Chapter 448 An act that goes against the will of heaven

Ma Liang was not in finance in his previous life, and he didn't even have much contact with the venture capital circle.

In his memory, he only remembered some important information that was widely circulated on the Internet, but he knew very little about the relevant details.

Just like Ma Liang knew that Facebook had taken off all the way in his previous life and eventually became one of the five major technology giants in the United States, but he did not know that detailed about its specific financing nodes and amounts.

Only relying on the gossip gathered by Jennifer, a Wall Street elite, he was able to make timely adjustments and force the three Twitter giants to speed up the pace of financing.

Although Ma Liang was calm and composed when facing Ivan, Jack, and Biz, privately he was not so confident.

After all, this was a huge gamble, and for this reason, he even did not hesitate to encourage others and force Twitter to speed up its development pace.

In fact, this is not a good idea and may make Twitter’s foundation unstable.

However, there are many investors in the venture capital circle who are forcing start-up companies to make big strides, and Boss Ma is no exception.

Besides, he’s doing this for Twitter’s own good.

Even if the bet loses, at worst, Twitter will return to the track of its previous life and continue to be its second-in-command.

But for Ma Liang, it is completely different whether he bets or not.

Once the bet is won, Twitter will replace Facebook as the leader in the social field, and it can go sideways in the future.

As a major shareholder of Twitter, Ma Liang’s income will be astronomical.

Even though Facebook was touted as one of the five major technology giants in its previous life, it was actually built with capital. It is not much different from Google, but they reach the same goal by different routes.

Without the help of capital, where would these technology companies recruit so many top talents and why would they start so many R&D projects?

In fact, behind every technology giant, there are trillions of capital supporting it.

How can you afford high technology if you don't have money?

If you have the ability to accumulate capital and control more funds, you will be the next technology giant.

Whether it’s Google, Facebook, Apple, or Tesla, the routes to entrepreneurial success are essentially the same.

Since Facebook can try to acquire Twitter with capital next year, why can't Twitter take a chance on this possibility?

Facebook and Twitter, one focuses on socializing with acquaintances, and the other focuses on pan-social networking.

In the early stages of their development, Twitter, a social networking site with open communication, should have had the advantage.

It's a pity that Twitter started late, and its capital strength is far behind Facebook, so it is completely incomparable in terms of product development and scale of integrated service providers.

This has led to the fact that when Twitter was founded, it was already destined to be the second largest company in the world.

After all, just for the technology companies acquired by Facebook, the capital spent is not comparable to that of Twitter. Not to mention that with the help of capital, Facebook's continuous accumulation of users is several times that of Twitter.

It can only be said that if you don’t have as much money as others, there is no point in struggling.

So Ma Liang wanted to change the fate of Twitter, gain access to capital, and strive to remove Facebook from its position as the leader of the social network.

But it's not that difficult to do this.

Without Jennifer's help, he really wouldn't have the confidence to encourage the three Twitter giants to take action.

But now that Jennifer, a Wall Street elite, is his CEO, the situation is different.

When he thought of this, Ma Liang asked anxiously: "Jennifer, how is the contact with investors going?"

"Don't worry, BOSS, I've already contacted you.

When we return to New York in a few days, we will make appointments one by one to finalize the deal." Jennifer responded confidently.

She is still confident about Twitter’s Series A financing.

Not to mention that [Dafeng Capital] has now become somewhat famous under her operation.

Simply relying on his connections on Wall Street, it shouldn't be a big problem to secure the $30 million in financing.

If it were another project, Jennifer might still be worried.

But Twitter is different. This is a superstar startup, and it is almost easy to attract investment.

At least make an appointment, even an investor would not refuse.

Ma Liang nodded and finally felt relieved: "That's good. You can make arrangements as soon as possible. Once Ivan finalizes it, we will set off and return to New York in two days."

"Okay, BOSS!" Jennifer responded, "But have you really made arrangements for the US$300 million in Series B financing?"

The young boss didn't reveal anything, and she was a little panicked.

After working on Wall Street for so many years, she knows very well that if you want to raise 300 million in Series B, you must have exaggerated data and revenue performance.

Otherwise, no one will want to talk to you.

Ma Liang was actually feeling weak in his heart, but he still had to pretend to be confident on his face: "Don't worry, I have my own arrangements later.

Let’s get the $30 million in Series A financing first, and then I’ll tell you what to do next.”

This is not entirely a lie, he really has follow-up arrangements.

Twitter has fallen behind at this time. If it continues to develop along the same path as in its previous life, it will be impossible to compete with Facebook.

So Ma Liang plans to find another way and let Twitter take a different path.

This path is the development route that has been proven feasible by the domestic goose factory in the previous life, the road to becoming the king of social networking and games.

A pan-social platform like Twitter is definitely not as accurate as Facebook, which is based on acquaintance social networking, in terms of the accuracy of users and circles.

It will definitely be difficult to support a valuation that is too high simply by relying on advertising revenue.

After all, advertisers are not stupid. If the placement is not accurate enough, people will naturally be unwilling to spend more money on your platform.

It is better to learn from Goose Factory and take the high value-added route of gaming.

When we have enough capital, we can acquire or merge Facebook later. It’s not certain who will have the last laugh in the social networking field.

After all, Goose Factory had a lot of shady operations in its previous life, so it’s just right to put them on Twitter.

This is the reason why Ma Liang has the confidence to give it a try. The reborn boss can't do anything else, but he can still be proud of himself.

He invested in the game company Zynga in the early stage with this plan in mind.

But the prerequisite for everything is to increase Twitter’s traffic, and this requires burning money.

Therefore, this US$30 million Series A financing is crucial.

As for this round of financing, in addition to the more than 10 million US dollars finalized by Evan Williams, he has better arrangements for the remaining financing amount.

Ma Liang plans to use the financing to perform wild and unconstrained operations.

This operation was completely thought out by himself, and there was no case to learn from in his previous life.

Whether it can be done or not, he is not 100% sure.

Everything must be tried before being said, so Ma Liang could only deceive Jennifer together, otherwise anyone who heard it would find it incredible.

That's what it's like to be a boss. When you're not strong enough, you'll even fool your subordinates.

Don't lie, where will the people come from to help you do the work?

After all, this operation will directly determine the outcome of the competition between Twitter and Facebook, and he must give it a try.

Once it starts to play, Twitter will catch up whether it is the number of user registrations or active users, and is very likely to surpass Facebook in one fell swoop.

Therefore, this financing is particularly critical, which directly determines whether his cool operation can be used in the future.

Whether you change your destiny for Twitter depends on this.
Chapter completed!