Chapter 22: Be a Mountain Climber Forever
The teacup is filled with heat, the law of the workplace, coffee means business, and drinking tea represents private chat.
Whether Robin Li is an impatient person, or the noise in the conference room just now annoys him, he is not a tactful person, unlike the elegant feeling he gives people, in fact, his personal style is very tough.
Robin Li shrugged his shoulders and said in a relatively relaxed tone: "You have seen the situation in the conference room just now, and I need your opinion. ”
"Mr. Li, your question is not a smart question. Lin Fan took a sip of tea with enjoyment, "This tea is good, the temperature, tea, and craftsmanship are all very good." ”
Lin Fan's unhurried and unhurried surprised Robin Li, but he didn't want this junior to look down on him, "The tea is bought by the secretary, and as for the craftsmanship, it's just a hot water flush." Robin Li looked inexplicable, but his meaning was clear, at this level, you also said it was good tea?
"Mr. Li, we are all cultural people, so we can't be elegant?"
"Technology has always been so realistic. ”
"But you seem to be the CEO, and you should be the best at rhetoric, right?"
Robin Li was helpless, although such a conversation was interesting and he was willing to carry it out, but he wanted to get a certain idea to confirm his ideas.
"Xiaolin, I need your explanation. ”
Lin Fan raised his eyebrows, "Actually, when you decided to hold a listing meeting, the result was already doomed. What Lin Fan said must be incomparable.
"But I just wanted to discuss the possibility of going public at the meeting. ”
"Psychologically speaking, everything people do has a reason, and subconsciously you already want to go public, and now you just need to give yourself a reason to the management and the shareholders. ”
Robin Li understood the meaning of Lin Fan's words, "You support my listing?" Although it was a question, it was extremely certain.
Lin Fan stood up, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window, faced Li Yanhong, and from the front, the reflection of the sunlight made Lin Fan inexplicably a little bright.
"Of course, the stage of China is too small, and the United States, NASDAQ, is the stage of a company. Accept the most intuitive test there, the outstanding shareholders of the enterprise are crazy to rob, and the excellent enterprise is abandoned. Success or failure, but I prefer not to succeed, rather than die!" Lin Fan waved his arms and looked agitated, "Mr. Li, we Internet practitioners have a dream since we stepped into this industry?
Robin Li was not as excited as Lin Fan, but his frowning brows could still see that his heart was not calm at the moment, and after a while, Robin Li's voice said in a slightly low voice: "It has always been my dream to be an engine in Huaxia, and you know that I have a lot of engine patents in Silicon Valley. At that time, I returned to China many times, but the entrepreneurial environment in China did not exist, and there were not even a few portals in China at that time. It wasn't until the end of '99 that I returned to China again, and finally saw hope, so I resolutely returned to China and founded Baidu. ”
Lin Fan's history is very clear, and he can't help but bow, "Mr. Li, your experience is quite similar to the meaning of Baidu's name, and everyone is looking for him thousands of times." ”
Robin Li said, "Baidu was established in a hotel, and we have paid too much for our dreams, not only hard work, but also youth. Baidu is like our child, and we want him to thrive. ”
"Mr. Li, there is a saying in China that if you can't give up a child, you can't catch a wolf, and there is also a saying that a mule is a horse that comes out for a walk. ”
"Can't you kid listen to me before talking?" Robin Li glared at Lin Fan, "The original group of seven is no longer there, and Baidu's Seven Musketeers have become a thing of the past, but fortunately, Baidu has been developing very well......
Lin Fan's gaze slowly deepened, he understood that at this juncture, what Robin Li needed was advice, and he also confided, he couldn't tell these words to others, because he was the king of this company, if he was confused, this company would be chaotic.
"Mr. Li, can you talk to me about your thoughts?"
The dominance of the dialogue unconsciously fell into the hands of Lin Fan, but Robin Li still spoke, perhaps he also took the opportunity to sort out his own thoughts, "The reason why venture capital wants Baidu to go public is nothing more than that Baidu has occupied eighty percent of the engine market share in China, the industrial chain is perfect, and even with the improvement of the domestic environment, Baidu will be more profitable......."
Lin Fan smiled, "Mr. Li, since Baidu is so good, why do you hesitate?"
"It's a gamble!"
"Baidu has squeezed out Google, the world's No. 1 in China, which is a testament to its capabilities. In addition, from the second round of financing, Baidu is willing to accept the investment of its rival Google, and I believe that Mr. Li, you also understand that Baidu needs to break the existing shackles, international is the better choice, and listing is the best way out. ”
Robin Li's expression keeps changing, once the listed stock price plummets, this is definitely a devastating blow to Baidu at this stage, and it is also unacceptable to him, but in fact, as early as 04, Robin Li planned to go public, but he hesitated when it came.
Lin Fan didn't care about Robin Li's reaction, and even told the story by himself, "In 1929, when the world broke out in an economic crisis, Onassis, a Greek living in Argentina, heard that there was a railroad company in Canada that wanted to sell ships worth $2 million before the crisis, but now they are only selling $20,000.
In Argentina, the economic crisis is naturally due to the closure of factories, the loss of workers, and the depression of all industries, including the maritime industry. But Onassis thought that the economic crisis would pass, so he sold his property to buy a ship, and sure enough, after the economic crisis, he doubled in value, and even became a world-famous ship king. ”
Robin Li's eyes lit up, he naturally understood what Lin Fan meant, if you think it's right, do it bravely!
"I think I know what to do. ”
Lin Fan seemed to have done a trivial thing, "Mr. Li, good luck." "Okay, Lin Fan still has some embarrassment on his face, after all, there are not many opportunities to teach the big guy.