Chapter 141: A moral dilemma
After the banquet, Donald made time to visit Facebook's headquarters in Palo Alto in person. Although they had been prepared for it, all the core employees in the bachelor pad beside Stanford University's campus were still delighted and surprised by the arrival of The Washington Post Company's current CEO.
The company immediately bustled into action. They pushed two IKEA tables together and, using the blackboard Dustin had contributed from his home in Grand Island, along with a laptop, gave Donald a business presentation.
Kohler, the key member of the business team responsible for all this, looked extremely nervous as he plugged in cables and explained things, but that did nothing to diminish the appreciation Donald and his personal secretary showed after listening from the sofa opposite him.
"This presentation was very necessary. It gave me a clearer idea of what you're doing and exactly what value it has." Donald smiled and patted Zack on the shoulder.
His visit had even caused a small stir within The Washington Post Company. Some believed that these matters only required a business negotiator, and that Donald, as president, did not need to personally bolster the confidence of a company they were about to invest in. From a negotiating standpoint, this would embolden the other party, making them believe they had something rare to offer and driving up the investment.
Donald knew all this and had single-handedly suppressed the competing voices of the company's internal factions. A man who might otherwise have been giving a speech in some city square had instead come here so quietly. California was sunny and hot, and here they witnessed a company rising out of a residential apartment.
Donald admitted that these two young men gave him a feeling he had never experienced before. Everyone