Even before Li Mu visited Makino Technology's new office building in Silicon Valley, the big guys in Silicon Valley were already restless.
In less than an hour, the public relations department of Makino Technology's US branch received requests to visit from CEOs of more than a dozen companies, including Google founder Larry Page, who Lin Qingya had not yet had a chance to make an appointment with.
Makino Technology is now one of the world's top Internet companies, and it has a huge number of users and powerful promotion channels. This is a coveted in-depth cooperation partner for all Internet companies, so everyone hopes to cooperate with Makino It is also human nature for technology to deepen cooperation.
Except for Larry Page, Li Mu did not respond to anyone else. For Li Mu, he does not want to find too many traffic partners now. This is an unhealthy overdraft for Makino Technology, such as an American e-commerce company. , if he hopes that Makino Technology will divert traffic to him, and Makino Technology agrees, it will almost be like revealing all of Makino Technology’s e-commerce potential in the United States in advance, although the other party will definitely have to pay Makino Technology for a certain amount of promotion. There is a fee, but to Li Mu, that little money is completely insignificant to him.
This is also the reason why Li Mu doesn't want to meet these people for the time being. He doesn't want to overdraw the many possibilities of Makino Technology for a small profit. Now he has overdrawn and enriched others, and then wants to bring it back in the future. The difficulty has increased exponentially, and this deal is not worthwhile no matter what.
Lin Qingya conveyed Li Mu's decision to meet with Larry Page on behalf of Li Mu, and asked Larry Page about the time he wanted to meet. After receiving the confirmation, Larry Page happily proposed to Lin Qingya that he was willing to meet with him. Fortunately, she was able to meet with Li Mu in the afternoon. After asking Li Mu, Lin Qingya formally replied to him and set the meeting time at three o'clock in the afternoon.
Li Mu asked Lin Qingya: "Why do you think Larry Page is so anxious to see me?"
Lin Qingya smiled and said: "Ninety percent of the time, we want to divert Google search traffic from our YY and YY websites, right? Google is very clear about the fact that we are not a search engine."
Li Mu nodded and said with appreciation: "You are right. Larry Page's biggest goal must be traffic cooperation. I'm afraid he is a little panicked now."
"What's going on?" Lin Qingya looked confused.
Li Mu said: "Yahoo has always wanted to build its own search engine. It is only a matter of time before it abandons Google. Now Yahoo has a high market share. If they really announce that they will abandon Google, it will be a big loss for Google. Not only We lost a large number of users and gained a competing product.”
Lin Qingya asked: "Do you think Yahoo can rival Google as a search engine?"
Li Mu said: "It should be okay to start two or three years earlier. But starting now is too late and we can't catch up."
Lin Qingya said: "According to what you said, Yahoo's impact on Google should not be too great."
Li Mu said with a smile: "The market reaction is extreme, just like the stock price. When bad news comes, it will usually oversold, and then slowly make up for it. So if Yahoo officially announces that it will make its own search engine, it will have a negative impact on Google in a short period of time." The impact is still quite large, and it will take some time for Google to constantly make amends. Moreover, Google should consider an IPO next year, and Larry Page will definitely have to do everything possible to increase the market's recognition of Google before the IPO."
Lin Qingya asked again: "Are you ready to cooperate with him?"
Li Mu said: "It depends on the urgency of his needs. If his needs are very urgent, I think we can use resources and money to invest part of it in Google."
Lin Qingya said helplessly: "My boss, you have to do some calculations in your mind. Although our valuation is rising, if you don't raise funds, we won't be able to realize it. How can we invest in Google without money? What's more, you He also wants to acquire Apple, and it will be a wholly-owned acquisition..."
Li Mu smiled and said: "Don't worry about money. You have to move forward with the mentality that there will be a road before the car reaches the mountain. As long as you can drive all the way to the foot of the mountain, the money will come naturally."
Lin Qingya smiled and asked, "What if the money doesn't come?"
Li Mu pouted: "If the money doesn't come, just turn around and come back. I can afford to drive the car, do you still care about the gas money?"
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Larry Page arrived at two forty.
The last time I met Li Mu, Makino Technology had not yet completed the round of financing from Sequoia. At that time, Larry Page estimated the valuation of Makino Technology at about US$20 billion. A 20-year-old CEO had built a company. The company's valuation of US$20 billion has shocked Larry Page, but what he didn't expect was that when it came to actual financing, Li Mu obtained a high valuation of US$33 billion from Sequoia.
What made him even more unbelievable was that when he saw Li Mu again, the valuation of Makino Technology had exceeded US$80 billion.
The news that Sequoia hopes to invest in another round of Makino Technology at a valuation of US$80 billion is no longer news in Silicon Valley. Everyone knows about it. This is news deliberately released by Sequoia. When such news comes out, it will The valuation of Makino Technology can still be improved to a certain extent. For Sequoia, even if it can no longer invest in Makino Technology, it is at least a shareholder of Makino Technology. As long as it can increase the valuation of Makino Technology, it will be of practical benefit to them. matter.
