Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes, and where there are rivers and lakes, there are conflicts of interests.

Li Jiaming guessed correctly, even if Tim became his microphone under Yang Zhiyuan's miracle, he would still want to secretly make a small trip. Tim personally called and asked Yang Zhiyuan, who was detained by Li Jiaming on Backrub, and happily removed RUB as a director and appointed Yang Zhiyuan as the new director of Backrub.

cool!

The young people in their twenties at BackRub Company thought that Li Jiaming was very cool, and they actually forced Yahoo's spiritual leader to become the chairman of their own small company. Larry, who was reminded by Marisa, also excitedly resigned as chairman and CEO, making him virtuous to these two big names. Backrub is a small company, these two big people can really look at it? The two big people are vindictive, and in the end, they don't have to let themselves manage, and they can promote the company well.

It seems that he didn't guess wrong, after Li Jiaming became CEO, he immediately challenged Yang Zhiyuan.

"Jerry, since you are the chairman of the company, you have to assume the responsibilities of the chairman. Why don't you talk about the company's strategy first?"

Yang Zhiyuan, who was forced to go to Liangshan, was not a vegetarian, and kicked the ball back with one kick.

"Okay, our previous strategy is very good, or should the CEO talk about the current work arrangement first?"

It's fun, Larry hurriedly handed the notebook to Li Jiaming, smiled and prepared to watch the excitement with Sergey. It's a rare opportunity to see a big man wrestling his wrists. Not to mention the two of them, even the twenty-odd employees outside are all gathered outside the glass door, just to see who of the two big names can have the upper hand. Just now, Li Jiaming relied on his physical advantage, and he was too victorious to be martial, and the next thing was a battle of wisdom.

"First, do you have any comments on Miss Marissa joining the board?"

"Nope"

"Nope"

But Yang Zhiyuan objected, and the reason was above board, "I don't agree, Miss Marissa is not the main founder, and she has no actual management experience." What's more, power needs checks and balances, and if she is allowed to join the board, her interests cannot be guaranteed. ”

Is this useful? The three-to-one advantage is enough to pass any resolution on the board of directors, even if Yang Zhiyuan is the chairman.

But what made Larry feel impossible happened, and Li Jiaming agreed and the reason was right.

"I agree with the chairman's reasoning that power needs to be checked and balanced, and interests also need to be balanced. If there is a need to bring in an odd number of directors, independent directors must also be brought in. Well, in that case, I suggest that the chairman step in and invite an independent director to join. ”

Marisa, who was looking forward to joining the board of directors, was disappointed, but the others were thoughtful, who let Yang Zhiyuan and Li Jiaming pay attention to what they said. If the acquiree has three directors, how can the interests be guaranteed? Until now, no one in the company believes or is confident that the future backrub can surpass, and everyone, including Larry himself, has regarded the company's future listing as the greatest ideal after the joint acquisition.

And if you want to make Backrub go public and cash out everyone's future stocks, perhaps Li Jiaming will actually manage the company, which is the best choice. His ability is proven in practice, and if the big man wants to, he can send HH to the New York Stock Exchange instead of the Nasdaq exchange at any time. Of course, it would be even better if Jerry could continue to be the chairman, he is the god of the Internet overlord Yahoo!

"The second question, the company has no money, will Yahoo make additional investment?"

It was the main event, and the young people were holding their breath. After the company was jointly acquired, the money was given to Sequoia Capital, Larry, and Sergei, who sold their shares, and the company's expenses were actually the two million dollars that had been raised before. Now that the stock market is so bad, if they refuse to make additional investments, and Larry and Sergei refuse to make additional investments, the company can be liquidated after spending the remaining 100,000 yuan! Larry and Sergei have become multimillionaires, but they are just rich people who are holding on to the books of futures stocks, and at most they have received some high salaries in the past few months.

"Where's HH?"

"What about Yahoo?"

"Your yahoo family has a big business!"

"You're not short of money!"

The two argued for a few words, and Li Jiaming, who didn't want to lose points in front of his future partners, took the initiative to back down and said: "We inject three million, and you Yahoo also inject three million, it's not easy for everyone." ”

Three million is a small meaning, as long as you don't let this rascal hold on. Yang Zhiyuan nodded, turned his head and asked, "Larry, Sergei, what about you?"

Larry looked at several shareholders outside the office, saw that they were all making OK gestures, and promised: "OK, we will follow up and inject four million as well." In addition, the company's salary was cut by an average of 1/3, and Sergey and I both received a dollar a year. ”

Taking the initiative to reduce wages collectively, this is a good thing, but the beneficiary Li Jiaming objected: "No, you are the most skilled and deserve such a salary." If the funds are insufficient, additional investment can be made, but it should not be left unfairly rewarded for everyone's labor. I know that your salary level may not be low in other places, but it is definitely not high in Silicon Valley. ”

Yang Zhiyuan smiled and agreed: "Yes, I agree." ”

Even if it were, the salaries of these young people were not high, such as Marissa's annual salary was only increased to 60,000 after the company was acquired. Seeing the company's prospects, everyone refuses to cash out the futures stocks, and if they cut down another 1/3, even if they can't live in poverty, they can't live happily. It's good to have enthusiasm for entrepreneurship, but if the rich die and the poor die if the poor die, the team will split up sooner or later. At this point, Li Jiaming felt that Larry was too tender, and he cashed out nearly 20 million, so he had to take on the responsibility of the leader, rather than according to the rules of business. It's not a commercial company yet, it's a small company that's starting a business.

