King’s Landing in Nottingham

Chapter 45 Palo Alto

When it comes to Silicon Valley, many people are not unfamiliar, but when it comes to Palo Alto, few people know it.

Palo Alto is located in the southern part of the San Francisco Bay Area, only about 50 kilometers from downtown San Francisco. It has a population of only 60,000, but it has many world-renowned high-tech companies and high-density scientific and technical personnel. In 1955, the famous Bell Labs moved the company that developed and produced transistors to Palo Alto, making it the birthplace of the American electronics industry. There is an American movie called Palo Alto, which is about this The story of the city.

The name Palo Alto comes from two Spanish words, "Palo", which means tree, and "Alto", which means high. The "high tree" in Palo Alto's name is still alive today. It grows in the Palo Alto Park (El Palo Alto Park). It is said that the tree is more than a thousand years old.

In March 1999, Larry Page and Sergey Brin moved Google to 165 Palo Alto University Road in San Francisco, USA, and had their first office in the true sense. Subsequently, Sequoia Capital united Another company injects 25 million US dollars into Google, which gives Google's R&D staff more room to display their talents.

Zhao Tai and Wei Xun are waiting anxiously downstairs at 165 University Road in Palo Alto at this moment, waiting for a wonderful opportunity, a chance that Notts County can be proud of the Premier League in the next ten years.

"Your kid must give me an explanation today. Do you know how far New York is from San Francisco? You said you are coming here. Why didn't we just fly over and leave the purchase of stocks to the people in the office? They have enough The ability to do it beautifully!"

Zhao Tai was very angry. Just eat instant noodles. Just two days after he arrived in New York, he was flying from the east coast to the west coast of the United States. He really considered himself an animal, **** Wei Xun!

"Brother Tai, Brother Tai, you calm down, I also remembered this thing when I arrived in New York, and when it is done, I will put you on a half-month vacation and let you go back to China to reunite with your sister-in-law? It’s hard work for those who are able, let you stare at me, and I will feel at ease!"

After Wei Xun came to Nottingham, he had completely adapted to his new life. It was only when he arranged for the employees of the Shengfei Group office in New York to entrust professional investors to buy Apple and Amazon stocks. He suddenly remembered one thing: the founder of Google The earliest angel investors of Larry Page and Sergey Brin were Amazon boss Bezos, who invested in Google in 1998. Google hadn't gone public in 2001, so Wei Xun decided to leave 40 million pounds to see if he could get a foot in Google.

As the second-ranked company in the world's top 500 in 2018, Wei Xun feels that there is no safer and more secure investment than this investment. When Google goes public, his own value will rise with the tide. He didn’t communicate with Zhao Tai in advance because Wei Xun didn’t know if the two co-founders of Google would give him the opportunity to meet up with Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Compared with people who play rock and roll with technology, don’t look at the current Wei Xun’s name as a club chairman. In the eyes of others, it’s really a shit...

"Hello, who is Mr. Wei Xun", a blond lady wearing a uniform with a Google logo stood at the gate of 165 University Road in Palo Alto and shouted.

Wei Xun quickly raised his hand to indicate, "Here, here, I am Wei Xun!"

"Okay, please come in with me"

"Thank you..." Wei Xun and Zhao Tai followed the Google staff into the office of the famous Google company. Zhao Tai didn't care, but Wei Xun was very excited.

Due to the rapid development of Google, the interior of the office is very crowded and chaotic. The largest wall in the office is written with the words "Don't be evil" in a huge three-color font. This is the motto of Google. In a small conference room that had just been vacated, Wei Xun met Sergey Mikhailovich Brin for the first time. There should be no generation gap between 28-year-old Sergey and 25-year-old Wei Xun. When they saw the legendary character, Wei Xun was very excited. As a code farmer in his previous life, he was very excited. The two founders of Google admired and acted like gods.

Maybe it’s because everyone has the experience of living in a socialist country. The three people communicated in a very relaxed environment. Even though Sergey spent six years in the United States, he also learned from his father. A lot of stories about the Soviet Union.

"Wei, are you the chairman of an English football club?" Sergey took the business card handed over by Wei Xun and looked at it very carefully three times.

"Yes, Sergey, I am the chairman of the Notts County Club. Next to me is Mr. Zhao Tai, the CEO of Notts County Ltd..."

"Hello, Mr. Sergey", Zhao Tai politely stretched out his hand and shook hands with Sergey.

"Wei, I'm very curious, how do you know that our patent is about to be issued, and it is a patent applied for in the name of Stanford University, your understanding of this matter is like our country's FBI, according to me As you know, professional football clubs don’t do this..."

Wei Xun remembers that just this month, Google's page rating mechanism PageRank was awarded a US patent, and this patent was issued to Stanford University, and Larry Page was also listed as an inventor. Just now at the door, Wei Xun wrote the content of this patent on a note. This is the only way Wei Xun can think of to get online with Sergey and Larry Page.

