my return 2002

Chapter 379 Google wants to acquire?

That night, shortly after Li Xuelin left, when Shen Lang was about to rest, he suddenly received a call from an unknown person.

"Hey?"

There was an English message on the other end of the phone.

"Hi, Mr. Shen, I'm Sergey Brin, I heard that you've come to the United States, do you have time to meet?"

Shen Lang was stunned for a moment before he remembered who the other party was, one of the two founders of Google.

"Of course, when is it convenient for Mr. Sergey?" Shen Lang roughly guessed the reason why the other party asked him to meet, and readily agreed.

"How about lunch tomorrow? We can chat while eating." Sergey has done his homework in advance and knows that Chinese people like to discuss business at the dinner table.

Hanging up the phone, Shen Lang couldn't help laughing. It was obvious that Sergey came here for the Star System. As a competitor, being able to get Google's attention shows that the development of the Star System has achieved certain results in recent years.

In business, if a competitor turns a blind eye to you, it means that you are not enough to attract the attention of the other party.

Of course, this is not a good thing for Shen Lang. It shows that Google has already regarded the star system as a competitor, just like Google wanted to acquire Baidu on the eve of Baidu's listing. After Baidu refused to be acquired, Google immediately began to deploy Entered the Mainland market, and largely succeeded.

The reason why Baidu was able to defeat Google was not only a certain first-mover advantage, but also relying more on the protection of policies. Otherwise, even in a short period of time, Google could not defeat Baidu. As long as there is blood transfusion from the head office, Google can gain a firm foothold in the mainland market Still not a problem.

Since there are two important meetings tomorrow, Shen Lang deliberately took sleeping pills to help him sleep in order to prevent himself from being troubled by jet lag.

This sleep lasted until ten o'clock in the morning, when Shen Lang finished washing, Li Xuelin was already waiting in the hall.

Originally, Li Xuelin thought that Shen Lang was going to the company, but Shen Lang temporarily changed the itinerary.

"To meet someone I've admired for a long time!" Shen Lang said with a meaningful smile.

Speaking of it, Sergey is definitely a legend. It took only 2010 years for Google to become an Internet giant in the world from an idea in a small garage to 12, which is a legend.

Although Shen Lang has made some achievements now, he has never underestimated any successful person. After all, his success relies more on the foresight brought about by rebirth, while others rely on real strength, even if there is some in this strength. An element of luck.

Arriving at a private club that he had made an appointment with, Shen Lang met the person who founded Google in the private room.

"Mr. Shen, nice to meet you." Sergey warmly shook Shen Lang's hand and invited him to sit down.

Shen Lang said politely: "It is my honor to know Mr. Sergey."

The two sides exchanged a few more pleasantries, and Sergey said to Shen Lang insinuatingly: "The Xingchen system is a good operating system, and Mr. Shen seems to have great expectations for it?"

Shen Lang laughed secretly in his heart, but on the surface he remained calm, and said lightly: "It's not about expectations, but Mr. Sergey should know that Internet products under Inspur Group need a mobile phone operating system to occupy the share of the mobile market."

Hearing this, Sergey's eyes flashed a look of joy: "If it's just that, the Android system is actually a good choice. To be honest, the investment in making a mobile phone operating system is large, but the benefits are not high. Sir, can you try to cooperate with us?"

This is what Tu Qiong saw, Shen Lang couldn't help sneering secretly, but there was a warm and angry look on his face: "Mr. Sergey wants me to give up the star system?"

Sergey quickly said: "Of course not, what I mean is, maybe we can choose to cooperate, for example, Google pays a high price to acquire the Star system, and then merge the Star system with the Android system, so that we can complete the competition in the mainland market." Thanks to the overall transcendence of the system."

Shen Lang was secretly funny, Sergey was lying to himself. On the surface it was a cooperation, but in fact he wanted to acquire the Star system. What a merger, to put it bluntly, was Xuezang. To convince him, he even came up with a Symbian system as a imaginary enemy.

If it was someone else, maybe they might be fooled. Unfortunately, Sergey didn't know that Shen Lang came back from the era of mobile Internet. The Android system is pulled down, and it does not pose a threat at all.

