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Chapter30 how sad it is to say goodbye, but no one is spared

Things are far more serious than Eduardo imagined.

He originally thought that the most difficult part was dealing with public relations, or inquiring about news in the capital circle.But actually how to work with the FB staff and figuring out how Mark is doing.

Working with FB employees is a nightmare.They don't know each other well, and their way of thinking is different, and Eduardo is really special. He tried a lot of ways, but because they have different assumptions about each other, things always go wrong.

Eduardo is very busy. This kind of crisis public relations accompanied by a huge scandal is usually very urgent. He and the FB staff can’t communicate well, and the time is urgent. He can only temporarily call his team in Singapore to do these things. After being noticed by FB employees, the rift between them was exacerbated.The employees are good people with integrity and enthusiasm, and they are willing to clarify the company's reputation, but they have a different view on the company's spirit.

The same is true for Eduardo's team in Singapore. Don't let him worry. Although they are young and lively, they obey orders, but at the same time they always have strange reasons and love to act like a baby. As long as they work overtime temporarily, they will all quarrel. Let Eduardo give them a good morning kiss before getting up to work.

Eduardo told Ilya that he should inform himself if there is something on Mark's side. Ilya understood him and would send him a text message every one or two hours, but the situation was not very good.

Eleven hours have passed since the news broke, and Eduardo has not yet found a breakthrough, which also means that he is already at a disadvantage.

Ilya is not here, he is really not familiar with FB.Riley was busy with things in Singapore last night, and she worked for a long time after calculating the time. She was asked to rest, but she refused, so she leaned on the sofa and took a nap.

Eduardo wanted to talk to the PR team, but each of them seemed busier than him; he went to talk to the technical director, who was very polite, but didn't tell him anything practical, and because of his technical background, Several times I almost couldn't help expressing my dissatisfaction.Eduardo knew it was because the other party didn't like his somewhat convoluted way of speaking.After trying to be tough and arrogant a little bit, he found nothing.

Finally the conversation ended, he left the room, and Riley was waiting for him outside.He shook his head at Riley, indicating that the executives were clean.

Very good, the item about the ghost can also be crossed out.

Although he only worked for a few hours, it seemed like 20 years had passed, and he challenged his own safety zone every minute.

He sent a text message to Mark, saying, it's a bit busy, please call me back as soon as possible.

Mark didn't respond.

When Elijah reported to him, he also said that Mark just sat in one place, looking at the floor quietly, without any movement.

In the afternoon, the people from the legal department came back. They didn't bring any good news. The girl's ex-boyfriend was under the jurisdiction of NYPD and was about to be handed over to the judicial department. The legal department had no way to find any clues, let alone talk to him directly.

The legal department had just finished reporting, and the public relations team came back. They tried to communicate with the city newspaper and the victim's family members or neighbors, but they couldn't find any breakthroughs.

They were all waiting for Eduardo to come up with an idea for the next step.

The strategy group and investment group are also online and on standby.

They all looked at him, and the sound of thinking could be heard in the quiet of the meeting room.

And he didn't know what to do next.

On the one hand, FB is too fragile now, and he is afraid that he will hurt her if he makes a wrong decision; Take care of all kinds of things.

He has been simulating what Mark would do if he met this incident.

But he couldn't figure it out in the end because he wasn't Mark.

Time passed bit by bit, and Eduardo was getting more and more stressed. He even felt that the world was spinning in front of him. He felt his palms were sweating, and his heart was beating very fast. He felt that everyone was watching him and examining him. with him.

He felt that this feeling was familiar.

He was afraid, he felt that everyone judged him coldly.

After a while, he realized that this was how he felt when he was in the lawsuit with Mark.

One day when he confronted Mark, it was raining heavily in New York, the sky was gray, the meeting room was not turned on, it was very depressing, and he had to keep tense because everyone was watching him.

Even his own lawyers, fighting for his interests, but in private, they kept grilling him, wondering if he was hiding something.

That feeling, like you're against the whole world, you've got no one on your side, you're fighting a losing war.

Eduardo thought about the year and restored the source of his fear. He realized that he was just a little stressed. He was not afraid that he would make a wrong decision, because no one could guarantee that the decision was correct—he was just afraid of doing it again. Fuck it up and get yourself accused again.

