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   Chapter 525 Cutting meat

   Now what pops out of Song Yang's mind is the classic line from the movie "Wrangler". Adrian suddenly called him and asked PayPal if he wanted a wife, no, would he want Prosperity Bank?

   For this proposal, Song Yang really couldn't think of a reason to reject it. For PayPal, the acquisition or merger of Prosperity Bank can be said to make up for the weakest point.

   But when Adrian brought it up, it was a bit beyond Song Yang's expectations. He didn't know what Adrian did to make Prosperity Bank willingly sell himself.

   Seeing Aaron Swartz's gaze, Song Yang said to him, "Prosperity Bank, it may be sold to PayPal!"

Aaron Swartz's eyes widened as he listened. The current situation of PayPal made him more courageous, but no matter how courageous he was, he never imagined that an Internet-born payment platform would in turn acquire Ami. Liga's bank.

   "Are you sure to acquire Prosperity Bank?" Aaron Swartz asked, thinking about Song Yang uncertainly.

The person in charge of the office building on the side couldn't help but stunned when he heard this. He couldn't believe his ears. He had tried his best to improve PayPal's status before, but he never thought that PayPal would actually Buying a bank? !

   As the person in charge of the building, at this time, he even hopes that PayPal can rent this place as its headquarters. The popularity of this building is expected to increase a lot. If it can be bought, it will be even better.

   "Mr. Bruno, if you are satisfied with this place, we can provide free property management for another two years, and we can also provide security services..."

   "No need for security, Blackwater will take over the security work here."

  Song Yang glanced at the person in charge of the building and said that he decided to lease this cooperative building as PayPal's "office", which is actually the headquarters, but the nominal headquarters is in Houston.

  This building has been developed, including decoration and office equipment. Just move in.

After    out of the building, Song Yang said to Aaron Swartz, "PayPal's relocation should be dealt with as soon as possible. Contact Prosperity Bank. If the purchase price is right, take it!"

  It would be a pity not to eat the fat meat that was delivered to his mouth. Adrian brought the meat to him, so there was no reason for Song Yang to not cut it.

When he was about to get into the car, Song Yang looked back at Aaron Swartz. Compared with last year, Aaron Swartz this year was unshaven and even had some white hair on his head. Obviously, this time was under a lot of pressure. .

   "Aaron!"

  Song Yang took out a check from his pocket and filled in a series of numbers. Aaron Swartz had some guesses in his heart when he saw this scene, which made his heart beat faster.

   "This $15 million is my personal investment in the Wikipedia Foundation. When the PayPal thing stabilizes, you can develop Wikipedia!"

  Song Yang patted Aaron Swartz on the shoulder and started to leave in the car. Song Yang promised Aaron Swartz that he would support him in developing Wikipedia after he completed the development of PayPal.

Wikipedia is different from other websites. It needs to maintain a "neutral" position. In fact, it is bullshit. However, the superficial effort still needs to be done, that is, to tell users that Wikipedia does not belong to anyone, but belongs to all users. Make people believe that Wikipedia can be an authority.

   Of course, these are actually bullshit, just like the Wikipedia version launched by Jimmy Wales, although it also claims to be neutral, non-profit, non-commercial, and non-advertising, it just wants to create an encyclopedia of the Internet world.

   But in fact, the posts that should be deleted on Wikipedia are still deleted diligently, and they are also quick to modify the content involving certain characters.

If you want to know that a website also needs servers, technicians to maintain, update versions, rent servers, and open salaries, all of which cost money. Wikipedia does not accept advertisements, so how do you make money? The answer is the same as the members of America , by donation!

The Wikipedia run by Jim Welsh is backed by the Wikimedia Foundation, and this foundation receives tens of millions of donations from all over the world every year, especially those big companies, celebrities, etc. Happy to donate to the Wikimedia Foundation.

These donations, in exchange, are on Wikipedia. Those big companies, celebrity scandals, bad news, etc. rarely appear on Wikipedia. Whether there is some kind of connection between them is unknown, and Jimmy Wales, his worth is not high on the wealth list, but he has three big marriages, his identity is not ordinary, and he has close contacts with many powerful figures in England. Does this have anything to do with him being the head of the Wikimedia Foundation? The benevolent sees benevolence.

   Now Song Yang's upcoming Wikipedia, he doesn't need to play Jimmy Wales' veiled set, but he also needs to look a little like it.

  Song Yang will also establish a Wikipedia foundation, which will occupy 51% of the equity. In the future, Song Yang will be able to cover all the investment, and there is no need for such a complicated set of donations.

Wikipedia is another thing that controls public opinion and discourse power. Unlike TV stations and newspapers, the influence of Wikipedia is not so direct, but it can continue to influence. The more people who visit it, the greater the influence. , When a thing is seen by a thousand people, ten thousand, one hundred thousand, one hundred million people, even if it is fake, it becomes real after more people believe it. This is the influence of Wikipedia !

It can be said that it is the history book of the Internet. It records history in real time and dynamically, so that one thing will never be forgotten. As for whether this thing is true or false, it depends on what is written on Wikipedia. , people who have seen it believe it or not.

   Holding the check in his hand, Aaron Swartz was excited and a little tangled. If Aaron Swartz thought before that, after the development of PayPal, he would go to Wikipedia.

   But now let Aaron Swartz leave PayPal, I am afraid Aaron Swartz is not so happy, PayPal's salary and status are not a Wikipedia, they can be compared.

Coming up with Wikipedia is definitely what Aaron Swartz wants to do, but leaving PayPal is not what he thought, giving up some rights of PayPal, but Aaron Swartz wants to keep the president or director of PayPal Location.

  Aaron Swartz, who has already tasted the sweetness, knows that being in America, what the identity of PayPal president brings is much more important than Wikipedia!

   (end of this chapter)