The Millennium Semiconductor Survival Guide

Chapter 53 Two-Wire Operation

From a technical perspective, Robin has never worried about not having investment.

According to the original historical trajectory, Infoseek, his current company, will soon be acquired by Disney. After being acquired by Disney, he decided to return to China to start a business.

After making this decision alone, DFJ is willing to invest $2.6 million in him.

Nine months later, DFJ and IDG added another 10 million US dollars to Baidu.

Even if Robin hasn't started chatting with investors yet, he is well aware of the value of his technology.

"How was your chat with Newman today?" Robin's wife is also a talented person. Like Zhou Xin, she graduated from the junior class of Huaguo University of Science and Technology. After graduating from a bachelor's degree and going abroad at the age of 19, she got a doctorate in biology in New Jersey.

Robin replied: "I didn't see anything, he expressed his willingness to invest in me, and made it clear that even if I plan to stay in Silicon Valley to start a business, he is willing to invest in me.

It's just that the other party said that I must use patents to invest in the newly established company. "

Robin paused for a moment and continued: "I still haven't decided whether to return to China or stay in Silicon Valley.

The pressure of competition in Silicon Valley is too great. If I return to China, I am confident that I will definitely be the number one in China in terms of technology. "

When Zhou Xin communicated with Robin, he had no other requirements. He believed in Robin's ability.

Purely from the perspective of ability, Robin has no problem at all in the era of Web1.0 and even Web2.0.

Later, Baidu fell behind and started from the mobile Internet.

But Zhou Xin doesn't know Robin's specific personality, and there will definitely be deviations between the image created by the media and his real image.

Observing the Internet public opinion in Huaguo, we can also see some clues. When it comes to Baidu, most of them are evil, and PPC advertisements are flying everywhere, but few people will point the finger at Robin.

Including falling behind in the era of mobile Internet, people will talk about Baidu, but not Robin.

It's as if Robin only cares about technology and doesn't care about operations.

This is definitely a top PR level to maintain Robin's personal image.

Ma Dongmin was a bystander: "Does starting a business in American affect your return to China to start a business?

From the perspective of raising funds, Newman is a good endorsement object.

And he has a relationship with you and alumni. You can use the start-up funds he gave you to start a business in Silicon Valley.

Even if you fail, it will not affect your return to China to start a business later.

There is no contradiction between the two. "

After finishing speaking, Ma Dongmin also paused, then stood up and looked at Robin: "Didn't you always feel that you were underappreciated before.

Do you feel that you have failed in Infoseek?

Now that someone is willing to invest in you, why worry about gains and losses?

Moreover, it is only your own subjective opinion that returning to China can attract investment. In fact, those investors are just hinting at you. "

After Robin got a master's degree in computer science, he first worked on Wall Street and then in Silicon Valley. These two places can be regarded as the most prosperous areas in American.

Ma Dongmin obviously didn't want to return to China, nor did he want to be separated from Robin.

Moreover, only academia can provide jobs with a high enough matching degree when a doctor of biology returns to China, and the industry either pays poorly or has a low degree of job matching.

Robin thought about it for a long time, mainly due to Zhou Xinyan's status as an alumnus of Yanda University and his past fame.

Zhou Xin's reputation in China at this time is even more popular than that of the Harvard girl in time and space.

Whether it is transferring from Yanda University to Berkeley direct Ph.D., or starting a business with a net worth of more than one billion U.S. dollars, no matter which of these two things is considered remarkable from the perspective of the world.

Huaguo has always had a tradition of worshiping academic qualifications. Even after looking at money in the 1980s, there is still no lack of worship of academic qualifications. The worship of academic qualifications from top foreign schools is even more serious in the current academic worship.

Not to mention that Zhou Xin studied at a top prestigious school in China.

Under the double halo, and New Oriental needs Zhou Xin to advertise their study abroad business, it is no exaggeration to describe Zhou Xin as a household name in China.

You must know that the $20 genuine version of "Angry Birds" has sold more than 10,000 in China.

Last year, Wang Qiang chose Zhou Xin as the spokesperson for New Oriental to study abroad, and Yu Minhong directly raised the price from 50,000 to 100,000. This matter has been talked about in New Oriental.

With the help of Zhou Xin's reputation, New Oriental's overseas study business has conquered cities in first- and second-tier cities.

Even Zhou Xin's roommates at Yanda were treated differently because of this.

Originally, according to the usual practice, other students would transfer to live in the vacated position of Zhou Xin's transfer school.

But because Zhou Xin's rise was so fast, no one was arranged to live in the dormitory vacated by Zhou Xin.

In addition, Cao Yongluo also went abroad for an exchange, Li Li and Wang Wei just enjoyed a two-person world.

Inside Yanda, various people, from classmates to teachers to outside reporters, often come to ask them about Zhou Xin's deeds.

Relying on this alone, I can spend no less than 20 meals at the Yanjing Hotel.

"What do you think of Newman?" Robin and his wife were discussing, Sergey Brin and Larry Page were also discussing.

"Based on his track record, Newman is a typical Silicon Valley guy.

The spirit of innovation runs through his products throughout.

When I met him this time, he didn't show too much innovation, but showed a keen sense of smell in the business field.

Quickly captured the advantages of us and Yahoo.

When we were looking for people to invest in, we needed to take the trouble to describe to them where Google's advantages are.

Why you can invest in Google.

We even made a flash animation when we went to pull the first investment.

But communicating with Newman does not require these redundant steps at all, and he can even capture the commercial value that we have not discovered.

Let me put his word for it, he's a born entrepreneur. "

(released by flash in 1995)

Sergey Brin's introversion is in front of outsiders, and being introverted does not mean talking less.

Introverts tend to be sharp and able to see more details.

Larry Page nodded, "I agree with you.

Newman not only knows the business well, but also our technology.

His business understanding is based on understanding our technical level.

I think he would be a good investor and I think we can take his investment.

Just don't be in such a hurry to reply to him, wait a few days. "

Unlike what Zhou Xin thought, Zhou Xin thought that because Bezos voted, Bezos was unwilling to let him have a hand in the Google project.

In fact, Bezos' investment ratio has no effect on whether Google should accept his investment.

And the Google project is just a trivial project for Bezos at the moment.