Fight to the third generation

Larry Page immediately replied: "Danielle and I also thought the same way. She inquired about the news and found that Yahoo is now in contact with Overture. In fact, Yahoo's board of directors even planned to acquire Overture and absorb this company. search advertising business."

Su Yehao knows this company. It is also a popular competitor with Google. Its user base is comparable to that of Google. The valuation agency gave it a valuation far higher than that of Google. Last year, the valuation was as high as 40 billion U.S. dollars. .

The first time I heard about Overture, it was from Yahoo's board records that the company developed a service called "Pay-For-Performance", which is the so-called "bidding ranking".

It determines the price that advertisers need to pay each time a user clicks through bidding, and it is linked to a specific keyword. When searching, related websites are ranked higher.

When thinking of this, the corners of Su Yehao's eyes twitched, and he finally knew how a certain degree of creativity came about.

Although this technology annoys Internet users, it is quite profitable for companies that provide search services. As long as the user base is large enough, the accumulation of small amounts of money will be a considerable profit.

Suddenly heaved a sigh of relief, Su Yehao told in English:

"We have an old saying that when it rains, the mother wants to get married, let him go... It may be more accurate to express it in Chinese, but that's what it means."

"Also, although Overture's bidding ranking is very good, the search results are not accurate enough, and the webpage is too complicated, which is not as concise and precise as ours. So just continue to develop according to the original idea, but you can study Overture's profit model and use it as a Packaging in a way that users are more willing to accept, and then perfecting our products."

"..."

Larry Page remained calm and whispered: "Actually, we are already doing this. Sergey suggested that I set up an advertising network, but because of the impact of Yahoo, our user growth has slowed down and the scale has not yet reached expected."

Su Yehao laughed after hearing this, and added:

"The financial crisis in the Internet industry has just begun. In order to attract investors, other peers will try their best to decorate the data and make it more attractive. This leads them to burn money on advertising, and the same is true for the search engine industry. Next You can adapt to the situation and increase the scale of advertising.”

"I understand what you mean. If you encounter a really suitable company, can you merge or acquire it?" Larry Page asked.

"Oh? Larry, you met a company you want to buy?"

"Not yet, but I'm just asking for your opinion first. The merger of ICQ and TVT instant chat had the effect of one plus one greater than two. I think this crisis may be an opportunity for us Google."

As soon as Larry Page finished speaking, Su Yehao patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile:

"Be bold, remove the possibility, this is an opportunity for us. Although I don't want to conduct the second round of financing prematurely, for the future of the company, when the time is right, you can also start the B round of financing. You don't have to feel pressure..."

Chapter 660 Land of California

The two finished chatting.

Su Yehao excused that he had something to do, and told Larry Page to rest first, and planned to take him to eat beef brisket at night, and take a look at the night view of Victoria by the way.

I have lived in Hong Kong City for a long time, and I feel that everything is the same everywhere, and I can’t pick out too many attractions. The natural scenery is far worse than California’s Yosemite National Park, Sequoia National Park and other places.

Larry Page is an old man, so he would never be interested in shopping in the mall. Su Yehao, as the host, encountered difficulties for a while, so he simply let the partner move freely and contact the hotel staff if necessary. Cars and guides are readily available.

More than three o'clock in the afternoon.

On his way home, Su Yehao received a call from Zhuang Wei's assistant.

Zhuang Wei was on the other end of the phone and reported: "Boss, the forum's activity process has been formulated, and the accommodation is arranged at your Shahe Golf Course Hotel. The club that borrowed the golf course has a meeting. What do you think?"

"I'm all right. The place has a nice view and convenient transportation. Have you decided on the list of guests to invite?"

"Well... a group of people has been preliminarily selected, and the rest of the list needs to be discussed with companies such as TAT ​​and TOT. The information we have is not complete enough, and there are no relevant consulting companies in the mainland to help." Zhuang Wei told.

With an indifferent attitude, Su Yehao told calmly: "Okay, anyway, I'm not too anxious, let me release the relevant arrangements first, and send the information to my mailbox."

"Okay, it has been sent to you..."

After getting home.

Su Yehao took a shower first, changed clothes and lay down on the big bed in the bedroom for a while.

People in the arena involuntarily.

Obviously just want to be lazy, but because there are more and more companies under his name, the influence is getting bigger and bigger, so he has to run around.

More than half an hour later, he got up and went to the study, turned on the computer to process the documents in the mailbox, and checked the latest trends of the Nasdaq index and many listed companies.

Zheng Yongwen sent data on positions and capital changes.

Leibusi of Yinhai Internet Group also sent a document reminding that the scale of the network virus is expanding and the impact is intensifying, and he applied for 500 million yuan of funds to update the anti-virus software.

