341 The Father of Android: I have been wandering for half my life, and I only regret that I have never met the Lord.
On Steve Jobs's blacklist, the second one is Bill Gates, and the first one is Andy Rubin, even worse.
Just because he is the father of Android.
Coincidentally, he worked at Apple and was involved in the first computer and the first router. He also secretly reprogrammed the internal phone system to prank his colleagues.
Get out of Apple, go to Microsoft, and still have fun.
He built a robot "son", only to have it invaded by hackers. He was given a choice between a job and a "son". What father would give up his "son", even though it is a robot?
He took his baby son with him and was kicked out. He looked like a gangster in the IT circle, having all kinds of promiscuity without changing his punk nature.
So, I wandered into downtown Palo Alto.
Lu Fei was sitting in the car, and through the car window he could see a small store not far away. The signboard had the word "Android" on it, but there was no little green man's logo.
"Mr. Lu, the tall bald one is Andy Rubin, the short one is his colleague Miner, and the other two are strangers, I don't recognize them."
Guo Xing pointed to a car on the side of the road ahead and flashed twice. In addition to Andy Rubin, there were two other people standing there. They had a good conversation and shook hands before they left.
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Only when Lu Fei saw the outlines of the two of them clearly did they get into the car and drive away, his eyebrows furrowed:
"Press the speaker."
"Didi didi~"
The whistle sounded, and Andy Rubin, who had walked a few steps, stopped, turned around, and saw a car driving slowly, and Asian faces got out, one of which turned to ashes and he recognized it.
"Wow, Lu!"
Compared to Miner's excitement, Andy Rubin seemed calm, looking like a retired martial arts master who was accustomed to the world.
"Sauri, please go there yourself."
"It just so happens that I can visit the system you developed with my own eyes."
Lu Fei shook hands politely and took some insinuations out of Miner's mouth. The person who just left was the founder of Google——
Larry Page, Sergey Brin.
"Mr. Lu, do you think it's true?"
Guo Xing is doubtful and more inclined to disbelieve. How can you be favored by Google just because of a few of you?
In my heart, I seem to have defaulted to a kind of rhetoric that raises my status.
Lu Fei looked solemn and walked into the shop absentmindedly. It was said to be a shop, but it was only the size of a garage, so it was cramped and small.
In the closet close to the wall, a corner of the quilt was exposed through the gap in the open door. Obviously, I work and sleep here.
"Dongdongdong."
At this time, a delivery boy wearing a hat knocked on the door:
"The pizza you ordered has arrived."
"Sauri, Lu, can you pay for me and give me a tip?" Andy Rubin put his hands in his pockets and turned them out. They were empty and cleaner than his face.
"I finally believe that you really don't have money to take a bus."
Lu Fei raised his eyebrows and glanced at Wang Ben.
"I still owe my friend $100,000 that I haven't paid back."
Andy Rubin picked up the straw and poked his iced Coke into it, sipping it happily.
Lu Fei looked around and saw a robot standing quietly in the open space between the two desks, equipped with a web camera and a microphone.
"You were kicked out of Microsoft because of him?"
"Yes, his name is Android!"
Andy Rubin grabbed the pizza and devoured it.
“The ‘Android’ in ‘Future Eve’?”
Lu Fei was already prepared and blurted out.
Andy Rubin was surprised. He couldn't believe that a Chinese person knew about nineteenth-century science fiction, and his expression softened slightly.
Lu Feidao: "I heard that you created an advanced operating system for digital cameras?"
Andy Rubin's mouth was full of cheese, he swallowed it hard, drank Coke, and walked to the computer to operate it with one hand.
Soon, the camera lens configured on the robot was aimed at the captured image, which was immediately and infinitely transmitted to the computer, and was also archived in the "Android" data center.
"Lu, are you really willing to invest in us?"
Miner wanted to twitch his fingers, but stopped because he found it unsightly.
"No, that's not what I invested in."
Lu Fei reached out and grabbed a piece of pizza, "I invest in you, Rubin, and the entire Android."
"Rierli? What do you want us to do!" Miner said.
"A smartphone operating system."
Lu Fei took a bite of pizza.
Andy Rubin squinted his eyes: "Smartphone, how smart does it need to be? Like Nokia's Symbian."
"Do you think Saipan is smart?"
Lu Fei looked left and right, asking and answering himself: "I think Saipan is a piece of garbage."
"You said Saipan is garbage?"
Andy Rubin couldn't help but stare.
Lu Fei said: "Don't get me wrong, I'm not targeting Symbian, I'm saying that all smart operating systems on the market are garbage!"
Andy Rubin was startled. The pizza was in his mouth and stuck vertically to his chin. I thought I was already arrogant enough, but I didn't expect this young man to be even more arrogant than him.
Miner swallowed: "Lu, what kind of intelligent operating system do you think is not garbage?"
"What kind?"
Lu Fei stretched out his first finger: "I want to design a mobile phone platform that is open to all software developers!"
Then he stretched out the second one: "I want game consoles, digital cameras, MP3s, MP4s, and even future TVs and smart watches to all be interconnected through this system."
Immediately afterwards, the third, fourth, and fifth hands were switched to another hand, and the blueprint for the future of smartphones was outlined in front of everyone.
When the vast amount of information poured in, Andy Rubin was stunned in place, earthquake, touch screen unlocking, face recognition, scrolling and sliding screen, super terminal...
There is even the Internet of Everything.
Guo Xing blinked his eyes, as if listening to a book from heaven, his mind was filled with little question marks, completely breaking through his poor imagination.
"Lu, do you want to build a mobile phone like in a science fiction movie?"
