Larry Page is despairing of these helpless shareholders.
But he couldn't blame them, because everyone was chasing capital and profits, and in the field of capital, there was always a deep-rooted gambler's mentality. The greater the benefits, the more serious the gambler's mentality. If Li Mu's appetite were not So big, shareholders are willing to sacrifice certain benefits in exchange for stability. But when Li Mu's appetite is so big that it exceeds shareholders' psychological expectations, shareholders in turn become willing to take certain risks in exchange for benefits. It is this mentality. , let everyone decide to take a chance and try whether Li Mu is a paper tiger.
It's a pity that Li Mu is not a paper tiger, he is not even a tiger. As he told Robin, he is a hunter with a gun in the animal world, standing proudly at the top of the food chain. He will turn a blind eye to the rabbits passing by, but he will not let go of them. A tiger showing its teeth and claws in front of you, or a fox playing tricks on your mind.
Although he understood these shareholders, Larry Page still said to them seriously: "If we go back to Li Mu now and rush to accept his offer, then we will face an embarrassing situation. My understanding of Li Mu, if I go back to Li Mu today, Li Mu’s quotation will definitely no longer be 15%, it may be 18%, it may be 20%. What should I do then? Accept it? Or continue to reject it? "
Shareholders fell silent.
What does it mean to reject an offer of 15%, and then accept a new offer of 20% with a face the next day? The price of pretending to be B? If this is the price of pretending to be B, it would be too heavy.
what to do
Now Li Mu's father is serious about it. For Google, should he kneel down and be his grandson, or should he stand and follow Li Mu's side
Kneeling down is easy, but it sacrifices not only dignity, but also huge benefits. Standing can defend dignity, but whether you can stand is the key. After all, kneeling by yourself is completely different from being beaten down. of two states.
These people are all elites. Some of them are proficient in the Internet, some are proficient in computers, and some are proficient in investment and capital operations, but none of them are proficient in pretending to be like Li Mu.
Sometimes, the world is so cruel. Even if you have all kinds of abilities and means, you are so fragile in the face of absolute power. Neither technology nor capital can help them catch up with Makino Technology. Makino Technology is like It is a globalized and upgraded version of Tengxun. No matter what it chooses to do, it can make its competitors sleepless because it has a strong user base. When you want to build a tall building from the ground, it is already ahead of you. Skyscrapers are piled up at a height of one hundred meters. Faced with this powerful advantage, Makino Technology will only lose in its own hands.
Just like Tengxun, if Chinese Internet companies want to achieve great development, they have to do things that Tengxun has not done, or start in areas that are not good at it, otherwise it will be extremely difficult to succeed.
At present, Makino Technology has demonstrated its ecological strength in the global Internet field. It can completely subvert Apple's iTunes in a few days. How many rounds can Google survive in his hands
The tragic situation of Apple is still before our eyes. Although Apple was finally acquired by Makino Technology, how much meat the shareholders behind it cut off was. If it were really put on the table, it would be more terrifying than a slaughterhouse. Although in the eyes of ordinary people, this is nothing more. It is a company acquiring another company, but only those who understand capital operations know how bloody and horrific this scene is.
After more than ten years of hard work, I returned to before liberation overnight.
None of Google's shareholders want Google to end up like this.
All shareholders were forced to give up an opportunity that could have flourished and earn huge profits, and then sold their assets at a very low price, and then left the market sadly.
Google's shareholders cannot accept such an outcome.
Therefore, panic began to brew among them, and more and more people wanted to kneel down to Li Mu immediately.
Larry Page stood up at this time and said to everyone: "Let's not mess up the situation for the time being. Li Mu is only preparing to cooperate with Baidu, not that it has already started cooperation. In this case, we can wait and see." After a period of time, if it will really have a great impact on us, it will not be too late for us to renegotiate with Makino Technology."
Someone immediately asked: "If Makino Technology's search engine becomes bigger and stronger by then, will they still be willing to cooperate with us? I'm afraid that Li Mu's biggest idea is to kill us!"
Others agreed.
Larry Page asked: "Yesterday you were willing to take risks, but why don't you have the courage today? You said Li Mu was bluffing before, so why do you think Li Mu is not bluffing now?"
This sentence made many people look embarrassed.
