My Age of Investment

"Andy is a talented technical talent, but he is not suitable for leading the commercial team, he is more suitable for research and development positions."

Speaking of this, Xia Jingxing's whole face became serious.

The messy things that Andy Rubin did made him very speechless. Rabbits don't eat grass beside their nests, but this one is good, like a hungry ghost, he only picks out the secretaries and assistants around him.

Although he has seriously warned Andy Rubin, Kite No. 2 also reported to him in the secret report, saying that Andy has restrained himself, and the secretary has left the company with a sum of money, but who knows what will happen to this guy in the future? Will the old disease relapse?

The best solution is to let Andy Rubin retreat from the front of the stage to the backstage, less contact with the colorful world outside, and just be with deserted laboratories and sloppy engineers.

As long as people get busy and work overtime day and night, even if they have evil intentions, they will be powerless.

In addition, Xia Jingxing also found that compared with his extraordinary technical talent, Andy Rubin seemed to lack business talent, and this was the most serious problem.

Because Android's next work will focus on expanding the market share of mobile operating systems and commercial realization, which is what Andy Rubin is not so good at.

Lu Qi is different. During the ten years he worked at Yahoo, he went from an ordinary engineer to the position of executive vice president.

At Lu Qi’s farewell meeting for resignation, Yahoo chief Jerry Yang shed tears on the spot. At the same time, the latter also asked all the engineers in the company to wear uniform T-shirts. The T-shirts read: I used to work with Lu Qi, how about you?

After joining Microsoft, Lu Qi became one of the heads of the four major business departments, in charge of a technical team of more than 10,000 people, and led a team including Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Exchange, Yammer, Lync, Skype, Bing search, Bing application, Various businesses including MSN and advertising platform.

It is worth mentioning that Bing search, this business is a new brand launched by Lu Qi after he took over the Live Search product line and reorganized itself. In the competition with the flourishing Google, it still achieved the second place in the global market.

Therefore, Xia Jingxing very much hopes that Lu Qi can be the CEO of Android, leading Android to improve the application ecology, increase market share, and start the commercialization of Android...

Lu Qi was silent for a long time, and finally spoke, he said: "Mr. Xia, thank you very much for your kindness,

But I don't know anything about the mobile phone industry, and it's not an exaggeration to call me a layman. I'm afraid that I won't live up to your trust. "

Xia Jingxing waved his hand, "You are too modest, what a layman, your analysis of Android just now is very good! I have great confidence in you."

Lu Qi was a little conflicted. Coming to Android from Yahoo, although it was a promotion on the surface, Yahoo was still an Internet company that had once reached the number one in the world, while Android was just a start-up company. The share is almost negligible.

Xia Jingxing made a big deal for him, and wanted to become the Microsoft of the mobile phone industry.

Regardless of the probability of success, if the goal can be achieved, it is naturally on the right boat, and everyone is happy;

But if it fails, it will hurt my reputation a little bit, and it will add a lot of obstacles to the career of a professional manager in the future.

He is already forty-seven years old. If he wastes a few more years, the golden age of life will be over.

In fact, since he left, Microsoft people have been contacting him, trying to poach him as vice president.

However, he did not agree easily, because at his age and status in the industry, the basic financial freedom has already been achieved, and he is more concerned about whether his future career development path can be on a bigger stage? Is the platform suitable for you? Can you give full play to your talents?

Android is actually not bad. Although it faces many challenges, as long as it succeeds, and he leads a group of people to do it successfully as the CEO, what a great achievement and honor it is, and it can be regarded as realizing his life value.

Choose Microsoft and develop step by step, no matter what;

And choose Android, take a risk, and if you succeed, you can say that you have basically no regrets in your professional life. What could be more fulfilling and challenging than leading a weak start-up company to defeat a billion-dollar giant head-on? But the uncertainty of this matter is very high, and the possibility of failure is extremely high.

Xia Jingxing didn't urge Lu Qi, and drank his coffee quietly waiting for the other party's reply.

He has already offered the best conditions he can offer. If Lu Qi is not satisfied with this, it can only mean that everyone is destined to have nothing to do with each other.

He probably guessed Lu Qi's concerns. The temple of Android is still a bit small, and with the giant Microsoft standing in front of him, there are too many uncertainties in the future.

If Android has already developed and become the overlord of the industry, then why did he invite Lu Qi to come?

Only those who are willing to struggle together are eligible to share the fruits of success.

If Lu Qi is willing to accompany him to do big things vigorously, then he will not be stingy with the shares, so it doesn't matter if he gives Lu Qi a fortune.

"Dai Lun, give me a few days to think about it!" Lu Qi said sincerely.

Xia Jingxing nodded, "Of course, it's a big deal after all, and it's a sign of responsibility for both of us to balance it out."

Lu Qi smiled, and asked again: "Dailun, can I ask you a question?"

"Speaking."

"Will Android be a search engine in the future?"

The corners of Xia Jingxing's mouth turned up, "It depends on where you can bring Android."

Lu Qi smiled lightly, I haven't agreed to join Android yet.

"Ok, I see."

Lu Qi stopped talking and talked with Xia Jingxing about his life ideals for a while before leaving.

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The next day, Steve Ballmer paid a surprise visit to Android with several entourages, and Xia Jingxing led Andy Rubin and several executives to accompany him.

In the meeting room, Ballmer sat down swiftly, and cut to the point: "Daren, Android is forming the Open Mobile Alliance, is it going to enter the mobile operating system completely?"

