Chapter 144: A welcome
The sun set over San Francisco, but the flight carrying Su Can rose into the sky.
The land and mountains of America fell away beneath him. After securing a victory for this stage, Su Can chose to leave the clamor behind and return home alone.
Watching him walk away at the airport, Zack felt a sting in his nose. He hurriedly turned his head so the friends around him would not notice his expression. "He's like a lone traveler, like Bruce Wayne, moving among CEOs and entrepreneurs by day, then becoming a fighter in a black cape at night, trying to change the world alone."
Although Su Can's Facebook and even The Washington Post Company did everything they could to keep the news under wraps before all the formalities were complete, it was clear that the final outcome of Facebook's funding round, closely watched by countless venture capital firms, companies, and news outlets in Silicon Valley, could only be delayed, not concealed.
As Su Can's plane followed its route back to China, news that The Washington Post Company had spent sixteen million dollars to acquire a 5% stake in Facebook spread outward from Silicon Valley across the land beneath the sky. The wave gathered speed as Su Can swiftly left that land behind.
For the core team remaining in the United States-Zack, Dustin, Kohler, Katherine, and the others-a new era was about to begin.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the move indicated Facebook's valuation had reached three hundred million dollars, demonstrating that the social networking craze in America was steadily becoming a nationwide phenomenon.
Donald himself issued a statement in The Washington Post: "This investment is highly constructive. It is a victory not only for our two companies, but also for our users and advertisers."