Fight to the third generation

Perhaps Yang Zhiyuan, who has a heavy task, does not know that he has passed by Google, and the scapegoat of his subordinates will only be pushed to him, the CEO.

Nowadays, everyone is walking in the dark, and luck is undoubtedly very important if you want to succeed...

While others are in the dark.

Su Yehao kept walking on the brightly lit avenue.

TVT's chief operating officer, John Zhou, arranged for someone to test the anti-link search engine, and sent a professional evaluation report at [-] o'clock that night, which was directly sent to Su Yehao's mailbox.

According to the trial results, the conclusion is that the algorithm is relatively novel and has great potential.

As for some professional evaluations, Su Yehao directly read ten lines at a glance.

He just wants to know if the anti-link technology is good, and what is the good thing about it. That is something that technicians need to pay attention to, and it has nothing to do with him as the boss.

Even if it is not clear whether the anti-link company is Google or not, this does not delay Su Yehao's decision to take some time to get in touch with the other party.

It just so happened that I didn't fall asleep tonight.

Let KOKO Venture Capital arrange a meeting between Larry Page and Sergey Brin at a bar near Stanford University.

……

Larry Page and Sergey Brin were roommates at Stanford University.

Now a 25-year-old and a 24-year-old are both studying for a Ph.D.

Since starting their business, the two moved out to live and rented a house outside. Among the more than ten employees under their command, several of them also lived with them. They saved money on the floor and slept on the sofa. Even the garage space was used. use.

In order to prevent disturbing the nearby residents, they were kicked out by complaints.

At this moment, a group of people dare not speak loudly, they are talking in a low voice, sitting around in front of the TV, playing games, eating pizza and drinking some beer.

A technology director named Craig Silverstein was out playing with his girlfriend for a day today. He just thought of something and asked, "The founder of Iron King Kong game company, the investor who introduced you to How are you talking?"

"When Sergey and I went, we only saw the butler. The materials had already been delivered, and they might have been thrown into the trash can. The mailboxes in front of his house were full."

Larry Page said.

Sergey Brin nodded and told while playing the game: "As expected of the founder of the TVT chat software, his yard is very large, and it is in the most expensive Atherton area. I stood outside the iron gate , only the roof can be seen."

"It's normal. TVT is more interesting than ICQ. It's highly interactive and interesting. It costs 1000 million US dollars to buy a server. My classmates work in it, and I can meet that 1000 million big baby every day. But There are many girls on ICQ, and it is easy to overturn and find very young girls by using TVT to search for people nearby, so I still choose to support ICQ.”

A strong man with a big belly said, holding a bottle of beer in his hand, and his chin was almost covered by a beard. He is a newly recruited database engineer of Antilink Company and graduated from MIT.

Larry and Sergey looked at each other, both worried that this hard-won database engineer would be taken away by the data server in TVT company.

After all, their anti-link server only cost 10,000+ US dollars, which is considered to be an overspend, and it will take a year or two to think of "one step in place".

Sergey Brin sighed and said:

"Don't forget, that Su from Hong Kong City is a particularly rich Asian rich man, and even has the strength to swallow ICQ. I was shocked when I heard the news, because he seemed to be only 20 years old. Iron King Kong He bought the gaming company for $290 million, and he offered a job to that guy Andrew, and Andrew not only bought a house in Menlo Park, but he also bought a convertible Corvette C5."

Seeing that others were attracted by these words, Larry Page looked a little frustrated, and immediately clapped his hands to attract attention, telling:

"Don't worry, we will have some in the future. Take the time to promote in the forum tomorrow. We have won more than 3000 new users, and the user retention rate exceeds expectations. When the product is improved, it will cost about [-] US dollars. Find a place to advertise."

Tech executive Craig Silverstein, eating onion rings, lazily says:

"I don't know how much ICQ's advertising space sells for. I saw a chocolate advertisement for Mars Candy when I was chatting. Christmas is almost here. What gift should I give my girlfriend..."

Chapter 404 Danielle Kenning

A Mercedes-Benz S600 was parked on the side of the road, and a short-haired woman in a windbreaker stepped out of the car.

The woman has blonde hair and looks about 35 years old. She is carrying an Hermès Kelly bag and a pair of high heels on her feet.

Her name is Danielle Kenning.

I just switched from a Wall Street consulting firm last month and came to work in KOKO Venture Capital. I graduated from the Business School of Columbia University in New York and have been working for ten years. Now my annual salary is 20 US dollars, and I also have the opportunity to get dividends.

She is a proper female elite in the financial circle, and she is quite pretty. She has been helping Su Yehao negotiate several projects for more than a month.

It's just that Danielle Kenning is not in a good mood at the moment. She was at a party and had a happy chat with a colleague, and was called by the president of KOKO Venture Capital to help out.

