Chapter 303: Microsoft that doesn't move, a rat that cracks directly
On August 20, 1998, the 'Infinite Extension' action that Zipton had promised to the people of the whole country officially began.
The America warship in the Red Sea fired cruise missiles at the Sudanese capital, Khartoum, destroying a pharmaceutical plant they believed was helping the Terrorists make chemical weapons, and 75 cruise missiles landed on Afghan territory.
The first air raid caused more than 20 deaths and dozens of injuries, and after the attack, the Sudanese commander-in-chief strongly condemned the attack of America, decided to formally withdraw the diplomatic mission in the United States on the 21st, and announced that all means would be taken to respond to the aggression of America, the Afghan authorities also made similar statements, some Muslim countries set off a wave of protests, and the *** organization responsible for the two bombings publicly announced that it would continue to retaliate.
When the news of these resolute antagonisms continued to reach America, the smell of gunpowder shrouded in the beacon of freedom became stronger and stronger, and whether to go to war against the countries that harbored the *** organization became a hot topic of discussion.
As a fictional but positive example, the box office of "Saving Private Ryan" has been climbing steadily under the silence of the main creative team, an R-rated film with a duration of nearly three hours, only one month after its release, it has already rushed to a box office of 140 million, this kind of achievement makes a bunch of special effects blockbusters extremely embarrassed, and also makes Hollywood practitioners shout-
'These guys are too lucky, aren't they?' ’
Before the movie was released, many people had already given an assessment, thinking that even if a World War II movie of this length had the blessing of big names, it would not be able to attract more passers-by in the summer file, because kneeling is real.
And now, it's really better to shoot well than to blow well, and it's better to blow well than to be well-timed.
As soon as the embassy bombing came out, that kind of stealth propaganda was more powerful than any advertisement.
The point is –
Don't want money yet!
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While sharpening the knife Huo Huo slowly advanced towards the slaughter of pigs and sheep, the shaking activity on Roland's side also came to fruition.
Sergei Brin's parents had been ostracized by the Soviet anti-Semitic campaign to America, so when the companions who had helped them showed them that Roland Allen, a good Jewish friend, was interested in their son's project, but that their son had concerns, Sergei Brin's death was completely drowned out.
Larry Page's parents learned of their son's misunderstanding of Roland Allen on a Jewish Sunday that week, when the Michigan-based reformist rabbi brought Roland Allen's kindness to them......
The young man with a white head was directly educated by his religious mother.
If that's all there is to it, Susan Wojcicki, who lent them the garage to start a business, was also very interested in the strong support of her classmates and bosses after the appearance of the Blizzard Triumvirate, and briefly described the good life of the seniors to the two.
Andy Bektorson, the founder of SUN, who gave them 100,000 yuan to fund them to start a company, called directly and said that they could accept Roland Allen's investment conditions.
Embezzling Yahoo's search engine market can help them grow quickly.
Truth be told, when they got a call from their parents and learned that those guys were actually lobbyists for Roland Allen, their minds went blank, and if it was oneonone, they might have started to whatthefuck.
And when they came to the garage of the start-up, the information revealed from the mouths of Larry Page's beautiful landlady and Sergey Brin's future aunt made them even more confused!
As for receiving a call from a patron at night?
They are already wondering if they have lived a few days less.
Obviously, Andy Becktosen was the first to say that he must wait for the commercialization of the product to seek venture capital, and if necessary, he can call him directly, but now it has only been a few days, and this guy has spoken again?
"What's going on?" Larry Page was full of wonders.
"I don't know!" Sergei Brin, who was hunched over the sofa, was equally puzzled.
"Aren't we starting a business?" Larry Page frowned.
"Yes, it's entrepreneurship!" Sergey Brin nodded.
In the constant dialogue, they felt that they had become good friends with little question marks.
They are just mediocre college students, and they are not like Robert Noyce who started a business after leaving Fairchild, why are these venture capitalists like crazy, and they have to stuff themselves with money?
Could it be ......
"Are we too handsome?"
"That Roland guy wants to sneak us?"
The words of the same heart made the two people who looked at each other shudder.
It's nothing more than they would think so, after all, Roland's shaking behavior is too weird!
Even they don't know what the highlights of Google, which has not yet officially created the company, and in this case, a guy with a net worth of more than a billion keeps pestering them, this is not to gluttony their bodies, so what else can they do?
