My Age of Investment

Without making Xia Jingxing wait too long, Lu Qi quickly replied and agreed to join Android.

This news made Xia Jingxing quite excited, and he just took this sharp knife to stab Microsoft.

In the previous life, the business that Lu Qi was in charge of at Microsoft had a lot of overlap with the business that Android was about to launch. It would be perfect for Lu Qi to be in charge of the Android family bucket.

Lu Qi said that in order to settle down at home, he needs to officially join Android next month, that is, in October.

Xia Jingxing readily agreed, and he just took this time to do some ideological work on Andy Rubin. It is not such a pleasant thing to let the other party change from a powerful and highly regarded CEO to a hard-working research and development work. thing.

If one is not handled properly, it will be bad for Andy Rubin to encourage the R\u0026D backbone to leave.

The war is about to usher in, and the morale of the army must not be disturbed at this time.

In the chairman's office, Xia Jingxing and Andy Lubin were sitting opposite each other, with a tea table between them, on which were placed various exquisite tea sets shipped from China.

Seeing Xia Jingxing's skillful making and washing of tea, Andy Rubin felt very novel, unique oriental culture.

"Come on, try it. This is Pu'er from Yunnan Province in China. It is effective in clearing away heat and detoxifying, appetizing and eliminating food, refreshing the mind..."

Xia Jingxing put the mini cup full of tea in front of Andy Rubin with a tong. Looking at the bright red tea and smelling the refreshing tea fragrance, the latter relaxed his mind.

"It looks delicious!"

"Try it now!"

Andy Rubin picked up the teacup and took a sip. The taste was sticky, sweet and fragrant...

However, Andy Rubin was still a little uncomfortable with drinking, and almost vomited it out.

Under Xia Jingxing's expectant eyes, Andy Rubin suppressed the discomfort and swallowed the tea.

"Continued Cup?"

Andy Rubin quickly declined, "Daren, wait for me to savor it carefully."

Xia Jingxing smiled secretly, put down the purple clay teapot, and said, "Andy, have we known each other for two years?"

"Two years and many months."

"I remember when I first met you, you, Ricky, Nick, Chris and a dozen other employees squeezed into a small office, developing and perfecting Android day and night.

I was very surprised when I saw you for the first time. Is this sloppy guy the founder of Android? It is no exaggeration, man, your dark circles at that time almost caught up with China's national treasures. "

Andy Rubin laughed loudly, thinking of the years of hard work a few years ago, his eyes were full of nostalgia.

Xia Jingxing said with a smile: "You and the team left a deep impression on me. I made up my mind at that time that I must invest in this team. They are so persistent and focused, and they will definitely succeed in the future!"

Andy said with a smile: "Dailun, if it weren't for your multiple capital injections, Android might not have achieved what it is today, and it might have been a long time ago. At that time, we couldn't even pay the rent, so my team and I have been very close." Thank you for giving Android a second life."

Although he didn't know why the boss suddenly summoned him, Andy Rubin believed that it was definitely not as simple as drinking tea and chatting, there must be something important to discuss. Don't care about anything else, if you flatter me first, you won't go wrong.

Xia Jingxing chuckled, and Andy Rubin was very vigilant, more sensitive than ordinary technicians.

But it doesn't matter, today's "cup of tea and release of military power" must be carried out. He needs to remove some internal instability and strengthen his grip on Android.

"The development of Android has entered a new stage."

Xia Jingxing glanced at Andy Rubin, "Do you know what it is?"

"Improve basic application services, fully seize the market, and completely transform into a big company."

Xia Jingxing nodded slightly, "That's right, there is an old saying in China called "carps leap over the dragon's gate", and the androids are at the stage of jumping over the dragon's gate. Once they leap over, the androids will evolve into another species."

Andy said in a deep voice: "Daren, don't worry, the morale of the team is very strong now,

Everyone is full of energy, and we must make our voice heard in the mobile phone system market. We are not afraid of Symbian and Microsoft! "

Xia Jingxing said with a smile: "Very well, Android has achieved extraordinary results under your leadership in the past few years, and has trained an elite research and development team. You have paid a lot for the company, and you have contributed a lot!"

