Chapter 1414: All-Conquering

His gaze swept across the faces across from him. He was very familiar with these faces, and two of them were once idols of him and Brin, or in other words, idols of many people at that time - that is, there were The two known as the "Chiefs".

It was them who truly opened the curtain of the Internet era; it was them who laid the foundation for the Internet to change the world; it was them who determined the two core game rules of the Internet industry: openness and freeness.

They also attended the meeting today.

Seeing the two people coming to attend today's meeting, Page actually felt a little unreal, and I believe the same goes for Brin next to him.

Once upon a time, in 1997, when the two of them first created BackRub, the prototype of Google, they had no ambition to change the world through this technology. They just wanted to use this technology to make a little money to spend, and then first Complete your studies at school.

The only people they found were two fellow alumni, and they only offered $1 million.

The idol rejected them!

It’s different from how Hastings went to Blockbuster when he was in trouble internally and externally and asked the other party to acquire Netflix and was rejected. Being rejected by their idols, Page and Brin felt like they were guys who thought they were tall, rich and handsome. , plucked up the courage to confess his love to the goddess he loved, but in the end, the goddess regarded him as a joke.

Then of course they reacted like most men, I had to really do something to make her regret it!

Now, Page glanced at Brin, they did it! ——So, don’t be afraid of the second grader, just because you are afraid of the technical skills of the second grader.

Page only stayed on the faces of those two people for a second or two. At this moment, he truly felt that he had stood at a new height and could look down at the height of the people he had previously looked up to.

When Google was just born, it had to watch the faces of these people for a long time. After taking over Yahoo's search business, they once begged the two founders opposite to give a speech at their company, but they were rejected. Rejection without mercy - The Yahoo employee who received the call from Google was told by his boss to firmly reject similar requests from Google.

But now, he talks to these people as if he were talking to the engineers of his own company, and they are also engineers whose work results dissatisfied him - and he does this a little deliberately.

As you can imagine, the faces of the group of people opposite were not very good-looking, including the two founders who always had condescending smiles on their faces.

They could clearly see the contempt in the eyes of the two boys opposite, because those two guys didn't hide their emotions at all.

At this time, although Yahoo's market value has dropped sharply from US$128 billion in 2000, it is undisputed that it is still one of the largest Internet companies in the world. From 2000 to the present, it has dominated the global Internet. The top spot is still the existence of the giant bull.

Otherwise, in the original time and space, the then richest man Ma would not still be desperately trying to build relationships with Yahoo and Chief Yang next year.

It should be said that no one can despise them like this now!

But before they had time to express their dissatisfaction, Page had already continued to elaborate on his final solution. "My final solution is to allot 2.5 million shares," he put his hands on the conference table, staring at the other person and said, " That is at least more than 300 million US dollars. If you agree, we will sign the agreement immediately and this issue will turn the page."

"I don't agree." He adjusted his sitting posture and leaned back loosely on the chair. "Then we will fight this lawsuit for a few more years. I just feel that the legal department now has too many people and too few things."

For a company like theirs, where people are rich and influential, it is normal for such a patent lawsuit to go on for several years without any results.

The people at Yahoo quickly came out of their anger and thought about the few words Page said.

Drummond, the legal advisor next to Page, couldn't help but glance at Page. Although he knew that Page's reason was probably said casually, he still wanted to explain a few words, "Boss, why did you do this?" Do you have such an impression? It’s really not easy in our department. We are so busy that our heels hit the back of our heads, okay?”

But where would Page have the time to deal with him?

"Yes Semel, you heard that right," he said, looking at Yahoo CEO Terry Semel who was about to speak. "You also know that Brin and I have been unwilling to IPO at this time, so there is no What better way than this obstacle of yours,"

Could this be true? The Yahoo people's eyes were like searchlights, focusing on the faces of Page and Brin.

From today's battle, we can see how seriously they take this matter.

Since the start of the dot-com bubble and the company's market value plummeting, Yahoo has actually lost its composure and spent huge sums of money to acquire many start-up companies in an effort to inject new vitality into the company.

However, those costly acquisitions only had one result that they were unwilling to admit, and that was a cup on the coffee table - full of tragedy!

Not only did the acquired companies fail to inject new vitality into the company, but after becoming subsidiaries of Yahoo, these companies that originally seemed to have great prospects quickly declined.

Among these failures is the search engine company they acquired last year for $1.63 billion, Overture, which has a patent dispute with Google.

They originally wanted to compete with Google's AdWords in the advertising market. Unfortunately, even with the Yahoo platform, Overture still couldn't beat Google in advertising.

Not only did the advertising revenue decrease, but advertisers were also generally dissatisfied with the advertising results. It can be said that it has entered a vicious cycle.

Fortunately, unlike other acquisitions, Overture can still make some money from the unclear patent lawsuit with Google.

And it just happened that they acquired it last year, and today Google is going to IPO. What a good opportunity!

So, is Page's statement that he doesn't want an IPO true?

Facing their burning eyes, Page is not afraid at all. He looks like a bachelor, I just don't want an IPO. If you want to help me, then come on!

It's hard to guess what the bachelor is thinking. At least, everyone in the circle has heard about their opposition to going public.

After exchanging views with everyone helplessly with his eyes, Semel said, "I think we have to discuss it,"

"It's just right, we have been wanting to go out for some fresh air for a long time,"

When they stood up, Chief Yang spoke for the first time, "Sorry, why didn't Feng come today?"

Page was stunned for a moment, "Feng is not responsible for these matters," he still took the trouble to clear Feng Yiping out of this matter.

"That's right," Chief Yang nodded, "He is a very outstanding young man, I really look forward to meeting him,"

His demeanor is still good, whether it is commenting on Feng Yiping or expressing his desire to meet Feng Yiping, he did not put on any high posture.

It should be said that Feng Yiping's recent outstanding performance is also an important reason for his statement.

"Jerry, I will definitely pass your words to Feng," Page saw that he had no follow-up, turned around and prepared to leave, at this time, Chief Yang waved again, "Wait,"

However, his lips moved a few times, and what he finally said was, "It's okay,"

Page really wanted to ask this former idol who looked a little lonely at this time, what are you doing?

Chief Yang originally wanted to say, are you willing to be acquired? However, he wisely did not say this sentence out loud, so he should not humiliate himself.

Google wants to sell now, can I afford it? The answer is yes, I can't afford it!

Yahoo now is not the Yahoo with a market value of hundreds of billions before.

It seems that some things, once missed, will never come back.

They wanted to sell it at a bargain price, but I didn't like it. Now I want to buy it, but I can't afford it. This is the most painful thing in business!

Chief Yang was suddenly depressed.

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Unlike the frustrated and solemn inside, the two guys in the lounge next to him were so active that they couldn't even sit still.

Page shook his shoulders, "This feeling seems to be relaxed and sublimated all of a sudden,"

Brin thought about the current appearance of the two former idols and shook his head, "So strategy is very important,"

"So Feng is very important," they said almost in unison-such a drift is really something Feng Yiping could not have imagined.

Why did the two great men who were once admired by thousands of people lose their glory now? The main reason is that there was something wrong with their development strategy.

"I will tell him the good news right away," Page said.

He was sure that Yahoo would accept his final solution.

Ten minutes later, they were invited into the conference room again. As they had imagined, the other people from Yahoo had disappeared, and only Semel and several lawyers were there.

"I knew it!" Page and Brin saw the excitement in each other's eyes.

Over there, Semel had already extended his hand to them, "Congratulations!"

Page was also prepared. They bargained and finally gave them 200,000 shares.

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At 10 o'clock in the evening, Feng Yiping, who was still dealing with emails in his study, saw the caller ID on his mobile phone. He smiled and answered the call before he could say anything. Page's voice, which could not hide his happiness, came over, "Feng, everything went well. They really accepted our conditions. The agreement is in our hands."

"Haha, I believe you can solve this problem. Tomorrow morning, I will go to the company to celebrate for you."

Well, now, IPO is finally not a problem at all.

However, what he didn't know was that at this moment, in a classroom at Fudan University, a professor named Lang from Hong Kong was giving a speech to dozens of ordinary people with great emotion, "If this is the model of our Chinese private entrepreneurs, then I really want to cry for China's future."

No one knew whether the professor was really going to cry, but David and Andrew, who arrived in Silicon Valley at noon the next day, really wanted to cry as soon as they got off the plane.

The two men had just walked out of the boarding bridge in high spirits and full of fighting spirit when their cell phones rang urgently. They saw that it was from the company and didn't pay much attention to it. But after answering the call, both of them looked very ugly.

"Fuck," Andrew kicked his suitcase a few meters away.

"Why don't you pick it up?" He was angry at an assistant beside him, and questioned David beside him without any hesitation, "Is this what you call initiative?"

David was also so depressed that he wanted to throw his phone, "Andrew, I didn't expect them to solve this problem so quickly."

"I should have thought of it a long time ago," Andrew looked ahead steadily, "David, there is one thing that we didn't pay attention to. Do you still remember that their browser was uninstalled by Microsoft as a virus? It only took less than two days. , Microsoft launched a patch for that vulnerability, and that’s Microsoft,”

David didn't respond. He dragged his suitcase and walked out silently. What's the point of talking about it now?

…………

They were still warmly welcomed by Google. From the moment they entered the Google campus, everyone greeted them with a smile, but they were not happy at all.

Schmidt also stood at the door of the conference room with a smile to greet them, "Sorry, I have to ask you two to run away again, please come in."

As soon as the two parties were seated, he went straight to the topic with a smile, "In view of the fact that the current situation has undergone some changes, and my friends who signed the contract do not have to worry about the issue of underwriting, then I feel that some of the original conditions have also come to an end. When re-revising," looking at the bitter faces opposite him, Schmidt felt quite proud.

So this afternoon, Schmidt ran for joy again, and the result was the same as last time. He found the three of them in Feng Yiping's office. "Haha, do you know the final result?" He waved excitedly. Started, "Only 2.8%, the two of them have always agreed to give up another 0.2%,"

"Yeah!" The three people immediately high-fived him, but Feng said, "Feng, what are you still worried about?"

"It's nothing, I think everything is finally ready, I feel a little exhausted," Feng Yiping said with a forced smile.