Technology Bigshot Chapter 20: : Facebook Press Conference

Chapter 20: Facebook Press Conference

One day has passed. At this moment, the land of China is in the sleep, and the other half of the planet is just three poles in the sun.

At 10:30 a.m. local time in Menlo Park, California, the social giant is holding a press conference at the Facebook headquarters here. All the reporters from the big media newspapers were present.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg personally came to the podium and then announced: "The company recently formulated a new decision, hereby officially announced that 'Facebook' will cooperate with Internet technology from China The company 'XlouS' jointly established a comprehensive strategic partnership. At the same time, it was officially announced that 'Facebook' spent US$12 billion to obtain the exclusive authorization of the product 'Instant Online Interpreter' in the social field of the Chinese Internet technology company 'XlouS'. This is So far, the company has generated the largest single transaction of denomination!"

As soon as the press spokesman's voice fell, the reporters at the scene were in an uproar, the lights kept flashing, and there was a restless voice of discussion at the scene.

This is definitely the explosive material in today's technology circle!

"The following is the reporter's question time!" The voice of the news director sounded.

The reporters at the scene raised their hands, Zuckerberg pointed and selected one, and the selected person stood up immediately and said, "I'm a special reporter from the "Wall Street Journal, Donny Parker" . May I ask Mr. Zuckerberg, what kind of Internet company is your strategic partner 'XlouS'? It seems that the name of this company does not exist in a famous Internet company in China. What kind of product is the exclusive authorized 'instant online translation'? Thank you!"

The camera at the scene hardly stopped, Zuckerberg on the stage listened to the reporter's question, nodded, pondered for a moment, and smiled: "The nature of our partner's business is not very clear, but it should be It belongs to an Internet technology company. This is a newly born start-up company. It is reasonable for you not to understand. For the company to spend 12 billion US dollars to obtain the exclusive license of 'instant online translation', the company agrees that it is worthwhile. It is a very good product, it was born for the Internet and for social platforms, the company believes that this product and our partners are of strategic significance to the company's development!"

After Zuckerberg finished speaking, he pointed to a second reporter.

Facebook's official press conference is spread around the world in major media and newspapers through the Internet. There is no doubt that this news is like a depth bomb being detonated in the water. The world, the Internet and the Silicon Valley technology circle are not calm. The content of the news release has become the front page headlines of major media newspapers that day.

"Facebook spent 12 billion sky-high prices to buy the exclusive license of 'Instant Online Translation', 'Instant Online Translation', what is it?" - "The Times"

"The social giant 'Facebook' and the Chinese Internet company 'XlouS' have a new layout of 12 billion US dollars!" - "The New York Times"

“'Instant Online Interpreter', the new darling of the Internet, Zuckerberg once again proved his excellent vision and his strong courage, 'Facebook' dominance in the social field will not be shaken, this company from China A new company called 'XlouS' will be an investment darling!" - The Wall Street Journal

Shortly after the press conference, Facebook's stock price rose 9.8% on the day, with a market value of $447.3 billion, almost equal to Microsoft (Microsoft). Among the top five listed companies in the world by market value, Saudi Aramco from the Middle East ranks first, with a market value of $2.4 trillion; Apple ranks second, with a market value of $642.7 billion ; The third is Alphabet (umbrella company) after the reorganization of Google (Google), with a market value of $581.2 billion; the fourth is Microsoft (Microsoft), with a market value of $449.6 billion; the fifth is impressively It is the social giant Facebook, whose market value of $447.3 billion is close to that of Microsoft (Microsoft), and the difference between the two is only a small gap of $2.3 billion.

Analysts are very optimistic that Facebook (Facebook) surpassed Microsoft in market value on the day.

Compared with Facebook's soaring market value of nearly 40 billion US dollars, the stock prices of other social networking companies fell immediately. Guan, more than 23 billion US dollars evaporated that day, and other social networking companies are also terrible. Similarly, as Google was affected by its social platform Google+, shares of parent company Alphabet (the umbrella company) were also affected, down 3.1% on the day.

Also affected by it is the domestic social giant Tencent (Tencent), whose stock price fell 6.7% that day, and its market value was close to falling below the 200 billion US dollar mark. According to the current trend, it is very likely to fall below 200 billion US dollars. dollar mark.

When Zuckerberg learned that the company's market value had skyrocketed, his heart was already bursting with laughter. Although the $12 billion made him feel a lot of pain, this effort has obviously paid off handsomely, and this is just the beginning.

After Facebook's official press conference, XlouS became famous and became famous all over the world overnight. Similarly, the product "Instant Online Interpretation" attached to the company also became popular all over the world, and this product officially entered the global vision in an all-round way. . And XlouS, an Internet technology company, has also begun to be mined by people.

The powerful function of the company's product "instant online translation" is surprising. As Zuckerberg said at the press conference, this product was born for the Internet and for social platforms.

A market analyst from Wall Street said that XlouS, a Chinese Internet technology company, could reach a preliminary valuation of $36.5 billion with this product alone. The value is more than $1.5 billion. Moreover, the analysis emphasized that, according to the official news released by Facebook, XlouS's products can be quickly promoted to the world thanks to his strategic partners, and the social users of Facebook and its Instagram and other platforms are instant Online translation is the most potential consumer group, and the combined number of these users is as high as a terrifying 2 billion or more. He believes that the reasonable valuation of this Chinese Internet technology company is 130 billion US dollars.

According to market big data, there are currently 3.3 billion Internet users in the world. For XlouS, this is an extremely exciting data. Almost every Internet user is a potential consumer of instant online translation. Every Internet user must buy this product for a reason. Whether it is a social user or other, as long as you surf the Internet, as long as you are interested in foreign websites but are hindered by communication barriers and other reasons, these people have reasons to install this on their electronic devices such as computers or smartphones. application.

According to unreliable information, this Chinese company is developing the function of mutual translation between real-time voice and text. It is believed that the launch of the real-time online mutual translation version 2.0 will undoubtedly be a good news for some video users. The company's valuation will further increase.

Analysts on Wall Street have listed XlouS as an A+++ focused investment.

As time went on, it turned out that everyone underestimated the potential of instant online translation, including Ren Hong, but that's another story.

(To be continued...)

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