He realized this, and then he took a deep breath, comforting himself in his heart, what happened back then has passed, and it is far from as bad as he thought.

"do not be afraid."

"Go face it."

"Facts don't hurt you, avoidance does."

Eduardo said this to himself in his heart, without saying 'either it scares you or you overcome it', because he knew that this matter will only have one result, that is, he will overcome it.

And then he realizes that he won't be Mark and never will be Mark, he has no way of knowing what Mark will do in this situation, he can only do what Eduardo can do.

Mark is not here, so even if he is afraid, he can only solve it in his own way.

He told the publicist that starting with the personal information of his ex-boyfriend, he focused on his account to see if there were any unusual transactions. At the same time, he divided into a small team to pay attention to the victim's father to see if he accepted other people's olive branches. Because an old man who is not familiar with the Internet cannot skillfully manipulate Internet public opinion.

As for the legal department, he hoped that they could find the relatives of the ex-boyfriend, and introduce lawyers for them if necessary, hoping to get some information from the ex-boyfriend.

The Ministry of Justice is vehemently against it because it touches the fringes, and even if they get some information, it can't be used to prove it because the source is not legitimate.

Eduardo said: "Information cannot be used to prove, but evidence can."

The people in the legal department were still full of disapproval.

Eduardo added with a sigh, "We need at least one direction, and whatever he says is a thread."

The public relations team also expressed inappropriateness. They said that the account information itself is sensitive information. Under the background of FB being questioned by the public, it is really inappropriate to do this kind of side-by-side behavior.

Eduardo said: "I believe that you all have your own way of doing things, and I believe that you can handle this matter yourself. It doesn't matter if you don't want to do it, I can ask my team to do it, but you lose the right to do it. You have no right to take the initiative in matters, and you have no binding force on their methods."

The PR and legal people still wanted to say something, but was interrupted by Eduardo. He asked them, do they have a better way?Even if it's just an idea.

They didn't speak, or possibly organize language.

Eduardo replied to them: "You may be very familiar with your work and professional, but this incident is not a simple isolated incident. This is a capital method. We must respond before they are recruited."

"But--"

Someone in the strategy team was speaking, but was interrupted by Eduardo, who said: "Sir, I am responsible for this matter with myself and my shares. If you can also be responsible like me, I would like to hear what you have to say .”

There was silence in the audience, they were all thinking the same thing.Mark has full control over FB, he and Eduardo together have more than half of the shares, no matter what Eduardo does, they can indeed be fully responsible for this matter.

Eduardo looked at their dimmed faces, and continued: "I know, you are not familiar with the current situation, and I am not familiar with it-I have been away from New York for too long, and I am more familiar with seeing Mark solve it."

"—"

"But there is no way," Eduardo sighed, "we always have to make a choice, and things won't disappear by themselves."

"—"

"You don't agree with this method, I can understand, this is not something we can work out in a short time."

"—"

"I know you need Mark, and so do I."

"—"

"So, let's do this first, try to do as much as possible, everyone hold on-I'm going to bring Mark back."

"—!"

Hearing what Eduardo said, everyone looked up at Eduardo. Fortunately, the scene was a bit weird, otherwise Eduardo might have laughed.

Because he swears, he sees this weird 'please bring mom back soon' emotion in everyone's eyes.

Unlike what Eduardo or Ilya imagined, Mark's emotions didn't collapse, he sat quietly in the chair, and there was no disturbance in his heart.

Life and death are impermanent, this is the truth he understood from a very young age.

The last time he and Ann saw each other was at Thanksgiving dinner three years ago. Mom and Randy were making salad in the kitchen, and Dad was making newspaper clippings in the living room. Ann was sitting by the fireplace with her head down, reading Lermonto Husband's poetry collection, and seeing herself coming, she smiled to herself and said, "Oh, Mark, Grandma's little pumpkin."

After dinner, the family sits together to watch a video, and Mark sits in front of the foyer. It's not snowing, but it's cold.

He sat for a while, and Ann came out of the room and sat beside him.

She stroked his hair with her hands, her hands were dry and soft, and she had a warm and spicy smell unique to old grandmas.