Roland, the guy who already has a fiancée, turned out to be a two-way plug?
Hold the grass! This news is also very exciting!
Of course, this kind of thing is just to think about it in private, after all, under the revelations of many media, people all over the world now know that Roland already has a fiancée and is about to officially get married.
In the case of a thousand days of love and nine hundred and fifty days together, no one will suspect that Roland's sexual orientation is abnormal.
It was precisely because they understood that their ideas were too terrifying, and the current situation was too bizarre, so after finding that these things could not be solved by themselves, the two took the initiative to contact the Blizzard Triumvirate who had blocked them before, and learned from their mouths that the relationship between Roland and Jews had never been disclosed by the media, and then ......
“Fuckyou! Why didn't you say it earlier! The two of them 'went violent', "You know that as long as you say it clearly, we can reach a cooperation, but you chose to hide it and let us be scolded by our parents?" ”
"Then why didn't you say it earlier?" The Blizzard Triumvirate, who had been arguing with them for almost two months, was also 'angry', "If you identify yourself as soon as you come up, then we won't waste so much time!" ”
"Are you sick? Who talks about their ethnicity when they introduce themselves? ”
"Then you're sick too! So wary of us! Even if we say it, will you believe it? ”
Five cultural people cursed in the garage.
The fierce argument made the hostess of the house laugh and shake her head, Susan Wojcicki, who was three months pregnant, kicked her sister and asked her to bring water to the young boys, and when she graduated less than two years ago, but Anne Wojcicki, who had started her own business, walked into the garage, and the five grumpy little brothers were like corgis who had been untied, and they beeped......
No way, noisy, noisy, everything is a joke.
If there is a contradiction, then fight, how can you still leave?
When everything was laid out, Sergey Brin and Larry Page stopped resisting Overwatch Ventures' investment, but even then, they only received a check for $100,000 and signed a contract with Overwatch Ventures for the right of first refusal.
In their words, since Roland is so optimistic about them, don't blame them for being ruthless.
They won't accept a valuation of 50 million, as for how much will they finally call?
We'll have to wait until the product is commercialized.
For such a result, Roland is still quite satisfied.
As long as these two guys are willing to take money, the lion's big mouth will just squeeze out other venture capitalists!
As for the inch?
Roland believed that they did not dare, because the children of the Jews were afraid of being pumped by their mothers!
Roland, hey, hey......
It's kind of don't leave after school, I'll let your mom beat you!
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Of course, just when Google and Overwatch Ventures reached a consensus, the spirit guy in Seattle also learned the news.
It's not that he is deliberately paying attention to Roland, but Roland's investment behavior, which has a bit of a big impact, and it's hard to ignore.
And after Bill Gates made a few phone calls and figured out the project that Roland invested in this time through the relationship between all parties, a wave of wonder instantly came to his heart, because he couldn't figure out what Roland was doing here?
"How did he get a search engine?"
"Is this the new alternative he was looking for after selling Yahoo?"
"However, today's search engines are not profitable! Compared with Yahoo, the gap is too big, right? ”
Bill Gates, who was sitting in the office, held his cheek with one hand, looked at his friend Paul Allen with a confused expression, his eyes under the lenses were full of surprise, and the projected gaze became extremely loose because he couldn't find focus.
If I had to compare it, it would be Wang Sledgehammer.
"Isn't it all written on it? The reason why Roland invested in Google is because Amazon now has more and more products, but the search function is very poor, search for a keyword, six out of ten results are wrong, more often users are looking for products by themselves, so in order to improve the user experience, they will do their own search business. ”
Paul Allen patted the folder on the table and recounted it.
There is no impermeable wall in the world, Roland wants the old man to help him shake people, so he naturally has to explain the specific situation to the other party, so the news will spread, and even if Paul Allen does not ask him for verification, the operation mode of the link will reveal a lot of things, not to mention, what about Susan Wojcicki who lent the garage to Sergei Brin or Intel, the company called and asked what the situation was, and everything was clear, and they knew, didn't Microsoft know?
It was precisely because of this that Roland dragged Amazon out as a shield.
But to be honest, his kind of rhetoric will deceive the layman.
There are too many vulnerabilities for professionals.
"If it's just to make up for Amazon's search function, isn't it good for him to poach people directly?"
"What about patents at Stanford? Fish them to the Amazon, and the technology born of people can also follow. ”
"There is no need to go around in such a big circle like now."
