Rebirth of the Internet Overlord

“Companies such as LinkedIn, ACS, YouTube, Facebook, Security Guard, Office Cloud, and Gmail are all part of the Bing ecosystem. And the founder who used various creative ideas to create these ecosystems is Bing.

The owner of 70% of the shares-Ning.”

rather?

The founder of Skype?

The founder of Yugong Technology who also promoted smartphones?

"Does he also own an Emperor Penguin Group company? This company's business spans quite a lot..." Larry Page was still conscious at first, but as he spoke, his mind went blank.

Lu Qi smiled lightly and said, "Bing was first founded in 2002. That year I was invited by Chairman Ning to join Bing. Speaking of which, Bing has a rather legendary founding story. However, I think our

The founder's resume can become a legend in the future.

After all, at the age of 18, he was already the chief operating officer of the Silicon Valley Internet miracle company PayPal, and at the age of 21, he was able to sell Skype with a net worth of 5.6 billion. Following this journey, the Bing ecosystem has reached today under his management.

.”

After glancing at Larry Page who was distracted, Lucci turned his attention boringly to his partner Sergey Brin.

"Page, Mr. Brin, unlike Westerners who tend to do things openly, our CEO Ning is a low-key person. Starting from the founding of Bing in 2002, he first strengthened Bing's search technology through the acquisition of Kaltix.

, and then slowly laid out the Bing ecological chain in Europe.

When he launched Gmail, it took a long time for your GBmail to be officially launched. In fact, when your GBmail was launched, Bing's account system had already been established. From that time on, Google has been lagging behind us.

And I have just said that the entire system of the Bing ecosystem has taken shape, and today's search engine battle has become a crossfire between ecosystems. I can say with certainty that in the layout of the search engine-related ecosystem, no one can

Achieve the comprehensiveness of Ning Dong. Therefore, Bing’s acquisition of Google has no competitors in a sense.”

Lucci spoke firmly, but Sergey Brin had to agree with what he said. His friend Larry Page had already lost his mind in public, and everyone else sitting in the conference room at Google was also listless. No one was facing such a situation.

He can remain calm as usual despite being faced with a behemoth competitor.

Only now did everyone realize that they had been competing with such an opponent.

Lu Qi saw everyone's performance in his eyes, but in his heart he could only feel sorry for such an opponent.

He knew very well that it was the big boss’s direct positioning of search engine rivals on Google from the very beginning that caused this powerful and determined company to lose the opportunity for rapid development.

If you think about it carefully, had it not been for the support of Yahoo, the injection of resources from the Red Man Project, and the cooperation of various other resources. Especially without the existence of the Gmail membership system, it would have been difficult for Bing to gain a foothold in the United States that year.

A very difficult thing.

Because of this, Google, which has persisted until now, is a truly admirable opponent.

Thinking of this, Lu Qi said, "It stands to reason that during the acquisition negotiation process, there should be no such behavior as praising the opponent, but whether it is what our Director Ning asked me to do, or whether it is me personally, I want to sincerely appreciate it."

Google: You are our most admirable opponent in the search engine field."

Larry Page originally lowered his head, but suddenly he raised his head unconsciously when he heard a compliment from the acquirer.

In confusion, he stared at Lu Qi's eyes for a closer look, but saw sincerity in Lu Qi's eyes.

Larry Page smiled bitterly and turned his head to his friend, seeing him gently nodding towards him. He could understand that his friends were always better at seeing people than him. Since friends can feel each other

Sincerity, it means that the other party is still very sincere.

But here is the negotiation table, and the other party really appreciates me. Why is this?

Seeing Larry Page's eyes full of doubts when he turned around, Lu Qi explained, "Due to some reasons, our Director Ning was not able to personally participate in the acquisition negotiations this time, but he asked me to say something.

A message to the two founders."

???

Looking at each other with his friend, Larry Page frowned and waved to Lu Qi. Although his lazy action was a bit unreasonable, Lu Qi still said seriously: "Director Ning said that there is no need for development.

For startups that have been together for several years, we are not absolute enemies. Therefore, Director Ning hopes to cooperate with Google.”

"Cooperation?" Larry Page frowned even deeper. "Now, isn't it that Bing wants to acquire our Google? How can we cooperate with Bing when we are defeated?"

