Rebirth of the Burning Era

Of course it's worth it. What's more worthwhile than investing $200,000 in Google in the early days of its startup? Even if the door to the bank vault is left open for people to move, it is not as worth the investment.

You must know that Google is not only Google, but also the boss of Android. After 20 years, once Google cancels the authorization, more than half of the smartphones in the world will be completely dumbfounded.

Liang Yifei's biggest problem is that he is just a traversal person, not a traversal person with a system. He is not even an IT professional. He has no idea when things like Android and ios will appear, and where can they buy them? Get ', and how to carry out research and development.

That's why he set up a sea investigation conference, let Sun Dawei cast a wide net overseas, collect as much information as possible, and invest in various start-up companies and people at any cost; he founded Feike in China and insisted on independent research and development The path of the company is all for one day, to be able to master the core technology that really does not need to rely on others.

Once something like core technology is in the hands of others, it appears calm on the surface, but secretly, it is controlled by others everywhere.

For example, Tencent of later generations, although after the transformation, has always declared 'cooperation and win-win', no longer buying small and medium-sized enterprises, but providing a platform for small and medium-sized enterprises, but in fact, if you want to be on Tencent's platform, then do It is good to be prepared to pay more than half, or even more than 90% of the profits.

However, the $200,000 is obviously a little less.

"Larry, I think you've made a mistake." Liang Yifei laughed and said, "I wouldn't fly halfway across the world overnight for a $200,000 investment."

"Then...then how much are you going to invest?" Although Larry and Sergey have their own personalities, they are both people with extremely high IQ and emotional intelligence. They did not misunderstand Liang Yifei's meaning because of the difference in language and culture between the two countries. On the contrary, I understood, and some asked in disbelief.

In fact, if Liang Yi can't come, they can get the first investment in a short while, but it's only $100,000.

In the United States in the mid-to-late 1990s, $100,000 was not a small sum. Even in many small and medium-sized companies in the United States, it was a big sum of money that must be calculated carefully.

"Three million dollars." Liang Yifei said.

The garage was quiet for a while, Liang Yifei looked at the two young men whose actual age was at the same level as himself, and explained: "Of course this money is not a one-time payment, the first one is 500,000 US dollars. The Internet is a very money-burning industry. So far, I don’t think even you yourself have thought about how to make a profit, right? Then on the road of Google’s growth, the three million dollars will be injected into it one after another according to your needs. "

Sergey frowned slightly and said thoughtfully: "I think that perhaps the number of visits itself is one of the greatest values ​​of the Internet. Maybe we can start from this point. By the way, there are also the application of various technologies..."

"Okay Sergey, what we should do now is to listen carefully to what Mr. Liang has to say." Larry interrupted Sergey's muttering and said to Liang Yifei, "Mr. Liang, I can Listen to all your thoughts? Three million dollars, even if you invest in batches, is not a small sum of money. It can be seen that although you are rich, you are not a blind investor."

"Sergey, your ideas have given me hope for the future of Google."

Liang Yifei first affirmed Sergey, then nodded slightly to Larry, and continued: "Chinese people are a little different from you Americans. In our concept, suffering promotes a person's growth, so we worship 'hardship'. Entrepreneurship, it seems that the lower a person's quality of life in entrepreneurship, the less he enjoys it, the more harshly he treats himself, the better he will achieve, or in other words, after success, his story will be more infectious. And you Americans, seem to be more advocating happiness?"

Larry thought for a while and said: "If suffering is inevitable, then in order to achieve the goal, I am willing to accept it; but in the process of achieving the goal, if there is more happiness, including life and spirituality, I am willing to accept it. I don't think I have any reason to refuse."

"That's right, I like to deal with happy people and people who pursue happiness." Liang Yifei laughed: "When Google has a certain scale, you will find that three million dollars is not much, maybe at that time , a month, a quarter, this money will be burned. So, I invest this money for you, there are two reasons, first, to help you get through the difficult initial stage, let Google get on the right track smoothly, to At that time, there will naturally be more and bigger capital, willing to inject money into you to help you go further; secondly..."

Liang Yifei tilted his head slightly, looked at the pile of beer bottles piled in the corner of the garage, and said with a smile, "I hope that in the process of starting a business, you don't have to worry about beer money, and start a business in a relaxed, happy, and even enjoyable environment. Your business. I believe that only when life is happy can the spirit be truly happy, and only when the spirit is truly happy can you make products that make everyone else happy. Sergey, Larry, happiness matters, it's It is an attitude to life, and it is a commodity with unparalleled value.”

