Lin Qingya's home is located in a small county in the north of Zao City, dozens of kilometers away from Xue Guo District, and the transportation is not very convenient. She will go back to Yanjing to work on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, and she has already bought the goods before the holiday and left Zao City on the evening of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. The train ticket from the West Railway Station back to Yanjing, she rushed from home to Xue Guo District today. She came with her luggage, had dinner, and took the train back to Yanjing at twelve o'clock at night.
Because Li Mu didn't want to drive back all night, he asked Lin Qingya to book a room for him in the hotel. When Lin Qingya arrived in the afternoon, she opened the room for Li Mu first, but her luggage was not put into the room smoothly. After leaving it at the hotel front desk, Lin Qingya did not wait for him in Li Mu's room. Instead, she ordered a cup of coffee in the hotel lobby and read a book while waiting for him.
After Li Mu arrived, he saw Lin Qingya in the lobby. He sat down opposite her, ordered a cup of tea, and chatted with her about Fang Xudong.
Li Mu wanted to know more details about Fang Xudong, such as his current income level at Google, his current position and the direction he is responsible for.
Lin Qingya said: "I called my high school classmate again in the afternoon and asked in a roundabout way. Fang Xudong's current annual income at Google should be around one million yuan, which is about hundreds of thousands in US dollars."
Li Mu nodded. A hundred thousand dollars may not seem like much, but his purchasing power is still very strong. At least after a year of food and drink expenses, the remaining money can still buy a smaller house in Yanjing. It is definitely Super golden collar level.
Lin Qingya added: "As for what he is doing at Google, my classmates are not very clear, but what is certain is that he is thirty-three years old this year and is the only son of the family. The family very much hopes that he can return to China to develop. He is now I do have the intention in this regard, but I just don’t have the right opportunity.”
Li Mu then asked: "Does this person have any character traits?"
Lin Qingya smiled and said: "It is said that he has high IQ, high EQ, and is very friendly. I don't know about the rest."
"Oops." Li Mu rubbed the bridge of his nose. He was afraid of someone with both high IQ and EQ. If you talk to him about your ideals, he will talk to you about reality; when you talk to him about reality, he will talk about ambitions to you. If you want to To poach this kind of people, cheating is of little use. You have to come up with real materials. However, the little industry I have at hand is pretty good in China. In the eyes of Google's technical talents, I don't know if it will be reliable. Spectrum.
However, Li Mu quickly adjusted his mentality. Now that he is here, he should not have such a mentality of worrying about gains and losses. If it succeeds, it is a good thing. If it fails, he will not lose anything.
In the evening, Li Mu saw Fang Xudong in a hotel box booked by Lin Qingya, wearing A&F casual clothes. What surprised Li Mu was that the 33-year-old Fang Xudong looked nothing like an Internet practitioner. He was one meter tall. He is about eight years old, thin, with no hair loss and no myopia glasses. He looks very sunny and energetic.
Fang Xudong was even more surprised when he saw Li Mu for the first time than when Li Mu saw him.
He had paid attention to Makino Technology and had a clear and in-depth understanding of Makino Technology's development history and products, but he never expected that the boss of Makino Technology was actually a young man who looked to be in his early twenties.
The two shook hands and said hello to each other. After chatting for a few words, Fang Xudong realized that Li Mu was still in college and was only in his freshman year. This made Fang Xudong feel bad.
After he asked Li Mu's year of birth, he learned that Li Mu was not even twenty years old this year.
Fang Xudong studied in China. He knows what the domestic education model is like. Before going to college, almost all children follow the same path and learn the same knowledge. Only when they go to college will they enter different academic fields. Some people study economics, some study medicine, some study law, and some study computers.
The technical field of the IT industry is a very large academic field. If you want to make some achievements in this field, you must at least be rooted in basic technology and the IT industry for several years. But how can a young man like Li Mu do it? In the first year of college, he founded a company like Makino Technology that was soaring on a rocket? According to common sense analysis, he cannot have strong development skills, let alone precise product awareness. Could he be a genius
But Fang Xudong is the kind of person who least believes in academic genius. In the past, when others boasted about taking the college entrance examination at the age of ten, the HKUST Junior Class, the Prodigy Class, and the Genius Class, he always felt that anything related to academics required years of hard work. Most of the so-called geniuses cannot withstand the test of time and reality due to hard work and precipitation.
This is also the fundamental reason why there has never been a Nobel Prize winner in his twenties since Lawrence Bragg. Even Lawrence Bragg only won this award by fighting for his father. He shared it with his own father. If he alone could win the Nobel Prize in Science, he would probably have to be at least in his thirties.
