Henry also previously owned a 20% stake in SoftBank. However, SoftBank diluted Henry's stake to 10.5% through financing, mergers and other means.

Henry's original investment in SoftBank was $100 million, in other words, SoftBank's market value at the time was $500 million. Today, SoftBank's market capitalization has risen to $60 billion. 10.5% of the shares can be exchanged for more than 6 billion US dollars, and the return on investment is still very high.

At present, SoftBank's main profit comes from Nippon Telecom, which can bring SoftBank more than $1 billion in profits every year. With this money, SoftBank began to invest in or acquire other companies frequently. Especially during the Internet winter, SoftBank has been extremely active.

Time Warner recently acquired AOL, and SoftBank spent $2 billion to acquire 80% of the shares of Global Online (Japan). And Time Warner also hopes that through this deal, the responsibility rate will be reduced, and the two sides hit it off. Now, SoftBank has invested in Taobao again, and it has gradually become a big problem for Henry.

Son likes to rely on his instincts when investing, but his instincts are often surprisingly accurate.

Invest if you don't agree.

If you don't agree, you will buy.

Anyway, as long as he thinks it's OK, it's fine.

Facing such a person who does not play according to the routine is indeed a headache.

Henry felt that he should take the initiative and not leave the opportunity to SoftBank again.

……

At the end of 1998, in Mountain View, California, USA, the famous Google company was quietly born.

Susan Wojcicki, the eldest of the three Wox sisters in Silicon Valley, rented her garage to Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to start her business. In fact, it didn't take long for Susan to join Google as well, becoming one of Google's early employees.

However, it has to be said that Sergey Brin and Larry Page started a business at Susan's house, which ...... Two men and a woman, Susan and Sergey Brin soon fell in love with each other in a garage. Unfortunately, the two later separated, and Sergey Brin and Susan's sister Anne Wojcicki began dating and married. It's just that later, Sergei's unspoken rule company female employee or couldn't resist the temptation to get on the mixed-race beauty manager of the Google Glasses project, known as the "goddess of Google". And this mixed-race beauty is said to already have a boyfriend and also works at Google. Put yourself in your shoes and think about it, the boss and his girlfriend got involved under their noses, how can this green hat be worn, how can the word "anger" be used!

The cuckold man finally jumped to Xiaomi as vice president.

In his previous life, as a senior network engineer, Henry had also heard a little about Google's gossip news. There is a saying that there is no reason. Sergei Brin and his wife, Anne Wojcicki, then began to separate and divorced two years later. This is obviously a living example of Xiao San's involvement, which led to the collapse of the family.

According to Henry, Anne Wojcicki is a biotechnologist who founded 23andMe rapid genetic testing company, which is well-known in the United States.

23 refers to the 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body, and 23 and Me refers to its own chromosomes. 23andMe can detect a user's genes with a mouthful of spit, so as to analyze the probability that the user may suffer from a certain disease. At the same time, you can also check your own lineage and 18 generations of ancestors. Through 23andMe, many people have found their long-separated relatives.

Lucy Southworth, the wife of Larry Page, another founder of Google, is a Ph.D. student in biomedical informatics at Stanford University, a skilled biotechnologist, and one of the founders of 23adnMe.

Henry couldn't help but sum up an experience for those women who want to join a wealthy family: "If you learn biotechnology, you can marry a world-class rich man!"

Recently, Henry has been secretly following the development of Google, and Larry Page and Sergey Brin have developed a new online search technology, which is not as innovative and shining as Isearch in many places.

"It's time to talk to them......" Henry muttered as he lay on the couch and looked at the ceiling.

……

On March 2, in Susan's garage, Larry Page and Sergey Brin were staring at a monitor. Suddenly, there was the sound of parking outside.

"Sergey, it seems that Susan's house has a guest?"

"Well, the car stopped at the door. Sergei said as he walked over and pulled the door of the garage.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin looked up to see a young man in sunglasses, accompanied by four men in black, walking towards the garage, or rather, towards the two of them......

"Who are you?" Sergey Brin asked loudly, stepping forward.

Henry chuckled and took off his sunglasses.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page were shocked when they saw each other's appearances, "You, you're Henry Williams?!!"

"That's right, it's me!" Henry asked with a smile, "Hehe, aren't you going to invite me in for a while?"

"Of course, please come in!" the two nodded in response, and reached out to make a gesture of please.

Henry walked into the garage.

The garage was not large, twenty or thirty square meters, surrounded by whitewashed walls, and in the middle there were several tables to form a long table, on which were placed six desktop computers and some other electronic devices. There are a dazzling variety of cables such as network cables, data cables, and power cables. Henry then walked up to a large two-meter-tall machine, which had no enclosure and a fan that kept blowing at it to cool it down. Henry observed for a moment and asked, "This machine is your server?"