It stands to reason that foreigners don't really like preaching and evaluation. Liang Yifei's remarks have some elements of preaching and evaluation.

But it depends on who said it from and to whom.

Two young college students who have not yet graduated are full of longing for the future, from a successful boss who is about to invest a sky-high price they can't even imagine---especially this successful boss is not much older than them, or from the mysterious East.

In this case, the two of them did not feel the slightest boredom. Instead, there was a positive light flashing in their eyes.

"Mr. Liang, maybe meeting with you will not only allow us to get investment, but also some more important and enlightening things." Larry pointed to his temple, meaning that he was enlightened in thought, and then fell silent for two or three times. Seconds, sitting upright opposite Liang Yifei, asked: "Then what do we need to pay?"

"Thirty percent of the shares." Liang Yifei said, "including all future company projects, subsidiaries, acquisition-related projects, etc."

"It's very reasonable." Larry didn't even ask Sergey's opinion, and directly agreed to Liang Yifei.

In their previous plan, looking for Yang Zhiyuan, if they can get 300,000 US dollars, they can pay 30% of the shares, not to mention the current 3 million?

"I think I probably didn't make it clear." Liang Yifei shook his head and smiled, and said, "It is the 30% that will not be diluted. No matter how huge the company is in the future, it will be 30% forever. "

"How is this possible!"

This time, it was Sergey who took the initiative to speak out, his eyes widened, and he shouted rudely.

"Sergey, don't get excited!" Larry glared at him, then smiled apologetically at Liang Yifei, and said, "Mr. Liang, although we are not students majoring in finance, a company has to go through multiple rounds of financing, especially It is an Internet company. With every round of financing, the shares of investors in the previous round will inevitably be diluted. Similarly, due to the increase in valuation, investors in the previous round will also reap huge returns. However, no investor has ever asked for the proportion of shares to be Eternal."

After a pause, he seemed to want to relieve the embarrassment and tension caused by Sergey's cry just now, and seemed to confess to himself, saying: "Besides, we don't know what the future will be like, if the future develops It's not good for you, so it's also a loss for you, isn't it?"

"Of course there are losses in investment, especially venture capital." Liang Yifei smiled and said something irrelevant: "I had contact with another Internet company, Amazon, and invested in them."

"Amazon owns your shares?"

Both Sergey and Larry were very surprised. The speed of development of Internet companies is very amazing. Today's Amazon is no longer the husband and wife team that was sitting in the garage and thinking about how to negotiate with suppliers to get the goods first and then give them money. Now, it has become the largest online book seller in the entire United States, with daily book sales surpassing that of the country's largest brick-and-mortar giants Barnes & Noble and Borders, and this year it has started other retail businesses other than books.

Probably because of Liang Yifei’s participation, the original Amazon development process has undergone some changes: it was not listed in 1997.

In the original time and space, the strategy of Bezos is prudent and conservative, and despite the complaints of many shareholders, it has avoided the Internet economic bubble in the next two thousand years. In this life, the development is slower than the original time and space. Not listed.

Liang Yifei had a chat with Bei Zuosi once. Bei Zuosi's slowness was not because he did not want to make progress, but because he accumulated a lot. He wanted to wait for Amazon's retail business to start smoothly, "hold back" to satisfy the expectations of the market and shareholders, and then go public. , once it is ignited, the stock price will immediately soar to an astonishing level, and then use the money to acquire two companies that he has long been interested in.

One is imdb, the largest Internet movie database in the United States, and the other is a data mining company, one application and one scientific research.

In this regard, Liang Yifei has no opinion. In fact, he can't give any opinion either. If he invests in these companies, if they deviate from the original line due to his own ignorance, pretending to understand, and excessive interference, it will be more than the loss.

Just reminded Bezos that the Internet in the United States is overheating at present. This kind of heat may be maintained within a year or two, but for a longer period of time, such as three or five years, once it breaks down, the entire Internet industry will enter a cold winter. .

An unprofessional reminder from a prophet made Bezos a little shocked, and he was once again a confidant.

Closer to home, knowing that Amazon actually had Liang Yifei's initial investment, the two young people looked at Liang Yifei with a lot of trust.

The young Chinese boss in front of him is a veteran.

"For Amazon, I talked about helping them open up the Chinese market, but for you, I don't want to say that yet." Liang Yifei said.

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