While Gu Mojie was finishing the layout in a good time, he didn't notice at all that this world was actually very small, and some of his behaviors had already been noticed by his indirect collaborators.

The outside world is also quietly undergoing drastic changes. Those indirect collaborators of his, overnight, suddenly grew several times over.

August 19, 2004, was a day to remember. Because on this very day, Google finally managed to go public on the NASDAQ. Later, their old rival for life, Baidu from China, will have to wait more than a year to get to this point.

THE KEY TO GOOGLE'S SUCCESS WAS THE ADSENSE PLATFORM IT STARTED BUILDING A YEAR AGO, AND IT WAS THIS PLATFORM THAT GAVE GOOGLE A TICKET TO NASDAQ. Since that day, Google has been on the same plane as its competitors who used to be search engines.

Early the next morning, Mountain View, Google's corporate headquarters.

Lali Page, the company's co-founder and product director, rushed to the company in high spirits despite excitement and exhaustion. He has been busy in New York for a while and just returned to San Francisco yesterday.

Nasdaq rings the bell, the lifelong dream of many IT people, and he Lali Page, when he was only 31 years old, fulfilled this dream. In high spirits, Lalipetch felt that he had no end of energy, and although he was physically exhausted, his spirit had never been so high.

I came back overnight last night and held a celebration party in the company. This morning, I was full of adrenaline and listened to the new progress reports of all technical departments. After doing this, Lali Page took an amphetamine, took it with coffee and Wisconsin ginseng tablets, and suddenly entered a state of wanting to do something.

He also knows that although amphetamines are not poisonous, they are prescription stimulants after all, and it is not good to take too much. When that thing first came out, it was still the US side that gave the Delta Special Forces and Navy SEALs who needed to carry out continuous missions.

However, when it comes to a major event that requires continuous rotation. There are very few bigwigs in the circle who don't rely on this thing to refresh themselves; It's hard to use, that's it.

I can have a few beats in my life, and I went to the NASDAQ to ring the bell, and I took two pills for such a big thing. It's worth it.

In a state of extreme excitement, Lali Page casually flipped through the results of his various R&D project teams and independent research institutes.

During these days, in order to make the company listed on the NASDAQ, the company's technology department has also shifted from the low-key state of doing its own thing and ignoring the rumors outside, to the excitement of self-packaging and self-boasting. In order to let the world see the company's technological innovation and have greater confidence in the company's investment.

A company. When you are not ready to go public, you can disdain the opinion of the ignorant public. But as long as it wants to go public and go public, the public's opinion becomes important. A qiē soft power will also be packaged and then displayed in front of the world.

"Hatsune Cyber Security Research Institute? What is the partner of the Institute of Artificial Intelligence? Studying the latest applications of deep learning algorithms in the field of cybersecurity? ”

In a report by Professor Jeff Hinton, a foreign cooperation unit mentioned caught the attention of Lali Page.

"Cloud security? Proactive defense against botnets and grey pigeon sources? Proactive annotation and reminders for high-risk websites and social users? Hmph, the concept is very big, and I don't know how much of the real material there is. ”

Look at the research directions and scientific research fund allocation plans mentioned in the report. Lalipage's brain, which had just been stimulated by the drug to the point of extreme excitement, could not help but be a little contemptuous and unbelieving. But my curiosity was even more intense, and I wanted to dissect my brain so that I could understand the vision described by this thing in detail.

It's also thanks to the pill, and the good mood that just came from the successful ringing of the bell on the NASDAQ. Otherwise, with his busy state of managing every day, it would be impossible to dig deep into such a report.

LaliPage watched, but the more frightened he became, and he didn't notice how much time had passed. The other party's vision is far-sighted, and many places have touched the hidden pain points of credibility under Google's existing ADSENSE system. It seems to be tailor-made for Google to improve its brand image.

"Hey, Larry, why don't you get some food? Just came back from New York, so in such a hurry? ”

A shout interrupted Paige's train of thought. The door to his office was unabashedly pushed open. There is not even such a ritual as knocking on the door. Page didn't have to look up, just by listening to the voice, he knew that it was his old partner Sergei for many years. Bryn up.

Google's management is very loose and user-friendly. Slightly more important employees will have independent offices, and even the decoration plan can be decided by the office users themselves, and the company does not make uniform requirements. And it's definitely not like other companies have to use segmented frosted glass compartments. So that the boss spies on what the employees are doing.

In Google, almost no one cares what employees do during working hours, as long as they come up with results in stages, and the process control is very loose and free.

At the same time, even if it is a big cow of Lali Page's grade, the size of the office is the same as that of ordinary department managers and project directors, but the location is better, and there is no strict division of official positions.

However, even if the management is so easy, there will not be many people who dare to rush directly into Page's office without knocking on the door and clasp shoulders with him. The other co-founder of the company, Sergey . Bryn is probably the main one of them.

