Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 248 Don't You Want To Be A Capitalist?
The next morning, Larry Page took the contract he had negotiated with Lu Yiming, and rushed back to the beautiful country by plane.Now Google is still in a difficult start-up period. As the founder of the company, he has no rest time at all.

Los Angeles International Airport ranks sixth among the top ten worst airports in North America. Passengers who come and go can’t help but give them a middle finger no matter the lack of obvious signs in the exit area or the rude and unreasonable attitude of the staff.

Everyone who lives in California has experienced how bad the service here is.

After getting off the plane, Larry Page saw the desolation around him, recalled the prosperity of Xiangjiang, and suddenly felt unreal.

In the richest, most advanced, most civilized, and freest beautiful country in the media reports, the airport is so backward, there are piles of weeds around the airport, the terminal building is peeling and cracked, small and dilapidated.

On the other hand, at Xiangjiang Airport, the planes are shiny and shiny, and all you can see are tall buildings, even the terminal buildings are brand new, the floor is so clean that people can be reflected, and even the markings on the apron are all white Like jade, very clean.

Who is the poor and backward one?

Walking out of the terminal, Larry Page was full of emotions. Looking at the scattered passengers in a hurry, he even missed the prosperity of Xiangjiang.

Sergey Brin drove a brand new Dodge and appeared at the gate of the airport. Seeing his friend returning safely, he waved his arms happily to say hello.

After Larry Page got in the car, he couldn't help the curiosity in his heart, and asked eagerly: "Didn't I tell you that you are going on vacation? Why don't you play for a few more days? Is it too poor there?" Is there any place to play?"

Larry Page slumped exhaustedly on the co-pilot, and said weakly: "No, Xiangjiang is more prosperous and developed than you and I imagined. I feel that many places are more fascinating than Los Angeles. As for travel...etc. I am retired, and I have plenty of time to go out and play, but now is not the time. Hurry up and go back to the company, we have to start working quickly."

Sergey Brin shook his head slightly, and said helplessly: "You are such a workaholic. You just got the money, and you can't wait."

Sergey Brin was driving a car, just left the airport, and was about to get on the highway, but suddenly found a black Ford Raptor whizzing past them, which scared Sergey Brin into a cold sweat .

"It's dangerous. If I drive faster, the two of us may not see the sun tomorrow."

Immediately afterwards, the siren sounded from far to near, and several police cars flashing with various colored lights were chasing after him.

The most unlucky thing was that the Dodge parked at the intersection was hit by a stray bullet, the headlight on the right was directly shattered, dozens of grooves were punched on the hood, and sparks flew everywhere.Even the front windshield was shattered.Sergey Brin and Larry Page were so frightened that their palms were sweating, they quickly turned off the car, and then skillfully crouched under the seat with their heads in their hands and shivered.

After a while, until the gunshots could no longer be heard, the two dared to look around to check the situation.

Hearing the rapid sound of the horn coming from behind, Sergey Brin hurriedly started the ignition, and then drove towards home with lingering fear.

He was afraid that if his movements were a little slower, the irritable old man driving behind would pull out an AK47 against his forehead.

Back home, looking at the broken headlights, the hood full of stray bullets, and the front windshield that was broken like spider webs, Sergey Brin cursed with red eyes: "This is a terrible thing!" I just bought a new car last month! These goddamn feds, can't they aim a little? Law and order in California is terrible, there are more and more Moxigos here, and they are all vicious, almost every week now You get a wave or two of bank robbers and Highway Patrolmen fighting the streets."

Larry Page also had lingering fears: "That Mr. Lu joked with me, saying that in our free and beautiful country, we have gun battles every day. I used to think what he said was too exaggerated, but now I think he is right. I was in Xiangjiang At that time, I can walk on the street at will without worrying that the people around me will suddenly pull out their guns and shoot me in the head.”