Bill Gates knocked on the table, his face full of disbelief.
Paul Allen, who saw him like this, laughed, "Do you think Roland may have seen the great prospects of search engines in the same way that he invested in Apple?" And he is also convinced that he is not mistaken? ”
"That's right!" Bill Gates said with great certainty: "Isn't he an investment at all?" ”
"The real investment is that you feel that the plan is feasible and you can invest, but even if you don't invest, you will not be disappointed at the moment."
"Only when you are sure that the project in front of you can be successful and has great potential will you rush to enter the market like him."
"Do you know what he feels like to me right now?"
"It's like when Warren saw the value of RandK and wanted to force the money to him."
"That's the feeling that if I miss it now, I'll regret it now."
Bill Gates feels that Roland is releasing news to the outside world that he is obviously optimistic about the search engine market.
Although this kind of release can only be seen by him, a guy who knows the inside story, for the time being.
Because of the results of Shouwang Venture Capital, in fact, only Yahoo can count, and the Apple that welcomed back Steve Jobs is still lying there! And Amazon, the guy who knows the backer behind this company will not attribute the success to Roland's head.
After all, Jeff Bezos was able to issue an open letter to all shareholders saying that Amazon's confidence that it would never be profitable stemmed from the support of David Shaw, the grandfather of quantification, and Warren Buffett, the master of snowball.
Roland, just a garbage picker.
Of course, Bill Gates, who has witnessed many times from Apple and GPU, will not take Roland for a fool, and it is precisely because of this seriousness that Paul Allen thinks-
"Are you going to let Microsoft do the search engine too?"
"You must know that the next month is the most critical point in time, and the Ministry of Justice will most likely formally launch an anti-monopoly investigation against us, which will involve a lot of our energy."
"Next, we have to get a home console, and we want to eat Yahoo, and ...... with so many things"
"Continuing to develop search engines is too much energy for us."
"After all, this thing is different from others, there are too few programmers on the market......"
In the early days of the development of the Internet, engineers in the information industry will not be trained for three months to take up their posts like in the future, and now they are all fragrant buns, and the vast majority of companies cannot poach people, and for large enterprises, the acquisition of companies that are quite good on the market, and then the management is dismissed, leaving only engineers, is the lowest cost of poaching people.
In this way, even if Microsoft wants to make a search engine, they will not be able to find anyone for a while.
But in the face of Paul Allen's inquiry, Bill Gates shook his head with a smile.
"No, we're not going to be a search engine for a while."
"Let's see what Roland will do with the search engine, and then we'll just copy it."
"What's more, the most anxious thing on the market now is not us at all, but Disney."
"The more aggressive Roland is on the search engine, the more crazy Disney will be."
"Who made them throw money into the search engine space, but they were doing portals?"
"The point is, they're also one of the few guys on the market who knows the truth about Roland, right?"
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Yes! Compared with Microsoft, which is studying what Roland is doing, Disney is the most confused one at the moment!
Roland has entered the search field?
What the hell is holding grass!
Even if all this year's movies have made money, they are still not fragrant!
"Didn't you tell me that the future belongs to the portal?"
In the Disney conference room, Michael Eisner banged on the table and roared, "At the beginning of the year, you told me that the success of Yahoo and MSN means that cable networks will gradually be replaced by the Internet!" ”
"The Internet community can bring people closer to each other, and people can vent their feedback in the first place, and Roland's marriage proposal can paralyze both Yahoo and MSN, which is the best example! So we Disney are also going to be portals! ”
"But because this market is saturated, we have to find other entry points in order to grow."
"So, at your option, on June 18 this year, we acquired Infoseek, the largest search engine on the market! Because it contains 64 million web pages, it has a natural advantage to convert it into a portal! ”
"Then, we asked them to stop the maintenance and development of the search engine and start making a portal!"
That's right, when he learned that Roland had gone around in a big circle and just invested in a search engine website that had not even been created by the company, the Disney tyrant was about to spiral into the sky!
Because they bought Infoseek, the world's largest search engine, and let everyone go to the portal!
Their idea at that time was to use the massive URLs already included in the search engine to directly step over Yahoo's web page reserve process, and then imitate the MSN and NBC to create a cooperation model of MSNBC, relying on the existing ABC and the acquisition of Infoseek to make a portal that takes the advantages of hundreds of schools!