In such a short period of time, the market value has doubled one after another, and Li Mu has created a legend of a young rich man around the world. Judging from the two dimensions of net worth and age, Li Mu is the entrepreneur with the highest comprehensive strength in the world, which also makes La Lee Page was amazed and admired, and at the same time, he also hoped to find a powerful source of traffic for Google.
Li Mu met with Larry Page in the office Lin Qingya prepared for him. This office was the best in the entire office building. It was very large, almost one hundred square meters. In addition to the office area and the reception area, Outside, there is a bedroom and separate bathroom for rest. The office is located in the southeast corner of the third floor, so it has two floor-to-ceiling windows with plenty of light and a good view.
When he saw Li Mu, Larry Page took the initiative to shake hands with him and said to Li Mu in Chinese: "Mr. Li, we meet again. Welcome to Silicon Valley."
Li Mu smiled and said: "Mr. Page is learning Chinese recently?"
"A little bit..." Larry Page smiled apologetically and said in English: "Chinese is indeed difficult. I think I still have a long way to go."
Li Mu nodded, invited Larry Page to sit down in the reception area, and said with a smile, "I heard that our newly rented office building is not far from you?"
Larry Page said: "It's a ten-minute walk. It's really close."
Li Mu then said: "Then you are welcome to come over often. If I am not here, you can find Ms. Lin Qingya. She is the vice president of our Makino Technology and the CEO of our US branch of Makino Technology."
Larry Page hurriedly said: "I have met with Mr. Lin several times. I will definitely strengthen communication in the future to see if there are any good cooperation opportunities. I also very much hope that Mr. Li can spend more time in Silicon Valley. I am very interested in Silicon Valley." To me, you are a legendary existence. When I heard that you were coming today, the whole Silicon Valley couldn’t hold back."
Li Mu smiled and said: "In the future, I may spend more and more time in Silicon Valley. We can leave a personal contact information later. When I come to Silicon Valley, or you come to China, we will contact you in time."
"Okay, okay." Larry Page hurriedly took out his business card, handed it to Li Mu and said, "Mr. Li, please save my contact information in your phone."
Li Mu nodded, took out his business card and handed it to him, and then asked him: "Mr. Page, you are looking for me in such a hurry, maybe it's not just to catch up on old times, right? We are old acquaintances. If you have any questions, just ask." .”
Larry Page rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, just call me Larry. I came to you this time because of a long-standing intention to cooperate."
"Oh?" Li Mu asked him: "What kind of cooperation is it?"
Larry Page said: "We have paid attention to the product structure of YY and YY.com. In China, YY and YY.com are providing quick access to Baidu search, making it convenient for YY users to use Baidu search, and at the same time diverting traffic to Baidu search. , I personally think this is a very good cooperation model, which can not only provide convenient search services for YY users, but also bring higher quality user traffic to Baidu search. However, I also noticed that Baidu search currently There is no plan to expand overseas, and there is no preparation to provide English search engine services. Therefore, non-Chinese YY and YY network users cannot enjoy such fast search services on YY products. I personally think this is quite a pity. It’s also an inconvenient place for users.”
Li Mu nodded slightly and said: "Larry, actually, for me, I am not a very selfless person. Just like most technical architectures choose closed source, I don't want users in the YY ecosystem to leave. , even if it’s just an exodus in certain areas.”
Speaking of this, Li Mu added: "Look, I don't do search engines, but search engines will encroach on my users' online time. It is equivalent to branching out a water pipe in my own reservoir, no matter what No matter how thick or thin it is, it will only unilaterally absorb the water in my reservoir. If I cultivate the habit of frequent search engine use for my users, it will undoubtedly give part of their online time to search. engine, this is an infringement on my own business itself. If it weren’t for my investment in Baidu, I would never open my users to them.”
Larry Page did not expect that Li Mu would speak so harshly when he first came up. Firstly, he refused to divert external traffic. Secondly, even if the traffic was diverted to Baidu, it was because he had invested in Baidu. According to what he said, he wanted to cooperate with Makino. For technological cooperation, the only possibility is to let Makino Technology take a stake first
But having said that, being invested by Makino Technology is actually not a bad thing. Every entrepreneur has two needs, one is the need for funds, and the other is the need for resources. Those who are short of money will choose funds first, but As long as they are not so short of money, they will choose resources.
This is why many companies particularly hope to be invested by Yahoo! In addition to money, Yahoo investment also provides resources, and resources are often more important than money.
In fact, in the future of China, almost all Internet models will be inseparable from Tengxun and Alibaba. This is also the reason. If you enter their ecology, you can get their resources, which will play a big role in its own development. promotion effect.
Therefore, Larry Page almost didn't think about it for too long before he directly said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, if Makino Technology is interested in investing in Google, we are very welcome. You can discuss this issue in depth, or simply form a What do you think about the two project teams having an in-depth encounter?"
(End of chapter)