wanting to eat his flesh and chew his bones!
Tencent owns the world's largest market share but does not have any strong competitors. It only took Tencent a decade to grow from a small chatting software company to an empire that reaches every corner of the Internet!
It even easily surpassed Twitter and suppressed Facebook!
This was the chronicle of Tencent's empire!
"There are many international platforms like Facebook and Twitter, such as Tumblr, Instagram, Telegram, Line, and so on..."
Seeing how tempted everyone was, Chen Chen smiled faintly. "Strictly speaking, no matter which international communication platform obtains my exclusive authorization, it can become the next Facebook. Even if the two of you aren't willing, I'm sure someone else will be, right?"
Hearing this, the representatives of Facebook and Twitter fell into complete silence.
After a long time, Tony said with some difficulty, "I'll have to contact the headquarters about this. If you don't mind, we'll come again tomorrow."
"Go ahead." Chen Chen made a gesture of invitation.
As they slowly left the conference room, Xia Yin exclaimed in a low voice, "They seem to be tempted..."
"It's not 'seem', but they'll definitely do it."
Chen Chen shook his head. "If I'm not mistaken, someone will contact us in less than an hour."
As expected, after only half an hour, Sister Ye hurriedly knocked on Chen Chen's office door again. "Chairman, Ms. Emily from Facebook is here!"
"Let her in," Chen Chen said.
"Alright!"
Soon, Sister Ye walked in with the woman beside Tony and a few lawyers.
Emily did not speak in Chinese like Tony but directly spoke in English in a hurry, "Mr. Chen, we've met before. On behalf of Facebook, I agree to your second proposal to buy the federal exclusive authorization of Little X Translation Assistant for three billion US dollars!"
"Is that so, that's too bad..."
Chen Chen gently waved his index finger and said regretfully, "Twitter also contacted me earlier. They're also willing to do this."
"That's impossible!" Emily suddenly exclaimed. She subconsciously glanced at Chen Chen's side. "This is fraud!"
"You can eat whatever you want, but you can't say whatever you want."
Chen Chen said unhurriedly, "If you don't believe me, you can wait for Mr. Alvin to come and confront him?"
Emily choked when she heard this, then took a deep breath. "In that case, we at Facebook are willing to buy the federal exclusive authorization of Little X for four billion US dollars. This is our limit, Mr. Chen!"
"To a happy partnership!" Chen Chen reached out his hand when he heard this and flashed a warm smile.
...
The signing of the contract took nearly three hours.
When Sister Ye sent the pale-faced Emily and the others out, Xia Yin suddenly poked her head in through the gap in the door.
"It's done?"
"It's done." Chen Chen took out a contract. "Four billion US dollars."
“Year！”
Xia Yin suddenly shouted and rushed in excitedly. "Oh my god, I'm not dreaming, am I? Four billion US dollars? Even if I sold my dad, I wouldn't be able to earn that much!"
"Those two jackals, Facebook and Twitter, they're not good people to begin with. How can we not make them pay a heavy price?"
"If they're not good people, why would you let them enter the Mainland?" Xia Yin asked with a smile as she flipped through the contract.
"Can they enter?" Chen Chen snorted and tossed the contract into the drawer. "Let's not talk about the government and Tencent for now. This contract doesn't say that we have to update the Chinese system..."
"Huh?" Xia Yin was shocked. "Are you planning to trick them?"
"Not for now. If they plan to enter the Mainland's market, it's not too late to trick them then."
Chen Chen sneered. "In short, you just have to remember that these two platforms will become our enemies sooner or later."
...
Sometime in the past, there was an incident that shocked the world.
The incident lasted for several months. Not only did it cause a lot of trouble, but it also caused a lot of trouble.
As public platforms that were supposed to be neutral, Facebook and Twitter suddenly made a move at that time. They frantically led people to believe that the world was going to change.
Did they know that this action of theirs had completely cut off the door to their relationship?
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