In contrast, artistic genius is understandable.
Li Mu could see the doubt in Fang Xudong's eyes, which he had expected.
After the two of them took their seats, Li Mu deliberately asked Fang Xudong: "I heard that Mr. Fang is working at Google. I wonder which section he is mainly responsible for?"
Fang Xudong said: "I mainly do Pagerank at Google, which is a technology related to web page ranking."
Pagerank is a web page ranking algorithm technology invented by Larry Page. Its core is to provide a detailed calculation formula for search engine web page ranking. Although Li Mu has never worked as a search engine, he still knows about this field.
Li Mu nodded and said calmly: "Larry Page's algorithm must be a top priority for Google now. It should be a very high-level internal section, right?"
Fang Xudong nodded and said: "Advanced algorithms are the core advantage of Google's leadership in the search engine field."
Li Mu hummed and asked him casually: "Google should not only have the Pagerank algorithm now, right? Doesn't Google have a HillTop algorithm internally? Has it begun to combine the two algorithms?"
Li Mu's understatement and casual question shocked Fang Xudong.
Li Mu knows the Pagerank algorithm and who its founder is. Fang Xudong is not very surprised by this. The Pagerank algorithm is not unique to Google, but was invented by Larry Page when he was at Stanford University. He is someone who has a certain understanding of search engines. Everyone knows this algorithm, even if they don’t know its logic, they will have heard of its name.
However, the HillTop algorithm is the core technology related to current search engine algorithms. This algorithm was researched and formed by Google employees in the second half of last year. It was also just patented in the second half of last year. It is basically still in the confidentiality stage. At the moment, Google is still We have not obtained the patent for this algorithm from that employee. We are still undergoing compatibility testing and it is expected that it will take at least a year before it can be actually put into use.
Now, young Li Mu knows this algorithm in China. Even if he only knows the name, it is incredible. The only possibility is that he is really researched in this field and has his own channels for obtaining information.
Fang Xudong praised from the bottom of his heart: "It seems that Mr. Li is very familiar with the development of the industry."
Li Mu saw that the other party was really beginning to take him seriously, and smiled slightly, saying: "Although Makino Technology is not planning to enter the search engine market, search engine technology is one of the most important technologies on the Internet. I have always understood and understood it with awe. Learn some superficial knowledge about this field.”
What Li Mu wants is this kind of effect. At the very least, Fang Xudong cannot be underestimated or doubt his ability. At least he must know that although he is young, his technical strength may not be worse than Fang Xudong's according to the current Internet architecture. Although there are fewer people, his understanding of the Internet may not be any weaker than his, or even far better than his.
Fang Xudong said: "Makino Technology is already very impressive now. Tieba, a minimalist BBS, not only lowers the user threshold and operating costs, but also opens up unlimited possibilities through the innovation of keyword open registration. The future will definitely be the domestic Internet A very important product.”
Li Mu smiled modestly and asked Fang Xudong: "In your opinion, what is the biggest advantage of Makino Technology right now?"
Fang Xudong said: "Of course it is the users. Tieba is a very large online community that brings users together based on various points of interest. With the support of Tieba's strong user base, Makino Technology can choose many directions in the future."
Li Mu asked him: "What do you think is the biggest problem of Makino Technology right now?"
Fang Xudong smiled and said: "To be honest, to be able to achieve this point in more than half a year is beyond the imagination of many people. Even many big names in the Internet field may not be able to do it so cleanly and neatly. Tieba The product model is very good, Happy Farm’s model is also very good, and what’s rare is that it also has strong profitability.”
After saying words of praise and affirmation, Fang Xudong hesitated for a moment and said: "If I really have to find fault with you, I think the biggest problem of Makino Technology is that it does not have a truly strong demand product. No matter how you look at it, this Tieba product looks more like A companion product, although it is very powerful, should be accompanied by a more powerful high-demand product. If it is under Baidu or Tengxun, in my personal opinion, it is more suitable."
Li Mu raised his eyebrows and said with a smile: "You mean, Tieba is not suitable to be the core of an Internet company alone?"
Fang Xudong smiled slightly and said: "I can't say it so absolutely. I can only say that if you want to be a top Internet company, you can't regard Tieba as its core product. If you want to be a first-class Internet company, Makino Technology is now ”
After a pause, Fang Xudong added: "Makino Technology is like a very sharp bayonet. It is powerful enough in the field of cold weapons, but it should be paired with a gun."
(End of chapter)