Su Yehao typed directly, and replied that he could figure it out.

More than an hour passed in a blink of an eye.

After logging into the Yinhai Weibo account, I found that the post mentioned on the Internet forum had exploded, with more than 3 likes and more than 1000 comments.

The comment with the most likes has nothing to do with the forum. A user wrote: "When will the TV series "Legend of Sword and Fairy" be released?"

There is another one with high likes at the bottom, which reads: "Looking up at the richest man in Hong Kong City, please take me to the sea."

Su Yehao laughed dumbfounded.

The main reason is that the word "going to the sea" became tainted later, and I have an inexplicable illusion of being a bustard.

In order to flatter the ass of Yinhai Weibo, almost all the newly registered users automatically followed Su Yehao.

Now his number of followers has exceeded one million, and he is the number one on Weibo. It can be seen that with the reduction of Internet fees in the mainland, the promotion of the Internet has continued for more than a year, and many netizens have indeed increased.

Of course.

Although the number of netizens is much higher than last year, the number of active netizens is obviously not as many as the 500 million claimed.

In this number, students who can only access the Internet during computer classes are obviously included.

Primary and middle school students belong to the "reserve leek seedlings", which cannot be harvested for the time being. They will not help Su Yehao's business in the short term, but they will be extremely important in the long run.

Picking the key points, posting the date, location and other information of the forum, Su Yehao ignored it again and ran to check other Weibo content.

Funny jokes, diary records, grievances and other posts were all over the place, and the headline on the hot search list was the content he had just posted, followed by the word "new".

Seeing this, Su Yehao was a little suspicious that Yinhai Weibo had monitored his account in real time, otherwise how could it be so timely.

Next is the sequel of "Journey to the West", "Youth Bao Qingtian" was bought by Hong Kong City ATV and so on.

A topic "If you go back to 1990, what would you do?" successfully caught Su Yehao's attention.

It wasn't that he thought about what happened to him, but Su Yehao suddenly thought that the potential of scripts with time-traveling themes is far beyond that of "Mythology" and "Looking for the Qin", and it can also make some romance movies.

For an instant.

What reminded him were "Love Through Time and Space", the remake of "Incoming Time and Space" abroad, and the Japanese drama "Proposal Battle" that made him stay up all night, etc.

Recently, he just planned to invest more money in Tianyu Entertainment. Su Yehao opened the document and recorded the idea of ​​the work in one or two hundred words. The writing of the script had to be handed over to professionals for help.

Send the email to Nangong Tian's mailbox, and call her by the way.

After the construction of Hong Kong City Broadband, the Internet experience was too comfortable. Su Yehao went shopping until almost six o'clock before going out to find Larry Page.

……

It's the beef brisket restaurant where Lin Baojian was invited to eat again.

While entertaining guests, Su Yehao also asked Nong Qingying to come over. This girl has been under the strict control of the nutritionist hired by the old man recently, and she made more than one phone call to complain.

Thinking that an occasional meal is not a big problem, but a bad mood will affect her health, so Su Yehao helped her start a small stove, which made Nong Qingying very excited.

Larry Page was also excited. After tasting the Hong Kong-style beef brisket stew, his eyes lit up and he praised the incredible. He even invited the chef to go to Silicon Valley with him to invest in a partnership to open a restaurant.

The boss just smiled after hearing this. His beef brisket restaurant in Central is booming every day. He can turn over three or four tables of customers and easily earn tens of thousands of dollars a year. He is not interested in doing business in Silicon Valley. .

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Larry Page also took it as an anecdote, telling:

"Last month I vacationed on a ranch near the Bay Area. It has a huge area of ​​3000 square miles. Everything looks primitive and natural. It is no different from when the Indians lived in the past. There are more than 60 cows, hunting lodges and an area. A beautiful oak forest. Its owner learned that I am working with you and asked me to ask if you are willing to buy it. The land has been held by their family for more than [-] years."

There is no shortage of land in the United States. Although large ranches for sale are rare, you can find them if you look for them.

Su Yehao's mansion in Silicon Valley has been idle all year round, and he has no idea of ​​raising cattle in the past, but Nong Qingying became interested and asked, "Is it beautiful over there? How far is it from Silicon Valley?"

"It's about a 10-600-minute drive. The scenery is really beautiful. If I had the money, I would definitely buy it. Unfortunately, the seller quoted $[-] million."

After Larry finished speaking, Nong Qingying asked him: "Since it's very good, why sell it?"

"The profit of raising cattle is low. The family that owns it is developing a community in Santa Clara. You know, now that the Nasdaq has crashed, the number of people buying houses has plummeted, and prices have also dropped."

