Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 244 Seeing Me, You Can See the Future

In the garage, Larry Page discussed the future of the company with his partner Sergey Brin with a serious face: "Man, I think it's time for us to discuss the next development issues."

In August, Google was founded in the form of a private stock company. The two received an angel investment of US$100 from David Filo, one of the founders of Yahoo, and then pieced it together from family and friends. After raising a start-up capital of [-] million US dollars, it finally embarked on a journey of entrepreneurship in a prosperous way.

But after two months, the money has been burned, and Google's funds are in a difficult situation.

Sergey Brin is deeply worried about this: "We really need to talk, you know, our idea is very cool, and even attracted the attention of many investors, even the two large investment institutions Sequoia and KPCP They're all bullish on us, but listen to me man, we've got to find a way to get the money, or we've got to think about selling the shares."

Both are graduates of prestigious Ivy League schools with outstanding IQs, so they both see how broad the application prospects of Google's search engine will be on the Internet in the future.

Today's Internet, the main users are business elites, or programmers with a very high rate of baldness in the industry, but the emergence of portal websites has shown that with the popularization of computers, more and more ordinary people begin to choose to surf the Internet .

At this critical point in the transformation of the times, whoever can seize the opportunity to meet the Internet needs of ordinary computer users will be able to take the lead in the newly opened "new world" of the Internet, and then control the future.

Just like in the age of great voyages, those countries that first discovered and landed in the New World can reap wealth like harvesting wheat, become famous, and even dominate the world.

The search engine is definitely the most inescapable key link in the future Internet industry, because it is the easiest channel for ordinary people to obtain information from the Internet.

As long as you master this channel, Google's future is limitless.

The Google search engine is great, and the two have strong technical strength, so they have received rave reviews online. There are many people who use Google, and there will be more and more people.

But now there is a small problem that bothers Larry Page and Sergey Brin, two young Silicon Valley tech geniuses-Google doesn't make money.

Yes, so far, Google still doesn't have any profit-making methods. All businesses are purely burning money. Among them, just renting servers and broadband is making losses every minute.

The funds they have managed to raise and borrow are almost bottoming out.

The two knew that what they made was cool, and that it would definitely change the world, but the problems they were facing now were very real.

It's as if the person on the other side wants to hit you, even you know how and how hard he punches, but you can't avoid it.

One word, aggrieved.

Two people know that this technology can change the world, but they don't know how to use this technology to make money.

Some people are suitable to be scientists, while others are suitable to be businessmen.

Unfortunately, Larry Page and Sergey Brin have not yet awakened their business talents.

Sergey Brin thought about it, and finally persuaded his partner: "I know you don't want to, but if we don't sell some equity in exchange for the company's development, the company may not be able to continue. At that time, the equity in our hands will be worthless."

Larry Page thought about it, and it seemed to be the same.

In the magical beautiful country, there is never a shortage of wonderful ideas.

Creative geniuses are everywhere, but successful ones are rare.

Although the two are very confident in their own ideas, so do other geniuses.

It is an exaggeration to say that it is one in a million that can become a product.

So, now Google's purpose is clear.

That is to live.

If you can't survive successfully, then everything will be GG.

"I have to admit that what you said makes sense, but..."

Just as Larry Page was about to say something, the phone on the table next to him rang slightly harshly.

"Who is calling at this hour?"

Confused, Larry Page picked up the receiver.

"Hello?"

On the opposite side, a slightly immature voice came: "Hello, Mr. Page, I am Lu Yiming, the boss of Future Capital. My employees should have contacted you in the past few days, right?"

Larry Page has been annoyed by Li Yiwen in recent days. Although Li Yiwen is willing to invest, he doesn't even bother to think about it.

After all, in his eyes, Google is a company destined to be great, and his own business does not need a local shareholder from the mysterious east. After all, the other party can't provide any other form of help except money.

