Rebirth of the Wild Age

The property managers called one by one to the owners who had not yet been renovated, and heard that Song Weiyang was going to buy a house, and things quickly settled.

A coal boss flew over from Jin Province and was willing to sell the nearly 1,400 square meter villa for a unit price of 28,000 yuan. But he made two requests, one is to have a meal with Song Weiyang, and the other is to take a photo with Song Weiyang.

Song Weiyang said that it's okay to have a meal, just take a photo.

The coal boss readily agreed to this, and after eating that meal, he took the initiative to lower the unit price of the villa to 25,000 yuan. This guy is in his 40s, and he opened his mouth and shouted "Mr. Song" and said he was going to study at Jinniu Business School.

A few days later, a beautiful designer named Liu Honglei was invited by Song Weiyanto's friend.

Liu Honglei graduated from the Department of Architecture of Tsinghua University more than 10 years ago. The design company run by the couple was responsible for the interior design of many high-end office buildings and five-star hotels in the special zone. Soon they went to Canada and the United States for further studies.

Liu Honglei came back to China this time to win the prize. The design she made for the Shenzhen Dameisha Territorial Water Property Hotel won the prize. Song Weiyang called a friend and asked if there are any particularly awesome interior designers in China, and Liu Honglei, who happened to return to China, was recommended.

After carefully inspecting the villa, Liu Honglei asked: "What decoration style do Mr. Song and his wife want? Or, do you have any special requirements for the decoration of the villa?"

"You do whatever you want, I will give you enough room to play." Song Weiyang said.

Lin Zhuoyun thought for a while and said, "You must live comfortably, don't be too deserted, and don't be too vulgar."

"I understand," Liu Honglei said, "Under normal circumstances, I design for large-scale projects. I haven't done private residential design for almost ten years. In terms of fees, the unit price is definitely more expensive, how about 200 yuan per square meter? ?"

Song Weiyang asked: "Does this include the garden?"

Liu Honglei said, "Sorry, it's just indoors."

"Let's do the outdoor design together," Song Weiyang said. "The indoor area of ​​this villa is nearly 1,400 square meters, and the outdoor area is about 1,200 square meters. The price is 500,000 bales."

Liu Honglei smiled and said, "Boss Song is really generous."

Song Weiyang said: "It doesn't bother the two masters for one thing, you need to make the indoor and outdoor as a whole, to have that kind of natural feeling."

"Boss Song is in business, do I need to add elements of Feng Shui?" Liu Honglei asked.

Song Weiyang said, "Do you still know Feng Shui?"

"Understand a little." Liu Honglei said.

Later, in the Hongzhou Eadry Royal Garden Hotel on Qiongdao, Liu Honglei was responsible for the interior design, and the Yuehuxuan Clubhouse in the hotel implied Feng Shui. The entrance of the clubhouse is located on the west side, which is magnificent and magnificent, which is said to symbolize the wealth of the guests; the learning area on the north is water, quiet and elegant; the kitchen on the south is naturally fire; the leisure area on the east is inspired by purple gas; the main restaurant in the middle It is the earth element.

This design is hailed as a classic and is quite sought after by the industry. Guests entering the club feel particularly connotative and sentimental.

But Song Weiyang was invited by a friend to drink tea in his previous life. He only entered the club once, and he didn't want to go in again.

Song Weiyang loves to read some messy books, including Feng Shui. In his opinion, the Feng Shui of this clubhouse is full of maliciousness to the guests: Although the gate opens to the west, it is located in the middle of the theme building, which belongs to the opening of the clubhouse. Suzaku Gate. Huo Kejin, a large number of gold elements are obtained at the Vermilion Bird Gate, and it is said that the gold element represents the wealth of the guests. Does this mean to refine the wealth of the guests? Regardless of the issue of the Vermillion Bird Gate, the West has always been the main killer, and you are still getting so many gold elements at the door, so you are going to make a beating for your guests?

The layout of the other five elements in the clubhouse also made Song Weiyang complain. I don't know if Liu Honglei doesn't understand Feng Shui, or if she knows Feng Shui but deliberately designed it like this, I am afraid that only she herself knows.

Anyway, the decoration design of Song Weiyang's newly bought villa is left to Liu Honglei, and there are really few domestic designers who are better than her and can be invited.

Lin Zhuoyun is very positive about this matter. She and Liu Honglei have exchanged e-mail addresses so that they can review each other's designs at any time. At the same time, she communicated with Liu Honglei repeatedly about her thoughts on the garden and some indoor arrangements.

Then Song Weiyang flew to the capital. The "China Beverage Industry Association 10th Anniversary Celebration and China Beverage Festival" originally scheduled to be held in May was postponed to mid-September due to SARS.

Yang Xin is busy with the group adjustment of Xifeng, and Chen Tao is also busy at work. Zheng Xuehong will participate in the event on behalf of Xifeng. As for Song Weiyang, he attended more on behalf of individuals, but he was the first to stand up and sound the horn of resistance in the beverage industry!

