Just when Roland and Kate were giggling all the way, showing the sand sculpture in front of each other, the Blizzard triumvirate in Los Angeles were all about to snoring bald.

After taking over the task of wooing Google, the three people who had not developed the task for the time being went to Stanford in person to interview the two people they had been in contact with, wanting to help them realize the eternal truth of 'choose to watch, be hopeful, refuse to watch, and be disappointed in your life' - hiss...... How can this sand sculpture line be the same as an advertisement for infertility treatment?

That's what it means, anyway......

However, in the face of the venture capital that came to them, the two Google founders politely declined, and the reason they gave was that the company had not yet been officially registered, and in line with the attitude of being responsible to investors, they would not look for angel round investment for the time being.

The Blizzard triumvirate, who had long predicted the rhetoric of the two, was not discouraged, and directly threw out the king bomb promised by Roland.

When the tempting condition that Roland could help Google swallow Yahoo's search business while accepting the investment was put on the table, the duo, who didn't want to bring in venture capital too early, wavered and ......

It was just a little shaken.

After thinking about it for a while, they finally chose to refuse.

This result also made the Blizzard triumvirate confused!

In their opinion, this kind of behavior of giving money and helping development is really an angel!

Such favorable conditions are not eye-catching?

What are the hell in the minds of these guys!

The mentality of Blizzard's Big Three has collapsed......

"No, I hope you can make it clear to us today, why on earth would you refuse?"

In the box of a secluded café next to Stanford, the Blizzard triumvirate sat around a table.

Mike Mohami sat directly across from Sergey Brin and Larry Page, while Alan Adhan and Frank Pierce lined up on either side, one on the left and one on the right, with a fierce look like a triumphant.

Seeing the three guys who vowed not to give up until they reached their goal, Sergey Brin and Larry Page also looked helpless.

"Aren't you all going to work? Blocking us every day......"

"That's what we're going to do." Alan Adhan replied very unceremoniously.

"Getting you to accept investment from Overwatch Ventures is the only job we have now." Frank Pierce added.

"Even if you refuse, it's fine, but you have to give us a reasonable reason!" Mike Mohami sang with a white face, "If you give us a reason to be able to make a difference, then we won't block you every day!" ”

This act of breaking the casserole to the end made Sergey Brin and Larry Page smile bitterly.

To be honest, although they have never dealt with venture capital so far, judging by the behavior of the three people in front of them, this Shouwang Venture Capital is not a serious venture capital company at all......

Don't invest?

Chasing you every day to send money?

Not only that, but also released cruel words, a kind of don't leave after school?

Thanks to the fact that they have written a lot of algorithms for IMDb before, and have communicated with the three of them many times, otherwise, they would really call the police and let the police deal with these three guys who forcibly stuffed themselves with money!

After a few closer glances at them, Larry Page asked, "Is it really not okay to have a reason to start capital?" ”

"What do you think?"

Alan Adhan rolled his eyes and said, "In the Internet field, 100,000 yuan is simply not enough to burn ......"

"We also started from scratch, at the beginning we also relied on credit card cashing to maintain the company's operation, to be honest, we lived a hard and tiring life at that stage, but after getting the funds from the boss, the company's development was by leaps and bounds......

"So your reason is not valid......"

"We want to wait for the start-up capital to burn out, and then we're looking for investors – is that okay?" Sergey Brin asked.

"Isn't that the point?"

Frank Pierce pouted, "We want to know, why would you guys turn down Yahoo's search business?" ”

"That's right! That's where we wonder! ”

Mike Mohami nodded and said, "You buy a server, rent an office, recruit a program ape, at most half a month, 100,000 yuan can be spent, and when the time comes, don't you still have to seek investment?" After the investment, you still have to write out the commercial search engine products, and you have to promote the products, and these two links are even more money-burning......"

"Now, as long as you accept investment, this market is at your fingertips, why would you refuse?"

When the topic of concealment was put on the table, Sergey Brin and Larry Page, two young men who were still studying, were even more helpless, feeling the three pairs of eyes full of intellectual curiosity, the two looked at each other and said, "Okay, okay, let's say it's not okay?" As long as we're done, don't stop us like you are now......"

"Of course, we don't want to continue to waste time on work that we don't have a clue about."

The Blizzard triumvirate looked at each other and gave an affirmative answer.

