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Chapter 877 It's Sudden

The wind of the Internet is still blowing, and various media continue to report, which lucky person will suddenly become a millionaire or a billionaire overnight!
As one of the twin stars of Silicon Valley venture capital, KPCB Ventures, together with Sequoia Investment, has become the most well-known venture capital company in Silicon Valley. They have jointly invested in more than half of the well-known Internet companies in Silicon Valley.

Many people even regard Sequoia Investment and KPCB Venture Capital as the bellwethers of the Internet industry. When they invest in a company, it means that the company has already bought a ticket to NASDAQ!
And on the second day, without any warning, KPCB Venture Capital suddenly announced that it would invest US$[-] million in Google and get a seat on Google's board of directors.

This news was obviously beyond everyone's expectations. Wall Street didn't get any inside information beforehand, and suddenly heard the announcement from KPCB Venture Capital.

In particular, many media in Silicon Valley picked up the rumors of Google some time ago, and sold themselves for 100 million US dollars, but now KPCB venture capital used 10 million US dollars to exchange for [-]% of Google’s equity. Kind of crazy feeling!
Silicon Valley has been somewhat magical in the past two years, but it doesn’t mean it’s so magical. For a while, the outside world was a little confused, what kind of ecstasy did Google pour into the KPCB board of directors, or did they hold KPCB venture capital with a gun? The heads of all the partners made them sign this ridiculous agreement.

As soon as the news came out, the announcement of KPCB Ventures immediately became hot news in the technology industry, especially when the media was afraid of Google's previous news, which immediately formed a stark contrast!
"The luckiest person in the history of Silicon Valley?!"

"Excite and other companies refuted the rumors and did not reach an agreement with Google!"

"Larry Page and Sergey Brin confirmed that they will suspend their doctoral studies and will devote themselves to Google!"

"Larry Page, Sergey Brin among the youngest billionaires in America!"

News about Larry Page and Sergey Brin also began to appear overwhelmingly. Their photos appeared in major newspapers and magazine photos, but now the media still has more doubts about the two. I don't know what kind of shit luck it is, to be able to give KPCB venture capital to the foolish fans and sign such an outrageous agreement.

In the evening, Larry Page and Sergey Brin accepted an exclusive interview with ICNC TV station and came to ICNC's new headquarters building in San Jose.

After several major mergers, it seems that ICQ is already a behemoth, but the internal struggle has reached a fever pitch, just like the conflict between ICNC and NBC Group.

After the previous acquisition of NBC Group, there was Irene at that time, and ICNC and NBC were cooperating with each other. At that time, ICNC TV station, as the "direct line" of ICQ, was suppressing NBC TV station.

But now, with General Electric becoming the major shareholder of ICQ, Edgar Bronfman Jr. continues to snatch the management rights of ICQ. Here, of course, they don't want to sit and wait for death. The two sides are also fighting fiercely now.

Originally, ICNC TV station and NBC borrowed the NBC office building and recording studio, and now they have moved their headquarters to San Jose.

"Welcome to ICNC TV. I think many people today want to know about Google and you!"

The person who interviewed Google today was the ace host of ICNC TV station, Williams who exposed the inside story of the tobacco industry on the first day of ICNC TV station.

The ICNC TV station, relying on the tobacco industry's insider battle, forced the world's largest tobacco giant, Philip Morris, to change its name to the Gottley Group, and made the American Tobacco Association pay $2060 billion in compensation. ICNC TV station was directly promoted to the sixth largest TV station in America.

As the host of that interview, Williams has also won the Pulitzer Prize and has become the most well-known news media person in America. In the eyes of countless Americans, Williams has become the embodiment of "justice". As long as the news he interviews and reports are all "facts", it's hard to say how many people will believe them, but Williams' interviews are indeed influential.

Let Williams interview Larry Page and Sergey Brin today, which is enough to show the importance of Google.

"Many people say you are lucky, what do you think of the media's comments?" Williams asked Larry and Brin.

"Facts will prove everything. Google will change. We will put everything into Google, including the introduction of new management and development teams for Google. Next year, if someone mentions Google, I believe there will be completely different reports. Of course, those bias!"

Larry Page said that today's ICNC TV interview is mainly to promote Google's fame and influence, and by the way, to promote Larry Page and Sergey Brin, just like Yahoo continues to do for Yang Zhiyuan and David · Ferro is like a god, and Google will also use the two founders as a card to promote it. The routines of the Internet are basically the same.

“A former CEO of a portal told us that as long as the technology of the portal is 10% better than the competition, it is enough, their users don’t really care about search!

but……"

Sergey Brin said at the end of the interview, "What Google wants to provide users is the best search technology, so that they can find any information they want through Google. We hope that in the future, users can Google every day! "

At the last moment, Google yin and yang checked several portal websites and told the outside world that these websites are fooling users and cutting them off as leeks.

The media has long dug into the bottom of Google. Seeing Sergey Brin’s words, you can know who he is.

"Khosla, what does KPCB VC mean? What do those two Google guys want to do?!"

Khosla was soon getting an exasperated call from Excite president George Bell.

Hearing George Bell's furious voice on the other end of the phone, Khosla, who was busy working on Google's new office building, covered his ears and said after a while, "Calm down, buddy!"

From throwing money at Google, Khosla and KPCB Venture Capital began to bet on Google, and Khosla also began to put more thoughts on Google.

As for Excite, KPCB Ventures will not say that it will withdraw, but it will not invest more funds and resources, and it will slowly sell its shares in Excite.

If there is only one Google, Larry, and Brin, naturally KPCB Venture Capital Stud will not be allowed, but with Song Yang, it will be completely different.

Khosla and KPCB Venture Capital are now making a big bet that Google can become an ICQ and Yahoo. At that time, they will be able to double their earnings. As for Excite, it has become the one that can be sacrificed in KPCB's list!
George Bell said angrily, "Khosla, we are all old buddies, now I need you to tell me, KPCB VC has chosen Google, right?!"

This was George Bell's angry words. He wanted KPCB VC to choose Excite or Google, but Khosla's silence made Khosla's heart tighten.

"So, last quarter, Excite, whose revenue exceeded 1.5 million US dollars, can't compare to two young people who haven't proven themselves yet?!"

George Bell laughed angrily, and couldn't help but growl and said, I don't know where Excite lost to Google in KPCB's heart.

"Calm down George, Excite is good, but sometimes, we need to make hard choices!"

Khosla said bluntly. Hearing this, George Bell calmed down, thinking about the abnormal behavior of KPCB Venture Capital, "Who is supporting Google?"

Khosla did not directly answer George Bell’s words. Now the North American Global Investment Fund has not made an official announcement, and Irene has not left ICQ. Some words, Khosla can’t make it public. Anyway, KPCB would rather give up Excite and other companies for Google now. Search the company's.

"George, KPCB Venture Capital is willing to support Excite. Perhaps in the future, Google and Excite will still be partners!"

After saying that, Khosla hung up the phone. No matter how angry George Bell was, when Google search became mainstream, Excite had to bow its head. At that time, he was still very willing to let Google become Excite's search engine. Making money, not shabby, face is only worth a few dollars, anyway, it's not his face that was slapped...

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