American drama tells the story of the founder of Silicon Valley: Far from reality absurd?

Intermediary transaction SEO diagnosis Taobao guest Cloud host technology Hall

In a TV poster, the protagonists spoof the classic moves in Steve Jobs ' photos (Tencent technology map)

Tencent Science and Technology Wang April 22 report

When the American drama tells the story of doctors, lawyers, policemen and politicians over and over, Hollywood is finally turning its sights on the founders and the farmers in Silicon Valley.

In HBO's latest comedy "Silicon Valley" (Silicon Valley), a series of irony, parody and exaggeration have shook off the strange phenomenon of the tech circle one by one. In view of the controversy surrounding the play, HBO has recently announced a renewal of its second season.

Unlike the general sitcom, Silicon Valley has a clearer story line: How entrepreneurs Richard and his code-farmer friends can solve all sorts of frustrations on their way to business. It is not clear whether they will succeed yet, tragically and luckily, a large company and an investor have also taken a fancy to the compression algorithm developed by Richard.

The eight episode was just three episodes ahead of the show, and the plight of the founders was too familiar to the tech community: sell the company at a high price or take the investors ' money? What happens when big companies quickly develop the same products? How to give an investor a satisfactory business plan? The name of the company is registered by other companies?

Don't think the show will be a tribute to the innovation and spirit of the people in Silicon Valley, and don't want to learn from the show. Because, in the eyes of writer and director Maik Chogi (Mike Judge), the reality of the Silicon Valley story is more bizarre than what he has reflected in his play. This intense, satirical comedy may be more like a "mirror": Let the Silicon Valley people see how happy their life is.

Because of the exaggerated plot of the show, The Wall Street Journal website Science and Technology version of each episode will be published by the author of the article, pointing out the plot and reality inconsistencies. In the second episode, for example, when investors asked Richard to give a business plan, the first way to think about it was to look up the main points of a business plan in Wikipedia. The careless entrepreneur did not even know that the premise of taking an investment was that he already had a corresponding registered company. These episodes, including Kleiner and some VCs, point out that there is no such nonsense in the real world of entrepreneurs.

In the story of "Silicon Valley", entrepreneurs, the image of the number of farmers to continue the external impression of them, such as not good communication, dress casually, see the beauty of the helpless, even hold a party all appear abruptly, but can not be underestimated that the gang may be upgraded to become millionaires at any time. As for the description of the bosses and investors of big tech companies, the play does not hide its bold irony, because they tend to show concern for the progress of human civilization, but in fact they care about the status of their company and the desire for money.

Such a parody naturally attracts the discontent of some tech circles. Tesla founder Musk that the writers and directors of the show had no knowledge of Silicon Valley, and that technology engineers were not as focused on public opinion as the Hollywood stars. Musk thinks that the software engineers around him are helpful, thoughtful and clever, and don't want to be as weird as they are portrayed in the play.

But there are also tech circles who express their love for the show. Jonah Peretti, founder Jonah Peretti of internet media BuzzFeed, said the plot was familiar to the Bay Area start-up: Every company insists that it will change the world and that everyone has a variety of entrepreneurial ideas (like the doctors in the play are looking for an investment). The story of Silicon Valley is more interesting and colorful than the reality. Even if these stories are exaggerated, it is at least as easy for entrepreneurs to see entrepreneurship as it is absolutely rare to be the next Dropbox.

"Silicon Valley" is hard to say, if only from the setting of the plot and the actor's acting. Because it tells the story and the point of laughter for people who do not know the technology circle is actually too unfamiliar. Just like ordinary people can't find the investors in the play Peter Gregory is actually in the dark insinuate reality Silicon Valley's well-known investors Peter Thiel, and the big company Hooli office environment so like Google. As for actors wearing T-shirts labeled "I know HTML (How to Meet Ladies)", it is harder for the non-tech person to detect the smile.

Judging from the IMDb of the film community and the number of watercress, the actual number of people watching "Silicon Valley" is much smaller than the popular drama "The Big Bang".

But for the tech circle, the birth of the show still has its irreplaceable significance: when more and more people play the game on the phone, refresh the information of the social network, looking for the food and clothing department to buy; why not show them what kind of a group of people is creating all this?