Roland certainly knew they weren't Blizzard's people!

Bah!

After two personnel expansions, after absorbing Blizzard North through acquisitions, Roland didn't know a few Blizzard people!

But after seeing the two faces hidden in the crowd, showing curious expressions, and constantly looking at them, the almost similar memories of the past life that were about to be forgotten by Roland instantly appeared.

More than seven years have passed, and he has almost forgotten the vague memory.

The only ones who could wake him up suddenly were those who were famous in their previous lives.

Either they have outstanding posture, which is impressive and unforgettable, or they are rich and powerful, and they are often exposed by the media.

For example, Repentance Ali Jack Ma, ordinary family Ma Hua Teng, Areyouok Rebus, tomorrow step down from Matcha Dong.

can wake up and wake up, familiar to familiar, the two people in front of them are obviously not the kind of guy who can make Roland call someone directly.

Because of his appearance, he didn't have much character, and after hearing what Mike Mohami said, he was even more puzzled - 'Stanford? That's not right! I don't remember the names Lawrence and Sergei! ’

Unsure of the situation, he asked, "Mike, you said they were from Stanford?" What are their full names? ”

"Full name?"

Mohami didn't know why Roland would suddenly ask this, but since he had met him, he explained.

What's more, the purpose of these two guys is actually related to Roland's own industry.

"The one on the left is Lawrence Edward Page."

"I usually call him Lawrence, or Larry."

"The one on the right is Sergei Mikhailovich Brin, you just call him Sergei......"

it!

These two guys are Larry Page and Sergey Brin?

Isn't this the founder of Google?

After hearing the names Larry Page and Sergey Brin, the smile that froze on his face bloomed again.

Of course, compared with the state when he heard about the project "Home Alone" on January 1 in '90, Roland is not too surprised now, after all, he has seen a lot......

It doesn't matter if it's Bill Gates, or Steve Jobs, or Jeff Bezos, isn't he just seeing him when he wants now?

When you have a hundred, you'll pick up a hundred on the ground, and you'll have a great surprise, and you'll even use it as an after-dinner conversation, but when you have two billion...... If you drop a hundred pieces on the ground, you won't pick them up.

Of course, if there was a Google on the ground, he would still look at it.

For him now, this is also a small goal, right?

cough cough cough ......

"They're your classmates?"

When greeting other Blizzard employees, Roland also asked sideways, "I remember you weren't from Stanford!"

"Oh, it's not a classmate, it's purely a business relationship." Mohami didn't hide it.

"My relationship with them is actually not as close as your relationship with them......"

"Didn't you buy Cole Nedhan's IMDb? Now there are hundreds of thousands of entries in IMDb's entry directory, if you let everyone read them one by one, it will definitely be tiring, and in terms of keyword search, the plugin they wrote themselves is not easy to use, because it has been commercialized, it can't collect codes from members as before, so ...... It's open to the public. ”

"That Larry Page was involved in the IMDb bid to rewrite the retrieval system for the website's data detection."

"Not only that, due to the surge in user volume, IMDb also needed a plugin that could identify user comments and distinguish user tastes, and Sergey Brin solved this problem."

"He wrote a plugin that can roughly screen users and categorize them according to their tastes......"

"Since IMDb is headquartered in the UK, Cole didn't have time to come over to identify and communicate, so I entrusted us in Los Angeles to help him and them for acceptance docking, anyway, Blizzard Entertainment and IMDb are your industry, help each other......

"Everybody is not an outsider."

"The reason why they will come here today is also arranged by me, I originally wanted to take advantage of the free time before you came, before the start of the annual meeting to negotiate things, by the way, to show these two talents the working atmosphere of our company, if possible in the future, directly absorb, but...... There are still some differences. ”

When Mike Mohami babbled all this to Roland, Roland, who was smiling, had a groove in his head.

'it! Mohami is such a good guy! ’

'it! How can this business be so good? ’

'it! I'm obviously not interested in money! But why does it have to burrow into my pocket? ’

'Don't! Don't come in! I don't need you anymore, okay? Get out of here! Don't defile me! ’

Well, Roland is sassing.

You know, after the time loop came out, one of the major events he recorded on his computer schedule was Google.

After investing in Yahoo, I remember hoping that Yahoo would buy his own Google, but it was actually on his must-take list.

Especially on a trip to New York, after seeing Eric Schmidt next to David Shaw, Roland even felt that Google was already nine out of ten, and if he couldn't get in when everyone knew him, then he shouldn't mess around.

However, he never thought that Google, which would only be officially established in 98 years, would be able to meet him now!

The point is, it's especially through IMDb!

