In the past few days, the relationship between Xie Yun and Li’s father and Li’s mother has been heating up.
Every day when Li Mu came home from the company, he would hear Li's mother say a few words of praise for Xie Yun and Zhao Ziqiu.
Xie Yun has her own way of getting along, so Li Ma soon became her good friend. The two often made appointments to do something together, drink afternoon tea, eat snacks, and even bask in the sun on the terrace. Xie Yun taught Ma Li the exquisite life of Jiangnan women, and at the same time, she was able to avoid misunderstanding by Ma Li that she was showing off her superiority. In short, she had the ability to make Ma Li feel comfortable being her friend. .
However, for Xie Yun, she also likes her mother's straightforward personality very much. In her social circle, there are mostly people with countless faces. There are very few people who are willing to interact with her with their real faces, and she quickly concluded that I learned about Ma Li’s personality: kind, straightforward, without arrogance, and at the same time considerate of others. Having a friend like this is indeed a lucky thing.
With such contact and understanding, Xie Yun hopes that her daughter can become a real person with Li Mu. In that case, not only her husband will be capable, but her parents-in-law will also be the best.
Zhao Ziqiu no longer goes to class during this period and spends almost all his time at Ziyun Villa, so he and his mother come here every day to visit, or Li Ma herself comes to visit. I heard that Li Ma also set up a table at home during lunch For hot pot, Zhao Ziqiu has been helping to prepare the ingredients, which earned her continuous praise from Mother Li.
Li's mother's original words were: Ziqiu is just like her mother, doing things in a leisurely and quick manner. The most important thing is that the little girl is more beautiful than her mother and is very well-behaved.
Li Mu saw that his mother liked Zhao Ziqiu more and more, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart. It might not be long before his mother would say in front of him that she hoped to have a daughter-in-law like Zhao Ziqiu in the future, right
Thinking of this, Li Mu suddenly felt a chill down his back.
Zhao Ziqiu naturally doesn't have too many thoughts. Although his academic performance is very good, in the final analysis, he lacks life experience and is just a standard fool. However, Xie Yunke is not in the same path as her. Among the female elders Li Mu has come into contact with, Xie Yun should be the smartest one. She is simply a replica of Huang Rong in Jin Yong's novels. She suddenly decided to come to Yanjing and mingle with her mother every day. I'm afraid there is some purpose in this, right
However, Li Mu also knew very well that he could not intervene in this matter, and there was no need to intervene.
When he got home from work that day, Li Mu was sitting on the sofa in the living room on the first floor, reading some information from Baidu on his laptop and preparing for a new round of negotiations with Baidu tomorrow morning. Li Mu walked up to him and asked him: "Zi Qiu Have I contacted you today?"
Li Mu shook his head: "No, what's wrong?"
Li Mu has been busy with work recently, and Zhao Ziqiu has always been very sensible and rarely disturbs him while he is working.
Li Ma said: "I went to your Aunt Xie's place to have afternoon tea with her this afternoon. She said that Ziqiu's father is coming over in the next two days. Do you want the two families to have a meal together?"
Li Mu felt embarrassed and asked her: "Did Aunt Xie tell you?"
"Yes." Ma Li nodded and said, "I think your Aunt Xie is a very good person and a good friend. To be honest, she is well-informed and you can get a lot of inspiration from chatting with her. If Ziqiu's father comes over, she can communicate more with your father. Your father and I are both half-way monks in business. He has more than ten or twenty years of experience in business, so it is right to learn more from him. "
Li Mu hurriedly said: "Okay, just come and invite their family to our house for dinner. If necessary, I will ask Ziwei to help you."
Li's mother said: "Ziwei called me today. I asked her to come to my house for dinner tomorrow night."
"Okay, then I will bring her back directly after we finish talking about the business tomorrow." Li Mu nodded. Li's mother liked Li Ziwei. She usually cared about her, but she also loved her from the bottom of her heart.
Ma Li hesitated for a moment, then said hesitantly: "Well, son, do you want me to discuss something with you?"
Li Mu nodded: "Just tell me, you can make the decision on everything. Why should we discuss it?"
Li's mother said seriously: "I must discuss this matter with you. If you agree, mother will do it. If you don't agree, mother will not do it."
Li Mu said hurriedly: "Then tell me, as long as you are not making decisions for me, I have no objection..."
Li Ma said: "I want to adopt Ziwei as my daughter, do you think that's okay?"
Li Mu was stunned for a moment. Seeing that Li Ma was not joking, he nodded and said, "Of course. Since you like her so much, it is only human nature to accept her as your daughter. Besides, you have always regretted not having a daughter."
Li Ma nodded repeatedly and said seriously: "This matter must be agreed by Ziwei. If she doesn't agree, Mom won't force her. But if she agrees, your father and I will not treat her badly in the future. In the future, if she falls in love with someone and talks about marriage, your father and I will have to buy her a decent dowry."
Li Mu said: "Mom, as long as you like it, I have no objection. Even if you adopt a baby girl to be my sister now, I will support it with both hands."
