Mark Zuckerberg walks into the room with his lawyers. He finds Eduardo Saverin already sitting at the long table with his lawyers. "Good morning ," says Mark's lawyer. "Mark Zuckerberg , my client Eduardo Saverin is suing you because he claims his shares of Facebook were unfairly diluted when the company was incorporated." "Mr. Zuckerberg why don't you tell your story from the beginning?" "Okay," says Mark.
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Mark's POV: (Flashback to dinner with his GF)
"Did you know there are more people with genius IQ's living in China than there are people of any kind living in the United States?" says Mark.
"That can't possibly be true." replies Erica.
"It is," Mark says.
"Who would account for that?" Erica asks.
Mark answers, "Well first, a awful lot of people live in China, But here's my question." He goes on, "How do you distinguish yourself in a population of people who all got 1600 on their SAT's?"
"I didn't know there take SAT's in China," Erica states.
"They don't, I wasn't talking about China anymore i was talking about me," Mark answers.
"You got a 1600!" She exclaims.
"Yes, I can sing in an A Capella group but I can't sing," he randomly says.
"Does that mean that you actually got nothing wrong?" Erica asks.
"You could row crew or you invent a 25 dollar PC," Mark says.
"Or you can get into a final Club," she says completing his sentence.
"Or i can get into a final club," Mark finishes.
"You know from a woman's perspective, sometimes not singing in an A Capella group is a good thing,"Erica tells Mark.
"This is serious," Mark says with concern.
"On the other hand, i do like guys who row crew," she says.
"Well, i can't do that,"Mark replies.
"I was kidding!" Erica exclaims.
"Yes, I got nothing wrong on the test,"Mark answers Erica's earlier question.
"Have you even tried?" Erica asks.
"I'm trying right now," Mark answers.
"To row crew?" She asks.
"To get into a final club? Yeah. To row crew?
No, Are you, like - whatever delusional?" Mark answers and asks.
"Maybe just sometimes you say two things at once, I'm not sure which one i'm suppose to be aiming at," Erica answers.
"You've seen guys who row crew, right?" Mark asks.
"No," she replies.
"Okay, well they're bigger than me. They're worldclass athletes,
And a second ago you said you like guys who row crew so I assumed you'd met one." He says.
"I guess I just mean't I liked the idea of it you know the way a girl likes cowboys," Erica answers.
"Okay," Mark says.
"Should we get something to eat?" Erica asks.
"Would you like to talk about something else?" Mark answers.
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The Social Network
Non-FictionHarvard student Mark Zuckerberg creates the social networking website that would become known as Facebook, but is later sued by two brothers who claimed he stole their idea, and the co-founder who was later squeezed out of the business.
