Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 763

In recent years, two companies, Ferry and 3721, have fought fiercely in the search market.

In order to fight against Baidu and gain market share, Zhou Hongyi, who became the deputy director of the Computer Security Committee of Xiaguo Computer Society more than ten years later, is playing a routine that users are forced to install plug-ins when installing computers, and it is difficult to uninstall them. The plug-in even pushes some colored content links, so that it got the nickname of "the father of rogue software".

It can only be said that the person who is best at "antivirus" must be the person who knows the "virus" best.

For Yang Zhiyuan, who likes to gamble heavily, Zhou Hongyi, a technical genius who also does not take an unusual path, is the goal that best meets his expectations.

Lu Yiming said to Yang Zhiyuan: "As we all know, population is the foundation of everything. Xiaguo has the largest population in the world, so it will inevitably have the world's largest market in the future. If we can deploy and take root in Xiaguo as soon as possible, Yahoo! The Internet market in Xiaguo is bound to be able to make a difference. The beautiful country is too small, and the population is only a fraction of Xiaguo. If you need, I think we can cooperate in this regard. I happen to have a little bit in Xiaguo achievements."

Yang Zhiyuan's eyes lit up, and he asked, "What are you going to do?"

Lu Yiming didn't answer Yang Zhiyuan's question directly, but asked: "I think you know about 3721, right?"

How could Yang Zhiyuan not know about 3721?After all, Yahoo has long focused its next investment on Xiaguo. Whether it is Ferry or 3721, they are all the targets he has chosen, but he has not yet made a decision yet.But what Lu Yiming said now coincided with what he thought.

Although deep down in his heart he even had the urge to regard Lu Yiming as a confidant, but Yang Zhiyuan knew very well that Lu Yiming was sitting here to negotiate business with him, and he had to do his best to hide his true thoughts and prevent Lu Yiming from raising prices.

After all, this is the guy who can say that Google is worth 5000 trillion US dollars, and it will not be surprising that any shocking words pop out of his mouth.

After turning all kinds of thoughts in his mind, Yang Zhiyuan said calmly: "I've heard of it, but I don't know much about it."

Of course, Lu Yiming didn't believe Yang Zhiyuan's words. After all, a businessman who doesn't understand his competitors is no different from an idiot.He said bluntly: "Whether Mr. Yang really doesn't know or pretends not to know, there are actually not many choices in front of Yahoo, and no matter how Yahoo chooses, it is actually the same to me. "

Yang Zhiyuan was very unhappy that the leading power of the conversation fell into Lu Yiming's hands, so he argued with reason: "I know Mr. Lu, you are the major shareholder of 3721. When you come here this time, I'm afraid you can also see that Yahoo intends to acquire 3721. But Mr. Lu, Yahoo’s choice is not limited to 3721, if your asking price is too high, we can also choose ferry.”

Lu Yiming smiled and said: "It's not wrong, it's a business. There is definitely nothing wrong with shopping around. Moreover, the development of the ferry in Xia Guo is not bad, and it can be regarded as your candidate, Mr. Yang. But I still recommend 3721."

Yang Zhiyuan knew that it was meaningless to hide clumsy in front of Lu Yiming, so he asked straight to the point: "If I want to win 3721, how much do you plan to offer, Mr. Lu?"

Lu Yiming returned a price that sounded much more respectable: "US$7000 million."

Of course, this so-called decency is based on what Lu Yiming said before that "Google is worth 1.5 trillion".

It has to be said that Lu Yiming understands price anchoring.

Lu Yiming can call out Google's trillion-dollar market value. At first glance, this 3721 is less than [-] million, which is much more reasonable.

However, Yang Zhiyuan is not someone who is easily fooled. He is very clear about the actual value of 3721, so he immediately retorted: "This price is really too expensive."

Lu Yiming said confidently: "The current profitability of 3721 is still very good. The annual turnover can exceed 2 million RMB, which is only 3721 million US dollars. It can be earned back in more than ten years. My quotation is not high at all. Mr. Yang, good things can’t be cheap, I guarantee that [-] is definitely worth the money.”