Andy grinned, "It's not just me. Daren, your several large capital injections are the foundation of everything, and the hard work of the employees is the key to success."

Xia Jingxing felt that Andy was a bit slippery, and it was very difficult to find an entry point to propose his own arrangement.

So he stopped playing around with Andy, and asked directly: "Yahoo's vice president Lu Qi, do you know?"

"I know! That is a powerful person in the search engine field. He participated in the acquisition of three companies including the search engine Inktomi by Yahoo, and led the completion of a series of integrations.

Yahoo's search engine business is equivalent to him leading the team to build it from scratch.

Although Yahoo is now being defeated by Google, the main reason is that Yahoo responded too slowly, started too late, and did not get out of the portal business as soon as possible, and sat back and watched Google grow stronger.

Google is the opponent that Yahoo single-handedly supported. How short-sighted it is. I heard that Yahoo had two opportunities to acquire Google, one for US$1 million in 1998 and one for US$5 billion in 2002. "

Andy Rubin shook his head while talking. He was speechless about the development of Yahoo in recent years. It was chaotic, too chaotic, and seriously lacked technical foresight and market sense.

Xia Jingxing smiled and said, "What do you think about being a partner with Lu Qi?"

Andy Rubin reacted immediately, rolled his eyes, and asked, "Did him to be CTO?"

Immediately, Andy smiled, "That's no problem, I will definitely cooperate with him in his work."

Xia Jingxing said lightly, "He will be the CEO, and you will be the CTO."

Although there was already a bad premonition, when the premonition really became a reality, Andy Rubin couldn't help the anger in his heart, his face turned livid, and he asked loudly: "Why? Darren , Why should I be demoted? Is it because I did something bad? Tell me, if I am incompetent, I can accept this appointment. "

Looking at Andy with a flushed face, Xia Jingxing said with a normal expression: "There is a specialization in the technology industry. Next, Android needs to create and promote basic application services and ecology. It needs an experienced person who can commercialize technology products." professional managers.

In the fierce market competition, Android cannot make any mistakes. If we make a mistake or the speed of commercialization is too slow, we may be surpassed by others immediately, and it will be difficult to turn around. "

Andy Rubin defended loudly: "I know that he came from a large company and has rich experience in leading a technical team of thousands of people, but I am the founder of Android, and I am the one who knows Android best. "

As soon as he finished speaking, Andy Rubin knew that he had said the wrong thing and made a big taboo.

Sure enough, Xia Jingxing's eyes turned cold, and he scolded, "I'm not bargaining with you anymore, this is an order from the major shareholder and the chairman."

Andy Rubin's momentum was taken away, and the whole person softened all of a sudden, and he said aggrievedly: "Daren, wasn't our cooperation in the past very pleasant? The development of Android is also very in line with expectations, and there has never been a mistake. Breaking this good development trend will easily disrupt our own development rhythm, cause chaos, and give competitors an opportunity."

Xia Jingxing stared at Andy Rubin, making the latter feel a little nervous, don't you want to kick him away?

Darren has already done this, and the founder of Tesla was killed by this ruthless capital tycoon.

"Android's next plan is the key, which is related to whether the company can survive in the market, and whether it can add a zero or two zeros to the valuation of 2 billion US dollars to become the market value.

If Android fails, you can find a class, and I will go back to Wall Street and China to continue my hard work. "

Andy Rubin heard the hints and warnings in Xia Jing's jargon, he calmed down a lot, and became silent all of a sudden.

After the acquisition of Android, Xia Jingxing used 10% of the equity as an option pool to reward the technical team, and the option pool has not been diluted in several rounds of capital injection.

As the biggest contributor to the company, he has been granted a 2% option. Based on a valuation of US$2 billion, this is a wealth worth US$40 million. In the future, one zero or two zeros may be added behind.

If you leave the company in anger, according to the agreement, the option will be repurchased, and the repurchase price is almost negligible.

I have a few lovers outside, if I become poor, they will not follow me wholeheartedly.

