"Man, you're a little impulsive today," Brin said to Page, who was driving.

The latter was putting the notebook on his lap at this time, engrossed in writing the new plan, and the conversation with Feng Yiping just now gave him too much inspiration, so he had to write it down quickly.

"Ah, what are you talking about?" The following words showed that he had just been completely immersed in his own world, "As far as today's conversation is concerned, I want to write a company's development strategy in the next two days, and ask Feng to help revise and improve it at that time,"

"Is that too early? He hasn't agreed yet?"

"He'll agree," Page showed shrewdness again, "You think about it, two of the companies that Feng has acquired and invested in are related to digital maps, and he is already acting to achieve his goals,"

When they decided to meet with Feng Yiping, they naturally would not fail to make some preparations.

"And who better in search than us?"

This is not a boast, Google is not without competitors, for example, inktomi, but, since in 2000, Google snatched Yahoo, a big customer from the former's bowl, the predecessors of the search industry, has been quickly left behind, and some other companies of the same type are not Google's opponents.

"Also, if he's not interested in collaboration, how can he tell us about his idea?"

In front of acquaintances, although Page is still more self-conscious and a little bossy, he is not at all the image of an engineer who is not good at words, and even a little shy and dull in the eyes of outsiders, he is quick to respond and very wise.

"I know all of this," said Brin, somewhat helplessly, "but are you sure we don't need to discuss this matter with Schmidt first?"

"Damn it. Paige closed his laptop and slammed the window hard.

In August last year, Eric Schmidt officially replaced Page as CEO of Google, this decision. It was the control freak and paranoid Paige who reluctantly accepted it.

This is because this is an additional condition that they must agree to when accepting investment from Sequoia and KPCB.

In '99, Google needed a lot of money to buy more equipment and hire more employees because of the skyrocketing user base, but at the time, they hadn't even made a penny.

And, when looking for an investor, Page put forward a very strict requirement. He and Brin want to maintain absolute control of Google, which means retaining a majority of the company's voting rights.

In the end, Sequoia and KPCB agreed to this precondition and jointly invested $25 million, or 9.7% of the shares, in them.

But they also have an attachment to the condition that they should be given adult guardianship. Specifically, it is the CEO position of Page. It should be done by an experienced person.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THE USUAL METHOD USED BY WELL-KNOWN VENTURE CAPITAL FIRMS IN SILICON VALLEY TO PROTECT THE SAFETY OF THEIR INVESTMENTS AND FUTURE RETURNS - AS IF FACEBOOK WAS AN EXCEPTION.

Quite a few young people are creative, but. The lack of experience is always an unavoidable flaw.

When the company is first established, they may be able to manage the company tightly and well, but as the company grows, the management at this time. It's also a challenge for these talented engineers.

Moreover, Page was only 26 years old at the time, young, it is inevitable that he will be a little enthusiastic, a little impulsive, and sometimes not thoughtful, he should put his main energy into the product development that he is good at, and hand over the management work to professionals.

Page, who was in dire need of the money at the time, agreed to this condition, but after the investment was all turned into new equipment and employees, and was not recoverable, he expressed a different opinion to the investor in due course, "Brin and I can manage the company very well." ”

In fact, it is a repentance that has no contract spirit.

But the investor didn't think so, anyway, it went back and forth for a long time, and in the middle, the investor arranged for Page to meet with the CEOs of other well-known high-tech companies in Silicon Valley, and finally made him reluctantly accept the idea that he could hire a CEO.

By the way, Page's opinion at the time was that if a CEO had to be hired, then Jobs was the best fit.

Oh, this is obviously unrealistic, although the Apple at this time is not the Apple that was so good later, but the Google at this time is also not the Google that was so good later, that is, compared with the Apple at the lowest point at this time, Google at that time, in all aspects, was still a child, please not come to the great god of Jobs.

In March last year, the candidate to succeed him as CEO was finally decided, Eric Schmidt, CEO of Knoeller & Co.

PAGE'S RELUCTANCE TO ACCEPT IT WAS BECAUSE SCHMIDT, WHO WAS ALSO AN ENGINEER AND HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF JAVA.

In short, Schmidt officially took office in August last year, so Brin's concerns are also correct, and Schmidt's consent should be obtained for personnel arrangements at this level.

"However, this should not be a problem, and I believe that Schmidt will approve of your decision if you talk to Feng," Bryn comforted.

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Unlike Page, Eric Schmidt always wears a smart suit and meticulously groomed hair, which is very much in line with the image of a large company executive in the public's mind.

He is 18 years older than Google's two founders born in '73, graduated from Berkeley in the early '80s, and has a lot of experience in the industry, and has always behaved confidently and gently in front of these two young men.

"This Mr. Feng, I know some, I have read his blue ocean strategy, and I also know that he proposed the concept of cloud computing not long ago, he should be a good young man,"

Listening to Page's request, he said, "It's just, as far as I know, he seems to be in his early 20s? Is it appropriate to hire such a young guy to be our chief strategy advisor? Also, if I'm not mistaken, he seems to have gone to business school, not an engineer?"

"Ideas are more important than age," Page retorted.

But he was not easy to answer Schmidt's latter question, and everyone in the company knew how dismissive he was to those who were not engineers.

Even if you have an MBA from Harvard or an MBA from Stanford, if you apply for a position in management and sales in a company, he will not agree that these jobs do not require programming skills, and he also tends to be filled by people who are interested in business and who are computer science graduates like him.

Brin interjected at the right time, "Perhaps, just one meeting, you will agree with us,"

"Hehe, I believe in your vision, and I'm also curious about a person with a business school background who Page values so much, so let's discuss a time and invite him to the company, doesn't it mean that he is also considering whether to accept your proposal? It is also necessary for him to come to the company to feel it. Schmidt said with a smile.

Nearly 20 years of work experience has made Schmidt very mellow, and from last year to now, nearly half a year of contact, he has also felt the temper of these two and knows how to get along with them.

"It's okay at any time on the company's side, so I'll call him right away, invite him, and come to the company the day after tomorrow," Page said, "I hope to work with him as soon as possible to improve the company's medium and long-term strategic vision,"

After a while, he hung up the phone with a different face, "What's the matter? Did he explicitly refuse?" Schmidt clenched his hands into fists and tapped on the desk.

"What's the problem?" Brin knew his old partner, and his expression was one of surprise, not disappointment.

"He said he wouldn't do it the day after tomorrow, he was going to accompany his girlfriend to the hospital for a routine prenatal checkup, and his girlfriend was more than seven months pregnant," Paige muttered, "He should be 22 years old this year, am I not mistaken?" he asked Brin.

Brin was obviously also a little surprised, and Schmidt heard this, and his fist-clenched hands also knocked the table, so painful that he grinned without moving, "You guys wait a minute," he immediately typed Feng Yiping into the search bar, and read to the result, "A cake, Feng, born in March 1980,"

Holding the mouse, he was also a little confused, "Now young people in China, are they still getting married and having children at such a young age?"

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Feng Yiping didn't know about this little episode, if he knew, he would inevitably complain about these Americans, why can't they always see their own problems, please, in your place, are there fewer unmarried mothers under the age of 20? )