Chapter 1426 Welcome to Google

Before Li Mu visited Muye Technology's new office building in Silicon Valley, the big guys in Silicon Valley couldn't sit still.

In less than an hour, the public relations department of Makino Technology's US branch received requests from more than a dozen company CEOs, including Google founder Larry Page, who Lin Qingya had not had time to make an appointment with.

Muye Technology is now one of the top Internet companies in the world, and it has a huge number of users and strong promotion channels. This is a dream for all Internet companies to cooperate deeply, so everyone hopes to work with Muye. It is also human nature to deepen cooperation in science and technology.

Except for Larry Page, Li Mu did not respond to others. For Li Mu, he does not want to find too many traffic partners now, which is a bad overdraft for Muye Technology, such as an American e-commerce company. , if you want Muye Technology to guide him, and Muye Technology agrees, it is almost equivalent to spending all the potential of Muye Technology in e-commerce in the United States in advance, although the other party must pay Muye Technology for certain promotion. Expenses, but to Li Mu, that little money is completely irrelevant to him.

This is also the reason why Li Mu doesn't want to meet these people for the time being. He doesn't want to overdraw many of the future possibilities of Muye Technology for the sake of petty profit. The difficulty has increased exponentially, and this transaction is not worthwhile.

Lin Qingya conveyed to Larry Page the decision to meet him on behalf of Li Mu, and asked Larry Page when he wanted to meet. After Larry Page received the confirmation message, he was very happy to propose to Lin Qingya the most Fortunately, he was able to meet with Li Mu in the afternoon. After asking Li Mu, Lin Qingya officially replied to him and set the meeting time at three o'clock in the afternoon.

Li Mu asked Lin Qingya, "Guess why Larry Page is so anxious to see me?"

Lin Qingya smiled and said, "90% of you want to divert traffic to Google search from our YY and YY websites? Google is very clear that we are not a search engine."

Li Mu nodded and said with admiration, "You read it very accurately. Larry Page's biggest goal must be traffic cooperation. He is afraid that he is a little flustered now."

"What's wrong?" Lin Qingya looked puzzled.

Li Mu said: "Yahoo has always wanted to be its own search engine, and it is only a matter of time before it abandons Google. Now Yahoo has a very high market share. If they really announce that they will abandon Google, it will be a big loss for Google, not only Lost a large number of users, and one more competitor."

Lin Qingya asked, "Do you think Yahoo is better than Google as a search engine?"

Li Mu said: "It should be no problem to start two or three years early.

Starting now, it is too late to catch up. "

Lin Qingya said, "According to what you said, Yahoo's influence on Google shouldn't be too great."

Li Mu said with a smile: "The market's reaction is too extreme, just like the stock price, when bad news comes, it will usually oversold, and then slowly make up for it, so if Yahoo officially announces that it is going to be its own search engine, it will be very difficult for Google in a short period of time. The impact is still quite large, and Google needs a period of time to keep going back and forth, and Google should consider an IPO next year, and Larry Page must do everything possible to increase the market’s recognition of Google before the IPO.”

Lin Qingya asked again, "Then are you going to cooperate with him?"

Li Mu said: "It depends on the urgency of his needs. If his needs are very urgent, I think we can use resources to increase money and invest in Google."

Lin Qingya said helplessly: "My boss, you have to settle accounts in your mind. Although our valuation is rising, we cannot realize it without financing. How can we invest in Google without money? What's more, you I also want to acquire Apple, and it is a wholly-owned acquisition..."

Li Mu smiled and said, "Don't worry about the money, you have to move forward with the mentality that there will be a way for the car to the front of the mountain. As long as you can drive all the way to the foot of the mountain, the money will naturally come."

Lin Qingya smiled and asked, "What if the money doesn't come?"

Li Mu pouted: "If you don't have the money, turn around and come back. You can afford the car. Do you still care about the gas money?"

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Larry Page arrived at 2:40.

The last time I saw Li Mu, Muye Technology had not completed Sequoia's round of financing. At that time, Larry Page himself estimated the valuation of Muye Technology at about 20 billion US dollars. A 20-year-old CEO, he came up with a company. Larry Page has been amazed by a company with a valuation of 20 billion US dollars, but what he did not expect is that when the real financing was completed, Li Mu asked Sequoia to obtain a high valuation of 33 billion US dollars.

What made him even more unbelievable was that goodbye Li Mu, the valuation of Muye Technology has exceeded 80 billion US dollars.

The news that Sequoia hopes to reinvest in Makino Technology at a valuation of US$80 billion is no longer news in Silicon Valley. Everyone knows about this matter. This is the news that Sequoia deliberately released. The valuation of Muye Technology also has a certain role in improving. For Sequoia, even if they can no longer invest in Muye Technology, they are at least shareholders of Muye Technology. As long as the valuation of Muye Technology can be improved, it will be of practical benefit to them. matter.

