Chapter 494 Watching with Eager Eyes (Two in One)

"Hey, look at this guy, do you know him?"

"The boss of the Rockets, the one who talks big, I want to see the Lakers crush the Rockets next season!"

"Tsk tsk, the Lakers will definitely be the champion this year, the F4 combination is too strong."

In May, the temperature in New York rose, and with the spread of media opinion, the story of an Oriental who relied on the success of the American market and arrogantly plunged into the NBA was known to more people.

Including several special newspapers subscribed by government departments, such as "Stars and Stripes" and "State Gazette", there are also jokes about sports funniness.

Because I don't know what the effect will be, I spent a little more on public relations.

Fang Zhuo saw his name and photos in the "New York Herald Tribune" and "Los Angeles Times" which are close to the mouthpieces of the Republic, and the "Baltimore Sun" and "Chicago Sun-Times" which are close to the mouthpieces of the Democratic Party.

Even some photos don't know what angle and time they were taken, anyway, they are not very beautiful.

This made Fang Zhuo quite dissatisfied.

As long as you are stupid, will being handsome or not affect the impression of approval?

But at this point, some media reports were not driven by Goldman Sachs' resources, but spontaneous ridicule.

At the beginning of the 21st century, the vague impression of the Eastern countries was still extremely ignorant and backward in the minds of many Americans. The self-confident and arrogant attitude of an Eastern tycoon was very different from their imagination of the East.

However, just when Fang Zhuo thought that his personal image had been completely ruined here, he received a visit request from Larry Page, the founder of Google, in New York, saying that he wanted to ask for advice on Sina's experience.

This made Fang Zhuo extremely surprised and confused.

Not to mention Google.

Larry Page, the founder, is also very powerful. He should be busy with the company's listing. Why did he suddenly come to talk to me about Sina's experience?

There is no connection between Google and Sina's models.

If he started to consider the Chinese market, it would also have nothing to do with Sina.

Fang Zhuo made an appointment in confusion and learned that the other party still flew from California to New York in a very formal manner.

He thought about it and decided not to call anyone from Sina. He only took his secretary to meet Larry Page.

At noon on the 10th, Fang Zhuo met Larry, one of the founders of Google.

He was very young, had thick eyebrows, and did not dress up exquisitely.

Similarly, Larry also felt that the head of a well-known Internet company in an oriental country was very young, younger than himself.

During the greetings, Larry first overturned the image of a wealthy man that he had occasionally heard from the media recently.

After a cup of coffee, Fang Zhuo also learned from the founder of Google the purpose of his visit, which was to talk about China's Internet search market.

Fang Zhuo was both amused and confused, and asked curiously: "Larry, why did you think of looking for me? Is Google going to China to build a portal website?"

Larry shook his head and told Google's plan truthfully: "Fang, we attach great importance to the Eastern market. Your country is very large. Sergey and I will feel frustrated when we think of not getting involved in a market with more than one billion people."

"In fact, we have a working group flying to China to visit your well-known Internet companies, as well as technical experts, political and business scholars."

"This includes Sohu, NetEase, Baidu, etc."

"I saw in the newspaper that you are in New York, so I want to talk to you about the survival situation of the Internet in China."

Fang Zhuo was surprised and said: "Are you still going to Baidu?"

Larry emphasized the spirit of his plan: "We are adhering to the principle of mutual benefit and an open and compatible mentality to explore the development of Google in China. Baidu is a competitor, but there may be room for cooperation between Google and it."

Fang Zhuo nodded slightly, knowing that Google is doing this seriously.

In fact, he knew that Google can be used in China now, but it is not smooth. It is said that the server is placed in Hong Kong.

Now Google must be going to officially enter the Chinese market, and it is trying to understand it first.

Just like many Chinese companies do not understand the American business ecosystem, Google does not understand the survival status of the Chinese Internet.

Larry was afraid that the representative of the Chinese Internet in front of him would not understand his ideas, and continued: "We have made some attempts in the Chinese market in the past few years. Although the number of people in the working group is not large, it has once occupied 25% of the market."

He shrugged: "But the webpage was not accessible the year before last. I bought a lot of books about China at that time, and also sought advice from many people with international experience, but before I finished reading two books, China restored the access to the webpage."

Larry used a word to describe it, emphasizing: "The access was restored magically."

Fang Zhuo's expression was a little strange, and he nodded reluctantly: "Well... I have heard about this. In fact, it is very simple for Google to enter the Chinese market. Just comply with our domestic laws and regulations."

