Volume 2, The Green Years 296, It's normal to encounter setbacks
After Yi Shaofeng first tested Andy, the strategy he adopted was psychological suggestion.
He kept talking about topics that seemed unrelated to cooperation, which aroused Andy's interest in continuing the conversation, and then reverted to the topic at the appropriate time to lobby.
"I think the point of making money is that money can change a lot of things, not just material pleasures. ”
The two had been talking for almost an hour, and he began to change the subject for the third time.
"I have money, why can't I contribute to the progress of mankind, we have an ancient saying in the East: take it from the people, use it for the people, and share it with you. ”
"Yi, for me, the East is too mysterious, and the idea you just made is so incredible to us. ”
He laughed, in many ways, the quality of foreigners is indeed higher than that of the people at home, but they shout fraternity, but they are basically mercenary, selfish, while talking about democracy, but also piecing together and squeezing the surplus value of the people at the bottom.
So Andy thinks his words are unbelievable and common sense.
"In your geek thinking, maybe open source and free are the most beneficial to others, which is actually in line with some of our Eastern thoughts, we didn't pay attention to patents at the beginning, because of the education of our ancestors, let us share. ”
He changed his tone and continued:
"But you know, a great invention, the hardships and dedication in the middle, we have to protect it, there will be a steady stream of inventions, Edison is an extremely selfish person, but he invented the electric light, so it does not affect his greatness. ”
"Andy, believe me, the reason why I need a closed system is not for selfishness, but to protect more inventors, to obtain more wealth, to promote the sustainable development of our human civilization. ”
He said it with great sincerity.
These words belong to his impromptu performance, and he believes that there is no contradiction, and he will invest at least another 10 years in the high-tech field.
"Yi, I believe that you are different from most capitalists, but I still can't agree, because I have already contacted Google, and they may buy my Android soon, and they promised me that it will be open source permanently. ”
He knew his chances were slim, but he tried to get it:
"I don't think I'm worse than them, unless you're a racist. ”
Andy didn't deny it, shrugged his shoulders, spread his hands and said:
"Well, easy, you can think so, because that's your right. ”
After Andy left, his face, which was still smiling just now, became gloomy.
Lin Changjun walked in, he didn't understand why Yi Shaofeng attached so much importance to Andy.
Lin Changjun also knew Andy, and knew that Andy had work experience in Apple and Microsoft, and he was indeed a talent, but it was obviously too much to attach importance to it.
"Yi Dong, how is it?"
He shook his head and chuckled:
"It's a little difficult, this guy has a tendon. ”
Lin Changjun complained frantically in his heart, he wanted to tell Yi Shaofeng that more than 90% of foreigners are tendons.
"Shall we give up?"
"Give up? That's not my style. ”
Yi Shaofeng sat down and tapped the table with his hand, and after a long time, he suddenly looked up at Lin Changjun and said:
"How much money do we have at our disposal now?"
"There are almost 700 million M gold, and if you are in a hurry, you can raise 1 billion M gold. ”
He understood that what Lin Changjun said about raising money was borrowing from investment banks at low deposits.
But what is 700 million enough?
In the end, he decided to give it a shot, so it was impossible to wait for Andy to regret himself.
"Give me Google's shares, how much you will collect, if you don't have enough money, you can borrow it, and I can also transfer some of it from China. ”
Lin Changjun was taken aback, stared at him for a long time, and then said:
"We already have a 5.3% stake in Google, which is the largest investment since I came to country M. I reported to you at that time, do you still want to collect it?"
He slapped his forehead, he really forgot about it, Lin Changjun did report it to him, because he gave Lin Changjun in the early days of the acquisition of stocks, there was Google.
"Then give me a lot of money, give me a lot of publicity, how much I collect Google's shares, and then talk to several major investment banks with great fanfare, we need a lot of money, the existing shares in hand, except for Google, can all be used as collateral, if the investment bank is interested in domestic enterprises, I can approve Fengshang as collateral. ”
"We bluff?"
He smiled and nodded and shook his head, making Lin Changjun confused.
"Buying a stake in Google is a bluff, of course, but I do need money, and whoever asks about the use of the money is just going to complete an acquisition. ”
Lin Changjun reminded worriedly:
"Yi Dong, even if Sergey Brin and Larry Page finally compromise on the Google shares we acquired, they will not be able to come up with the money to buy back the shares. ”
He laughed and said:
"When did I say I was going to sell Google's shares, but I could give them back the voting rights of the shares, do you think they are tempted?"
Lin Changjun completely understood his routine, to put it bluntly, it was to build momentum.
California is the state with the largest population of old M, and one in every old M5 is a Californian.
