Chapter 166: Spring Festival 2001

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"Dodo...!"

Under Guo Shouyun's skillful use, the thick kitchen knife collided with the board underneath, making a series of even sounds.

With this sound, the pork that had been ground by the meat grinder became thinner.

"Wendy, bring me the leeks I cut!"

Hearing this, Wendy, who was sitting on the pony next to him and looked at Guo Shouyun's busy curiosity, hurriedly brought the leeks in the basin next to her.

After Guo Shouyun took it, he put the minced pork in. After stirring with chopsticks, sprinkle with salt, monosodium glutamate, star anise powder, chopped green onion and ginger, and then add a little soybean oil to it. After feeling the same, Guo Shouyun stirred for three minutes, and after stirring the meat filling well, he nodded with satisfaction.

"That's it!"

"This is the dumpling filling?" Wendy wondered.

"Hmm!"

"It's amazing to watch!"

"There's more to Huaxia than this magical thing!" said Guo Shouyun, taking the dumpling wrappers he bought from Chinatown and starting to make dumplings.

Today is the thirtieth Chinese New Year's Eve, and it is also his first New Year after being reborn. Although he didn't have any relatives around him, he didn't want to rush things. So, in the afternoon, I went to San Francisco's Chinatown to buy New Year's goods.

In his last life, he was a Qilu person, and there are two most important things for the New Year: eating dumplings and watching the Spring Festival Gala.

In line with the principle of do-it-yourself, he wrapped his favorite dumplings stuffed with leeks and pork.

Watching Guo Shouyun skillfully wrap out the dumplings with white skin and big filling, Wendy was also ready to move: "It's so interesting to watch, can I try it?"

"You?" glanced at her, Guo Shouyun, who wanted to refuse, looked at Wendy's bright eyes, and swallowed back the words when they came to his mouth, "Go to those pair of chopsticks!"

Wendy, who nodded vigorously, happily took out chopsticks from the kitchen next to her and wrapped her first dumplings in her life like Guo Shouyun. But like all beginners, what comes out of the bag is terrible.

"Why is mine so ugly?"

There is no harm if there is no comparison, Wendy looked at the vegetable dumplings in her hand, and then looked at Guo Shouyun, who could be called exquisite dumplings, and was very dissatisfied in her heart.

"It's the first time you've made dumplings, it's weird to be able to wrap them well!" Guo Shouyun said with a smile.

"I don't believe it, I'm going to try again!"

Just as Wendy was about to plague Guo Shouyun's dumpling stuffing again, a bodyguard walked in outside.

"Boss, Mr. Liu is here!"

"Let him in!"

"Yes!"

After the bodyguard went out, it didn't take long for Liu Zhixing to walk in with his daughter. The most important thing for the New Year is to be lively, so Guo Shouyun also invited him and his friends to come over. However, Liu Zhixing arrived first.

"Uncle Guo, Aunt Wendy!"

The crisp sound immediately diverted Wendy's attention from the dumplings.

"Nannan, uncle can't leave now, I'll wrap you a big red envelope later!" Guo Shouyun said with a smile.

At this time, Liu Zhi walked over, looking at his appearance, Guo Shouyun smiled and asked, "Will it be?"

"I learned it when I was in my hometown!" Liu Zhixing nodded.

"That's right, you go to the kitchen to wash your hands and help me wrap a piece, otherwise I will be tired to death after wrapping the dumplings for more than a dozen people. ”

Liu Zhixing smiled and nodded, with him joining, the speed was indeed a lot faster. It didn't take long for Catherine Lincoln to arrive. This is another new force. Because of Guo Shouyun's adoptive father's relationship, she has liked to eat dumplings since she was a child, and she also likes to celebrate the Spring Festival, and she has naturally learned to wrap it over the years.

Catherine was followed by Mata Lincoln and his fiancée Julia. Not long afterward, Martin Alexander and his girlfriend Su Li, as well as Larry Page, Sergey Brin and David Sachs arrived.

In addition to Ruby Technology's CEO Keith Lapos, who is also on a business trip in China, partners from Google, LinkedIn, and PayPal are all here. Of course, this is Guo Shouyun's company in San Francisco. Like Matrix, Phoenix, and Hanhua, there is no way.

Westerners are naturally fond of parties, so Larry Page, Sergey Brin and David Sachs, although they met the Lincoln siblings for the first time, did not seem strangers to each other. After chatting for a while, the atmosphere became warm.

When the hot dumplings are out of the pot, the traditional Chinese cuisine brightens up the atmosphere in the room.

However, compared with dumplings, what really made Guo Shouyun feel was the Spring Festival Gala.