After getting the assurances of the three, Sergey Brin and Larry Page took a few sips of coffee and moistened their throats, and then said: "Because the premature introduction of venture capital is actually harmful to the interests of the founders." ”

"That's right, as long as we accept the investment of Shouwang Venture Capital now, we can get Yahoo's business and eat the corresponding market share in the shortest possible time, but the problem is, you want 20% of the shares in the angel round, so what about A, B, and C after that? How much are you going to take? And how much will the shares of the two of us be diluted? ”

"For the sake of a part of the market, we may lose control of the company? This kind of thing is unacceptable to us. ”

"If we say that with your cooperation, our market share can directly become the first, from a start-up to the industry leader within a year, then let alone 20 percent, even if it is 80 percent, we will give it, but this kind of thing can't exist, right? If you can decide where the market belongs, then what else do we have to do? But precisely because you can only decide where a part of the market belongs, but you have to risk us being kicked out of the company, we don't want to ......."

"As for why you think this way?"

"Because that's the advice that Mr. Andy Becktoson gave us, and Mr. Baker and Mr. Clark are very good friends, oh yes, Mr. Clark is Jim Clarke......"

“Oh！ Shit！ ”

“Damn！”

“Fuckyou！”

After hearing such an explanation, the Blizzard triumvirate suddenly became speechless.

Although they spat fragrantly, Larry Page and Sergey Brin who were surrounded by them laughed.

Because they knew that the three guys had understood.

Jim Clarke, the two of them, is the founder of Silicon Map and Netscape, and is an out-and-out anti-venture capitalist.

In '70, he received his bachelor's degree from Louisiana State University, and the following year, his master's degree. In '74, he received his Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Utah and became an assistant professor at the University of California. At that time, his research topic was how to enable engineers to use 3D graphics computing capabilities, and in the process of research, he found that Stanford University had scientific research funds allocated by the Department of Defense, so in order to mix up the funds, he went to Stanford University to work as a teaching assistant......

While working as a teaching assistant to study the technology of 3D graphics, SUN's founder Andy Becktosen became his student, and in the future, SUN's graphics workstation business was based on Jim Clark's research, and the relationship between the two sides cannot be expressed in words.

It is precisely because of the relationship between mentor and friend that when Jim Clark was kicked out of Silicon Map by venture capital, the disgust with venture capital spread wildly in his faction.

"We must do whatever it takes to maintain our control over the company, and we must not let a venture capitalist own more than 10% of the shares, so as to avoid the company being controlled by external forces!"

This phrase became the operating credo of Clarke's faction.

And Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who received $100,000 in start-up funding from Jim Clark's student Andy Bechtorson, founder of SUN, naturally got such advice.

So......

The conditions of Shouwang Venture Capital are favorable, and they will not accept it.

Because they have a backer, and having a backer means that there is an opportunity.

As long as there is an opportunity, there is no need to sell a large number of shares at the beginning and let yourself fall into passivity.

The Blizzard Triumvirate, who also understood the meaning, was also helpless.

If that's the case, then I'm afraid Shouwang Venture Capital won't be able to invest in it anyway!

Use this kind of result to deal with Roland?

How can that be worthy of Roland's idea of erecting a statue for them!

Just when they couldn't accept such an outcome, Sergey Brin and Larry Page saw their chance and said, "We're done, can you let us go?" We've said yes, there's no next time......"

"Okay, I won't block you in the future......" Alan Adhan and Frank Pierce got up, ready to let them go.

People have made it so clear, and if they continue to block it, it will not be an investment, but a kidnapping.

But before Sergey Brin and Larry Page could get up and say thank you, Mike Mohami, who was sitting across from them, suddenly shouted to stop.

"Wait a minute......"

“What？ Anything else? The four of them were puzzled.

"You don't accept investment now, so what about in the future?" Mike Mohami didn't ink, but went straight to the point, asking, "You can't accept that a VC owns more than 10 percent of the shares, and that 10 percent, can you accept it?" ”

Hearing him say this, Alan Adhan and Frank Pierce reacted.

Roland just wants to invest in Google, and he didn't say how much he wants to take shares!

Sergey Brin and Larry Page felt that the asking price of Overwatch Ventures was high, so they refused the shares, but they refused even if they didn't say that the asking price was low!

Now that the bottom line of the two has been proven, when you go back to make a difference, there will be no result!

Thinking of this, the two of them sat back down.

Seeing their style, the two guys who had just gotten up also sighed.

"We really want to know, how much money did Roland give you?"

"It's not about the money, it's about knowing that Roland is a good investor." Mike Mohami shrugged.

"Okay, since you have to ask, then let's get straight to ......"

The two pursed their lips, revealing their helplessness, "We won't take Roland Allen's money." ”

"We don't take as much as he gives us."

"Because I can't afford it."

Hold the grass!

What's going on with this special code?

The three of them were shocked!

Although the tone of the two of them is not fierce, between the words, it is a resolute attitude!

Could it be that Roland did something unreasonable to them?

Or did Roland turn them green?

Otherwise, how could these two guys, who had never been in contact with Roland, give such a resistant attitude!

