Rebirth in a Perfect Era Chapter 1043: Sequoia lobbyist
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Larry Page's greatest pursuit in life is to make every effort to digitize everything in the real world.
Inspired by the library model in university, he created a search engine and Google. After creating Google, he has invested more than 400 million USD and spent ten years to bring more than 20 million in the world. Digitization of a variety of physical books, resulting in Google books;
In addition, he tried to use a portable camera to take photos along the way in the last century. According to his way at that time, he stopped to take a few photos every 100 meters, and then transmitted these photos to In the computer, he came up with the idea of digitizing the world's street scenes and making them available for users to browse online. So a few years later, Google Street View was released. Through countless Google Street View cars, people can stay at home without Enjoy the scenery of dozens of countries, tens of thousands of cities, and millions of streets online.
Later, he used a more advanced satellite and aerial photography technology to take a 360-degree "photo" of the earth, and then born the Google earth.
Larry Page is currently making his first large-scale digitalization attempt-Google books.
Larry Page believes that no second person in the world will have the same crazy ideas as him, digitize books from all over the world, and then transfer them to internet.
However, what made him didn't expect is that Li Mu just spoke of this model as a suggestion to himself through just a few metaphors.
This makes Larry Page a little nervous and awkward.
The tension is that he is worried that Li Mu will also be interested in such a model. Google is now doing such a thing, not having an advantage over Muye Science and Technology, and it is only just starting now. If Muye Science and Technology is also doing it, it is easy to catch up;
Embarrassment, because he did n’t know how to answer Li Mu at first, first of all, he did n’t want to tell Li Mu, Google was already doing this, but if he did n’t tell Li Mu, when he launched Google books himself, Li Mu would definitely It felt embarrassing to feel that he was inspired by him.
A real person like Larry Page cares about the origin of the idea. He does n’t want his Google book plan to be misunderstood as someone who plagiarizes the idea of another person.
After thinking about it for a while, Larry Page decided to tell Li Mu: "Mr. Li, I will tell you a secret message that the Google book project is already in operation. The purpose is just like what you just said, Move the entire real-world book online. "
The pretentious Li Mu said in surprise: "The workload is really huge!"
Larry Page nodded, said with a laugh: "It doesn't matter if it's vast. This is one of the few dreams in my life. Even if I do everything, I will accomplish it."
Larry Page deliberately and firmly stated that he hopes that Li Mu is best not to be interested in this project. If he is really interested, then when he knows he is doing his best for this project, there should be Flinched.
Li Mu smiled lightly and said to Larry Page: "This is a great dream, I think you can achieve it."
Larry Page breathed a sigh of relief, said with a laugh: "Muye Science and Technology is also great, I think YY has the opportunity to become the core product of communication between people in the future internet world. This kind of bearing can be done. If there are no borders, if YY goes smoothly, it can even carry all human online communication. "
Li Mu humbly smiled and said: "Mr. Page, the goal of carrying all mankind is too far. I actually only want to make a thorough understanding of the American market."
Larry Page looks at Li Mu said: "Mr. Li, internet products are the products with the least geographical impact. When Google was created, I never thought of being able to reach this point today. I did n’t even imagine entire US netizens And now, Google has become a must-have Browsing tool for netizens all over the world. A good product has no borders. As long as the product can be launched, it will certainly be able to conquer more users. This principle also applies to YY. "
Speaking, Larry Page said again: "Actually, in my opinion, YY is only one step away from the popularity of the world."
Li Mu couldn't help but ask him: "Which step?"
Larry Page said firmly: "Financing! Ordinary companies trade time for money, and great companies trade time for money. What YY needs now is comprehensive and rapid development. After successful financing, you can immediately go global The market is making great strides. "
Li Mu nodded and said, "The financing is already being promoted, but Muye Science and Technology is not in a hurry at this time."
Larry Page asked him: "Is there any capital you prefer?"
Li Mu laughed: "Theoretically, whoever gives more money, we naturally tend to be more inclined."
Larry Page: "I recommend a capital to you."
Li Mu asked Larry Page: "Mr. Page, should you recommend Sequoia to me?"
Larry Page ’s expression is a bit unnatural, saying: "The most critical round of financing for Google is Sequoia leading investment. According to our long-term cooperation, I think Sequoia is definitely the best Venture Capital in this industry. "
Li Mu said: "Sequoia is certainly good, but for Muye Science and Technology, it still depends on who gives more money."
Larry Page said: "The capital relationship of Sequoia is very strong. In the future IPO, Sequoia can play a big role. Sequoia is also planning related matters for Google. Once the listing is successful, the development of the enterprise The situation will be broader. "
Li Mu heard this and asked with a smile: "Mr. Page, would you be a lobbyist for Sequoia today?"
Listening to Li Mu saying this, Larry Page was a little embarrassed and scratched his head. He said: "The CEO of Sequoia heard that I was going to meet you and deliberately told me to let me try to persuade you." /
"Persuade me?" Li Mu asked curiously: "Persuade me? Persuade me to accept their offer of 6.5 billion USD?"
Larry Page said busy: "Of course not, 165 billion USD is that they lack enough understanding of the actual value of Muye Science and Technology, now they have set a new price, and it is a very sincere price , But I ’m sorry that I did n’t have a chance to sit down with you and have a good chat, so I hope I can help him convey a message that he hopes to interview you. ”
Li Mu smiled and said: "Interview is okay, but not now, Muye Science and Technology's financing window will not open at any time. It was opened once before, but Sequoia refused, so temporarily this window will not open, but Sequoia can follow us Some of the actions here, when the financing window opens again, everyone will sit down again and have a good chat. "