Now it's time to rest after get off work, so it's strange that I'm in a good mood.

No matter where they are, employees always feel abhorrent to work overtime, let alone a small company with little reputation.

Being able to open a company in such a residential area is enough to explain many problems.

When she walked towards the door, the database engineer with a beard in the house quickly saw her through the lights in the yard, and leaned over to the window to look out, excitedly said: "Why is there a sexy woman who would Appeared at our door? Could it be that someone is in love!?"

"Wow, although I seem to be a little older, but I like this temperament, it's my type." Craig Silverstein, the technology director of Anti-Link Company, also moved to the window and said with a smile.

The doorbell rang.

Larry Page went to answer the door, stood at the door and asked, "Good evening, is my car blocking the way? Are you living in..."

Danielle Kenning interrupted him and walked directly towards the house.

After scanning around, she found that the environment was messy, with more than a dozen computers in the living room and pizza boxes on the sofa.

Sure enough, it was just a small company that seemed to have no future. There are entrepreneurial teams like this all over Silicon Valley.

With high heels clacking on the dilapidated wooden floor, Danielle Kenning put on a businesslike stance and told: "It's unbelievable that my boss would have any problems with your project." If you are interested, I will give you 10 minutes to change your clothes, pack up and follow me."

Undoubtedly a very strong woman.

Danielle Kenning's acting style is already very capable. For example, the Iron King Kong game company they mentioned before is the person in charge of negotiating the acquisition.

At that time, the founder of the Iron King Kong game company relied on the number of game players to break through 7000, and the lion asked for a price of 740 million US dollars. Danielle Kenning packed up her things and left without saying a word. Others, almost turned the founder into a bare-bones commander, and could even destroy the game of "Wrecking Donkey Kong" where the gorilla broke through.

With a little trickery, the other party realized the gap between the two sides, and obediently accepted the purchase price of 290 million US dollars.

first contact.

Larry Page didn't have much affection for her, but a delicate woman with temperament is always easier to be forgiven.

He didn't blame Danielle Kenning for breaking into the house, just asked: "Who is interested in my project, who is your boss? Also, how do you know that I live here, the company has just moved for more than a month, The registered address is at..."

"It's an office at Stanford University, right? Don't worry about how I know, just change your clothes and go. I heard that you sent the project promotion materials to my boss today. The boss of ICQ and TVT, he wants to meet you in person now." , listen to your thoughts, understand?"

Danielle Kenning was in a bad mood, but she also understood that with Su Yehao's usual style, if there was nothing serious, he wouldn't be busy negotiating business on this big night.

At first, she thought that there might be a young and beautiful woman in the founding team, so she arranged to meet at a bar near Stanford University. Now after reading it, she realized that she was definitely thinking too much.

Larry Page hurriedly called Sergey Brin, and each went upstairs to the room to change clothes.

Although there are many rich people in Silicon Valley, for a small start-up team, the opportunity to personally introduce a project to a super rich man is definitely a blessing that cannot be found.

As for Danielle Kenning, looking at the fat bearded man with a particularly nerdy appearance, he asked curiously: "Your company is a search engine, right? How many customers does it have?"

"... More than 600, an increase of [-] from yesterday."

"..."

After hearing this, Craig Silverstein, the technology director, resisted the urge to strangle this colleague, and explained in a hurry:

"Because we have only been established for more than a month and have not yet invested in external publicity. We want to polish the product to be more successful and strive to satisfy all users! The current users can't explain anything. We have a more scientific and mature system. Compared with it, Yahoo looks too bad. It only knows how to buy some messy companies. I suspect their CEO doesn’t even know what the companies they buy are useful. Anyway, Yahoo is still so inaccurate.”

After hearing the "algorithm patent", Danielle Kenning seemed to understand why Su Yehao was interested in it.

In Silicon Valley, the advantage of patents is a big killer. It has the opportunity to be transformed into massive wealth. Sometimes big companies are stuck by the patents of small companies. Similar things are not uncommon.

She smiled slightly, with a cold tone, and told, "If I remember correctly, my boss is now the seventh largest shareholder of Yahoo, and the CEO of Yahoo, Zhiyuan Yang, played tennis with him last week. Maybe you can talk to Yang Meet me, sir, and talk about your opinion face to face?"

"..."

Craig Silverstein's head was buzzing, and he felt like he had hit the gun, and his whole life was gloomy.

In a hurry, he explained: "No, no, I mean our search engine has more advantages, but it must not be compared with a giant like Yahoo now. Since it is a shareholder of Yahoo, it is better, isn't it? Your boss should know search engines very well, and our cooperation can produce the effect of one plus one greater than two."

Danielle Kenning didn't take his words seriously.

It's just that he habitually remains indifferent and creates a "difficult to speak" personality.

