Of course it's worth it, and what could be more worthwhile than investing $200,000 in Google in the early days of the startup? Even if the bank vault is open for people to move around, it's not as worthwhile as the investment.

You know, Google is not only Google, but also the boss of Android, and in 20 years, once Google cancels the authorization, more than half of the world's smartphones will be completely dumbfounded.

Liang Yifei's biggest problem is that he is just a traverser, not a traverser with a system, not even an IT professional, he doesn't know when Android and IOS will appear, where they can be 'bought', and how to develop them.

That's why he single-handedly set up the Overseas Research Committee, allowing Sun Dawei to cast a wide net overseas, collect as much information as possible, and invest in all kinds of start-ups and people at any cost;

Once the core technology is in the hands of others, it seems to be calm on the surface, but secretly, it is controlled by others everywhere.

For example, after the transformation, Tencent has always claimed 'win-win cooperation', no longer to acquire small and medium-sized enterprises at every turn, but to provide a platform for small and medium-sized enterprises, but in fact, if you want to get on Tencent's platform, you must be prepared to pay more than half or even more than 90% of the profits.

It's just that $200,000 is obviously a little less.

"Larry, I think you're a little mistaken. Liang Yifei smiled and said, "I won't fly across the world overnight for an investment of $200,000." ”

"That'...... So how much are you going to invest?" Although Larry and Sergei have their own personality characteristics, they are both people with extremely high IQ and emotional intelligence, and they did not misunderstand Liang Yifei's meaning because of the difference in Chinese language and culture, but understood it, and asked a little unbelievingly.

In fact, if Liang Yifei doesn't come, it won't be long before they can get their first investment, but only $100,000.

In the United States in the mid-to-late 90s, $100,000 was not a small amount, even in many mature small and medium-sized companies in the United States, it was a big amount of money to be carefully calculated.

"Three million dollars. Liang Yifei said.

The garage was quiet for a while, Liang Yifei looked at the two young people whose actual age was at the same level as himself, with a stunned expression, and explained: "Of course, this money is not in place all at once, the first one is 500,000 US dollars." The Internet is a very money-burning industry, and so far, I don't think even you yourself have thought about how to make a profit, right? So on the road of Google's growth, these three million dollars will be injected in one after another according to your needs. ”

Sergei frowned slightly, and said thoughtfully: "I think that maybe the number of visits itself is one of the greatest values of the Internet, maybe you can start from this." By the way, there are also applications of various technologies......"

"Okay Sergey, the most important thing we should do now is to listen carefully to what Mr. Liang has to say. Larry interrupted Sergei's muttering and said to Liang Yifei: "Mr. Liang, can I hear all your thoughts? Three million US dollars, even if it is invested in batches, is not a small amount of money, and it can be seen that although you are rich, you are not a blind investor." ”

"Sergey, your thoughts give me hope for Google's future. ”

Liang Yifei first affirmed Sergei, and then nodded slightly to Larry and continued to speak: "Chinese and you Americans are a little different, in our concept, suffering promotes a person's growth, so we worship 'hard work', it seems that the lower a person's quality of life in entrepreneurship, the less he enjoys, the more he treats himself, the better he will be able to achieve, or in other words, after success, his story will be more infectious." And you Americans, you seem to be more happy?"

Larry thought for a moment and said, "If suffering is unavoidable, then I am willing to accept it in order to achieve the goal, but in the process of achieving the goal, if there is more happiness, both in life and spiritually, I don't think I have any reason to refuse." ”

"That's right, I like to deal with happy people, happy people. Liang Yifei said with a smile: "When Google has a certain scale, you will find that the three million dollars is not much, maybe at that time, a month, a quarter, will burn all this money." Therefore, I am investing this money for two reasons, first, to help you get through the difficult early stage, so that Google can get on the right track, and at that time, there will naturally be more and bigger capital willing to inject money into you to help you go further, and second, ......"

Liang Yifei tilted his head slightly, looked at the pile of beer bottles piled up in the corner of the garage, and said with a smile: "I hope that in the process of starting a business, you don't have to worry about beer money, and start your business in a relaxed and pleasant, even enjoyable environment." I believe that only when life is happy, the spirit can be truly happy, and only when the spirit is truly happy, will we make products that make everyone else happy. Sergey, Larry, happiness is important, it is not only an attitude to life, but also a commodity with incomparable value. ”

It stands to reason that foreigners actually don't like preaching and evaluation very much, and Liang Yifei's words are somewhat preachy and evaluative.

