Silicon Valley, Gao Qiang stepped onto this land of technological wealth and took a deep breath of fresh air. [Website]
Originally, there was no need for a website like YouTube to set up its headquarters in Silicon Valley, which is more of an electronics industry base. However, Gao Er Ge insisted on setting up his headquarters here because he had bigger plans in the making.
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"Sister Yi, isn't our headquarters too shabby?" Brother Gao said with a wry smile.
"Hmph, how big do you think our company is now? You don't allow financing, and the website is not profitable. It would be great to rent an office building like this." Han Yi said angrily.
Brother Gao Er scratched his head and felt a little embarrassed. b Time travel novel: b
It is said that when the second brother in high school decided to establish YouTube first, he originally had the idea of making a profit and leaving, thinking that he would sell the website within a year after it was launched. According to the situation in his previous life, Google spent more than one billion to acquire it.
, but before that, YouTube also received a venture capital investment of more than 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and then it developed and expanded. In fact, most of the shares of the founder of YouTube fell into the hands of that venture capital company.
Of course, Brother Gao would not make such a mistake, so he decided to use his own funds as much as possible to last for a year from the beginning. But who knew it would still fail. The millions of early investments were all spent in the blink of an eye. Although Qiangfei Company developed
It was fast enough, but the stall was also very large, and the little profit money was invested in new domestic projects. There was no choice but to let Qin Shuwan's Spark Investment invest a sum of money, but this little money could only save the emergency.
Life here is still very busy.
However, because of Gao Qiang's foresight and understanding of how to hype a website, although the money was not readily available, the website's development speed was quite astonishing. It has risen rapidly in more than half a year. Not long ago, Google expressed its intention to acquire it.
Han Yi reported it to Gao Qiang. Who knew that Brother Gao would reject Google's high offer of 800 million without blinking an eye.
This made Han Yi very dissatisfied. You must know that the total investment in YouTube was less than 80 million yuan, and now it was sold for 800 million US dollars in less than a year. The second brother Gao was not satisfied yet, clamoring for less than 80 million yuan.
Two billion yuan is determined not to let go - are you crazy about money? Two billion yuan? U.S. dollars? If you calculate all your domestic assets together, I'm afraid it's not even two billion yuan!
But who made the second brother Gao the boss? Mr. Han had no choice. He could only follow the decision of the second brother Gao and return an offer of 2.5 billion US dollars to Google. The person in charge of negotiating the acquisition of Google was so angry that he vomited blood.
, leaving behind a word of greedy Chinese, turned around and left.
Brother Gao Er said that with YouTube's development speed, it will be enough to make Google regret it in a few months. If they don't believe it, they won't come back by then. Well, when they come back, will they ask for a higher price?
Although we really don’t want to sell YouTube, it doesn’t stop us from hyping it up to increase its popularity.
After walking around the simple company office building, Brother Gao and Han Yi entered the office and sat down on the sofa. Brother Gao sighed and said, "Sister Yi, thank you for your hard work."
"You have said something conscientious." Han Yi rolled her eyes at Gao Qiang, brought a bottle of water over and said, "Xiaoqiang, are you really not going to sell the website?"
Gao Qiang smiled and said: "If it's two billion now, it can still be considered."
"You...oh, forget it. I can't help you either," Han Yi said.
Gao Qiang chuckled and said: "Sister Yi, don't worry. Although the website hasn't made any money yet, it will happen sooner or later. In the Internet age, whoever controls the user base is like planting a money tree. Don't worry.
I am confident that within three or two years, YouTube will make one billion dollars a year!"
"You dare to think about it, haha." Han Yi said with a smile, hoping that Gao Qiang's eyes were full of trust. I had to believe that Gao Qiang's brand had already been launched, not to mention that it only took one year for domestic Gao Qiang to sell Qiangfei Company.
It has developed into a large Internet group company with a scale comparable to several major portals. Just talking about an idea like YouTube, its value has doubled more than ten times in more than half a year. Isn’t that enough to illustrate this guy’s vision and ability?
Brother Gao Er laughed, but he actually didn’t have much confidence in his heart. You must know that in the previous life, YouTube’s profit was mainly made by Google’s advertising alliance. Now that there is no such strong backend support as Google, it is very difficult to develop YouTube.
