Chapter 109: The video conference
The seventeenth floor of Meiluo housed Facebook's headquarters in China-the headquarters of Facebook Chinese, which Su Can had founded.
He had built this place himself. Its freewheeling design followed his own ideas entirely, embodying the creativity of a social networking company in the new internet age.
There were no tea tables before the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the shopping street; scattered throughout, they cast distinctly three-dimensional shadows in the city's light.
The glass and metal structures gleamed with cheerful, pleasing colors.
In the recreation areas extending out beside the main load-bearing pillars, rows of LCD televisions connected to Xbox and PS2 consoles still displayed Pro Evolution Soccer. The leather sofas facing them made people want to stretch out and lie down, even if only to enjoy a good nap when the sunlight streamed in.
The adjoining activity area had green-felt pool tables beneath ceiling lights mounted on lightweight steel frames. At night, against the darkness of Xujiahui, employees staying late at Facebook Chinese would always switch them on, spilling out curtains of fluorescent white light.
Farther along stood self-service drink dispensers available around the clock, offering eight drinks in all, including cola, Sprite, Mirinda, orange juice, and blackberry juice. The coffee counter and cocktail bar beside them offered a choice of coffee beans and alcoholic drinks. Originally, only Nestlé coffee sachets had been provided here, but after Kate and the other overseas returnees arrived, they personally told Su Can, "When you come into the office first thing in the morning, bask in the sunlight, pick up the reports waiting for you that day, make a rich cup of coffee, then sit in your office chair and raise it to your nose to enjoy the working atmosphere-how utterly dull would it be to remember that what's in