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In the afternoon, the main event came.

Zhou Buqi was going to have talks with Larry Page on multiple topics in multiple fields. Both parties attached great importance to this meeting and had no other arrangements for the afternoon.

Let’s talk about Twitter first, and it’s going very well.

Doxena pass is over.

Next, just convince most of the investment institutions. This is what Google has to do.

Everything is ready.

It is expected that at the end of this month, or at the beginning of next month at the latest, the final result of this case will be announced to the public.

Next, Zhou Buqi talked about the cooperation between Ziweiyun and YouTube.

Larry Page laughed dumbfounded when he heard it.

This kind of trivial matter even came up.

Go go go!
It is possible to cooperate, and then let the outside team negotiate the terms of cooperation.

This meeting was an informal private meeting between the two.

Both sides have only one most trusted assistant, and there are only four people in the whole office. Zhou Buqi is accompanied by the most trusted secretary Ning Yaxian.

Then, Zhou Buqi talked about a personal matter, "By the way, there is one thing you need to help with."

Larry Page smiled and said, "What is it?"

Zhou Buqi said helplessly: "Google Maps must protect personal privacy."

"Have you been harassed too?"

Larry Page was slightly taken aback.

This is something that has put a lot of pressure on Google and caused a lot of social controversy, that is, the disclosure of privacy on Google Maps.

Google Maps is the best map product in the world, with comprehensive information and associated with Google Earth, covering almost every corner of the world, very clear.

However, relying on Google's own strength, it is impossible to make this product perfect.

For example, a building appears on the map. What is this building?
It is impossible for Google to send its own employees to check, and after checking it out, mark it on the map so that users can get sufficient information.

Therefore, Google Maps has opened permissions to users.

Users can mark some locations and buildings on Google Maps by themselves.This is an invasion of privacy. Many users will mark other people's real estate, which is also the reason why Google Maps is blocked in China. Many military facilities and official residences of dignitaries have been marked.

There are similar risks in the United States.

One of the big news in Silicon Valley recently is the mansion of Larry Ellison, the boss of Oracle.Larry Ellison has too many affairs, loves to show off his wealth, loves to hype, and has a high-profile style of acting, so he can always make headlines and attract many people.

Some time ago, there were media reports that Larry Ellison bought a super mansion worth more than 4000 million US dollars on the beach in Los Angeles!

In fact, it's not worth much, just 4000 million US dollars.

Zhou Buqi's Florentine-style mansion on the top of Beverly Hills in Los Angeles, the transaction price reached 1 million US dollars during the real estate bubble in the past few years.

However, the news did not come out.

Larry Ellison has become the object of media attention.

Then, the event comes into focus.

Someone marked the location of his home on Google Maps.

Usually, many people would drive in the direction of his house, either to take pictures or to look at it, and they were all regarded as tourist attractions, which caused great trouble to Larry Ellison's life.

Google reacted quickly and blurred a number of mansions on the map, mainly Hollywood stars. They are the group of people who have attracted the most attention from the outside world.

Zhou Buqi was also unwilling to let high-tech invade his privacy, saying: "I haven't been harassed yet, but I should take some necessary precautions in advance."

"No problem, it should." Larry Page did not hesitate, and then explained, "This matter is really important, I have asked the Google Maps team to make adjustments to the product immediately, to give homeowners More options."

"Oh?" Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows, "What do you mean?"

Larry Page said: "It is that Google Maps should introduce a new function. If a user does not want his property to appear on Google Maps, he can upload relevant information and apply for blurring of his property. Others I can’t see what’s going on at his house.”

Zhou Buqi praised: "That's right, it should be done this way, and high technology cannot be used as a tool for doing evil."

Larry Page was a little embarrassed.

After all, "Don't be evil" is the slogan that Google has always flaunted.

During this period of time, Google Maps has been caught in a lot of trouble.

Larry Page said: "It may take a long time for new functions to be launched. You can give me the real estate information that needs to be blurred, and I will handle it for you directly."

Zhou Buqi looked back at Ning Yaxian, "How many?"

Ning Yaxian said calmly: "It doesn't need too many properties, 50 properties are enough, distributed in the United States, Britain, France, Australia, South Korea, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and other countries and regions."

Larry Page had a strange expression on his face, "Okay, no problem."

Then, Ning Yaxian contacted his assistant and said that this matter could be done within two days.

Next, the topic returned to work, and it was Larry Page's turn to work hard.

Ziweixing International is currently the best-performing Internet company in the mobile Internet field. It owns Helo and Ucgram, two world-leading best-selling products, as well as UC Browser, Photo Scanner, Rotten Tomatoes, Xiumeipai, Evernote, and Impression.com Disk, YikYak, Haima Weather, Youdao Translation and a large number of well-known mobile apps.

Google hopes that the search business of these products will choose Google by default, especially UC Browser, which has more than 1.2 million installations in overseas markets.