It seemed that they saw the surprise on the faces of the three of them, but it was more like they wanted to end it all quickly, so after a moment of silence, the two took the initiative to talk about the reason, "We are from Stanford, and the business incubator venture capital institution that cooperates with Stanford is Sequoia Capital, so if nothing else, Sequoia Capital will become one of our options when we seek funding." ”

"And the person who connects Sequoia Capital and Stanford is Michael Moritz, a partner at Sequoia Capital."

"In addition to that, we also took the start-up capital from Andy Becktosen, and Andy Becktosen gave us a check for another hundred thousand yuan, and told us that if we needed venture capital, he could introduce John Doerr, an investor in KPCB, to us, and as long as they offered the right price, we would definitely accept it."

"There are two VCs waiting for us here, so we won't talk to Shouwang Ventures."

"Of course, if I just say the names of the two VCs, you will definitely not be satisfied with the result, so we specially mentioned two contacts, we don't know if you know them, if not, we can introduce you to ......"

"Michael Moritz of Sequoia Capital, is the man who is against the Steve Jobs League."

"John Doerr of the KPCB, is the man of the anti-Bill Gates coalition."

"And your boss Roland Allen ......"

"Although I don't know what side of the person he is, ......"

"It's certainly not anti-Jobs or anti-Gates coalition people."

That's right! Google was already on the side before it was founded!

Andy Becktosen, who gave them 100,000 yuan in start-up capital, is the person of the anti-Gates coalition, and the capital behind him, KPCB, funds every company that competes with Microsoft!

Intuit、Netscape、Sun……

As long as it is Microsoft's opponent, they will invest money to support it!

Not only that, but after Steve Jobs was kicked out of Apple, when they wanted to make a comeback with Pixar, they also injected a lot of money into Pixar!

Because they think that if Steve Jobs can beat Bill Gates once, he can beat him a second time!

In addition, they have established the Java Fund to help entrepreneurs who make Java products and services, as Microsoft sees Java as a major threat to its Windows operating system.

As long as Roland is still playing with Bill Gates, Google will not accept his investment!

Because the position is different!

Sequoia Capital, on the other hand, is even simpler.

As a venture capital firm cooperating with Stanford, Google, which is a shareholder of Stanford, will definitely accept Sequoia Capital's investment, and Michael Moritz, a partner of Sequoia Capital, has the nickname of 'Apple Historian'.

On the surface, the guy with this nickname should have a very good relationship with Steve Jobs, but in reality - it's actually okay to understand it this way, they used to love each other because of contradictions.

In the end, he just kicked Jobs out of Apple.

In the early days of Apple's business, Steve Jobs was recommended to Don Valentine, the founder of Sequoia Capital, but unfortunately, Don Valentine was not interested in Apple at that time, so he sent him to another partner, Mike Makura.

Macoola saw a promising future in Apple, so he invested in Apple and became its chairman, at one point owning one-third of the shares.

In this process, Michael Moritz, a reporter for Time magazine, was very optimistic about Apple, so he wanted to interview Steve Jobs, who felt insulted by Valentine and wanted to use the media to strengthen his popularity, so the two hit it off and became best friends.

After Apple became bigger and bigger, Moritz also rose in Time magazine because of his relationship with Jobs, and when Jobs became a billionaire, Moritz wanted to write a book about Jobs's growth history.

And the name of that book is "The Little Kingdom".

If the book was traditionally cool, the book would have made Jobs famous, but unfortunately, because Moritz exposed Jobs's brutality in the book, they broke off their friendship.

Well, to describe their relationship as a broken relationship might have the feeling of a child's play, in fact, after the book was released, Jobs issued a restraining order in the company forbidding Moritz from stepping into Apple, and if an Apple employee was interviewed by Moritz, they would be fired the next day for stepping into the company with their left foot or right foot — whoever you are.

After the conflict was triggered, the relationship between the two sides fell to a freezing point, and at the same time, Don Valentine, the founder of Sequoia Capital, who was annoyed by missing Apple, invited Michael Moritz, who had discovered Apple's bright spots, to join Sequoia Capital.

Hopefully, he can continue to play with his genius.

From journalist to VC, Michael Moritz completed the biggest leap in his life, and after gladly accepting Don Valentine's invitation, Michael Moritz began to do things.

That is to use Sequoia Capital's stake in Apple to get Steve Jobs out.

Why Apple can't withstand IBM's attack, which led to a decline in market share, so Jobs has to take the blame?

No kidding......

Michael Moritz insisted that Steve Jobs was a tyrant, and Steve Jobs felt that this was a smear, and the two of them were arguing about hand-to-hand combat in Apple, which was the root cause of Apple's sudden violent death.

Since then, Michael Moritz has been a staunch anti-Steve Jobs coalition.

And Steve Jobs only chose to return after Sequoia Capital gradually sold off its Apple shares.