Rejected Larry's proposal to increase the number of directors and voted on the proposal for additional investment. Li Jiaming felt that it was almost over, so he casually threw the notebook on the table, and said straight to the point: "Larry, you can discuss the rest with Sergei, and let's talk about other things." It was a joke that Jerry and I came to be the chairman and CEO, but if you have the opportunity to do publicity for you, who will make me suffer?"

'Yes', I didn't expect the dozen or so people outside to cheer quietly, it didn't seem like a big deal to see the excitement, it was the same in any country.

Yang Zhiyuan, who had just fought in Chinese, slowed down, took a sip of half-warm coffee, and the general said: "We listen to the company, the operation of the company is the responsibility of the CEO, and the chairman can only approve or veto." ”

"Ok, the interests need to be balanced, Yahoo adopted the Backrub search engine, but did not pay a cent. Mr. Chairman, is this a disservice to the interests of HH and Backrub?"

Yang Zhiyuan was angry and said disdainfully: "No, I paid $350,000 a month, I think it's fair!"

Li Jiaming hurriedly looked at Larry, saw him nodded, and couldn't help but shake his head and said, "This is unfair, Larry, what is the content of the breach of contract clause in the agreement?"

"Ten times the compensation. ”

Ruthless enough, taking advantage of other people's lack of experience, to formulate a harsh clause. I didn't give Kyle the bottom line, and Kyle, who couldn't see the prospects of this small company, would definitely sacrifice the interests of this side because he was worried about the investment plan with Yahoo.

"Larry, there's no restriction on us working with HH, right?"

That's impossible, E also needs an on-site search engine, and Kyle can't agree to that kind of terms.

"Nope".

Very good, Li Jiaming said with satisfaction: "I propose to authorize HH Company to develop business with a commission of 1%, do you have any opinions?"

Isn't this a joke? Larry and Sergei, who are not yet proficient in struggle, were stunned, but Yang Zhiyuan, who knew what Li Jiaming wanted to do, immediately objected.

“no！”

Li Jiaming shook his finger and said mockingly: "You only have one vote, vote." ”

What do you mean? Larry and Sergei thought for a while, and then they realized that Li Jiaming wanted to force Yahoo to make concessions, and no matter what aspect he made concessions, it would only be good for the company and not harmful.

"Consent"

"Agreed".

Isn't that fine, three to one. Li Jiaming smiled and switched English to Chinese, and persuaded: "Brother Zhiyuan, let it be a little, don't let us hang the search engine on the AOL page." Don't worry, I won't let you suffer, as long as it shows up in the search results. Be a man and do things fairly, you can't benefit you, you can't even get a reputation here, right?"

"We paid for it!"

"Okay, we don't want money, how about it? Fame and fame, where does the profit come from without fame?"

The two used Chinese to make more than two dozen white people indoors and outdoors blind, but no matter who knows, Li Jiaming is fighting for the company's interests.

Even Larry, who is afraid of losing power, knows very well in his heart that if he wants to win benefits from Yahoo, he can only rely on a powerful big man like Li Jiaming; And he is also very sure that big people like Li Jiaming and Yang Zhiyuan will not really take a small company like Backrub in their eyes, and people are still fighting over that sky-high investment case.

People really want to take a fancy to the backrub, and a casual squeak can tear the whole team apart, rally around them, and turn yourself into a bare-bones commander. Even his best friend Sergei may find it difficult to resist such a big shot.

That's right, no desire is rigid. With the company's acquisition of up to $72 million, this small company is no longer a monolith, and it has become a fat meat in Li Jiaming's mouth.

"It can't be!"

"Then we can only cooperate with AOL, and I believe that they will not give up an opportunity to make Yahoo make a fool of themselves. Tsk, if the TV, radio, newspapers and magazines of the Times Group are rendered, they can always come up with some tricks. ”

"You!"

The two stared at each other, and the people watching the excitement were even more interested, although they didn't know the specific content, they knew that Li Jiaming had the upper hand. But Li Jiaming and Yang Zhiyuan patronized the fighting method, and at the same time forgot one thing, there is also a Chinese surnamed Jiang in the company, that is, the 'Jiang' in Tiri's mouth last time, although they are Hong Kongers, they can also understand Chinese. What's worse is that this Chinese surnamed Jiang is not only the twenty-first employee, but also Larry specially invited after Li Jiaming sent someone to negotiate financing matters.