Liu Yun has invested in three projects in his hometown: a playground, a commercial complex, and a resort.

This can be regarded as a return to his hometown after returning to his hometown.

The amusement park is in cooperation with Greentown, and it will take about three years for the trial opening.

As for the integrated commercial plaza, Yoyo is responsible for the management and collection of rent, and will not participate in the operation and sales.

The resort Yunhan Valley has also been in business for half a year and is still in a state of loss.

These properties have nothing to do with Yoyo, but they belong to Liu Yun's personal assets.

Although they are all in a state of slight loss, the land and rent will continue to rise in the coming years, and Liu Yun is not in the slightest hurry to make a profit, which he can afford to lose.

What makes him even more relieved is that his girlfriend took the initiative this time, rather than passively choosing, at least she has made her own decision about the choice after graduating from graduate school.

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2009, end of August.

The second smartphone that you have been preparing for a long time is about to be released, and Liu Yun took Zhang Xiaolong to California on a special trip.

This time, he wanted to discuss the design of the system with the management of Android and how to further optimize it.

Of course, the most important thing is the financing of Yoyo mobile phones.

The full name of Yoyo Mobile is Yoyo Terminal Equipment Co., Ltd., which is now an independent subsidiary wholly owned by Yoyo Group.

However, this is only temporary, after the opening of the curtain of the mobile Internet, when the era of smart phones is surging with an irreversible trend, the layout in Liu Yun's heart wants to be fully realized, and it is far from enough to rely on the funds and contacts of the group company.

Yoyo is not Huawei, and there is no need to follow the path of the other party at all.

Since Yoyo Mobile expressed its intention to raise funds, major domestic and foreign venture capital institutions have flocked to consult related matters.

After screening the major venture capital institutions, Liu Yun targeted the famous Google for the first funding.

In addition to the help of funds, in terms of technology, as well as sales channels, Google can also give itself what it wants.

A year later, Liu returned to Mountain View, California, to meet with their founder and CEO, Sergey Brin, at Google's corporate headquarters.

On the just-released Forbes list of the richest people in the world, he ranks an astonishing eighth, with a fortune of $23 billion.

His wealth is almost equal to the valuation of Yoyo today.

"Hello, Mr. Liu, even in the United States, I often hear reports about you. Sergey Brin shook hands with Liu Yun with a smile and said, "The American media always compare you with Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. You are just as young, just as talented, and have a leap of thought. I believe that the future of this world belongs to you young people. ”

Liu Yun has always insisted that words such as "the future of this world belongs to you young people" are purely a bowl of unnutritious chicken soup that has deceived generations of naïve young people.

Many young people will grow old, and then they will still have nothing, and these seniors will still take the trouble to repeat the words to the younger ones.

"Perhaps, Mr. Brynn. Liu Yun shrugged his shoulders with a smile and replied, "But Google's strength, even if we young people are a few generations away, we can't challenge its advantages in the slightest." ”

"Not necessarily. Sergey Brin shook his head, "Baidu, for example, although they are a new company for us, its rise is very violent. In China's search engine market, it has been difficult to move an inch. ”

"What's more, they have now entered the field of artificial intelligence in a high-profile manner, and they don't want to see our Google dominate in this field. ”

Liu Yun frowned slightly, obviously understanding the meaning of the other party's words.

According to rumors, Google's expansion in the Chinese market has been helped, and there are even rumors that Google may be preparing to withdraw from the Chinese market.

Although Google's top management has been refuting the rumors that this is groundless, only Liu Yun, who has come over, understands that the company's departure has entered the countdown.

And as soon as they leave, there is no time limit, at least in 2018, when Liu Yun was reborn, although rumors about Google's return to the Chinese market have been talked about from time to time, there is still no sign of it.

In terms of search engines, this company is undoubtedly more pure than Baidu.

There's no PPC and there's not so many dazzling ads.

Until almost 2010, Liu Yun had been accustomed to using Google, and after 2010, he had no choice but to use Baidu.

What makes him even more mad is that since almost 2017, many results on the Baidu search box have pointed to Baidu's official account. Although the company's PR swore that we didn't do anything about the search technology and that the search direction was determined randomly, anyone with a discerning eye knew that they were talking nonsense. (This should be deeply touched by everyone)

Under the monopoly, they make the rules as they please, and this is their hegemony.

Liu Yun thought of this and replied: "Mr. Brin, there are not many mergers and acquisitions between Yoyo and Baidu in business, and the only point of intersection is that they have a small part of the shares of Times Jiangnan, about 5%. ”

Originally, Baidu had about 15% of the shares of Yoyo Music, but after the reorganization of the subsidiary, Yoyo Music merged with Youku and YOYO Voice until it was merged under Times Jiangnan.

Even if Baidu's Lao Li is dissatisfied, Youyou is a major shareholder and can be forced, and his shares can only be diluted to 5%.

What makes Lao Li even more depressed is that Times Jiangnan is the only loss-making subsidiary of Youyou, not only has no profit every year, but also has to invest money, and has no right to speak, but if he doesn't invest, this share will be further diluted.

The only consolation is that the valuation of Times Jiangnan is rising, and after the financing and IPO, the stocks in their hands should be able to appreciate a lot.

"Of course, Yoyo has cleared Baidu's stake on Weibo. Liu Yun added indifferently.

"This is what happened last year. Sergei Brin nodded with satisfaction and said, "Mr. Liu, you know what. At that time, I was on the other side of the ocean, and I had been following the dynamics of this matter through the Internet. You handled it very well and I appreciate your vigorous work style. So this time, when Yoyo Mobile wanted to raise money, we at Google also showed enough enthusiasm. ”

Liu Yun was slightly stunned and smiled.

