"You two, Google's performance is very good. I am very pleased. I hope you will continue to work hard. Now that the Internet bubble has almost been squeezed out, we will usher in a period of real development, and then you will rule the world!"
Liu Lang put down the company's financial report and made a cup of tea for the two of them.
"Jimmy, don't worry, the company's business is growing at a rate of 5% every month, and the prospects are bright, but...!"
Page was about to speak but stopped.
"Lali, if you have anything to say, just say it. If you have any difficulties, I will help you solve the problem."
"That's right, Yahoo came to us some time ago and proposed an acquisition intention. At that time, it was valued at US$200 million...!"
"Two hundred million dollars? So little!"
Liu Lang frowned.
Google and Yahoo are really destined to be two companies, and they are entangled again in this life.
Yahoo is the most outstanding company in the Internet field. This is not because of Yahoo's market value, but because they have formulated the game rules that the entire Internet abides by to this day, which is open, free and profitable.
Because of Yahoo, later netizens were able to obtain so much information from the Internet for free.
If it weren't for them, it is likely that the Internet would have been just a luxury product for the rich for a long time.
If a hundred years from now, future generations will only remember the two people who have made the greatest contributions to the Internet world, then this person is not the most famous Larry Page, Shel Brin, Mark Zuckerberg or "
"Dad Ma" or "Little Ma" are not these people, but probably Yang Zhiyuan and David Filo of Yahoo.
There is a deep bond between Yahoo and Google.
In a previous life, Yahoo itself was actually an early investor in Google, and it owned many of Google's original shares.
But later the two sides turned against each other in order to compete for the search market. In order to show their irreconcilable attitude towards Google, Yahoo immediately sold all its shares, which was quite a desperate attitude.
Regarding these stocks in hand, Yahoo's approach is obviously wrong, and the wisest thing to do is to continue to hold them.
The reason is simple. If Google fails, the stock will go to zero, but if Yahoo wins the entire Internet, the loss in the stock will have no bearing on the overall situation.
On the other hand, if Google wins the competition, it can get exponential benefits by waiting until this time to cash out.
If Yahoo had held these stocks until 206 in the previous life, these stocks would have been worth more than four billion U.S. dollars, which is 50% more than the total profits of Yahoo since its establishment.
Something went wrong in this life. Google's first financing came from Sequoia Capital. However, within a year after the financing, the Nasdaq collapsed. Sequoia Capital won first and then lost, and lost 10 million US dollars.
At this time, Liu Lang "took advantage of the situation" and invested 20 million US dollars to revive Google, and by the way, he owned 20% of the other party's shares.
So now the shareholder of Google is Liu Lang, and he is the only one, for no other reason: being rich means being willful.
Now Yahoo has realized the importance of online search and wants to acquire Google. However, the price is too low. The entire purchase price is 200 million US dollars. This is the same price as two years ago. Do you think Google is a fool? It is Google.
The fool Liu Lang is not a fool either.
Liu Lang thought for a while and said.
"Maybe Yahoo still has a grudge against me. After all, I sold their shares at the most critical moment."
Four years ago, on the eve of the Nasdaq collapse, Liu Lang and Feng Xingtianxia sold all their Yahoo shares and cashed out tens of billions of dollars.
This is legitimate business behavior, and of course it is understandable, but it is a bit unethical for Yahoo!, and it clearly shows that you look down on them.
Yes, you, Liu Lang, are awesome. You have been a genius since you were a child. You have never lost a battle in your life. But I, Jerry Yang, am not a mortal either. I founded Yahoo without graduating from Stanford University. At its peak, the market value exceeded 100 billion U.S. dollars, and I became...
The first company in history to have a market value of 100 billion U.S. dollars, it also sat on the position of the world's richest man for two years. This achievement is no less than that of you, Liu Lang.
Nasdaq collapsed, more than 90% of Internet companies went bankrupt, and Yahoo's market value also shrunk by 90%. But now I have survived. I am still a company with a market value of more than 10 billion, and now there is no one who can compete with me.
Internet companies that are keeping pace with Yahoo are in even better shape at this time than before the collapse of Nasdaq.
Didn’t you, Liu Lang, make $20 billion by selling your shares in Yahoo? Well, in the future our market value will exceed $200 billion. We’ll see if you cry by then!
Yes, Yahoo now has a resentment towards Liu Lang, feeling that the other party abandoned him at a critical moment, but Liu Lang doesn't think so, just like a classic line in the previous life: How can we have true love? Earn more money.
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The two people at Google know the relationship between Liu Lang and Yahoo. Yahoo contributed half of the reason why Liu Lang became the richest man. Now that the other party has used 200 million US dollars to acquire them, this is more about Liu Lang.
"humiliation", I don't take you seriously at all.
Yahoo doesn't take Google seriously, but Google can't! The other party is the Internet company with the largest market value in the world today, but what about itself? It hasn't been listed yet, and there's an unknown amount of difference between the two parties. Once the other party starts to attack, Google may be in trouble.
Few, so this matter should be carefully considered and must not be underestimated.
Liu Lang understood what the other party meant and smiled slightly.
"You two, you just need to be yourselves in this matter. I know Yahoo best. If they don't interfere with your Google business, that's fine. At least they can survive. If they interfere with online search, haha, we
There is a saying in China that if you don’t take the road to heaven, there is no door to hell and if you break in, they will be dead!”
"Dead? What do you mean?"
The two were puzzled.
"Okay, let me explain to you that Yahoo's revenue now mainly relies on traditional brand advertising and search advertising.
But the former is Yahoo’s territory. After all, they have great influence and do very good content. They can be said to be the New York Times and Wall Street Journal on the Internet, and they also have the largest user base in the world.
, tens of millions of traffic, so many Fortune 500 companies take the initiative to place advertisements on Yahoo.
In terms of traditional advertising, no Internet company, including yours, is strong enough to compete with Yahoo here.
In fact, brand advertising alone is enough for Yahoo to eat, and your advantage lies in search advertising, which is mainly targeted at small and medium-sized businesses.
If Yahoo can take good care of its brand advertising business and develop it intensively, it will not only be able to maintain considerable profits, but will also not have any market conflict with you.
If Yahoo finally decides to go all out and challenge you in search, then I have a way to beat them..."