Compared with MSN, Disney has the foundation of cable media network, so there is no need to worry about information, and compared with Yahoo, Disney also has the search engine foundation of Infoseek, after all, this is the preferred search engine of Netscape!
And if you add MSN and Yahoo together, the portal made by Disney also has a massive content advantage!
The accumulation of years of heritage is not comparable to that of Microsoft and Yahoo!
In their blueprint, it was two years to surpass MSN, four years to defeat Yahoo, and when they Disney mastered the world's largest portal, the online publicity was even faster, and within five years, the remaining five would have to call themselves Dad!
Can ...... now
They just cracked!
"But! Now, two months later! ”
"The guy you call the best performance of the portal, but he started to do search engines!"
"Just tell me what to do now!"
With Michael Eisner's roar, the room was as quiet as a chicken.
Like Bill Gates, they don't believe that Roland is really just a search engine for Amazon, because over the years, Roland has done a lot of through the portal......
Let's take the hype control review.
Before "Titanic" was filmed, Roland had already used IMDb and Yahoo to play those netizens to death, and with his manipulation, the sense of participation and exposure that netizens got made the market value of the website soar exponentially.
And this kind of experience is the most envied thing for those media giants.
In the past, they guided public opinion, at most, they published some directional news, and if they wanted to turn these directional news into money, they were dreaming, because a lot of advertising fees were negotiated in advance, and Roland's operation on the Internet allowed them to see the possibility of guiding public opinion at the same time, and also making a lot of money, because of this-
The ghost believes that Roland is just playing with the search engine!
It's understanding, that's why Disney is uncomfortable!
Can't you get into the industry early?
Do we have to spend 200 million to make the search engine into a portal before entering the game?
Although they also understand that if this kind of groundless accusation spreads, it will only laugh off the big teeth of their peers, but-
They're really blowing up now!
Exploded so much that no one dared to carry this pot!
And the stupid goose's actions made Michael Eisner almost angry.
"Don't be silent!"
"Come up with your solution!"
"Although we will be announcing the portal next month, we still have a chance to change it! We can choose again, whether to stick to the portal, or return to search, or to search the portal at the same time! ”
Michael Eisner personally thinks the third point is the best.
Because they Disney is one of the richest companies in Hollywood, there isn't one!
As long as the target is determined, let alone 200 million, even if it is 200 million, they can smash it!
However, just when Michael Eisner wanted to wave his hand as big as ever and do everything, a weak voice suddenly spread throughout the conference room, causing his eyebrows to raise instantly, and making the others present bury their heads lower.
"Boss, we may not be able to return to search, let alone portal search to catch ...... together"
“Why?” Michael Eisner asked in confusion.
"Because, because RobinLi, who invented the hyperchain analysis technology, Infoseek has chosen to leave the first place in the search engine industry, and without his leadership, Infoseek's development progress will only get slower and slower......"
"Huh?" Michael Eisner frowned, "Why did he leave his job?" Which company is he going to jump to? ”
"Isn't it Google? Didn't Infoseek sign a non-compete agreement with him? ”
The tyrant was a little nervous, and if Infoseek's chief engineer jumped to Google, it would prove that Roland was really going to start playing tricks - and while he didn't want to be eliminated by believing that portals that had found a way to make money would be eliminated, he was even more reluctant to put himself on the brink of infamy, after all, he was the one who pushed Disney as a portal.
It was also him who agreed to acquire the search engine with the largest market share and then change it to a portal.
And under his forced gaze, the guy who gave the news shook his head.
"No, although he didn't sign a non-compete agreement, he didn't go to Google ......"
This answer made Michael Eisner breathe a sigh of relief, "It's good if it's not Google......"
However, as soon as his words were finished, the regrettable news appeared again, "However, he chose to go home and start a business......"
"Go home and start a business?" This decision made Michael Eisner even happier, "It's easier to do!" ”
"Re-talk to him and give him a higher salary! Give him options! Give him a promotion! ”
"Nope! As long as he can stay in Infoseek and lead Infoseek to continue to stabilize the number one position in the search engine, then the business in Infoseek is up to him alone, if he wants to take care of it, then give it to him, if he doesn't want to take care of it, then break it from Infoseek! ”
Just when Michael Eisner was confident that no one could refuse the Silver Bullet offensive, the last words of his subordinate made his smile freeze on his face, "Boss, RobinLi probably doesn't need this." ”
“HeisChinese。”
"And go home every year."