YY has undoubtedly become an epoch-making super product, and its user growth rate in the United States and even around the world is frightening.
Ordinary users are obsessed with YY, the elite worship YY, and employees are flustered because of YY. But the most flustered ones are the many capitals in the United States.
The venture capital investors in Silicon Valley and Wall Street who had negotiated the first round of financing with Makino Technology are now filled with regret. Through the extremely rapid development of YY, they have finally seen clearly the development potential of Makino Technology.
Not long ago, Li Mu quoted $1.7 billion for Makino Technology. Now, due to the surge in users, the valuation is also rising simultaneously.
Until now, venture capital has re-evaluated the valuation of Makino Technology. The result is that the current valuation of Makino Technology has firmly stood at the level of 20 billion US dollars, and a super product has been born. .
Sequoia Evaluation Director’s previous estimate for Makino Technology was even more radical than the industry estimate. They had already taken into account the explosive situation of YY and gave a comprehensive estimate of up to US$22 billion. Judging from the current development of YY, the valuation of US$22 billion should be no problem.
Realizing the speed of development of Makino Technology, Sequoia's board of directors made a decision: This time, Makino Technology cannot be missed no matter what, and Sequoia must fully learn from the lessons of the last failure and must not remain in a stalemate on price for too long.
Makino Technology is developing so fast, and its valuation will increase very quickly in the future. Sequoia has finally understood from this. If there is a chance to invest in Makino Technology’s Series C, then Sequoia will basically be Makino Technology’s before it goes public. It’s the last round of financing. It doesn’t matter if you go in at a higher valuation at this time, because you will definitely get a greater rate of return in the stock market by then! This is what really needs attention!
Therefore, Sequoia decided to change its mind and use the most sincere method to request a second financing negotiation with Li Mu.
However, when Sequoia decided to renegotiate with Li Mu at a valuation of US$22 billion, he was told that Li Mu had already taken a plane to Cambridge, Massachusetts that day.
At this time, Li Mu was sitting on a flight to Boston, the capital of Massachusetts, and he could no longer hold back the excitement in his heart.
Li Mu can't wait to go to Cambridge to embrace Harvard and Mark Zuckerberg!
Especially Mark Zuckerberg, Li Mu knows that it is too difficult and too tiring to successfully operate a super product. He has deeply realized this through the operation of YY, so he must give himself His subordinates continue to recruit talented people, recruiting super experts who can fully shoulder the responsibility of operating a super product on a global scale.
Senior Brother Liu is considered a super master in the field of e-commerce, Master Lei is considered a super master in the field of mobile phones and marketing, and Mark Zuckerberg can lead Facebook to become a super giant with a market value of more than 400 billion US dollars. The operation behind this is His playing ability is almost among the top in the world.
It is really because Mark Zuckerberg is so unbelievable that Li Mu thought about taking him down when he started his business. However, he never expected that this kid would throw himself into the trap, so this trip to Harvard , Li Mu has already decided to take him under his command no matter what.
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It was three o'clock in the afternoon when Li Mu's plane arrived in Boston, and Cambridge, where Harvard is located, is right next to Boston. After getting off the plane in Boston, it took half an hour to drive to Harvard University.
Li Mu originally planned that after arriving in Boston today, the group would check into a five-star hotel in Boston, rest for one night, and go directly to Harvard University early tomorrow morning to meet with school leaders, go through the formalities, and then deliver the speech at Harvard. Now, I can go back to Silicon Valley and wait to discuss financing. However, because of my previous series of big actions for "Paradise Town" and YY, I am now attracting not only much attention in the United States, but also more attention in China.
For the domestic people, Li Mu is now attracting more attention than the Olympic athletes who went abroad to compete in the Olympics. He is also trying to win glory for the country, but Li Mu uses a different method that the Chinese people have never witnessed before. .
The Chinese people are too eager to be recognized and respected by the world. However, from a purely corporate perspective, before Li Mu, no Chinese company could have such a big influence in the U.S. market. Therefore, every Chinese compatriot is Always pay attention to Li Mu's every move in the United States.
This time Li Mu was invited to give a speech at Harvard. CCTV had already learned about it in advance, and the relevant news had already been broadcast in China. The domestic audience paid special attention to Li Mu's speech at Harvard. It is said that a large number of users on the domestic Internet were discussing it. Discuss what Li Mu will speak to college students from top universities in the United States at Harvard.
In fact, Li Mu is not the first Chinese entrepreneur to be invited to give a speech at Harvard. As early as the last century, Zhang Ruimin of Haier Group once gave a speech at Harvard University and appeared on the platform of Harvard University. Moreover, according to the pace of history, if he Without rebirth, Boss Ma should have been invited to Harvard to give a speech last year or this year. Regarding that speech, Li Mu had not seen the relevant video material. He only saw Boss Ma in another video of Boss Ma’s speech. He tells some witty stories about his speech at Harvard.
