Recaps

Su Can expanded Facebook Chinese’s plans while navigating his ties with Tang Wu, Lin Luoran, and Song Zhen. When Xie Si Gan publicly accused Senchuan Group of mishandling donations, Su Can defended Song Zhen and left the forum with her, setting himself against Zhan Hua’s warning.

• Su Can signed the Shangmai and Xuntong Technology agreement with Song Zhen, then surprised her friends when Mu Guotao recognized him as Facebook Chinese’s president.
• Lin Luoran pretended to be Su Can’s girlfriend at dinner with Song Zhen’s circle, while Su Can later recruited Li Pengyu as his special assistant.
• Su Can persuaded Mark Zuckerberg to fund Facebook’s planned World of Warcraft stake, and Facebook’s second financing round launched.
• After Li Han and Xiao Xu cracked Song Zhen’s Jaguar window, Zhan Hua warned Su Can to stay out of her affairs because her family was connected to Gao Heng.
• At dinner, Tang Wu and Lin Luoran met, and Lin warned Tang Wu to watch out for Song Zhen, and Su Can then learned that powerful figures were preparing a media attack on Senchuan Group.
• During Nanjing University’s homecoming, Su Can confirmed to university officials that he had co-founded Facebook, while Zhan Hua introduced him to Xie Si Gan as Facebook Chinese’s founder.
• At the economic forum, Xie Si Gan accused Senchuan Group of diverting overseas donations, and hired hecklers turned the audience against Song Zhen and struck Tang Wu.
• Su Can challenged Xie Si Gan to prove the claim, took Song Zhen offstage as Li Pengyu cleared their way, and later told Zhan Hua that he had defended her because she was his friend.

Su Can weathered Nanjing University’s response to Homecoming while taking a co-president role at Facebook Chinese, securing major financing, and advancing his business plans. The arc ended with Zhan Hua trying to use Mark Zuckerberg to gain influence over Facebook, only for Mark to defend Su Can and the company before Sequoia Capital.

• President Wang Xiaoyi set Su Can’s Homecoming case aside during the university’s celebrations, and Song Zhen invited Su Can and Tang Wu to dinner with Tao Qing.
• Tao Qing thanked Su Can for defending Song Zhen and offered cooperation, while Su Can and Tang Wu discussed Facebook with the dinner guests.
• Wang Bu told Su Can that Rongcheng projects were advancing and that Su Licheng might become Huangcheng deputy mayor, as Su Can considered the risks of opposing Zhan Hua.
• Dustin told Su Can that Facebook faced privacy lawsuits, funding demands, and internal strain, then showed him a contract making Su Can and Mark Zuckerberg co-presidents with separate responsibilities.
• Su Can accepted the co-president role and took charge of Facebook Chinese, technical development, entertainment features, and marketing, while investors debated Facebook’s valuation and a ten-percent stake.
• President Wang Xiaoyi refused to accept Su Can’s withdrawal from Nanjing University and told him to focus on his studies and business, while the university spared him further punishment and demanded a public apology from Xie Si Gan.
• Su Can advised Nanjing University on charity reform, then introduced Tang Wu to Facebook Chinese as his special assistant and set a goal of exceeding two million members through applications and games.
• Lin Guangdong secured a key book-industry partnership with Shangdao Hezong, while Su Can delivered books to Lin Luoran and embraced her during a rainy rehearsal.
• Facebook signed a Shanghai financing agreement selling ten percent of the company for $63 million at a $600 million valuation, reducing Su Can’s stake to 37.9 percent.
• Zhan Hua arranged for Mark Zuckerberg to pitch Facebook to Sequoia Capital, but Mark arrived dressed casually and argued against investing, ending by calling Su Can his co-president and friend.

Su Can challenged Xu Changcheng’s influence in Huangcheng while protecting his father’s position and helping expose Xu Dong’s abuse of power. Xu Changcheng was detained, his family’s influence collapsed, and Su Can’s tangled relationships with Tang Wu and Lin Luoran remained unresolved.

• Su Can warned Zack about Facebook’s growing risks, shared ideas for its App Platform, and learned that Zack would secretly divert $15 million to support their World of Warcraft investment.
• Su Licheng took up his deputy mayor post in Huangcheng after a road crash damaged his standing, while Su Can discovered that Xu Changcheng and Zhou Zhaofeng were profiting from heritage villas around Barrier Lake.
• Su Can urged his father to revive competing development proposals, then suspended Xu Dong’s Facebook account after learning he used a special account to access private user information.
• Su Can and Su Licheng maneuvered against Xu Changcheng’s allies, and Su Can helped Cheng Ruinian revise Su Licheng’s speech so it would not repeat Geng Luoxiang’s remarks.
• Lin Luoran arrived in Rongcheng and traveled with Tang Wu to Huangcheng, where Xu Dong’s convoy chased them after Lin Luoran kicked him at a gas station.
• Su Can reached the crash scene, embraced the shaken but unharmed women, and attacked Xu Dong before Geng Luoxiang and Zhang Lucheng had Xu Dong and his companions arrested.
• Su Can brought Tang Wu and Lin Luoran home, where Tang Wu shared an intimate moment with him and Lin Luoran lay awake listening, and later, Tian Tian learned Tang Wu was Su Can’s wife.
• Su Can proposed modernizing Huangcheng’s polluting industries and acquiring Qingshan Carbonization Industrial Company, while Du Wei reported Xu Changcheng and investigators exposed his corruption, leading to his detention and the collapse of the Xu family’s influence.

Su Can defended Facebook Chinese against political pressure and internal takeover threats as the conflict between Facebook and its rivals intensified. With Qiao Shuxin’s departure approaching and United States Facebook needing cash, Su Can vowed to protect the Chinese company while Tang Wu decided to join its leadership.

• Tian Tian burned Xu Dong’s letter after Su Can advised her not to wait for him out of pity.
• Su Licheng called for cleaner coking production and broader economic development, while Su Can helped Phoenix Industries prepare its initial acquisitions.
• Su Can defended Deng Songqi at dinner with Zeng Na’s family, then helped settle the conflict involving Zhao Weixin and the flight attendants.
• Su Can returned to Nanjing University as Facebook Chinese’s membership grew, while Zhan Hua’s new Sequoia fund and Gao family interests threatened his businesses.
• Xue Yiyang told Su Can that their lives had grown apart before returning to Changsha, and Tang Wu left for an EMBA study tour as Su Can anticipated a clash between two giants.
• As Facebook faced international backlash and staff departures, Su Can defended the company at Nanjing University and welcomed Zack to Shanghai, where Zack revealed he had rejected Yahoo’s acquisition offer and faced pressure over Su Can’s ownership stake.
• Zack announced that Doug Hirsch would replace Qiao Shuxin as Facebook Chinese’s CEO, but Su Can challenged Zack and insisted the Chinese executives choose their own leader.
• Su Can explained that United States Facebook needed to sell its forty-percent stake in Facebook Chinese to raise cash, and vowed to prevent a rival from taking control.
• Tang Wu told her parents she planned to become Facebook’s vice president after Qiao Shuxin left, then argued with Mu Xuan and went upstairs crying.