Chapter 743: Fortunately, I Have a Diamond
In the face of the boss's great initiative and enthusiasm for a small case, although Wu Yingying expressed puzzlement, she still fully cooperated with his actions.
And Qin Xiaoxiao naturally wanted to follow.
As a result, Molly was left alone, unable to stand the loneliness of being alone, and with curiosity about Wu Tao's move, she simply went along.
So early in the morning, two Mercedes-Benz business vehicles left the villa in Irvine and went straight to Stanford University.
Los Angeles at the end of August, with the warm sea breeze blowing from the West Coast, is nowhere near as hot as the capital.
Two hours later, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were also surprised when they saw Wu Tao.
The ordinary small case of $100,000 is something that can be decided by almost a single investment specialist for a venture capital firm, and it is rare for so many people to come so excitedly.
On the other hand, the combination of such a young boy and a woman makes people feel unreliable.
Wu Tao immediately saw this keenly. So he pulled Molly and pulled the tiger skin to make a big banner and said: "This is Miss Molly Soros of the Quantum Fund, the most talented investor." ”
As soon as he heard the identity of the Quantum Fund and Molly, Larry and Sergei glanced at each other before dispelling the doubts in their hearts.
"I'm sorry, but you're so young that you have to wonder about the veracity of this. ”
"It doesn't matter. Wu Tao immediately handed over the right to speak to Wu Yingying, and asked her to introduce the background and strength of Apocalypse Investment to the other party.
Wu Yingying, who has worked Wall Street for more than a year, knows very well how to persuade the other party in a targeted manner.
So she simply started with Yuanqi Technology, and then talked about the capital strength of Apocalypse Investment, which sounded much more convincing.
The more Molly looked, the more she felt that it was a bit of a fuss, but since she was a spectator, she naturally didn't make a mess. Just listening absentmindedly, occasionally sighing a little boredly.
Fortunately, when it came to the Lotus phone, the two of them were surprised to say that it was a great phone.
This is also a bit of a surprise for Wu Tao.
Unexpectedly, the new Lotus machine has begun to form a reputation in the US market this time.
With this foundation, Larry looked at Sergei, turned to Wu Tao and the others as he spoke, gesturing, "Forgive me for my presumptuousness, we want to know, do you know what the search engine we want to do?"
"A search engine is an engine that searches for relevant information on the Internet based on keywords. Nowadays, all major portals have their own search engines embedded in them, making it much easier to surf the Internet. ”
This kind of low-level question, Wu Yingying can answer it without waiting for Wu Tao to speak.
It's just that in Molly's view, today's investment engagement is really a bit of putting the cart before the horse.
It's usually investors who ask founders questions, not the exact opposite, as is the case now.
Molly didn't understand why Wu Tao spent so much patience talking to these two people for so long.
Sergei continued: "Why are you so interested in our search engine, since all major portals have search engines?"
This question is a bit too professional, and Wu Yingying can't answer it anymore.
Wu Tao looked at this situation, and secretly rejoiced in his heart, MD, fortunately, Lao Tzu has a diamond diamond and knows the development process of some search engines, otherwise, wouldn't he still be able to take your porcelain work?
"Although there are many search engines nowadays, from my personal experience on the Internet, I often can't find the information I want, or the content I want ranks very low. This makes people very distressed, and even feels that this kind of search engine is useless. ”
“...... For your BackRub system, your design concept is more suitable for the user's search needs, so I am very interested. ”
As soon as the connoisseur stretches out his hand, he will know if there is one.
Having said that, the young Sergei began to put aside his doubts and began to truly recognize the investor today.
However, Larry still asked Molly with some reluctance: "I wonder if the Quantum Fund is interested in investing in us?"
Hehe.
Molly chuckled, how can a quantum fund with a scale of 100 billion dollars be able to look at this investment?
What's more, she is used to making investments, and she is not satisfied with the attitude of the two investors in front of her.
"I'm sorry, but your investment scale is too small to be within the scope of Quantum Fund's business for the time being. ”
Upon hearing this, Larry suddenly had no choice.
As a result, the investment negotiations between the two sides were successfully completed.
It wasn't until just before lunch that the negotiations between the two sides landed. Different from the planned financing scale of 100,000 US dollars, Tianqi Investment Los Angeles Branch invested 500,000 US dollars in one fell swoop and won 35% of Class A shares.
I have to admit that the two founders are very shrewd.
Although this share ratio is accepted, the decision-making power and management power corresponding to the stock are very rigid and there is no room for negotiation.
Fortunately, Wu Tao had no intention of interfering with them, otherwise he would really be a layman commanding an insider.
Larry and Sergey were thrilled to receive an investment that far exceeded the plan. They immediately decided to move to Mountain View and set up a specialized Internet company to do search engine product research and development.
When he left Stanford, Wu Tao was very happy.
It's like picking up a leak, and the baby is finally here!
Now we are waiting for the $500,000 equity to snowball to the day when it will be worth nearly $10 billion.
It's a little exciting to think about.
But in Molly's opinion, it really doesn't take it seriously.
For example, eight out of ten small companies invested by venture capital are about to close down, and the remaining two are half-dead, and the probability of becoming a golden rooster is less than 1 percent.
So there's nothing to be happy about.
Maybe it took so much effort, but in the end, it was still a waste.
Wu Tao didn't want to say much about this, but asked Molly, "Do you know anyone from Blackberry?"
Molly took out her BlackBerry and said, "You mean the people from this mobile phone company? The market positioning of BlackBerry is very unique, it should not conflict with your Lotus mobile phone, right?"
"I didn't mean that," Wu Tao waved his hand and said, "Actually, I want to see if there is any opportunity for cooperation between the two sides." ”
Molly is not stupid, and when she heard it, she figured out the taste: "So, BlackBerry has a technology that you are interested in?"
"Pretty much. Wu Tao did not hide it.
So honest, Molly didn't ask much, "Okay, I'll try." ”
After finalizing the matter of investing in Google, Wu Tao is not in a hurry to contact the other four small companies.
When I returned to the villa area, I turned on the computer and went to the Internet, and logged in to Shuimu Tsinghua's BBS, only to find that the military training was in full swing.
There are those who complain, there are those who think sweetly, and a small military training has made many people so profound that they have begun to dig out the meaning of life.
It seems that this military training is still not enough, so that the students' energy is still excessive.
In fact, college students are already energetic, even if they are tired to death, they recover quickly. This is the reason why they often feel bored and depressed, and there is nowhere to vent their excess energy.
So, Wu Tao suddenly had an idea in his mind!