/* Let me state in advance that the names of foreign companies are just like this. Don’t laugh when you read this. This chapter is still a very serious topic. */

{Time: July 26, 2004}

{Location: United States-California}

At noon on the 26th, James Rhodes led the negotiation team back to the Google building in Mountain View.

He was originally in a good mood after successfully winning Picasa, but as soon as he walked into the corridor of the office, he suddenly felt that there was a cloud in the office. Under this cloud, they raised the price to 50 million

The successful acquisition of US dollars suddenly became boring.

Yes, even though Google acquired Picasa, the credit does not belong to their Picasa acquisition team at all.

Perhaps, this credit belongs entirely to money!?

Thinking of this, after saying goodbye to the team members on the road leading to the Ministry of Commerce, Rhodes frowned and walked to the CEO's office alone with the signed document after the acquisition.

Kathy, the secretary at the door of the CEO's office, glanced at him. When their eyes met, she shrugged helplessly at him. This action had appeared frequently among all Googlers in the past period. In addition to being accustomed to it, Rhodes also completely

I can understand what she means.

But he still had no choice but to walk to the door and knock on the door.

"Come in…"

When a feeble voice came from inside the door, Rhodes opened the door under Casey's gaze.

There are three people in the CEO's office, but judging from the scene, they don't look like they are having a good time chatting with each other.

CEO Larry Page is sitting in front of his computer, and another big boss, Sergey Brin, is sitting at a round table. Next to him is a shrewd man.

Rhodes had met the man several times and remembered that his name was Chandler, and he was the head of the issuing company responsible for the issuance of Google's listed shares.

In fact, Chandler has increased the frequency of his visits to Google recently. In the past, everyone in the company would have been looking forward to his arrival. However, after the company experienced several changes in the market in May, CEO Larry Pei

Qi would often avoid meeting him.

But looking at it today, Larry can't avoid the meeting with Chandler. And judging from the look he casts at him, he probably hopes that the documents in his hand can save him some situations.

"Rhode... sit down."

Larry Page got up and walked out of the computer. When he walked to the round table, he pulled the stool farther out and sat down.

Larry nodded from Rhodes and asked, "How's it going? Have you taken off the Pitsa?"

"We got it," Rhodes nodded, and then added, "It's just that Spark raised the price twice, so we had to raise the price a lot."

"Just take it." Although Larry Page nodded, he frowned.

Larry Page feels very uncomfortable when the name Spark is mentioned. This company, which was only established in May, has no idea what it does. It has been constantly going against Google in various fields recently.

In addition to Pitsa, the other three companies, zipdash, where2 and keyhole, all have strong intentions. Fortunately, Pitsa finally took down the four companies that will be plotted in the near future.

Finally, one of the projects became theirs first.

After all, Google’s roots in the United States are still there. It’s probably not that easy for a new, unknown company to compete with Google!

After all, not all companies are bing!

Not all companies are as lucky as Bing.

The worry in Larry Page's heart dissipated slightly, but before he could catch his breath, he saw Chandler move at the round table.

Due to his business relationship with Google, although Chandler is an expert in financial markets, he also knows what Google's recent goals are.

Pitsa is a company that Google has recently invested heavily in acquiring. Their main product is an integrated picture viewing website dedicated to editing digital photos and viewing images.

Chandler understands that Pitsa is Google's key product to compete with Gmail's Dropbox. Google's purpose in acquiring him is to find new profit growth points when advertising revenue is suppressed by Bing.

Since Duobao Box has not been online for a long time and its foundation is not as deep as Google's, there is naturally room for competition.

Chandler also knew that Google had recently made several acquisition plans in succession. In addition to Pisa, Zipdash, Where2 and Keyhole were also targets of Google.

Google has plans to integrate three other companies to create a navigation and mapping website to expand other profit growth points. Now that the negotiations are over, Google should be able to focus on the next three companies.

Chandler sighed when he thought of this. It must be said that Google has indeed made a lot of moves recently, but they were all forced.

Since the emergence of Bing in February, the rapid development has caught Google by surprise, causing their originally good upward momentum to suddenly turn into a downward trend. As of July 1, Google's revenue in June fell by 40% compared to February.

So much. Not only did the performance not increase, but the revenue even dropped to a lower level than in January 2004.

Although no revenue was announced to him this month, it would be great to be able to stop the decline.

Helpless Chandler thought of this, and another question suddenly popped up in his mind.

Chandler leaned forward and asked, "Can you tell me how much you spent to acquire Pitsa?"

Rhodes had just finished replying to Larry Page and was still thinking about Spark when he suddenly encountered a new problem.

He had to ask the CEO for help. When he nodded calmly, Rhodes looked at Chandler and said, "50 million US dollars."

"50 million US dollars???" Chandler gasped in shock.

If the money had been spent in January this year, Chandler didn't think there was much of a problem. At that time, Google's advertising revenue was about to reach 200 million per month, and it would naturally cover the expenses for food and housing.

