In order to give Larry Page a little sweetener, Li Mu followed past practice and gave Google a relatively favorable investment terms.
He said to Larry Page: "Larry, although the shareholding ratio of M&G is 60% for me and 40% for you, the capital contribution ratio is 70% for me and 30% for you. Google only needs to pay 30% to enjoy 40% of the shares." .”
Larry Page knew that this was an extra reward given to him by Li Mu, probably because he agreed very happily on this matter.
Thinking of this, Larry Page regretted it.
What I regret is not that I agreed too happily to this cooperation, but that I should not have been tough with Li Mu in the first place.
Only after being in contact with him for a long time did I realize that Li Mu was a person who was completely soft-spoken rather than tough-minded.
He wants ten points, and if he obediently gives him ten points, he might be able to get two or three points back. But if he wants ten points, and he refuses to give them back, he may end up paying thirty or even forty points.
Moreover, this man is too strong, both hard and soft, frontal and sideways, and he is no match for him. If he had known this, he would not even have to be strong, and would just compromise and cooperate with him happily.
However, there is no chance to go back and do it all over again when things are done.
Therefore, Larry Page was not polite to Li Mu and said seriously: "Thank you, Mr. Li!"
Li Mu smiled slightly and said calmly: "We are all our own people, you are welcome."
With one of his own, Larry Page suddenly felt like he had found an organization and a backer.
Some people may be able to become the richest man in the world if they continue to carry it on their own, but if someone gives them a comfortable haven in the middle, they may not want to leave halfway.
At this moment, Larry Page has undergone a huge change in his heart. He feels that working closely with Li Mu, or even relying on Li Mu for development, is not necessarily a bad thing.
For example, Google's current valuation is much higher than before Li Mu took a stake.
At this time, Li Mu said to Larry Page: "By the way, I suggest that we set up a new company immediately, and then use the new company to discuss the acquisition of Keyhole, instead of using Google to come forward."
After that, Li Mu explained: "Google is about to go public. If there is news that we are going to cooperate with a new company before the listing, then I believe it will have a great incentive effect on the market and help Google's stock price rise quickly after the listing." rise."
Larry Page's eyes lit up.
What Li Mu said is the role of building momentum.
Since I started my own business, although I have a lot of experience in the Internet industry, I am still not experienced enough in the capital, finance and stock markets.
Li Mu was exposed to all kinds of news in later generations and had a clear understanding of the laws of capital.
Generally speaking, if a listed company suddenly reaches cooperation with a larger company, even if it has just signed a contract, it will play a big role in boosting the stock price.
Because the financial market is very sensitive to information and prospects, when a bit of good news comes out, market confidence will immediately become stronger, and stock prices will rise in response.
On the eve of Google's listing, it suddenly announced that it would cooperate with Makino Technology to establish a new company. Once the news is released, the market's pursuit of Google will be higher and stronger. This is the secret of hype.
Larry Page was so excited that he couldn't help but ask Li Mu: "Mr. Li, do you think when is the appropriate time for us to release this news to the public?"
Li Mu said: "Didn't you arrange a private party tomorrow night? Just make it public and invite a group of reporters from top media to attend. At that time, the two of us will personally tell the media about our cooperation. In this way Once it’s done, credibility can’t be questioned.”
Larry Page suddenly became excited when he heard that Li Mu was actually willing to speak out about his cooperation with Google in front of the media.
This is something I never dared to ask for before.
Originally, if the gathering of some industry friends before the listing was made public, it would bring a better reputation to the company, especially if big names like Li Mu would participate. As soon as the public heard that Li Mu was participating, their confidence would increase. Quite a few.
But Larry Page was worried that Li Mu might not be willing to face the media for Google, so he held a private gathering.
Unexpectedly, Li Mu actually took the initiative to disclose it to the public. This was really a huge honor.
Thinking of this, Larry Page also strengthened his judgment just now.
For people like Li Mu, you have to obey in order to gain the greatest benefits!
…
The motorcade arrived in Manhattan, in the heart of New York City.
Google specially booked the presidential suite of a top-star hotel here for Li Mu.
Manhattan is the center of New York and the most expensive place in New York.
It is extremely prosperous and is known as a paradise for the rich. Wall Street and Broadway are here, and every inch of land is valuable.
Here, an apartment with an area of about 100 square meters is more expensive than a villa with an area of 1,000 square meters in the suburbs.
Here, a top-notch super-large single-story mansion can even be worth tens of millions of dollars or hundreds of millions of yuan;
Here, if you have money, you can do almost anything. You can build your mansion to the top of a skyscraper, you can design an infinity luxury swimming pool on the top floor, and you can even play golf on the top floor.
The hotel chosen by Larry Page is right on the edge of Central Park in Manhattan. From Li Mu's room, he can have a panoramic view of the entire Central Park and even the entire Manhattan.
This time, Google invited many celebrities to participate in the bell-ringing ceremony. Many people came from all over the United States, and some even came from overseas, like Li Mu.
Without exception, these people all stayed in the hotel where Li Mu stayed.