Larry Page is right, it’s all about the psychology of gamblers. Why did you dare to gamble yesterday but not today
Sighing, Larry Page spread his hands and said to everyone: "Everyone, I don't ask everyone to follow my advice in everything, but I also hope that everyone can keep their IQ at a stable level. Don't do it yesterday. The IQ was 160, and today there is only 40 left. If the IQ fluctuates too much, our project risks will never be controllable."
With that, Larry Page explained: "What I mean is, guys, you are all the top elites in Silicon Valley, but your IQ should not only be reflected in professional skills, but also in life or other aspects. Being able to reflect this will enable you to maintain your elite judgment at all times.”
A shareholder frowned and asked, "Larry, what do you really want to say after you've been beating around the bush for so long?"
Larry Page looked at him and said with a serious expression: "Frank, let me tell you a story. I once had a college classmate who had a very high IQ and was a complete computer genius. When we were still in school At that time, he sold his independently developed software to IBM through his own efforts. At the age of 24, he already had a net worth of tens of millions of dollars. Three years ago, his net worth exceeded 30 million dollars, but One day just three years ago he committed suicide, hanging himself with his own belt in his villa in Los Angeles, do you know why?"
Everyone looked puzzled.
Larry Page stretched out a finger and pointed it in the air, and said emotionally: "Because he married a damn striptease dancer five years ago! A stripper who can take off all her clothes for twenty dollars." The striptease dancer who rides on you and dances for you! He has a net worth of tens of millions of dollars, but he fell in love with this woman who takes off her clothes for twenty dollars a day. What’s even more terrifying is that he not only married the striptease dancer , and also handed over all his assets to her. The final result was that the stripper hooked up with his personal lawyer, and then the two of them transferred all his assets and deceived him into a As a partner in a private equity fund that illegally raised funds, he lost all his family property overnight and owed tens of millions of dollars in debt."
At this point, Larry Page sneered and said: "A genius who can earn tens of millions of dollars, but can't see through the true face of a striptease dancer, just turned a twenty-dollar transaction into tens of millions of dollars plus an additional One life, that’s what I’m saying, IQ has too many limitations! To be honest, I see the shadow of my college classmate in you all!”
After everyone listened, they looked embarrassed and said nothing.
Larry Page continued: "I want you to open up the limitations of your IQ and see two key points:
First, Li Mu’s true identity is a capitalist who takes advantage of others’ misfortune. The more you fear him, the more he will ask for. If we mess up our position now, it will only make us look easier to exploit in Li Mu’s eyes;
Second, Li Mu is very smart and cunning. He can see through the weaknesses and reality of his competitors, but he can also hide his own weaknesses and motives very well. Therefore, when we are not strong enough, we must not trust our first instinct. Because our first instinct is often seen through and exploited by Li Mu. "
After a pause, Larry Page added: "A few minutes ago, your first instinct was to ask Li Mu to give in and accept his offer, so the first thing we have to do now is not to show any The attitude of bowing to Li Mu, steady the rhythm first, and see what Li Mu will do next."
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Larry Page thinks that Li Mu’s move this time is more of a feint than a real one. What Li Mu is looking forward to most is to invest in Google at a low price and earn dividends from the search engine industry, instead of going all out to cultivate and develop the search engine industry. Fighting hard, the search engine business does not have a very bright future among all Li Mu's businesses, so he feels that as long as Google stabilizes its rhythm, even if Li Mu really cooperates with Baidu, I believe that the follow-up progress will not be very rapid, or even possible. It may end without any problem. At that time, if you talk to Li Mu about cooperation, you will be able to take some initiative.
However, he did not expect that Li Mu's determination to advance this matter was beyond everyone's imagination. Even the people at Makino Technology did not understand why Li Mu suddenly wanted to add a search engine business and invested so much energy in it. Manage it yourself.
Robin held a video conference with his shareholders and executives. When he relayed Li Mu's metaphor of monkeys, tigers, hunters and bullets to other Baidu executives, everyone agreed to accept Li Mu's cooperation plan and bring Baidu to Baidu. All technologies and patents on search engines are open to Makino Technology.
One day later, Li Mu and Robin held an internal signing ceremony in Silicon Valley.
