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Today is an ordinary Wednesday, Lin Nan drove to the company as usual.Take the same route, stop at the same place and wait for the red light, and find the same parking space in the company parking lot.

This was supposed to be an ordinary Wednesday, but as soon as Lin Nan stepped into the company's gate, he felt that the atmosphere was not right.The two rows by the door should have been filled with people from the legal department, but now there is no one there. Instead, the meeting rooms are full of people, and no one is really working at the desk.

"What the hell happened?" He thought to himself, feeling something was wrong.

Eric has arrived, although his "reliable inside information" is wrong nine times out of ten, but maybe he can guess right this time?

Lin Nan: "Eric, do you have any reliable news today?"

Eric was dejected: "Lin Nan, find someone else, our company is about to be acquired."

Lin Nan: "Ah... This seems to be the third time you have said that this month."

Eric waved his hands listlessly: "I'm afraid it's true this time..."

Lin Nan: "It's unlikely. Aren't we preparing to go public? How come we are about to be acquired again?"

Eric sighed: "It was originally going to be listed, and the company's records can be found in the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission), but I heard that the big factory suddenly offered a price that we couldn't refuse. Now all executives It's all being discussed upstairs in that board room. The shutters are all drawn, and no one knows what's going on in there."

Lin Nan was puzzled: "A big factory...how could it be a big factory? Our business model has nothing to do with a big factory. Why would they take a fancy to our company?"

Eric shook his head and said, "Who knows? About 80% of the money that big factories have made in the past few years has been concentrated in one direction. I guess they want to buy some other businesses now to spread the risk?"

Lin Nan still didn't believe it, he looked back at Matt. Matt just looked up to meet Lin Nan's inquiring eyes.He came over and patted Lin Nan on the shoulder, and comforted him: "Well, it is said that I have indeed received a request for an acquisition from a big factory. The board of directors should not have made a final decision. However, Lin Nan, you don't have to worry, even if you are acquired, the programmer As a core asset, it will be merged into Dachang. The unrealized options in your hand will also be converted into the listed stocks of Dachang." Matt moved closer, lowered his voice, and whispered into Lin Nan's ear: " But the finance and legal departments are not so lucky. Look to the right."

Lin Nan followed Matt's fingers and found that the computer screen of the young lady in charge of reimbursement in the finance department displayed the words "Resume".

Maybe her boss is also submitting resumes...

Because the unicorn is at this critical juncture, the launch dates of several projects in Lin Nan's hands have all been postponed, and today he can finally go home on time.He worked crazy overtime for a while before, except for eating and sleeping, he was coding codes every day, and now thinking about it, it really doesn't make any sense.

At 06:30, when Lin Nan arrived home, he bumped into Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan was surprised when he saw Lin Nan came back so early today, and said, "Hey, I'm busy, long time no see!"

Lin Nan had no choice but to reply with a wry smile: "Yeah, long time no see..."

Qin Chuan asked with a smile: "What? Busy people don't have to work overtime today?"

Lin Nan: "Well, no need..."

Qin Chuan suppressed a smirk: "Hey, it seems that your company is really going to sell?"

Lin Nan asked in surprise: "How do you know?"

Qin Chuan: "Silicon Valley is such a small place. Good things don't go out, and bad things spread thousands of miles. Who would miss the story of a unicorn that is about to go public and bumps into a big factory that wants to swallow it? ?”

Lin Nan: "..."

Qin Chuan teased him: "Hey, you said that you have come full circle, will you be merged into the big factory in the end, and continue to be my colleague?"

Lin Nan: "The CEO of our company is still discussing it, and they may not sell it."

Qin Chuan smiled: "Haha, it will happen sooner or later. Once a small company is favored by a big factory, it will either be sold and left, and the company will follow the name of the big factory. The exact same products developed will be beaten to the ground.”

Lin Nan was angry and asked, "Do you want to be so vicious?"

Qin Chuan: "It's not my tongue, it's the truth. Microsoft didn't do anything else a few years ago, it just acquired other companies one by one, and then killed them one by one. Look at Hotmail, Skype, LinkedIn, which one was not acquired Is it soft?

