Chapter 442

Henry had a 20% stake in Softbank. However, Softbank diluted Henry's shares to 10.5% through financing, merger and other means.

At the beginning, Henry invested $100 million in Softbank. In other words, the market value of Softbank at that time was $500 million. Today, Softbank's market value has risen to $60 billion. 10.5% of the shares can be exchanged for more than 6 billion US dollars, and the rate of return on investment is still very high.

At present, the main profit of Softbank comes from Japan Telecom, which can bring more than one billion US dollars to Softbank every year. With the money, Softbank began to invest or buy other companies frequently. Especially in the Internet winter period, Softbank is very active.

Time Warner recently acquired AOL, and Softbank spent $2 billion to acquire 80% of global online (Japan). Time Warner also hopes to reduce the rate of responsibility through this deal, and the two sides hit it off. Now, Softbank has invested in Taobao, which has gradually become Henry's big trouble.

Sun Zhengyi likes to rely on intuition in his investment, but his intuition is often surprisingly accurate.

If you don't agree, invest.

If you don't agree, buy.

Anyway, as long as he thinks it's OK, it's OK.

In the face of such people who do not play according to the routine, it is really a headache.

Henry felt that he should take the initiative and not leave the opportunity to Softbank again.

……

At the end of 1998, in mountain view, California, the famous Google company was born quietly.

Susan wasiki, the eldest of the three Silicon Valley sisters, rented the garage to Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to start a business here. In fact, it wasn't long before Susan joined Google and became one of its early employees.

However, it has to be said that Sergey Brin and Larry Page started their business in Susan's family. This... Two men and a woman have been in love with each other for a long time. Susan and Sergey Brin soon fell in love during the garage period. Unfortunately, the two separated, and Sergey Brin and Susan's sister, Anne wasiki, started dating and getting married. However, later, the female employees of Sergey's hidden rules company, or the temptation, became the mixed race Beauty Manager of Google glasses project, which is known as "Google goddess". The half blood beauty is said to have a boyfriend and also works at Google. Put oneself in one's shoes and think about it, the boss and his girlfriend get involved under their own eyes, this green hat son wear, how a "angry" word!

Is it tolerable? The green hat man finally moved to Xiaomi company as vice president.

Henry, as a senior network engineer in his previous life, also heard a little about Google's gossip news. It's true that the wind from an empty hole is not without cause. Sergey Brin and his wife, Anne wasiki, then separated and divorced two years later. This is obviously a living example of the small three's involvement, leading to the collapse of the family.

According to Henry, Annie wasiki is a biotechnologist. She founded 23andMe rapid gene testing company, which is well-known in the United States.

23 refers to the human body has 23 pairs of chromosomes, 23andMe refers to their own chromosomes. 23andMe can detect the user's genes with one mouthful of saliva, so as to analyze the probability of the user suffering from a certain disease. At the same time, you can also check your lineage and ancestry. Through 23andMe, many people have found their relatives who have been separated for many years.

I don't know if it's a coincidence or fate? Lucy Southworth, the wife of Larry Page, the other founder of Google, is a PhD student in biomedical informatics at Stanford University. She is also one of the founders of 23adnme.

Henry can't help but sum up an experience for those women who want to join a rich family: "learn biotechnology well, then they can marry the world-class rich!"

Recently, Henry has been paying close attention to the development of Google. Larry Page and Sergey Brin have developed a new online search technology. Although it is not as good as Isearch, it is innovative and shining in many places.

"It's time to talk to them..." Henry murmured as he lay on the sofa, looking at the ceiling.

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On March 2, in Susan's garage, Larry Page and Sergey Brin are staring at the monitor. All of a sudden, there was the sound of parking outside.

"Sergey, seems to be a guest at the Susan's?"

"Well, the car stopped at the door." As Sergey spoke, he walked over and opened the garage door.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin looked up and saw a young man in sunglasses, accompanied by four men in black, walking towards the garage, or rather towards both of them

"Who are you?" Sergey Brin stepped forward and asked aloud.

Henry chuckled and took off his sunglasses.

Sergey Brin and Larry Page were shocked when they saw each other's appearance. "You, are you Henry Williams?"

"Yes, that's me!" Henry asked with a smile, "ha ha, aren't you going to invite me in for a while?"

"Of course, please come in!" They quickly nodded, and reached out to make a please gesture.

Henry went into the garage.

The garage is not big. It covers an area of 20-30 square meters. It is surrounded by whitewashed walls. In the middle, a long table is made up of several tables, on which are six desktop computers and some other electronic equipment. Network cable, data cable, power cable and other cables are dazzling. Henry then walked to a large two meter high machine. The machine had no shell, and a fan kept blowing at it to cool it down. Henry looked at it and asked, "is this your server?"

