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"What kind of book is this?"

As soon as Yang Zhiyuan opened his mouth, everyone else turned their attention to the gift giver, Xiao Quan.

Xia Jingxing remained silent. He wanted to hear how Xiao Quan read the book.

"This is a film adapted from the story of Facebook's entrepreneurship by the famous writer and screenwriter Ben Mozrich, which has just been published."

The little dog said proudly: "Ben Mozrich is a great writer who has published a series of best-selling books such as "Oil Trading War" and "Storm of Las Vegas".

Among them, "Las Vegas" was put on the big screen by Sony Columbia Pictures last year, and was adapted into a Hollywood movie called "Blackjack".

The prototype protagonist of the story, Kaiwen Ma, is a Chinese-American, also known as the God of Gamblers. In the 1990s, he led a group of MIT classmates to various American casinos, including Las Vegas and Atlantic City. , relying on the accurate card counting ability comparable to Intel chips, when playing "blackjack", you win nine out of ten bets, sometimes you can win nearly 1 million US dollars in one night.

Later, nearly a hundred casinos in the United States were afraid of this group of talented students and blacklisted them, banning them from entering the casinos again. "

Xia Jingxing smiled. This was the first top-level gambler he had heard of.

Although gambling often ruins people's lives, there are a group of people who can make a fortune from it.

Jerry Yang smiled and said: "I know Kevin Ma, he lives in San Francisco, and he and his companions were forced to wash their hands after winning 10 million US dollars.

Note that they are forced. If they continue to play, the boss in Las Vegas will cause trouble for them and go to court to sue them for infringing on private property.

What is speechless is that the court actually supported the casino's claim, saying that it was unfair to others for this group of talented students to participate in gambling. "

Christina chuckled, "Is there such a lame reason? Did they cheat?"

"Cheating!"

Jerry Yang pointed to his head, "Cheating here! As early as 1979, MIT opened a mini course called "How to Bet if You Must Be Gambling", allowing students who are proficient in mathematics to compete with each other." Blackjack" and card counting skills.

Originally this course was intended to improve students' mathematical thinking, but it ended up being used by students to make a fortune.

Kevin Ma also participated in the filming of the movie "Blackjack" last year, but instead of playing himself, he served as the film director and guest-starred as a casino dealer.

He is played by a white British boy named Jim Sturghas. "

Xiao Quan didn't hear the underlying meaning of Yang Zhiyuan's words, so he nodded hurriedly and said: "Yes, I have seen that movie. It was very interesting. It vividly and exquisitely reflected the intelligence of students from a prestigious school like MIT."

Then, Xiao Quan pointed to the pornographic book in Xia Jingxing’s hand and said, “This book tells the story of three Stanford University computer students who started a business relying on their professional skills.

I have a hunch that this book will probably be adapted into a Hollywood movie.

Ben Mozrich is a screenwriter and author who is good at adapting. "

Hearing what Xiao Quan said, the people around him suddenly exclaimed, and then cast envious glances at Xia Jingxing, Kristina, and Xiao Quan.

Having your entrepreneurial experience published and even put on the big screen is not a privilege that ordinary people can enjoy.

Only celebrities can receive such an honor.

Enjoying the envious looks of others, Xiao Quan said with a smile: "Of course, it's just a movie now, and no one knows whether it will be adapted into a movie in the future.

If the director invites me to make a cameo, I will definitely be happy to do so. "

Yang Zhiyuan smiled faintly, and then looked at Xia Jingxing beside him. He wanted to say something, but found that there were too many people around, so it was inappropriate.

Xia Jingxing has already remembered what this book is. If nothing goes wrong, its film adaptation "The Social Network" will soon be approved in Hollywood.

In this and the movie in the previous life, the protagonist Xiao Mazi was portrayed as a despicable villain who was dumped by his girlfriend. He founded Facebook to take revenge on all the girls in the school, plagiarized the entrepreneurial ideas of alumni, and drove away his partners.

Therefore, it is called "a story about sex, money, genius and betrayal."

