Rebirth in 1985

Chapter 807: Targeting Google

Google is an Internet company and also belongs to a type of network industry. Its main business is online Internet search, just like Baidu and the new search engine developed by Lu Shaohua and named Phoenix Search.

But even such a company has a wide range of business, and is a leading company in the world, not just in the United States. Although Lu Shaohua is confident that he can expand his Phoenix Search to the world, he does not want the company to go public after all. Even if it makes money in the future, it will not be able to raise funds like Google and earn a lot of wealth.

The reason why Lu Shaohua targeted Google was for wealth. As for Google's technology, don't joke, there is a large number of talented people developing it in Phoenix Search, while Google has only two students developing it so far. At least it started later than Phoenix Search. When it is launched on the market in the future, Lu Shaohua will have the upper hand.

But then again, it seems that Lu Shaohua only asked Phoenix Search to develop a Chinese version, and did not let his subordinates develop other versions. This is a loophole. If they want to promote it to the global market in the future, they must compile versions in other languages, otherwise they will not be able to launch it.

Fortunately, this problem was discovered early, and it is still in time to patch this loophole.

With a plan in mind, Lu Shaohua certainly wanted to arrange it as soon as possible, but now was obviously not the right time. Lu Shaohua was discussing his plan with Liu Mingzhang right now, and other things had to be put off until later.

"What kind of company is this?" Liu Mingzhang asked with interest.

This was the first time Liu Mingzhang had heard of a company opened in a garage. However, while it was strange, Liu Mingzhang paid more attention to it, not for anything else, but because it was Lu Shaohua who said it.

Maybe when outsiders talk about this matter, Liu Mingzhang will only feel novel, but when Lu Shaohua talks about it, it is different. He pays more attention to it because he knows very well that Lu Shaohua will not talk about it for no reason. Talking about it now means that the target has been determined, which is the company opened in the garage.

"Google, whose Chinese name is 狗狗, and whose English name is google (google inc., nasdaq: goog), is an online search company for Internet information. Well, to put it bluntly, it is an Internet search engine." Lu Shaohua did not hide anything and explained it in detail, and then added, "This kind of Internet search engine is also being developed by our Phoenix Group and will be available soon."

Lu Shaohua's Internet King Plan was implemented in Shenzhen, and Hong Kong could only cooperate. It was not a core area, so Liu Mingzhang and others did not know that Phoenix Group was also developing an Internet search engine.

"Oh!" Liu Mingzhang frowned, then nodded, and nothing more happened.

There was no way. It was true that Liu Mingzhang was a financial genius, but he knew nothing about the Internet, let alone Internet search engines. He had never even heard of them, so how could he understand them?

On the contrary, when Li Yunqing heard Lu Shaohua say it was an Internet search engine, he seemed to understand a little bit and asked, "Is it the kind that can integrate the information on the Internet and search it in one place?"

"That's how you understand it." Lu Shaohua nodded, indicating that he agreed with Li Yunqing's explanation.

After getting the answer, Li Yunqing said nothing and just nodded to show that he understood.

Liu Mingzhang and Li Yunqing both kept silent, but that didn't mean Li Zongen would remain silent. He hadn't spoken a word since he entered the room. He had been sitting on the sofa and listening carefully. Seeing that Lu Shaohua had basically determined the target and finished the explanation, Li Zongen couldn't help it.

"Our Phoenix Group is conducting research and development, and will soon launch it on the market, so it doesn't seem right for us to acquire other people's shares, right? After all, acquiring their shares is investing in them, which can enable them to have a strong amount of funds. Wouldn't that help them increase their strength?" Li Zongen said seriously.

Li Zongen didn't know much about business, but he understood the idiom that competitors are enemies. And looking at Lu Shaohua's actions, is it obvious that he is helping a competitor? Or it can be said that he is helping the enemy.

Lu Shaohua knew this very well. Google would have conflicts with Phoenix Search in the future. Lu Shaohua knew it, but so what? With the power of Phoenix Group, it could defeat its competitors in any industry. Therefore, Lu Shaohua was not worried at all about occupying a small market share.

"Everyone knows Microsoft, they deal in computer operating systems, and what about our Phoenix Software? They also deal in computer operating systems, but now? Our Phoenix operating system seems to have nearly 70% of the global market share, right?" Lu Shaohua said with a faint smile on his face. "And our Phoenix Financial seems to hold more than % of Microsoft's operating system shares, right?"