To a certain extent, Li Mu can understand the desire of parents for their children to accompany them and for their children and grandchildren to be around their knees. The older they get, the stronger their expectations for this aspect may be. Although Li Ziwei is only his assistant, it is rare for her mother to really like her. Li Ziwei is also a very sensible girl. The assistant's job may change in the future. If Li Ziwei resigns one day, or she is placed in another position, her chances of contact with her mother may also be greatly reduced. At that time, , Mom may feel a little more disappointed.
If Li Ziwei agrees to be her mother's goddaughter, the two of them will naturally be able to interact more outside of work in the future. I think her mother will also be very happy, so why not? If Li Ziwei can really make her mother in the future If there is greater gain and comfort in the family relationship, then I will naturally thank her and give her enough reward at the right time.
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Early the next morning, Li Mu rushed to Makino Technology. Today's appointment with Robin was at nine o'clock in the morning. It was a matter of great importance. Robin paid special attention to it, and Li Mu did not neglect it at all.
When she arrived at the company at 8:30, Li Ziwei had already arrived for half an hour. When she met Li Mu, she immediately gave Li Mu a brief and concise description of today's general arrangements, and then told Li Mu: "Baidu said that they have temporarily added Three members of the negotiating team were recruited. The other party was the Asian president, assistant and translator of Silicon Valley's VC Defengjie. They had just bought most of Baidu's shares from the first two VCs to invest in Baidu some time ago, and then they I invested a sum of money in Baidu, and now my shareholding ratio in Baidu exceeds 20%."
Li Mu asked curiously: "What is Defengjie's background? It's not very clear."
Li Ziwei said: "Defengjie is a medium-sized VC in Silicon Valley and currently manages approximately US$1 billion in investment funds globally."
Li Mu frowned: "The total fund is only one billion US dollars..."
Li Ziwei pursed her lips and smiled and said: "It is definitely impossible to compare with top VCs such as Sequoia, SoftBank, and Morgan. However, because they hold a large shareholding in Baidu, they still attach great importance to Baidu's negotiation with us. "
"OK." Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that Robin's life is not easy now, otherwise it would be impossible to allow capital parties to interfere in the company's operations."
"Yes." Li Ziwei said: "I did some research privately, and now the capital market is not very optimistic about Baidu's prospects."
Li Mu said: "If others are not optimistic about it, it is a good opportunity for us. What Baidu lacks now is not the recognition of the capital market, but traffic and time."
If nothing else goes wrong, Google will still withdraw from the Chinese market in the future, and Baidu will still dominate. Moreover, Tengxun has disappeared now, and 360 has not yet come out. In the next few years, Baidu will definitely have an excellent development window. At that time, the search engine market with a population of more than one billion will almost flow into the pockets of his family. By that time, the market value will naturally increase significantly. If I do not become his enemy in this process and send him traffic, Baidu's take-off is just around the corner.
Li Ziwei asked Li Mu: "Mr. Li, the office has made tea for you. Do you want to go to the office for a while, or sit here for a while?"
Li Mu said: "Go to the office, and you can come too."
Back in the office, a cup of fragrant hot tea was already placed on the desk. Li Mu sat down on his swivel chair and asked Li Ziwei to sit opposite. After taking a few sips of tea, he said to her: "Today I have a meeting with Baidu." I'm afraid we have to talk about the afternoon. You can arrange lunch at noon, and if you have nothing else to do after the afternoon, come home with me for a meal. My mother said I miss you."
Li Ziwei first said: "I have already arranged lunch, it's Da Dong Roast Duck opposite us."
Then he said: "I don't have anything to do tonight. If Aunt Li's place is convenient, I'll be fine."
Li Mu nodded and said, "Tell the hotel to cancel lunch, then find a clean fast food restaurant and order a working meal. We will fight a war of attrition with them today and try to get it done in one go, so we have to give them a sense of pressure."
Li Ziwei nodded hurriedly and said, "Okay, then I'll make arrangements right away."
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At 8:50, Baidu's eleven-member negotiating team, headed by Robin, arrived at Makino Technology.
Li Mu rarely saw a business negotiation with only eleven people on one side. This fight really shocked him, so much so that when he shook hands with Robin, he couldn't help teasing him: "Robin, Are you going to play a football match with Makino Technology?"
Robin was also a little embarrassed. Eight people came here, but he didn't expect that De Fengjie would also join in, and his attitude was very strong. Although he had the initiative in theory, he couldn't suppress the other party in terms of momentum, so he could only Feeling humiliated, I agreed.
This feeling is very bad. Capital should not interfere with the normal operation of the company, just like if you borrow money from others, others should not interfere with how you spend it.
However, this is the routine in the shopping mall. Whoever has the right to speak is the boss. In some companies, in the middle and late stages of development, the founders are often kicked away by capital.
Robin smiled strongly and introduced to Li Mu a white middle-aged man who was 1.9 meters tall. He said, "Mr. Li, let me introduce to you. This is Jimmy Page, the president of DFJ's Asia region. gentlemen."
Jimmy Page immediately reached out to Li Mu and said piously: "Mr. Li, it's an honor to meet you."
Li Mu nodded, shook hands with him slightly with a smile, and then spoke English, which made Jimmy choke.
Li Mu said, "Nice to meet you. Mr. Jimmy, just listen and don't talk."
(End of chapter)