In such a short period of time, the market value has doubled one after another, and Li Mu has created a legend of young rich people around the world. Considering the two dimensions of wealth and age, Li Mu is the entrepreneur with the highest comprehensive strength in the world. Rei Page was amazed and admired, but also hoped to find a strong traffic source for Google.

Li Mu met Larry Page in the office that Lin Qingya prepared for him. This office is the best one in the whole office building. It is very large, about 100 square meters. In addition, there is a bedroom and a separate bathroom for rest. The office is located in the southeast corner of the third floor, so there are floor-to-ceiling windows on two sides, plenty of light and a good view.

When he saw Li Mu, Larry Page took the initiative to shake hands with him, and said to Li Mu, "Mr. Li, we meet again. Welcome to Silicon Valley."

Li Mu smiled and said, "Mr. Page is studying recently?"

"A little..." Larry Page smiled apologetically and said in English, "It's really hard, I think I still have a long way to go."

Li Mu nodded, invited Larry Page to sit down in the reception area, and said with a smile, "I heard that our newly rented office building is not far from you?"

Larry Page said: "It's a ten-minute walk, and it's really close."

Li Mu said: "Then you are welcome to come here often. If I'm not here, you can find Ms. Lin Qingya. She is the vice president of our Makino Technology and the CEO of our Makino Technology US branch."

Larry Page hurriedly said: "I have met with Mr. Lin several times, and we will strengthen communication in the future to see if there are good opportunities for cooperation. In other words, you are a legendary existence, and when I heard that you came today, the entire Silicon Valley couldn’t hold back.”

Li Mu said with a smile: "In the future, I may spend more and more time in Silicon Valley. We can leave a personal contact information later. When I come to Silicon Valley, or you come to China, we will contact you in time."

"Okay, okay." Larry Page hurriedly took out his business card and handed it to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, please also save my contact information in the phone."

Li Mu nodded, took out his business card and handed it to him, and then asked him, "Mr. Peggy, you are looking for me in such a hurry, shouldn't it be just a reminiscence? We are both old acquaintances, you can talk about anything. ."

Larry Page rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, just call me Larry. I came to you this time because of a long-standing intention to cooperate."

"Oh?" Li Mu asked him, "What kind of cooperation?"

Larry Page said: "We have paid attention to the product structure of YY and YY. In China, both YY and YY are providing quick access to Baidu Search, which is convenient for YY users to use Baidu Search, and also diverts traffic to Baidu Search. , I personally think this is a very good cooperation model, which can not only provide convenient search services for YY users, but also bring higher-quality user traffic to Baidu search, but I also paid attention to it, Baidu search is currently There is no plan to expand overseas, or even to provide English search engine services, so non-users cannot enjoy such a quick search service on YY products. Inconvenient place.”

Li Mu nodded slightly and said, "Larry, actually, for me, I'm not a very selfless person, just like the vast majority of technical architectures choose closed source, I don't want users in the YY ecosystem to flow out. , even if it’s just an exodus in certain areas.”

Having said this, Li Mu said again: "Look, I don't do a search engine, but a search engine will occupy my users' online time, which is equivalent to separating a water pipe in my own reservoir, no matter what. No matter how thick or thin it is, it will only unilaterally absorb the water in my reservoir. If I cultivate the habit of using search engines frequently for my users, it will undoubtedly give a part of their online time to search. Engine, this is a violation of my own business itself, if it wasn't for my stake in Baidu, I would never have opened my users to them."

Larry Page didn't expect Li Mu to say so absolutely as soon as he came up, first of all, he refused to divert the flow to the outside world, and secondly, even if it was diverted to Baidu, it was because he had invested in Baidu. According to what he said, he wanted to talk to Muye. For scientific and technological cooperation, the only possibility is to let Muye Technology become a shareholder first?

But having said that, it is not a bad thing to be a shareholder of Muye Technology. Every entrepreneur has two needs, one is the need for funds, the other is the need for resources. Those who are short of money will first choose funds, but As long as they are not so short of money, they will choose resources.

This is also the reason why many companies especially want to be invested in by Yahoo. In addition to money, Yahoo investment also provides resources, and resources are often more important than money.

In fact, in the future of China, almost all Internet models are inseparable from Tengxun and Ali. The reason is also the same. Entering their ecology, you can get their resources, which will play a big role in their own development. promotion.

Therefore, Larry Page didn't think about it for too long, and said directly to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, if Muye Technology is interested in taking a stake in Google, we are very welcome. You can discuss this issue in depth, or simply form a group. The two project teams have an in-depth encounter, what do you think?"

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