Rebirth 98, the rise started from ripping off Microsoft

Chapter 795 Google Is Listed
Cao Jingwen just said it casually, but unexpectedly, Yuan Ji didn't know which tendon was wrong, and reprimanded in a condescending attitude: "That's not how you drink red wine. It took the French hundreds of years to put red wine in it. The sugar is removed, and you say it should be sweeter? You don’t appreciate red wine at all.”

This sudden scene made both Lu Yiming and Shi Qingxue unexpected.

What surprised the two of them even more was that Cao Jingwen apologized submissively and said, "I'm sorry, I haven't had a drink..."

Seeing this scene, Lu Yiming immediately became upset, he still regarded Cao Jingwen as a friend, how could he tolerate Cao Jingwen being PUA like Yuan Ji?

"Isn't red wine made for people to drink? Is it a crime not to like red wine? I don't think this kind of red wine is good, it's sour and astringent. It's better to drink happy water."

While talking, he ran directly to the freezer next to the counter, took out a bottle of Arctic Ocean, knocked off the lid, gurgled down half of the bottle, and then leaned on the chair and burped beautifully, saying: "It's comfortable. .”

When Yuan Ji saw this scene, his eyes seemed to be looking at a country bumpkin entering the city, with a disgusted look on his face: "Are you drinking happy water in a high-end French restaurant?"

Lu Yiming glanced at him and said, "What? Can't you?"

Yuan Ji shook his head and said, "No taste, it's really too tasteless."

Lu Yiming couldn't help laughing: "Taste? What is taste? Drinking red wine and eating steak is considered tasteful? Then your taste is too low."

Yuan Ji didn't know who was sitting in front of him, so he talked eloquently: "So you are a country bumpkin. Let me tell you, if you want to enter the upper class society, learning how to taste red wine and understand red wine culture is a very necessary foundation Knowledge. Including table manners. If you don’t understand it, you will be laughed at when you go out to eat with others in the future. Young people, there is no harm in learning a little more, you must accept more advanced foreign cultures, and don’t be a frog at the bottom of the well.”

After teaching Lu Yiming, Yuan Ji looked at Shi Qingxue quite proudly, wanting to see some expressions about worship from Shi Qingxue's face.

However, he was disappointed, Shi Qingxue looked indifferent, and even Yuan Ji felt that Shi Qingxue looked at him strangely, as if she was looking at an idiot.

Yuan Ji hurriedly drove away this terrible thought in his heart, telling himself that he must be thinking too much.

Yuan Ji felt very disappointed in not being able to act aggressive in front of Shi Qingxue.

Just when Yuan Ji wanted to work harder and continue to act aggressively, Lu Yiming's cell phone rang. He took out his cell phone and found that it was an overseas number, so he said, "Hello?"

Yuan Ji was very upset, he felt that Lu Yiming's behavior was very disrespectful.

He murmured in his heart: "A bumpkin is a bumpkin, and he doesn't even know how to be polite."

The call was from Larry Page, and Lu Yiming chatted with him directly in English.

Lu Yiming's English skills are not bad, and he has used English frequently these years, so he is very fluent in English, which surprised Yuan Ji immediately.

He thought that Lu Yiming was just a domestic idiot, but he didn't expect his English to be so good.

On the phone, Larry Page told Lu Yiming excitedly: "Lu, it will be an important day in a few days, you won't forget it, right?
Lu Yiming thought for a while, but he really didn't remember any important days recently, so he tentatively asked, "What? Is it your birthday?"

When Larry Page heard Lu Yiming's words, his tone was full of disbelief: "My God, you really forgot? I told you a month in advance that Google is going public, you have to come here in person One trip, let's go to Nasdaq to ring the bell together."

Of course, Lu Yiming would not say that anyone would memorize this kind of thing if they have nothing to do, so he could only casually say: "Ah, how could I not remember? I was just joking with you. Don't worry, when Google went public, I Will definitely go to Nasdaq to ring the bell."

