Chapter 373: Google's Big Three

Los Angeles, located in the southwest of California, USA, is the second largest city in the United States and the largest city in the western United States, often known as the "City of Angels", because it was originally built here by the Spaniards, and called it "the town of the Virgin Mary of the Queen of Angels", and later the city had the abbreviation of "City of Angels".

The sun is shining all year round, dry and rainless, the climate is mild and pleasant, the average temperature is about 12 degrees, the annual precipitation is only 357 mm, and the winter rain is the mainstay, this climate is simply a gift from God.

With endless sandy beaches and sunshine, Silicon Valley, the world's most famous center of internet technology, and of course, Hollywood, the world's most important entertainment center.

Zhou Bai is not the first time to come to Los Angeles, he has been here more than once, but that is only because he wants to invest in Google, and it has nothing to do with Hollywood.

"Zhou, the company's development is very good, everything is developing in the direction we originally envisioned, now the company's financial situation is very good, the cooperation with Yahoo is also very pleasant, we are not far from the time to go public, I believe it will be able to bring you satisfactory returns." Hearing that Zhou Bai came to the United States, Larry Page took time out to accompany him.

For Zhou Bai, Larry Page is full of gratitude, when Google needs funds the most, Zhou Bai appeared, he used his own investment to let Google tide over the difficulties, and when Google needed funds again, it was Zhou Bai who came with funds, clearing the biggest obstacle for Google's development, and what made Larry Page even happier was that even if he held Google's shares, Zhou Bai never interfered with the company and handed over all the voting rights of the shares to him.

"Larry, you are a genius, and the facts have proved that my vision is right, it is an honor to work with a great genius, and I believe that in the future, Google will get better and better under your leadership, it will be a great company, and I will be proud of the company I have helped." Zhou Bai said with a smile on his face, Google's listing has been put on the agenda, and both him and Larry Page will be worth enough in the future, and maintaining a good relationship with Larry Page, the founder of Google, is definitely a beneficial and harmless thing.

"Sergey, long time no see, you are still as handsome as ever, even if you are not in the United States, I can still hear from you and Larry from time to time. Zhou Bai hugged Sergei Brin and said with a smile.

"Zhou, really? I didn't give an interview to the media, how could you hear from me? If it was Larry's news, I would still be able to believe it, after all, he is the 'future global leader'. Sergei Brin first hugged Zhou Bai warmly, and said happily and suspiciously.

Sergey Brin is much more low-key than Larry Page, the Jewish genius is the kind of tech maniac who would rather spend all day in front of a computer studying various technical problems than appear in front of the media, although he is also a very good business manager, but he is really not keen on those things that are in the limelight.

"Google is no longer the obscure company in the garage in 98, even if you are far away in China, you are talked about by people who love the Internet, and the story of Google is also a great story in the East, although the Internet in China started late, but people there are as enthusiastic as you were at the beginning. Zhou Bai said, this is not a lie, at this juncture in 03 years, the development of domestic Internet entrepreneurship is in full swing, how can Google not be mentioned.

"I believe Zhou's words, China is a mysterious country, we don't know much about it, and even though the boundaries have blurred in the world of the internet, there is still so much to pour into it. Eric Schmidt said with a smile, the CEO of Google, is no stranger to Zhou Bai.

In 01, Larry and Sergey felt that the company's development needed to be led by a master with rich experience and strategic planning and business management skills, and hired Eric Schmidt as CEO from Novell.

The combination of Eric Schmidt and Google, there is also Zhou Bai's suggestion in the middle, because he knows the future development, Zhou Bai provides some suggestions for Larry Page and Sergey Brin when Google needs to develop, and now it seems that this cooperation is definitely a match made in heaven.

Before joining Google, Eric Schmidt was brilliant, and Novell was saved by him once, but with the bursting of the Internet bubble, Novell fell back into a situation of huge losses, Eric Schmidt was already in a difficult situation at that time, the board of directors questioned him constantly, and Google, which had achieved profitability, extended an olive branch to him, and finally Eric Schmidt made a choice that he would be proud of for the rest of his life.

Zhou Bai has been to the United States several times and has seen the CEO a few times, but it is not enough to say that he has a deep friendship, of course, as a shareholder of Google, Zhou Bai is definitely rare to see a shareholder who does not dictate the company's daily management and strategic layout, Eric Schmidt has a very good relationship with Zhou Bai, and he is also curious and appreciative of Zhou Bai.

Zhou Bai knows that it is precisely because of Eric Schmidt as CEO in history that Google has completely established the position of Internet hegemony, and Eric Schmidt has also become a billionaire because of Google's development, and he will obtain hundreds of millions of dollars worth of equity as an employee, so he will naturally have a good relationship with him.

Because of Zhou Bai, Google achieved profitability earlier, and he has a unique advantage, revealing some casually can help Larry Page and Sergey Brin clear the fog and glimpse the future, which is why as the founder of Google, he has such a good relationship with Zhou Bai.

No one would dislike such an investor, who is not greedy to get control of the company, but can also make strategic suggestions for the development of the company, but does not interfere in the management and operation of the company, and any entrepreneur dreams of this kind of high-quality investor.

Now Zhou Bai holds 5% of Google's shares, of course, his father still holds 20%, as for the listing, his father has promised to slowly reduce the shares to 10%, and Zhou Bai will only retain less than 1% of the shares in the end, such a choice is their initiative to retreat, otherwise according to the previous investment agreement, even Larry Page and Sergey Brin can do nothing.

Of course, Zhou Bai's shares brought him enough wealth to make him a billionaire, Zhou Bai didn't want to control Google from the beginning, while maintaining his consistent concessions, he also made enough efforts to ensure his own interests, involving the interests of hundreds of millions of dollars, don't put this thing in.

The close cooperation of Google's troika will successfully build Google into a new era of Silicon Valley mythology, and Zhou Bai, now people don't know his name, but there is no doubt that he can't get around the history, after all, Google's original investor status is not low, and his name will inevitably be included in the future Internet history.

After chatting with Google's Big Three for a while, the topics were not limited to Google's development, the future trend of the Internet, literature, sports, economic situation, etc., and all morning, in Google's office, there was always hearty laughter from time to time.

"Let me take you on a tour of the company, now Google has become one of the most well-known companies in Silicon Valley, I believe that in the future we will become like Microsoft, the strategies that you have provided for us, it has been proven to be correct, Google has benefited a lot from it, as the original investor of the company, you should be known by the employees of this company. ”