Chapter 2252 Sudden Attack
"Feng," the fatter John Doerr, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, spoke first, "I'm glad to see your company's development and prosperity."
"Thank you," Feng Yiping nodded towards him, showing a faint but polite smile.
He didn't believe that these two notoriously shrewd guys came specially to congratulate him.
When dealing with these two people, the more they smile, the more vigilant they need to be. In short, there is nothing wrong with treating them as weasels paying New Year greetings to the chicken.
It is impossible for them to want to invest in themselves, because if they invest in themselves, there is no need to tell Page and Brin, and they will not make them look so serious.
Feng Yiping picked up his juice and took a sip, then raised his hand and said, "Waiter, give us a few glasses of wine,"
"Haha, Bryn, I think I should drink instead. This is one of the rare times when I can drink on the beach for free."
"Ha," Brin smiled and looked across.
Moretz from Sequoia was also giving Duer a wink at this moment, "Look, you are playing roundabout and tactful with him, that is what the Chinese are best at."
Duer shook his head, but it would be better to just say it right away!
Although he is young and Chinese, who dares to despise him now? Who has the right to despise him?
"Haha," he also laughed, "your company is probably the most promising company that Moritz and I missed together."
Moretz also laughed and added, "This has to be the biggest mistake for both of us,"
Feng Yiping looked around. They were both smiling. Page and Brin kept their faces solemn. Schmidt also looked a little strange, a little expectant, and a little embarrassed.
So, these two guys on Sand Hill Road are undoubtedly up to something.
"Well, in fact, there are no mistakes or mistakes. You should be self-aware,"
Feng Yiping's words were not so polite.
"Haha," Duer still managed a smile, but it was a little unnatural.
Moretz simply didn't laugh.
"Because you two know very well that even if you come to invest, I won't accept it, right?" Feng Yiping pushed his sunglasses on his forehead, "Because I don't lack funds for development at all, so there is no need to accept it. invest?"
"Yes," Duer nodded with a smile, "Feng, your strength is obvious to everyone."
Who said it was him who spoke first instead of Moretz? He had to continue the conversation no matter what.
Schmidt looked at Feng Yiping and felt very envious, because he would never be so domineering and revealing in his life.
"However, it doesn't matter if you can't invest in me. It doesn't matter if you can't invest in other companies, because it's enough for you to invest in Google. Investing in Google has brought a lot of benefits to you and your company, right?"
Duer's eyes lit up, but Moretz beat him to it and said, "Von, we were just trying to talk to you about this,"
"What are we talking about? Is it about investing in Google? Have you two decided to withdraw completely?" Feng Yiping looked at Moretz sharply.
If they decided to sell their Google stock at this time, it would really make Brin and Page unhappy.
Although this actually doesn't matter, it is a bit unforgivable to take such action when Brin is getting married.
This is absolutely rude.
Whether in China or other countries, this is undoubtedly very annoying behavior.
"No, what they talked to us about was that you were not suitable to continue to be on Google's board of directors, nor to continue to be Google's director of strategy," Page said.
His voice was low, making no effort to hide his suppressed anger.
This has nothing to do with whether these two issues are valid, but what Page hates most is people like Moretz and Doerr interfering in Google's specific affairs.
This is also the main reason why they were so wary of venture capital from the beginning.
"Oh," Feng Yiping was stunned. It turned out to be because of himself.
He smiled again. Susan just left, and now two more are here. This matter is not over, is it?
Is there any connection between the two?
He looked at Page and Brin.
The annoyance in Page and Brin's eyes was clearly visible.
He looked at Schmidt.
Schmidt's eyes were slightly panicked at first, and then filled with helplessness.
He sighed and spread his hands.
Because it was Moretz and Doerr's idea that he became the CEO of Google, so at this moment, he is suspected of being an accomplice of the two.
Feng Yiping looked at him for a while and nodded.
Just then, the waiter brought a few glasses of wine with a tray. Feng Yiping took one glass and took a sip. "What's the reason? I want to hear the reason,"
The tone sounded surprisingly peaceful, but Moritz and Duer were not relaxed at all.
After a moment of silence, Moretz coughed and said, "Feng, we are not willing to do this either. We know better than anyone how important the series of strategies you have formulated for Google are to the development of Google." Now He seems to be the spokesperson there.
"And IPOs," Doerr added.
"Yes, and the role you played in the IPO process, as well as our current achievements in China, are also closely related to you,"
He looked very embarrassed and regretful.
Feng Yiping looked at him and shook his head, "Since even these things need to be reminded, you should just say but directly."
He did not hide his cold expression at this time.
Moritz was a little embarrassed. This was indeed a bit wrong.
But it was mainly because of nervousness, so he forgot about such things for a while.
But he still asked the prepared questions, "The problem is that there are more and more conflicts between your company and Google. The two companies currently overlap in many fields. In these areas, competition is inevitable, especially in online advertising, which is crucial to Google."
"Even some investors said that it is not ruled out that Facebook and YouTube were ideas that you were inspired by while working at Google."
The surroundings seemed to cool down all of a sudden.
Not only Feng Yiping's eyes were cold, but also Page and Brin's eyes.
Schmidt looked down at his toes.
Moritz and Doerr felt sweat on their foreheads.
Three people with a net worth of more than 15 billion US dollars looking at you at the same time, such an opportunity can be said to be very rare.
But being stared at by three people with a net worth of more than 15 billion US dollars at the same time with cold eyes is definitely not a pleasant feeling.
Feng Yiping stopped shaking the wine glass.
Moritz saw Feng Yiping's cold eyes and subconsciously raised his hand to cover it. At this moment, he suddenly felt that the chance of the wine glass in Feng Yiping's hand touching his forehead seemed quite high.
"Of course, we sneer at such a statement. People who are familiar with you will know that Feng, you must have had such a layout a long time ago,"
Huh, the wine glass continued to shake.
The pressure on me seemed to be relieved a lot at once.
But what should be said still needs to be said.
After all, the most difficult time should be over, Moritz thought.
He changed his expression to a more sincere one. "However, ordinary investors will only notice that the competition between your company and Google will become more and more intense. So we think that from this perspective, Feng, your withdrawal from the Google board of directors and resignation as Google's strategic director will obviously help improve investors' favorability towards Google and greatly reduce the pressure faced by Google's management team."
"Fortunately, Feng, your own company is developing very well," Doerr added with a smile.
But no one laughed except him.
That was a bit embarrassing.
"Oh, so you two think that I should withdraw from Google's board of directors because I hold Google shares and shares of companies that compete with Google?"
Feng Yiping did not mention that Facebook and YouTube, which Moritz implied, were inspired by his work at Google.
Because there is no need to discuss that.
"It's not us who think so, but many investors think so," Moritz said, "I believe Feng, you can understand it too,"
"We all know that Feng, you have a very good relationship with Page Brin, and you have a deep affection for Google. We believe that you can understand why we have this proposal," Doerr said.
That looks quite affectionate.
Schmidt stared at this side.
"No," Feng Yiping said clearly, "I have a question I don't understand, I want to ask you two,"
Ask? Moritz and Durr's expressions became solemn.
As soon as they heard this word, they felt that the next step was not a good one.
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