The so-called enemy of the enemy is a friend, and the two giant companies of Yoyo and Baidu have fallen out, and Google must be happy with it.

"Mr. Brynn, I can't hide it. Liu Yun looked at the other party and continued, "I personally have never appreciated Baidu's bidding ranking and the commercialization policy of Tieba. Last year's incident was a key point in the outbreak of our conflict, two companies with different philosophies could not continue to work together forever. ”

Sergey Brin thought for a moment and said: "Yes, I don't agree with their model either, even if it would be profitable to do so." Google can't have so much, not to mention that now we feel that the company's living space in China is getting smaller and smaller. ”

Liu Yun pondered for a few seconds and said seriously: "Mr. Brin, to tell you the truth, Yoyo is just a large-scale company, it can't influence the country's policies, and for a great company like Google, even if it is not very successful in the Chinese market, it can't hide your brilliance and glory." ”

"What's more......" he leisurely picked up the cup, took a sip of coffee and continued, "Google can continue to show your presence in China in another way, such as your Android system and our Yoyo phone. ”

"That's right!" Sergey Brin smiled happily, "Mr. Liu, I have observed the first Yoyo smart phone, and the sales are more than we imagined, obviously you are a better partner than the company in Taiwan, HTC Electronics." ”

"Of course, we have that confidence. Liu Yun continued, "Although there are still many gaps between Yoyo's smart phones and iPhones, we are also catching up, but the technical difficulties are also inseparable from Google's help." The price advantage can sometimes make up for the gap in the system, but this is not decided. ”

Hailed as revolutionary, the iPhone 3GS has indeed brought a revolutionary impact to the industry.

Mobile phone enthusiasts all over the world are comparing Android and IOS systems, and hardcore Apple fans are still counting the shortcomings of Android system one by one.

Sergei Brin also understands that the young rich man sitting across from him has come all the way from China, and his top priority is the financing of smartphones.

"Mr. Liu, tell me about your ideas. He said with a deep breath.

Liu Yun had a sentence that really hit his heart. Even if one day, Google's search engine has to leave the Chinese market, the great Google company can still exert its influence in another form. For example, financing a promising company, such as a Yoyo mobile phone in front of you.

The potential for the outbreak of China's Internet market is unlimited, and in the foreseeable future, it is very likely to surpass Europe and become the world's second largest market after the United States.

Liu Yun cleared his throat and said: "First of all, I hope to get no less than 100 million US dollars in financing, and I need to carry out a comprehensive upgrade of the design, workmanship, and hardware configuration of the mobile phone.

In terms of price, I plan to reduce profits as much as possible to increase sales, and continue to seize the market, and then slowly launch high-end smartphones with slightly higher prices.

I need to fully roll out sales channels online and offline, and set up a physical store called Yoyo Home.

In the future, I don't just want to make mobile phones, I want to build a network-based electronic product ecosystem through Internet thinking.

Smartphones are the core, but not the only ones, we can also have tablets, laptops, brand machines.

There may even be home appliances, stereos, projectors, sweeping robots and so on one day.

"Do you also want to enter e-commerce?" Sergey Brin was a little puzzled, and also became a little interested, "I remember that you should have invested in JD.com, another giant company in China." ”

"E-commerce? barely counts, but this does not conflict with JD.com. Liu Yun smiled indifferently, "I do establish a Yoyo Mall in the future, about three years, which belongs to the APP software that comes with all series of smartphones of Yoyo, and cannot be deleted." On this website, they are all ideas produced by Yoyo.

I want Yoyo to better serve those loyal users. ”

Sergey Brin frowned and replied: "This model is adventurous, and it is difficult to become stronger and bigger by only buying your own products. ”

Liu Yun said: "It's a bit risky, but the premise for me to do this is that our Yoyo phones use a large enough number of users, and a large number of them will come to buy our products." The original intention of Yoyo Mall is not to compare with Taobao or JD.com, it only sells our own products. In the future, the official authentic channels, Jingdong's self-operated stores will have some Youyo products, and there will be some flagship stores in Taobao Mall, but most of the electronic goods will be sold in our own mall. ”

"Of course, not only that, but we will also add more Yoyo imprints to the factory settings, such as Yoyo Music, Yoyo Application Market, Youku Video, Starting Point Chinese, JD.com, and ...... Youxin, maybe there will be more in the future. ”

When Sergei Brin heard this, he couldn't help but be a little moved, this is a huge plan, not even a year or two can be completed, but he can think that one day, if someone buys a Yoyo mobile phone, he doesn't even need to download even a few APP software, because the software that comes with the mobile phone can almost meet the requirements.

Yoyo and Google are both big companies, and the two helmsmen chatted very devotedly, and they didn't dwell too much on the amount of financing.

Sergei Brin also understood that Google's withdrawal from the Chinese market had entered the countdown, but Liu Yun's words made him make up his mind. Google needed to find a suitable company to continue to show its presence in the Chinese market, and after some conversation, Yoyo is indeed the best and only partner today.

"Mr. Brin, there's one more thing that I'm here for. Liu Yun said with a grin.

"Mr. Liu has something else to do, just say it. Sergei Brin said with a smile.

"For an app that I think is very, very important. Liu Yun smiled mysteriously, "I need Google's technical assistance." ”

"Just an APP software can make Mr. Liu pay so much attention?" Sergey Brin was also a little interested. He even felt that the young man's interest in this APP was even higher than that of a smartphone.

Liu Yun pointed to the middle-aged man beside him who had never spoken, and said, "Let me introduce you, this is the person in charge of the Youxin project team, Mr. Zhang Xiaolong." ”