But now Google's revenue has dropped by 40%, and it is expected to be only a little over 100 million U.S. dollars per month. This 50 million U.S. dollars is nearly half of Google's revenue. Any mistake may become the straw that breaks Google's death.

"It's nothing," Larry Page curled his lips and said with a smile, "Picasa is a mature picture sharing website, but it has no traffic base. But we at Google are different. As long as we integrate Picasa into the Google homepage, we can quickly integrate it into the Google homepage.

Create a new profit point.”

"But, in the past, Google's foundation was to provide users with free search services." Chandler thought for a while, and finally swallowed this sentence.

He could see the wry smile on the corner of Larry Page's mouth. Probably when the deal was established, Larry Page would also feel that the changes in Pitsa's acquisition were somewhat beyond expectations.

But he cannot name these things, because after all, he is only the head of the publishing company, and he cannot make decisions for Googlers.

Just, hope them.

Be able to do your best to meet expectations,

and gradually got better,

Bar……

***+***

"As you expected, the entire Pitsa team was acquired by Google. It is estimated that the transaction price must have exceeded the 30 million US dollars we gave. And their founding team will move to Google's office starting next week," Jennifer hung up

After the phone call, he smiled at Ning Zimo and said, "So, the negotiation with them ends here."

"If you don't want to talk, let's just talk. Anyway, our goal has been achieved."

Ning Zimo leaned back comfortably, and the movement was so big that Zhang Miaoying, who was next to him, had to lean to the side.

Looking at Jennifer's smiling face, Ning Zimo knew that she was gradually coming out of the haze of broken love, so she no longer thought about this issue.

Leaning on the sofa, Ning Zimo smiled and said, "Americans are still a country that is willing to share. Google's initial acquisition of Google with the promise of giving a certain amount of Google stock is definitely a good pre-existing strategy. Because the stocks they promised must at least be listed on the market

, in order to have corresponding value. Therefore, their initial asking price meant that they did not have to pay.

However, the emergence of Spark has become a spoiler. I believe that the 30 million reference price we finally gave for the acquisition will definitely increase the value expectations of the Pitsa team. Why does Google have to pay an extra 10 million to win Pitsa?

Spread it. If this is the case, this amount of money is expected to reach nearly 1/3 of Google's monthly profit.

If this is the case, this can be regarded as the biggest gain from the time we invested in Pitsa. As for Google wanting to acquire Pitsa and then transform it to find profit points other than click ads, it must first ask Duobao

Will He agree or not?"

In fact, there is something else that Ning Zimo hasn't mentioned. After being acquired by Google, Pi Tsa Sa in his previous life once became one of the most popular image management software, and therefore also accumulated many fans for Google.

But the appearance of myself in this life makes it possible for Pi Tsa to become free software.

Google's attempt to accumulate popularity by providing free services may become a delusion.

Perhaps, for Google today, charging and making money are the last words of the moment.

It's just that Google obviously doesn't know what they're going to face.

After all, Duobaobox has been silently waiting for Google to develop in the field of images for some time.

"If Google knew that there was an enemy like us behind it, I'm afraid they would be so angry that they would vomit blood." Zhang Xiaolong, who was sitting opposite Ning Zimo, smiled and said, "Even if there is no vomiting of blood this time, when the new version of Duobao Box is launched,

, they will definitely be so angry that they will vomit blood."

Ning Zimo shook his head and smiled, "I don't know if I will vomit blood, but it is definitely okay to continue to postpone their listing plan."

"If we continue to suppress them like this, as long as this year is over, we may be afraid that next year they will go public."

Hearing Lu Qi's words, the corners of Ning Zimo's mouth suddenly turned up.

"Wait a minute, as long as..."

jingle bell,

The sound of a phone call suddenly interrupted Ning Zimo's speech. He glanced at it and saw that his cell phone on the table lit up.

Before he could sit up straight, Zhang Miaoying and Jennifer both took a step.

But when Jennifer saw Zhang Miaoying reaching out, she turned to grab a document on the desktop.

Zhang Miaoying glanced at Jennifer when she picked up the phone. Seeing her smiling at her, she responded with a smile. Turning around, she handed the phone to Ning Zimo.

The slender fingers were right in front of him, but Ning Zimo saw at a glance that it was Li Ying's call displayed on the screen.

He reached out and took it, not noticing Jennifer gently shaking her head after seeing her action.

"I just came out of where2 company, and the acquisition contract worth 20 million US dollars was in my bag."

Li Ying's soft voice came from the microphone, and Ning Zimo smiled again when he heard it.

"Now that the zip code (zipdash) and where2 (where2) have been obtained, your next step will be to focus on the keyhole (keyhole)..."

"I have received an email from the founder of Keyhole Company, offering 20 million US dollars, just waiting for me to sign the contract."

"real?"

Ning Zimo suddenly jumped up from the sofa, startling Zhang Miaoying beside him.

"Take it, and then our earth plan will start immediately!" Ning Zimo said excitedly, "I will make an appointment with my old guys from Paypal right away, and next, I will prepare a big gift for Xinghuo!"
Chapter completed!