But it depends on who says it from and to whom.

Two young college students who have not yet graduated, are full of longing for the future, from a successful boss who is about to invest in a sky-high price that they dare not even imagine--- especially this successful boss who is not much older than them, or from the mysterious East.

In this case, the two people did not feel the slightest boredom, but flashed a positive light in their eyes.

"Mr. Liang, perhaps meeting with you will not only allow us to get investment, but also something more important and inspiring. Larry pointed to his temple, meaning enlightened by thought, and then was silent for two or three seconds, sat down opposite Liang Yifei, and asked, "Then what do we need to give?"

"Thirty percent of the shares. Liang Yifei said: "Including all the projects of the future company, subsidiaries, acquisition related projects, etc. ”

"It makes sense. Larry didn't even ask Sergei for his opinion, and directly agreed to Liang Yifei.

In their previous plan, if they could get 300,000 US dollars, they could pay 30% of the shares, not to mention the current 3 million?

"I guess I didn't make it clear. Liang Yifei shook his head and smiled, and said: "It is not 30% that will be diluted, no matter how large the size of the enterprise will be in the future, it will be 30% permanently." ”

"How can this be!"

This time, it was Sergei who took the initiative to speak, his eyes widened, and he cried out rather impolitely.

"Sergey, don't get excited!" Larry glared at him, then smiled apologetically at Liang Yifei, and said: "Mr. Liang, although we are not finance students, but a company has to go through multiple rounds of financing, especially Internet companies, each round of financing, the shares of the previous round of investors will inevitably be diluted, and similarly, due to the increase in valuation, the previous round of investors will also reap huge returns." However, no investor has ever demanded that the shareholding ratio be eternal. ”

After a pause, he seemed to want to relieve the embarrassment and tension caused by Sergei's shouting just now, and as if he was confessing to himself, he said: "What's more, none of us know what the future will look like, and if the future development is not good, then it will also be a loss for you, isn't it?"

"Of course there are losses in investments, especially in risky investments. Liang Yifei smiled and said an irrelevant word: "I had contact with another Internet company, Amazon, and invested in them. ”

"Amazon has a stake in you?"

Sergey and Larry are very surprised, the speed of development of Internet companies is very amazing, today's Amazon is no longer the original nest in the garage, thinking about how to negotiate with suppliers can get the goods first and then give money, it has become the largest online book seller in the United States, the daily book sales exceeded the largest physical giants in the United States Barnes & Noble and Borders, and this year began to carry out other retail business in addition to books.

Probably because of Liang Yifei's participation, the original development process of Amazon has undergone some changes: it was not listed in 97.

In the original time and space, Bezos's strategy was more stable and conservative, but in the complaints of many shareholders, it avoided the Internet economic bubble in the next two thousand years, and in this life, the development is more 'slower' than the original time and space, and it has not been listed so far.

Liang Yifei chatted with Bezous once, Bezos's slowness is not that he does not want to make progress, but he wants to wait for Amazon's retail business to unfold smoothly, 'hold' the expectations of the market and shareholders, and then go public, once ignited, the stock price can immediately soar to an amazing point, and then use the money to acquire two companies that he has long fancied.

One is IMDb, the largest Internet movie database in the United States, and the other is a data mining company, an application, and a scientific research.

Liang Yifei has no opinion on this, in fact, he can't put forward any opinion, if he invests in these companies, if they deviate from the original route because they don't know how to pretend to understand and interfere too much, it will be more than worth the loss.

Just reminded Bezos that the current Internet in the United States is overheated, and this heat may be maintained in one or two years, but for a longer period of time, such as three or five years, once it is broken, then the entire Internet industry will enter a cold winter.

A reminder from the prophet that was not professional made Bezos quite shocked, and he was once again cited as a confidant.

Getting back to the point, knowing that Amazon actually had Liang Yifei's initial investment, the two young people looked at Liang Yifei with a lot of trust in their eyes.

The young Chinese boss in front of him is a veteran.

"For Amazon, I talked about helping them open up the Chinese market, but for you, I don't want to say that just yet. Liang Yifei said.