Basketball: The Chosen Victim

After thinking for a while, Wu Di decided to add all 3 centimeters to the wingspan.

This is done for two reasons.

The first one, if he continues to grow taller, it will reduce his starting speed, reduce his flexibility, and increase his probability of injury.

Second, with Irving joining this season, his pressure on offense has been reduced, but he needs to pay more on defense. After all, the state of old players such as Jamison and Davis has declined seriously. Rely on him to carry the burden.

Relatively speaking, the increase in wingspan is far more beneficial to defense than height, so combining these two factors, he decided to add all 3 centimeters to the wingspan.

"System, increase arm span by 3 centimeters!"

Following Wu Di's instructions, on the system panel that only he could see, his arm span changed instantly——

[Armspan: 218cm (221cm), estimated to complete growth within 21 days]

2米21的臂展，足足比他身高2米01长了20厘米，臂展比例进一步优秀。

However, after adding 3 centimeters, his wallet also deflated in an instant.

How much worry can I ask you, it seems that Zuckerberg doesn't speak!
It's not that Wu Di has no money, but all the money is tied up in Instagram shares!
If it is sold to Microsoft at a valuation of $15 billion, he can immediately get nearly $4.3 million, but he can obviously earn more if he sells it to Facebook.

These days, Zuckerberg suddenly stopped following the price, and he is probably evaluating internally how much resources and time it takes to build a platform like Instagram.

But Wu Di is not afraid of Zuckerberg's imitation.

Instagram can become one of the three major social platforms in North America in the future. On the one hand, it has caught up with the great opportunity of the mobile Internet, occupied the minds of users in advance, led the new wave of social networks, and quickly accumulated more than 5000 million users. It is still growing rapidly with 1000 million new users per month.

Even if Facebook wants to plagiarize, it will take at least a year to achieve the same volume. Although Instagram is fledgling at this time, there is a risk of being overthrown by giants, but the key is that Facebook simply cannot afford this time.

Zuckerberg has spent countless resources to get through contacts, is about to submit an IPO application, and desperately needs Instagram stories to support the stock price.

At this time, efficiency is the most critical.

Facebook is currently valued at US$190 billion. If the capital market is optimistic about Instagram’s story when it goes public, Facebook’s market value may double or even triple.

Losing tens of billions of market value for a cost of about one billion, if Zuckerberg can't figure out this account, let alone start Facebook, Harvard will not be able to get in.

Of course, Zuckerberg is in a hurry, and Wu Di is also in a hurry.

This time, his 20th birthday party was very grand, in order to use his circle of friends to attract Instagram.

After all, if Instagram is sold to Facebook at a valuation of US$20 billion, even if Ariana’s 10% reward share is diluted, he still has 27% of the shares, which means at least US$5.4 million in income!
5.4 million dollars!

This krypton can directly increase talent points by 54 points!

Then in this year's playoffs, he will be able to vomit blood from the old Zhan who was supposed to win the championship, and force Riley to retire for the third time.

It’s only 5.4 million US dollars, and you can earn it again when the money is gone. After all, this era is full of investment opportunities to get rich overnight, especially after he successfully invested in Instagram, he has already established himself as a gold medal investor in the Bay Area. The team is waiting for him to invest, and there are many start-up companies with great potential.

Wu Di is the only investor among countless PE (private equity) investors who can bring both capital and huge traffic.

And this time, among his invited guests in Huaxia, there is a Chinese entrepreneur named Zhang Yiming.

According to the timeline of his previous life, Zhang Yiming will start Bytedance in May next year, but Wu Di invested in his "Ninety-Nine Buildings" during the offseason.

Although this project has basically been declared a failure now, the two of them are familiar with each other anyway. This time Zhang Yiming is planning to start ByteDance again, and the first person who thinks of the funder's father is Wu Di.

Therefore, the lack of money is only temporary, and this is probably the only chance left to get the uninjured badge!

No amount of wealth can buy this.

If he didn't win the championship this season, it would be impossible for the system to issue him mission resurrection coupons because of the FMVP.

At that time, the Heat's revenge will be successful, and James will be No. 1 in the league again, and all his previous efforts will be in vain...

Therefore, for this birthday party, he had to put up 120 points to organize it.

Fortunately, there are many mistresses in his family, so there is still a lot of room for maneuver.

