Technically, Robin has never been worried about running out of investment.

According to the original trajectory, his current company, Infoseek, will soon be acquired by Disney, and after being acquired by Disney, he decided to return to China to start his own business.

After making this decision alone, DFJ was willing to give him $2.6 million.

Nine months later, DFJ and IDG added $10 million to Baidu.

Even if Robin hasn't started talking to investors yet, he's well aware of the value of his technology.

"How's your chat with Newman today?" Robin's wife is also a cow, like Zhou Xin, graduated from the juvenile class of Huaguo University of Science and Technology, and got a doctorate in biology in New Jersey after graduating with a bachelor's degree at the age of 19.

Robin replied, "I don't see anything, he said he was willing to invest in me, and made it clear that I was willing to invest in me even if I was going to stay in Silicon Valley and start a business."

It's just that the other party said that for the newly established company, I must use the patent to buy shares. ”

After a pause, Robin continued, "I still haven't decided whether to go back to China or stay in Silicon Valley.

Staying in Silicon Valley is too competitive, and if I return to China, I am confident that I will definitely be the first in the whole country in terms of technology. ”

When Zhou Xin and Robin communicated, there were no other requirements, and he believed in Robin's ability.

Purely from the perspective of ability, Robin has no problems in the Web 1.0 and even Web 2.0 era.

Later, Baidu fell behind and started from the mobile Internet.

But Zhou Xin doesn't know Robin's specific personality either, and the image created by the media will definitely deviate from his real image.

When it comes to Baidu, most of them are Baidu's evil, and PPC ads are flying all over the sky, but few people will point the finger at Robin.

Including falling behind in the mobile Internet era, people will say how Baidu is, but not how Robin is.

It's as if Robin is only in charge of technology, not operations.

This is definitely the top PR level to maintain Robin's personal image.

Ma Dongmin bystander Qing: "Does starting a business in Ameriken affect you to return to China to start a business?"

From the point of view of raising funds, Newman is a good endorsement.

And he has a relationship with you and alumni, and you can use the startup capital he gave you to start a business in Silicon Valley first.

Even if you fail, it will not affect your return to China to start a business in the future.

There is no contradiction between the two. ”

After finishing speaking, Ma Dongmin also paused, then got up and looked at Robin: "Didn't you always think that you didn't meet a talent before?"

Do you feel like you're doing it at Infoseek?

Now that some people are willing to invest, why do they suffer from gains and losses?

Moreover, it is only your own subjective belief that you can attract investment when you return to China, and in fact, those investors are only hinting at you. ”

After graduating with a master's degree in computer science, Robin worked first on Wall Street and then in Silicon Valley, two of the most prosperous areas in Ameriken.

Ma Dongmin obviously doesn't want to go back to China, and he doesn't want to live separately from Robin.

Moreover, only the academic community can provide a sufficiently high matching position for biology doctors, and the industry is either poorly treated or has a low job match.

Robin thought about it for a long time, mainly because of Zhou Xinyan's alumni status and past fame.

Zhou Xin's fame in China at this time was even more popular than the Harvard girl in the original time and space.

Whether it's Yan University's undergraduate transfer to Berkeley, or the entrepreneurial net worth of more than a billion dollars, either of these two things is remarkable in the eyes of the world.

Huaguo has always had a tradition of academic worship, even after looking at money in the 80s, there is still no shortage of academic worship, and the current academic worship of top foreign universities is even more serious.

Not to mention that Zhou Xin is also a top school in China.

Under the double halo, coupled with the fact that New Oriental needs Zhou Xin to advertise their study abroad career, it is no exaggeration to describe Zhou Xin as a household name in China.

You must know that the $20 genuine "Angry Birds" has exceeded 10,000 sales in China.

Last year, Wang Qiang chose Zhou Xin as the spokesperson for New Oriental to study abroad, and Yu Minhong directly raised the price from 50,000 to 100,000, which has also been talked about within New Oriental.

With the help of Zhou Xin's fame, New Oriental's study abroad business is attacking cities in first- and second-tier cities.

Even Zhou Xin's roommate at Yan University was looked at differently because of this.

Originally, according to the usual practice, the vacated position vacated by Zhou Xin's transfer school would be transferred by other students to live.

But because Zhou Xin's rise was too fast, Zhou Xin's vacated dormitory was not arranged for anyone to live.

In addition, Cao Yongluo also went abroad for an exchange, and Li Li and Wang Wei enjoyed a two-person world.

There are often all kinds of people within Yan University, from classmates to teachers to reporters outside, to ask them about Zhou Xin's deeds.

Relying on this alone, there are no less than 20 meals of Yanjing Hotel.

"What do you think of Newman?" While Robin and his wife were discussing, Sergey Brin and Larry Page were also discussing.

"Judging by his past achievements, Newman is very typical of Silicon Valley.

The spirit of innovation permeates his products throughout.

When I saw him this time, he didn't show too much innovation, but showed a keen sense of smell in the business field.

Quickly captured our strengths with Yahoo.

When we were looking for someone to invest in, we had to go out of our way to explain to them what Google's strengths were.

Why you can invest in Google.

We even made a flash animation when we went to make our first investment.

But communicating with Newman didn't require these redundant steps at all, and he was even able to capture business value that we didn't find.

Let me judge his words, he is a born entrepreneur. ”

(Flash released in 1995)

Sergei Brin is introverted in front of outsiders, and introversion does not mean that he has less words.

Introverts tend to be perceptive and able to spot more details.

Larry Page nodded, "I agree with you.

Newman is not only knowledgeable about business, but also about our technology.

His business understanding is based on understanding our technical aspects.

I think he's going to be a good investor and I think we can take his investment.

It's just that you don't have to reply to him in such a hurry, wait a few days. ”

is different from what Zhou Xin thought, Zhou Xin thought that because Bezos voted, Bezos was unwilling to let him get involved in the Google project.

In fact, Bezos's investment ratio has no impact at all, and Google will accept his investment.

And Google's project is only a trivial project for Bezos at the moment.

One of the big problems with being born again is that it will graft one's own subjective consciousness onto others.

I think Google is a huge treasure, and I think others think so.

After Zhou Xin finished chatting with Robin and Larry Page, he put most of his energy into reading papers.

The main thing is that the ISSCC is coming.