Sergey Brin continued to scold: "I really don't understand why the trash on Capitol Hill just refuses to ban guns. What kind of trash did we vote for? What happened to the beautiful country?"

Larry Page said firmly: "Stop discussing these topics. When we make money, maybe we should consider emigrating to a safer place, at least leaving this dangerous country!"

Back in the garage, Larry Page showed the contract to Sergey Brin, and then talked about his communication with Lu Yiming in the past few days.

Although Sergey Brin already knew the general idea on the phone, but now Larry Page dictates it face to face, and it naturally feels different.

"Are you really planning to let this person from Xia Kingdom participate in your cause?"

Larry Page corrected: "It's our business! Didn't I mention it to you before?"

Sergey Brin still looked puzzled: "You did say that you wanted to find a partner in Xiaguo, but why is this Mr. Lu? There are many excellent partners in Xiangjiang alone, such as The newly promoted Asia's richest man, Li Chaoren, is very influential in Mainland China and is a guest of many people in power."

Obviously, in the view of Sergey Brin, Lu Yiming is by no means the best partner.There are too many rich people who are richer and more connected than him.

Larry Page shook his head when he heard the words: "It's not about money. We need Mr. Lu. He can point out the direction for Google's future. To be honest, he is a magical youth from the Xia Kingdom, although he looks quite young , was even in high school, but was brilliant, self-made billionaire, and had a great eye. He even told me how Google was going to start making money."

Sergey Brin still has doubts about this: "Although so, as long as you refuse, you can get 500 million US dollars for free! Now, he bought Google's shares for 500 million US dollars!"

Selling shares means that the two have less control over Google.

And Larry Page has always attached the most importance to his control of Google. After all, the lessons learned by Mr. Joe really made them deeply disturbed as entrepreneurs.

Nobody wants to be kicked out of the company they started, not only is it a matter of losing money, it's a shame.

But this time Larry Page's attitude was extremely firm. He shook his head slightly and said, "Don't be greedy for petty profits. Don't forget how our hyperlink analysis technology came about."

Reminded by this sentence, Sergey Brin thought of an Asian genius whose English name was Robin he met in Soxin.

Everyone is engaged in search engines and belongs to the same industry, so people in the circle are no strangers to each other.

In fact, Google's search engine has borrowed a lot of hyperlink analysis technology from Robin Li. Everyone combines mathematics and informatics to analyze various phenomena such as the attributes of network links, link objects, and link networks, and finally obtain Specific quantitative characteristics and internal laws.

Although Li Robin applied for a patent for himself, patents have always only protected technology, not ideas.

So Google borrowed Li Robin's technology, and the other party had no choice but to stare blankly.

But the reverse is also true!
The better Google develops, Li Robin, who has homologous technology, can follow the path that Google has walked and become a strong industry competitor.

Larry Page is not a short-sighted person, so he saw this possibility, so he looked at Sergey Brin seriously: "Listen to me, man, Mr. Lu is a genius, we may not need his Money, but we absolutely need his brains and intelligence. If Google rejects him, then maybe our enemies will get him, and trust me, you never want that.”

Google is not the only company that is working on a search engine. For example, Yahoo, which is now in full swing, has a department that is also conducting related research and development.

In addition, there are smaller peers like Soxin.

In terms of technical strength, Google may have an advantage, but what the beautiful country lacks most is geniuses, and they are not invincible.

Larry Page's brain is quite sober: "Mr. Lu can easily think of using PPC to solve Google's profit problem. Who knows how many wonderful ideas are hidden in his genius mind? He and I After talking for a long time, I realized that he still has reservations about Google. Therefore, I specially added a clause in the contract. After Mr. Lu invested in our Google company, he could not continue to invest in other search engine companies, otherwise I would own his shares. The right to compulsorily repurchase at the transaction price."

After listening to Sergey Brin, he couldn't help giving a thumbs up: "You are really a shrewd guy."

In the end, Sergey Brin was finally persuaded by Larry Page to accept the decision to make Lu Yiming a shareholder of Google.