If Larry Page was in front of Lu Yiming, his eyes would roll to the sky.Now that Lu Yiming has said so, Larry Page has no choice but to remind again and again: "Then you must be on time, for Google, you are indispensable."

"Okay, I see. I'm preparing for dinner here, so it's hard for you to call me in the middle of the night."

After hanging up the phone, Lu Yiming couldn't help complaining: "Hey, isn't it just a listing, it's a big deal, and I have to go to the beautiful country."

He casually said to Shi Qingxue: "I'm going to the beautiful country again in a few days. Google is going to go public. Larry Page asked me to ring the bell with him."

Although Cao Jingwen has never been abroad and does not understand the changes in the world, she knows about Nasdaq and Google, so she couldn't help asking curiously: "Isn't Nasdaq the stock market of the beautiful country? Google is in the stock market of the beautiful country." It’s listed, why did you ask you to ring the bell?”

Lu Yiming said: "Because I invested in Google, I now have 7.5% of Google's shares in my hands, which can be regarded as a relatively large number of shares among single shareholders."

Hearing this, Yuan Ji couldn't help laughing: "There is a limit to bragging in front of girls, and now Google is a hot Internet company on Wall Street, and even Amundi is very interested in it , Unfortunately, you can't get the quota, and you still hold 7.5% of the shares?"

He also thought that Lu Yiming, like him, also wanted to show off in front of girls, so he was bragging.In order to retaliate against Lu Yiming's contempt for him just now, he mercilessly exposed Lu Yiming's lies.

Lu Yiming had a bad impression of Yuan Ji, so he didn't even bother to explain to Yuan Ji, and said directly: "Do you believe it or not."

Lu Yiming's attitude angered Yuan Ji, what he thought was that he had exposed Lu Yiming's lie, and Lu Yiming would immediately come out to make amends, he wanted to see Lu Yiming embarrassing himself in front of beautiful women.

But the situation obviously didn't develop in the direction he thought.

He sneered and said, "Believe it or not? I think you can't hold on to the bullshit. Ring the bell at Nasdaq. Didn't you hear her tell me what I do just now?"

Afterwards, he warned Cao Jingwen seriously: "You, don't contact this kind of liar in the future, or you won't know when he cheats on you."

Cao Jingwen was very upset, and said with a straight face: "Yuan Ji, Lu Yiming is my friend, I don't allow you to say that about him."

Is it a liar, Cao Jingwen still doesn't know?

The richest man in Asia, isn't it normal to have some Google shares in your hands?

Seeing that Cao Jingwen was still helping Lu Yiming, Yuan Ji was furious, and he stood up and said, "It seems that the three views of the two of us have very different views. You are not good enough for me. Let's break up. I won't eat this meal." It's disgusting. But don't worry, I will pay the money, or you country bumpkins will be washing dishes here."

Seeing Yuan Ji got up to leave, Cao Jingwen was very sad, and wanted to catch up to keep her, Lu Yiming said: "Okay, the sand that can't be held, it's better to lift it. People are so determined to look down on you, why do you go up there by yourself?" ? Can you still have a little self-respect and self-love?"

Shi Qingxue patted Lu Yiming's thigh, and said angrily, "You still say it."

Lu Yiming said resolutely: "It was originally. Besides, I'm doing it for Cao Jingwen's sake. That guy is so crazy that he's going to drive Bai Kong to the sky. Drinking red wine can make him feel superior. The brain must be abnormal, so it's better to get a good score sooner."

Cao Jingwen sat back on her seat again, took a deep breath, suppressed the tears that were about to fall, and said, "I'm fine, Lu Yiming is right, this kind of man gets married as soon as possible."

Thinking of Yuanji's eyes and demeanor just now, Shi Qingxue was also a little speechless, and sighed to Cao Jingwen: "How do you think you can meet such a top quality?"

