Chapter Ninety-Two: The Dust Has Settled
Ten days later, Google headquarters in Mountain View.
"Mr. Gu, please take a final look. If there is no problem, just sign it according to this. ”
A member of Google's legal team pushed an agreement in front of Mr. Gu. The above content was finalized after many rounds of confrontations, and the joints do not need to be detailed.
Gu Mojie's face was solemn, and he finally took a closer look.
In general, after many days of operation negotiations, Gu Mojie's final conditions were:
He set up a 100% wholly-owned offshore company called "Hatsune Holdings", and then used this company as a shareholder to form a new company called "Google Cloud Security" with Google Inc.
Gu Mojie's "Hatsune Holdings" is mainly a technology shareholder, with a 55% stake in "Google Cloud Security" - in fact, he has no technology at hand at all, so it is completely a false estimate.
Google, for its part, has actually put out $30 million in funds, accounting for 45% of the shares, and will not interfere in the operation of the new company. just signed a series of over-the-counter guarantee agreements with Gu Mojie to ensure that Gu Mojie can make several cloud security achievements agreed in the annex before Gu Mojie spends the 30 million. And in the articles of association of the new company, it is stipulated that the two major shareholders of the company have 100% free use of the company's future technological achievements, and there are no restrictions on their use.
Google doesn't restrict Gu Mojie from using these future achievements, and Gu Mojie can't control Google. 30 million, is to buy such a little protection.
As for Gu Mojie's other businesses, Google didn't intervene at all.
Some people may think that Google is too much of a loss. After all, Gu Mojie doesn't have any dry goods at the moment, only a directional idea, a planning case, and at most a team under construction. It accounts for more than Google's 30 million real money.
But in the Internet industry. Market value estimation is such a thing, as long as the venture capital recognizes you and thinks that your team is worth this price, one is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer, there is nothing unreasonable. There will be no third party jumping out to interfere. Accuse either of them for selling too much or cheaply.
Gu Mojie naturally knows why Lali Page finally accepted this offer:
If Google does not accept Gu Mojie's offer, Gu Mojie will certainly lose a lot of cash flow. But Gu Mojie can also choose to sell this idea and idea to Google's rivals. IN THE EVENT THAT GOOGLE'S COMPETITORS IN THE ADSENSE FIELD DISCOVER THE VALUE OF GU MOJIE AND THEN INVEST IN CLOUD SECURITY DATA, IT IS POSSIBLE TO DISMANTLE GOOGLE'S PLATFORM AND MAKE GOOGLE'S ADSENSE ALGORITHM FULL OF ERRORS IN "ELIMINATING MALICIOUS CLICKS FROM UNSECURED NETWORKS".
Therefore, these 30 million are not only the price of "being used by me", but also the price of "not being used by my enemies".
This is a happy result, and Gu Mojie has no reason not to sign.
He scribbled through a pile of paperwork. Finally, he asked, "Google won't interfere with the use of the new company's funds, right?" ”
Google's lawyer was stunned for a moment, pointed to the agreement and smiled: "There will be no intervention - haven't we all agreed, 'As long as the company achieves the results of each stage as scheduled, the second largest shareholder will not have the right to interfere with the specific use of the company's funds.'" ’”
"That's good, I'll just make one final confirmation."
Gu Mojie smiled. This last sentence means: after the 30 million is in hand, as long as he ensures that he can make what Google wants with less money, he can use the extra money for other projects.
Google apparently knew that Mr. Gu would do that. And it is not intended to interfere. In other words, Google used this condition to lure Gu Mojie to accept the contract.
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A month ago. When he came to the United States, Gu Mojie's plan was to run around for two years of $6 million in basic research funding. No one expected that a month later, he would receive five times more investment than he had originally expected.
Moreover, the latter $30 million is not basic scientific research funds. It is real business capital, and how to spend it does not need to be audited by the government, and it will not dilute his original business.
For this result, Gu Mojie himself felt like he was in a dream.
With money, everything is easy to do. A technical team of more than 50 people, mainly senior programmers, was quickly built. Google has only sent a few financial and administrative staff to Google Cloud Security. And it is not a leadership position, and the rest of the team members are arranged by Gu Mojie.
In terms of hardware, a one-time investment of nearly 10 million US dollars has been smashed, and a large-scale large and medium-sized data center has also been built - before Google Cloud is securely launched, this data center is definitely enough for all the needs of Gu Mojie's self-operated business.
To put it in layman's terms, even if Gu Mojie opens 10 online games on a scale as "World of Warcraft", he won't need so many servers.
After the company's soft and hard conditions were built, Gu Mojie hastily laid out the company's general direction and goals at each stage, and it was almost time to return to China.
According to his off-site agreement with Google, the cloud database of the three types of security data they talked about would be built by the end of 2005, so he still has plenty of time. After some basic technical accumulation work is handed over to professional people, there is no need for the boss to stare at it every day.
