Chapter 21: Yahoo Chieftain
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Chen Bo never dreamed that Yang Zhiyuan would take the initiative to call him, and invited him to play golf in his private name.
When it comes to Yang Zhiyuan, you can't get around Yahoo.com, they are like twins, he made Yahoo, and Yahoo made him.
The founder of the first generation of the Internet era, a genius, a legend, a hero, and a godfather, it is not too much to use any words to describe him in the rivers and lakes of the Internet. Ferro's deserved honor.
Although Chen Bo has not experienced the Internet 1.0 era, his experience is not so profound. But as you can get a sense from a lot of reports, it was a hassle to look up information on the Internet before Yahoo, and it was like a maze for non-computer science users.
The emergence of Yahoo has changed the development trend of the entire Internet, and others only have to imitate it, and everyone is improving on this basis, and it is difficult to create another model. However, from the peak market value of 130 billion US dollars to the bottom, even so, he can still sit firmly in the top spot of the big brother, but this position is becoming more and more unstable.
Chen Bo has never regarded Yahoo as a direct competitor, or even as a spectator, and Yahoo's media platform model will gradually be left behind. But after all, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, at least this super portal is not out of gas now, and there is almost no category that he doesn't do, anyway, there will be business overlap with anyone.
As for asking him to play golf, Chen Bo didn't believe that this was a Hongmen banquet, the two of them were completely unequal status, and there was no need for this, maybe it was really just as he said that the friendship of the landlord should communicate more when they are Chinese.
Either way, he had to go to an appointment, and he stoned ten people to death on a billboard in Sunnyvale, at least five of whom worked for Yahoo, and you couldn't hide if you wanted to. What's more, the two companies don't have a deep hatred, although Foxmail is in the limelight now, but the impact on Yahoo is not great, because his mailbox has always been free, and the real influence is AOL and MSN, they make money by selling storage space.
As for the search engine, Yahoo's current market share has been surpassed by Google, but it is still at an absolute high level of 37%, and Ant Search is not even 3% now, just a small role that eats dirt, at least at present, it is not enough to become any threat from any point of view, and there are still quite a few search technology companies struggling in this position.
Therefore, Chen Bo went to the appointment with peace of mind and traveled lightly. I've only heard of such aristocratic sports as golf, but I've never seen them.
A sun hat, plus a casual outfit of white clothes, white pants, and white soft spike sneakers, this is still the outfit he pieced together after flipping through magazines for a long time.
The golf course is located in Mangrove City, which is further north of Mountain View, and you can feel the gentle sea breeze as soon as you get out of the car, and your eyes are full of spring green.
"Welcome to Silicon Valley." When I first met Yang Zhiyuan, he gave people a very gentle feeling, although he was an indisputable legend, but he didn't feel his strength at all. In terms of appearance and handsomeness, the skin is even a little dark, even in the East, it is just a member of the ordinary people, but it has a bookish atmosphere.
"A little gift, not a tribute, should have come to visit a long time ago, but I've been busy."
Chen Bo handed over the packaged gift box and said politely.
"Well, this tea is good, it tastes like hometown." Yang Zhiyuan opened the gift box, sniffed it, and said happily, "I came to the United States when I was 10 years old, although I am not uncomfortable here, but I am still a yellow-skinned and black-haired Chinese in my bones." ”
"This is a purebred big red robe, the mother tree is absolutely unaffordable, it should be better than the frozen top oolong, you can try it."
The things that can represent Chinese culture are first of all porcelain, but this thing is not easy to carry. The second is silk, but the current silk craftsmanship is uneven, and it is not suitable for making gifts. There are only tea, there are many varieties, and he can also distinguish the advantages and disadvantages, which is the best choice for gifts, so he brought a lot of them before he came, and he is about to become the spokesperson of tea.
Yang Zhiyuan's ancestral home is Ezhou, born on Taiwan Island, and most of them prefer frozen oolongs. For the time being, I couldn't buy a serious child in China, so I chose the purebred Da Hong Pao, which is also Yunwu tea, which was asexually propagated from the mother tree on the mountain rock.
The mother tree, Da Hong Pao, is 350 years old and has been declared a World Natural Heritage Site, with only four or six trees. All are located in Wuyi Mountain Tianxin Rock Jiulong Cave, has been entangled by clouds and mist, is unique, is the king of tea in oolong tea. The tea picked by the mother tree has been a tribute since the Ming Dynasty, and the people are absolutely not able to drink it, and now it is even more sky-high, and it is only available at auctions, there have been wealthy Singaporean businessmen who bought 20 grams at a price of 208,000, and it is like a treasure.
Although the tea brought by Chen Bo is not so expensive, the price is also very expensive, two or three thousand yuan for every tael, and ordinary people are really reluctant to take it out.