Brin and Page have known each other since the mid-90s, and the two are old classmates, studying together for a Ph.D. in computer science at Stanford University. Later, Page entered the industry as soon as he got his Ph.D., and Brin came two years later, until the two partnered in '98 and started Google - in the first year, there were only seven or eight people in the company, and they couldn't even afford to rent an office, but they rented a garage next to Stanford University, and then got venture capital from Sequoia Capital, and they began to rent office buildings in a decent way. So the two are poor friends, and they have suffered all the way, and their friendship is naturally extraordinary, and they are too lazy to pay attention to etiquette with each other.

Page raised his head, his eyes flashing with the fire of finding the treasure, and greeted Brynn, "Hey, Sherman, I've found a genius!" ”

Sergei Brin didn't take amphetamines, so he didn't empathize with Page's heat. While pulling Paige to eat something, he said nonsense: "Genius? In Silicon Valley, we can meet geniuses every day, don't we eat? It's never too late to go back and deal with it. Tell me, did you meet a girl in New York yesterday who hugged you? ”

Brin is the company's technical director. And Page is the director of products, and before 01, Page was also the CEO. Therefore, the company's business affairs and things that show up are all in the hands of Page, and the two of them are outside the home. In one Lord, there is also a clear division of labor and peace with each other. In contrast, Brin's technocratic nature keeps him in San Francisco at such an important moment as the company goes public. Didn't go to New York.

People who have not heard the NASDAQ bell are naturally not so easily dizzy.

Paige was dragged to the cafeteria by Brin, and he didn't know what to eat. Luckily, Brin was familiar with Page's tastes and health, so he grabbed two watery egg sandwiches with the yolk removed, a few pieces of Arctic salmon fried in olive oil, and a few side dishes, and found a table to sit down. There were employees passing by, all nodding their heads and saluting, but that's all, neither stammering nor watching. It's very casual.

Google's cafeteria does not deposit zài cash, nor does it deposit zài meal cards, nor does it limit business hours. As long as you are an employee of the company, you can eat anytime, anywhere. The same goes for drinks, coffee, and fruits, except that alcohol is not served during working hours.

Page took the Shuiyun sandwich handed over by Brin, took a bite, and actually forgot to chew a few more bites, and swallowed it directly, and was suddenly choked with a little tightness in his chest. I quickly took the lemon iced tea and drank two sips. It's smooth.

Brin was a little surprised and asked, "Hey, work, why are you so absent-minded?" ”

Paige relented. As if he had figured out something, his face turned solemn, and he said, "Xie Man, trust my judgment, I really found an amazing genius today. ”

Brin finally stopped eating the salmon roll with his fork, and he rarely saw Paige with such a stern expression. Naturally, I know that what the other party said is true.

"How talented is it? Are you as genius as you and me? ”

"I'm afraid it's more than ......"

"Poof-" Sergey Brin squirted iced coffee on the table, "what are you talking about?" More than us? Hey, hey, do you say that like a guy who just came back from ringing the bell on the NASDAQ yesterday? ”

Page waved his hand to stop Brin's fangs and claws, and slowly explained, "Listen to me, I'm just saying that, in some ways, that person has a shocking all-rounder, which you and I can't match.

IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT, IT'S BEEN 15 MONTHS SINCE ADSENSE WENT PUBLIC. What do we try to do every day? IT'S NOTHING MORE THAN HOW TO MAKE ADSENSE'S ADS MORE ACCURATE IN TERMS OF EFFECTIVE CLICKS, BETTER ELIMINATE FAKE CLICKS AND MALICIOUS CLICKS, AND MAKE THE WORLD TRUST US GOOGLE.

But it took us 15 months, and we never thought that we would take the initiative to build an active defense network system that is different from the traditional passive defense and antivirus software model - well, even if we take a step back, we can't make traditional security 'cloud security' before Professor Hinton proposes the 'deep learning algorithm', but what about after Professor Hinton proposes the deep learning algorithm? Why didn't we think of this in the first place? But let a layman's juniors think of it first? And also made a very ingenious operation plan that can be used as a public welfare scientific research to play the side ball? ”

Sergei Brin listened to his old partner's more and more strictly, and the more he listened, the more frightened he became.

If what Page said is true, then the person who did it, whether it is the keen and spicy vision, or the weight of the wrist, the lack of gameplay, or the technology to keep up with the pulse of the times, is an absolute choice for the moment.

After listening to this qiē, Brin also solemnly sighed: "In this way, it is you and me, in terms of talent and acumen alone, I am afraid that there is no such person as comprehensive -- maybe your understanding of Internet operation is much deeper than that person; Maybe my grasp of Internet technology is much better than that person. However, at the same time, we can find such a subtle technical direction through operational, technical and legal loopholes, and neither of you nor I can do it, or even think of inspiring each other. ”

Brin paused for a moment, as if remembering two examples from a long time ago, and then said slowly: "In this world, I have only seen two people who can combine these fields so well, and lead their companies to rise rapidly. And these two people's companies obviously do not belong to our flat management, crowd-inspired type. They are all strong executors, and even their companies have a strong imprint of the founder's will. ”

Page also recalled leisurely and said to his old partner: "The two people you are talking about are Gates and Jobs." ”

"Yes."

"So, are you interested in meeting the third one today?"

"I can't ask for it." (To be continued.) )