After spending two days of leisure time in Seattle, Angelina flew back to Los Angeles with Jiayan, and Chen Bo took Jinyu back to Silicon Valley and devoted himself to busy work again.

The entire company has moved from the previous Ant Work Park to a new office space, Ant Tech City, but most people are used to calling him Ant City. However, the office environment here is so large that the company has to temporarily purchase hundreds of bicycles for employees to use.

However, since it is a technology company, it is obviously lacking in technology to solve the traffic problem by relying on a small bicycle. To this end, Hoffman spent $50 million to acquire the start-up "Segway" company and put dozens of dynamic balance vehicles in the park.

Although it has not yet been sold publicly, the unique design of the Segway has won a number of awards, but the retail price is still too high, with an average of about $30,000 for a single one, which is obviously enough to buy a very good car in the United States, knowing that the top configuration of the BMW X5 is only $60,000.

But cool, pulling, sense of science and technology, enough to pretend to be forced is undoubtedly very concerning, Chen Bo did not oppose this plan, but proposed to lightweight, reduce costs, if it can become a public means of transportation, it is enough to be good, and now it can only be used in a small range, such as police patrols, mobile platforms for media interviews.

"Chen, do you know the fax from Microsoft?" As soon as he returned to the company, Hoffman walked in with a menacing attitude.

"What fax?" Chen Bo played in Seattle, how could he have the heart to work.

"Now, see for yourself." Hoffman casually threw over a piece of thermal paper and said, "Is this your idea?" ”

$3 billion in cash and $1 billion in Microsoft stock to buy Fox Live, and discuss a full range of strategic partnerships to solve Microsoft's piracy problem in Asia. Each of the three contents on the fax is not so simple.

"Well, I talked to Gates, but not for the price." Chen Bo nodded and did not deny it.

"Don't you know how important Fox Live is to us at the moment? If you sell it, it will have a huge impact. Hoffman was very angry, why didn't he discuss such a big matter before making a decision.

"Red, sit down and rest, your big belly is stunting me." Chen Bo faced him with a smile, pressed him to the sofa and sat down, and poured him another cup of tea, "Drink some green tea, clear the greasy in your intestines, and be good for your body." ”

"Don't deliberately change the subject, I'm waiting for your explanation now." Hoffman said that he would not eat it, but his body took it very honestly and took a sip.

"First of all, I want to ask you, how much direct profit does fox live currently contribute to us in addition to traffic?" Facing the old partner's questioning, Chen Bo asked unhurriedly.

"Minimally." Hoffman shook his head.

"Have you noticed that the traffic has been on a downward trend recently, although it is slowly declining, and it is not obvious."

"Well, it's a little, but the overall traffic is still huge."

"Also, have you noticed that the AP side of our search request is rising?"

"Yes, but it's negligible." Hoffman replied honestly that the data was displayed on the large LED screen in the office area every day, how could he not have noticed, but noticing and having ideas are two different things.

"You're wrong, it's the negligible details that are enough to disrupt the future of the Internet." Chen Bo denied, "Fox Live is a PC desktop client, pay attention to timely communication, in the beginning of the Internet is definitely a cross-era product, even reached the peak state, but now the number of user registrations and traffic ratio are all contributed by overseas users, the number of local netizens in the United States is increasing, on the contrary, our user activity is decreasing in inverse proportion." ”

"Where have the users gone? It's MySpace-based blogs and emerging social networks, and I've found that more and more young Americans prefer delayed communication to instant communication, which shows that Fox Live is gradually declining. ”

"Although the growth of mobile AP is slow to be ignored, compared with the development of personal PC, mobile phone users are gradually popularizing, coupled with the promotion of 3G standard, the rise of the IFI model, the future mobile terminal is the main position, Fox Live will be eliminated, buy on dips and throw on highs, you won't not understand, right? There's never been a better time to sell. ”

"But what happens to the traffic after it is sold? When will the climate take shape on mobile, and how should it be operated? Hoffman asked rhetorically that although the future is bright, the current problems have to be considered, and he is not an investor, but a manager of the company.

"Don't worry, I'm ready for this." The corners of Chen Bo's mouth raised, patted his huge belly and said, "It's just been going on in secret, this is our killer feature, and it will definitely shock the world." ”

"Fuck, then why didn't you say it earlier, I'm worried in vain." Hoffman had a false alarm and couldn't help but burst into a foul mouth.