This is of course no problem.

As long as the money is available, the Google search engine can be selected by default.

Next, we talked about cooperation in the Japanese market.

It also quickly reached a consensus that Google obtained the required data from YikYak, and both YikYak and Jingtao obtained Google's platform traffic resources.

After chatting for 2 hours, the two sides took a break.

Had a cup of afternoon tea and a small snack.

This dessert is really not very good. It is a pizza delivered by takeaway. According to Larry Page, this is his favorite pizza.

After eating a piece, Zhou Buqi really couldn't bear the heavy cheese flavor, it was too greasy, and the milk flavor felt stronger than breast milk.Breast milk is a little easier to accept. This kind of strong cheese that Westerners are used to eating is really uncomfortable.

Next, the two continued to negotiate in private and talked about key businesses.

Asda acquires Motorola's mobile phone business.

Motorola Group was originally a listed company. It spun off the Motorola mobile business and took out the "Motorola" brand and sold it to Google for $125 billion.

The case has been made official.

Next, Asda bought the Motorola mobile phone business in Motorola Mobility from Google, including the main brand "Motorola".

The top executives of Motorola's mobile phone business have negotiated.

Only the last step is left, which is to negotiate a price with Google.

Larry Page opened his mouth wide, "$55 billion."

"This is impossible!"

Zhou Buqi categorically rejected the proposal.

Larry Page frowned, "Motorola's mobile phone business is the core business segment of Motorola Mobility."

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "There is no need to say such things. This is just a low-end business. Everyone knows that Motorola's most valuable assets are those patents."

Larry Page glanced at him, coughed his throat, and said in a low voice: "I have only been the CEO of Google for half a year, and I need a good deal to convince Google's board of directors."

"what?"

Zhou Buqi was stunned.

Is there such a theory?
In order to convince Google's board of directors, I have to make a huge sacrifice of myself?

Our relationship isn't that good yet, is it?

In Zhou Buqi's eyes, the value of Motorola's mobile phone business should not exceed US$35 billion, preferably within US$30 billion.

Larry Page's slight smile is meaningful.

Some words seem inconvenient to say more.

Seeing that Boss Zhou hadn’t reacted yet, Larry Page’s assistant kindly reminded, “Mr. Zhou, even if Asda has a relatively abundant cash flow, there is no need to spend a large amount of cash to promote This transaction. I believe the transaction model is mainly in the form of stock replacement."

"Ah."

Zhou Buqi nodded.

Definitely.

Such a billion-dollar transaction cannot be bought with money, it must be a stock replacement.For example, Google bought Motorola Mobility for US$125 billion, with only US$12 billion in cash, and the remaining US$113 billion was additional Google stock.

Ning Yaxian had already reacted, and whispered in Zhou Buqi's ear: "Astar hasn't been listed yet."

"Ok?"

Zhou Buqi's eyes suddenly lit up.

Found the routine here!
I go!

high!
Really high!

Or you Americans will play capital routines.

Asda will buy Motorola's mobile phone business with its own stock, but the question is, Asda has not yet listed, how much is Asda's stock worth?
This thing has no exact concept at all.

Say how much, that is how much.

With the scale of Asda today, it is easy to say that the valuation is 200 billion U.S. dollars, and it is not a big problem to say that it is 500 billion U.S. dollars.

This leaves a lot of room for maneuver.

The specific valuation of Astar is related to the price of Astar's stock, and also related to the final transaction price of this transaction.

For example, Astar gave up 10% of the shares to Google in exchange for Motorola Mobility.If Astar is valued at $200 billion, the deal is worth $20 billion.

Of course, Google will be very dissatisfied.

Larry Page, the CEO, will be under tremendous pressure from the board of directors, and Google's stock price will also plummet; but if Asda's valuation is 500 billion U.S. dollars, 10% of the shares will be 50 billion U.S. dollars... This is a big deal for Google. In other words, it is a very beautiful deal.As long as everyone is happy, Larry Page is satisfied, the board of directors is satisfied, Google's shareholders will be satisfied, and Google's stock price will soar.

In fact, in both schemes, Asda only transferred 10% of the shares.

Essentially there is no difference.

However, because of the blowing of the capital bubble, and because of the different valuations, this transaction has a completely different follow-up trend.

Zhou Buqi understood what Larry Page meant.

The transaction of Motorola's mobile phone business should be a real capital operation, and it should be operated in this direction.

Google must sell this business for a sky-high price.

Only in this way can he, the newly appointed CEO, have higher prestige and confidence in front of the board of directors and subordinates.

And Estar doesn't need to pay too much extra.

It only needs the acquiescence of both parties to estimate a higher valuation for Asda.

Sure enough, it is full of routines.

At this moment, Zhou Buqi felt that he was really an honest person, no wonder he would be a receiver.