Wealth does not return to the hometown, such as clothes and brocade at night.

The iPod was an unprecedented success, with monthly sales exceeding 300,000 units, and it began to enter the markets of developed countries such as Europe, Japan, and South Korea in a big way. But he can't return to China yet, the success of the iPod is based on the fact that it is an American brand, and it cannot be sloppy if it does not completely open up the European and Japanese markets.

In case you leak your mouth in the country, or let the media smell it, it may affect the development of new markets. Be careful to hold on to the boat for 10,000 years, success is already in sight, there is no need to add unnecessary risks for the sake of some false fame that will eventually exist.

Another task is to have a good chat with the two founders of Backrub, preferably as friends.

Not to mention that you don't lose face in a relationship, even if you lose face? Compared to Google's future wealth myth, what is a little face? And Lee Kar-ming is sure that Larry Page's white boy must be smart enough to want to be his friend, otherwise he would not have turned Backrub into a famous Google.

Of course, you can't be idle. Anyway, he is going to study here next year, and in addition to going to the company every day, Li Jiaming contributes his free time to the library, and even the library card and the like are all helped by Yang Zhiyuan. In addition, Li Jiaming also dragged Yang Zhiyuan to find a house, bargained with real estate agents, bought a small apartment near the school, and spent millions of dollars to buy a small estate.

Friends, Li Jiaming never has too many friends, let alone this kind of friend who has real skills and is not bad.

Li Jiaming's style of distinguishing between public and private is also highly appreciated by Yang Zhiyuan, especially this kid keeps new words in his mouth and speaks very funny. After finishing his official duties, Yang Zhiyuan, who likes to socialize, often goes to the company or school to chat with him, and the two of them talk nonsense from all over the world, ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign. Sometimes I 'happen to meet' Li Jiaming and Larry in the café, and the three of them can blow cowhide for a long time and have a cup of coffee.

Both of them are cheerful people, and Li Jiaming also likes to chat with Yang Zhiyuan, and many preconceptions have been changed while chatting. For example, Yahoo insists on being a portal, which also makes sense. At least Yahoo has transformed from a simple directory search site to a portal, and their advertising revenue has increased year after year, reaching $680 million last year, only more than 30 million lower than AOL's 720 million.

It seems that the rapid decline of Yahoo is not what the bricks commented, but for another reason.

Still despise technology, Li Jiaming has been to Yahoo a few times, and they advocate traditional media-style manual editing, rather than automatic editing with computers. Although the error rate is low, the work efficiency is too low. Perhaps it is because they are so successful that they are reluctant to work in the inherent mode, which leads to the neglect of technology by companies that started with technology, so that latecomers can quickly catch up.

There is no snow in the winter, the sun is shining, and the environment in Silicon Valley is so good that you can see squirrels running on the lawn at any time. Li Jiaming, who was basking in the sun and chatting, reminded him to say: "The squirrel is too angry, so you need to put more chili pepper and ginger to choke." ”

Yang Zhiyuan was not angry and said: "You are also too delicious, starving to death ghost reincarnation?"

"You are a banana person, and pure Chinese are all foodies!"

"Banana Man?"

"I don't understand this, but you're still a doctor, you're not as good as me as a bachelor. ”

"Do you have a degree?"

Yes, Li Jiaming, who was sitting on the grass, lay down, closed his eyes and basked in the sun, and mocked: "I don't know what you think, half of the doctors who read it don't read it." If it were me, I would be tired to death, and I would insist on finishing it!Is it easy for Auntie to give you the Stanford exam?"

"I'm on a full scholarship!"

This is Li Jiaming's hidden pain, the full scholarship represents excellence, but he studied hard and couldn't get the full amount.

"Isn't it just that Lao Tzu is too rich, and the school doesn't give me a full scholarship?"

Also, with the paper on traffic in "Computer Weekly", this kid is indeed a genius, and so many economists have not noticed the problem, which actually made him see through it.

"Genius, remember the agreement between us, now that the iPod 1 is selling so well, it's time to think about it?"

That matter, Li Jiaming snorted and shirked: "Don't worry, we are not short of money, and when we are ready to go public, we will definitely let you invest." ”

Yang Zhiyuan just wanted to persuade, but a girl's voice came from behind: "?"

Li Jiaming opened his eyes and saw a beautiful blonde girl greeting him with a smile while holding a book. Oh, and this girl is Larry's Marissa from their company, not their own ex-assistant Marissa.

But Li Jiaming pretended to forget, "Sorry?

", we saw it last time. ”

This girl is not simple, listen to Larry, this girl is a workaholic, working at least 100 hours a week, and pretending to have nothing to do to meet herself?