The first is to invite Scarlett, the current head goddess of Hollywood, to be the host. Since the release of "Iron Man 2", the widow has faintly become the first lady and head goddess of Hollywood. Coupled with her own personality, making friends is considered The widest of all beauties, it is the perfect candidate for a party host.

The other beauties helped the widow sister.

The four golden flowers are responsible for the venue layout, Lena is responsible for the supply of drinks and food, and Anne Hathaway is responsible for coordinating guest performances, etc., each performing its duties.

As for the guests, Huang Xilai acted as the host and presented a talk show.

In addition, Avicii, who is popular this year, was invited as DJ, old friend Linkin Park, new friend Sister Guoguo and others sang with enthusiasm, focusing on a lively scene.

Before five o'clock in the afternoon, the guests almost filled up the huge manor.

In addition to the Cavaliers teammates, coaches, and management, Yao Ming, Jordan, Barkley, O'Neal, Larry Nance, Evan Turner, Anthony and other stars also came.

There is also the cross-border Beckham family. This family relies on traffic for food, likes to be lively, and has a wide range of friends. It is not difficult to get invitations.

And rugby superstar Tom Brady, who is also the spokesperson of Under Armour, and his legendary supermodel wife Gisele Bundchen.

There are also some uninvited guests, such as boxing champion Mayweather, who joked to Wu Di that he wanted to challenge Bruce Lee, which was somewhat embarrassing.

Wu Di wrote it down in his little book, half a year is not too late for a gentleman to take revenge, wait for the innocence badge to come down, hum!

Of course, it was Hollywood people who came the most.

Coincidentally, the great director Nolan's "Batman 3" has just finished wrapping up, basically turning this into a wrapping party.

After Amanda finished playing Catwoman, she became even more charming. She moved her index finger when she saw Wu Di.

There are DC superheroes, and Marvel superheroes are naturally indispensable.

All the actors of "The Avengers" have basically arrived. Although their scenes in Cleveland have been filmed, Wu Di's performance in the Eastern Conference finals last season has successfully turned them into his fans. Team, Iron Man, Thor, Hulk, Pepper, Hawkeye, Loki and more are coming.

There are also self-contained Netflix movie stars and high-level executives. Netflix is ​​currently only a small non-mainstream player in Hollywood. One is from "Runaway Chemistry Teacher", and the rest are other various episodes.

However, "Rampage Chemistry Teacher" has a large crew to support, and the production cost is expensive. "Fox Girl Jane" is different. It only needs a person from an animation studio, so it is considered the only series in Netflix.

I heard from Megan that Netflix executives are currently intending to absorb her as a senior executive, but they are only negotiating whether to use restricted stock or options.

Among the top NBA executives, the duo of David Stern and Xiao Hua have come, and the major brands have basically sent important figures from their respective companies, such as the founder of Under Armour, the sister of Versace, etc. You can even see Elon Musk.

During the meeting, before Wu Di said he wanted to buy his Tesla, Musk said he wanted to buy Instagram. When he asked how much it was, he only gave $6 million, which made Systrom and others next to him laugh.

Mas Krypton has been misunderstood, but he can’t blame him. Now Instagram has a total of more than 6000 million users, and each user costs $10, which is considered a relatively high price in the current Internet circle.

However, the fact is that Instagram sold 4000 billion dollars when it had only 10 million users in the previous life. It can only be said that Zuckerberg is indeed rich and powerful!

"Today is the party, you don't have to eat trendy cows and drink champagne, but you have to download Instagram and post a photo, otherwise you're waiting to hire a lawyer! No, it's useless to hire a team of lawyers, unless something like I also stand up and talk about a talk show..."

Huang Xi talked eloquently, causing everyone to burst into laughter:
"Jordan is also here today. It is said that the gift he is going to give Wu Di can't be copied by anyone present. I took a look. This gift is really good, and it has Chinese characteristics. It's a hot pot!"

"GOAT deserves to be GOAT. If Lao Zhan knew that he could still deliver hot pot, he would probably come here no matter what he said!"

Speaking of this, while everyone was laughing, those who were interested were booing and asking Jordan to fight Wu Di, and the momentum was getting louder and louder.

Jordan pretended to be bullied, and glanced at everyone with unfriendly eyes. Of course, he still has the burden of being an idol. Last season, he was no match for Wu Di in bullfighting, and now he is only left to be abused...