He sold the 50 million US dollars of Android, and he divided it with the other three founders and seed investors. After paying the tax, there is not much left. It took a lot to raise a few lovers in the past two years. If there is no new wealth If it is recorded, he may become a loner, all women will leave him, and even his wife may want to divorce him.

Thinking of this, Andy Rubin shuddered. He never wanted to live the poor days before, and he didn't want to lose everything now.

Without Android, Xia Jingxing can still go back to Wall Street and China to work hard.

He felt that this was complete nonsense. Even he knew that Vision Capital was doing well on Wall Street, not to mention that Xia Jingxing also held a large number of shares in star startups such as Facebook and Youtube.

Without Android, Xia Jingxing is still a rich man on the rich list, and his wealth will hardly shrink.

And if he loses Android, his family may be ruined. Old Qiao hates him deeply. If he loses Android's protection, his future will not be very good.

Andy Rubin's tone was much softer, "Daren, please give me another chance, you let Lu Qi be the CTO first, if I don't do well, you let him replace me as the CEO, I have no complaints .”

Xia Jingxing sneered in his heart, even at this juncture, he still refuses to give up, it seems that he is giving you too much face.

"Yesterday, your ex-secretary arrived at Android, right?"

Hearing this sentence, Andy Rubin's hairs stood on end, his face flustered.

However, Xia Jingxing still persisted in revealing: "You and this woman haven't broken off yet? Some employees heard that this woman said that she wanted to expose the matter between her and you to the media. You were in the hotel..."

"Okay, Daren, stop talking, I obey the arrangement!"

Andy Rubin gave up all resistance, and this matter has become his culprit, and it cannot stand deep investigation.

He secretly scolded that bitch in his heart: Didn't I give you a lot of money? Why are you still pestering me? So greedy.

"I don't want to hear any more shit about you! This is the last chance."

Under Xia Jingxing's serious gaze, Andy Rubin nodded tremblingly, "Daren, I assure you, this is definitely the last time."

President Xia Jing sighed, and his tone eased: "I am also a man, I can understand that after you become famous, you will inevitably have some small thoughts, and your desires will increase irresistibly.

We also have an old saying in China: After fighting for a lifetime, you can’t enjoy it! "

Hearing these heartfelt words, Andy Rubin was almost moved to tears, confidant! He used to want to be a good husband too, but he couldn't hold back a woman throwing herself on him!

The goddess who didn't dare to say hello when she saw her before, now when she hears that she is a successful person in Silicon Valley, she cries and cries to get to know herself and discuss entrepreneurship... After discussing and discussing, she went to bed.

I can't help myself!

"Enjoyment is fine, the key is to finish the battle, right? If you engage in these things now, in ancient times, it would be called shaking the morale of the army, and beheading you would be light."

Xia Jingxing pretended to be sorry, "You have made contributions to Android, so I give you opportunities again and again.

But trust has a limit. You overdraw my trust in you again and again, which makes it very difficult for me. "

Andy Rubin said sincerely: "Daren, I understand everything, and I am very grateful that you are willing to give me a chance to reform myself."

Xia Jingxing waved his hand, "There's no need to say anything. Make Android well. You can play it however you want in the future. You must restrain me a little now."

Andy Rubin nodded solemnly.

"The company will have a new round of equity incentives in the future, and the time will be after the basic application services go online and gain a firm foothold. Grasp the opportunity yourself!"

After finishing speaking, Xia Jingxing took a sip from his teacup, the tea was a little cold.

Feeling Xia Jingxing's tricks, Andy Rubin became completely honest, and he didn't dare to have any objection to the boss's arrangement, so he drank another cup of tea and left in a hurry.

Looking at the back of Andy Rubin leaving, Xia Jingxing sighed slightly, if it wasn't for being too lustful, he would have been really hard to deal with him.

Andy Rubin is the founder of Android, and he is quite well-known in Silicon Valley at present. If he is taken away, his reputation will be affected, which will make it difficult for Envision Capital to develop investment business in Silicon Valley.

Fortunately, he discovered Andy Rubin's Achilles' heel, otherwise it would not be so easy to force him to submit.

However, the matter was finally resolved satisfactorily. With options hanging, Andy Rubin didn't dare to work hard. Without Android, he would have nothing.