At noon, Ford Brooke arrived at YouTube.

The CEO of YouTube is Martin Holmes, a British, Cambridge graduate, in his thirties.

Ford Brooke said straight to the point: "Mr. Holmes, I think you know what I am here for. I wonder if YouTube is willing to accept financing?"

"Mr. Ford Brooke, I'm sorry that YouTube has no funding plans for the time being!" Martin Holmes said.

Ford Brooke frowned, "Has your company raised capital before?"

Martin Holmes laughs, "Yes, at the beginning of the company, there were 6 overseas venture capital institutions that invested in YouTube!"

When Ford Brooke heard this, he sniffled and secretly said that it was a pity.

"Mr. Holmes, Sequoia Capital is going to invest $200 million in YouTube, do you think about it?"

"$400 million?" asked Martin Holmes, "Oh, how many shares are you going to have in Sequoia Capital?"

Ford Brooke was silent for a moment before replying, "10%!"

Well, that said, Sequoia Capital valued YouTube at $4 billion. Martin Holmes laughed, "Mr. Ford Brooke, your Sequoia Capital's offer seems to be a bit low, the US KPCB venture capital company gave us a price of $5 billion, and IDG gave us a price of $5.5 billion......

When Ford Brooke heard this, he smiled bitterly in his heart. Sequoia Capital has basically started to decline since it got on the bar with Henry. Many investments have failed and a lot of money has been lost. Otherwise, Sequoia Capital, which has always been generous, would not be so strained. It is not easy for Sequoia Capital to come up with $400 million.

Since other venture capital firms with higher valuations had not succeeded, Ford Brooke did not count on it, so he immediately said goodbye to Martin Holmes.

"Go to LinkedIn!" Ford Brooke told the driver after leaving YouTube.

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"Sorry, Mr. Ford Brooke, we don't need financing on LinkedIn!"

"Sorry, Mr. Ford Brooke, we don't need financing at TripAdvisor!"

After being rejected one after another, Ford Brooke was a little confused!

At about 10 o'clock in the evening, Ford Brooke came home exhausted, first took a cold shower, and then lay down in bed, recalling what happened today......

None of the four websites needed financing, and what made him even more shocked was that these four companies had received huge investments from overseas venture capital at the beginning of their business, how could it be so coincidental?!

Ford Brooke wondered.

Will all four of these companies be controlled by one company behind the scenes?

Ford Brooke was also taken aback by his own bold guess. Who is so awesome that they can come up with so many good ideas and have a lot of money to back them up?

No, there is one person!!

Ford Brooke suddenly thought of a man - Henry Williams!

"Could it be him?" muttered Ford Brooke.

That night, Ford Brooke lost sleep, and his mind kept wondering if it was possible that Henry Williams had created the four websites behind the scenes......

The next morning, Ford Brooke woke up with a pair of dark circles under his eyes.

He decided to take a closer look at the predecessors of the four website companies!

Two days later, Ford Brooke suddenly discovered a problem, all four companies were acquired by overseas companies, and then the company name was changed!

"Hmm...... This is suspicious!" Ford Brooke muttered as he touched his chin, a glint in his eyes.

(The third update only writes about this point, everyone will take a look at it, and write a little more tomorrow.) I was so hungry that I only ate half a bowl of rice at night, and now I cook noodles and eat them...... ）

(To be continued.) )