Lu Fei could be considered as revisiting his old place, saying hello to Baidu Six Swordsmen, and sitting in Li Yanhong's office with Li Fuzhen.
"Haven't you thought about moving? Can the space here keep up with Baidu's development scale?"
"We have rented the science and trade center and are renovating it."
Li Yanhong served two glasses of water, "I planned to rent Hailong Building and continue to be your neighbor, but unfortunately there are no floors to rent."
"The Science and Technology Trade Center is not far from Hailong, and we are still neighbors."
After Lu Fei greeted politely, he asked Zhou Hongyi in surprise.
Li Yanhong did not hide anything, and said in a calm tone that he wanted 3721 and Baidu to merge into a search company, but he was decisively rejected because he thought 3721 was rogue software.
Lu Fei rolled his eyes, your bidding ranking is not much better!
"But the most fundamental thing is that 3721 is also doing search. How can there be a merger between the first and second? Can Pepsi-Cola merge with Coca-Cola, can KFC merge with McDonald's?"
Li Yanhong narrowed her eyes, "There is only competition between him and me, not merger."
"What about Sogou?" Lu Fei said after drinking water.
"We are both enemies and friends, and we make progress together."
Li Yanhong tried to win over him in words, and the boss of the search engine invited the third child to join the same camp and jointly destroy the second child.
"Are you going to deal with 3721?"
Lu Fei was not surprised, it would happen sooner or later.
America has brought down five big brothers, Big Brother, Britain, Neon, Germany, and the European Union. In the Internet, the big brother and the second are even more incompatible because the platform wants to monopolize more traffic.
Otherwise, why would Baidu choose artificial intelligence? The browser threshold is low, and 360, UC, and Penguin are all coming to take a share of the pie. It needs to change the outlet.
"Our newly developed 'Baidu Search Master' is specifically designed to deal with them." Li Yanhong nodded and simply stated the plan.
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What 3721 relies on most is the plug-ins that are forced to be installed after downloading from the client, such as "Address Bar Search" and "Search Assistant", which naturally bear the brunt.
Yes, 3721 still wants to cooperate, but Baidu is going to kill him!
Lu Fei rubbed his mouth, "How can Baidu help Sogou and launch a Souba like you said?"
"No, you don't have to do anything."
Li Yanhong waved her hand, Sogou and Baidu, 3721, in addition to MP3 search, are developing in two different tracks. Instead of relying on Sogou to fight, it is better to borrow the power of Lu Fei.
Especially public opinion, three of the four major portals are in his hands.
As an outsider, Li Fuzhen watched the two discuss the strategy of conquering 3721, and his heartstrings suddenly twitched. It turns out that the Internet can be so exciting, and he can't help but imagine Line's grand blueprint.
Focusing on Lu Fei, he saw him with his legs crossed and leisurely asking for payment. Li Yunlong suppressed Chu Yunfei's rebellion and even took away a battalion's equipment. He couldn't do it in vain.
Li Yanhong understood. Even if Lu Fei didn't mention it, he would still be invited to participate in the C round of financing. It didn't matter how much the money was. What could the key financing company give Baidu?
Mr. Lu is famous as Buffett of China.
Mr. Lu is talented and can give advice.
The most important thing is that Mr. Lu owns Sogou shares, but with Baidu shares, the palms and backs of his hands are full of flesh, which is equivalent to paying a protection fee.
“How much does it cost to raise Series C?”
Lu Fei thought for a while and knocked on the table.
"About 15 million U.S. dollars." Li Yanhong said.
Lu Fei raised his eyebrows, just a little bit? When Li Fuzhen saw it, he thought I had no money. Why should I get 30 million!
"Mr. Lu, there can only be so many. We hope that the investors we introduce will not affect Baidu's planning and decision-making."
Li Yanhong took a step back, and half of the Series C amount went to him.
Lu Fei stood up and stretched out his hand with satisfaction.
With US$7.5 million, you can buy 1.13 million shares of convertible preferred stock. The cost per share is equivalent to US$6.67. You can keep it in your hands for two years and wait for Baidu to go public and round up the profits!
I vaguely remember that the closing price of the IPO was $120, and the yield was a full 1,700%. Key search, social networking, e-commerce, online games, and portals are all mine. Who can play with me?
“When I founded Sogou, my original purpose was to ensure the search independence of Penguin and Feigou. I don’t seek to be the first. Peace between us should be the most important thing.”
"I also feel that I can live in peace with Mr. Lu."
Li Yanhong hid the second part of her sentence in her heart, "I don't want to be an enemy of Mr. Lu. That's not like a dung beetle coming out of his hole to look for dung!"
The two sides shook hands and temporarily concluded a non-aggression pact.
"Walk slowly, Mr. Lu."
"There's no need to send it off. I'll go fishing in the reservoir when I have the chance."
Lu Fei was sent out of the door by Li Yanhong. He waved goodbye and turned around and walked into the Sogou headquarters opposite.
Li Fuzhen was silent for the whole scene. He was deeply shocked when he witnessed Mr. Lu's energy in China for the first time. Only then did he realize that the pile of information collected was just the tip of the iceberg.
Lu Fei introduced the core members one by one and asked doubtfully: "Hey, why don't you say anything?"