So Larry Page is annoyed when he hears the words "future capital". After Lu Yiming finished declaring his family name, he said impatiently, "I've already said, I don't need to invest now."

Faced with Page's bad attitude, Lu Yiming still smiled and spoke with confidence: "Mr. Page, are you sure you don't need it? As far as I know, Google should be short of money right now. There is no profit model, even if the future prospects are bright, you must first think about how to survive? In this way, how about I pay twenty times the price?"

Google's initial investment is only one million yuan in total.

Twenty times means that Lu Yiming is willing to buy Google's shares at a valuation of 2000 million. This is definitely an "appalling" price increase for a company that has been established for less than three months.

However, Larry Page chose to refuse without hesitation.

"You're right, we at Google do need money, but Mr Lu, we don't need your money."

Larry Page obviously has a clear plan for the future of Google. He is not the kind of novice who rushes to start a business and does not refuse investors.

Google does need money, but Larry Page has long made up his mind that he will never sell himself to investors casually. What he needs is a shareholder who can provide Google with various strategic values, not a shareholder who has nothing but money. Asian Wood Softshell Turtle.

Obviously, in his eyes, Lu Yiming is such an idiot who has nothing but money. This is not in the interests of Google, nor can it provide the value he needs.

Without waiting for Lu Yiming to continue speaking, Larry Page hung up the phone directly.

In the Parking Hotel, Lu Yiming sat on the soft bed, looking out at the starry sky through the floor-to-ceiling windows with some melancholy.

Making money is really not an easy task, especially dealing with those smart entrepreneurs, it is even more bald.

If in China, who came to Larry Page's situation and suddenly heard that someone bought it at a [-]-fold premium, he probably wouldn't even think for a second, and agreed directly.

But Larry Page is obviously not an impulsive person. He has a shrewd mind and clearly sees the true value of Google.

So he wanted to wait a little longer.

But Lu Yiming didn't want to wait.

Wait a minute, it's time for Google to raise the price.

In my memory, by June next year, Google will receive a capital injection of 6 million US dollars from two top venture capital funds, Sequoia Capital and KPCB, and it will get rid of the financial crisis and soar into the sky.

At that time, Google will become impeccable, and if it wants to become a shareholder of the other party, it will be as difficult as the sky.

Because of the boost of capital predators behind it, Google will evolve into a complete body, and all shareholders are all kinds of top financial institutions on Wall Street, or the super rich in the beautiful country.

At this time, Lu Yiming was not good enough to compete with such an opponent.

Therefore, for Future Capital, this is the only opportunity to acquire Google shares at this time, and it is basically impossible to come again, and the most is to go to the secondary market to buy some scraps left by others.

As a reborn person, is it reasonable to go to the secondary market to pick up garbage?

Not at all reasonable.

Therefore, Google must be taken down before it is irreparable!

But how to get it?

Lu Yiming thought about it carefully, and suddenly had another idea.

He picked up his phone again and called Larry Page.

"Mr. Larry Page, or me, Lu Yiming of Future Capital."

Larry Page, who received the call, wanted to scold his mother, but after all, he is a noble race, and scolding is really unqualified. He took a deep breath and said, "Mr. Lu, I think what I just said is very serious. Clearly, Google doesn't need your money."

Compared with Larry Page's violent temper, Lu Yiming looked confident and calm at this time: "Even if Google doesn't need my money, Google definitely needs me."

Larry Page laughed angrily at Lu Yiming's words. He shook his eyebrows involuntarily, and said jokingly: "Google needs you? Mr. Lu, I heard that you are now in Xiangjiang. According to the time zone, Xiangjiang should be It's still late at night, right? Are you sure you're not talking in your sleep?"

Although being ridiculed by Larry Page, Lu Yiming was not angry at all, but nodded very seriously: "Of course I am not talking in my sleep, I am talking about dreams with you. Larry Page, I just Let me ask you one thing - do you want to change the world?"

Larry Page sneered again: "Yes, but what does that have to do with you?"

