Chapter 741 Fortunately, I Have Diamonds
Faced with the boss's great initiative and enthusiasm for a small case, although Wu Yingying expressed puzzlement, she still fully cooperated with his actions.
And Qin Xiaoxiao naturally wanted to follow.
As a result, Molly was left alone. She couldn't bear the loneliness of being alone, and she was curious about Wu Tao's move, so she simply followed her.
So early in the morning, two Mercedes-Benz commercial vehicles left the villa in Irvine and went straight to Stanford University.
Los Angeles at the end of August, under the gentle sea breeze from the west coast, was far less hot than the capital.
Two hours later, when Larry Page and Sergey Brin saw Wu Tao and the others, they also looked surprised.
An ordinary small case of 100,000 US dollars, for a venture capital company, is almost a matter that can be decided by an investment specialist, and it is rare that so many people are involved in such a mobilization.
But on the other hand, such a combination of a young boy and three women makes people feel unreliable.
For this point, Wu Tao immediately saw it keenly. So he pulled Molly, pulled the tiger's skin as a banner and said, "This is Ms. Molly Soros of Quantum Fund, the most talented investor."
Upon hearing the identities of the Quantum Fund and Molly, Larry and Sergey looked at each other, dispelling their doubts.
"I'm sorry, you are so young that people have to doubt the authenticity of this matter."
"It's okay." Wu Tao then handed over the right to speak to Wu Yingying, asking her to introduce the background and strength of Tianqi Investment to the other party.
Wu Yingying, who has worked hard on Wall Street for more than a year, knows how to persuade the other party in a targeted manner.
So she simply started from Yuanqi Technology, and then talked about the capital strength of Tianqi Investment, which sounds much more convincing.
The more Molly watched, the more she felt that she was making a fuss over a molehill, but since she was a spectator, she naturally wouldn't make trouble. I just listened absent-mindedly, occasionally sighing in boredom.
Fortunately, when talking about the Lotus mobile phone, the two said unexpectedly that it was a great mobile phone.
To Wu Tao, this was also a bit of a surprise.
Unexpectedly, this time, the new Lotus machine has also begun to form word of mouth in the US market.
With this foundation, Larry looked at Sergey, turned around and said to Wu Tao and the others while gesturing: "Forgive my presumptuousness, we want to know, do you really know what the search engine we are going to be? ?"
"A search engine is an engine that searches for relevant information on the Internet based on keywords. Now major portals have embedded their own search engines, making it much easier to surf the Internet."
Such a low-level question, before Wu Tao could ask, Wu Yingying could answer it.
It's just that in Molly's view, today's investment contact is really putting the cart before the horse.
It’s usually the investors who ask the founders some questions, not the exact opposite as they are doing now.
Molly didn't understand why Wu Tao spent so much patience talking with these two people for so long.
Sergey continued to ask: "Since all major portals have search engines, why are you so interested in our search engine?"
This question is a bit too professional, and Wu Yingying can no longer answer it.
Wu Tao looked at the situation and secretly rejoiced, md, fortunately, I have diamonds and know the development process of some search engines, otherwise, wouldn't it be impossible to take your porcelain job?
"Although there are many search engines now, from my personal online experience, I often cannot find the information I want, or the content I want is ranked very low. This is very distressing, and I even feel that this A search engine is useless."
"...For your BackRub system, your design concept is more suitable for users' search needs, so I am very interested."
As soon as the expert stretches out his hand, he will know whether it is there.
Speaking of this, the young Sergey began to abandon his doubts and began to truly recognize today's investor.
On the contrary, Larry asked Molly unwillingly, "I wonder if the Quantum Fund is interested in investing in us?"
hehe.
Molly chuckled, how could Quantum Fund with a scale of hundreds of billions of dollars value such an investment?
What's more, she is used to being superior in investing, and she is not satisfied with the attitude of the two investors in front of her.
"Sorry, your investment scale is too small, and it is not within the business scope of Quantum Fund for the time being."
Upon hearing this, Larry suddenly had no choice.
As a result, the investment negotiations between the two parties went smoothly.
It was not until before lunch that the negotiations between the two sides came to an end. Different from the planned financing scale of 100,000 US dollars, Tianqi Investment Los Angeles Branch invested 500,000 US dollars in one fell swoop, and won 35% of the Class A shares.
I have to admit that the two founders are very shrewd.
Although this shareholding ratio is accepted, the decision-making and management rights corresponding to the stock are very rigid and there is no room for negotiation.
Fortunately, Wu Tao had no intention of interfering with them, otherwise he would really be an outsider commanding an expert.
Larry and Sergey were also thrilled to receive far more investment than planned. They immediately decided to move to Mountain View and set up a dedicated Internet company to research and develop search engine products.
Wu Tao was very happy when he left Stanford.
It's like picking up a leak, the baby is finally here!
Now just sit and wait for the $500,000 equity to snowball to the day when it will be worth nearly 10 billion U.S. dollars.
Just thinking about it makes me a little excited.
But in Molly's view, she really didn't take it seriously.
For all the small companies invested by venture capital, eight out of ten are going to close down, and the remaining two are half dead. The probability of becoming a golden chicken is less than one percent.
So there's nothing to be happy about.
Maybe it took so much effort, but in the end it was in vain.
Wu Tao didn't want to talk too much about this, so he asked Molly, "Do you know anyone from Blackberry?"
Molly took out her BlackBerry and said, "You mean the person from this mobile phone company? BlackBerry's market positioning is very unique, so it shouldn't conflict with your Lotus phone, right?"
"That's not what I mean," Wu Tao waved his hand and said, "Actually, I want to see if there is any chance for the two parties to cooperate."
Molly is not stupid, she figured out the taste as soon as she heard it: "So, Blackberry has the technology you are interested in?"
"Almost." Wu Tao didn't hide anything.
Being so frank, Molly didn't ask any more questions, "Okay, I'll try."
After finalizing the matter of investing in Google, Wu Tao was not in a hurry to contact the other four small companies.
Back in the villa area, I turned on the computer and went online, and logged into Shuimu Tsinghua University's BBS, only to find that the military training was in full swing.
There are those who complain about bitterness, and those who think about sweetness. A small piece of military training has made many people so deep that they began to dig out the meaning of life.
It seems that the military training is not enough this time, so that the students' energy is still too much.
In fact, college students are already full of energy, even if they are terribly tired, they recover quickly. This is why they often feel bored and depressed. There is really nowhere to vent their excess energy.
Ever since, an idea suddenly sprouted in Wu Tao's mind!