Looking at the bald, big-nosed Ballmer, Xia Jingxing was very dissatisfied with his tone. We are just partners, so what right does Microsoft have to make irresponsible remarks.

However, he was of relatively good quality, so he didn't turn back, but just replied lightly: "The company is developing normally, does Mr. Ballmer have any advice?"

Ballmer smiled and said: "No advice, but we have a cooperation agreement."

Under the suspicious eyes of Xia Jingxing, Andy Rubin and others, Ballmer pouted at the assistant next to him, and the assistant handed over a document.

Xia Jingxing didn't go to pick it up, and Andy Rubin got up to catch the file, glanced at it quickly, feeling a little terrified.

Not daring to neglect, Andy Rubin hurriedly put the agreement in front of Xia Jingxing.

Xia Jingxing looked down, and the big characters "Letter of Intent to Acquire" on the cover of the document were very conspicuous.

"What does it mean?"

Xia Jingxing didn't look through the documents, but stared at Ballmer opposite him with scorching eyes.

"Darren, Microsoft has a good relationship with you, Facebook, and Android, and I hope we can keep this friendship going."

Ballmer leaned forward on the chair, and looked at Xia Jingxing without any sign of weakness.

"Mr. Ballmer means that Android must accept the acquisition, or reject your friendship?"

Xia Jingxing's expression gradually turned cold, knowing that what should come has always come, the operating system has always been Microsoft's one-acre three-point land.

Previously, the revival mobile phone hadn’t shined so brightly, and the cooperation between Microsoft and Android was considered to be an early move. Whether there is a next step depends entirely on the follow-up development of Android.

Now that Android has shown a certain development potential, Microsoft will not be the industry hegemony before taking action.

Xia Jingxing was not surprised by this, but Ballmer's aggressive attitude gave him some headaches, and he probably couldn't do better today, even if he wanted to practice Tai Chi.

He didn't want to turn against Microsoft so early, after all, the more he paralyzed Microsoft, the stronger Android would be.

But today, even Ballmer, the CEO of Microsoft, stepped out in person, clearly trying to force Android to make a choice.

Ballmer spread his hands, "The operating system is the core business of Microsoft, and we cannot give up. In this industry, if you are not a friend of Microsoft, then you are an enemy of Microsoft. There is no third."

Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "Mr. Gates also meant this?"

"Mr. Gates has taken a backseat, and now I'm the CEO of Microsoft."

On last year's Forbes rich list, Ballmer ranked 24th in the world with a net worth of 13.6 billion US dollars. This wealth mainly comes from his holding about 5% of Microsoft stocks, so he cannot go there as an ordinary professional manager. Look at Ballmer.

When facing Xia Jingxing, Ballmer did not have any pressure at all, because his wealth and the size of the company he controlled could stabilize Xia Jingxing.

Xia Jingxing nodded and said, "Alright, Mr. Ballmer means Microsoft, right?"

"You can understand it this way!"

At this time, the employees of both parties present could hear the gunpowder in the words of the two big men.

Andy Rubin glanced at Xia Jingxing worriedly, and falling out with Microsoft now is not very in line with their development strategy.

Xia Jingxing suddenly smiled, "Okay, then let me see how much this friendship from Microsoft is worth?"

After all, Xia Jingxing didn't bother to observe the expressions on the faces of Ballmer and others, and began to read the letter of intent to purchase in front of him.

Instead of reading the text, he looked at the numbers and soon saw the offer.

"1 billion US dollars?" Xia Jingxing raised his head and asked.

"Yes!" Ballmer explained lightly, "This is a number we have obtained through investigation and research, and it can accurately reflect the true valuation of Android."

"Too little to reflect the friendship of Microsoft."

Hearing the sarcasm in Xia Jingxing's jargon, Ballmer's face was gloomy, but he controlled his emotions very well, after all, he didn't really come to quarrel with Xia Jingxing, and his strength was only done to gain a psychological advantage in the negotiation attitude.

"Daren, as far as I know, you have invested a total of two to three billion dollars in Android.

In two years, earning three or four times the return is already a lot. After all, investing in the Internet is no more than investing in hedge funds. "

Xia Jingxing shrugged with a smile, "I'm not short of money, and the rate of return is three or four times. I have never seen such a low rate of return in my investment career."

Versailles is very good!

But Ballmer knew the other party was telling the truth, and even he had heard about Lixia No. 1's super high rate of return.

"Daren, Android doesn't have a penny of revenue yet, so it's far from being successful. $1 billion is already a premium."

Xia Jingxing said with a smile: "I know it's still not a success, so I want to wait and see. Some venture capital institutions have already made quotations for Android, and the valuation ranges from more than one billion US dollars to two billion US dollars."

Ballmer shook his head and laughed, "The quotations from venture capital institutions are based on the smooth development of Android. Once Android is in turmoil, I can guarantee that those guys will definitely run faster than rabbits.

I know the virtues of the people on Shaqiu Road very well. They are quick to adapt to the wind. They only signed an agreement with a startup company in one second, and they can use the agreement to wipe their ass in the next second. "

Xia Jingxing nodded, "It makes sense, but after leaving the venture capital institution, Android will not lack development funds."

"So, Darren, are you determined to wade into the muddy waters of the mobile phone operating system?"

Ballmer's eyes turned cold, and he looked at Xia Jingxing coldly.

"You think so!"

Xia Jingxing no longer concealed his emotions, and replied coldly. What the hell, you can't listen to nice words, can you? Microsoft is amazing, my FAANG is almost doing it all, so what if I add you.

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