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Chapter 213: Surging Public Opinion, the Birth of Facebook

In the Grammy interview area, Norah Jones was being interviewed by reporters while holding five trophies.

"Nora, doesn't Leon provide the winners with the most awards in each session with a 'Chariot of Glory'? You can use the chariot to pull your trophy."

Surrounded by a group of reporters, Norah Jones was asked a question that everyone at the scene was concerned about.

Ever since Zhang Chen took his trophy away on a handcart at the last Grammy Awards, Alicia Keys, who won the most awards at the previous Grammy Awards and won 5 trophies, followed Zhang Chen's behavior at the Grammy Awards and left the scene pulling her trophy.

Norah Jones also won 5 trophies today, but she wanted to leave the scene holding the trophies. Does she want to forget the "tradition" that has just started two times?
"Leon is also here today. I think he is the only one who is qualified to use the 'Chariot of Glory'."

Norah Jones answered carefully. She was well aware that her victory over so many veteran singers at today's awards ceremony had already caused many people to question her. If she continued to use her chariot to pull the trophy away in a high-profile manner, the media and fans all over the world would probably criticize her to death tomorrow.

Norah Jones' answer happened to be heard by Zhang Chen, and the reporters also saw Zhang Chen and Avril coming out from the backstage, so they rushed forward and handed the microphone to Zhang Chen at the first time. Avril was pushed aside by these crazy reporters.

"Leon, Nora said that only you are qualified to use the Glory Chariot, so do you want to use it today?"

"I only got three trophies today. I can just ask Avril to get me one. There's no need to use what you call the 'Chariot of Glory'."

After all, this was something he spoofed last time, and now it has suddenly become the Grammy's glory chariot. He is still a little embarrassed to say it out loud.

So shameful.

"Does Leon feel that the awards at this ceremony were unfair?"

"It's not up to me to decide whether it's fair or not. It's up to everyone to decide if it's appropriate. Besides, a 'Big Four' Grand Slam that only happens once in decades has happened. Everyone should be happy about it."

After Zhang Chen finished speaking, he left the scene with Avril without paying any attention to the reporters' continued questioning.

On the way, Avril asked, "Is that the end?"

"How is that possible? You will know after you wait for the news tonight."

The reporters just asked for appetizers today.

By tomorrow morning, all major media outlets will probably be occupied with the news that Norah Jones has won the Grand Slam.

"I don't understand why you don't just question the Grammys. These guys gave me 5 nominations but didn't give me any awards. I don't know how others will laugh at me."

5 nominations and 0 wins is more eye-catching than winning one or two Grammy Awards.

So Avril's trip to the Grammy Awards can be considered a different kind of fame.

“Questioning this kind of thing is most effective when bystanders speak up for you.”

The doubts raised by the parties involved are the unwillingness of the losers.

The doubts raised by bystanders represent the public opinion of the general public.

That evening, before Zhang Chen even returned home, everything that happened at the Grammy Awards was reported on television, radio, and the Internet.

[Historic moment, after many years, the Grammys have the 'Big Four' again! Norah Jones won four awards of the same kind, beating many veteran singers such as Lyon and Britney Spears, and won 8 trophies with 5 nominations. The North American music scene has welcomed a new queen! ]

[Norah Jones, the biggest dark horse of this year's Grammy Awards! ]

[Avel Lavigne, the new rock queen of the Maple Leaf Country, has 5 nominations for this year's Grammy Awards but none of them have won. She has questioned the fairness of the Grammy Awards.]

[Norah Jones did not use the 'Chariot of Glory' at this year's Grammy Awards. Is this a challenge to Lyon? ]

[Norah Jones holds five trophies at this year's Grammy Awards, but she claims that the 'Chariot of Glory' should be given to Lyon. Is this false modesty or real sarcasm? ]

[She is not on the Billboard, and she is not on any of the Morning Light Music charts. Why did Norah Jones win 5 Grammy Awards? ]

[Can the Grammys, which are out of touch with the public's aesthetic standards, still represent the highest temple of world music? ]

This is big news! It can be seen that the team behind Norah Jones is trying their best to speak for her, but more media don't care about this and are frantically questioning the authenticity of her award.

Regarding this situation where only the media was reporting on it and North American netizens could only passively watch, Zhang Chen called William:

"William, is the website I asked you to imitate Weibo ready?"

"BOSS, you can go online anytime."

Now that the Internet is just emerging, there are not many websites for netizens to express their opinions.

Zhang Chen also knows how difficult it is to control a social platform in the United States.