According to Roland's vision, the best time for him to get involved in Google is naturally when the two founders of Google want to sell the company to Yahoo, after all, the icing on the cake is far better than charcoal in the snow!

Giving them strong support when they need help will make them remember it for life!

But what's going on now?

Neither of them created Google, so they faced themselves first?

Could it be that Hong Shiyong is doing it?

Roland, who felt strange, looked at them carefully, and when he found that they had been staring at him with hopeful eyes, he smiled and beckoned them to come; This behavior made the two people who were looking at the pestle on the side happy, and while approaching quickly, they also took the initiative to stretch out their hands, wanting to show Roland their eagerness.

"Hi Roland, I'm Larry Page, I didn't expect to meet you here, it's really unexpected!"

"Hello Roland, I'm Sergey Brin, I'm your fan, and I like your Terminator 2 the most!"

With such an enthusiastic attitude, Roland is no longer surprised.

After all, strangers have stopped him more times in the past seven years than he has pooped in total.

The initiative of the two actually saved Roland a lot of things, and after shaking hands with them amicably, Roland also used Mike Mohami's words as a shield and asked about their current situation.

I don't know if I don't know this, but I'm shocked when I ask.

It turns out that after they met in 95 years, they have already cooperated to develop things like search engines, and this time the IMDb list is just a test application.

"In the 90s, Archie was introduced, which could search for files in FTP, and was the first search engine; In ninety-three, the first WEB search engine, WorldWideWebWanderer, came out, with which we could climb other websites; In October of the same year, a second search engine, ALIWEB, appeared, and not long after, Infoseek founded ......"

"Although the search engine has appeared for seven years, its ability is still in the process of exploration, ninety-three years with a web crawler, and then Dow Jones senior consultant RobinLi has developed a hyperchain analysis, these two technologies allow search engines to process some data more accurately, but there is still room for improvement in the algorithm, and we are studying this content, last year, we wrote BackRub, which is currently running on the Stanford intranet."

"Of course, any research needs funding, so after seeing the IMDb recruitment plugin, we tried to do it, we didn't know that IMDb was your company, we didn't know that Blizzard Entertainment was also your company, and we didn't know that we could meet you in the company, which was really ......"

"It's such an honor......"

Even if you are reincarnated well, you can't become a natural boss, all industry bosses have inevitability, either amazing technology, or a lotus tongue.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin are clearly the former.

Although Roland doesn't read books in the traditional sense, and has hit James many times, he still envies these people who can get a doctorate, no matter what, this at least reflects the other party's learning ability, that is, it is better than himself.

Of course, being competent does not mean that you can succeed; Without the cooperation of capital, excellent talent is also the life of wage earners.

Roland understood what they meant.

For a guy who is engaged in research, an investor like himself is simply a big funder with a lot of money.

When Larry Page and Sergey Brin received an email from Cole Niederham asking them to bring something to Blizzard Entertainment to talk about the project, they were amazed by this kind of internal linkage that only exists in small companies.

When they came to Blizzard Entertainment and saw those engineers writing code while petting cats and stepping on dogs while thinking about ideas, they were deeply attracted by this super relaxed working atmosphere.

And when they learned from Mike Mohami that the company's annual goal was to develop fun games......

They scolded their mothers like crazy in their hearts!

A company with nearly 100 employees whose annual goal is to develop fun games without talking about profits?

Isn't this special thing just about providing for the elderly?

At that time, they wanted to know which stupid investor could do such a thing.

But when they were halfway through the talks with the Blizzard Triumvirate and had a final bargaining negotiation on the two optimization plugins, the Blizzard Triumvirate answered the phone and said to them apologetically that the boss was here and the negotiations were put on hold for the time being.

If it were the same as before, they would have complained.

But when they thought that the two of them would soon see Silly Shortage, the resentment in their hearts dissipated a lot.

But when they saw Roland, the dark clouds in their hearts suddenly disappeared, because his uncle voted for Yahoo!

And Yahoo, now it's a success!

Just like fairies don't stink, successful people fart a fart, it's all fragrant, since there is such a successful experience as Yahoo, then what means Roland uses to treat Blizzard Entertainment and IMDb, that's right.

What's more, both of them are profitable!

Not only that, but at the same time as the clouds dissipated, they also wanted to meet this kind of knowledgeable guy and say a few words.

What they're working on now is a search engine, and if it's successful, the easiest way to capture the market is to be accepted by Yahoo, so ...... It's even better to be able to get together!

Of course, there is also the Roland who knows what Google will become.

In the case of each having a ghost, the two sides are simply Wang Ba and mung beans, and they look at each other directly!

"Larry, I don't talk to you about the company, I promised them that I would let them raise these children by hand, so I respect their every idea."