In the Spring Festival Gala in 2001, Song Zuying was still the protagonist, Cai Ming was still very young, Feng Hui did not have the opening sentence of 'I want to die of you', and Fan Wei was just about to be fooled by Uncle Benshan's pair of crutches. … Well, even in 2001, Guo Da was still bald.

Compared with Catherine and Larry Page around them, they were surprisingly lively, but Guo Shouyun was full of memories.

However, looking at Liu Zhixing, who was holding Nan Nan next to him and staring at the TV screen with heavy eyes, Guo Shouyun knew that his mood might be the closest to him here.

The Spring Festival Gala lasted until 12 o'clock in the evening, and when the bell rang, Guo Shouyun took the firecrackers he had bought early to the courtyard outside the villa, and everyone put them together.

Looking at the fireworks in the black night sky, the first New Year since rebirth is over.

Guo Shouyun's manor was big enough to accommodate everyone. Thinking that he would have to go to work tomorrow, it was already late, so no one refused his proposal.

The next morning, his biological clock made him wake up on time at six o'clock.

However, when Guo Shouyun was running circles around the manor, there was no shortage of companions around him.

"I didn't expect you to like morning jogging, too?"

Larry Page smiled, "I started to like running when I was in college because of Forrest Gump!

"Forrest Gump is a good movie. Guo Shouyun nodded, "But in comparison, I'm not so positive." If I hadn't joined the basketball team, I might have slept in it like them now!"

"When I was in high school, I wanted to join the varsity team, but unfortunately I didn't have the talent for sports!"

"Hehe, it looks like I've won in this regard!" after smiling, "Google has been going well lately, right?"

"It's going well, the encyclopedia is already very complete. Pictures and news are also nearing completion, and the Q&A will be slower, but it will be available in March at the latest. But in terms of music, we will have to wait until the second half of the year. ”

"There was no rush, we had plenty of time. After a pause, "Google has now completed the layout of four markets: English, Spanish, French and Japanese. Is there any movement on Yahoo's side?"

"Not yet. However, I have been informed that Tim Coogle, the current CEO of Yahoo, has a discordant relationship with Yang Zhiyuan, and I am afraid that he will be replaced soon. ”

Guo Shouyun nodded, "Regardless of them, now Google has become a big trend." Even if Yahoo is aware of the danger, it is no longer a threat to us!"

Larry Page agrees. Now Google is the unquestioned number one Internet search engine provider in the world. It occupies more than 50% of the market share, and it is still growing.

"Bruce, your decision to work with Yahoo was a genius project. Otherwise, Google definitely hasn't grown so fast. Larry Page admired.

"I'm also a partner at Google, so it's only natural for me to contribute to the company. After a pause, "However, it doesn't matter if Yahoo's cooperation with us can continue in the future." By June, we all have to take out the 'side ads' and 'PPC', and we can't wait until all the funds in the account are used up, otherwise the company's financial security will be jeopardized. ”

Larry Page nodded in agreement, his eyes showing excitement and anticipation.

"I really want to see that day sooner rather than later. ”

"There's no rush. The time is fast approaching for us to Google to break out of its cocoon and become a butterfly. ”

Larry Page nodded, then suddenly frowned.

"Bruce, do you think we need another round of funding?"

"Not at the moment. But there is too much greedy capital in the world. We also need allies to protect us. ”

"My concern is that raising money too early doesn't reflect Google's true value. It will also cost us. Larry Page said.

"I understand your concern. So we can first look for those who intend to cooperate with the capital to sign a financing letter of intent. When it's time for us to do PE before going public, we're getting them to throw themselves in. ”

After nodding in agreement, Larry Page continued, "Do you have someone in mind to work with?"

"Of course!"

"The Carlyle Fund is one, Blackstone, TPG, Fidelity, Bain Capital, Goldman Sachs, KKR, SoftBank, which is considered for the time being. However, when the listing is about to come, the scope will be expanded. The more allies there are, the smoother our talents will develop. ”

Larry Page pondered for a moment, he knew all the names Guo Shouyun said. All of them are today's giants in the global investment field. If they are on Google's list of shareholders, there is no doubt that Google's internationalization will be much smoother.

"What about the shares to be sold?"

Larry Page asked what was most important to him.

"PE round 20% is enough. Then go public to raise 15%, and then the management set aside 15% options. Of course, there are superimpositions and liquidations, and the exact number of shares will have to wait until a detailed and complex calculation to have a final result. ”

Larry Page nodded in agreement, Guo Shouyun's plan was not much different from what he thought.

"I'm done!" Guo Shouyun said after stopping and wiping the sweat from his forehead.

"I'm done!"

"Let's go. Take a shower, and after breakfast it's time for us to go to work. ”

"I really want to go out for a vacation!"

"Vacation? ”……

chatting casually, the two walked towards the villa together.

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