Larry asked: "Including data review?"

Fang Zhuo asked affirmatively: "What else?"

Larry's face was not too surprised, and he had obviously received similar feedback.

However, once again, the answer from the chairman of a well-known Chinese Internet company has become more solid.

He was silent for a while, and then said carefully: "We respect the laws and customs of different countries, and we understand the necessity of this, but..."

Fang Zhuo interrupted with a smile: "Larry, there is no but, such a turn means trouble in opening up new markets."

Well, it is not just solid, but indestructible.

Larry further sensed the requirements of the Chinese market, which was the result of mutually confirmed information.

"Fang, I really like your attitude towards your team." Larry took a sip of coffee and tried to relax the atmosphere.

Fang Zhuo smiled slightly: "Larry, I also like your slightly clumsy compliment."

Larry laughed, feeling that this young rich man was really different from what he appeared in the media.

Fang Zhuo asked: "Can Google go public this year? My fund is still waiting to participate in your road show in New York. Will you be the leader?"

Larry shook his head and gave an accurate time: "It's CEO Schmidt coming to New York. If nothing unexpected happens, we will go public in August."

Three months to go.

Fang Zhuo thought to himself that this is another good business for the MIGA Fund, which can bring a lot of help to Bingxin.

"Fang, do you know Li from Baidu?" Although it was the first time for Larry to meet Fang Zhuo, he felt that the communication between the two parties was smooth, so he also mentioned the request between the two before coming.

Fang Zhuo nodded and said with a smile: "The Internet circle in China is not that big yet, so of course we both know each other."

Larry asked casually: "What kind of person do you think Li is? What is his attitude towards the company?"

Fang Zhuo didn't need to listen further, he could already smell the smell of capital.

Well, Google is about to go public, and its current valuation is quite high.

Next, to officially enter the Eastern market, we must consider capital-level means.

Such a method must take into account the company's situation and also weigh the will of the company's founder.

Fang Zhuo thought for a while and replied vaguely: "He is an extremely low-key company leader. From what I have seen, he is quite tough."

Larry savored it for a few seconds and said with a smile, "I wonder if I can ask you to introduce me to me."

"Well." Fang Zhuo hesitated, then asked, "Has Google considered specific cooperation with Baidu?"

Larry said without hesitation: "We are open to cooperation, not limited to acquisitions or shareholdings, and we are not afraid of competition when necessary."

Fang Zhuo wrote down this sentence, and whether it contained any threatening meaning was left to the parties concerned to consider.

He agreed: "Larry, if it were you, the founder, or CEO Schmidt, or founder Sergey, I would be happy to introduce you to have a chat."

Larry smiled and decided that he would take charge of the matter himself, and the time would have to wait a little longer to be determined. If he went to China, he would have to bring his team with formal work content to promote it.

But now we are still focusing on the investigation of China Internet.

The two continued chatting over coffee, and Fang Zhuo also took this opportunity to chat with Larry about his views on the development of the Internet. Simply speaking, there was something gained.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Fang Zhuo ended his meeting with Google founder Larry.

On the way back, secretary Zhao Zhishan was sitting in the car and suddenly said worriedly: "Mr. Fang, if Google is going to compete domestically, will Baidu be beaten to death?"

She listened to the entire exchange between the two men and was thinking about it in her heart.

"Google will officially launch a Chinese search engine. This will undoubtedly arouse Baidu's sense of competition. As for who will win in the end." Fang Zhuo blinked, "I don't know, let's see together."

Zhao Zhishan continues to be worried. She is emotionally on the side of domestic companies.

That night, Fang Zhuo calculated the domestic time and called Li Yanhong directly. Without waiting for the so-called introduction, he talked about the matter in full.

Li Yanhong showed his nervousness just on the phone.

"Mr. Fang, I did hear that Google has a team coming to China. It seems that they are determined to do the Chinese market."

"I'm afraid no one can refuse such a market." Fang Zhuo has different views on the current and future Baidu.

Regarding the business competition between domestic and foreign enterprises, if he has not experienced a period of breaking the lower limit, he may also have illusions, but if the illusion is shattered, he will definitely stand on the domestic side in this type of competition.

After all, Google behind the prism was proven to be silently helping certain departments in the United States and Europe illegally collect user information.

It is a false proposition that Google does not do evil.

Not only has it been fined US$500 million for advertising fake medicines, its subsidiary YouTube has also always been wearing tinted glasses.