"Mr. Page, the reason why we use the letter of cooperation to describe the acquisition is, on the one hand, because we, Chairman Ning, respect your rivals like Google." Lu Qi shook his head, "And on the other hand, the other main reason is that Chairman Ning's former employer, PayPal,

, it was through the merger of X. and Confinity that it reached its current position."

PayPal was acquired by eBay six years ago. Today's PayPal is no longer the start-up company that was precarious in the millennium. Due to the emergence of financial business, PayPal's growth momentum has surpassed that of eBay, which acquired it back then.

In the past year, people have uncovered the glorious feat of PayPal before the millennium when it merged with X.

He began to praise the "win-win" of PayPal's merger.

That was indeed the first "win-win" in an Internet project, but there was something strange about Larry Page linking PayPal to the acquisition of Google.

At this time, Larry Page suddenly heard Sergey next to him asking directly: "Mr. Lu, thank you, Director Ning, for your praise. He may feel that the success of his old club can bring some reference to Google. But

PayPal now has an 'independent' and eBay voice, and I think that's not what he knows, right?"

Lu Qi smiled unconsciously after hearing this. He suddenly felt that even though the boss was not here, he seemed to be completely in control of the situation.

Indeed, the merger of

The boss told him early on that this was the most suitable topic to pursue in acquiring Google!

Thinking of this, Lu Qi felt that the rhythm of the negotiation had come to him, so he said with a relaxed expression:

"Gentlemen, our Chairman Ning must have given full consideration to mentioning this matter. He said that 'cooperation will benefit both parties' is the future trend of the Internet. But mergers are not just about eBay acquiring PayPal.

kind.

You know, he knows the style of his old club better than anyone else. The reason why he left PayPal was because he felt that the temperament of PayPal and eBay were inconsistent. So when he decided to acquire Google from the beginning, in addition to believing that Google’s

In addition to the genetic fit with Bing, the tone for the acquisition has already been set.”

"The tone of the acquisition..."

Sergey Brin followed the topic unconsciously, but when he said the last word, he just froze there. From Lu Qi's calm performance, he could tell that he had accidentally fallen into the opponent's trap.

In the rhythm.

But it happened that this rhythm was stepped into by myself.

Moreover, this frank and honest approach did not make him feel too uncomfortable.

With a helpless smile, Sergey Brin looked at his old friend. Having been his partner for many years, he naturally saw the surprise that could not be hidden in his old friend's eyes. In fact, he was also surprised. Maybe his partner was the same as him, they were all surprised.

Yu Ning, who did not appear at the negotiating table, completely controlled the pace of the negotiations on the table.

If I remember correctly, the man who rose to fame with the $5.6 billion sale of Skype was only 21 years old. And they had never met him, but they had already been inseparable from the Internet. He also founded Linlin Zongzong

Various projects to form a huge ecosystem, and he was only 18 years old when he founded all this?

Looking at each other again, Sergey and Page always felt surrounded by a sense of powerlessness that they could not escape from.

ε=(′ο｀*)))Alas

Seeing the way his old friend talked about it, Larry Page knew that everything he faced in this acquisition had already made him lose his fighting spirit. In fact, he was the same, but he must be a leader in this acquisition.

Making the final decision in acquisition negotiations.

Whether he wins or loses, he must take responsibility.

So Larry Page regained his composure and solemnly said to Lu Qi, "Mr. Lu, since we are sitting on both sides of the same table, we have started negotiations. Why don't we officially start negotiations and see how we do?"

It can achieve what you call a win-win situation.”

Larry Page, who had regrouped, had a different look, which made Lu Qi take a high look at him. And his appearance also made Lu Qi feel more and more that there was a special reason for the boss to value Google's top executives before leaving.

In this way, the plan may actually work!

In this case,

Lu Qi moved.

"Let me just say it straight, Bing will launch its listing plan in the near future. Although Bing has not raised funds before, Sequoia Fund led by Peter Thiel will conduct the first and last pre-IPO financing before Bing goes public.

In this financing, Sequoia will use US$5 billion in capital in exchange for 5% of Bing's pre-IPO shares.

The conditions offered by our Director Ning to everyone at Google are two options. One is that the entire Google company is packaged into the Bing system, and 5% of the shares are exchanged for this package acquisition. The other is that Bing will acquire 5 billion.

US dollars, while Sequoia will invest another US$5 billion. As the total acquisition price, Google will receive US$10 billion in acquisition funds.”