Of course, Shen Lang was not in a hurry to tear himself apart with Google, so he pretended to be excited and asked back.

"How much does Google want to spend to acquire Star System?"

Sergey tentatively quoted a price: "How about 50 billion US dollars?"

Shen Lang smiled mockingly, but did not answer.

Sergey was a little embarrassed, took a sip from his wine glass, and used this to demonstrate embarrassment: "Of course, if Mr. Shen is not satisfied with the price, we can still talk about it. The main reason is the recent subprime mortgage crisis, and Google also has financial difficulties."

"Then when Google has more cash, let's talk about it." Shen Lang picked up his wine glass and clinked with the other party.

Knowing that the acquisition failed, Sergey could only sigh, but he did not give up, and instead persuaded Shen Lang to join the Android camp.

"Although the Star System has a good market share in the mainland, it is only the mainland market after all. Inspur Group will always go to the world one day, and the Android system is a completely open and inclusive alliance. Join us and you can gain the world market. .”

Faced with Sergey's eloquent talk, if it was someone else, he would probably be tempted. However, Shen Lang understood that Sergey's purpose was actually to open up the mainland market so that the Android system could develop rapidly. From the very beginning, he What they fancy is the software and hardware manufacturers of the star camp.

To put it bluntly, as long as Shen Lang opens up, other software and hardware manufacturers will definitely connect with Android in order to occupy more market share, and the star camp created by Shen Lang will collapse.

This foreigner is very bad!Don't look at Sergey's appearance as a technical geek, and he still shows shyness in his speech and demeanor. From this point, it can be judged that this guy is completely pretending, just to let Shen Lang relax his vigilance.

An entrepreneur who has worked in the business circle of the United States for 12 years, if he said that he still retains the youthfulness of his entrepreneurial days, Shen Lang would not believe it.

"Well, I'll think about it." Shen Lang pretended to be hesitant and said.

After eating and drinking enough, Shen Lang left. This meeting also made Shen Lang a little vigilant. Obviously, Google's interest in the mainland market has not slowed down because of the failure of Google Search in the mainland, but is actively deploying.

After also leaving the restaurant, Sergey came to Google headquarters, the office of another Google founder Larry Page.

Larry Page asked: "How was the conversation with that Oriental man?"

Sergey sighed: "It's not good, this is a very shrewd person, and he is hostile to us."

"Hostile?" Larry Page frowned slightly when he heard the words: "Is it because the Android system entered the mainland market?"

"Maybe, but I think there should be a deeper reason." Sergey said.

"for example?"

"For example, he wants to be China's Microsoft!"

Larry Page knocked on the table, took out a document and handed it to Sergey: "Google search may be withdrawing from the mainland market. This is very bad news for us. We have conquered the world, but we cannot Conquer a small inland market!"

"This is an emerging market with more than one billion people, but without Google, this is unacceptable to shareholders."

Sergey frowned: "So, what do you mean?"

"Maybe we need to give Jelson more support!"

On the other side, Shen Lang came to the new office building of Star International. Due to the rapid business development, Li Xuelin could only move the company to the office building in the downtown area.

"Good job, you have worked hard these few years." Shen Lang said to Li Xuelin.

Li Xuelin smiled: "Actually, I have lived quite comfortably here in the United States for the past few years. I don't have to stay up late and work overtime like in China, and my business development is relatively smooth. On the contrary, I spend more time with my family."

Shen Lang nodded: "It's best if you can adapt here, by the way, how is the Ice Frog doing? Has the launch time of DOTA2 been fixed yet?"

According to the original plan, DOTA2 should start the internal test in January, however, it is almost February now, and Ice Frog is still making balance changes. .

Li Xuelin said: "It's been confirmed. On February 15th, Ice Frog has sent the client version over. We also tried it internally. It feels pretty good. It's just that I'm used to playing League of Legends. It sounds a little too cumbersome."

This Shen Lang is actually impressive. Taking League of Legends as an example, all skills have a release range. Players can clearly know the casting distance of their skills, which positions can be hit, and which positions cannot be hit.