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After Su Yehao listened, he asked Nong Qingying, "Why are you asking this, do you want to buy it?"

"I'm a little excited. If I live in such a beautiful place, it will be good for my health." Nong Qingying almost slipped her mouth and mentioned her pregnancy.

More than 3000 million US dollars, there is really not much pressure on her.

Just like Su Yehao wants to build buildings when he has money, Nong Qingying is also very attracted to the huge land with beautiful scenery.

……

Chapter 661 Not as expected

Daily entertainment is over.

Larry Page returned to the United States the next morning.

The purpose of his trip was just to visit Su Yehao, and the business here was so small that it could be ignored.

Google launched search, email, browser and other businesses in Hong Kong City, but deliberately avoided the mainland market and handed over this market with a population of more than one billion to Su Yehao's TOT portal website.

Due to the small size of the Internet market in the Mainland and the limited strength of Google today, other shareholders have no objection to this.

If you invest repeatedly, it is equivalent to playing your right hand with your left hand.

The funds invested cannot bring enough returns, so it is better to concentrate on seizing the mainstream markets in Europe, America and other places.

This approach is in line with the interests of other shareholders such as Su Yehao and Larry Page, and is not a taboo.

What gave Su Yehao a headache was.

After meeting with Larry Page, Nong Qingying seemed to really intend to buy the ranch in the Bay Area of ​​the United States, and even found relevant news reports and sent them to his mailbox, suggesting that he take time to visit the site.

Thinking of having a child in the future and having to go halfway around the world to visit him, Su Yehao's head was buzzing, worried that he would be chased and beaten by his old man.

pregnant woman.

Affected by hormones, I not only think about it all the time, but also like to lose my temper at every turn.

So Su Yehao didn't try to stop her, and only suggested that Nong Qingying should not be impulsive, and continue to look around, such as going to the mainland, or even going to Baodao to buy property, at least it is more convenient than going to the United States.

After hearing this, Nong Qingying thought it made sense.

Immediately investigated several of the largest farms and ranches in Baodao, and after reading the information, called one by one to ask if there was any intention to sell them.

She skipped the mainland because of the different land ownership. Even if you have money, you can only rent for a long time. The difference is probably like renting a house and buying a house. Although they are both living, the feeling is very different.

Su Yehao helped her find it this time.

In his mind, the land on that island is worth holding. In the future, he will go back anyway. Maybe it will be built in the direction of a cultural tourism city in the future, attracting customers from the Hong Kong city and the mainland to travel, settle down or retire.

There are small farms for sale all over the island, but large farms and ranches are harder to find.

The three largest farms and pastures are all publicly owned, and there are several others with an area of ​​more than a hundred hectares. Either they don't plan to sell them, or their quotations are too high.

For example, a Chulu Ranch covering an area of ​​[-] hectares, which is about [-] mu, directly quoted [-] million Hong Kong dollars, and asked the buyer to bear all taxes and fees.

This price startled Su Yehao and thought he had heard it wrong.

After learning about it, I found out that the transfer price of one mu of land on the island needs an average of 50 million Hong Kong dollars, which is the most expensive agricultural land in the world. Many people can't even afford to rent land, let alone buy property in the countryside.

The advantage is that the high-priced land is privately owned.

Since it is possible to buy land to build farmhouses, the price of farmland will be increased over time.

Regarding this, I really didn't know about it before. After hearing the quotation from the Chulu Ranch, Su Yehao only replied that he wanted to take another look.

He could afford the money, and felt that it was not a good deal.

Chulu Ranch has 1000 acres of land, about 600 meters long and 7000 meters wide. If you really spend more than [-] million Hong Kong dollars to buy it, you will earn more than [-] million Hong Kong dollars a year just to not lose money.

There is a shortage of money everywhere in the market, and 10% interest a year can be earned casually.

Calculated solely from the rate of return brought by the land, it is undoubtedly much lower than investing the money in other industries...

NO.13 in May.

Su Yehao found an opportunity to come to the mansion on Baijia Road on the top of the mountain, and met Nong Qingying again.

At this moment, he rested his head on the girl's lap, stretched out his hand to touch the still flat belly in front of him, and said with a sigh:

"Originally, I planned to buy a farm or ranch on the island as a surprise for you. After asking the price, I found out that it was so expensive. Even I thought it was expensive, but you can imagine how expensive it is. The price can go to the north. The city has acquired land to build houses... By the way, your waist is so thin, pregnancy will be very hard."

"It's really not as smooth as expected. No wonder the ranch in the Bay Area of ​​California is cheap. The lease only has more than [-] years left, and a large amount of taxes and fees have to be paid every year. The agent told me that it is actually owned by the California government."