"Yes Larry Page nodded sheepishly, "because we didn't have the money to buy a server, we bought some second-hand electronic components, and then designed and assembled a server ourselves. Oh, although it looks ugly, its performance is not bad! Mr. Williams, please have a seat

"Thank you." After Henry sat down, he looked at the two men who were a little stiff and said with a faint smile, "don't be nervous, you two. Actually, I heard that the Google search you developed operates in Stanford University, and the response is good. So I've come here to meet two geniuses. "

At this time, a woman's voice came from outside.

"Who are you?!! Why did you break into my house? "

"Oh, it's Susan's voice!" Sergey introduced Henry, "Mr. Williams, she's the owner of this house!"

"I know. Invite her in."

Sergey nodded, immediately went outside and called "Susan.".

"Sergey, who are they?" Susan wondered.

"Susan, here comes Henry Williams!" Sergei leaned up to her ear and said in a low, excited voice.

"Henry Williams, the richest man in the world?"

"Yes, that's him!" Sergei took her hand and said, "come on, Mr. Williams told you to come."

Susan wasiki nodded excitedly.

After entering the garage, Susan saw Henry and Larry Page talking happily.

"Mr. Williams, this is Susan washiki!" Sergei said.

"Hello, Mr. Williams. Nice to meet you!" Susan said excitedly.

"Hello, beautiful Ms. Susan."

Susan wasiki is already 30 years old. Larry Page and Sergey Brin are more than a year older than Henry. They are about twenty-five or twenty-six years old.

Henry said straight to the point: "the purpose of my visit is very simple, that is to buy Google. At the same time, I'd like to invite two of you, and Ms. Susan wasiki, to join Isearch! "

Larry Page asked, "what will Isearch do with Google when it acquires it?"

Henry said with a smile: "Isearch is not just a search company. It will expand its business and develop in the direction of diversified technology. So, I'm going to restructure the company and separate Isearch's search operators from other businesses in the way of holding shares. Google's name will remain and become the parent company of Isearch. At the same time, Google x lab will be set up inside the company to conduct research on the most cutting-edge technologies, such as artificial intelligence, based on search technology. "

ICQ company has a unique advantage in the research of artificial intelligence. As an Internet search giant, Isearch deals with more data, and the research on artificial intelligence should be stronger. In Henry's view, artificial intelligence will replace ICQ and Isearch in the future. At that time, Henry will be based on artificial intelligence, supplemented by ICQ social and Isearch search, and form a super huge artificial intelligence enterprise!

For now, let ICQ and Isearch compete with each other in artificial intelligence. The so-called high place is too cold, and Siri artificial intelligence developed by ICQ has few rivals. It should need external stimulation to make it produce a sense of urgency, and then it can develop faster.

"After the reorganization of the company, I will not only give you a high salary, but also give you rights issues. Although there may not be many shares, the higher the market value of the company, the more valuable it will be. In addition, if a subsidiary goes public, you will also have some subscription rights. What about? Are you interested in joining my company? "

Google is too small to be a nobody compared with Isearch. However, they can't believe that Henry wants to make Google the parent company of Isearch. For a moment, the excitement inside Larry and Sergey was hard to describe!

And in the face of Henry's attractive offer, the three looked at each other and couldn't refuse.

Within a minute, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and Susan wasiki nodded their heads and said they were very willing to accept Henry's invitation.

Henry is very happy. Larry Page and Sergey Brin are not only innovative technical talents, but also excellent entrepreneurs with unique vision! As long as a little training, can be independent! Although Susan wasiki is not as good as the top two, she has a master's degree in Business Administration from Harvard University and a master's degree from UCLA. She is very capable. In her previous life, she was senior vice president of Google's most important and profitable advertising business, and ranked 16th in the "top 100 women in the world".

Henry promised Larry Page and Sergey Brin an annual salary of $2 million, Susan wasiki an annual salary of $1.5 million, and spent $5 million to wholly acquire Google company, but the $5 million was converted into shares of the restructured Google company.

Two million dollars is a very high salary in the United States, and Larry Page and Sergey are very satisfied with it. After all, they are new to Google, not the two giants of previous generations. Of course, the $2 million is much less than the CEO of many big companies. Some CEOs, such as the CEO of F1 racing company, get an annual salary of $80 million or $90 million, which is the first in the world.

The main reason is that Larry Page and Sergey Brin are too young, and they are still junior in Isearch. If Henry offers them tens of millions of dollars a year, it will chill the hearts of other employees. However, Henry believes that with their ability, they will stand out sooner or later. I'll promote them and increase their salary!