Cao Jingwen curled her lips and said depressedly: "When we were together before, I just thought he was a little arrogant. Who knew it would be like this."

The master's status of Yuanji returnee is quite popular these years, and he has worked in a large asset management company such as Amundi. Whether it is accumulated contacts or work experience, it will be of great benefit to future development. .

Just from the "hardware" point of view, Yuanji can be regarded as a wealthy son-in-law.

However, this person's brain is broken, he is completely self-centered, he doesn't care about the feelings of the people around him, and being too controlling is not a good thing in a marriage.

Lu Yiming comforted Cao Jingwen and said: "There's no need for this kind of man to cry for him. After a meal, his true colors will be revealed. Wouldn't this kind of person keep him for the New Year? Don't worry, I'll introduce you to some rich and rich men." Dai, when the time comes to marry into a wealthy family and become a young mistress, wouldn’t it be wonderful to eat delicious food and drink spicy food?”

Shi Qingxue gave Lu Yiming a white look, and said, "Stop playing tricks here, didn't you see her sad?"

However, Cao Jingwen took a deep breath, wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes, and said to Lu Yiming with a smile: "That's what you said, introduce me to a rich second generation. I want the young, handsome and good-tempered one. "

Lu Yiming smiled and said, "No problem, I have everything I need."

While talking, the ordered meal came out. It was originally a meal for four people, but now three people eat it, which seems a bit much. Cao Jingwen said, "Would you like to refund a little? I heard that the food here is quite expensive."

Lu Yiming smiled and said: "Didn't that guy just say that he paid for it? Since he wants to be a wolf with a big tail, why do you want so much?"

Two days later, Lu Yiming and Shi Qingxue headed to the beautiful country.

The plane landed, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin went to the airport to pick it up in person. At this time, the two were in high spirits. Although they were still wearing technical house suits, the temperament of successful people on their bodies was gushing out. Can't stop it.

Sergey Brin saw Lu Yiming coming down the gangway, went up to meet him and said, "Lu, I was worried that you forgot our agreement."

Lu Yiming glanced at Larry Page and said with a smile, "How could I forget such an important thing?"

Hearing this, Larry Page was almost powerless to complain.

Larry Page said: "Lu, you haven't visited the company since it moved. Come on, let's go to the office first."

Google just moved into its headquarters in Mountain View, California, Santa Clara County last year. With the rapid development of the company's business, offices in Palo Alto and other nearby Silicon Valley are no longer enough.

Therefore, Google rented a series of office buildings in Mountain View, hoping to accommodate more than 1000 people at the same time, which is the Google headquarters known to everyone in the future.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin had a very good feeling for Lu Yiming, an investor, because Lu Yiming never interfered with Google's development, and he didn't even come to the company much.

Occasionally, when they encounter difficulties in business, they can always gain something from Lu Yiming with just a phone call or an email.

Who doesn't like such an investor?
So facing Lu Yiming, the two were very enthusiastic.

Although Lu Yiming had a smile on his face, he was actually feeling emotional in his heart. Only in this era can he know how fast the changes are.

Today's Google has grown into a large multinational company, and it was not favored by the market at all when it was founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page a few years ago.

In 1997, Google was just a research project called 'BackRub', and even Larry Page and Sergey Brin had no confidence in this project.

The group arrived at the brand new Google headquarters. Looking at the spacious and bright office, Lu Yiming smiled and said, "I really didn't expect that Google, which couldn't even be sold for $100 million a few years ago, is going to go public soon."

Speaking of the past, Larry Page was also deeply moved: "We really wanted to sell it to Yahoo for $100 million. It's a pity that we were rejected or even humiliated."

Lu Yiming said: "Fortunately Yahoo refused, otherwise there would be no Google today."

Sergey Brin said: "Yes, fate is really wonderful sometimes, and even we never thought that we would come to this point."

At the beginning, Yahoo was in full swing, and its scenery was infinite. Compared with it, Google was not even a coward standing in the corner.