"Sergey, you may not believe it. I have been following you for a long time. Since you just established Google, including the fact that you were kicked out of the school by the Internet Department of Stanford University..." Wei Xun could only talk nonsense, "I'm crossing. "No one will believe this.

"Oh, God, thank the school for driving us out." Wei Xun's answer was obviously unsatisfactory. Since he didn't want to say more, Sergey avoided the topic very humorously.

"When I came in just now, I saw that your company’s office was very crowded. I think all the funds injected by Sequoia have been used for research and development. I appreciate Google’s development prospects, so I want to inject some into Google. "Funds", Wei Xun has always been so simple and direct when he speaks, and he is straightforward to express his ideas.

"As far as I know, it is still very difficult for a football club to make a profit. Tens of millions of dollars is a drop in the bucket for Google..." Obviously, Sergey didn't think Wei Xun would be able to make Google a profit. Generate qualitatively changed funds to support their own research and development work. After all, football clubs don't make much money, otherwise the United States would have a perfect professional football league.

"40 million pounds!" Wei Xun directly quoted the reserve price, and Zhao Tai, who was next to him, couldn't wait to choke this idiot. How could he get the bottom of the deal once, and now there is no more talk.

"40 million pounds?"

"Yes, besides being the chairman of the Notts County Club in England, I am also the first heir of China Shengfei Group. I also own a catering group and a high-end tea company." Wei Xun had no reason to tell Sergey himself The money is won by gambling. If you say it, it will only make the other party feel that you are unreliable. Although the current scale of Wangjiang Tower and the magpie tea drink is not large, and the profits are not up to expectations for the time being, Wei Xun still understands the reason for using tiger skins as a big banner.

"So, how many shares do you want?"

"25%, one buy price", this price is not quoted by Wei Xun casually. His expectation is that 10%-15% is very good, but it is impossible to leak out his bottom line because of negotiations, Wei Xun If I don’t learn a little bit, I’m afraid that my legs will be pinched by Zhao Tai...

"Brother Tai, why are you TMD with a wife? You have learned how to pinch and pinch people! Haven't you been educated by your sister-in-law at home?"

"roll roll roll!"

Wei Xun couldn't help but teased Zhao Tai. Of course, these words were all spoken in Chinese. Sergey is asking people to verify the information Wei Xun said, so Wei Xun and Zhao Tai have time and space to talk about other things.

Google is based on search engines. It is really easy to find information about the companies mentioned by Wei Xun. Sergei quickly returned to the small conference room with a pile of information. He is now convinced that what Wei Xun said is true. The development prospects of these companies are very good. The Notts County Club is in the transfer market. The reputation of being a big spender and Wangjianglou Catering in Nottingham is already full every day, and the cash flow of "magpie" tea drinks is also very sufficient. There is already an authorized company in Northampton that is distributing goods, and Wei Xun’s big Background Shengfei Group is the most important company. According to the strength on paper, Wei Xun really has no problems with the 40 million pounds, and there is even room for additional investment in the future.

But Larry Page is not there now, and he cannot decide alone. The transfer of 25% of the shares is not a trivial matter. He needs time to discuss with Larry Page. After all, Sergey is more like Page than Page Is a pure high-tech R & D personnel.

In short, both parties were satisfied during the first meeting. Wei Xun and Sergey left contact information with each other and agreed to give a final reply on September 13.

Wei Xun and Zhao Tai were no longer led out by the staff this time. Instead, Sergey personally delivered the door. "This face has improved." Wei Xun raised his arms excitedly.

"Why is it big? We invested money for him. Shouldn't he send us out?" Zhao Tai could hardly understand Wei Xun's excitement. In his opinion, this was normal business etiquette.

"That's Sergey Mikhailovich Brin!"

"I know!"

"Hey, you don't understand, you don't understand..." Wei Xun waved his hand with an unpredictable look.

Zhao Tai's anger had not completely dissipated. At this time, he was stimulated by Wei Xun, new and old hatred, Zhao Tai took off his leather shoes and threw them on Wei Xun's back, making a steady hit.

"Damn, who beat me!" Wei Xun looked back. Zhao Tai, who was wearing only one shoe, had already been killed. Wei Xun quickly picked up Zhao Tai's leather shoes and threw them in the opposite direction before turning around. Just ran to where they lived.

On the wide highway, the endless stream of cars formed a flowing river of lights, allowing Wei Xun and Zhao Tai to enjoy the night view of Palla Alto. When the two were wandering on the road, they found a Chinese restaurant with "authentic Chinese Sichuan cuisine". After they went in and ordered the food, they found that it was not the taste at all. After inquiring about it, they found out that this so-called "Chinese restaurant" The chef turned out to be a Mexican...

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