Since Larry Page sat down on the grass on the shore, Li Mu's mood has become particularly good.
The fish bobber seemed to be motionless at all, but Li Mu knew in his heart that he had caught a big fish, and that big fish was Larry Page and Google behind him.
Larry Page didn't expect that after traveling halfway around the world, he could only sit on the grass and watch Li Mu fishing.
What's even more depressing is that Li Mu came here not really for fishing, but to film a show, which means that even if he waits for him to finish fishing, he may not have time to talk to him about serious matters.
I heard that Li Mu will stay here at night, what should I do? There's no hotel here, so I can't sleep in the wilderness, right
Thinking of this, Larry Page sighed, feeling aggrieved and humiliated.
It is certain that he feels depressed and humiliated. As an IT talent at the forefront of the world, Larry Page has never received such treatment.
However, I have never suffered it again, and I still suffered it today.
After all, he is Li Mu’s father. If Google is a tiger, today it is just an underage cub. Makino Technology is a hunter with a gun. In front of Makino Technology, he has no substantial resistance.
After traveling all the way for so long, Larry Page was really thirsty, hungry and tired. However, he came in a hurry this time and only carried a backpack, a laptop, two changes of underwear and a T-shirt. My son was so hungry that he didn't even have anything to eat.
Let alone food, there is not even anything to drink.
It stands to reason that I am also a guest who has come all the way to see Li Mu. Couldn't some of the staff from these program crews be kind enough to give me a bottle of water? Today’s temperature is still in the early 30s after all. It’s easy for people to get thirsty and lack water when staying outdoors. All the staff on the shore have iced drinks to drink, but I can only sit here and swallow while watching. This feeling It's so tragic.
Li Mu and Peng Yuyan fished on the kayak for two full hours.
In the past two hours, the two of them had a pretty good harvest. They caught seven or eight crucian carp, most of which were long in size. In addition, there were also two quite large grass carps, each estimated to weigh a pound and a half. When it reaches about two kilograms, what is left is a bunch of various small fish. They are basically caught, hooked and thrown back into the water.
Peng Yuyan's fishing skills are obviously better than Li Mu. When Li Mu was a child or even a teenager, he used traditional long fishing rods to fish with his father. He stood on the shore holding the fishing rod or setting it up. However, the fishing gear prepared by the program crew was Li Mu had never played with sea fishing rods before, so he was not very comfortable with it at first, so 70% of today's catch was attributed to Peng Yuyan.
Two hours later, the two people rowed back to the shore after a fruitful harvest. Larry Page, who was so thirsty that his throat was smoking, hurriedly got up and went to the suggested pier, but before he could reach it, several groups of filming crews were already in place. Larry Page didn't even have a chance to get close, and with such a large group of people filming the show, Larry Page was too embarrassed to come forward and disturb them.
After getting off the boat, Li Mu held the fishing gear, and Peng Yuyan carried the box full of fish. As he walked, he said to Li Mu: "Mr. Li, two grass carp can make Teacher Huang stewed cakes, and these crucian carp can let him make crucian carp soup." , Teacher Huang’s skill in cooking crucian carp soup is really great, I tried it once and had endless aftertaste!”
Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "These fish are all wild, and there is no pollution. The meat quality should be very good."
Just as he was talking, Li Mu caught a glimpse of Larry Page, who was standing behind the camera crew with a troubled expression, and said to the director who was following the camera: "Director Xu, please find a place for Mr. Page to rest for a while. I sent the fish back, helped them pack the fish, and then went to find him."
Larry Page didn't understand what Li Mu said in Chinese, but when he heard Li Mu mention his last name, he finally felt relieved and thought to himself: "Is Li Mu finally thinking of himself?"
At this time, the director of the program team came to Larry Page and said to him in English: "Mr. Page, Mr. Li's program has not been recorded yet. He asked me to arrange for you to take a rest first. He will Come meet you."
Larry Page suddenly breathed a sigh of relief and said sincerely: "Thank you, I am tired and thirsty now, and I really need to take a rest."
The director of the program team nodded and said: "We have a resting place for employees. You can go there and take a rest first. There is water to drink there. I will ask them to order an extra snack for you in the evening."
Larry Page hurriedly thanked you: "Thank you so much!"
"You're welcome." The director of the program team smiled slightly and asked him: "Is Mr. Page still going back to the city? If so, you need to get to the town before 4:30, where the last bus to the city is at 4:30. The bus leaves at 40:00. If you miss this bus, it will be very troublesome to go back to the city at night. There are almost no taxis in the town."
"Four-thirty..." Larry Page looked at the time. It was already three o'clock. If he had to go to town at four-thirty, how could he make it in time to interview Li Mu
If you can't go back to the city, do you really have to find a place to sleep in this rural area today? That's really too miserable...