Naturally, Yang Zhiyuan refused to accept such a high price, which was twice his psychological price. Whoever was taken advantage of by him was a fool.

Moreover, Yang Zhiyuan didn't believe a word of Lu Yiming's words. After all, he had secretly sent someone to find out the details of 3721, so he retorted: "3721's turnover is [-] million, which does not mean that the profit is also [-] million, and the Chinese website This kind of service, let alone ten years, may have a competitor within ten months. If you don’t sell it now, maybe it will become worthless in a few months.”

The two sides came and went, fighting with each other, and finally talked about 2000 million US dollars. Lu Yiming insisted on this price, and Yang Zhiyuan was unwilling to compromise, so the negotiation immediately came to a deadlock.

"Oh, look, I'm getting hungry while I'm talking. Although Mr. Yang doesn't seem to be able to accept my point of view today, I believe this is only temporary. As long as we continue to strengthen mutual trust and understanding, there will always be A day of agreement."

Lu Yiming stood up, cupped his hands towards Yang Zhiyuan, and said, "Farewell."

Although Zhou Hongyi told him that he wanted to sell 3721 to Yahoo, but now Lu Yiming is not in a hurry.

Although Yang Zhiyuan is very anxious now, after all, Google is pressing every step of the way, but he doesn't want to show this anxiety and let Lu Yiming know.After all, Lu Yiming's price was [-] million US dollars more than his psychological price, so of course he was not willing to compromise like this.

Therefore, when Lu Yiming wanted to leave, he didn't stop him. He planned to let Lu Yiming hang out and let Lu Yiming calm down.

After leaving Yahoo and just got into the car, Yu Jiayi said to Lu Yiming: "Mr. Lu, Mr. Zhou from 3721 called several times just now."

Lu Yiming took out his mobile phone, dialed and complained: "This old Zhou, you are in a hurry."

"Hello? Old Zhou, what are you doing calling me all the time without sleeping in the middle of the night?"

Zhou Hongyi giggled a few times first, then asked impatiently, "How is it? Mr. Lu, have you talked to Yahoo?"

Lu Yiming said: "I know you are in a hurry, but don't be in a hurry. We talked about it just now, and Yang Zhiyuan's current asking price is only 1.2 million US dollars, which I think is too little."

Hearing what Lu Yiming said, Zhou Hongyi felt very speechless.

As the saying goes, my family knows their own affairs, how much 3721 is worth, how can Zhou Hongyi, as the boss, not know?

"Mr. Lu, the price of 1.2 million US dollars, I think it's not bad. If they pay the money quickly, it may not be impossible to sell."

However, Lu Yiming seemed even more excited than the founder Zhou Hongyi.He said with righteous indignation: "Don't you think, I want me to think, 3721 is worth 2 million US dollars, right? I will never accept such a high-quality asset to be sold at a low price."

On the other end of the phone, Zhou Hongyi rolled his eyes, unable to complain anymore.

Obviously he is the "father" of 3721, why do you feel that now he has become a wild father and Lu Yiming is the founder of the company?
What a hell!

But Zhou Hongyi couldn't help but fantasize that if it could really sell for 2 million US dollars, it would seem like a good thing.

But he was greedy and rational, and asked Lu Yiming a little nervously: "The price of 2 million US dollars is too high, can Mr. Yang agree?"

Lu Yiming said confidently: "Don't worry, I will let him agree."

Yahoo Inc.

CEO Terry Semel walked into the office and saw Yang Zhiyuan kneading his eyebrows in a bad mood, so he asked him, "Jerry, what's wrong with you?"

Yang Zhiyuan sighed deeply, and said, "Just now, Lu Yiming came over."

Of course, Terry Semel had heard of Lu Yiming, a ruthless character who was mentioned by countless people on Wall Street with hatred.He asked curiously: "Lu Yiming? The common enemy of Wall Street? What is he doing here?"

Regarding Terry Semel, Yang Zhiyuan naturally had no need to hide anything, and said directly: "He wants to sell 3721 to Yahoo, and the asking price is 2000 million U.S. dollars."