"However, I am very interested in the search engine project you just told me, and I also go online, and I know how troublesome it is to remember URLs, so my uncle voted for Yahoo, and we all think that this can bring convenience to people, and the search engine you said, I think it is good, after all, even if Yahoo gathers more URLs, it is annoying to find, and your research can save people a lot of time and reduce a lot of trouble."

"Therefore, I decided to sponsor you 100,000 yuan in my personal name, hoping that you can research and develop with peace of mind...... Then you come to me again, I can still help you, I believe in the vision of Cole and Mike, since they approve of the plugin you have made, then I firmly believe that you will definitely succeed......"

"If you have a problem for the time being, you can overcome it!"

When Roland motioned to his assistant to sign a check for 100,000 yuan to Larry Page and Sergey Brin, both of them were a little confused.

They, in fact, are not civilians.

Larry Page's parents were both computer professors at Michigan State University, and he was already able to fix computers before many poor kids knew what computers were.

Under the influence of his parents, he certainly knows that the research and development of any technology is inseparable from financial support.

The professors in the school also have applications for scientific research grants!

Sergey Brin, whose father was a mathematics professor at the University of Maryland and whose mother worked at the NASA Space Flight Center, designed computer printing schemes in elementary school, and at the time, his teachers had only seen business jets in schools.

It is precisely because of having parents as role models, and knowing that the status of parents today is not easy to come by, so they will be extremely surprised after seeing the relaxed office environment of Blizzard Entertainment.

This is the favorite place for those who do research!

This feeling of arbitrary allocation of funds is the thing that all scientific researchers yearn for the most!!

As for the 100,000 sponsored by Roland?

This makes them even more excited!

It's not that they don't have money, if they want to start a business, they can get million-level angel investment in minutes (ask their parents for it), but the reason why they don't talk about it is entirely because they don't have the face to ask for money when there is no product!

They do research because they feel that their skills are no worse than their parents who teach in school, and they just want to prove themselves compared to some high-sounding rhetoric for the benefit of mankind!

Selling technology to IMDb is proof of that!

Getting 100,000 sponsorships based on the idea alone is also proof!

The psychological goal of almost all entrepreneurs at the beginning of their business is to prove their ability to their parents, relatives and friends, as long as they reach this point, they are very happy, as for becoming bigger and stronger?

That was after that.

That's why Jack Ma said that when he gets ninety-one dollars, he is the happiest.

Because these guys can't read the reference answers like Roland, they don't know who to trust, they need to be hands-on in the development process, and it is this kind of hands-on work that makes them physically and mentally exhausted and lose their happiness.

But now......

They are very happy that they are recognized for their achievements that they have not made.

"Thank you very much, really thank you very much......"

The two who got the check thanked them repeatedly, and Roland, who also didn't discuss any business with them, was also very happy, and waved his hand: "It's okay, my biggest hobby is to help others realize their dreams." ”

"I was able to help Mike and Cole back then, and I can help you now......"

"Since there are differences in business, let's not talk about it for the time being, it just so happens that the next week is Blizzard's annual meeting fun time, if you are interested, then stay and participate, although the direction of your research is not unified, but the relaxed environment is actually helpful for everyone's thinking."

Roland, who pretended to be a dream ambassador in front of the two, left with Mike Mohamie.

At the same time, Larry Page and Sergey Brin also heard their conversation.

"What's this year's event?"

"It's the same as last year, it's still an internal battle between Warcraft and Spider-Man."

"What about the prizes?"

"Same as last year, cash prizes."

"Mike, you can't do it, this year's revenue is at least four times that of last year, how can you just make money and not spend it?"

"After the annual meeting of the "Warcraft", "Diablo", and "Spider-Man" project teams, they all approved a week's vacation to go out to play, where they want to go, the project team sets their own, all expenses are reimbursed by the company, it's good to go out for a walk, the horizon is broadened, the story background and scene design when making the game, isn't there a lot of more materials!"

"Spending money is to make better money, and also, allowing them to bring their immediate family members, I have been busy for a year without rest, I feel tired for you, okay!"

Hearing such words, Larry Page and Sergey Brin looked at each other.

I'm a!

Is Roland so bold?

He is worthy of being a superstar from Hollywood!

This is really not taking money as money!

And if Roland knew what these two people thought, he would definitely laugh secretly.

Take their office concept in front of them to beep, this special code is really cool!

Blizzard Entertainment's open office, isn't it learned from Google in the previous life?

This was originally the life they longed for, and now they are amazed by it, which is normal!

And in the case of the same operating philosophy, Roland is not afraid that these two people will not take the bait at all!

I don't care if I'm generous, such a good Kaizi behavior, you come and kill me!