What Lu Shaohua said was right. The offshore company under Phoenix Financial holds more than 20% of Microsoft's shares, making it a major shareholder. Phoenix Operating System also has some shares and still occupies a large part of the market share, but there is no conflict.

It is obvious that Lu Shaohua is doing this for wealth. After all, American companies are forced to go public when they reach a certain level. Once they go public, they can make a lot of wealth from it. As previous shareholders, the shares they hold will increase in value, and the annual dividends will also increase dramatically.

"The form is the same, it's true that we have the same, and it's true that our peers are enemies, but are we still afraid of competition? With the power of our Phoenix Group, we don't care about any challenges." Lu Shaohua seemed very confident, and finally did not forget to explain again why he wanted to acquire Google shares. "In the United States, their companies are forced to go public when they develop to a certain level, but we are different. We can choose freely, and I don't plan to let the companies under the Phoenix Group take the initiative to go public and treat them as industries. This will inevitably make less money, but it's different in the United States. Once we go public, our shares will rise and dividends will increase dramatically."

At this point, Lu Shaohua deliberately paused, scanning everyone's faces one by one, and seeing that the latter three did not react much, he continued, "In general, I went there for wealth, not to train an opponent."

Lu Shaohua made a little joke, but it was not funny at all, because Lu Shaohua's expression was extremely serious and it didn't look like he was joking at all.

However, no matter what, Lu Shaohua's words did have some elements of joking, and jokes can bring happiness to people. Even if they don't make people laugh, at least they can ease the tense and serious atmosphere.

Yes, Lu Shaohua's words eased the tense and serious atmosphere. Even though Liu Mingzhang and the others didn't laugh, it was better than the stern faces just now, and they felt much more relaxed.

"Well, Google, I don't seem to have seen it among the technology stocks I'm paying attention to." Liu Mingzhang said with a smile.

Liu Mingzhang's meaning was obvious, that is, he had never heard of the company called Google, which meant that the company had not yet gone public. The problem arose here: how could a company that was not listed be acquired?

"Did your head get caught in the door?" Li Yunqing replied to Liu Mingzhang unceremoniously, rolled his eyes at him, and then said calmly, "Not going public doesn't mean we can't acquire their shares. We can invest in the form of venture capital and then hold equity."

Li Yunqing reacted much faster. When Liu Mingzhang said that he had not seen this company on the stock market, he understood that the Google that Lu Shaohua mentioned should not be listed, and Lu Shaohua had already set his target, which was this company called Google.

Since it is an unlisted company and Lu Shaohua is planning to acquire its shares, there are only two ways: find them and use venture capital or negotiate investment privately to hold hard shares.

Lu Shaohua has used this method many times. When he acquired Nokia, he used private negotiations to hold shares. Now almost half of Nokia has become Phoenix Group.

"hey-hey……"

Liu Mingzhang chuckled. He was not embarrassed by Li Yunqing's insults. He was quite happy. Then he seemed to be talking to himself. He muttered loudly, "It seems that there is a saying of public travel."

To acquire an unlisted company, one must find the person in charge of the company, so one has to send someone. The acquisition is usually done by Phoenix Financial, and Liu Mingzhang is one of the giants of Phoenix Financial, so it is natural for him to want to negotiate.

But will Lu Shaohua let Liu Mingzhang go?

If acquiring companies in other industries, Lu Shaohua might let Liu Mingzhang go, but if acquiring Google, Lu Shaohua would not let Liu Mingzhang go, because once Phoenix Search goes public, there will definitely be opposition within Google, because Americans will never let a competing group company hold their shares.

"You can't go, you're too famous. Let Zong En go. Also, you have to use Japanese nationality to make the acquisition and don't have anything to do with our Phoenix Group." Lu Shaohua not only refused to let Liu Mingzhang go, he also designated someone to go.

Li Zongen did not have much reaction to the public-funded tour, but since Lu Shaohua specifically asked him to go, he naturally could not refuse, because Li Yunqing and Liu Mingzhang were the same, both were public figures.

"I can set off at any time." Li Zongen nodded heavily and said.

"Well, just hand over your current work and go over there. By the way, that company was developed by two Stanford University students, their names are Larry Page and Sergey Brin, you can just go find them directly when the time comes." Lu Shaohua nodded and said.

All the information was provided to Li Zongen, and the matter of acquiring Google shares came to an end. However, Lu Shaohua summoned the three of them not just for Google. Lu Shaohua had another goal in mind.