Hearing this, Terry Semel was even more shocked than Yang Zhiyuan just now, and couldn't help screaming: "Is he crazy? Just such a small company, how can it be worth [-] million US dollars?"

In fact, if it wasn't for Google's constant pressure and Yahoo's time constraints, they wouldn't even want to spend the $3721 million they were planning to acquire [-].

Yahoo's life is not easy now, and it is naturally impossible to spend money like it was a few years ago.

Terry Semel was not only the president of the entertainment distribution department of Disney, but also the president of the entertainment distribution department of CBS, so he reacted quickly and said to Yang Zhiyuan: "The richest man in Lu is also confident now. I think you can talk to Ferry first. It doesn’t matter if it succeeds or not, let’s put the wind first and put pressure on Lu Yiming.”

After returning to the hotel, Lu Yiming just took a shower and ate some snacks. After thinking about it, he called Li Yiwen.

In the end, what Lu Yiming didn't expect was that it was Li Zixian who answered the phone.

In the newly bought big villa, Li Yiwen was a little dissatisfied when he saw Li Zixian answering the phone, and muttered in a daze, "Who is it? You called here in the middle of the night."

Li Zixian rolled his eyes at him, and said, "Who else is this? Isn't it your good cousin in the beautiful country."

That is to say, in the beautiful country, it is still daytime at this point, so it is reasonable for Lu Yiming to call.If Lu Yiming was in China, he must be sleeping at this point.

Needless to say, Lu Yiming's work and rest are quite normal, and he sleeps for at least eight hours every night.

Li Yiwen took the phone from Li Zixian, and said to Lu Yiming unhappily, "Why are you staying awake in the middle of the night?"

Lu Yiming said with a smile: "Ah, cousin, you haven't woken up yet?"

"I think you are a big-headed ghost, big brother, do you know what time it is? If you have something to say, hurry up and fart."

Lu Yiming said: "I talked with Yahoo today, and I plan to sell 2.2 to Yahoo for US$3721 million."

Li Yiwen couldn't fall asleep in an instant. He sat up in shock and asked Lu Yiming: "I remember when you invested in 3721, you spent 500 million to get 30% of the shares, right? Are these shares worth five dollars now?" More than [-] million?"

Boy, how long has it been?There are hundreds of times the return on investment?

Once again, Li Yiwen felt the charm of investing in the Internet, it was really like buying a lottery ticket, it was so exciting.

However, what Lu Yiming said next made Li Yiwen calm down a lot: "Yang Zhiyuan is not willing to agree to my offer now, I guess he will go to negotiate with the ferry soon, and then you can help me get Li Hongyan out of the way, so that he doesn't get too hot-headed Sell ​​the company."

This is something you can think of with your ass.There are only two that Yahoo can buy, one is 3721 and the other is Ferry. Now that the negotiations with 3721 have reached an impasse, they will naturally go to Ferry.

Li Yiwen didn't know this, and asked in confusion, "Yahoo wants to buy a ferry? How did you know?"

Lu Yiming said: "Yahoo has lost its foundation in North America. If it doesn't seek a retreat, is it waiting to die? Now the Chinese search is the most powerful, only two companies, Ferry and 3721, Yang Zhiyuan has no other choice. I guess he The asking price may be 5000 million U.S. dollars, cousin, you must resist the temptation of sugar-coated bullets."

Li Yiwen yawned halfway back, "How much did you say?"

Back then, when Lu Yiming asked him to invest in Ferry, he only invested less than 800 million in it. Now he holds 42% of the shares in Ferry.

Do the math, these shares are now worth at least 5.21 million!
To be honest, Li Yiwen felt that this was a bit too unreal. When he invested in Ferry before, he didn't realize how much the company was worth. Just checking.

As a result, the "lottery prize" was suddenly announced, which caught him off guard.

After hanging up the phone, Li Yiwen sat on the edge of the bed in a daze.

Li Zixian asked, "What's wrong with you? Did something happen?"

