Top of the Great Era

Chapter 1874 Another Conspiracy
The next day, Zhou Buqi and Zhou Shaoning went to Google to meet Larry Page.

Not a formal meeting.

First communicate in private, and if the talk goes well, the two sides will organize a team for a more detailed meeting in the next step.For nearly a year, the relationship between the two parties has been too cold.

This is not good for either party.

Had a great chat.

Many small differences were resolved smoothly.

Especially the adaptation problem of "fingerprint unlocking". After Larry Page heard about this design, he became excited, saying that this is what a smartphone should look like in the future, and he must fully support the realization of this design. function, this will be a major leapfrogging of the Android phone over the iPhone!
Then, it talked about Larry Page's heaviest bet after becoming Google CEO-social network.

Everyone knows that Google is planning a big move and will soon launch a heavyweight product to compete with Facebook.

In fact, it is "Google +" this product.

When it was first launched, the market performance was pretty good, and many technology enthusiasts and industry practitioners quickly attracted here.However, it is too difficult to figure out the circle.

This is an old problem of Google. All products have a strong sense of technology and show off elements everywhere.

For some people in the industry, it looks very fresh at first glance and has a lot of playability.

But for people outside the circle, the threshold is too high, and it is not universal.

As a result, this product drove high and low, and the subsequent growth of new users was not satisfactory.However, social networking is Google's biggest bet, and it is impossible to give up, so it can only bite the bullet and rush up!

Then, there was a very absurd scene.

"Google+" is going to fight against Facebook. After many years of development, the number of users of "Google+" is less than 5% of that of Facebook. And more.

Larry Page was utterly hopeless.

The bet failed.

The company invested so much money and messed around, but it turned out to be a mess.

Someone has to take responsibility.

Even if he is the founder, he must give a statement and be responsible for all shareholders.After that, Larry Page took the initiative to abdicate and gave up the position of CEO to the Indian Sundar Pichai.

Facts have proved that this is a very correct choice. Pichai is much better than Larry Page in terms of the company's operations, management and business decisions.

As far as the current time period is concerned, the most urgent thing in Larry Page's eyes is social networking, which is what he claims is Google's biggest bet in the future Internet world!

One of the main reasons why he wanted to join the board of directors to remove Schmidt and become CEO himself was that Schmidt had failed too much in the social field.

He wants to lead Google to start social business!
Social networking is the source of legitimacy for Larry Page's CEO position.

Zhou Buqi originally wanted to find some way to recommend Twitter to Google. Unexpectedly, Larry Page took the initiative to talk about it without him asking.

Larry Page's eyes were burning, "By the way, I heard that you are the majority shareholder of Twitter?"

Zhou Buqi smiled, "Ziweixing has indeed played a big role in the growth of Twitter."

"I heard that your relationship with Twitter's management is very tense?"

"Ok?"

"Hehe, I heard that too."

"It's not that serious, it's just... there is a small strategic difference. I hope that Twitter can develop together with Ziweixing's overall strategy and advance together. The founders of Twitter seem to have other ideas."

Zhou Buqi spoke vaguely.

In fact, there is no need to hide too much.

There are no secrets on the Internet. This is the case in China, and it is the same in foreign countries. Those who look down and see up basically know what is going on.

Ziweixing has launched a product that is highly similar to Twitter, called YikYak, which has seized the markets in Korea, Japan, and Southeast Asia in advance. This is simply a rival to Twitter. No wonder Twitter is happy!

Larry Page said with a smile: "What are your plans for Twitter? For now, Twitter... seems to be difficult to integrate into your business landscape."

Zhou Buqi sighed, "Yeah, I didn't expect that the big tree I planted would not be able to be used by me when it grows up."

Larry Page's eyes were filled with anticipation, "Then what do you want to do with Twitter?"

Zhou Buqi said helplessly: "It's not so easy to deal with. It's a financial investment. Twitter's business is growing very well, and the market response is getting bigger and bigger. It has become the top trending player in the market after Facebook. Social platform. After Twitter goes public, slowly look for opportunities to exit.”

"That's not a good idea."

Larry Page was delighted, with a big smile on his face.

Zhou Buqi frowned and looked at him cautiously, "Are you interested in Twitter?"

"no doubt."

Larry Page blurted out without any hesitation.

This is no secret in the industry at all.

In the past few years, Google has successively attacked Facebook and Twitter.Zuckerberg didn't want to join Google, and Twitter didn't want to.The founder of Twitter, Ivan Williams, sold the company to Google and was left out after joining Google.Later, I left Google to start a business again, and then Twitter came into being.

He doesn't want to have anything to do with Google anymore.

The result is that Google bought a bunch of social networking sites outside, and it also produced a lot of social products, and they all rotted, and none of them succeeded.

That's how Schmidt stepped down and Larry Page took over.

Zhou Buqi immediately refused, and said seriously: "This is impossible, Twitter... Ivan's attitude towards Google is very indifferent."

Larry Page smiled and said, "But he's also indifferent to you."

"Ok?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, looking suspicious.

Larry Page said lightly: "The essence of business is a transaction. As long as it is profitable and there are laws to follow, everything can be discussed. Twitter has only financial value in your hands, which has been lost. Greater strategic significance. Since what you want is financial gain, for Google, no problem!"

Zhou Buqi said in a deep voice: "Do you want to take away all the Twitter stocks held by Ziweixing?"

"Correct."

"It doesn't make sense. After many rounds of financing and dilution, Ziweixing's shareholding in Twitter is only 32%, and the investors are all on the side of the management."

Zhou Buqi spoke eloquently.

Zhou Shaoning next to him was stunned. If he hadn't known the inside story, he would have thought that Boss Zhou really didn't want to sell Twitter.It's really interesting, you obviously want to sell it, but you pretend you don't want to sell it at all... Needless to say, Boss Zhou has other plans!

Obviously it's not as simple as selling more money.

Google is rich and powerful, and the last thing it lacks is money.

Back then, when YouTube’s market valuation was only $1.6 million, Google bought the company for $16.5 billion, shocking the world.

In front of the core strategy, we must have absolute courage.

Google wants to get the 32% of Twitter shares held by Ziweixing, obviously not for the purpose of increasing the value of the shares and making money, but for gaining control over Twitter and integrating Twitter into Google's strategic system.

Zhou Buqi narrowed his eyes, "With 32% of the shares, you can't get the control of Twitter."

Larry Page is very confident, "As long as there is a goal, there will be a way."

(End of this chapter)