Of course, this does not mean that the evil behavior of domestic search engines is worthy of forgiveness, but Fang Zhuo knows more clearly that there are always other factors besides business competition.

"Mr. Fang, what kind of competition method do you think Google will adopt?" Li Yanhong asked Mr. Fang, who was far away in New York, with face-to-face contact with competitors.

Fang Zhuo thought for a while: "The attitude they showed is quite serious, but... they don't seem to be very down-to-earth. There will definitely be a level of competition. You can only know how to fight."

Li Yanhong was under great pressure.

He thanked Mr. Fang for informing him about this matter, talked about the development of the domestic Internet, and also extended an invitation to this year's Internet industry conference.

In the first half of last year, Fang Zhuo held this conference in Shanghai as the head of Sina.

This year, Ali's Majesty has already sent out invitations in Lin'an, and a three-day conference will begin later this month.

Because Fang Zhuo was busy with public opinion promotion in the United States, he had decided that Wang Yan would attend the Sina side. However, after talking to Li Yanhong - he talked about another thing on the phone. The foreign e-commerce Amazon was acquiring Joyo.com. , it is said that it is almost completed, then...

It's not impossible to go back and attend an industry development conference, which can also boost the morale of the domestic Internet.

Last year, eBay wholly acquired eBay.

This year, Amazon will buy Joyo.com to compete in e-commerce.

This month, Google is building a Chinese search engine and has sent a team to China for research.

The domestic Internet is welcoming the attention of foreign giants.

Fang Zhuo thought about it carefully, and then confirmed the application time for the procurement review with people from PH and Goldman Sachs. It was mid-June, which was more than enough time.

He continued to make several calls in the evening to confirm the situation with the country. He did not ask Sina President Wang Yan to withdraw. Instead, he was welcomed by the Internet Industry Development Conference with his face.

Ma Chen was even more happy to show off his hospitality to the landlord this time in Lin'an.

The time has been set, and Fang Zhuo will return to China to attend the first day of the Internet industry development conference, contribute some of his views and understanding of the industry, and also talk about the competitive situation facing the country.

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Foreign public opinion about the rich people in the East has a tendency to spread according to the rules of media broadcast.

Domestic news has finally been exported to domestic sales, and we talked about the ridiculous things that happened after the richest man in the mainland fled to the United States.

To say it is absurd, it is indeed absurd, because it is different from the usual image in China. Even if it is said to be absurd, many people think it is okay. After all, Mr. Fang is young and his activities are limited to the sports circle.

Does this prove that he is unreliable?

No way.

Therefore, Qiu Lanhua from Shanghai City made a special call to Fang Zhuo to inquire about his arrangements for returning to China.

"District Chief, how did you know that I was going back to China?" Fang Zhuo was a little surprised.

"Lin'an has already publicized it. You, the richest man in the mainland, will attend industry conferences. Well, you will promote it a lot." Qiu Di said with a smile, "Lin'an still has hope for your semiconductor project, but Mr. Fang, there is really a second It’s a production line, why do you have to come to me?”

"Well, I'll see, I'm still worrying about the first production line in New York, so I'll just hang up if I have nothing else to do." Fang Zhuo has a meeting coming up.

"It's a bit of a personal matter. I have a leader's child..." Judy said calmly.

Fang Zhuo couldn't laugh or cry: "Do you really think of Yike as an employment center? Wasn't there a kid last time?"

"I have a son of an old leader who is younger than you and a very good person." Judy finished the last part of the sentence and said, "How about I introduce you to him?"

Fang Zhuo: "?"

"I've seen that kid, and he looks very good." Judy considered.

"What if I don't want to see you?" Fang Zhuo asked.

"You don't have to meet, but you can also meet by the way. The leader likes you very much. He won't force you or force you." Judy's attitude was also very cautious. He actually didn't want to be a matchmaker and it would hinder his feelings.

"I have the freedom to disappear, are you sure of this?" Fang Zhuo asked again.

Judy quickly said: "Of course, the main reason is that you are old and have time to play basketball recently. I also think you can consider marriage. It is not because you are energetic, so I won't mention it."

Fang Zhuo agreed, and then went on to say: "You give me my kindness as a leader, and I also remember my old leader's love and care for me. It's okay to meet him, but..."

Judy asked, "But what?"

"Girls without business ability are less likely to win my favor," Fang Zhuo said.

Judy silently noted this, he was not just an old leader.