However, just as the crowd was clamoring——

Snapped!
The lights on the basketball court by the lake were suddenly turned off!
"Hey! One thing to say, I really didn't expect this trick!"

Huang Xi teased again, and everyone burst into laughter again.

But Jordan took a sip of his cigar, waved his hand and said with a smile:
"It's not impossible to give Wu Di a big hot pot. If you want to watch it now, mobilize your fans and push the number of registered Instagram users to 7000 million!"

hiss!
for real?
Now Instagram has more than 6400 million users, and if there are not 500 celebrities present, there must be 300. If everyone sends a tweet to attract Instagram, maybe we can really see the grand occasion of the bullfight between Jordan and Wu Di that night!
Thinking of this, everyone immediately took out their mobile phones and started tweeting and posting on Facebook to attract traffic to Instagram.

As a result, within 2 hours, Systrom shouted that the milestone of 7000 million users had been reached!
So, amidst the warm applause and cheers of the crowd, the lights of the basketball court by the lake were turned on again, and today's show egg was officially launched. Wu Di and Jordan put on their respective jerseys and went into battle.

Of course, this is just an exhibition match similar to WWE.

The two had already discussed it beforehand, they just showed off their unique skills, they didn't count points, and they didn't give each other defensive strength, otherwise, whoever would be the sixth child!

Well, Jordan admits that he is the sixth child. As soon as he touches the basketball, he can't help but go all out on both offense and defense at the same time. Moreover, how can he tolerate Wu Di being more handsome than him?
With a slap, Jordan cut off the ball that Wu Di was about to raise for a shot!

There was a burst of violent cheers at the scene, and Jordan spread his hands, as if to say, that's it?

Wu Di saw that Jordan was shameless as the sixth child, so naturally... rolled up his sleeves and started to defend, for no other reason, the sixth child must be cleaned up by someone!
So, the agreed hot pot was fed back into Danzi's mouth.

The cheers at the scene were even louder!
Danzi was so angry that he jumped up and down, and the effect of the program was completely full for a while!
However, Danzi was also very upbeat. Then Wu Di hit three hollow three-pointers in a row. Wu Di didn't know how to score, because he should have served the ball.

It can only be said that the older you are, the more rascal you are, and the old goat has done it.

Jordan smiled. In this year's draft, after some operations, he selected the champion favorite Kemba Walker with the No. 8 pick, and selected the potential Bo Yang with the No. 28 pick. The Bobcats completely turned around!

Wu Di’s tricks during the draft almost cured his heart disease. He naturally has to show up. In addition, he has no idol burden. Besides, it has been ten years since he retired for the second time. He can maintain this state. That's already amazing. Also, didn't he win?
In short, the party lasted until the end of the New Year's Eve late at night.

The effect of this party for attracting new users to Instagram was so explosive that when Wu Di woke up the next day, the number of Instagram users had reached 7300 million!

In other words, Wu Di's birthday party brought nearly 1000 million new users to Instagram!
Even based on the valuation of a new user of 10 dollars, it is an increase of 1 million dollars in valuation!
This birthday party was so worth it!

Yet Zuckerberg remained silent.

Wu Di also sat firmly on the Diaoyutai. After all, it took him several days to unwrap the gifts. Among the hundreds of gifts, apart from some collectible souvenirs such as the Ark Reactor when Iron Man was filmed, Vacheron Constantin also customized it for him. His solitary golden dragon watch, the oil painting of Zao Wou-Ki that Aruina gave him, etc., are all thoughtful gifts.

Of course, what moved him the most was Megan's two bars, he was finally happy to be a father!
The Cavaliers spent a relatively peaceful week, first winning the Raptors, then losing to the Pacers, and then winning consecutively against the Trail Blazers and Jazz, and won the Player of the Week.

The three rookies have steadily improved under the tempering of the game, and gradually found their place in the team.

The number of Instagram users continued to rise, exceeding 8000 million in one fell swoop, but after breaking through 8000 million, it suddenly fell into a wave of stagnation, because the Instagram server upgrade speed could not keep up.

Misfortunes never come singly, and Zuckerberg finally took action. They even launched an Instagram competitor, Lasso!

And cooperate with Lao Zhan and other stars to promote!
This action frightened Systrom, after all, this is the strangle operation launched by the social media giant Facebook against Instagram!

Instagram has 8000 million users, which is considered a large social platform, while Facebook has 8.5 million users!

