What Zhou Xin said belongs to the advantages of the strategic level, and there are still many difficulties to be overcome at the implementation level.

At a time when there isn't enough content on the Internet and Yahoo is enough to meet the needs of users, it is completely unknown whether Google will really surpass Yahoo in terms of user numbers.

Still, Zhou's words were a good inspiration for Larry Page, who applauded: "It's a way out."

At present, advertising is indeed the only means of making money in the short term, and we are currently recruiting a sales team to sell Google ads. ”

Zhou Xin spent the morning at Google, and by the end of the day, Larry Page and Sergei Brin were noncommittal about whether they wanted to accept Zhou's investment.

said that since they had already received a round of financing, they still needed to discuss whether to accept his investment.

After leaving Google, Wu Shiqiang realized that this trip to Google may have failed, and the other party's rhetoric was obviously a kind of prevarication.

He looked a little frustrated, even for such a small Internet company with uncertain market prospects, it is not possible to invest if you want to.

"It's nothing, investment itself is a two-way thing, and entrepreneurs don't take all the money.

I don't dare to invest in entrepreneurs who take any money.

Google is a very good company, and it's normal for them to have their own considerations.

We're going to meet another person in the afternoon and talk to him again.

And what I didn't tell you is that the investors behind Google include Bezos, and after Bezos heard that I was going to invest in Google, he would most likely tell Google not to let me invest, and he was willing to invest the money I wanted to invest in Google. ”

Wu Shiqiang asked curiously, "Do you have a conflict with Bezos?" ”

Zhou Xin shook his head: "It's not a big contradiction, it's just that I poached Amazon's CFO not long ago." ”

Wu Shiqiang said helplessly: "Then I understand."

In that case, why did you make the trip yourself? ”

"Just to see if there is a chance, if there is a chance, I still want to get involved."

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"Robin, I've always heard in Silicon Valley that you are the most skilled Chinese in the field of search engines, and it's a pleasure to meet you this time."

That's right, what does it matter if Google doesn't accept investment? After they are all reborn, can they still be stumped by this little thing?

At this time, Robin was working at Infoseek in Silicon Valley and had not yet returned to China to start his own business.

As a Chinese native who is second only to Yang Zhiyuan in the entire Silicon Valley, Robin has heard of Zhou Xin and has also experienced Zhou Xin's products.

When he received Zhou Xin's email, he was very interested in meeting the other party.

After all, in some media, Zhou Xin is known as the best product manager in Silicon Valley.

Of course, this has not yet been recognized.

"Hello, I heard you're the best product manager in all of Silicon Valley."

Compared with Larry Page and Sergei Brin, Robin's temperament is more inclined to Sergei Brin, that is, the style of a purely technical man.

But Robin is again much more extroverted than Sergei.

"I'm a lot older than Ling, I'm also a Yan adult, and when I was still working for others, your business was already very successful.

This makes me a very ashamed senior. ”

Robin graduated from Yan University with a major in information management, and then went to Americon to study for a master's degree and stayed at American to work.

"There's an element of luck in that.

What's more important is that the whole San Francisco Bay Area has a good entrepreneurial atmosphere, and the environment is important. Zhou Xin said.

He didn't detour too much: "Robin, do you have any ideas for starting your own business?" ”

Zhou Xin knew that Baidu would not be weaker than Google in search engine technology in the early days, and Robin had a technology called hyperchain analysis in his hands.

And he created not only ESP technology at Infoseek, but also an image search engine.

Image search engine at the beginning of the last century.

Among the founders of the three companies at BAT, Robin is a technical expert, which is why Baidu has continued to invest in R&D in the field of AI in later generations.

It's not just because Baidu has no other way to go, it's because of Baidu's founder culture.

Robin thought about it for a moment and realized that this was an opportunity.

Why do Chinese people have to go back to China to start a business, instead of staying in Ameriken to start a business? Isn't it nice to start a business in Silicon Valley?

It's not because it's hard for Chinese people to get initial capital when starting a business in Silicon Valley.

Google can get 1 million, it doesn't mean that the Chinese can get it.

Chinese can only get Americacan's investment if they say that they return to China and do similar business formats similar to that of a certain company of Ameriken.

This is a very realistic factor.

Robin actually had the idea of starting a business very early, and he registered the patent for the hyperlink text in his own name, which was also to prepare for the future entrepreneurship.

He doesn't have any money, but Zhou Xin does.

Working in Silicon Valley, Robin still heard a lot of rumors.

"Of course, who doesn't have a dream of starting an entrepreneur working in Silicon Valley."

"Robin, I just went to Google, a company that does search engines, and you can take a look at their website.

Do you judge if you can match their level on a technical level?

If I can, I would like to participate in the original fundraising as your angel investor. ”

For Zhou Xin, wouldn't it be nice to let Robin start a business in Silicon Valley and fight Google in the ring?

Why bother to let Robin go back to China to create a Chinese version of the search engine to scourge the fellows.

As for Robin's failure to return to China to start a business, and Huaguo has no search engines, this is even more worrying.

Bing, Sogou, 360 search ..... There are never a few companies that want to eat the cake of search engines.

This is still the case with Baidu, let alone without Baidu.

Robin brought his laptop with him, and he took it out and motioned, "I'll see, I'll be able to make a preliminary judgment in ten minutes." ”

Zhou Xin showed a helpless expression to Wu Shiqiang, who was sitting next to him, and he didn't expect the current Robin to be so unsympathetic.

"No problem, I looked at Google, which is also based on web link analysis technology.

Search pages by keyword.

Of course, it will also sort the pages you find, and put the pages that are more in line with what the user wants to search for.

Technically, all I can say is that it can be done.

But it's hard to compare who has the better technology, and I have to get Google's source code to figure it out.

Purely from my personal experience, I can definitely achieve no worse results than Google. ”

Robin answered two questions, one is that he can do it, and the second is that he can do it no worse than Google.

In this way, Zhou Xin was relieved: "You can think about whether you want to start a business and whether you plan to accept my investment."

I'm bullish on the search engine space, and this is an opportunity.

Yahoo is only a temporary giant, and it actually has a lot of loopholes, and I think we can come up with a search engine company to replace it.

I know that Yahoo is a portal, and it is the gateway for users to enter the sea of the Internet.

However, in my opinion, search engines are actually more suitable as an outlet to the sea. ”

Robin replied, "I need to talk to my wife and I'll get back to you as soon as possible." ”

Zhou Xin finally asked wickedly: "If you start a business, what do you plan to call it?" ”

"Baidu, everyone is looking for his meaning."