Until Robin got on the plane to the United States, he didn't understand what was important for Li Mu to go to the United States in a hurry.

This morning, not long after Robin got up, he received a call from Li Mu, who said to him on the phone: "Robin, come to Silicon Valley to see me as fast as you can, I have a good deal to take care of you, you have to hurry, you can't miss the opportunity, you won't come again." ”

When Robin asked Li Mu what a good deal was, Li Mu didn't answer, but just told him: "Don't worry, I will never let you run for nothing." ”

With that in response, Robin immediately bought a ticket for the afternoon, hurriedly packed a few clothes, and boarded a flight to San Francisco.

The plane made a three-hour stopover in Seoul, South Korea, and then flew to San Francisco without stopping.

When Robin landed in San Francisco, Google had just set up a strategic analysis office, which was dedicated to monitoring and analyzing a series of actions of Makino Technology, so as to screen and judge whether Makino Technology would be a search engine, and if so, what would they do.

Because Li Mu's offer is too high, Google's shareholders can't accept it, so they subconsciously think that Li Mu is just bluffing, and they are now staring at Li Mu's every move, in order to confirm their views.

For them, they most hope that Li Mu will indeed be as they guessed, unable to spare the energy to build a search engine of Makino Technology, so that their rejection of Li Mu's behavior will become an unparalleled "wise move".

It is precisely because of this mentality that this office is given an extremely awkward position, that is: his eyes are constantly staring at Li Mu, but it is best not to find anything......

However, what they never dreamed of was that the office had not been set up for five hours, and at eight o'clock in the evening on the day they rejected Li Mu, they heard the news: a Chinese entrepreneur who went out of Silicon Valley many years ago has returned to Silicon Valley.

A few years ago, Robin returned to China from Silicon Valley with venture capital and founded a search engine based on Chinese search - Baidu, during which Robin returned to Silicon Valley several times, but each time it was related to capital, basically he would only return to Silicon Valley for financing.

But this time, Robin didn't come for financing, he flew over from the other side of the world directly on the day he received the summons because of Li Mu's temporary summons.

Therefore, after Robin got off the plane, he was immediately picked up by the team of Makino Technology North America Branch to the office building of Makino Technology, even though it was night local time in the United States, even if Robin had just experienced a fifteen-hour flight, he still came to meet Li Mu as soon as he got off the plane.

In Li Mu's office, Robin had just sat down and hadn't taken a breath, and Li Mu's next sentence made him stay in place as if he had been struck by lightning.

Li Mu said: "Robin, open all Baidu's patents and technologies on the search engine to me, and in the future, you can do Chinese search and the Chinese market, and I will do it in the Chinese and markets outside China." ”

Robin could hardly believe that Li Mu would say such a thing, Li Mu's request was almost equivalent to asking someone else to take out his wife to share with him, and in seven days a week, he would take up five and a half days.

Just when Robin didn't know what to say, Li Mu said: "Robin, don't tell me, you are really ready to enter the overseas market." ”

Robin said embarrassedly: "I don't have this idea for the time being, but there are still some possibilities in the future......

Li Mu said with a serious face: "Don't dream, you can keep the Chinese market now, don't let Google squeeze you out of the first position in the market, you can already burn high incense, dominating the world is not the future of Baidu, it is a corner of peace." ”

Robin was said by Li Mu, his expression was a little more struggling, he wanted to tell Li Mu that he had a grand dream of dominating the world, but he didn't dare to say it, because he knew the actual situation of Baidu at present, and Li Mu was basically right.

At present, Google has not yet withdrawn from the Chinese market, in China, they are still the biggest competitors of Baidu's development, Baidu is fully committed to the Chinese market, there is no energy to develop overseas, and Google is still expanding rapidly in the overseas market, the longer the time drags on, the more unlikely Baidu is to go out of the country.

Li Mu saw that Robin's expression looked a little uncomfortable, so he smiled slightly, and said: "Robin, sometimes you have to see the essence through the appearance, your current situation is very similar to the domestic car manufacturer, the general environment is that you are developing in the local market, you have to withstand the crazy impact of overseas enterprises, and it is almost the ultimate to be able to gain a foothold in China. It is basically impossible for a company like Toyota, but you always have a beautiful fantasy in your heart, and you always feel that one day your products will be able to break out of the country and sell to the world, but to be honest, this is impossible. ”

Robin nodded awkwardly and said, "Mr. Li, I admit that what you said makes sense, but you can't let me open all of Baidu's core products to you as soon as you open your mouth, how can I explain to the shareholders? Even if it's a business, you have to give me an offer, you can't take it for nothing, right?"

Li Mu smiled: "What I am waiting for is your words, I want to make sure that you can realize that you cannot cover the global market, and then talk to you about the cooperation plan." ”

Robin said helplessly: "Okay, Mr. Li, I realize that Baidu cannot cover the global market, so, what you just said is very right, I just have a dream of rushing out of the country and going to the world, if your offer is suitable, can impress me and other shareholders of Baidu, we are willing to sell this dream to you." ”

Li Mu said: "It's not selling, Robin, it's cooperation!"

Robin was immediately interested, and hurriedly asked, "What kind of cooperation?"

Li Mu said: "We set up a joint venture company, Makino technology to contribute funds and resources, you to contribute technology, set up a new search company, and create a new search engine, as long as Baidu search is still running, this search engine will permanently and completely avoid the Chinese market, to achieve the protection of Baidu, and in other markets outside the Chinese market, will be completely Google as a benchmark enterprise, to impact Google's business." ”

Robin was surprised and said, "Mr. Li, are you going to war with Google?"

