By the time Li Mu returned to the hotel with the veterans, it was already past four in the afternoon.
More than 300 company leaders have arrived at 90%, and they have all checked in under the arrangement of the staff. They are now chatting and partying in small groups in the rooms of some familiar colleagues.
The charity night event in the evening was held in the banquet hall. It was very simple. Except for a main stage and a sign-in wall, Li Mu did not prepare any extra materials. For this charity night, Li Mu hopes to keep everything simple and put aside All the details directly exposed the core of this charity night to everyone.
Li Mu received many calls from Mr. Li. He had always wanted to meet with him before the charity night. He hoped to talk about important things in private. Li Mu could probably guess his purpose, so he made an appointment with him. , meet in your room at five o'clock.
At four forty, Mr. Li came and knocked on the door.
Li Ziwei opened the door and invited Mr. Li to the living room of the suite, where Li Mugang sat down and took a sip of tea.
Seeing Mr. Li come in, Li Mu greeted him enthusiastically: "Mr. Li, come quickly and have a drink of tea."
Mr. Li was also very polite and said to Li Mu with a smile: "Long time no see Mr. Li!"
Li Mu laughed dumbly and said, "You are also Mr. Li, and I am also Mr. Li. I can't tell the difference. I also have an assistant here. It's really troublesome for three people named Li to call each other together."
Only then did Mr. Li realize that Li Mu’s assistant Li Ziwei was also named Li.
Li Mu said: "Well, you can call me Li Mu and I will call you Robin. This is my assistant, Li Ziwei. You can just call her Ziwei."
Mr. Li smiled and nodded, feeling very happy because Li Mu actually knew his English name was Robin, which made him feel honored.
At present, Li Mu's size has grown to the point where Internet people across the country look up to him. The same goes for Mr. Li. He debuted very early and became famous early, but this is of no use. There are still people in the domestic Internet who are older than him. There are a lot of them, but they all have to bow their heads in front of Li Mu. Who makes Li Mu huge? The current market value of Makino Technology is nearly a hundred times that of Baidu. This alone is enough for Mr. Li to demote himself to three levels in front of Li Mu. .
Li Mu invited Mr. Li to sit down next to him. Li Ziwei rushed over and poured him a cup of tea. Mr. Li took a sip of tea and praised: "Mr. Li, this Pu'er tea is really good!"
Li Mu said: "Look, didn't you agree that when you call me by name, I'll call you Robin?"
Robin smiled slightly and said, "You call me Robin, and I call you Mr. Li. This is more appropriate."
Li Mu shook his head helplessly, thinking that you can call him whatever you like, so he asked him: "Robin, what important matter do you want to see me for?"
Robin hesitated for a moment, but still said: "Mr. Li, let me get straight to the point. We used to cooperate on Yiting.com. Later, due to some reasons, Baidu stopped early. But to be honest, online music search and listening and There is a huge demand for downloads, and Yiting.com is the leader in this field, so we hope to acquire Yiting.com to supplement our business and traffic. After all, Yiting.com is already a significant contributor to Mr. Li’s business structure. It’s very tasteless.”
Li Mu knew that there was something in Robin's words. Baidu did have shares in Yiting.com, but he was tricked out of the car early. However, he did not violate professional ethics, but he was not afraid of deception. At that time, Baidu felt that he wanted to lead Yiting.com away. They got off the road and took the initiative to leave. Later, with the rise of Yiting.com, they regretted it and had no choice but to blame themselves for their lack of vision and unstable mentality.
At the beginning, the son of Hong Kong's richest man, Mr. Li, held 20% of Tengxun's shares. He got off the company early because his mentality was not firm enough, and missed out on a super aircraft carrier with a market value of 3 trillion. But who can blame him
So Li Mu didn't answer his question and said directly to him: "Robin, to be honest, Yiting.com is still very important to my entire industry structure."
After saying this, the subtext in Li Mu's heart was: Yiting.com is indeed worthless now, but if you want to buy it, then it is my treasure.
Robin also knows that Li Mu is not a good person. Although he is very generous in charity, when it comes to business, he is the most cunning businessman in the world.
Therefore, Robin did not beat around the bush with Li Mu and said directly: "If Mr. Li is interested in selling Yiting.com, he can give us a price. If Baidu is not strong enough, we can operate it through the funds behind it. In short, as long as the price is right, Baidu can All are acceptable.”
Li Mu smiled and said nothing, only seeing Robin feel a little scared. Then Li Mu asked him: "Robin, do you think I am short of money?"
Robin was immediately speechless.
Is Li Mu short of money? Of course he is not short of money.
He not only has three big companies in his hands, but also Yiting.com, and a "Miracle MU" that continues to earn him cash. In addition, in the last round of financing for Makino Technology, Li Mu just secured a large sum of cash.
There are many people working on the Internet in China, but most of their assets are illusory. Li Mu not only ranks first in net worth, but also in cash.
It is indeed very difficult to do business with someone who is not short of money and wants to buy something from the other party.
However, Li Mu may not be short of money, but Robin knows in his heart that Baidu really lacks Yiting.com.
