"I'm sorry, gentlemen, we have our own search team, BackRub's technology is very good, but I'm not ready to acquire. Yang Zhiyuan said indifferently to the two young people sitting in front of him.

Sergey Brin jumped: "Why? Our RankPage technology is a generation ahead of Yahoo's current search sorting technology!"

Yang Zhiyuan spread his hands: "I said, your technology is very good, but now we don't need to invest more in search engines." ”

Sergei Brin and Larry Page looked at each other, and Larry Page said with difficulty: "What about $1 million?"

Originally, the two of them planned to sell Backrub for $2 million, and Larry Page would also have the money to complete his Ph.D., and at the same time have an explanation for the source of the fire.

After all, Tinder invested 100,000 US dollars in them in the early stage and took 20% of their shares, and if he really loses, Larry Page is still a little embarrassed.

Yang Zhiyuan wanted to end this conversation, but when he saw these two young people, he couldn't help but think of the time when he started his business two years ago, and his heart softened, explaining: "At present, Yahoo's strategic focus is on the portal, and we want to build Yahoo into the world's largest portal within a year." All of Yahoo's acquisitions at this stage must revolve around this theme. ”

"Now that Yahoo is listed on the NASDAQ, shareholders are most concerned about the stock price, and every cost will make Yahoo's financial statements more inferior in the eyes of investors. ”

"Our information consultant gave us a detailed financial plan, and it's not that Yahoo doesn't need a better search engine, but at the moment the board is more inclined to look for search engine providers to serve Yahoo, and yes, we're more inclined to rent than buy. ”

Sergei Brin is still reluctant that Yahoo should be the best buyer they can find, and if Yahoo doesn't buy Backrub, it means that the expectation of the two of them becoming millionaires will be bankrupt.

Larry Page's dream is to stay at Stanford as a professor, while Sergey Brin's dream is much more realistic, he wants to be financially free, he wants to be as free as he can, and he wants to find a beautiful wife.

Seeing that the two were unwilling, Yang Zhiyuan comforted: "Actually, I suggest that you set up a company by yourself to provide us with search services, of course, you have to go through our procurement process." But either way, this technology is a valuable one, don't be discouraged. ”

The two got up dejectedly, reluctantly shook hands with Yang Zhiyuan, and were about to say goodbye, when Yang Zhiyuan's assistant walked in, "Jerry, there are two policemen who want to find these two gentlemen." ”

Before Yang Zhiyuan could speak, two police officers from Palo Alto walked in and looked at Sergey Brin and Larry Page, "Sorry to bother you, are you Sergey Brin and Lawrence Edward Page?"

The two were a little puzzled, nodded, and after the police showed their police ID cards, they said Miranda warned, "You are suspected of creating a case of intentional injury, so I will arrest you now." ”

Sergei and Larry Page were horrified, deliberately hurting, arresting, what the hell is going on?

Sergei Brin waved his arm: "Impossible, you must be mistaken!"

The policeman looked at the folder in his hand, "Lawrence Edward Page, do you know a guy named Kevin GoodJohnson?"

Larry Page nervously said, "Yes, he's my roommate." ”

The cop shrugged, "This morning, he fell at the bedroom door, broke his collarbone, and lost two teeth, well, front teeth. ”

Larry Page stammered, "What does it have to do with us that he broke his collarbone?"

The police officer raised an eyebrow, "His fall was not an accident, the victim called the police, someone applied a layer of lube to the tile at his bedroom door, the car's lube." We found the lube drums, which were supposed to be your items, and based on the victim's testimony, the two of you are seriously suspected. ”

Larry Page glanced at Sergei Brin and guessed that it was the bad friend who was playing a prank.

Sergei Brin shouted: "It's just a prank, he's an evil racist, I just want to tease him." ”

The police were unmoved, "Anyway, you have been arrested, if you feel that you have been treated unfairly, you can contact a lawyer." ”

The two men were not subjected to coercive measures, and the case was not big, and after the lawyer came, he paid bail and the two were released.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room of the apartment they had just rented, both fell silent.

"I'm sorry, Larry, I'm 。。。。。。 Sergei Brin said guiltily.

Larry Page waved his hand and signaled Sergei not to blame himself too much, after all, the other party was also trying to vent his anger.

Sergei Brin covered his face with his hands: "God, how can this be? We swiped our credit card for bail, and we can pay back the money after the money arrives, but the compensation plus attorney fees and litigation costs will cost tens of thousands of dollars, what should we do? Damn Viking!"

Larry Page suddenly got up, picked up the cordless phone, and quickly started dialing.

Sergei Brin asked, "Larry, who are you calling?"

Larry Page didn't look up and muffled, "Irene, she's our investor." ”

Sergei Brin didn't have much hope, turned on the computer, continued to improve the rankpage, and said without replying: "Okay, maybe she doesn't want Tinder Source to lose the $100,000, and can pay us this compensation and attorney's fees." ”

"Hey, Larry, you know what? I think our sorting algorithm could be further improved. Now it's just sorting based on the number of visits, but if we refine the weighting algorithm a little more, for example, by identifying the weighting frequency of people's names and different words。。。。。。 All right..... OK, I'll try again。。。。。。 fxck! Not really。。。。。。 Change it again。。。。。。 ”

Sergey Brin changed two lines of code, and when he turned around, he saw Larry Page behind him, "Why haven't you called yet?

Larry Page said calmly: "Hit." ”

Sergei Brin shrugged: "It's normal that you didn't get through, it's too late now, try again tomorrow." ”

Larry Page: "Got through. ”

Sergei Brin was stunned, "What did she say?"

Larry Page: "She agreed to have the Tinder lawyers defend us and cover all the legal fees. ”

Sergei Brin's eyes widened: "Are you kidding?"

Larry Page smiled slightly: "No, I just finished talking to her about it, and she agreed." ”

Sergei Brin cheered, "Great!" and then worried, "Didn't she ask for a deduction from our other 50,000 investments?"

Larry Page shook his head and said, "No." But I told her that our backrub was done and she was happy and said she wanted to see each other tomorrow. ”

Larry Page had a hint of shyness on his face.

Sergei Brin rolled his eyes: "It looks like someone has fallen in love." ”

Larry Page quickly shook his head in denial, and Sergey Brin laughed.

In any case, it seems that this crisis will be able to survive safely. If it weren't for the desperation, the two would not have called Su Zhuorui, after all, letting the venture capital know the investee's bad deeds, maybe the default clause would be triggered, and it might be really over.

It's nice to find an investor who trusts me so much.

(End of chapter)