"It's the best gift I've ever received, and it's not worth it with money." Yang Zhiyuan's eyes were already shining at this time, and he carefully handed the gift box to the entourage and told them to put it away and store it, and enjoy it slowly in the future.
He has a strong Chinese cultural complex, which Chen Bo can easily find, so he likes it.
"Don't you have a club?" Yang Zhiyuan saw that he was empty-handed, and Wu Changqing was the only one behind him who stayed in the car and did not get down, so he asked.
"Huh? Aren't clubs available here? Chen Bo was obviously surprised.
"You haven't hit?"
"No, I don't know the rules, I prefer football."
"You can't talk about business in the face of protective gear, golf is a gentleman's sport, and nothing can be done with a leisurely walk in the grass, close to nature, and a pleasant body and mind. Now that you've come this far, you have to adapt to the rules of the game, and golf is a favorite sport for the elite in the United States. Yang Zhiyuan is more like an elder, and his words are serious and authentic.
"I'm talking about football, not rugby." Chen Bo corrected.
"Then you can't talk to him on the court about projects, financing, and development, right?" Yang Zhiyuan smiled and said, "Fortunately, I have a spare set of clubs, and I will give it to you as a return gift." ”
Chen Bo was not polite, nodded and thanked him, it's not interesting for you to shirk here, you can't kick with your feet, right?
Yang Zhiyuan patiently explained the rules of golf to him, but he barely understood it, and he just felt too bored. The 18 holes are 72 pars, a total of 7,500 yards, and it is almost 7 kilometers, and it will take four or five hours for amateurs to finish, and three hours at most for Tiger Woods.
The first shot was on the tee first, only to see Yang Zhiyuan take the wooden club handed over by the caddy, insert T, swing the ball, tighten gloves, bend over and pull the back to loosen the muscles and bones, pull the grass to see the wind direction, try to swing the attitude, and look at the right hand in front of him to straighten out the club to take the club to the other side. After everything was ready, there was a crisp sound, and the little white ball flew away like a meteor. With a beautiful arc, he landed in the middle of the fairway, and jumped dozens of meters due to the inertia of the forward flight before slowly stopping, and the caddie instinctively praised "good shot"!
Chen Bo didn't understand what was good, so he cooperated to squeeze out a smile and clapped his palms to congratulate. Yang Zhiyuan first smiled at the caddy, who seemed to be an acquaintance, and handed over a $10 tip to his entourage.
I wiped it, I wasn't, I said I had to tip, and I had to carry my wallet.
"It's your turn, just knock the ball out as I just said." Yang Zhiyuan said again at this time.
Chen Bo had no choice but to catch the ducks on the shelves, according to the cat and the tiger, put on gloves under the whispered guidance of the caddie behind him, put on a good posture, lightly lifted the wooden pole, and swung it vigorously. The crisp sound whistled higher and higher, farther and farther, and even off the fairway...... Fell into a nearby bunker.
"Oops, alas. But being able to hit this far for the first time is already an improvement, and it's very talented! Yang Zhiyuan patted him on the shoulder and encouraged regretfully.
The caddie behind him looked embarrassed, hurriedly trotted to prepare the battery car, moved the clubs and equipment, and then drove over.
"You go get ready, let's take a walk."
Yang Zhiyuan waved his hand and let the caddie go first, playing ball was just a pastime, and this shot was only about 200 meters away, and there was no need to take a battery car, and their main purpose was not to do so.
"I know everything you have done in China, and it is very good that the Internet crisis has sprung up and successfully explored a new model of profitability." The two walked side by side on the grass, and Yang Zhiyuan took the lead in preaching. "Huaxia has a large population base and broad prospects, and since you have gained a firm foothold, the future is naturally limitless. But the U.S. market is not so easy, not only with the most discerning users, but also with a legal system that is different from that of the mainland. And genius is always swayed by capitalists, you have to be energetic. ”
"It's all caught up, it's a coincidence, and I have to learn more from you in the future." Chen Bo nodded and said humbly.
"Me? Everyone's path cannot be copied, don't learn from me, but follow your own path. ”
Yang Zhiyuan smiled, which made him a little confused, what did this Jianghu boss mean by being so polite.
"Yes, not everyone can do it." Chen Bo replied that the chief was the nickname of him and David Ferro, and that they initially defined Yahoo as their primitive tribe, and no one expected that it would soar into the sky.
The two of them had a chatter without a handful, his ball skills were naturally rotten, and Yang Zhiyuan was no match for an old oilman, not long after he rescued the ball from the sand pit, it fell into the water again, which made him cry without tears, and the caddy who followed him was even more depressed, this guy wouldn't be deliberately evading the tip, right?
But Sheng's learning ability is not bad, and after playing a few holes, he gradually became familiar with it, and there were a few good shots, as for the fairy ball that is rare for professional players to score a hole, it is not that kind of good luck.
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