Coming to the capital a few days earlier, Song Weiyang walked through several companies he invested in, and then called Ding Ming and Nie Jun to the courtyard for dinner and party.

"Lao Nie has graduated with a master's degree now, what are you going to do?" Song Weiyang asked, chewing on Jiang's elbow.

Nie Jun had obviously become more restrained, dressed exactly like ordinary people, and he didn't bring his sword with him. The old man drank a little wine and said, "I will go home in a few days, visit my parents, and then go to the south to be a Taoist priest."

"puff!"

Ding Ming spouted a sip of beer and said in surprise: "Are you going to be a monk?"

Nie Jun shook his head and said, "I want to be a member of the decent school. Strictly speaking, I am not a monk. I can get married and have children when I become a Taoist priest. I have found the master. In a small Taoist temple, I wrote my master's thesis and collected it there. Main information."

"I thought you were going to join Wudang Mountain." Song Weiyang said with a smile.

Nie Jun cried strangely: "I'm not stupid. Wudang Mountain belongs to the Quanzhen Sect. Once you enter the church, don't even think about begging your wife."

Ding Ming thought suddenly: "Lao Nie, after you become a Taoist priest, you can start a blog on Sogou to record your monastic life. Then I will help you recommend it on the homepage. There will definitely be many netizens who like to watch it, making you an Internet celebrity. Taoist priest."

"Do you have any money to make?" Nie Jun asked.

Ding Ming said: "When you write more blog posts and have enough reputation, I will help you gather and publish them."

"That's OK, anyway, I have free time." Nie Jun smiled.

The three of them chatted nonsense for a while, Ding Ming suddenly asked Song Weiyang: "Does Lao Song know Baidu?"

"I know." Song Weiyang said.

Ding Ming took out a Chinese branch, lit his mouth and said: "Baidu has developed rapidly in the past few months, and it has become a threat to Sogou."

Song Weiyang was surprised: "I also surf the Internet frequently, why didn't I feel that Baidu was up?"

Ding Ming shook his head and sighed and said, "I underestimated the enemy. I didn't expect Baidu to make a crooked move. Due to Sogou's first-mover advantage, Baidu could not do it in the first two years. At the beginning, it could only provide search technical support for some websites. But it is positive. Because of this, Baidu has commercial relationships with many websites, and now it has brought in 3721 and other rogue navigation stations for bundling sales."

"I kind of understand." Song Weiyang smiled bitterly.

In the first few years of the 21st century, the number of Chinese Internet users has been tumbling upwards. The vast majority of these new netizens are Internet novices. The first thing they do when they go online is to open the navigation website. In order to grab the market, those navigation websites often cooperate with computer sellers, computer assemblers, and pirated software vendors. This leads to the following situations: you buy a different brand computer, or you build your own computer, or you buy pirated WIN heavy Install the system, the navigation website similar to 3721 appears on the computer desktop, you can delete it with anti-virus software!

Last year, 3721 was still cooperating with Sogou, and this year it was suddenly attracted by Baidu. As a result, tens of millions of new netizens have naturally used Baidu to search from the first time they surfed the Internet, and they have no idea what Sogou search is.

As for why 3721 abandoned Sogou and turned to Baidu's embrace, it is actually very simple, just one word: money!

3721 uses Sogou's search engine and needs to pay Sogou technical fees, and if they use Baidu's engine, Baidu will give 3721 promotion fees. Choosing Baidu is not only free, but you can also make a fortune. All fools know how to choose.

Ding Ming said: "Old Song, I need the support of China Technology, and I hope China Computer's default homepage is Sogou!"

"Yes," Song Weiyang said, "but you have to hurry up to talk about those navigation websites."

Ding Ming said: "I'm doing it. Not only navigation websites, but also selling pirated systems, as well as specializing in assembly. I send people to contact. Isn't it just burning money to grab the market? It depends on who has more money!"

"How much money does Baidu have now?" Song Weiyang asked.

"It's not clear, but there must be nearly 100 million dollars in funds," Ding Ming couldn't help but laugh. "According to reliable sources, Google also plans to invest in Baidu, and negotiations are already underway."

Song Weiyang frowned and said, "I have to ask about this."

Google's investment in Baidu was not due to Song Weiyang's butterfly effect. Another time and space Baidu had its third round of financing.

In recent years, the market size of search engines has grown larger and larger, and has become a popular choice for Internet investment. Those institutions that invested in Baidu originally wanted to invest in Sogou, but Sogou had no financing plan for the time being, so they focused on Baidu, because Li Yanhong is recognized as the top three technology guru in the global search field.

Baidu's first round of financing received more than $1 million. Investors included not only well-known investment banks such as Goldman Sachs, but also Overture, the leader in global search engines.

Yes, you heard that right, the leader is not Google, but Overture!

In another time and space, the search bid ranking was invented by Overture. Although Song Weiyang has pushed Google to launch it first, Overture has quickly followed up with this business model, and has always firmly overwhelmed Google. The reason is that Google is a grassroots rise, but Overture has a deep roots and has strategic cooperation with many large websites such as Yahoo, MSN, and Infospace.