While it's a shame to "lose" $500 million, it would be worth it if it made Google one less potential competitor.

What the two are most worried about now is that if Lu Yiming cannot get the benefits he wants from Google, he will most likely choose to invest in Google's competitors.

At least Li Robin, who invented the hyperlink analysis technology, is a pure Xia native, and the two naturally have a good foundation for cooperation, which cannot be ignored.

If Lu Yiming invests in Li Luobin's business and advises him, then Google will be in big trouble.

The two guessed right. Not long after, Li Luobin would choose to return to Xiaguo to start a business and founded a search engine company, named Baidu.

At this time, the night in Xiangjiang was misty, and the sea breeze was coming slowly.

Standing on the balcony, Lu Yiming called his cousin Li Yiwen, and casually talked about signing the contract with Google.

Li Yiwen was happy at first, and then a little depressed: "I've been here with those guys for more than half a month, but there's no progress at all. Why did you finish it in two days?"

Lu Yiming smiled indifferently: "These are just basic operations. I, the big boss behind the scenes, have done it myself. Isn't it a matter of course to take down Google?"

Thinking of his cousin's ability, Li Yiwen quickly felt relieved, and then talked about his return journey: "If you say this now, the task you entrusted to me has basically come to an end, so can I go back to China?"

Lu Yiming laughed loudly: "What? Are you uncomfortable living in the beautiful country, the capital of capitalism? There are countless people in the country thinking day and night to go to the beautiful country to wash dishes and sweep the streets. Now you are eating and drinking in the beautiful country. Not satisfied?"

Li Yiwen complained unceremoniously: "The discrimination here is too serious. The Moxigo people and black skins all over the street are very unfriendly to us Asians, especially the security here in California is simply speechless. Every day I can see gangsters fighting on the street with guns, that scene is even more exciting than what I see in movies, I really can't bear it anymore, it's better to go back to China and stay safe."

Poor people want to go abroad because they have no money.

And Li Yiwen is now financially free. He can live a chic life no matter where he is. Naturally, he doesn’t want to stay in a place where everyone has a gun. He has to bring bodyguards and ride in a bulletproof car when he goes out. It's too frightening.

If these words are heard by those who want to yearn for the lighthouse of the beautiful country, they will probably be so angry that they will fight Li Yiwen desperately, so that he will not slander their spiritual motherland.

But Lu Yiming knew that what Li Yiwen said was absolutely true, even because he was too rich and had never experienced the miserable life of the middle and lower classes in the beautiful country.

Especially living in California, many people at the bottom of society have nothing but drug use and gun battles every day. That life is always exciting. People who are used to living a comfortable life in China really can't accept this kind of life.

Lu Yiming couldn't help but joked: "I thought you didn't want to come back after you went out. It seems that the luxury of capitalism hasn't corrupted you. That's good."

When Li Yiwen heard it, he was immediately happy, and asked with joy, "So, I can go back to China?"

However, Lu Yiming shattered his dream: "I'm afraid it won't work. Although the Google matter has been settled, I have thought of a new matter, and I still need you to deal with it personally."

Li Yiwen was depressed when he heard that he could not return to China.But thinking that he is now relying on Lu Yiming to eat and drink here, he has nothing to do.

He sighed dejectedly: "Tell me, how do you plan to use me this time?"

Lu Yiming smiled and comforted: "How can this be said to be calling you? I just want you to make a lot of money. You say you are a wage earner now, don't you want to learn how to be a qualified worker?" capitalist?"

Li Yiwen nodded fiercely without hesitation: "Yes."

Everyone is scolding capitalists, but everyone wants to be a capitalist.

Probably this is because love breeds hatred, and if you can't love it, you will naturally hold a grudge and gnash your teeth.

After all, in life, a poor ghost who doesn't want to be a capitalist is not a good poor ghost. People still have dreams in life.

(End of this chapter)