Deep down in Li Mu's heart, he really does not intend to be a search engine, but this does not mean that he is willing to give up the capital dividends of search engines in the future.
After becoming a shareholder of Baidu, Li Mu has already locked in the domestic search engine dividends in advance. If he can reach a consensus with Google, then investing in Google in advance will be equivalent to locking in the overseas search engine dividends in advance.
If you take 10% of Google's shares, then even if this 10% share is continuously diluted in the future, when Google's market value reaches hundreds of billions of dollars, this share will be worth at least tens of billions of dollars, and you have the resources. Being able to continuously feed Google's business will also become a key factor in maintaining or expanding its shareholding ratio.
In addition to locking in future dividends in advance, investing in Google can also attract a strategic partner for Makino Technology. In the future, it will not only be Makino Technology that will divert traffic to Google, but Google will also provide Makino Technology with all kinds of resources within its capabilities, just like Makino Technology from Baidu has locked a large number of keywords.
Although Larry Page was a little depressed due to the influence of Li Mu's strong personality, he felt that fundamentally speaking, Li Mu did not really want to be an enemy of Google. He just wanted to get more from Google. Interests, as long as Google can meet his demands, he will not become a huge threat to Google's future.
Therefore, Larry Page made it clear that he would go back and discuss with the board of directors to see if these old shareholders were willing to dilute more shares in order to attract Li Mu to join Google.
On the topic of investing in Google, Li Mu finally added: "If your diluted ratio meets my expectations, then I will agree to your request. YY and YY Network will be open to users continuously in the next five years." It is not impossible to add Google search portals to other Makino Technology products in the future."
"That's great!"
Larry Page breathed a sigh of relief and once again confirmed that Li Mu was not an enemy. For the entire board of directors of Google, no one was willing to be an enemy of Makino Technology in the future. Therefore, Google had already formulated a corporate strategy for Makino Technology: As long as If Makino Technology does not extend its business to Google’s core search business, Google will never extend its business to Makino Technology.
To put it bluntly, Google just doesn’t dare to provoke Makino Technology at all.
Google is like a crusader who wants to conquer the East, and Li Mu and his Makino Technology are not pagans who must be conquered in the eyes of the crusaders, but Venetians on the road to the crusade. The knights of the crusade do not have large-scale Without the ability to cross the sea, they could only pay the Venetians to use their powerful fleet to send the Crusaders to the other side.
What the Venetians want is money.
Seeing that Larry Page seemed to be in a much lighter mood, Li Mu smiled slightly and suddenly said: "By the way, Larry, if we reach a preliminary agreement, the funds that need to be paid to buy shares in Google, I need to wait until Makino Technology successfully IPOs Plus, of course, I will calculate interest for Google shareholders."
Larry Page was stunned, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Li Mu was really good at calculating. Not only did he want to buy shares in Google, but he even delayed payment. It was a waste of money.
But even if Larry Page is dissatisfied, he can't say it out loud. The most important thing is to lock in the huge traffic of Makino Technology before Yahoo and Google part ways. The money will be paid later...
Immediately, Larry Page pretended to be relaxed and said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, our main purpose is to strengthen the strategic partnership between Google and Makino Technology. The most important thing is to confirm the stake purchase and the cooperation plan. , as for the money, just pay it later, I believe Google’s board of directors will not refuse.”
Li Mu smiled slightly: "Then I will wait for your final offer to see how many shares your shareholders are willing to dilute."
"Okay." Larry Page nodded heavily. In order to successfully march to the East, the Crusaders paid almost all their property to the Merchant of Venice. Now, Google is naturally willing to make corresponding sacrifices for its long journey. .
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After talking about the "deep cooperation" with Google, Li Mu began to think about Andy Rubin, the father of Google, so he asked Larry Page, "Larry, do you know Andy Rubin? ?”
"Andy Rubin?" Larry Page frowned and asked, "Mr. Li, are you talking about Andy Rubin, who previously worked at Apple and Microsoft and later founded Danger?"
Li Mu nodded and said, "That's him."
Larry Page said: "I know Andy, and I admire his ability and vision very much, but how did Mr. Li know about him? Andy is actually a very low-key person, and not many people in Silicon Valley know him."
Li Mu smiled and said: "A friend of an executive in our technical team recommended it to him. Makino Technology had a vacancy for a project leader, so the manager asked him to help recommend a suitable person. He said this person was pretty good. "
Larry Page asked in confusion: "Then why not just ask the management friend you mentioned to help introduce him?"
