"What do you have in mind, Mr. Shen?" Mr. Zuckerberg asked through gritted teeth.
He did not think Shen Bing had come up with this on the spur of the moment. The man had probably planned it all out long ago. Zuckerberg had simply happened to approach him, so Shen Bing had chosen him.
"It's simple," Shen Bing said. "First, I'll have my representative establish an offshore company, which will then sign a share transfer agreement with you. Meanwhile, you must acquire as many shares in your company as possible. It would be even better if you could take it private. I'm not particularly keen on sharing the profits with other people."
Mr. Zuckerberg smiled wryly. "Taking it private is almost impossible. At Facebook's current market capitalization, no one could buy up all the publicly traded shares."
Shen Bing smiled. "Isn't that easy enough? Just make Facebook's shares worth less. For example, announce that you're spending tens or even hundreds of billions of U.S. Dollars on developing artificial intelligence technology. Once you say that, I guarantee the stock will plummet."
The expression on Mr. Zuckerberg's face was quite a sight.
It was not that he doubted Shen Bing. He was imagining the scene.
Share prices were the figures most sensitive to a company's development strategy. Although artificial intelligence was all the rage, most companies were merely hyping the concept.
Many internet companies publicly claimed to have invested enormous sums in artificial intelligence technology and achieved impressive results. But anyone who dared say they would devote tens of billions of U.S. Dollars specifically to cracking artificial intelligence technology would definitely be considered insane.
At present, artificial intelligence was like a bottomless pit. No matter how much money you poured into it, there was no guarantee of results.
For a company of