"What's wrong with you, Mark, I feel something is wrong with you."

"I don't know," Mark remembers answering her, "I'm kind of at a loss."

"why?"

"The world is too quiet," Mark frowned as he described his feelings, "My heart is empty, as if something is missing."

"Like you lost something very important, but you forgot?"

"I don't have anything important."

Ann laughed, and she patted him on the shoulder, laughed for a while, and then she said, "Oh, Pumpkin, of course you have."

Mark didn't know why she was so sure, he thought for a while, then changed the subject.

"Ann, can I do this?"

"You've done it, you've been successful."

"But I'm not happy."

"It's better than being unsuccessful."

"Ann, can I still find her?"

"Perhaps you have found it."

They chatted for a while, and as soon as the time passed ten o'clock, Ann urged him to go to bed, and he refuted her as usual, saying that he was not a child anymore, and it was common for him to stay up all night when he was working.

Ann said that he is Mark Zuckerberg outside, but at home, he is grandma's little pumpkin.

Mark reluctantly stood up and wanted to leave to go to the bedroom. Ann followed him and watched him go upstairs and into his bedroom.When Mark was about to close the door, Ann said to him: "Go to bed early, Wanda is waiting for you." After finishing speaking, she kissed Mark on the forehead as a goodnight kiss.

Wanda is waiting for you, is a word that Ann often uses to lull him to sleep.When he was young, he made up a friend for himself, a gentle girl who was also his dream lover, named wanda, which means wanderer in German.

When he was a child, he resisted going to sleep and often waited for his parents to fall asleep before getting up.

His mother asked him why he didn't want to sleep and whether he wanted to play, and he replied 'because every time he goes to sleep, he feels like he dies. He lies down alone, loses consciousness, and doesn't know if he is the one who wakes up again'.

His answer frightened his parents, because his age should not have the concept of 'death'.

Ann told him that sleep is not like death, because there are dreams, and you can see things that you can't see in reality.Then she gave an example, saying that during the day, he couldn't see Wanda because Wanda was waiting for him in the dream.

This sentence solved Mark's sleeping problem. Although he was afraid of going to bed, he went to bed on time because wanda was waiting for him. If he was late, wanda would have to stay alone in the horrible dreamland.

The next morning after the Thanksgiving dinner, Mark left home and went back to the company. When he was driving, Ann stood at the garage door to see him off, brought him a scarf knitted by his mother, and said to him, Mark, You have to learn to live well by yourself.

Mark refuted her, saying that he lived alone.

It's a good life, Mark, and the emphasis is on 'good'.

It's not trying to be calm, not trying to be strong, to be able to face your own heart, to be able to say goodbye well, no matter it is a person or a past event.

When she said the last sentence, her voice was a little choked up, and then she waved her hand and told Mark to go back quickly.

Mark's car drove out of the driveway, he looked back, Ann was still standing there, smiling and waving goodbye to him.

Mark thinks about it now, has Ann foreseen her death, so he bid farewell to him in advance?

Mark had always hated saying goodbyes because he felt it was so unfair.

God wants a person to leave, and will not give you a chance to appeal, even if you are alone, wanting to exchange everything and even your own life for that person to come back.Even if you want to give everything, God still doesn't give you this opportunity.

The same is true for two people getting along, whether it is friends, siblings, or lovers, if you want to get along well, both of you have to work hard. If only one person is willing, even if you are more special to each other than anyone else , and there is no way to get along.And if you want to separate, as long as one person is unwilling, you can end it at any time without the consent of the other person.No matter how persistently the other person wants a reason.

No matter how humble the other person wants to pay all the price to get him back.

Even the course of life is the same, middle school, university, each time period is a separate stage, everything is brand new, everything is so fast, there is no time for you to say goodbye to the past.

The flow of people pushes you forward without stopping, and you are afraid, and you can't go back to the place you used to be familiar with and comfortable.Because of fate, I was able to meet many people, but when the time came, I still had to separate and go to the next stage of life.

I understand in my heart that separation is the normal state of life, because only in this way can life go on.But I still can't help but pursue the eternal and unchanging things.

How sad it is to say goodbye, but no one is spared.