As the saying goes, 30 years in Hedong, 30 years in Hexi.

It will not take 30 years. At the beginning, Yahoo was not even willing to pay 100 million US dollars, but now it can't win Google, a competitor in the search field, for 100 billion US dollars.

Today's Google, coming late and coming first, washed the old Yahoo to death on the beach, occupied Yahoo's search engine business wantonly, and achieved rapid development.

In 2002, Google was already famous all over the world, and there was also a reversal scene in this year: Yahoo wanted to acquire Google.

On September 2004, 9, it seemed that because of Lu Yiming's butterfly wings, Google was listed on Nasdaq more than a month later than the previous life.

But what should come is still here. On the opening day, Google's market value broke through the 232 billion US dollar barrier, which shocked the world for a while.

Another Internet wealth myth was born!

The founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, have successfully entered the list of billionaires, and what attracts more attention is the young oriental face who followed them to ring the bell at Nasdaq.

Lu Yiming, an angel round investor, still holds 7.5% of Google's shares at this time, and has not been diluted. The stock in his hand is now worth 17.4 billion US dollars!
The listing of Google not only caused a sensation in the beautiful country, but because Lu Yiming, a native of the Xia country, participated in it, the news spread back to the country very quickly.

$17.4 billion?
Converted to domestic, isn't it 143 billion?
On the day Lu Yiming returned to China, the reporters who got the news had already blocked the airport.

Seeing Lu Yiming coming out of the arrival gate, these reporters rushed towards Lu Yiming with long guns and short cannons, as if fighting a war.

"Lu's richest man, when did you invest in Google? Why haven't you mentioned it before?"

Lu Yiming raised his eyebrows, and jokingly said: "I have invested in too many companies, do I have to tell you all of them?"

"Many people are saying that if you sell your Google shares now, your assets will immediately increase by more than 100 billion. Would you sell your shares?"

In their view, 140 billion, normal people should choose me to put it in their pockets. After all, stocks go up and down, and no one can predict the future.

This is the psychology of small retail investors. If they fall by one point, they will have trouble sleeping and eating, and if they rise by one point, they will quickly throw away the stocks in their hands, and the money will be safe.

However, Lu Yiming was not short of the money.He immediately said: "I will definitely not sell this stock. I am not short of money. It is only tens of billions. It is nothing. I plan to continue to increase my shareholding in Google."

Although everyone was used to Lu Yiming's pretentiousness, when the words "not bad money" came out of Lu Yiming's mouth, it still made everyone feel internally injured.

Another reporter asked: "Google seems to intend to enter the Xia country market, Mr. Lu, what do you think of this matter? Will you help Google expand its territory for money?"

When Lu Yiming heard this question, he couldn't help but look up at the reporter who asked the question.

This kind of visitor is not kind.

What does it mean to expand the territory?Can the word be used like this?
Take a step back, even if it is used in this way, but Google is a company in the beautiful country, and Lu Yimin is from the Xia country, helping Google to expand its territory in the Xia country, and Lu Yiming helping foreigners to do their own things is definitely a traitor ah.

Could Lu Yiming know the pitfalls here?
He said decisively: "I am just one of Google's investors and cannot interfere with Google's specific business decisions."

Obviously, this is throwing the pot away.

After all, no one can bear the charge of betraying the country, and Lu Yiming is not a fool, so it is naturally impossible to answer this question, and the final outcome of Google is to withdraw from the Xiaguo market.Now that he already knew the answer, Lu Yiming didn't bother to bother, so he didn't come here directly, and he could save some money.

Seeing that Lu Yiming didn't fall into the trap, the reporter was a little disappointed, but his preparations didn't stop there.He immediately asked again: "Google in the beautiful country and Qiandu in Xiaguo are both search engines. As far as I know, you, the richest man in Lu, only invested in Google, but not in Qiandu. Why?"

(End of this chapter)