Li Mu smiled slightly and said: "His friend is still working at Apple, and Andy also worked at Apple before, and we have become Apple's biggest competitor, so he is not very suitable to come forward. "
Larry Page did not doubt Li Mu's words, and Li Mu also very rigorously described the key people as "a senior executive of the technical team of Makino Technology" and "a friend of his who works at Apple." These two Although the statement is vague, the logic makes sense, so Larry Page will not have any doubts.
Larry Page did not doubt Li Mu's words. Due to differences in professional ethics, competition restrictions, and management regulations of each company, many people in Silicon Valley have such a sense of self-protection.
Immediately, Larry Page said to Li Mu: "Andy's recent focus seems to have been on mobile communications. He wants to make an Internet mobile phone. I personally admire his direction, but the current hardware development It is indeed not mature enough, so he failed to get this project off the ground. His Danger project basically failed and disappeared for a while a few days ago. It seems that he has recently returned to Silicon Valley and started thinking about new entrepreneurial projects."
Li Mu smiled and asked, "Has he ever looked for you?"
"No." Larry Page said: "Google has no idea of getting involved in this area now. After all, our current idea is to make search engine-related products, technologies, and algorithms more solid. We have not yet done so with Andy. A point of convergence where we can work together.”
Li Mu nodded and said calmly: "Why don't you help me connect and introduce me to him? Makino Technology wants to add some new attempts to the next generation of Mango-ME. He might be just right for this project."
"Okay!" Larry Page said without hesitation: "It's a piece of cake. Mr. Li, please find out what time is convenient for you. I'll communicate with Andy. I believe he must also very much hope to have the opportunity to get to know you." .”
Li Mu looked at the time and said, "How about this? Since he is in Silicon Valley, ask him if he has time in an hour. If so, you can come to Makino Technology to meet and chat with me."
Larry Page couldn't help but sigh: "Why is Mr. Li so anxious? Then I'll give him a call."
Li Mu smiled slightly and said casually: "It just so happens that I have no other plans this afternoon. I have too many things to do in the next two days, and I have to go to Cambridge."
Larry Page nodded while flipping through the address book on his mobile phone and said, "I heard that Mr. Li, you invested in a Harvard student to create Facebook?"
Li Mu smiled and asked, "Do you know?"
"I probably know about it." Larry Page said with a smile: "This is a good entry point for college students to socialize. Maybe we can really make some noise."
Li Mu laughed and said, "It's just a kid's little fight, he can't be on the stage. I went to Cambridge not mainly to meet him, but to meet my girlfriend."
"Oh..." Larry Page said in surprise: "Mr. Li has a girlfriend?"
Li Mu smiled and asked him: "Are you surprised that I have a girlfriend?"
Larry Page smiled and said: "I'm not surprised at all that you have a girlfriend. I'm just surprised that you said it so generously."
Li Mu smiled slightly: "The two of us are considered old friends, and we may still be close comrades-in-arms in the future. I have nothing to hide about this little thing."
Larry Page nodded seriously. At this time, the call was connected. He hurriedly pointed to the phone to Li Mu, and then said to the phone: "Andy, I am Larry, Larry Page."
Andy Rubin returned to Silicon Valley from the Cayman Islands some time ago and has been looking for investors recently.
As a genius programmer, Andy Rubin's life was rather neurotic. After the failure of the Danger project, he went to the Cayman Islands to reflect on himself and life, and then took it upon himself to think about his next entrepreneurial project, and finally figured it out. , it turned out that Silicon Valley capitalists were not very interested in his new project.
For an entrepreneur, the biggest blow is that no one agrees with his entrepreneurial project, and the same is true for Andy Rubin.
Andy Rubin is different from Larry Page. Larry Page has already had a successful career and is worth billions, but Andy Rubin has always been a worker in Silicon Valley, and he didn’t have anything big before. Success, he went out to start his own business and failed. For Andy Rubin, even if he wanted to use his own money to start a business, it would be difficult to support an ambitious project with his financial situation, so he urgently needed to find someone An investor who is willing to believe in himself.
Suddenly receiving a call from Larry Page, Andy Rubin suddenly became excited. He said excitedly: "Mr. Page, I didn't expect you to call me. This is really gratifying. Got it!"
Larry Page smiled and said: "Andy, are you in Silicon Valley now?"
"Yes!" Andy Rubin responded immediately, and then said: "Mr. Page, I have a startup project that is looking for investors. I wonder if you are interested. Can we take the time to meet and chat?"
Larry Page laughed and said, "I'm calling to introduce you to an investor with a great background. If you are interested, you can have an interview with him later."
Andy Rubin asked in surprise: "Who is the investor with great background?"
Larry Page said: "Li Mu, the founder of Makino Technology."
(End of chapter)