"Yes!" Larry Page nodded sheepishly, "because we didn't have the money to buy a server, so we bought some second-hand electronic components and designed and assembled a server ourselves." Oh, it looks a little ugly, but it's not bad! Mr. Williams, please take a seat!"

"Thank you. After Henry sat down, he looked at the two who were a little reserved, and said with a faint smile, "Don't be nervous, you two." Actually, I've heard that the Google search you developed is running at Stanford University, and the response is pretty good. So, I came to meet two geniuses. ”

At this moment, a woman's voice came from outside.

"Who are you ?!! why did you break into my house?"

"Oh, it's Susan's voice!" Sergei introduced to Henry, "Mr. Williams, she is the owner of this house!"

"I know, please let her in. ”

Sergei nodded, immediately went outside and called "Susan".

"Sergey, who are they?" Susan wondered.

"Susan, Henry Williams is here!!" Sergei leaned into her ear, whispered but excited.

"The world's richest man, Henry Williams?!!"

"That's right, it's him!" Sergei said, taking her hand, "let's go, Mr. Williams called you over." ”

Susan Wojcicki nodded excitedly.

Upon entering the garage, Susan saw Henry and Larry Page having a good time.

"Mr. Williams, this is Susan Wojcicki!" Sergei said.

"Hello, Mr. Williams, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Susan said excitedly.

"Hello, beautiful Ms. Susan. ”

Susan Wojcicki is thirty years old, and Larry Page and Sergei Bryn are more than a year older than Henry, probably twenty-five or sixteen.

Henry said straight to the point: "The purpose of my visit this time is very simple, which is to buy Google. At the same time, it is to invite the two of you, and ...... Susan Wojcki joins Isearch!"

Larry Page asks, "What will Isearch do with Google after it acquires it?"

Henry smiled when he heard this: "Isearch is not just a search company, it will expand its business and develop in the direction of diversified technology." So, I'm going to restructure the company and separate Isearch's search agents from the rest of the business in the form of a controlling stake. Google's name will be retained and become the parent company of Isearch, and at the same time, GoogleX Labs will be set up within the company to conduct cutting-edge research based on search technology, such as artificial intelligence ......"

ICQ has a unique advantage in researching artificial intelligence. As an Internet search giant, Isearch processes more data, and its research on artificial intelligence should be stronger. In Henry's view, the position of artificial intelligence in the future will inevitably replace icq and Isearch. At that time, Henry will focus on artificial intelligence, supplemented by icq social and Isearch search, and form a super huge artificial intelligence enterprise!

For now, let icq and Isearch compete with each other in terms of artificial intelligence. The so-called high altitude is overwhelming, and the Siri artificial intelligence developed by ICQ is almost invincible, and it should need external stimulation to create a sense of urgency, and then it can develop faster.

"After the company is reorganized, in addition to giving you a high salary, I will also give you a share allotment. Although there may not be a lot of shares, the higher the market value of the company, the more valuable it will be. In addition, if there is a subsidiary listed, you will also have a part of the subscription rights. Are you interested in joining my company?"

Google is too small to be a complete nobody compared to Isearch. However, they couldn't believe that Henry was going to make Google the parent company of Isearch. For a while, the surging excitement in Larry and Sergey's hearts is difficult to describe in words!

And in the face of Henry's tempting conditions, the three of them looked at each other and couldn't refuse at all.

Within a minute, Larry Page, Sergey Brin, and Susan Wojcicki all nodded their heads and said they were more than willing to accept Henry's invitation.

Henry was overjoyed that Larry Page and Sergei Brin were not only innovative technical geniuses, but also had a unique vision and were extremely good entrepreneurs! With a little training, they could be on their own! And Susan Wojcicki was not as powerful as the first two, but she had an MBA from Harvard University and a master's degree from the University of California, Los Angeles. In her previous life, she served as Senior Vice President of Google's most important and lucrative advertising business and was ranked 16th on the "Top 100 Women in the World."

Henry promised Larry Page and Sergey Brin $2 million a year, Susan Wojcicki $1.5 million a year, and paid $5 million to buy Google, but the $5 million was converted into a stake in the restructured company.

$2 million is a very high salary in the United States, and Larry Page and Sergey are very happy with it, after all, they are not the top two Google giants in the previous life. Of course, $2 million is certainly much less than the CEOs of many large companies, and some CEOs, such as the CEO of an Formula 1 racing company, get an annual salary of $80 or 90 million, which is the first in the world.

The main reason is that Larry Page and Sergey Brin are too young and have little seniority in Isearch, and if Henry offers tens of millions of dollars a year to the two of them, it will chill the hearts of the other employees. However, Henry believes that with the abilities of the two of them, sooner or later they will come to the fore. When the time comes, I will promote them and increase the salary!

(To be continued.) )