Li Yiwen said: "Before, I invested in the ferry according to my cousin. Now that Yahoo in the beautiful country wants to buy a ferry."

Li Zixian felt even more curious: "Isn't that good?"

Li Yiwen said: "It's very good. As long as I nod, I can make a net profit of more than [-] million yuan from this transaction."

Li Zixian was immediately startled by this number, covered her mouth and exclaimed in a low voice: "My God, more than five billion?"

With so much money, she used to only read lines when she was doing shows, and she never thought that one day, she would be able to get involved with such a huge sum of money.

However, Li Yiwen sighed and said, "Yes, more than [-] million yuan, but my cousin told me not to sell it."

Li Zixian quickly calmed down, and then suggested to Li Yiwen to listen to Lu Yiming, saying: "Lu Yiming is a capable person, I think you should trust him, after all, he will never cheat you for no reason, right?"

Li Yiwen said with a smile: "I think so too, but it's just a pity, more than [-] million, it's worth all my net worth now."

summer country.

Terry Semel ran to meet Li Hongyan himself.

Facing Li Hongyan, Terry Semel didn't show too much politeness, and directly explained his intention of coming.

For the quotation of 1.5 million US dollars, Li Hongyan was naturally very excited.

It has been less than 5 years since Ferry was established, and recently encountered the 3721 stubble in the field of Chinese search, and the two sides fought bloody battles.

Many venture capitalists believe that the current enthusiasm for the concept of the Internet in the capital market is difficult to last, so they chose a safer way to sell and cash out.

So much so that even Li Hongyan, the founder himself, has a pessimistic attitude towards the company's future.

If he could sell the company now, he would be able to cash out immediately and leave the market with hundreds of millions of cash in his pocket.

The negotiation went very smoothly. After all, the price Terry Semel offered was not low, and Li Hongyan had no reason to refuse it.

However, just when the two parties were about to sign the contract, Li Yiwen walked into Li Hongyan's office.

"President Li, long time no see."

Facing Li Yiwen, the major shareholder of the ferry, Li Hongyan of course did not dare to be negligent, and hurriedly said with a smile: "President Li, why are you here?"

Li Yiwen was not polite either. He sat down on the sofa and asked, "I heard you plan to sell the ferry?"

Li Hongyan was a little embarrassed and didn't have the nerve to answer.After all, the two parties have even prepared the signing materials, and there is no objection anymore.

Li Yiwen did not wait for Li Hongyan's answer, but just said to himself: "Yahoo has completely lost to Google in the North American search market. Now they want to enter the Chinese search field, which is actually a big gamble. Xia Guo. But the question is, will Yahoo be able to unify the Chinese search market?”

Li Hongyan was puzzled, and said, "Isn't it possible? That's Yahoo."

Li Yiwen shook his head, and said: "A few months ago, didn't eBay also come aggressively? In the end, it was not acclimatized, and returned home. If you look at the C2C field of e-commerce in Xiaguo now, who is the overlord? You Why do you think that Yahoo can take down Xiaguo Search by coming here?"

These words made Li Hongyan's heart flutter.

After all, you are still a young man, the blood in your heart is not cold, and in this world, who would not want to live a vigorous life and make a big career out of it?

Li Yiwen patted Li Hongyan on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Yahoo is not an Internet function company that values ​​technology, so no matter how large it looks, it is actually strong in the outside world and capable in the middle. The era of the Internet has changed. In the future, everyone will fight for users. Experience is all about technical prowess, and we have all of these. Times make heroes, are you really willing to sell your brilliant future for $1.5 million?"

Li Yiwen's words immediately convinced Li Hongyan.After all, he is also an ambitious person, otherwise he would not have thrown it all over the beautiful country to start a ferry.His expression became firm, and he said: "Mr. Li, you are right, the ferry must not be sold to Yahoo! It will not be sold for any amount!"

Li Yiwen laughed loudly: "I think, if Yahoo can spend tens of billions, we can still sell it."

Li Hongyan also laughed loudly when he heard the words: "It's a pity, Yahoo is not willing to pay this money no matter what."

(End of this chapter)