The suspicious Li Jiaming sat up, patted his head and suddenly realized, "Sorry, you white people are almost the same in my eyes, and I didn't recognize them for a while." Yes, yes, the last time I was in your company, it was the coffee you brought me. ”

This Marissa is a Stanford figure, knowing that this beauty has joined Backrub, Yang Zhiyuan can naturally guess the other party's intentions, and joked: "I already have a girlfriend, and she is a very famous big star in Asia." ”

"Jerry, you're very, I'll have a party tomorrow, can you come to it?"

Wow, the girl who can say this to Yang Zhiyuan is not simple. With such a strong character, if coupled with enough ability, it is not difficult to become a leader-style character.

Li Jiaming carefully looked at this tall blonde beauty with outstanding temperament, and joked: "Marissa, just say this to you, we will be friends in the future! Jerry is a loser, I was still despising him just now." ”

"Okay, six o'clock in the evening, I'll pick you up at your company tomorrow, bye".

Seeing the slender figure walking away, Li Jiaming said disdainfully: "Brother Zhiyuan, it's contemptible, right?"

"Beauty is always privileged. ”

It's not that the beauty has privileges, but this guy is too faced, and if he has his status, he won't joke with people he doesn't know at will, and no one will dare to be so presumptuous.

It's time to go home for the Chinese New Year, and then to prepare for your graduation thesis and get busy with work, so there aren't many opportunities to relax like this. Although it is very likely that you will succeed in investing in Backrub, you can no longer remind the other party to pay attention to technology and give Larry them trouble, but you still have to help.

If you have money and status, it will be difficult to make real friends.

After a little hesitation, Li Jiaming lay back again, looked at no one around, and joked: "Brother Zhiyuan, do you know what it means that the moon is full and the moon is lost?"

Yahoo invested in Sohu, which was Yang Zhiyuan's masterpiece when he was CEO, and O's persuasion to go public ahead of schedule was also a little dissatisfied within Yahoo. Now that Li Jiaming is pointing something, he can't help but think of Yang Zhiyuan's thoughts, reminiscent of many economists' comments on the current Internet.

"Bubbles?"

In terms of technology, Li Jiaming is a scumbag, but trying to figure out people's hearts, Yang Zhiyuan is also a scumbag in front of him. Even if it is not out of the position of a friend, Li Jiaming is very keen on things that are not beneficial.

"Do you want proof? Goldman Sachs, the most money-hungry company, went public last year, why? Ask the economics professors in the school, like my mentor, Professor Thomas, and I'm sure they'll tell you: when some big companies that don't lack money and have been privately owned for a long time go public, it means that the stock market is close to its peak, and those people are eager to get the last vote.

Brother Zhiyuan, when others are greedy, we must be afraid. With your brother's influence on Yahoo, even if you only have one stock, you are definitely a member of the board of directors. ”

Although he didn't say it explicitly, the meaning of this statement is very clear, that is, he is not optimistic about the current stock market, and pointed out that in the current situation of serious bubbles, how many Yahoo shares he owns will not affect his influence on the company, which has to make Yang Zhiyuan think deeply.

The United States is a commercial society, to put it bluntly, a society where everything can be measured in money. No matter how Hollywood movies promote the so-called universal values, they can't hide the smell of money behind them, and Li Jiaming doesn't want to make this clear, and Yang Zhiyuan, who grew up in the United States, also knows it very well.

If there were no wealth, not to mention the long-ago Presidents Jefferson Jefferson and James Monroe, they would have been living in poverty until death, even after President Truman left office 20 years ago. Had it not been for Congress, under the pressure of public opinion, to pass a decree that favored the former president in order to maintain the dignity of the country, President Truman would probably have died in poverty.

If the president is like this, ordinary people can imagine it. After thinking about it for a long time, Yang Zhiyuan, who had taken economics as an elector, finally accepted Li Jiaming's judgment with half a doubt, after all, Goldman Sachs was indeed listed and it was not short of funds.

"Amin, do you have any good advice?"

"Brother Zhiyuan, the meaning of life is to break through yourself. You are already the father of Yahoo, you have left your mark on the history of the Internet, and if you stay in the United States, you will be trapped in Yahoo. Why don't you go to China and discover the second SOHU or even Microsoft and IBM, and leave your mark on their development history?"

After speaking, Li Jiaming stopped persuading. The actual pros and cons, the tall steps, if this old man still doesn't want to retreat bravely, he deserves his tens of billions of dollars to shrink rapidly, until it is only enough for him to live a rich life, and he deserves to be sighed and even ridiculed by countless people. This world is realistic, heroes are judged by success or failure, and tragic heroes are not sympathetic in real life except in dramas.

"Let me think again".

Li Jiaming can understand why Yahoo has obviously caught a heavenly card, but it only took more than ten years to kill himself, and the fundamental reason is that this spiritual leader is too indecisive and too face-to-face.

It doesn't matter, with this guy's character, at least some of the stocks will be cashed out, so that the whole army will not be wiped out, and he can be regarded as a friend. With this friendship, he will try his best to repay this friendship in the future, which is good for both parties.