Li Fuzhen looked up and down. He started from scratch and achieved this achievement in three years. He would have never dared to think about it in Bangzi Country, but there was a living example right in front of him!
She reminded weakly: "A Fei, if 3721 fights with Baidu, the second oldest, you are not afraid of you, the third oldest..."
"Dead, right?"
Lu Fei smiled and said, "Don't be afraid! I'm not bragging. I want to be the search boss. It's easy to get it, but it's a pity that I can't do it."
After finishing his words, Li Fuzhen was still dubious.
Accompanied by Zhou Feng, Yang Xin and others, from the information library to the encyclopedia similar to Wiki, to the knowledge quiz, it is like the equipment in the warehouse of Gaowan, and you never know how awesome the next one will be.
Suddenly I realized that Mr. Lu was right!
She seemed to know him again, admiring him from the bottom of her heart, "A Fei, how much do you still have that I don't know about you?"
"Want to know?"
Lu Fei grabbed her hand with a wicked smile, "One day, if I have the opportunity to have a beer late at night like last time, Noona, would you like to have a drink with me under the moonlight?"
"Again, in public, call me Madam..."
Li Fuzhen turned his head away, and his five fingers were clasped by his. He broke free a few times symbolically, and then gave up.
Lu Fei blinked and said, "Hey, madam."
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"hen tui! Disgusting! Disgusting!"
Zhou Hongyi got frustrated from Baidu, and came to IDG cursingly to find Xiong Xiaoge, who was a strategic investor of 3721.
"I have long advised you not to cooperate with Baidu, but you just don't listen!"
Xiong Xiaoge shook his head. He actually had Xiao Jiujiu in his heart. Baidu IDG had shares, and so did 3721. If they were merged into one company and listed, the returns would not be as high as the two listed companies.
"It won't work if I don't look for it."
Zhou Hongyi shook his head helplessly. The development of 3721 was beyond his control. The future prospects were like being shrouded in the fog of war and needed a guiding light.
"Just do as I say and go public as soon as possible."
Xiong Xiaoge sighed, "Companies such as Penguin, HC, and Baidu are all planning to go public. 3721 is no worse than Baidu. There is absolutely no problem in buying shares."
"No, no, I can't buy shares."
When Zhou Hongyi thought about dealing with foreigners, his English was so embarrassing that he refused to go public.
"This won't work, that won't work, what do you want to do?" Xiong Xiaoge laughed helplessly, "If you hesitate, you will ruin the great prospects of 3721."
Zhou Hongyi paced back and forth, "I still want to merge, whether I merge with him or he merges with me, Mr. Xiong, please find me some acquirers who like 3721."
"I've thought about it."
Xiong Xiaoge acted vigorously and made arrangements immediately.
The first one came the next day, and it was the new wolf.
Wang Yan did not hesitate to offer 30 million U.S. dollars worth of shares. At this moment, New Wolf's market value was only 120 million U.S. dollars, equivalent to exchanging 25% of the equity for shares.
Once the transaction was successful, Zhou Hongyi became the largest shareholder. However, he felt that 3721 was not compatible with Xinlang.
Xiong Xiaoge didn't hesitate and invited Sohu again on the third day.
Zhang Chaoyang saw that Baidu and Sogou were getting bigger and stronger. It was even rumored that NetEase was already negotiating with Sogou for Series C financing, paying more attention to search engines and raising the acquisition price to US$35 million.
15 million in cash and 20 million in equivalent preferred shares.
At present, Sohu's market value is also around 100 million. Not only is it the second largest shareholder after Zhang Chaoyang, it can also serve as CTO.
Zhou Hongyi didn't make a decision right away, so he shopped around.
After all, 3721 is the second-largest search engine in the country, and top Internet companies are eager to offer it.
Jinshan, TOM, Kongzong.com, Ali Baba...
For a time, Zhou Hongyi fell into difficulty in choosing.
"You are the one who wants to merge, and you are the one who cannot be chosen. Lao Zhou, why do you have so many problems?"
Xiong Xiaoge was completely speechless, "You didn't come here to torture me on purpose, right?"
"Mr. Xiong, don't do this, Mr. Xiong."
Zhou Hongyi showed an awkward smile: "This time I really thought about it clearly. I want to sell myself, no, 3721 wants to sell myself. I found that many companies want to buy 3721, why not just sell it!"
"Okay, okay, let me help you again."
Xiong Xiaoge couldn't wait to get rid of this evil star immediately, and called other IDG executives, such as Wang Gongquan, Guo Yihong, etc., to advise him on whether to sell it to overseas companies or domestic companies.
“Overseas, of course!”
Wang Gongquan blurted out, "Look, eBay spent US$160 million to buy eBay. Overseas companies are willing to spend a lot of money to enter China, so they will definitely be able to sell it at a high price."
Xiong Xiaoge nodded, "I have the same view. Most of the domestic mergers are mergers. Take Sohu as an example. Do you, Lao Zhou, listen to Zhang Chaoyang, or does he listen to you?"
Zhou Hongyi thought it made sense, but still asked Guo Yihong who didn't say anything.
"After all, how could I forget one person?"
"Who?"
Xiong Xiaoge, Zhou Hongyi and other three people all looked at him.