Now......

Roland Allen is Apple's largest shareholder!

If Sergey Brin and Larry Page accept the investment of Overwatch Ventures, then both of them can imagine that the anti-Gates coalition that has entered the market and the anti-Jobs coalition that will definitely enter will directly fight with Roland Allen!

When the profit-chasing venture capitalists start to fight each other, what else does this company do?

The dog's brain has to be knocked out, okay!

"So...... You will never accept investment from Overwatch Ventures? ”

The Blizzard Triumvirate, who finally figured out why, shut up.

If this is the case, then they will not continue to persuade them.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page nodded and said helplessly: "We also want Yahoo's market." ”

"But...... The situation does not allow ......"

"That's when we were late......" Mike Mohami regretted.

"It's not a matter of coming early or late, because patents are applied for through the school, so the school will definitely hold shares, even if you come early, it will only run ahead of the anti-Gates coalition, and the anti-Jobs coalition will always be ahead of you." The two shrugged their shoulders and told the brutal truth.

"Okay, then so be it, I'm really sorry to bother you guys for so long."

The three of them got up and opened their arms to them.

The two who also felt that the opportunity passed by also sighed, "Let's have a chance to work together again......

The five patted each other on the shoulder and said goodbye.

As they left, the three people who sat down again also stared at each other.

"What now? Tell Roland the truth? Alan Adhan asked.

"I think that's the only way to go, it's not something we can solve." Frank Pearce voted yes.

"yes, not something we can solve, anti-Gates coalition? Anti-Jobs League? It's not something we can touch. ”

Mike Mohami let out a final exclamation.

And just when they were drinking the coffee that had already cooled, thinking about calling Roland when they returned in the evening, and explaining the situation here, the two people who had left suddenly walked back.

"What's wrong?" The three of them looked at them suspiciously.

"Did I drop my wallet here?" Larry Page patted his ass pocket, "We just got to the parking lot, and suddenly we found that the wallet was missing, and there was a parking ticket in it, and we couldn't settle the bill without that." ”

"Huh?"

The three of them bent down and looked down to help find it.

After a few seconds, Frank Pierce reached out and grabbed a brown wallet from the ground, "This is yours, right?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes!" Larry Page hurriedly replied.

Hearing this, Frank Pixar got up directly and handed over the wallet.

Larry Page, who took the wallet, opened it and looked at it, and after confirming that it was correct, he nodded with a smile and said, "Everything is there." ”

Hearing him say this, the three people staring at his wallet all relaxed.

"It's good that everything is here, and although we didn't become colleagues, we're not here to steal things......"

Alan Adhan's witty words made everyone laugh.

"No, no, no, not ......," Larry Page waved his hand.

"Your net worth won't give a damn ...... of us," Sergey Brin laughed at himself.

Listening to their words, the Blizzard triumvirate smiled even more easily.

There is no contradiction between them, so there is no need to keep a straight face.

And just as the three of them said goodbye to them again and wished them good luck in starting their own business, Mike Mohamie, who was shaking hands with Larry Page, was suddenly attracted by the wallet in his hand, an object that glowed blue in the light, causing him to squint.

"Why is your wallet still glowing with blue light?" Mike Mohami asked casually.

"Huh?" Larry Page was stunned for a moment, then reacted immediately and pulled out the chain that was exposed on the outside of the wallet.

"That's what you say? I'm religious......"

As Larry Page grabbed the chain and let the blue glowing metal pendant fall freely.

The six-pointed star that shook in the sky because of inertia made Mike Mohami frown.

"David Aegun?" Mike Mohami asked.

"Yes, my mother is, and she is still in the church, and so am I, and I am also in the church." Larry Page laughed and said, "Sergei is actually the same, he is of Ashkenazi descent, that is, from the German side......"

"Ah~~~"

"Is that so?" After learning such information, Mike Mohami was immediately overjoyed, patted him on the shoulder vigorously, and said, "It seems that we will still be colleagues......"

"What do you mean?" Larry Page was a little confused.

Sergey Brin also cast a puzzled look.

Alan Adhan and Frank Pierce also pursed their lips as Mike Mohami when they saw the blue hexagram.

"It's not interesting......

Alan Adhan puts his arm on Larry Page's shoulder.

"Roland will definitely go to Google, and neither the anti-Gates coalition nor the anti-Jobs coalition will be a problem."

Frank Pierce also put his arm around Sergey Brin's shoulders.

"Because, he's on your side, and he has a good reputation."

Mike Mohami motioned for Larry Page to put away the symbolic David Shield, then hammered them on the chest and said, "Are you okay at night?" I'll invite you to dinner......"

"Don't think about investing in these things anymore, Roland will be able to solve the problems of KPCB and Sequoia Capital soon......"

"Soon ......"