However, DOTA2 did not have this function in the early days. The skill release distance depends entirely on the individual's understanding of the hero. This has caused many novices to be completely confused, thinking that all the skills they can hit are empty, but they are counter-killed by others. The game experience is extremely good. Difference.

Shen Lang asked a question during the demo, Li Xuelin slapped his head: "I said why I think this game is a bit awkward to play, so the problem is here."

"Does that mean that Ice Frog will improve and postpone the internal test for a while?"

Shen Lang waved his hand: "No need, it's not too late to revise together during the public beta. Now that League of Legends is ahead, if DOTA2 drags on, the day lily will be cold."

In fact, there is another person who is more anxious than Shen Lang, and that is Zhu Jun. Since the loss of [World of Warcraft], Ninetowns' revenue has dropped by 95%, which is basically equivalent to no income. In addition, football is still burning. For money, Zhu Jun can't wait to squat at the door of Ice Frog's studio to urge him every day.

It's a pity that Ice Frog's character is still so unhurried, no matter how Zhu Jun urges him, he still does things according to his own rhythm, and even finds time to update DOTA1 during his off work time, which almost makes Zhu Jun vomit blood with anger.

In the evening, Shen Lang came to an Arabic restaurant and met the representative of ATic Group.

"Mr. Shen, we already know your reason for coming, but we have a question, why should we accept your investment?" The other party asked straight to the point.

Shen Lang said seriously: "First of all, I have my own chip design company in the mainland, and I also have my own chip factory. Although I am not an expert in this industry, I at least know how to make chips better than ATic. I believe that through Our cooperation can quickly allow GlobalFoundries to step out of the shadow of AMD and create higher value!"

The Middle Eastern man scratched his beard, thought for a moment and asked a question: "But if you don't understand technology, you can't become the CEO of GlobalFoundries. Although we don't understand chips, we can definitely hire professional managers to do it."

Shen Lang smiled and shook his head: "It's no problem hiring professional managers in other industries, but the chip industry is different. If you don't understand the development laws of the chip industry and don't know whether the company's development path is right or wrong, then You can only be at the mercy of professional managers, and you must know that not all professional managers are reliable."

The Middle Eastern people were a little moved when they heard the words, but they didn't respond immediately, but continued to shake their heads: "Sorry, we can't trust you completely."

"But you should believe in the power of money. I invested in the company. At least I hope that everyone can make money together when the company's performance is improved. Those professional managers are different. They have high annual salaries, even if the company goes bankrupt, they still don't have money." It will affect their income." Shen Lang retorted calmly.

The Middle Eastern man paused, pondered for a long time before saying, "What you said makes sense, but it's not enough."

"What if I can bring a huge order to GlobalFoundries?" Shen Lang said lightly.

"How big is the order?"

"An order of at least one billion US dollars per year, you know, this order was originally to be handed over to TSMC, but if I can become a member of GlobalFoundries' board of directors, I will hand over this order to GlobalFoundries Germany to do it!"

If Hu Weiwu and the others were there, they would probably be overwhelmed. Obviously, TSMC did not accept the order, as if it was breaching the contract specifically for GlobalFoundries.

Sure enough, people in the Middle East are tempted. Now that GlobalFoundries has left AMD, what is the biggest problem?It is not funds or technology, but orders. So far, GlobalFoundries still relies heavily on AMD for its orders. However, AMD has been declining in recent years, and its shipments have become less and less, so naturally orders have also decreased. Luo Fangde had to limit production capacity.

GlobalFoundries would not be unable to get orders in normal times. The key is that after the subprime mortgage crisis, the global chip market has been cold. Even TSMC has laid off 30% of its employees because of a sharp drop in orders, let alone GlobalFoundries.

An order of one billion US dollars, and one billion US dollars per year, is definitely a big order for GlobalFoundries.

The Middle Easterner did not give an immediate answer, but stretched out his hand: "I need to report to the board of directors."

"I'm only staying in the United States for three days." Shen Lang put pressure on them in order not to give them too much time to investigate.

"Okay, I'll give you an answer within three days!"

(End of this chapter)