The corners of Lu Yiming's mouth twitched, and a slightly ecstatic expression suddenly appeared on his face: "You want to know? Then come to Xiangjiang, and you can see the future when you see me."

Larry Page was stunned when he heard the words, and then became angry from embarrassment: "It's inexplicable, you are simply unreasonable, don't call me if you have nothing to do, I am very busy, not everyone in this world is as leisurely as you , Mr Lu!"

From Larry Page's point of view, Lu Yiming is probably a pampered rich second generation in the East, with eyes above the top, ignorant, and only squandering the family's wealth to find some fun in his boring life.

He despises such a person, because now he lacks a rich dad who allows him to squander money at will.

Just when he was about to hang up the phone again, Lu Yiming's voice came again: "Do you want to know how to make Google profitable?"

Larry Page seemed to have been cast a immobilization spell, with his hands hanging in the air, as hard as a stone.

"Want to know how to make Google profitable?"

This sentence was tossed and turned in his mind.

That's the question that's been bothering him and Sergey Brin for a long time.

The current Internet is still a new thing, and Google is even younger. Human babies are only born in ten months of pregnancy, and Google was not even established for three months.

Even if the future prospects are unlimited, the profitable model is still a noose that plagues all Internet companies.

And it is not just Google that is hung on this noose, but all Internet companies in Silicon Valley.

So far, no one in the company has thought of an idea that can make money quickly.

But the burning of money is getting faster and faster, so fast that it can't stop at all.

This is also the biggest reason why startups die in Silicon Valley every day.

Everyone thinks they are great.

We all want to change the world.

But in the end, they all fell halfway to their dreams and future.

Although Lu Yiming's words made Larry Page hesitate, but Larry Page didn't believe that Lu Yiming could do it at all.

After all, the beautiful country has countless elites, and the smartest people in the world are in the beautiful country, and even in Silicon Valley, I can't think of a way. You, an Asian in the wild land of the East, can solve this problem?

"You think I'd believe such a thing?"

Faced with Larry Page's questioning, Lu Yiming didn't care, but felt it was reasonable.He said: "So, how about a bet? You come to Xiangjiang to meet me. If you are not satisfied with the answer, I will lose you 500 million US dollars. If you like the answer I gave, then use the 500 million US dollars to buy it." Google shares."

500 million dollars!
Even in the beautiful country, this is by no means a small sum.

Many middle-class people with a good life have an annual income of only about 500 US dollars, and [-] million, almost requires a middle-class family in a beautiful country to work hard for a lifetime to earn.

Now, Larry Page only needs to go to Xiangjiang once, no matter what the result is, the 500 million will fall into his hands.

For this alone, he couldn't refuse.

After all, this is 500 million US dollars in real money. Who can withstand such a test?

"I will take the nearest flight to Xiangjiang."

"Then I will wait for Mr. Page to visit."

After hanging up the phone, Larry Page said to Sergey Brin with some excitement: "Our financial problem will be perfectly resolved immediately!"

The excited expression of his companion made Sergey Brin a little puzzled: "What's going on?"

"The boss of the Xia Guoren who came to see me often in the past few days called me just now, saying that he knew how to make Google profitable and wanted me to go to Xiangjiang for an interview. He said, this is a bet, if I If he is not satisfied with his answer, the 500 million dollars will be directly lost to me as a bet. And if I am interested in his plan, then the 500 million dollars will be used to acquire Google shares.”

Sergey Brin had a look of surprise on his face: "Wouldn't it be that we will get the $500 million no matter what?"

"That's right!"

As the saying goes, if something goes wrong, there must be a demon. It is really hard for people to fully believe Lu Yiming's behavior of throwing money.Sergey Brin was a little worried: "Could this be a trap?"

Larry Page was full of confidence in himself: "Don't worry, is a teenager more difficult to deal with than those greedy and shameless vampires on Wall Street?"

(End of this chapter)