Chapter 1428 Ten-Character Army and the Merchant of Venice

In Li Mu's heart, he really does not intend to be a search engine, but this does not mean that he is willing to give up the capital dividend of search engines in the future.

After becoming a shareholder of Baidu, Li Mu has already locked the dividends of domestic search engines in advance. If he can reach a consensus with Google, then investing in Google in advance is equivalent to locking the dividends of overseas search engines in advance.

If you take 10% of Google's shares, then even if the 10% shares are continuously diluted in the future, when Google's market value reaches hundreds of billions of dollars in the future, this share will be worth at least tens of billions of dollars, and you have the resources. Being able to continuously feed the Google business will also become a key element in maintaining your shareholding ratio or expanding your shareholding ratio.

In addition to locking in future dividends in advance, investing in Google can also win over a strategic partner for Muye Technology. In the future, not only Muye Technology will guide Google, but Google will also provide Muye Technology with various resources within its ability, just like Muye Technology from Baidu has locked a large number of keywords in its hands.

Although Larry Page was a little depressed due to Li Mu's strong character, he felt that fundamentally, Li Mu didn't really want to be an enemy of Google, he just wanted to get more from Google. interests, as long as Google can meet his demands, he will not be a huge threat to Google's future.

As a result, Larry Page made it clear that he would go back to discuss with the board of directors to see if these old shareholders were willing to dilute some more shares in order to attract Li Mu into Google.

On the topic of investing in Google, Li Mu finally added: "If the ratio you diluted meets my expectations, then I will agree to your request. YY and YY.com will be open to users continuously in the next five years. It is not impossible to add a Google search entry to other products of Makino Technology in the future.”

"That's great!"

Larry Page breathed a sigh of relief and reconfirmed that Li Mu was not an enemy. For the entire board of directors of Google, no one wants to be an enemy of Muye Technology in the future. Therefore, Google has long established a corporate strategy for Muye Technology: as long as Muye Technology does not extend its business to Google's core search business, and Google will never extend its business to Muye Technology.

To put it bluntly, Google just didn't dare to provoke Muye Technology at all.

Google is like a crusade who wants to go east, and Li Mu and his Muye technology are not pagans that must be conquered in the eyes of the crusaders, but Venetians on the road of the crusade, and the knights of the crusade do not have a large scale. The ability to cross the sea, they can only pay the Venetians to use their powerful fleet to send the Crusaders to the other side.

What the Venetians want is money.

When Li Mu saw Larry Page's mood, he seemed to be much relieved all of a sudden.

With a slight smile, he suddenly said: "By the way, Larry, if we reach a preliminary agreement, I will need to wait until Muye Technology's successful IPO to make up the funds that we need to pay for a stake in Google. Of course, I will calculate interest for Google's shareholders. of."

Larry Page was stunned for a while, and couldn't help sighing inwardly, Li Mu was really good at calculating, not only did he want to invest in Google, but he even had to delay the payment.

But even if Larry Page has 10,000 dissatisfaction in his heart, he can't say it out. The most important thing is to lock in the huge traffic of Muye Technology before Yahoo wants to part ways with Google, and the money will be given later... …

Immediately, Larry Page pretended to be relaxed and said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, our main purpose is to strengthen the strategic partnership between Google and Muye Technology. The most important thing is to determine the shareholding and the cooperation plan. , As for the money, pay it later, I believe Google's board of directors will not refuse it."

Li Mu smiled slightly: "Then I will wait for your final offer to see how many shares your shareholders are willing to dilute."

"Okay." Larry Page nodded heavily. The Crusaders paid almost all their property to the Venetian merchants for the smooth crusade. Now, Google is naturally willing to make corresponding sacrifices for its own great journey. .

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After talking about the "in-depth cooperation" with Google, Li Mu began to think about Andy Rubin, the father of Google, so he asked Larry Page and said, "Larry, do you know Andy Rubin? ?"

"Andy Rubin?" Larry Page frowned and asked, "Mr. Li, are you talking about Andy Rubin, who worked at Apple and Microsoft and later founded Danger?"

Li Mu nodded and said, "It's him."

Larry Page said: "I know Andy, and I admire his ability and vision, but how did Mr. Li know him? Andy is actually a very low-key person, and not many people in Silicon Valley know him."

Li Mu said with a smile: "A friend of an executive in our technical team recommended it to him. Muye Technology has a vacancy for a project leader. The manager asked him to help recommend a suitable person. He said that this person is not bad. "

Larry Page asked in confusion: "Then why don't you just ask the friend of the management you mentioned to help introduce him?"

Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "His friend is still working at Apple, and Andy has worked at Apple before, and we have become Apple's biggest competitor, so he is not very suitable to come forward. "

Larry Page did not doubt Li Mu's rhetoric, and Li Mu also very rigorously described the key people as "the technical team executive of Muye Technology" and "one of his friends who worked at Apple". These two Although the statement is vague, the logic makes sense, so Larry Page will have no doubts.

Larry Page did not doubt Li Mu's words. Due to professional ethics, competition restrictions, and differences in the management regulations of each company, many people in Silicon Valley have such a sense of self-protection.

Immediately, Larry Page said to Li Mu: "Andy's recent focus seems to have been on mobile communication. He wants to make an Internet mobile phone. I personally appreciate his direction, but the current hardware development It’s really not mature enough, so he couldn’t get this project up and running. His Danger project basically failed, it disappeared for a while a few days ago, and he seems to have returned to Silicon Valley recently and started thinking about new entrepreneurial projects.”

Li Mu asked with a smile, "Did he find you?"

"No." Larry Page said: "Google has no idea of ​​getting involved in this area now. After all, our current idea is to make the related products, technologies and algorithms of the search engine more solid. We have not yet done so with Andy. A meeting point where we can work together.”

Li Mu nodded and said lightly: "Why don't you help me get a connection and introduce me to him. Muye Technology wants to add some new attempts to the next generation of Mango-ME, and he may be just right for this project."

"Okay!" Larry Page said without hesitation: "This is a small effort, Mr. Li, you can check when it is convenient for you, I will communicate with Andy, I believe he must also very much hope to have the opportunity to meet you. ."

Li Mu looked at the time and said, "How about this, since he is in Silicon Valley, you can ask him if he has time in an hour. If so, you can come to Muye Technology to meet and chat with me."

Larry Page couldn't help sighing: "Why is Mr. Li so anxious, then I'll call him."

Li Mu smiled slightly and said casually, "It just so happens that I have no other arrangements this afternoon. I have too many things to do in the next two days, and I have to go to Cambridge."

Larry Page nodded and said, "I heard that Mr. Li, you voted for a Harvard student and started a Facebook?"

Li Mu smiled and asked, "You know?"

"Probably know." Larry Page said with a smile: "College students socialize, this entry point is quite good, maybe it can really make a little noise."

Li Mu laughed and said, "The kid is just making a fuss, and he can't get on the stage. I didn't go to Cambridge mainly to see him, but to see my girlfriend."

"Oh..." Larry Page said in surprise, "Mr. Li has a girlfriend?"

Li Mu asked him with a smile, "Am I surprised that I have a girlfriend?"

Larry Page laughed: "I'm not surprised that you have a girlfriend, I'm just surprised that you said it so generously."

Li Mu smiled slightly: "The two of us are old friends, and we may still be close comrades-in-arms in the future. I have nothing to hide about this trivial matter."

Larry Page nodded earnestly. At this moment, the phone got through. He hurriedly pointed to the phone at Li Mu, and then said to the phone, "Andy, I'm Larry, Larry Page."

Andy Rubin returned to Silicon Valley from the Cayman Islands some time ago and has been looking for investors recently.

As a genius programmer, Andy Rubin's life is relatively neurotic. After the failure of the Danger project, he went to the Cayman Islands to reflect on himself and his life, and then he thought about his next entrepreneurial project, and finally figured it out. , it turns out that Silicon Valley capitalists are not very interested in his new project.

For an entrepreneur, the biggest blow is that no one approves of his entrepreneurial project, and the same is true for Andy Rubin.

Andy Rubin is different from Larry Page. Larry Page has a successful career and is worth billions, but Andy Rubin has always been a worker in Silicon Valley, and he didn't have much before. Achievement, went out to start a business and failed. For Andy Rubin, even if he wanted to start a business by himself, it would be difficult for him to support an ambitious project with his property status, so he urgently needed to find An investor who is willing to believe in himself.

Suddenly receiving a call from Larry Page, Andy Rubin was excited, and he said excitedly: "Mr. Page, I didn't expect you to call me, this is so gratifying It's gone!"

Larry Page laughed: "Andy, are you in Silicon Valley now?"

"Yes!" Andy Rubin responded immediately, and then added: "Mr. Page, I have an entrepreneurial project that is looking for investors. I wonder if you are interested. Can we take the time to meet and chat?"

Larry Page laughed and said, "I'm calling to introduce you to a great investor. If you're interested, you can talk to him later."

Andy Rubin asked in surprise: "Who is this great investor?"

Larry Page said: "Li Mu, the founder of Muye Technology."

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