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Suri studied at Stanford University and also does business in Silicon Valley.

Basically have an understanding of the local situation.

The land recommended to him by the real estate agent this time is located near Google's Mountain View headquarters. Previously, he only knew that the total area was about 72 acres, which is almost equivalent to 291,000 square meters.

However, after Su Rui was tricked by a real estate agent from all the way over and inspected the vacant land on the spot, he realized that he needed to sit down and negotiate with more than 40 land owners in total before he could have the opportunity to sign contracts one by one for the acquisition, and then realize the purchase. Overall development of the land.

As long as the money is in place, it won't be a big problem to acquire the land near Google's headquarters.

But although Suri was rich, he had no interest in being taken advantage of. He refused without saying a word, too lazy to waste energy on such an acquisition negotiation with more than forty sellers.

How could Su Rui not understand such things as nail households?

The ownership of the land in Mountain View is relatively dispersed. If someone acts as a thorn in the side and raises a high price again at a critical moment, the entire development project will be affected.

To take a step back, it is certain to spend a lot of time and effort at a high price. The area of ​​​​Silicon Valley is large enough, and there is no need to mess around.

You've come, you can't leave empty-handed.

Suri continued to stay in Silicon Valley, this time choosing to stay at the Four Seasons Hotel in Palo Alto, and asked secretary Amanda to help spread the news, saying that he hoped to acquire a large piece of land to build the company's headquarters.

Secretary Amanda is neat and tidy.

Wanting to avoid being pocketed by middlemen, I directly used Facebook, Tweet, TikTok and other platforms as Secretary Suri to publicly announce the requirements for the land to be purchased, such as the area should not be less than 50 acres, convenient transportation and living facilities, The price is affordable, etc. We hope that a real estate developer who meets the conditions will take the initiative to negotiate.

Suddenly, almost all real estate agents in the United States were excited, hoping to retire on this business, and tried every means to collect relevant information.

Suri was quite speechless after hearing the news.

However, it must be said that this kind of public purchase was really efficient, and the first person who tried to contact him was actually Yahoo.

The new CEO of Yahoo, Marissa Mayer, who just took office recently, personally came to the hotel where Suri was staying.

This woman in her thirties has blond hair and is wearing a women's suit. Her high heels make a clear "ta-da-da" sound when she steps on the floor tiles.

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Marissa Mayer smiled broadly, shook hands with Suri, and told:

"It's an honor to meet you. Although I am older than you, I am also a loyal fan of yours and have liked your songs since I was young. In other words, I may be one of your earliest fans. When you first sent your singing video online, several colleagues at Google and I noticed you, but we didn’t expect you to be so successful.”

Being able to become the CEO of Yahoo and being called "Yahoo's savior" by many financial media, Marissa Mayer is certainly somewhat capable.

In fact, she is the 20th employee of Google. She joined Google as early as its founding and has grown with the company to become one of the giants of Silicon Valley, and has taken the position of a Google executive.

Although Suri is not sure why Yahoo's board of directors chose her to be the new CEO, feedback from the outside world seems to have high expectations for Marissa Mayer to turn the tide.

Judging from the recent trends in Silicon Valley, Marissa Mayer's attempt to save Yahoo seems to be to madly acquire other Internet companies, add new profit points for it, and monetize Yahoo's traffic.

Not a bad idea.

Unfortunately, if she's not careful, Suri is worried that she will completely deplete Yahoo's cash reserves and become the straw that breaks the camel's back.

After all, she is not Suri, so how can she accurately find every acquisition target?

After Marissa Mayer finished speaking, he said with a smile:

"I didn't expect it at the time. Maybe I was lucky. There was news that you were the most beautiful executive in Silicon Valley. You look much younger in person than in the photo."

There are few women who don't like to be praised for their youth and beauty. Marissa Mayer smiled even brighter and said: "No wonder so many beautiful celebrities openly express their love for you. You are also very handsome."

It's just a courtesy to each other to get closer.

There are several wealthy women in Silicon Valley today, and Marissa Mayer, who is worth about $300 million due to her holdings of Google’s original shares and option bonus shares, is one of them.

According to the gossip Suri learned, the rich woman who received the most attention was obviously the widow of Steve Jobs, who inherited billions of dollars and has recently become very close to some male stars, football stars, and Silicon Valley star venture capital managers.

After a simple courtesy.

Marissa Mayer finally got to the point, telling Suri:

"As early as 2006, Yahoo was still at its peak, with more than 12,000 employees, and its business continued to expand."

"In order to avoid insufficient office space, I spent US$106 million in advance to purchase 48.6 acres of undeveloped land in Santa Clara. I just have the idea of ​​selling it now."

"This land is very close to the heart of Silicon Valley, and there are no property rights disputes. It is about 4 miles from Yahoo headquarters and close to Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers football team. It basically meets all your requirements, and the price is still Without an appraisal, I promise it won’t be too high. If you acquire the 37.98 acres of land next door, it will be enough to meet any of your office needs.”

Suri himself was building the Warriors' home arena and certainly remembered where Levi's Stadium was.

The 48.6 acres of land is approximately equivalent to 196,600 square meters. If the planned office park is divided and used only for Tweet, TikTok and Netflix entertainment, it is basically enough.

As for S Electric Vehicle Company, it can acquire the land adjacent to it because there is no need to consider the issue of manufacturing in Silicon Valley and the land area is sufficient.

What makes Su Rui most satisfied is that this land is not only more worry-free, but also has the opportunity to drive down the price.

Apart from him, I haven't heard of any other company purchasing land for a new headquarters recently. In transactions worth hundreds of millions of dollars, anyone can participate casually.

Coming to a quick conclusion, Suri replied to Marissa Mayer:

"It can be given priority. I want to conduct an on-site inspection first to ensure that there is sufficient infrastructure in the surrounding area to meet the rental and transportation needs of employees."

"Of course it's no problem. Yahoo's headquarters is also nearby. If employees have a car, it's very convenient to travel. They can live in downtown San Jose."

With the rare opportunity to reach out to Suri, Marissa Mayer asked a more pressing question.

She spoke:

"Under my management, I believe Yahoo will soon change. In fact, I would like to invite you to inspect Yahoo. I hope you can consider adding Yahoo to Caishen Capital's investment portfolio. I feel that in many aspects, we have There is the possibility of cooperation." (End of chapter)