Take Facebook as an example.They spent one billion to buy instagram, and when instagram supported half of Facebook, Xiao Zha immediately found an excuse to force the two founders away.

Of course, there are also hard-headed ones who are unwilling to sell. For example, Snapchat did not agree to Facebook’s acquisition and insisted on struggling on its own. As a result, Facebook immediately turned its face and developed a Story with exactly the same functions. Since then, Snapchat’s stock price has plummeted. Now Reduced to forced layoffs. "

Lin Nan: "I know what you said, but maybe our company is an exception? We have a very stable revenue, the number of users is also growing steadily, and the listing is just around the corner."

Qin Chuan couldn't help but sarcastically said: "Everyone thinks they are an exception. Revenue? In Silicon Valley, no one cares about revenue. People don't look at how much money you can "earn", but how much you are "worth" .Amazon has been losing money for more than 20 years, but who is the richest man in the world now? Amazon’s boss Bezos. Silicon Valley is so impetuous, no one wants to make small money, and everyone wants to get rich overnight. I guess your CEO is just now Just wait for the price to sell. Even if you don’t sell it now, you may want to sell it when the valuation doubles several times when it goes on the market.”

Qin Chuan changed the subject: "Okay, let's not talk about this. I will discuss something with you. During this period of time, I have meetings with those stupid bosses in the cloud every day, which makes me exhausted. I have been working in a big factory for the past few years. Most of my energy has to be dealt with internal friction and bureaucracy, which is far from what I really want to do."

Lin Nan was quite surprised to hear this, because Qin Chuan always seemed to have a well-thought-out look at ordinary times, but he didn't expect him to suddenly reveal his heart.He began to listen carefully to Qin Chuan.

Qin Chuan continued: "As you know, Dachang has an office in Zurich. The office over there is not big, but it is a quiet place. I think I will go to Zurich to stay after finishing the project I am currently working on. Last year and a half."

He sighed and continued: "Lin Nan, I know you've been avoiding me for a while, so don't deny it. Maybe it's good for you and me to be separated for a while. When I come back from Zurich, your permanent green card will be almost the same Got it. We will divorce logically and end this false marriage when the time comes. What do you think?"

Without even thinking about it, Lin Nan immediately said nervously, "Don't go!"

Qin Chuan raised an eyebrow and asked, "What? Don't you want me to go? I'm doing this for your own good, so you don't have to work hard to avoid me."

Lin Nan quickly searched his head, trying to piece together a reasonable argument: "I... I just heard that Zurich is quite cold, the price is high, and the people in Germany and Switzerland are rigid and xenophobic. You'd better not go there ..."

After listening, Qin Chuan asked meaningfully: "Then, what about Singapore? Dachang also has an office in Singapore. It shouldn't be cold there, and there are many Chinese, so it's very lively."

Lin Nan thought about it again, and said a crappy reason: "Singapore... summer should be very hot..."

Qin Chuan suppressed a smile, and asked again: "What about Japan? Is the head office in Japan right? There are four distinct seasons, and there are so many delicious and fun things to do."

Lin Nan was anxious: "Qin Chuan, did you do it on purpose..."

Qin Chuan: "What? You avoid me every day and don't want to see me, but you don't want me to move to another place. I don't want to move in or out. Lin Nan, what do you mean? You just want to Leave me alone and torture me on purpose, right?"

Only then did Lin Nan realize that Qin Chuan really wanted to be transferred to another place, this was clearly testing him!Fortunately, he was so worried just now.

Lin Nan said angrily: "Go! Go wherever you want! It's best to go to Antarctica!!!"

Qin Chuan couldn't hold back any longer, and burst out laughing.

Lin Nan whispered, "Qin Beast."

Qin Chuan: "Huh? What did you mutter just now? I didn't hear it."

Lin Nan: "It's nothing, I'm praising you."

The author says:

"Qin Beast" is a nickname given to Qin Chuan by a cute little reader. I think it is too appropriate, so I used it hahahaha