Chapter 1338 Follow Along, Talk Less

In the past few days, the relationship between Xie Yun and Li's father and Li's mother is heating up.

Every day when Li Mu returned home from the company, he would listen to Li Ma saying a few words of praise for Xie Yun and Zhao Ziqiu.

Xie Yun has her way of getting along, so Li Ma quickly became her good friend. The two often made appointments to do something together, drink afternoon tea, eat small refreshments, and even bask in the sun on the terrace. Xie Yun taught Li Ma the delicacy in the life of Jiangnan women, and at the same time was able to prevent Li Ma from misunderstanding that she was showing her superiority. All in all, she has the ability to make Li Ma feel comfortable with her as a friend. .

But for Xie Yun, she also likes Li Ma's straightforward character very much. In her social circle, most of them are people with countless faces, and very few people are willing to meet her with their real faces, and she quickly concluded that I learned about Ma Li's personality: kind, straightforward, without arrogance, and at the same time being considerate of others. It is indeed a lucky thing to have such a friend.

With this kind of contact and understanding, Xie Yun also hopes that her daughter can achieve a positive result with Li Muxiu.

Zhao Ziqiu has stopped going to class during this time. He spends almost all of his time in Ziyun Villa, so he will come to visit with his mother every day, or Li Ma will visit by himself. I heard that Li Ma still has a table at home during lunch. For the hot pot, Zhao Ziqiu has been helping to prepare the ingredients, earning praise from Li Ma.

Li Ma's original words were: Ziqiu, like her mother, does things in a leisurely but very quick manner. The most important thing is that the little girl is more beautiful than her mother, and she is very well-behaved.

Seeing that his mother liked Zhao Ziqiu more and more, Li Mu couldn't help sighing in his heart, maybe it won't be long before his mother would talk in front of him, hoping to have a daughter-in-law like Zhao Ziqiu in the future, right?

Thinking of this, Li Mu suddenly felt a chill in his back.

Naturally, Zhao Ziqiu didn't think too much. Although his academic performance was good, in the end he lacked life experience and was a standard idiot, but Xie Yun didn't follow her the same way. Among the female elders Li Mu had contacted with, Xie Yun should be the smartest one. She is just a copy of Huang Rong in Jin Yong. She suddenly decided to come to Yanjing and mingle with her mother every day.

However, Li Mu also knew very well that he could not intervene in this matter, and there was no need to intervene.

Back home from work this day, Li Mu was sitting on the sofa in the living room on the first floor, holding a laptop to read some information on Baidu, and preparing for a new round of negotiations with Baidu tomorrow morning, Li Mu walked over and asked him: "Ziqiu Did you contact you today?"

Li Mu shook his head: "No, what's wrong?"

Li Mu has been busy with work recently, and Zhao Ziqiu has always been very sensible and rarely disturbs him when he is working.

Li Ma said, "I'm going to your Auntie Xie's place to have afternoon tea with her this afternoon. She said that Ziqiu's father will come here in the next two days. Do you want the family to have a meal together?"

Li Mu was embarrassed, and asked her on the face, "Did Auntie Xie tell you?"

"Well." Li Ma nodded and said, "I think you, Auntie Xie, are a good person and a good friend. To be honest, she has a lot of knowledge and can get a lot of inspiration from chatting with her. If Ziqiu's father comes over, he can communicate with your father more. My father and I are both monks in business. They have more than ten or twenty years of experience in business. It is right to learn more from them. "

Li Mu hurriedly said: "Okay, you can come and see. When the time comes, I invite their family to come to our house for dinner. If necessary, I will ask Ziwei to help you."

Li Ma said, "Ziwei is still calling me today. I will ask her to come to my house for dinner tomorrow night."

"Okay, then I'll bring her back tomorrow after I'm done talking about business." Li Mu nodded, Li Ma likes Li Ziwei, and usually doesn't care about her, but also loves her from the bottom of her heart.

Li Ma hesitated for a moment,

Some hesitantly said, "Well, son, can Mom discuss something with you?"

Li Mu nodded: "Tell me, it's up to you to decide what to do, and what to discuss."

Li Ma said solemnly: "This matter must be discussed with you. If you agree, Mom will do it. If you don't agree, Mom will not do it."

Li Mu hurriedly said: "Then tell me, as long as I don't make up my mind for me, I have no problem..."

Li Ma said, "I want to recognize Ziwei as my daughter, do you think it's okay?"

Li Mu was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Ma Li wasn't joking, he nodded and said, "Of course, since you like her so much, it's only natural to recognize her as a daughter. Besides, you've always regretted not having a daughter."

Li Ma nodded again and again and said seriously: "This matter has to be agreed by Ziwei. If she doesn't agree, Mom won't force it, but if she agrees, my dad and I will not treat her badly in the future. In the future, if she is interested in someone and talks about getting married, my dad and I will also have to buy some dowry for her that you can afford."

Li Mu said, "Mom, as long as you like it, I have no objection. Even if you adopt a baby girl as my sister now, I will support it with both hands."

