After getting off the plane, Seattle was drizzling, looking at the blurred street scene outside the car window, Lu Xi felt that the weather was a little annoying, and after thinking about it for a while, he asked Wan Xingnian, who was sitting in the front row: "California is sunny, and I am used to living there, so I must be very uncomfortable here, right?" ”

Wan Xingnian smiled and said, "Lu Shao probably forgot that I lived and worked in Seattle before, right?" ”

Melanie drove and looked at Lu Xi from the rearview mirror, and said in unskilled Chinese: "Mr. Wan has lived and worked here for several years, he can adapt quickly, but we outsiders are a little uncomfortable, no matter sunny or rainy, Seattle people must bring items to go out with umbrellas, I always forget it." ”

Sending emails to Chen Danying, Lu Xi occasionally heard her complain about the recent continuous rainy days in Seattle, seeing that Melanie said that she always forgot to bring an umbrella, Lu Xi laughed twice and said, "Then you will wear a raincoat to work in the future." ”

Knowing that Lu Xi liked to joke, Melanie glared at her and replied, "Why don't you tell Miss Chen to wear a raincoat every day?" ”

Lu Xi laughed and said, "She's not as forgetful as you." ”

Listening to a few jokes between the two, Wan Xingnian asked, "When will Lu Shao go to the company and R&D center?" ”

This time, in addition to inspecting the acquisition target, Lu Xi also had to look at the operation of the branch on behalf of Hong Xuedong, but he was not in a hurry, and said: "Let's talk about it when I have a rest, how is the progress of the R&D center?" ”

Wan Xingnian replied and replied: "I don't know how it's going, you didn't let me urge, I just know that they have a good time working together." ”

The R&D center has only been working for a month, and you still need to be patient if you want to see the product. Hearing this, Lu Xi didn't ask anything more. Turned his head to look out the window. Thinking that Zhou Shen and the two cooperated with Brian's work, there was no contradiction between them, which is the basis for making a good product, and with such a foundation, it can also ensure that the product will be taken out one day earlier.

Seeing Lu Xi's response, Wan Xingnian pondered for a moment and said with a smile: "If Lu Shao can have a relevant acquisition plan a year in advance, I can give you a very good suggestion." ”

Lu Xi turned his head and raised his eyes and asked, "Which company?" ”

"The R&D center is making browsers, and there will be browsers in the future. We can also do navigating web pages, so I recommend acquiring a search engine company. Wan Xingnian said, "Without a good search engine, it is not good to navigate the web page, I don't know if Lu Shaozhi knows Google?" ”

How could Lu Xi not know that Google was the top name in that life, but the current Google is much worse than Luzhu, but the development is not bad compared to those companies that hype up the concept.

Lu Xi smiled and said, "I know something, it's not too much." ”

Wan continued: "At the beginning of this year, two founders of Google wanted to sell their company. The first million-dollar price was rejected by Excite's Joe Krauss. The second time 750,000 was rejected ......, but now there is no chance, in the middle of the year they have received tens of millions of dollars in financing, and now the business is going smoothly and the development momentum is very strong. ”

Unlike missing Baidu because of his carelessness, missing Google is completely due to the conditions of time and space, Lu Xi didn't feel sorry, and said with a smile: "At that time, Luzhu was just starting, not to mention a million dollars, even 100,000 dollars, I have to think carefully, and you didn't come to work in Luzhu at that time." ”

Looking at Wan Xingnian's smiling face, thinking of the missed Baidu, Lu Xi asked again: "Lao Wan has heard of Li Hongyan, right?" ”

"Some impressions." Wan Xingnian thought for a while and asked, "It's also a search engine, right?" ”

Lu Xi nodded slightly: "One of the core engineers of infoseek, he is going back to China to start a business, and he has already received the start-up capital last month, I think he should still be in the old business." ”

Wan Xingnian said: "I am more familiar with William Zhang, Li Hongyan has only heard of a person who can rank in the top ten in search engines and has strong ability." ”

Lu Xi said: "When I returned to China last month, I received a call from IDG Wu Xiaoou at the airport, he was interested in investing, but the airport was too noisy, and I didn't take it seriously and missed it, so I could only wait for the A round." ”

Hearing this, guessing that Lu Xi might really be interested in search engines, Wan Xingnian pondered for a moment and said: "If Lu Shao is interested in search engines, there are only two ways, either do it yourself, or acquire ready-made companies, but for us, it is very difficult to acquire and develop search engine companies, Excite was acquired by @HOME last month, the price is an astonishing seventy-two billion US dollars, if Lu Shao has the intention of acquiring, he can only start with a start-up company, such as Google and the one you just said." ”

If it weren't for Wan Xingnian talking about Google, Lu Xi would not have thought of Baidu, who missed it, this time he came to inspect the acquisition target, and he was interested in all companies and technologies that could be beneficial to the company's development, not only for search engines.