It's really not small...
This is why Gao Qiang is in a hurry to acquire febook. In the future, this will be the second largest website after Google. And with the full development of the smartphone era, there is no pressure to surpass Google to become the first!
By combining YouTube and Febook, Gao Qiang believes that its profitability is unquestionable!
"Sister Yi, have you contacted Mark Zuckerberg?" Gao Qiang asked.
"I really don't understand what you are thinking. What is the value of a small website that has just been launched?" Han Yi frowned and said, "He asked for one million US dollars, and he only agreed to give up 100%.
Forty shares..."b Time travel novel:b
At the moment, the thefebokk website is indeed of little value and is only equivalent to a campus social networking website. Registration of the website is limited to Harvard College students. However, it will soon be expanded to Ivy League institutions such as MIT, Boston University and Boston College.
and some other schools, the number of registered users will exceed one million by the end of this year, and then high school students will be allowed to register. Then schools from the United Kingdom, Australia, Mexico and other countries will be allowed to join. By 2006, all Internet users will be allowed to register.
Openness is when febook really explodes in development.
"Forty percent is indeed a bit low... Well, Sister Yi. Give him two million dollars and ask for 80% of the shares. Well, 70% will do!" Gao Qiang smiled at him.
The surprised Han Yi smiled and said: "Sister Yi, the next few years will be the golden age of online social networking sites. People are gradually accepting this online social networking model. Its development potential is very huge. I dare to say that this website is very likely to be used in the future.
It will become the world's number one social networking site, with hundreds of millions of users, and the future value of this site will be as high as tens of billions of dollars!"
"It's not that exaggerated, right?" Han Yi said, "I have already met with Zuckerberg. His development plan is only on the university campus..."
"Haha, that's because he hasn't thought about how popular his website will be in the future." Gao Qiang said with a smile, "One thing about him is not as good as me, that is, he hasn't seen the prospect of smartphones yet...
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In 2004, smartphones were still a new term. Mobile phones with large screens and Internet access were still luxury goods. The most critical problem was that in the 2G network era, the network greatly restricted the development of smartphones. And the processor power of the mobile version was also limited.
It is too low to run complex programs, and the high price hinders its popularization.
No one could have imagined that in a few years, smartphones would be so popular, especially domestically produced copycat phones that are so cheap. The popularity of smartphones has given rise to the rise of a number of mobile websites. Febook has taken advantage of it.
As a result, many American students have their mobile phones in their hands at all times and get updates on their friends’ status through Facebook. Instead, they neglect normal social interactions and only communicate through the Internet.
Gao Qiang has long known the general trend of historical development, and naturally he will not let go of such an opportunity to make money. This time, on the one hand, he is persuading Han Yi to acquire febook, and on the other hand, he is preparing to build another smartphone brand in Silicon Valley!
Although the mobile phone platform R&D center in Hongwan District has achieved a lot of results, it is currently limited to solutions for ordinary mobile phones and is fully prepared for the advent of the copycat era. However, the research and development of smart phones is obviously not available in China.
First of all, in terms of processors, although there are domestic manufacturers doing research and development, Gao Qiang knows very well that the products they develop are only low-end products, and there is no way to compare with foreign research and development capabilities.
Guigu is the world's top high-tech base. Almost all the familiar big-name processors and machine brand headquarters are here. If you can set up a company here, there will definitely be many more cooperation opportunities. Even if you don't do research and development yourself,
You can also obtain high-quality processors and other related components at prices that are more advantageous than domestic manufacturers, and recruit better professionals.
It was much easier to persuade in person. After much effort, Brother Gao finally convinced Han Yi to acquire febook at any cost. As for the funds, of course, Brother Gao had to find a way. Brother Gao scratched his head and naturally agreed, thinking about it.
After returning to China, I have to go straight to Mingzhu City to find Auntie Wan, and Auntie Wan has to pay for the establishment of a smartphone R&D center in the United States. Originally, the mobile phone platform R&D base in Hongwan District is owned by Spark Investment.
Of course Aunt Wan still has to take care of the son.