However, Xia Jingxing was quite surprised that he didn't change his name in this life.

You must know that the relationship between their entrepreneurial trio is very harmonious, and they did not have fierce conflicts with their partners like Xiao Mazi did.

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Thinking of this, Xia Jingxing silently opened the book in his hand.

Seeing this, the others also became quiet, and for a while they only heard the sound of "swish, swish, swish" of turning pages.

Xia Jingxing concentrated on reading the book. After reading a few pages, he realized that he was not the protagonist.

The real protagonist is Kristina!

In Ben Mozrich's writing, Kristina became a Western Wu Zetian-Ekaterina-like figure. She got the opportunity to join Facebook by dating the male protagonist.

Then, she gradually climbed to the pinnacle of power within the company, and then used means to drive away the male protagonist and partners, and independently took charge of the Facebook empire.

In the book, the male protagonist is a genius programmer who also has a shortcoming common to men - lust.

Lost in "sex", he gradually lost the power in his hands and encountered a major betrayal in his life.

At the end of the story, the hero and the heroine reached a secret agreement, agreeing not to interfere in anything at Facebook and only retain their shareholder status. Then he boarded a flight to New York alone and restarted his second entrepreneurial journey. trip.

Seeing this, Xia Jingxing smiled. Could it be that Ben Mozrich was discussing writing a book with Michael Lewis, the author of "The Big Short", and the stories of the two books could be perfectly and seamlessly connected.

In fact, in the eyes of most people in the outside world, Xia Jingxing has given up his career at Facebook and completely devoted himself to Wall Street. His reputation as a financial tycoon has gradually surpassed that of a star Internet entrepreneur.

No one bothered Xia Jingxing to read. It wasn't until he saw him closing the book that Yang Zhiyuan asked, "How is the writing? Is it full of entrepreneurial passion?"

“Entrepreneurial passion?”

Xia Jingxing sneered and then shook his head, "If Mozlic really writes like that, sales will definitely be dismal.

The story is well written, a modern urban American version of "Ekaterina the Great", a must-read for feminists. "

Xia Jingxing finally understood why Mozlic didn't change the title of the book.

Sex, money, genius and betrayal, these are the business insider stories that everyone is most interested in. They are much more exciting than bullshit love stories and entrepreneurial stories.

This is just like the editors of domestic UC browsers, how to attract attention.

Xiao Quan chuckled at the side and said: "Well, how can it be completely true? It is written in the book that I was like a fool. First I was used by you, Darren, and then by Kristina. After I was used, I was kicked out. ”

Kristina frowned and said, "What do you mean? Isn't this just a fabrication? Who took advantage of you?"

After saying that, Kristina snatched the book from Xia Jingxing's hand, opened it and started reading.

After reading a few chapters quickly, Kristina said with a frosty face: "This is simply slander? How could I do it because..."

The following content was a bit unsightly, and in front of so many people, Christina was embarrassed to say it.

People around looked at each other, what's going on? So angry?

Can Christina not be angry?

This book does not portray her as the earliest founder of Facebook, but as a bad woman who gained a chance to rise to the top by climbing into a man's bed. In the end, she ruthlessly killed all opponents and partners.

Seeing that Kristina seemed angry, Xiao Quan quickly comforted her: "Kristina, don't be too angry. These writers and editors who write articles always like to sensationalize and attract attention, and never pay attention to the authenticity of the content.

Just treat them as clowns, don't be ordinary to them. "

Kristina smiled coldly, "I want to sue this author and publisher. I must not let them slander and smear us like this."

Xiao Quan sighed, "If you sue, it will just go their way. They can take this opportunity to hype up the matter, and the media will also say that you show a guilty conscience.

The best way is to ignore them and everyone will forget about it after a while. "

Kristina said resolutely: "This is a serious provocation to us and we must fight back! Otherwise, how will others see us?"

Xia Jingxing remained silent throughout the whole process and did not participate in the argument between the two. He was thinking about some of the plot descriptions.

He discovered that Ben Mozrich didn't seem to be completely writing blindly, and seemed to have some information.

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