If you really do what Wan Xingnian said, it is very difficult to make an acquisition plan for Google and Baidu, Li Hongyan will return to China to start a business, and he will definitely accept the investment, but the possibility of wanting him to sell the company is very small; Besides, Google, if it was placed a year ago, there was no difficulty for Luzhu to propose the acquisition, but now they have obtained financing, and the business has been done smoothly, at this time it is impossible to raise the acquisition, even if the Internet bubble is punctured, Google has good business support, the probability of success is very small, and these two companies can only consider the issue of investment, not the acquisition.

I don't know what Lu Xi is thinking, Wan Xingnian said: "Judging from the acquisition of Excite by @HOME 7.2 billion US dollars, no company will be too cheap in the current environment, I think Google will not be too cheap, and it may be better in China." ”

Lu Xi said: "Now that the dot-com bubble is still in the process of accumulating, the market value of some companies will inevitably be seriously overvalued. ”

Excite is one of the many overvalued companies, in Lu Xi's impression, since Excite was acquired, the process of the dot-com bubble being punctured to completely subsiding, and then declared bankruptcy.

I don't know what Wan Xingnian next to him is pondering, Lu Xi said: "Now it's just to examine the future acquisition targets, when the Internet bubble will be punctured, when it will subside is still unknown, we don't have to do anything with fanfare, of course, companies like Google, if they encounter difficulties, and the price is right, we can still consider it." ”

When the two were chatting about this topic, the front and rear cars drove onto the road to Mercer Island, Lu Xi looked at the lake on both sides of the lane, turned around and asked, "Has Lao Wan been to the lakeside villa recently, is it all furnished?" ”

Before returning to China, he threw the credit card to Chen Danying, so that she should not be afraid of spending money and decorate the house in the way she likes.

Wan Xingnian laughed and said, "I really don't know about this, you have to ask Miss Chen." ”

Lu Xi wanted to surprise Chen Danying, but he didn't notify her when he went abroad this time, and said with a smile: "I'd better go and see it myself." ”

The car drove around Mercer Island and stopped outside the door, Wan Xingnian took the spare key and handed it to Lu Xi, and said: "We won't go in, Lu Shao and the two of them have a good rest, I will invite you to dinner in the evening, and this car will be reserved for you first." ”

Eating with Wanxingnian and a few people, where are there any surprises, Lu Xi smiled and said: "Forget about the dinner, wait for me to rest, and then I will have this meal with you." ”

Wan Xingnian smiled knowingly and said, "Then we won't disturb Lu Shao's rest." ”

Melanie squeezed her eyes at Lu Xi and said with a smile: "Remember to take protective measures, Miss Chen is still studying." ”

Lu Xi was slightly stunned for a moment, and then reacted, waved his fist at her, and saw Melanie hiding behind Wan Xingnian with a smile, Lu Xi stopped joking with her, and said, "You guys go back and get busy." ”

Waiting for Wan Xingnian, Melanie and the driver to leave, Lu Xi took Qi Yu and Wang Jian into the courtyard, stopped at the gate of the auxiliary building, Lu Xi said: "You live here during this time, you are very tired after flying for more than ten hours, you go to rest first, I will call you if you have something." ”

Qi Yu and Wang Jian nodded at the same time, without saying a superfluous word, pushed the door and walked into the annex building.

I don't know if Chen Danying has arranged the annex building, Lu Xi stood at the door and stopped, and then followed in, and saw that the two bedrooms on the second floor were all equipped with beds and furniture, so he went downstairs with confidence.

Then push the door and walk into the main building, see that the downstairs living room, study, kitchen and dining room furniture and other things have been added, the blue and white furniture in the living room and the outside of Washington Lake are very compatible, thinking about the sunny weather for a while, how comfortable it will be to sit in the living room with Chen Danying and watch the beautiful scenery of Washington Lake, Lu Xi smiled and walked to the second floor.

thought that the whole house, Chen Danying had already been arranged according to her ideas, Lu Xi pushed the door and walked into the upstairs bedrooms, but found that the three bedrooms upstairs were empty, no different from when looking at the house.

On the way here, Lu Xi was planning to live in a new house with Chen Danying during this time, and when he saw this scene, he was stunned for a moment, and his good idea seemed to be about to fall through again.

didn't want to stay in a hotel anymore, Lu Xi immediately picked up the phone and called Wan Xingnian, who had just left, and asked him to help buy a big bed after entering the city, and then send it over immediately.

Wan Xingnian guessed that the house was not arranged, and asked with a smile: "If you don't go with me, I'm not afraid that you don't like what I chose, or I'll go back and pick you up and take you to the hotel, right?" ”

Lu Xi said: "Forget about the hotel." ”

Seeing that Lu Xi didn't want to go to the hotel, Wan Xingnian smiled and said, "I don't have a good vision, let's let Melanie help you choose." (To be continued......)