However, since he founded Taobao and took the lead in Alibaba, Boss Ma's development path has undergone tremendous changes. Now he has not been able to get the opportunity to speak at Harvard, and I am afraid he will not have such an opportunity in the future. Opportunity.
When the plane landed, many managers from Harvard University had been waiting at the airport for a long time with young Mark Zuckerberg.
The young Mark Zuckerberg was both excited and nervous at the moment.
He was excited because he would soon be able to see his most admired idol, Li Mu, who was only less than two years older than him. Anyone who is about to face their biggest idol must be extremely excited.
As for the nervousness, it is entirely because of Mark Zuckerberg’s guilty conscience.
He first deceived the school with the lie that his relative worked at Makino Technology, and then used the school's invitation letter to get Li Mu. If Li Mu came, then his lie would most likely be exposed, and he didn't know what would happen to the school by then. Dispose of yourself.
The staff at Harvard University are particularly excited at this moment. There is no doubt that Li Mu is now the target of elites and capital in the United States. YY's influence in the United States is rising rapidly. It is easy to imagine how popular Li Mu is at this time, but he actually Agreeing to come to Harvard to speak at such a critical moment is in itself a sign of great respect for Harvard, so Harvard also attaches great importance to Li Mu's visit.
Among the Harvard administrators who picked up the plane this time, the highest-ranking one was David Allen, vice president of the Harvard University Board of Trustees. His actual position in Harvard University's management can be ranked among the top three.
In addition to David Allen, there are several members of the board of trustees in the management of Harvard colleagues. Harvard University has considered it very carefully. They learned that Li Mu majored in finance at China Renmin University, and He himself is an entrepreneur worth tens of billions of dollars, so he specifically catered to his needs and arranged for the dean of Harvard Business School to pick him up at the airport.
To the Harvard board of directors, although Li Mu is an extremely rare young talent, he is by no means someone who needs to actively please and flatter him. However, the biggest reason for giving such high level of attention is a mentality of reciprocating kindness. It is a kind of feedback to Li Mu for choosing this time to visit Harvard.
When the plane stopped at the bridge and Li Mu came out with several of his entourage, a group of people from Harvard University immediately recognized him. The sign they prepared with the Chinese character "Li Mu" written on it didn't even have time to use. Because Li Mu's appearance was so familiar to them, even if they hadn't met in person, they had indeed seen a lot of relevant video materials.
Li Mu also recognized a group of people from Harvard University at a glance because he saw the nervous and immature Mark Zuckerberg.
David Allen shook hands with Li Mu very excitedly for a long time, and said welcome on behalf of the Harvard Board of Directors and committees for a long time, and then began to introduce the people who came to pick him up with him.
It was also the first time that Li Mu met the dean of Harvard Business School, an old white man named Martin Goodman.
After David Allen introduced everyone, he finally introduced young Mark Zuckerberg to Li Mu. At this moment, David Allen did not know that Mark Zuckerberg and Li Mu had not spoken at all to him. He had no relatives working at Makino Technology. He thought that everything Mark Zuckerberg said before was 100% true, otherwise it would be impossible to get a living Li Mu Station. in front of yourself.
David Allen patted Mark Zuckerberg on the shoulder, smiled and said to Li Mu: "This is Mark Zuckerberg who invites you on behalf of Harvard. He is Harvard's freshman this year. If it weren't for him, I have relatives working at Makino Technology, so I’m afraid it will be difficult for Harvard to invite you to give a lecture at our school for a while.”
Li Mu was a little stunned for the first moment. He looked at Mark Zuckerberg. The young man's expression was already a little stiff at this moment, and his face was full of nervousness and anxiety.
Li Mu's mind was spinning very fast, and after a moment's thought, he came up with a rough idea. So he put away the surprise in his heart, took the initiative to reach out and said to Mark Zuckerberg: "Thank you for your efforts, helping me to communicate with Harvard University." This bridge was built between them.”
Mark Zuckerberg's eyes instantly became moist at this moment. When David Allen said those words, he was afraid that Li Mu would question it. In that case, he would be exposed immediately. But he did not expect that not only would Li Mu He did not question, but even took the initiative to shake hands with himself and thanked himself. Although Li Mu knew that he had lied about this matter, he did not pursue or expose it at all, and even helped him to cover up the lie he had told. …
Li Mu's generosity moved the young Mark Zuckerberg beyond measure...
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PS: I have been really busy these two days. I am extremely sorry. Perfect Era has been updated continuously for 290 days. No matter how tired I am, I cannot let it stop updating. I will try my best to make up for the debt I owe over the weekend...
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