However, Larry Page could only grit his teeth and persist, and said to the director: "I have something very important to discuss with Mr. Li Mu, so I may not go back today."
After saying that, Larry Page wanted to ask him if he could find a place to stay for himself to avoid sleeping on the street.
The director said at this time: "Since Mr. Page won't go back, then I will arrange for you to live in our staff dormitory, but the conditions are a bit difficult, and you may have to endure some hardships."
When Larry Page heard this, he said happily: "No, no, I'm very grateful to be able to find a bed!"
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When Li Mu and Peng Yuyan returned to the mushroom house and started killing fish, Larry Page finally drank water. After drinking two bottles of purified water, he sat on the folding stool in the lounge of the program team. All he was thinking about was how to talk to Li Mu later and how to ensure that Li Mu could accept the plan he brought this time. If the problem could not be solved this time, then I would probably suffer all these sins in vain.
Li Mu didn't have the airs of a billionaire at the Mushroom House. He and Peng Yuyan worked together to kill all the fish, clean the internal organs and scales, and then came out of the Mushroom House and asked the program director: "Larry ·Where is Page now?"
"In the staff lounge, in another small courtyard we bought."
Li Mu nodded and said, "Let's arrange for someone to bring him over. Just say that I can meet him now."
The director hurriedly said: "Then I will give the order."
After saying that, the director took out the walkie-talkie and shouted, and immediately an assistant took over the job and invited Larry Page to the door of the mushroom house.
When he saw Larry Page, Li Mu didn't say much. He just glanced at him lightly. Seeing his tired face, he deliberately said: "Mr. Page, there are many people here. Let's just walk around and chat while walking." Bar."
Larry Page nodded hurriedly and followed Li Mu towards the vegetable field. Li Mu did not speak, and Larry Page did not dare to take the initiative to break the calm, so he could only follow Li Mu silently.
There was no camera crew following, and the two soon had the opportunity to talk alone. Li Mu then asked him with a smile: "Mr. Page, why did you suddenly come to China?"
Larry Page said to his heart, "Can you still not understand why I came?" But on his face, he could only smile and say: "Mr. Li, the main reason I came to China this time is to meet you and talk to you about cooperation..."
Li Mu turned his head, looked at him in surprise, and asked, "Hasn't the cooperation negotiation been shut down? Is there anything else we can talk about?"
Larry Page said with an embarrassed expression: "Mr. Li, it's like this. Our shareholders have never been able to reach a unified opinion before, so they couldn't accept your conditions in time. We have been communicating continuously during this time. Discussion, everyone feels that we still prefer to have excellent shareholders like you to go down with us, so I want to talk to you this time. If you are still interested in Google, are you still willing to invest in Google? ?We can give you a 20% share this time."
After hearing this, Li Mu shook his head without hesitation and said to Larry Page: "Page, there is an old saying in China, 'After passing this village, there will be no such store.' I was indeed interested in investing in Google before. But you have never figured out your actual positioning. Now that you come to me to buy shares in Google, I am no longer interested. You should know that Baidu and I jointly established a company specializing in search. The company is registered in Silicon Valley and is called Muye&Baidu.Inc.”
Larry Page's heart skipped a beat and he echoed: "I've heard about this company, but I think investing in Google at a low price is still a good investment opportunity for you."
Li Mu asked him: "Are you willing to let me simply invest in Google without any additional conditions? In other words, are you willing to sell me 20% of the shares at a low price, and I will only provide money and nothing else?" "
Larry Page looked extremely embarrassed.
The reason why he is willing to sell Li Mu's shares at a low valuation is to obtain Li Mu's resources and Li Mu's promise not to be a search engine for five years. Otherwise, just letting Li Mu invest in Google will have no practical significance for Google. Woolen cloth
Seeing that he didn't speak, Li Mu smiled slightly and said, "You see, that's what happened. In the previous stage, our two companies did have complementary needs, but now, this balance of needs has been broken. No, I don’t need Google shares now, that’s the most important thing.”
Larry Page was extremely depressed. A deal that could have been done at 15% a long time ago had to be done like this. People didn’t even bother to take a look at 20%. Everyone, including himself, was stupid. Got home…
After calming down, Larry Page continued to try hard: "Mr. Li, if you have any opinions on the valuation, we can communicate again."
Li Mu waved his hand and said: "Larry, since you came all the way here, I won't follow you in circles. Frankly speaking, if you still hope that I can invest in Google, then I can tell you clearly, no need to have wishful thinking. No, it’s impossible! Talking about things at every stage, buying shares, is already a matter of the previous stage. If you want to talk to me at this stage, don’t talk to me about buying shares.”
Larry Page looked at Li Mu and asked subconsciously: "What are we talking about?"
Li Mu said calmly: "Let's talk about mergers and acquisitions."
(End of chapter)