"Didn't I just get back from Seattle?" Chen Bo cried and laughed, "In addition, I will bring you a gift, I placed an order at Boeing, 5 BBJ2 business jets, you have your exclusive use." One in Singapore, one in the Middle East, and the rest are in the United States, remember to pay the balance. ”

"Haha, I knew I didn't follow the wrong boss!" Hoffman hugged a big bear and almost gave him his breath.

"Your attitude just now is not like this, it seems that you have to pick and choose every minute." Chen Bo quipped.

"Hehe, I'm responsible." Hoffman smiled sheepishly, "What about yours?" Still in civil aviation? ”

"I ordered a special one from Airbus, but it won't be delivered until next year, so let's requisition one for the time being, and then replace it." Chen Bo counted that he could now form a business jet company, and the B&P fund purchased two more planes in addition to the previous three Gulfstreams for Li Zhaojun and other employees to use.

In addition to the 5 planes searched by the ants, there are only 10 for public use, not counting the other for private use.

"How do you reply to a fax? $4 billion is a lot of money. Hoffman said again.

"Dear Red, your appetite is so small that it doesn't fit your size." Chen Bo once again used a finger of Zen magic and poked him in the stomach. "Isn't it too easy to let him go with only 4 billion? The whole world knows that Microsoft has a lot of cash flow! I was quoting $36.5 billion. ”

"36.5 billion? You're crazy! Hoffman exclaimed.

"Think about how I sold Myspace, and just ask for the price to pay back. You replied to Microsoft like this, we are very dissatisfied with this price, but we can negotiate, we will start the first round of negotiations in a month, and I will make Fox Live's book profit of more than $100 million in the second quarter. Chen Bo smiled slyly.

"I understand, anyway, we are not a listed company, and no one cares about beautifying the accounts, so we will transfer all the profits of Foxmail to the Fox Live project, and then split it out when it is sold, so as to increase the weight of the negotiation!" Hoffman was a little bit clearer and immediately exclaimed excitedly.

"Don't be in such a hurry to talk, drag it out, I still have chips, at least talk about it for half a year."

"I really regret that I agreed to sell LinkedIn to you so much." Hoffman drew inferences from one another, and regretted it when he thought of selling his startup website cheaply.

"You really think of LinkedIn as a treasure, my goal is for you, dear Red!" Hoffman got goosebumps and fled in a hurry, he was a straight man straighter than steel bar, this boss was sick!

After the old guy left, Chen Bo called Liu Zhen, a legal assistant who was in the internship period, over.

"If you have any orders, just say it."

"Koyanagi, you've been in the company for a few months, how do you feel?"

"Big brother, we are both in the same year, don't put the old cadre's pedigree, okay?" Liu Zhen and Liu Qing's personalities are similar, they are more lively and cheerful, newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and they are naturally not timid about this big boss.

"Okay." Chen Bo was a little helpless, and said mysteriously, "The organization has given you an important task, and you will immediately set off for Massachusetts, where someone is waiting for you, sneak into the village, and don't shoot." ”

"I have to order, the little woman in Longtan Tiger's Den also has to go." Liu Zhen didn't ask the reason and went back directly to pack up her things and prepare to go, she is a good employee, Chen Bo hopes that she can grow up quickly, it should be quite interesting to watch the two sisters compete in the mall.

This trip to Massachusetts is not a big deal, he has already sent Nicholas there to negotiate the acquisition of TripAdvisor, and it is in his own name, he is an American who is not subject to restrictions and control, can trade with confidence, and then integrate the assets of this company into Ant Company.

The whole process can be said to be a curve to save the country, temporarily avoid the risk of censorship, and shorten the schedule. Letting Liu Zhen go over is nothing more than letting her exercise, she was born in law school in Berkeley, which has an innate advantage over him in the United States, plus she was nurtured by the old Liu family, so she is more comfortable to use.

Speaking of TripAdvisor, it sounds more obscure, but it is the world's No. 1 travel website, booking air tickets, hotels, tickets, etc., with 20 million members worldwide alone, although the profit and market value are not high, it is better to cover a wide range.

Like Ctrip in China, it is only doing domestic business, and it is not of much help to Ant Search, but now he wants to conquer men all over the world, why should he be in a safe corner?

After having a globally deployed data center, it is necessary to connect the whole world together, and one search can help that is, commercial promotion. But if you have the largest travel platform, whether it is an electronic map, it will be an important weight to exert pressure and influence on the local government.

Because you are helpful to the local area, just like why Mr. Ma can travel all over the world in the future, it is popular, because he has built the platform of Alibaba, which can help all small and medium-sized enterprises quickly find buyers for their products and facilitate transactions.

Taobao is just a bargaining chip for Diaosi, the profit is not high, and the real value is the data collected by Ali itself.

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