Similarly, California is also the most familiar state in China, with the once smash hit Eagle Hotel, the high-tech Silicon Valley, Hollywood, and the world-famous Highway 1.
He knew that he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, so while letting Lin Changjun arrange it, he began a journey to appreciate the exotic.
"Yi Dong, there is a movement in Google, Sergei's secretary just called me and wanted to interview me, giving me a prevarication if I was not in California. ”
Lin Changjun's excited voice came from the phone.
"For the next two days, don't answer their phone calls, increase the momentum, and if they still call after two days, you can ask them to come to my hotel. ”
"Boss, there is another news, because of our momentum in the past two days, Google's stock has risen by 6%, and if we continue to build, it may continue to rise. ”
He thought about it, whether it was through speculation to buy a trend, and then make a little difference, but in the end he gave up, this is no different from drinking human blood directly, although it is a foreigner's land, but he still wants to continue to fish here, and the reputation in the industry is not good.
As for his public opinion that causes the stock to rise, there will always be people who will make a profit, and he can't care about it, because he didn't sell a share, so it is not a game.
"It's okay, don't worry, they will only worry about what we are going to do at the moment, and they don't dare to sell even one more share of stock. ”
Three days later, at the hotel, just as Sergei's ass was about to leave his seat for the third time, he came.
Sitting in the seat where he was talking to Andy at that time, the kind smile never disappeared.
"I'm sorry, there are some personal matters that need to be dealt with, and I have been delayed. ”
Sergei glanced at Lin Changjun, who was accompanying him, but thought in his heart, he was waiting for a child until now?
After a long time, he reacted, stood up and took the initiative to shake hands and said:
"Are you Mr. Yi?"
"Yes, Mr. Sergey, I have known you for a long time. ”
Sergei's secretary, who was following him, rolled his eyes without a trace, and the two of them hung out for half an hour.
"I don't know what Mr. Yi wants to do?"
In the face of Sergei's slightly accusatory words.
He smiled, did not answer immediately, but took a sip of coffee, pure and a little bitter, he frowned slightly.
Lin Changjun immediately ran to re-order a cup for him, and he nodded with satisfaction.
"I'm optimistic about Google's future, so I'm thinking about buying more shares in Google. ”
He replied, feigning ignorance.
Lin Changjun finally understood Yi Shaofeng's negotiation strategy this time, and in domestic terms, he was boiling eagles.
"I think Mr. Yi is thinking too simply, and Google's shares will not be so easy to collect. ”
"What? Mr. Sergey is going to buy back shares?"
Sergey had the feeling of a punch on cotton.
He wants to buy back, but where does he get the money? At a time when the bubble is bursting, whoever has so much cash in their wallet and mortgages their shares is too risky, and maybe he will have nothing to do with Google soon.
He hated Yi Shaofeng in front of him in his heart.
Yi Shaofeng knew that it was almost, otherwise, after achieving his goal, he would completely offend people to death, and he was confident that Sergei would agree, otherwise he would fake it and do it, and it would be a big deal to talk about another acquisition slowly.
"Mr. Sergey, the purpose of my visit this time is clear, I need the help of a person, but this person seems to be interested in Google as well, and this person is also more inclined to cooperate with Google. ”
"Who is it?"
"Andy Rubin. ”
"Impossible!"
Sergei almost blurted out, without thinking.
"Mr. Sergey, I don't want to be an enemy with you, on the contrary, I really appreciate you and Mr. Larry, so please think carefully. ”
"What if we don't agree?"
Sergei roared loudly in annoyance, completely ignoring the moment he was in the café.
"I will mortgage domestic assets and continue to complete the acquisition of Google, believe me, I am not a half-person. ”
Sergei didn't answer, but breathed a lot heavily.
After a long time, Sergei leaned back on the back of the chair and said weakly:
"What if I convince Larry that we agree?"
"I will terminate the acquisition of Google immediately and hand over my voting rights to you and Mr. Larry to strengthen your board of directors. ”
Although Sergei left in a bad mood, he knew that his strategy had succeeded.
Sometimes the game of capital is so simple, he has money, he has advanced vision, he dares to gamble;
Sergei treats Google as his own child, treating it as a treasure and not daring to gamble.
Judge from above!
He was in a very good mood, but the next day's Los Angeles newspaper made him unhappy.
The meeting between him and Sergei did not escape the eyes of the paparazzi.
And under the description of the print media, he became a vampire from the East.
"Yi Dong, Lao M's media is like this, when I started to gain momentum, they described me as a monkey jumping up and down, you can just treat their words as farts. ”
Lin Changjun comforted beside him.