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Chapter 405… Where is ambition?

 Larry and Sergey were startled when they heard Su Yehao's question.

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

Larry Page explains:

"It seems that you have already investigated our company, right? I like the word googol, ten to the hundredth power, which represents the massive resources in the Internet, but when registering, I found that it was used in 1995.

So we combined our technology and named the company Anti-Link."

Hear the words.

Su Yehao suddenly understood and nodded.

Just now, I thought there was a 70-80% chance that this company is Google. Now the possibility has soared to more than 90%, because Larry Page looks familiar to him, and they also wanted to use the name googol.

I vaguely remember seeing it somewhere, saying that googol didn’t work, so I later used google.

In any case, since this anti-link patented technology is quite good, Su Yehao thinks it has investment potential. He stretched out his hand and said, "Sit down, everyone. I was not at home this morning. I asked someone to analyze your algorithm and it feels a bit...

Meaning. Actually, I also have a search engine company called tot."

"tot?"

Larry Page looked at Sergey.

After Sergey Brin thought about it, he shook his head calmly and said that he had never heard of it.

Su Yehao saw their little moves and said with a smile:

"It's just a small company, with about 300,000 monthly active users, and it's developing in China. People are already accustomed to using Yahoo. If there are no advantages, it will be difficult to compete with Yahoo, right?"

Larry Page was speechless for a moment.

He only knew that Su Yehao owned TVT and IQ instant messaging software, and was also the seventh largest shareholder of Yahoo.

Suddenly, I learned that the "small company" under Su Yehao had about 300,000 monthly active users, which was more than ten times more than the monthly active users of their anti-link search engine, and I suddenly felt frustrated.

The gap between them is like a chasm.

Both Larry and Sergey are clearly aware of this.

Both of them belong to the category of technical nerds. They are taller than the short ones. As an American, Larry Page is a little better socially than Sergey Brin, who came from Moscow.

Therefore, when going out to look for investments and other tasks, Larry took the lead, and bringing Sergey along was a comfort to avoid stage fright.

After organizing the language, Larry replied to Su Yehao:

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

"I know that both TVT and ICQ have recently acquired entrepreneurial teams such as games and news forums. They obviously intend to monetize their huge user groups and turn them into actual profits. Online chat software cannot place too many ads, as it will affect

user experience, and the virtual goods business doesn’t seem to be going well.”

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

After all, I have been in Silicon Valley for so long and have always been thinking about starting a business.

Larry Page noticed Su Yehao's recent news. The boss of the Iron King game company they knew 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 attention to revenue.

Technical nerds are just not good at socializing, but they are quite smart if they can get into Stanford University to pursue a PhD 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 the iron pipe on the stage and asked:

"How do you plan to cooperate, sell the company to me directly, or get financing from me? You know, the initiative is on my side. Once I fully promote your... anti-link, there will be an opportunity for millions of people to flock to you in the short term.

Users, based on the cost of attracting traffic, may be worth millions of dollars, and this will affect my interests in Yahoo."

Just like he said, Larry Page can also think of the problems.

Nowadays, Yahoo is the only one company, 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 did not think that his anti-link company had the ability to compete with Yahoo, when he thought about it, Su Yehao would definitely be squeezed out by other people at Yahoo, and he might even be marginalized.

This is the result of guessing Su Yehao from the perspective of ordinary people and relying on imagination.

In fact, Su Yehao is not involved in the specific management of Yahoo. He has not even attended the shareholders' meeting. He is just investing. Once he makes enough profits, he will immediately cash out and run away. There is no interest dispute at all.

But Larry Page didn't know this and asked: "You mean if the shareholding ratio is too low, it is not worth supporting us?"

"...Yes, if it is acquired by me, then it doesn't matter if you fully promote the anti-link search engine, but if you only want me to hold a small amount of shares, I will definitely be the one who suffers."

Su Yehao thought that talking to smart people would be comfortable, and continued to smile:

"To be honest, the entire value of your backlinks cannot buy icq's three-day advertising space. Of course, since we have the idea of ​​​​cooperating with each other, I think we can talk first and reach a condition that satisfies both of us."

Larry and Sergey both felt very distressed at this moment.

Occasionally, I hear that investors give too much, which makes entrepreneurs feel distressed. They did not expect that the same thing would happen to them.

Because the company is too small and gets a lot of funds or resources, it will inevitably need to carve out a large amount of equity. At that time, it is very likely to lose the right to speak, resulting in the founder team being eliminated.

It's like having a child you raised by yourself being sold by yourself, which is of course a headache.

Sergey spoke at this moment and asked tentatively: "Mr. Su, if you acquire our anti-link company, how much are you willing to pay?"

Let Su Yehao think about this question for a few seconds.

Feeling that the opportunity might be lost if the bid was too low, he readily held out two fingers and told:

"For two million dollars, your technology may be of some use to me, but in my opinion it is not worth so much money. There are many companies that want to copy Yahoo's successful model, and there may be products that are more powerful than your algorithm. I

The reason why I am willing to pay two million is mainly because I am optimistic about your ability. As a computer science PhD student at Stanford University and very knowledgeable about search engine technology, you are the talent I need."

After hearing this, Larry and Sergey were very excited, and they drank together to calm down their shock.

They have been living a hard life since before starting a business, worried about failure and bankruptcy. For the first time someone appreciated their product and offered an "astonishing" high price, I was so happy.

It's just a small company with a few thousand users. Su Yehao is willing to offer two million US dollars, which is undoubtedly a lot, about twice as much as their psychological price.

Larry Page couldn't help but ask: "The founder of Iron King Kong Game Company is our friend, and it was his suggestion to find you. If we agree to your acquisition invitation...can we continue to work in the company in the future?"

"

"Yes, how much salary can you offer us?" Sergey also asked.

"..."

Su Yehao was stunned after hearing this. This performance was different from what he imagined.

I originally thought it would be a tug-of-war, saying something like "I can't lose the management rights of the company" or "Sorry, I'm only willing to accept financing."

Where is the dream?

What about the ambition to succeed in entrepreneurship?

Why are you starting to negotiate salary with yourself...

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