On this day, after handling the affairs of the new company, Gu Mojie mentioned to Feliro at the dinner table: "Let's see if there are any convenient flights recently, and book the air ticket." ”
Fei Liluo agreed: "Okay, I'll check it tomorrow." ”
Gu Mojie thought for a while and added: "It's best to have an evening flight, so you can sleep well on the plane, so as not to have to go back to China and have a jet lag of several days." ”
When he said this, Gu Mojie still had a bitter smile on his face, as if he remembered the painful jet lag on the road.
Feliro put down her fork and said, "If you have to have an evening flight, you may have to wait a few days." Those kinds of flights don't happen every day. ”
Gu Mojie smiled: "Then wait a few days." No one stipulates that when the business is over, it must be in the country immediately, and it is good to play for a few more days. You see you've lost so much weight, this trip to the United States. I played with you for two or three days at the beginning, and I was busy after that. ”
Feliro didn't want Gu Mojie to feel guilty, so she made a relaxed mockery: "I like this very much, I learn something new every day." No matter how long you stay in a law firm in China, it is all repetitive business, which is called boring. ”
After eating. Fei Liluo checked the flight information on the Internet, and the evening flight to Hujiang would not take off until four days later, so she immediately told Gu Mojie.
"The night flight to Hujiang is only available on the 8th. If you fly to the capital, there is the number 6. Where do you want to go? ”
"That's the 8th."
Feliro reminded narrowly: "Do you have enough days off from school?" I didn't have enough, and I'm going to be scolded again when I go back to school. ”
Gu Mojie was speechless: "People like us, do you still care about asking for leave?" Besides, you're a senior and you don't have classes. ”
Feliro listened to Gu Mojie's words, and then went to book a ticket for the 8th.
When he got up the next day, Gu Mojie was in good spirits. I was thinking about where to go to play, so as to compensate for the busyness of my team of lawyers. Feliro pushed his room open early in the morning and told him a piece of news.
"My aunt is going to the capital to attend a meeting. She and Sister Wang booked a ticket to fly to Beijing on the 6th, and they will leave tomorrow. ”
Gu Mojie was slightly surprised, but he didn't want to say anything, people from other law firms, after all, business is important.
Although in the past month, Gu Mojie has spent more than $200,000 on Vivien Leigh's legal team. However, this does not become a reason for Gu Mojie to prevent others from continuing to take orders and make money.
Gu Mojie scratched his head: "That is to say." The two of us are left in the United States for the next three days? ”
Feliro blushed and said, "Yes." ”
Gu Mojie said: "Where do you want to play?" I'll be with you. ”
Feliro didn't want to tire Gu Mojie, so after thinking about it, she said, "Why don't you still play around?" ”
Gu Mojie didn't follow: "That's not possible!" You've been in the U.S. for more than a month. As a result, as soon as I went back, I went to the vicinity of San Francisco, and others didn't think I was killed, and who would dare to go out with me next time. ”
Feliro pushed the boat along the way: "It's too far and tired, or Los Angeles or Vegas?" ”
Gu Mojie clapped: "Let's not gamble, it's boring to go to Vegas; Or Los Angeles, just look at Hollywood. ”
In fact, Vegas also has a lot of high-end performing arts shows. It's not just about gambling. It's just that Gu Mojie doesn't care about having fun, so he doesn't know.
Feliro doesn't care where she is, naturally she has to do it.
Gu Mojie never felt that it was necessary to do a strategy for fun things, and he always said that he would go.
However, when I checked the way of travel, I suddenly poured cold water on my head.
Don't look at Los Angeles and San Francisco, which are only half a California apart. But California is so big, seven or eight hundred kilometers away. The speed limit on highways in the United States is not high, and it will be gone for most of the day when you drive to the road, so Gu Mojie naturally can't stand it.
With a distance of more than 700 kilometers, the inertia of Chinese people will naturally think of trains as a way of travel. As a result, the train between San Francisco and Los Angeles only runs once a day, and it takes 12 hours to arrive......
In the United States, there are too few people who take the train. In order to survive, the railway company had to build a comfortable scenic tour route, emphasizing the scenery along the way and the comfort of the ride. If you drive too fast, where can people enjoy sightseeing along the way......
Gu Mojie was crazy for a while, and suddenly found that the pace of life of Chinese people is too fast. Compared with most Americans, Chinese people have an extremely strong sense of purpose.
Well, fortunately, domestic flights in the U.S. are still smooth. Medium-haul flights are frequent, and the pre-boarding time reserved for security screening is relatively short. The two didn't pack up much, booked tickets temporarily, and even caught up with Los Angeles for lunch.
Sit on the Sunset Boulevard leading to Hollywood on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Gu Mojie and Feliro found a French restaurant on the street to rest and ordered crayfish pie.
Gu Mojie sighed while eating: "You can still board the plane half an hour before the flight takes off, no wonder the Americans are in a little hurry to go out by plane." ”
Ferrillo swallowed a crayfish cooked in French cheese gratin, and chimed in, "Who's to say it's not." Before it came out, I thought that the Americans were so bad that the train was running so slowly. (To be continued.) )