To a certain extent, Li Mu can understand the desire of the parents' generation for the company of their children and their children and grandchildren. Li Ziwei herself is also a very sensible girl. The assistant's job may change in the future. If Li Ziwei resigns one day, or puts her in another position, her chances of contacting her mother may also be greatly reduced. At that time , My mother's heart may increase a little bit of loss.

If Li Ziwei promises to be her mother's goddaughter, the two will be able to communicate and interact more outside of work in the future, and her mother will be very happy if she comes, so why not? If Li Ziwei can really let her mother stay If there is greater gain and gratification at the level of family affection, then I will naturally thank her and give her enough return at the right time.

...

Early the next morning, Li Mu rushed to Muye Technology. Today's appointment with Robin was at 9:00 in the morning. It was a very important matter. Robin paid special attention to it, and Li Mu didn't take it lightly.

When she arrived at the company at 8:30, Li Ziwei had already arrived for half an hour, and when she met Li Mu, she immediately gave Li Mu a brief and concise description of today's general arrangement, and then told Li Mu: "Baidu said that they temporarily increased Three negotiating team members, the other party is the president of the Asia region of Silicon Valley VC De Fengjie, as well as assistants and translators. They just bought most of the Baidu shares from the first two VCs who invested in Baidu some time ago. After pursuing a capital investment in Baidu, the shareholding ratio in Baidu has exceeded 20%."

Li Mu asked curiously, "What is De Fengjie's origin? Not very clear."

Li Ziwei said: "Defengjie is a mid-sized VC in Silicon Valley and currently manages about $1 billion in investment funds globally."

Li Mu frowned: "The sum of the funds is only a billion dollars..."

Li Ziwei pursed her lips and said, "It's definitely impossible to compare with top VCs like Sequoia, Softbank, and Morgan, but because they hold more shares in Baidu, they still pay great attention to Baidu's negotiation with us this time. "

"OK." Li Mu nodded and smiled: "It seems that Robin's life is not easy now, otherwise it is impossible for the capital side to interfere with the company's operations."

"Yeah." Li Ziwei said, "I did some research in private, and now the capital market is not very optimistic about Baidu's prospects."

Li Mu said: "Others are not optimistic, it is a good opportunity for us. What Baidu lacks now is not the recognition of the capital market, but traffic and time."

If there is no accident, Google will still withdraw from the Chinese market in the future, and Baidu will still be a dominant player. Moreover, Tengxun has disappeared now, and 360 has not yet come out. In the next few years, it will definitely give Baidu an excellent development window. At that time, almost all of the search engine market with a population of more than one billion would flow into his family's pockets. At that time, the market value would naturally increase significantly. If in the process, if he did not fight against him and sent traffic to him, Baidu's take-off is just around the corner.

Li Ziwei asked Li Mu, "Mr. Li, the office made tea for you. Do you want to go to the office for a while, or sit here for a while?"

Li Mu said, "Go to the office, you can come too."

Back in the office, a cup of fragrant hot tea was already placed on the desk. Li Mu sat down on his swivel chair and asked Li Ziwei to sit across from him. After sipping a few sips of tea, he said to her, "Talk to Baidu today. I'm afraid it's about the afternoon, you arrange lunch at noon, and if there is nothing else after the afternoon, come home for dinner with me, my mother said I miss you."

Li Ziwei said first: "I have already arranged lunch, which is at Da Dong Roast Duck opposite us."

Then he said: "I have nothing to do at night. If Aunt Li is convenient, I will be fine."

Li Mu nodded and said, "Tell the restaurant for lunch, cancel it, then find a clean fast food restaurant and order a working meal. Today, I will fight a war of attrition with them, and try to get it all at once, so I have to give them a sense of oppression."

Li Ziwei hurriedly nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll make arrangements."

...

At 8:50, the Baidu 11-member negotiating group, headed by Robin, arrived at Muye Technology.

Li Mu has rarely seen a business negotiation, and only eleven people came from one side. This battle really shocked him, so much that when he shook hands with Robin, he couldn't help but tease him: "Robin, Are you going to play a football match with Muye Technology?"

Robin was also a little embarrassed. Originally, eight people came here. He didn't expect De Fengjie to join in, and his attitude was very strong. Although he took the initiative in reason, he couldn't suppress the other party in terms of momentum, so he could only humiliatingly agreed,

This kind of feeling is very bad. Capital should not interfere in the normal operation of the company. It is like if you borrowed money from others, others should not interfere with how you spend it.

However, it is such a routine in the market. Whoever has the right to speak is the boss. Some companies have played in the middle and late stages, and the founders have been kicked away by capital as a ball.

With a strong smile, Robin introduced a white middle-aged man with a height of 1.9 meters to Li Mu and said, "Mr. Li, let me introduce to you, this is Jimmy Page, the president of Defengjie's Asia region. gentlemen."

Jimmy Page immediately reached out to Li Mu and said reverently, "Mr. Li, it's an honor to meet you."

Li Mu nodded, shook hands with him with a smile on his face, and then said a word of English, but Jimmy was choked up.

Li Mu said: "It's a pleasure to meet, Mr. Jimmy can just follow along and talk less."