However, the hotel only has one presidential suite, which has been reserved for Li Mu long ago.
Although the all-pervasive media did not know what Li Mu and Larry Page talked about, they all knew that Li Mu came to New York.
For a time, the headlines in New York and Wall Street were all about Li Mu.
"Li Mu arrived in New York!"
"Li Mu's arrival has made the entire Wall Street ready to take action."
"Li Mu will participate in Google's bell-ringing ceremony on Nasdaq!"
"Li Mu's trip may be to explore the future IPO of Makino Technology!"
"The Wall Street tycoons are eager to meet Li Mu."
When Li Ziwei reported these news headlines to Li Mu, Li Mu didn't pay too much attention.
In fact, Li Mu has long since stopped taking these news seriously.
Li Ziwei's emotion gave Li Mu a new inspiration.
She said: "Mr. Li, I think with your influence, if you also auction lunch, it will definitely be much more expensive than Buffett's lunch."
Li Mu asked curiously: "How much is the highest price paid for Buffett's lunch?"
Li Ziwei said: "This year I bought it on eBay for US$250,000."
Li Mu nodded slightly and said with a smile: "Then I will also take a photo of the dinner later, and the starting price will be $1."
Li Ziwei asked in surprise: "Really? Are you kidding?"
"Of course not." Li Mu smiled and said: "This kind of auction is actually quite interesting. It can not only increase your influence, but also bring a lot of traffic and exposure to the auction platform and restaurants."
After saying that, Li Mu thought for a moment and said: "Let's call Lei Jun and ask him to change the English version of Taobao to 'Taobao International', and then ask him to communicate with Elon Musk and pay with PayPal. Come in, I will put the dinner up for auction on Taobao International, and the auctioneer can pay with PayPal or Alipay."
Li Ziwei's eyes lit up and she said with a smile: "In this way, Taobao International will probably become popular in no time."
Li Mu smiled and said: "The popularity is only temporary. Taobao has not yet reached the stage of internationalization, and international logistics is not that convenient. I am afraid that it will not be of practical value to overseas users for the time being."
Speaking of this, Li Mu changed the topic and said: "But it is also good to build momentum first to lay the foundation for the future."
Li Ziwei nodded: "Then I'll call Mr. Lei right now!"
…
At this time, Taobao has divided its internal strategy into three business groups, namely:
Taobao Business Group, Taobao Logistics Business Group and Alipay Business Group.
The main person in charge of the Taobao business group is Lei Jun, and Brother Liu is naturally in charge of Taobao logistics. As for Alipay, it has not yet reached a good time for rapid development. Its entire function is to cooperate with Taobao to support payment channels. So most of the time is under the unified coordination and management of Lei Jun.
Originally, Brother Liu was in charge of Taobao as a whole. After Lei Jun came in, he gradually split, reorganized, and reorganized, so that Brother Liu's own powers and scope of functions were relegated to the second line.
Brother Liu has a great thirst for power and a strong desire for control. What he most hopes is that Li Mu will hand over the entire Taobao to him, but he did not expect that things will develop to this point.
Senior brother Liu was actually somewhat dissatisfied with this. He thought about having a good chat with Li Mu several times, but in the end he had to give up this year because he knew that although Li Mu was his junior brother, he also had his own shares in Taobao. , but Li Mu will never tolerate his shortcomings.
Starting a business with Li Mu is not as simple as starting a business by yourself. Li Mu requires 100% obedience from the team.
In other words, Senior Brother Liu knew in his heart that Li Mu had a stronger desire to control than himself, so he could not satisfy himself without satisfying himself.
Early this morning, he had a meeting with Lei Jun and several other executives to discuss optimizing the efficiency of Taobao and Taobao Logistics.
Halfway through the meeting, Lei Jun's secretary suddenly knocked on the door and came in and said, "Mr. Lei, Mr. Li's assistant has something to call you, but he said he couldn't get through to your cell phone."
Lei Jun said: "Oh, I left my phone in the office before the meeting. You can go pick it up for me."
"OK."
Soon, the secretary returned and handed Lei Jun's cell phone to him.
At this time, Li Ziwei called again.
Lei Jun hurriedly answered the phone, and Li Ziwei on the other end said, "Mr. Lei? I'm Li Ziwei."
Lei Jun said hurriedly: "Hello, Assistant Li, do you have anything to do with me?"
Li Ziwei said: "Mr. Li is in New York now. He wants to hold an auction and auction the opportunity to have lunch with him. I hope you can cooperate..."
Immediately, Li Ziwei told Li Mu's request.
When Lei Jun heard this, he said excitedly: "Great, great! Please tell Mr. Li that I will arrange manpower to work overtime to solve this problem!"
After hanging up the phone, Lei Jun immediately told Li Mu that he was going to auction dinner and take the opportunity to do Taobao International.
The other executives in the conference room were very excited, except Senior Brother Liu who was beside him and felt a little disgusted.
Lei Jun seems to be very valued by Li Mu now, but he has been reduced to a position focusing on building logistics...
(End of chapter)