Two options,

The distinction between Jing and Wei is clear,

It's a two-way street!

The ball of how to choose was directly handed over to the hands of Googlers from Lu Qi.

Larry Page stared blankly for a long time, and finally looked at each other with his partner.

One is a huge income of 10 billion US dollars, while the other is a 5% stake in Bing. The former allows them to become rich instantly, while the latter allows them to win a future.

However, there will no longer be Google in the future of both.

Larry Page felt his mouth was dry and couldn't help swallowing, but after his throat moved, he felt that there was nothing there.

He couldn't think of how to make a decision for a while, so he looked around and said, "We never thought... that Bing's acquisition would... directly give out the exact selection conditions... I can feel your sincerity... this

…Can we… have some time to think about it?”

"It just so happens that we can take a break. My team and I are waiting for your news next door." Lu Qi raised his arm, "Is two hours enough?"

Larry Page nodded, and Lu Qi stood up with the people around him.

Seeing the other party walking out of the office, Larry Page felt relieved.

Who would have thought that Lu Qi, who had just taken a step forward, suddenly turned around and laughed, "I suddenly remembered a saying that our leader often said."

???

Larry Page and Sergey Brin raised their heads when they heard the words. They saw a look of longing on Lu Qi's face. It suddenly occurred to them that the "big boss" they didn't understand in the sentence just now was probably

It is the "Ning" whom I have never met.

"I've heard the Master say a lot of interesting things unintentionally, but I think this sentence he said about the kind of people he values ​​​​must be the most attractive." Lu Qi came back from his admiration and said,

He looked at the two founders of Google with serious faces.

"He would say, 'Would you consider taking this express train to the future?'"

For some reason, Larry Page suddenly remembered the pasta making machine. When the dough was put into the machine, they were already in a mess. But when the pressure came down heavily from above, the noodles fell out of the holes.

Out. Transform the original chaotic state into a new appearance.

Google has been a ball of dough over the past few years, and now it seems to have a rare opportunity.

Lu Qi saw a change in the expressions of the two Google founders opposite him, so he took an extra step forward and said:

"After entering the Internet era, the development process of the Internet era has begun to become faster and faster. Our leader has already made a new preparation. He will use iPhone Zero to lead mankind into a new Internet era. In

In his concept, this new Internet era is called mobile Internet."

After a pause, Lu Qi looked at the fascinated two people and smiled, "Putting these together, this is the last thing I want to say - do you consider taking this express train to the mobile Internet?"

Bing ecosystem,

iPhone zero,

Mobile Internet.

Larry Page suddenly realized that after Google missed the IPO, Google had little choice as it developed further.

Because, when they were still tired of dealing with Bing and had their eyes fixed on Bing, the founder behind Bing had already seen further ahead.

Mobile Internet, that is a part that Google has thought about but cannot participate in anyway.

10 billion US dollars,

5% of Bing shares.

There may not be any room for consideration at all.

Larry Page took a deep breath, and he simply said in front of Lu Qi, "The people sitting here are all senior executives of Google, although it is Sergey and I who decide the future in terms of shares.

But I now leave the choice to you... We will decide on the spot, which option do you prefer?"

Scanning the faces of Google's top executives one by one, Larry Page saw the faces of Sergey, Hans, and Ralph. He even saw Cheryl Sand in the vacant seat in the corner.

De Burgh's shadow. The loneliness at that moment did not let him ignore the heavy expressions on everyone's faces.

Seeing that no one started to speak, Larry Page said in a deep voice, "Guys, let me put it this way. If you choose to join Bing, please raise your hands."

A full 3 seconds,

like a century,

Everyone lowered their heads, and no one made eye contact with him.

Suddenly, my old friend Sergey Brin raised his hand.

Then another Ralph raised his hand.

Hans,

Lawrence,

carter,

Every guy who raised his hand felt relief from the heavy look on his face.

Larry Page looked around and everyone there became relaxed.

He smiled, raised his hand, and joined them.

Lu Qi looked at everything that happened in front of him in surprise, and everyone at Google suddenly laughed loudly. This seemingly weird scene brought him extreme relief.

"Mr. Lu, please tell Ning for me." Larry Page stood up, walked to Lu Qi and stretched out his hand, "We all look forward to the win-win vision he gave us, and we all look forward to him leading us on the ride.

The express train to the future.”