Gao Qiang immediately discussed with Han Yi the establishment of a mobile phone brand and R&D center. Han Yi was very supportive, but worried that Gao Qiang's plan would involve too much investment.
Gao Qiang is also worried. This is not as simple as setting up a second-rate mobile phone R&D platform in China. After all, the goal of that platform is to solve the problem of copycat mobile phones, using the cheapest low-end components, while the goal here is to research
The most advanced smartphone, Gao Qiang's goal is to prepare to seize Apple's position and share in the future. Not to mention the investment in research and development, it is bound to create another brand, which cannot be solved by a few hundred million.
Question - The reason why Apple is successful is not only product performance and quality, Apple's brand value cannot be ignored...
Gao Qiang thought for a long time, and suddenly saw Han Yi's computer on his desk. His forehead lit up!
bm!
Brother Gao Er was very familiar with the ancestor company of p in his previous life. Now, bm's p division has suffered serious losses, and next year Lenovo will acquire this part. However, brother Gao was very concerned about this merger and acquisition at that time.
I despise it. What Lenovo acquired was just an empty shell. It didn’t acquire any of its technology, but spent a lot of money. It only claimed that it was for its international marketing system and brand rights. The purpose was to help
When the Lenovo brand goes global, it is basically like being taken advantage of.
But now Brother Gao doesn’t think so. After this period of research, he has deeply realized how difficult it is to create an emerging electronics brand in this technological country, and even if he spends money, he may not achieve much results.
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But bm is such a big brand. It is easy to use. By using other people's brands to introduce our new brand, it is equivalent to taking a shortcut. Not to mention bm's own global marketing channels, which means that we will lose a lot of money at once.
By taking a detour, it can become a global famous product in one fell swoop.
But if you think about it carefully, the price of Lenovo's acquisition in the previous life made Brother Gao frown again and said nothing. We can't afford it, 17.8 billion U.S. dollars!
It's a pity that that acquisition was fully supported by the state. It is said that the state allocated a large amount of foreign exchange to support the national brand... No, this matter may be a little fishy. Everyone knows that the state's affairs are also specific officials.
Participating, and our purely personal purchase will be cheaper without the layers of deductions?
But the problem is that no matter how cheap it is, it will cost more than a billion dollars. Even if we sell all our belongings, it won’t be enough...
The second brother Gao sighed, although thinking about a BM mobile phone might be enough to compete with Apple, but we don’t have the money, it’s nonsense. However, Lenovo’s merger and acquisition will have to wait until next year. If we can make money this year, maybe
You can grab it first.
No matter how you prepare, it's always right. Brother Gao and Han Yi discussed it for a long time and finally decided to register the new company first.
When Brother Gao Er founded YouTube, he specifically asked Han Yi to register the company in the United States, and the company's money was also obtained through the overseas account of Spark Investment, which basically eliminates the Chinese background - today's United States has
Red China is still resistant, as the treatment enjoyed by Chinese capital and American capital is very different. Fortunately, when Gao Er Ge asked Qin Shuwan to set up Spark Investment early in the morning, he registered an additional overseas company and went through complicated procedures.
When money laundering is used to inject funds, there is no need to worry about the source of funds.
Brother Gao made a decision to first set up a mobile phone company. At present, the main goal is to recruit talents and conduct research and development of smart phones. If he does not have the funds to develop processors and camera photosensitive components, he will first use other companies' products for integrated research and development, and at the same time develop something similar to Android.
system platform, prepare for the next step, and only wait for the funds to be in place before launching products into the market!
The second-year high school student is full of confidence and believes that once this plan succeeds, he will never have to worry about money again in his life.
But the problem is that we are worried about money now. Without money, this plan cannot be implemented at all. Poor brother Gao Er will inevitably have a big head. We can't rob a bank, right?
Where can we get money? Not to mention the billions for mobile phone plans, even the mere two million US dollars for acquiring febook, we can't come up with it. We can't rob banks in the United States just for this little money, right?
Well, by the way, without robbing banks, there is a shortcut to make money that is illegal in China but legal here...
Brother Gao Er looked through the door of the office to the south - Nevada...
[Bow and thank Yangu Piaoxiang for the reward!]..)