It can be predicted that if Facebook imports its own users into Lasso, it will have a great impact on Instagram!
He immediately called Wu Di:

"It's over, Dee...we're out! Facebook launched Lasso and said it's going to give people a better photo sharing platform..."

"……Um?"

Wu Di was also shocked when he heard the news, especially the crying voice in Systrom's words, which cast a shadow over the situation.

Systrom's worries are not unreasonable. After all, Facebook is the idea of ​​Zuckerberg plagiarizing his classmates. Now that he has launched Lasso, it can be regarded as regaining his old business!

However, thinking that the experience of using Facebook itself is so rubbish, Wu Di decided to download it first and then say:
"Don't worry! Wait for me to download one and have a look!"

It doesn't matter at first glance, but I just laughed after reading it:
"Hehe, Kevin, don't worry, we need more money again!"

Systrom was dumbfounded when he heard the words:
"Huh? What does that mean?"

Wu Di laughed and said:

"You can download a Lasso and use it to understand!"

After Systrom downloaded Lasso, he burst into tears soon!

What kind of junk product is this?
The first is the product logo, which is full of imitation, and the first impression is not good.

After clicking in, you can find that the user interface is piled up, but the real practical function of photo sharing is not focused.

Instagram users only need three steps to share a photo, but Lasso needs five steps. At the same time, the filter has no aesthetic feeling and is cheap...

Although he did not come from a major in computer science, Systrom is very clear that this is related to the basic programming language of Lasso. The language used by Lasso is the same PHP language as Facebook, and the language used by Instagram is the best for image processing. One of the programming languages ​​is Python.

PHP is relatively complicated to implement functions, but complexity does not mean it is good.

And after using Lasso deeply, Systrom found that Lasso did not copy the essence of Instagram, such as annotations.

Post a photo on Instagram and tag the other party, and the other party will receive a prompt immediately, and can quickly and publicly comment on the photo, etc. However, this product of Lasso does not have this function, or in other words, Lasso makes this function It became a private message to share.

Private message sharing is not public, which will meet the privacy needs of some users, but it is not conducive to communication, and it does not conform to the concept of social sharing.

To put it bluntly, although social terrorists are terrifying, they are rare talents for social platforms!
An average person can contribute 6 topic per day on social platforms, but a social terrorist can contribute 50 topics and go viral [-] more!
Thinking of this, Systrom completely understood what Wu Di said.

Lasso is doomed!

Instagram valuation is about to rise again!
After all, if Lasso fails, Facebook will pay more than $20 billion to acquire Instagram again!
Thinking of this, he didn't think too much, but concentrated on solving the problem of the server.

Wu Di still puts his energy into training and competitions. The rookies of the Cavaliers continue to have ups and downs. Wu Di barely maintains a winning percentage of around 6%, and the Cavaliers temporarily rank fourth in the Eastern Conference.

However, as time went by, something unexpected appeared!
Instagram's user base is exploding!
From adding 1000 million new users in one month, to adding 1000 million new users in two weeks, to adding 1000 million new users in a week, to adding 1000 million new users in five days, to four Days, then three days, then two days...

Facebook used overwhelming advertisements to attract Lasso, so that more people used photo social software, but when they found that Lasso turned out to be a difficult-to-use copycat software, they inevitably had the idea of ​​​​trying Instagram...

But this try doesn't matter, I can't go back again, it directly turned into a loyal fan of Instagram!
Finally, when it took only 1000 hours for Instagram to add 36 million new users, Zuckerberg panicked!

In just over a month, the number of Instagram users has grown from more than 6000 million to 1.4 million, more than doubling!
And Lasso's total downloads are less than 3000 million...

Apparently, Lasso lost out to Instagram in this competition!

Zuckerberg asked people to stop the promotion of Lasso in an attempt to delay the speed of Instagram's explosion, but Instagram has already made a name for itself through this battle, only slightly slowing down the speed of growth!

Obviously, Facebook users didn't even give Lasso a chance, but chose Instagram directly...

Now Instagram can increase the number of users by tens of millions in a week, which is a new valuation of hundreds of millions of dollars!

And if Instagram grows bigger by itself and stops selling, then Facebook's stock price will not be supported, and he won't know where to cry when the time comes!
Thinking of this, Zuckerberg came to Cleveland to negotiate in a private jet overnight! (end of this chapter)