The current rankings in the search field in the United States are: Overture first, Google second, Yahoo third, MSN fourth.

The search engines ranked first, third, and fourth actually have a strategic partnership. The search ads they receive are all interoperable, and sharing commercial advertising profits together is tantamount to jointly encircling Google—the same is true in another time and space.

Google's sudden emergence, in addition to its good search technology, is also thanks to Yahoo, a small investment expert.

Historically, Overture also ranked first in 2003, with advertising revenue 2.5 times that of Google. There is a popular saying in the American business community: If a company is established, two things must be done. First, register the company. Second, register for Overture.

Then Yahoo suddenly acquired Overture, and it was completely annexed by Yahoo in 2005, and the two major search engines have since embraced and walked into the grave.

The current situation is that Overture, the largest search engine in the United States, wants to enter the Chinese market, but it does not have so much energy for the time being, so it has invested in Baidu together with institutions such as Goldman Sachs. This move aroused the interest of DFJ (one of the three largest venture capital firms in the United States) and jointly invested $10 million in Baidu with other investment institutions. And DFJ also intends to continue investing, and is now pulling eight companies including Google to participate in Baidu's third round of financing negotiations.

In the eyes of these investors, the United States can accommodate more than 10 large search sites at the same time. Sogou is definitely not able to monopolize the Chinese market. Baidu has unparalleled investment value because Li Yanhong's search technology is too strong!

Faced with a more difficult entrepreneurial situation, Li Yanhong is more urgent than another time and space. If it were not affected by SARS, Baidu's third round of financing is estimated to have been completed.

Sending away Ding Ming and Nie Jun, Song Weiyang called Larry Page directly, Xingshi asked, "You want to invest in Baidu?"

"Yes." Larry Page said.

"Baidu is grabbing Sogou's market share, Sogou is my company!" Song Weiyang said angrily.

Larry Page smiled: "Yahoo just invested in Overture. This is just an ordinary business investment. Song, a dominance will only create a monopoly, and the government will not allow this."

"China does not have an "Anti-Monopoly Law"!" Song Weiyang said.

"Uh... okay." Larry Page was at a loss for a moment.

Song Weiyang said: "Withdraw from the financing negotiations with Baidu immediately. This is not a request, this is an order!"

"Although your tone made me very unhappy, I accepted it. After all, you are a seed investor in Google and a pathfinder in the Internet industry," Larry Page teased and said, "Song, I I must remind you that it does not matter whether Google participates or not, because the head of DFJ in Asia is crazy. The guy knows nothing about the Internet, but was influenced by Overture, and has an unprecedented interest in Baidu. He firmly believes in search engines. The industry will flourish. Even if Baidu can't beat Sogou, as long as it can capture 30% of the Chinese market, it can get a hundredfold return on investment. Without Google, DFJ will also bring in others. I think it is likely to fill the position. Yahoo."

"Why Yahoo?" Song Weiyang asked.

Larry Page said: "Because Yahoo is rich, Yahoo will invest and buy everywhere as soon as the Internet is over. To be honest, I have a headache now. Overture is the first in the search field in the United States, Yahoo is the third, and now there are two. I am a family directly, and I am eyeing with MSN who is ranked fourth. Do you know how much pressure I am under?"

Song Weiyang said: "How did I hear that Microsoft and Google are preparing a cooperation plan?"

"Is this all spread to China?" Larry Page laughed~www.readwn.com~Microsoft is in vicious competition with Yahoo. Yahoo has just acquired Overture, the largest search engine, so Microsoft wants to acquire the No. 1 search engine. Second Google. Of course I am willing to negotiate with Microsoft, it is best to break their alliance. "

MSN, ranked fourth, is a website owned by Microsoft. MSN has always had a strategic cooperation with Overture before, but now the latter has been acquired by Yahoo, which instantly made Microsoft feel very embarrassed, so it came to seek cooperation with Google. Larry Page is of course willing to cooperate with MSN, who knows that Microsoft Lions have opened their mouths and want to buy Google directly.

Historically, Larry Page has been delaying time, quietly launching acquisition negotiations with Microsoft, but secretly planning Google's IPO, and suddenly broke through the predicament of being suppressed by the three companies.

"Song, I thought about telling you some time ago," Larry Page said, "I am going to list Google. Now Google is rich, but it is very short of money."

Song Weiyang smiled and said, "I agree to go public."

"You may need to reduce your shareholding, do you know what I mean?" Larry Page said.

"Understand, this is more conducive to the development of Google, after all, I am a Chinese, I have too much equity in Google," Song Weiyang said, "You tell those Wall Street flies, I am very happy to sell Google stock, but must You have to wait for Google to go public, and the price may be higher. All of my stocks have voting rights."

Larry Page said: "OK, I will convey your thoughts."

"Then I wish Google a smooth listing." Song Weiyang said.

Larry Page laughed and said: "By then we are all billionaires. Although we are now, who would think that there is more money?" The latest chapter of the Rebirth of the Wild is on the website: