Chapter 174: Startup Restaurant and Call From the Boss

At this time, another partner of Yang Zhiyuan, Ferro, came into the RV office. Yang Zhiyuan introduced Ferro to Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi, and they all got to know each other.

Ferro is also a standard man in science and engineering. Like Yang Zhiyuan, he is a PhD candidate at Stanford University. He looks a little shy and introverted, and is a cute big boy. When I first saw the beautiful Tang Xinyi, I was a little shy.

After everyone got to know each other, Ferro was very talkative. Because he has been with Yang Zhiyuan for a long time, he also has a considerable understanding of Chinese culture, so he has a good rapport with Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi.

After chatting for a while, Li Xiaofan saw that it was getting late and planned to say goodbye to the two founders, Jerry Yang and Ferro.

Unexpectedly, Jerry Yang said: "Afan, it is the most crowded time to go back to San Francisco at this time. How about you just have a light meal here before leaving? There is a Mexican chain restaurant next to our place, and we often go there. Let’s have lunch and dinner. Mark Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, and other founders of Internet technology companies in Silicon Valley often go there to eat. Why don’t Ferro and I invite you over for a casual meal and continue the conversation? How about chatting?”

After they got to know each other, they agreed not to call each other Mr. Yang and Mr. Li, which sounded awkward.

Li Xiaofan had already planned to leave, but he became interested after hearing Yang Zhiyuan say that he might meet Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, and other Silicon Valley Internet tycoons at that Mexican chain restaurant.

"Jerry, I'm sorry to bother you. Let's keep it simple tonight..."

Jerry Yang’s English name is Je

y, translated into Chinese as "Jerry".

Yang Zhiyuan smiled and said: "Haha, Affan, that's a chain Mexican fast food restaurant. The food inside is very simple. It can't be complicated even if you want it to be complicated! It can't be compared with the Tangyuan Chinese Restaurant that your second sister has at noon..."

"That's the best, I don't want to waste too much of your precious time!"

"It doesn't matter, Filo and I also need to eat!"

Yang Zhiyuan and Ferro took Li Xiaofan and others to the parking lot nearby. Li Xiaofan thought he was going to a luxury sports car, but in the end, he walked to a Dodge Ram pickup truck that looked a bit shabby.

Jerry Yang opened the door of the Dodge Ram pickup truck and said, "Afan, this is my car. Just follow my car and get there!"

"Jerry, do you like raising dogs?" Tang Xinyi, who was attentive, discovered that there was a lot of dog hair on his car seat.

"Well, I like raising dogs. I have two very cute huskies..."

The longer they spend time with Yang Zhiyuan, the more Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi feel that he is a unique and real person.

Yang Zhiyuan and Ferro took Li Xiaofan and the others to a Mexican chain restaurant called Ta Bell in the small town of Palo Alto near the Stanford University campus. Ta Bell restaurant is called Taco Bell in Chinese.

Taco Bell was founded in California in the 1960s. It is a chain of fast food restaurants that sells Americanized Mexican food. It has gradually developed from an unknown small store into the most popular Mexican restaurant chain brand in the United States. In 1978, Taco Bell was acquired by Pepsi-Cola. In October 1997, Yum!'s three restaurant brands, KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, officially formed the Yum Global Restaurant Group and were independently listed.

When Jerry Yang and Filo took Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi into this Taco Bell restaurant, they met many old acquaintances from Silicon Valley.

Because Jerry Yang and Filo brought a tall and beautiful girl with them today, they attracted even more attention.

They all greeted each other warmly: "Hi, Jerry! Hi, Ferro!"

What made Li Xiaofan feel that his trip was most worthwhile was that in a corner of the restaurant, they met Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape. Marc Andreessen was biting into a Mexican taco while discussing some technical issues with his team mates.

In Silicon Valley, overtime is commonplace in the early stages of starting a business. People like Jerry Yang have recently stayed in the RV office almost 24 hours a day.

After Yang Zhiyuan and Ferro, along with Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi, briefly greeted Mark Anderson, they found a table and the four of them sat down to eat.

As Jerry Yang introduced before, the food in this TACO EBLL fast food restaurant is relatively simple. TACO is a famous Mexican dish, which is actually meat in pancakes. The store mainly sells various Mexican rolls and kebabs as well as some salads and drinks. There are potato rolls, bacon rolls, sausage tacos and more to choose from.

After everyone ordered the food and sat down to chat, Tang Xinyi had already begun to look at Yahoo with admiration. She took a sip of ice coke and asked curiously: "Jerry, Filo, why do you name your company and project YAHOO!?" "

Jerry Yang smiled and said: "It's a long story. Last year, in order to complete our doctoral thesis, Ferro and I became obsessed with the Internet and spent all day searching for information online. In the process, we collected a lot of information that we were interested in. However, as more and more sites were collected, we found it very inconvenient to search, so the two of us simply created a website called ". Jerry Global Information Network Guide" software and search website..."

Filo took over Yang Zhiyuan's words and proudly introduced: "At that time, there were many competitors with search products similar to ours on the Internet, such as WebCrawler, Ly, Infoseek, etc. These websites all started with software automatic search. Although they were wide-ranging, they were not Accurate. The software created by the two of us is a purely handmade product, which is more accurate and more practical. By the end of last year, our software has become the leader in search engines on the Internet!”

Jerry Yang laughed: "One night at the beginning of this year, we decided to give our website a nice name. We started by flipping through Webster's dictionary and making up names for our website and products. Among them, Ya comes from my last name, and we A series of possible names such as Yauld, Yammer, Yardage, Yang, Yardbird, Yaxis, etc. have been imagined...

Ferro concluded: "Later, we suddenly thought of the letter combination Yahoo and found that this word comes from Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" and refers to a vulgar, low-level humanoid animal. At first, we thought this word It seems a little bit not very Ya, but then I thought about it. On the Internet, which emphasizes equality for all, every netizen is a novice and a country guy. In order to add a complimentary tone, we simply added an exclamation point after YAHOO, and there we have it. :Yahoo!”

"Oh, this is how Yahoo came to be. It's so interesting!" Tang Xinyi suddenly realized.

…

After eating a simple Mexican dinner and saying goodbye to Yang Zhiyuan and Ferro, Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi had just returned to the hotel. It was already past eight o'clock.

While the two were entangled tenderly in the shower, Li Xiaofan's cell phone rang again.

He hurried to the room and saw that the number was from Moritz's cell phone.

"Mr. Li, good evening. Is it convenient to talk now?"

"Mr. Moritz, I just returned to the hotel, you are welcome, just say whatever you want!"

"Mr. Li, are you free now? I would like to come over and talk to you about Yahoo project investment!"

"Okay, welcome!"

"Okay, I'll arrive at your hotel in about half an hour. How about we meet at the lobby bar at our usual place?"

"No problem, I'll wait for you!"