She works in venture capital and belongs to the management. If she is too mild-tempered, she will suffer easily. People think that she can take advantage of her, so it is better to be strong.

I have to say that the effect is really good, and the several projects I have handled have been perfectly executed.

After a few minutes.

Larry and Sergey, who didn't have time to tidy up carefully, put on formal clothes and ran downstairs. One was wearing leather shoes, the other had his pants unzipped and his shirt unbuttoned.

If you want to succeed in an Internet business, you must burn money in the early stages.

These two's venture capital is only about 60 US dollars in total, and they can't do anything. They are afraid that they will let Su Yehao, the big financier, go away.

Over there at the bar.

When Su Yehao saw these two, he observed them carefully for a long time, and they seemed to be familiar, especially Larry Page.

Sitting on the black sofa, with a fruit plate and drinks in front of him, Su Yehao asked before waiting for them to speak: "Anti-link...Why isn't your company called Google?"

……

Chapter 405...Ambition?

Hearing Su Yehao's question, Larry and Sergey were taken aback.

After they looked at each other, they all felt that the super rich were really scary, and the news was amazingly well-informed.

Larry Page explained:

"It seems that you have already investigated our company, haven't you? I like the word Googol, ten to the hundredth power, which represents the massive resources on the Internet, but when I registered, I found that it was used by someone in 1995 So combined with our technology, we named the company Antilink.”

heard.

Su Yehao suddenly realized and nodded.

If you say that there is a [-]% to [-]% possibility that this company is Google, the possibility has soared to more than [-]% now, because Larry Page is familiar to him, and they also wanted to use the name Googol.

I vaguely remember seeing it somewhere, saying that Googol was useless, and I used Google (Google) later.

Anyway, since the anti-link patented technology is quite good, in Su Yehao's opinion, there is potential for investment, so he stretched out his hand and said, "Sit down, I'm not at home this morning, I found someone to analyze your algorithm, I feel a bit Meaning. Actually, I also have a search engine company called TOT.”

"TOT?"

Larry Page looks at Sergey.

After thinking about it, Sergey Brin shook his head calmly, saying that he had never heard of it.

Su Yehao saw their small movements and said with a smile:

"It's just a small company with about 30 monthly active users. It's developing in China. People are used to using Yahoo. If there is no advantage, it will be difficult to compete with Yahoo, right?"

Larry Page was speechless for a moment.

All he knew was that Su Yehao owned TVT and ICQ instant messaging software, and was also the seventh largest shareholder of Yahoo.

Suddenly learning that Su Yehao's "small company" has about 30 monthly active users, which is more than ten times more than the monthly active users of their anti-link search engine, a sense of frustration suddenly flooded into my heart.

The gap between them is like a moat.

Both Larry and Sergey were well aware of this.

These two belong to the category of technical nerds, short and tall, and Larry Page, who is an American, is socially better than Sergey Brin from Moscow.

So when I went out to look for investment and other jobs, Larry took the lead, and I brought Sergey with me as a comfort to avoid stage fright.

After organizing the language, Larry replied to Su Yehao:

"That's right, so we went to you today, hoping to seek your help."

"I know that both TVT and ICQ are acquiring entrepreneurial teams such as games and news forums recently. Obviously, they intend to realize the huge user base and convert it into actual income. Online chat software cannot place too many advertisements, which will affect to the user experience, and the virtual goods business does not seem to be going well.”

"If our two companies can cooperate, you will have another revenue-generating performance growth point, and our anti-link company can also grow rapidly through your user group. This is a win-win..."

After all, after staying in Silicon Valley for so long, I have always thought about starting a business.

Larry Page has noticed Su Yehao's recent movements. The boss of the Iron King Kong game company they know has packaged and sold the entrepreneurial team to Su Yehao. This undoubtedly shows that ICQ and TVT are trying to use their huge user resources. In terms of utilization, we began to pay more attention to revenue.

Tech geeks are just not good at socializing, and they are pretty smart to get into Stanford University for a Ph.D. in computer science.

Su Yehao took two bottles of beer and handed them to them respectively. While clinking the bottles and drinking, he looked at the girl dancing with an iron pipe on the stage and asked:

"How do you plan to cooperate, sell the company directly to me, or get financing from me? You know, the initiative is on my side. Once I fully promote your... anti-links, there will be a chance of millions in the short term. Users, in terms of acquisition costs, may be worth millions of dollars, and it will affect my interests at Yahoo.”

Like he said, Larry Page can also think of the problem.

Now Yahoo is the only one, and Su Yehao is the seventh largest shareholder of Yahoo. If a competitor is cultivated, it will definitely have an impact on Yahoo.

Although Larry didn't think that his anti-link company was capable of wrestling with Yahoo, when he thought about it, Su Yehao would definitely be squeezed out by other people in Yahoo, and he might even be marginalized.