So this time, he stacked the equity in multiple layers and cut off from CGT, and re-established a company called "Facebook". After it developed to a certain scale, Zhang Chen would have no relationship with the company on the surface, and all the shares would be held by William. He hid behind the scenes to manipulate the company.

That’s right, it’s a steal from Facebook, which will become popular among college students across the United States in February next year.

There is still a difference between the two. To be more precise, it should be a combination of Facebook and Twitter.

And the identities of users are different.

Facebook was initially spread by college students.

Facebook, founded by Zhang Chen, relied on music lovers from all over the world as its first batch of users. Its development path is exactly the same as that of Weibo in China. The current shareholding ratio is 20% for "Morning Light Music (Beautiful Country)" and 80% for Zhang Chen himself (60% held by William on his behalf).

Because of CGT, many people believe that Zhang Chen and William are in a cooperative relationship, so it makes sense for them to cooperate again on Facebook this time.

In the later stage, Zhang Chen planned to reduce his 20% stake to below 5%, and try to maintain the portion held by William above 33.34%, or the sum of the two would be greater than 33.34%, so as to gain as much veto power as possible.

In the development of the company, we will try our best to cooperate with the propaganda of the United States and disguise this company as a native American company.

It is certain that the mouthpiece of the U.S. media cannot be controlled.

But for Zhang Chen to watch some American Internet companies rise without doing anything would be too passive.

Even if it develops to the point where it is forcibly acquired like TikTok in the future, it can still make a lot of cash.

As for whether there will be more ruthless tricks, such as a targeted bombing of a bank, we can only consider ourselves unlucky.

In short, the profit from this move is too huge, and Zhang Chen can't just leave it alone. As for how big a piece of meat he can bite off, it depends on how long he can hide this time.

The day after the Grammy Awards

Many users who downloaded the international version of Morning Light Music received a pop-up window:
[Leon: My dear friends, I have opened a personal social account on Facebook. If you want to know more about me, please come to Facebook and chat with me. ]

A very tacky web page advertising slogan appeared in front of users around the world who logged into the international version of Morning Light Music.

Many people clicked on the website link out of curiosity.

What appeared in front of everyone was a blue bird icon, shaped like an F
The most prominent position on the webpage is a photo and text posted by Zhang Chen.

Leon: [Grammy Award-winning photo] I won three trophies yesterday. This time, I don’t have enough trophies, so I don’t need the ‘Chariot of Glory’.

Those who opened Facebook were all users of Morning Glory Music, and they had a lot to say because of yesterday's Grammy Awards.

The emergence of Facebook has undoubtedly provided these music lovers with the best channel to express their dissatisfaction.

They registered under the guidance of the website and immediately left a message under Zhang Chen’s post:

"Leon, in our eyes, you are the well-deserved winner of this Grammy Award."

"The Grammy judges are so shameless."

"I suspect there is some hidden secret behind Nora's winning the award."

Not only did these users leave comments on Zhang Chen's posts, they also found that the website allowed them to post and discuss freely.

So after the initial exploration, they discovered a lot of new features.

Including functions such as being able to communicate with your friends privately.

Although there are many instant messaging software launched now, these software lack a function that can enable close communication with netizens all over the world.

So on the day Facebook was launched, it began to expand rapidly around the world through the promotion of a large number of music lovers.

“How many users are there now?”

In Zhang Chen's Beverly Hills, Zhang Chen sat in his office chair, watching William operating the computer opposite him.

"It's only been 10 hours now and there are already more than 1000 million users."

William stared at the background data on the computer screen with a flushed face.

Zhang Chen made the right move again with this one.

Every Internet company with over 10 million users is a potential stock for the future.

If Morning Glory Music is a platform for music lovers, then Facebook is definitely a platform for communication among netizens all over the world. He couldn't imagine how bright the future prospects of this company would be.

As long as Facebook is managed well, William's status in the United States will be significantly improved.

"Run this company well. Its potential is beyond your imagination."

Zhang Chen was also relieved when he heard the number of new users.

He took advantage of the Grammy Awards to bring music lovers from all over the world who wanted to "complain" to Facebook, skipping the user accumulation period of the company's early development.

This step is somewhat similar to Penguin's operation of directing QQ to V信.

"Run this company well and treat it as a company that truly serves the United States. But when it comes to China, you must report to me privately and make a decision after I agree."

Sometimes it is a good thing to hide one's shortcomings. Zhang Chen does not mind being the director behind the "Strategic Propaganda Bureau", but he will definitely stop some remarks that are too excessive.

"Now let's take a look at what netizens are most concerned about."

Zhang Chen also turned on his computer and logged into his account, looking through the things that netizens around the world have been most concerned about in the past ten hours.

(End of this chapter)