Andy Rubin didn't think it was a joke, but was in awe. We are still in an era where feature phones dominate. Even the Symbian camp's smartphones have just begun to gain momentum, and some people actually dream of replacing them.
More punk than him! Even more geeky!
"All I want to do is this mobile phone."
Lu Fei suddenly stepped forward, less than two fists away.
"And you, Andy Rubin, are the engineer who gives the soul to mobile phones. In the future, you will be the 'Linus Torvalds' in the field of mobile phone systems!"
Like the devil whispering in his ears, Andy Rubin couldn't help but move his face and his heart beat loudly. Linus Torvalds was the father of Linux and one of the greatest programmers in the world.
"I, can I?"
"I say you can do it, you can do it!"
Lu Fei took another step forward, just a fist away:
"You can even make Bill Gates regret that he fired you from Microsoft, and make Steve Jobs yell, 'Motherfuxk, Andy was actually an engineer at Apple.'"
There is a picture, there is a picture...
Andy Rubin was shaking violently, his face flushed, as if he had read a cool novel, and a feeling of pleasure surged out of his heart.
"Join us in logic."
Lu Fei took the opportunity to extend an olive branch and offered a generous price.
Acquired 100% of Android and established the Android operating system project. He served as the director and deputy director of the software research and development department...
Full of sincerity, Andy Rubin was shaken and resisted with the last bit of willpower to refuse the acquisition. However, after Lu Fei drank bowls of chicken soup, his will collapsed.
Drink, nnd, drink hard!
Guo Xing's blood boiled when he heard this. As expected of Mr. Lu, the chicken soup tasted too strong. Who could stand it?
Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi. Don’t bully the middle-aged and poor.
"Andy, follow me, and I will make your name as the 'Father of Android' resound around the world! It will be recorded in the history of IT!"
Lu Fei clenched his fists and lightly punched his shoulder.
The four words "Father of Android" seemed to have infinite magic power. Andy Rubin completely removed all resistance and just knelt down and shouted:
Andy has been wandering for half his life, only regretting that he has never met his master!
…………
That night, the moonlight shone on Silicon Valley, illuminating the Google logo in four tones of red, blue, green and yellow, and the entire building was brightly lit.
“IPO doesn’t go through investment banks?”
Sergey Brin was shocked by this amazing move.
"Yes, let investors directly bid, and even the underwriters, road shows, and pricing are all in our hands."
Larry Page said proudly: "Isn't it cool?"
"Wairuiruiruiku! It completely subverts the traditional IPO model. No company dares to do this."
Sergey Brin took a keen interest.
"Because there has never been an Internet company as powerful as Google. It doesn't need investment banks at all, and it doesn't need to give a piece of the pie to the vampires on Wall Street."
Larry Page asked: "Do you want to do it or not?"
"Dry!"
Sergey Brin was categorical: "This thing is done, we have created another piece of history, and Google and we will definitely go down in history."
"Bingo, same as what I thought!"
Larry Page snapped his fingers, and then discussed the strategic planning and deployment after the listing. With enough troops and food, he would definitely expand his territory.
"China is too important to Google. This country is too big, with more than a billion people. It is impossible to ignore it. I heard that Amazon has acquired an e-commerce company in China, and we cannot fall behind."
Sergey Brin looked serious and serious.
"I have already asked someone to register the domain name first, and we can enter China at any time."
Larry Page changed the subject: "Remember visiting Andy's Android system this morning?"
Sergey Brin nodded, "But that only applies to digital camera systems, which is completely different from Google's business."
"If it doesn't need to be used on digital cameras, then I think about it, like Nokia's Symbian system, is it a mobile operating system platform?"
Larry Page gestured wildly with his hands: "Just like putting Google search on your computer, you can also put it on your phone."
"Oh! Wrong, wacky, wacky, cool, Larry!"
Sergey Brin's eyes lit up: "Like his Sidekick system?"
"Yeah~"
The more Larry Page thought about it, the more excited he became. His mind was full of wild ideas. He could no longer suppress his impulse and called Andy Rubin eagerly.
While dialing, he said: "I want to ask him if he is willing to give up the camera system and switch to a mobile phone operating system, and Google will invest."
Sergey Brin leaned forward and listened.
Andy Rubin said: "Sauri, Larry, I have added logic, you are late."
"What? When did it happen?!"
Larry Page looked surprised.
"As soon as you left, Lu came back. He's really cool. I'm packing my bags now and preparing to move to Seattle. Don't call me yet."
Andy Rubin said cheerfully: "Sauri~"
The corners of Larry Page's mouth twitched and he hung up the phone without saying a word. Sergey Brin saw all this and opened his mouth:
"Lu? It's the Huaxia Lu!"
"Who else could it be besides him?"
Larry Page rubbed his head with his hands: "Monkey Raychet!"
Just as he was about to throw his phone aside in frustration, suddenly his phone rang, and it turned out to be Li Yanhong from the other side of the ocean.
Baidu’s last round of financing included Google as a shareholder.
"Li, what's the matter?"
Li Yanhong apologized and said: "Sauri, Larry, you entrusted me to help register the domain name, there may be a little accident."
"It's Google. Has it been registered?"
Larry Page doesn't find it strange. Seizing Google's Chinese domain name is just like registering a trademark. It's normal.
"It's okay, don't I have an alternative, G.?"
"Ahem, both of them have been registered, but if you really want these two domain names, I have a way to help you get them."
"No, no, Li, I definitely can't let you spend money."
"It's not too expensive. In fact, the domain names are all owned by the same person, and he and I happen to be good friends."
"Who? We can send someone to buy it from him."
"land."
"Huaxia Continent?"
Larry Page's smile froze, "Why the hell is it always you!"