Li Mu nodded without hesitation, and said: "I still value the search engine market, there is no reason to let Google dominate by itself, so I asked you to cooperate, you have ready-made search engine solutions, I have huge overseas traffic and strong capital support, I use your technology plus my resources, If Google is overwhelmed by me in the overseas market, their energy invested in the local market in China will inevitably shrink a lot, so that Baidu's interests in the local market in China will be sufficiently protected. ”

Speaking of this, Li Mu said: "You cooperate with me, open the technology to me, I will help you snipe your biggest enemy, and then I will give you 10% of the shares of the joint venture, you don't need to spend a penny, just nod your head, and at the same time I also promise you that I will not open Baidu's patents and technologies to any third-party company, you can rest assured to the greatest extent." ”

When Robin heard this, he had been greatly interested in Li Mu, and when he pursed his lips and pondered and weighed the pros and cons, Li Mu said again: " Robin, you are now like a monkey caught up by a tiger in a tree, you can get out of danger is lucky, it is even more impossible to kill a tiger, now, you have a bullet in your hand, but this bullet is in the hands of a monkey, you can only throw it, you can't hurt the tiger at all, but in the hands of a hunter with a gun, you can let the tiger kill with one shot, and I, the hunter with a gun, as long as you give me the bullet in your hand, I will help you kill the tiger, keep your territory in the tree, and give you 10% of the tiger meat , what else do you have to hesitate about?"

Hearing this, Robin said almost without thinking: "Mr. Li, I agreed!"

Li Mu asked him with a smile: "So refreshing, don't you have to go back and discuss it with the shareholders?"

"No, I don't. Robin said: "In order to speed up the impact of the listing, I have signed a concerted action agreement with shareholders and capital, and I am now fully responsible for the company." ”

Speaking of this, Robin said: "Of course, although I have promised Mr. Li, but out of respect for the shareholders, I still have to hold a video conference to discuss with everyone, if everyone can pass, it is naturally the best situation, but I can assure you that if the shareholders do not pass, I will personally make a decision to pass." ”

Li Mu nodded and said with a smile: "As soon as possible." ”

Robin said firmly, "Don't worry, definitely!"

Li Mu smiled indifferently and sighed in his heart, Larry Page, don't you think I can't spare time to just deal with you? Lao Tzu just caught you off guard this time, and I want you to know what it means to be revenge and not stay overnight.

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The news of Robin's arrival in Huaxia was spread within Google's senior management through Google's high-level QQ group that night, and when Larry Page heard that Robin was coming and met Li Mu as soon as he got off the plane, his heart chuckled.

He couldn't help but think of what Li Mu had said when he threatened himself, he said that he could let Robin open all Baidu's technology to him at any time, and then let Makino Technology quickly launch a mature search engine on the basis of Baidu's technology, this search engine may not be as high-tech as Google, but because Makino Technology has more users and stronger user viscosity, it can pose a huge threat to Google.

I once told all Google shareholders about these situations word for word, but they still chose to deceive themselves, thinking that everything Li Mu said was a bluff, but who would have thought that just one day later, Li Mu began to make pre-war deployments!

What is a ruthless person? This kind of negotiation collapses, and the one who turns his head and sharpens his knife is the real ruthless person!

The shareholders also felt that Robin was unlikely to be willing to give Li Mu all of Baidu's technology and patents, and they were sure that Li Mu's statement was pure wishful thinking, but it was Robin himself who slapped them in the face the most......

Extrapolating the timeline from Google's rejection of Li Mu to Robin's arrival in Silicon Valley, it took a little more than 24 hours before and after, and the whole process of the incident should be: Google rejected Li Mu, Li Mu immediately called Robin, Robin should have received Li Mu's call, and he was impatient to book a plane ticket and flew from China to Silicon Valley to meet Li Mu.

In the eyes of Google's shareholders, Robin's hurried attitude is enough to prove that he must have agreed to all of Li Mu's demands.

But what they didn't expect was that Li Mu was also afraid that Robin would reject him, so he didn't reveal half a word about the matter on the phone, and didn't tell him all his plans until he fooled him in front of him.

In this way, Li Mu won the first step, because in the eyes of outsiders, Robin immediately put down all his work and flew from Huaxia to Silicon Valley to see him, which can only mean that he has decided to cooperate with him, regardless of whether Robin agrees in the end or not, he can make the enemy nervous first.

Li Mu's guess was not wrong, it was precisely because of Robin's misleading that the entire Google shareholders were extremely nervous in an instant.

They said yesterday that a few things that could not happen happened happened today, which proves that Li Mu does not have enough troops or bluff at all, Robin is now running over from afar, and he will fully cooperate with Li Mu's strategic planning, in this way, maybe in a month or two, Muye Technology's search engine will be launched worldwide, and at that time, the blow received by Google will be absolutely devastating......

As soon as they thought of the strength of Makino Technology and their strong ability to invest in and brainwash users, Google's shareholders began to panic in their hearts, and many people cursed yesterday's self in their hearts: Why didn't they simply accept Li Mu's 15% asking price yesterday? Why? Was his brain kicked by a donkey? Suspect Li Mu of bluffing? Is this guy a bluffer? This guy is clearly a honey badger! How rigid the honey badger is, who doesn't know who lives in North America? This species is, even if you look at him, he has to be with you just to the end, when did you coax?

So, they asked Larry Page one after another: "Shall we accept it now?"