Chapter 22: All those fireworks in the sky (Part one)
The ultimate purpose of gathering a circle of entrepreneurs from elite universities was simply to succeed in business. In this world awash in material desires, how was a person's power judged? For thousands of years, there had been only one measure: influence.
A person's influence over resources and over circumstances were both measures of their power. Everyone longed to arm and strengthen themselves with success, then use it to realize their dreams, do meaningful things, steer certain developments, and even help friends or destroy rivals with a mere gesture.
There were many ways to gain influence: politics, business, or traveling to study and influencing others through ideas. For the people in this circle of elite-university entrepreneurs, succeeding in business was one way to claim society's golden seal of approval and gain influence.
It could make them powerful and wealthy while allowing them to realize their ideals, possessing limitless magic like a great wizard in Harry Potter.
So none of them wanted to fall behind. Why should they be at someone else's mercy? Why should they be a cut below anyone else? I joined the company at the same time as someone else, so why should I be treated worse? Why should the big shot in front of me get to order people around while I have to speak meekly? Much of the force that kept the gears of civilization turning came from the discontent born of disparities between people.
Du Ke of Thousand Friends was no different. Every day in the United States, he could neither eat nor sleep in peace, because he was envious. A formidable rival stood in his path: Facebook. It was not the first social network, but it was the first in history to achieve such