In this signing ceremony, in addition to the executives of Makino Technology and Robin, there were also three executives and shareholders of Baidu. They flew to the United States overnight and briefly participated in the discussion of the contract details, and then everyone happily reached an agreement. A consensus was reached and a contract was drawn up.
The core content of this contract is: Makino Technology and Baidu jointly established a joint venture in Silicon Valley. The company's name is Muye & Baidu. Inc. In the future, Muye & Baidu. Inc will focus on search engines and plans to develop a name. for "Muye" search engine and build it into a world-class search engine.
The investment and equity structure of Muye&Baidu.Inc is: Makino Technology invests US$10 million, accounting for 90% of the company's shares, Baidu invests in technology, accounting for 10% of the company's shares, and Baidu will unconditionally and immediately invest in Muye&Baidu.Inc within the next ten years Opening up all its technologies and patents in the field of search engines, Makino Technology will invest its own technical strength in secondary development based on Baidu's technology, and will also unconditionally open the technical results of secondary development to Baidu in real time.
The restrictions on the respective coverage areas of both parties are: Muye & Baidu.Inc will never carry out search engine-related business in China’s local market, and Baidu will never carry out non-Chinese search engine-related business in markets other than China’s local market.
The last one is a small benefit given by Li Mu to Baidu. He promised that Muye&Baidu.Inc will not go to the Chinese market to compete with Baidu for any share, but Baidu itself can go to overseas markets to do Chinese searches. He does not impose restrictions on this, which is considered as a gift to Baidu. This leaves a small window for global development.
In addition to this contract, Li Mu also signed a supplementary agreement with Baidu in the name of Makino Technology. This supplementary agreement is very simple. In view of the fact that Li Mu is not planning to do search engine business in China, or even do Chinese search business globally, Therefore, he decided to add multiple Baidu search entrances to the YY Chinese version and the YY.com Chinese website to unconditionally direct all Chinese search traffic to Baidu.
This is equivalent to a favor given to Robin by Li Mu, but for Baidu, it is equivalent to adding multiple blood supply channels, and the basic business can receive a huge improvement in an instant.
The two parties happily signed the agreement, and then Li Mu immediately asked the administrative and logistics department of Makino Technology in North America to start looking for a new office space near the company to accommodate Muye & Baidu. Inc. At the same time, he asked Fang Xudong to come to Silicon Valley. Technology's technical staff in Silicon Valley have divided their labors and used part of their technical strength for Muye & Baidu.Inc's upcoming search engine business; on the one hand, they have sorted out the technical employees who are about to join Apple, and distinguished and rated these talents. Most of them are within Makino Technology Digested and a small portion released to Muye&Baidu.Inc.
In order to give employees a satisfactory explanation, Li Mu sent a group email within Makino Technology and gave several explanations to Tim Cook and all Apple employees:
First of all, employees from both parties have the possibility of being selected to be sent to Muye & Baidu. Inc. We hope that all employees will be mentally prepared;
Secondly, this is only a transfer within the group, not a transfer at the company level. Since Muye & Baidu. Inc is an absolutely controlled subsidiary of Makino Technology, all employees transferred from Makino Technology to Muye & Baidu. Inc will be treated as dispatches. In essence, they are still employees of Makino Technology;
Finally, Makino Technology will increase 10% of their salary as a dispatch subsidy for all employees dispatched to Muye & Baidu.Inc.
As soon as this explanation came out, all concerns within the two teams were dispelled.
Makino Technology’s influence and brand awareness in the Internet industry are second to none. Employees do not want to leave this large group and join a newly established company. In a society like the United States that attaches great importance to personal credit, the value of the company where they work is of great significance to employees. Importantly, even though the salary levels of Makino Technology employees and employees of an unknown company are exactly the same, their personal credit levels in American society are very different.
This situation will gradually appear in China in the next few years. Even if employees of large companies apply for a credit card, the credit limit will be much higher than that of employees of small companies. Employees of large companies can get a good look from the opposite sex when they go on a blind date. This is The added value that large companies give their employees.
In just a few days, Li Mu's vigorous and resolute actions shocked the entire Silicon Valley.
No one knew what the conflict was between Li Mu and Google, but everyone could see that as soon as Li Mu purchased Apple, he immediately mobilized heavy troops and recruited a group of Chinese mercenaries to form a super army, ready to follow Google is going to war head-on!
(End of chapter)