Immediately, he said to Li Mu very humbly: "Mr. Li, I know that with your current asset situation, you are not short of money at all, but Yiting.com is your asset after all. If there is a suitable opportunity to realize the asset, it is not impossible. You can consider liquidating it, after all, cash is more flexible to operate... "
Li Mu waved his hand and said seriously: "Robin, I don't agree with your point of view. Out of friendship, I also suggest that you don't be too obsessed with cash in the future. Future economic development will definitely lead to currency depreciation, so I suggest that you keep cash on hand." In addition to necessary emergency funds, use all the remaining cash as investment assets. If you are willing to take care of it, you can set up an angel investment fund. If you are not willing to take care of it, simply exchanging cash for real estate is also a good choice. Keeping too much cash in your wallet is a very irrational idea."
Li Mu seemed to be giving Robin better financial advice, but he also flatly rejected Robin's request. If Li Mu would have sold Yiting just to cash out, then he would not be the Li Mu he is now.
Robin looked embarrassed. He knew that it would be difficult for Li Mu to agree to sell Yiting.com, but he didn't expect that Li Mu would refuse so simply.
Robin felt bitter when he thought that Li Mu had told him that he would sell Yiting.com to him sooner or later.
There is no way to say this kind of thing anymore. Li Mu didn't make any promises to himself in the first place, it was just a matter of one sentence. If he held on to it and asked Li Mu to fulfill it, it would appear that he had a low IQ. However, Baidu was indeed very We need Yiting.com. If we don't get Li Mu's support, Baidu's traffic will probably get lower and lower in the future. After all, we still have to be wary of the behemoth Google. Robin's life will not be easy at all.
At this time, even Robin himself cannot believe that Google will one day withdraw from the Chinese market and leave the search engine market of more than one billion people to himself. Therefore, he is now suffering from internal and external troubles and cannot sleep all day long.
Li Mu saw his helplessness. In front of him, he really had no convincing power and no weight at all. If he wanted to sell Yiting.com, it was completely impossible for him to convince him with his ability. What's more, he had his own plot.
So, Li Mu said to Robin sincerely: "Robin, you really don't know how much Yiting.com means to me."
Robin looked at Li Mu with a confused look on his face, feeling very unhappy. I've seen through it a long time ago that you haven't told the truth all day long. Damn, when you tricked me into getting out of the car, I shouldn't have been fooled by you. Your Yi Tingwang hasn’t made any big move for a long time. Everyone knows that it means nothing to you. I want to buy it now. You told me that this thing means a lot to you. You really don’t. A common profiteer!
Li Mu didn't care what Robin thought of him. He said with emotion: "Oh, you don't know. Yiting.com is my first entrepreneurial project. As for Yiting.com itself, I haven't made any money with it." In order to ensure the user experience of Yiting.com, I didn’t even accept any external advertising on Yiting.com, but Yiting.com is the incubator of my entire product empire!”
At this point, Li Mu paused, took a sip of tea, and sighed: "If it weren't for Yiting.com, I wouldn't have been able to incubate Tieba, a huge online community. Tieba is the real beginning of my Internet dream. You You must know that I gathered users through Tieba and promoted Happy Farm in Tieba, so I took away Tengxun QQ’s user network, and ultimately created the current Makino Technology.”
Robin nodded. Li Mu was right. The entire industry has studied his fortune history countless times like a bible. As Li Mu said, everything was incubated from Yiting.com. Although Yiting.com seems to be irrelevant to Li Mu now, all of Li Mu's big products today were incubated and born from here.
At this time, Li Mu looked at Robin and asked him: "Tell yourself, does Yiting.com mean a lot to me? To put it bluntly, it is equivalent to an apple that fell on Newton's head. Without that apple , Newton might not have become a physicist, and similarly, without Yiting.com, I wouldn’t be where I am now.”
Robin was ashamed, nodded and said: "Mr. Li, you are right, but although this apple is of great significance, I'm afraid it will rot if you keep it in your hands..."
Li Mu said: "I have the conditions at home, and it means so much. If the day comes that it can no longer be kept fresh, it is worth buying a refrigerator specifically for it. If not, you can also make it into a specimen, not just for eating, but for food." It’s okay to keep it as a souvenir for yourself, right?”
Robin was about to cry. He really couldn't play with the trickster Li Mu. He could turn black into white, white into black, and turn a rotten apple into gold. What could he do? If the law didn't apply, I could not wait to have a fight with him right now.
Just when Robin was feeling extremely melancholy, Li Mu suddenly changed the subject and said, "Robin, why don't you go back and discuss with your shareholders and the capital behind it to acquire Yiting.com?"
"M&A?!" Robin's second most feared thing happened.
He was most afraid that Li Mu would not sell, and secondly, he was afraid that Li Mu would be willing to sell, but not willing to sell money, and would instead let him use Baidu's shares for mergers and acquisitions.
Li Mu seemed to have read through all Robin's thoughts at this time. He smiled slightly and said, "If you can give Yiting a good M&A offer, I will give Yiting to you, and I will also let Makino Technology give it to you." Enough resources are tilted.”
At this point, Li Mu looked convinced of Robin and said with a confident smile: "Robin, you know better than anyone how much traffic I have in my hands. And, to be honest, I'm not going to do it." Search engines, your line of work is too tiring.”
(End of chapter)