"Actually, I don't want to see this scene." Zhou Xin said.
Li Jingyi looked at Zhou Xin with doubtful eyes, and asked: "Why?
The merger of these two companies will create a virtual monopoly in the field of search engines.
I remember that Xinxing Investment was a shareholder of both companies, especially Baidu’s largest institutional shareholder. The premium they can enjoy after the merger is still considerable. Compared with the depression in the Internet industry a year ago, Nasdaq is much better this year. "
Li Jingyi stayed in San Francisco for almost a whole year, staying with Zhou Xin and having the opportunity to access a lot of information.
Entrepreneurship information and investment opportunities in Silicon Valley will be reported to Zhou Xin by Emerging Investment, while capital market dynamics will be reported to Zhou Xin by Emerging Capital Management. She is not a newbie who has just arrived at Amerikan, and already has a certain degree of market sensitivity.
Zhou Xin said: "There are several reasons. The reason why I told you before that I don't care about this profit is because I want to have fun.
I would like to see more than just one player in the search engine space. It would be better for two companies to compete than one, and the fun is just superficial. Internally, I think this field has huge potential, and I don’t really want one company to monopolize the market. Search engines are currently as much a field as operating systems.
After such a company is born, sooner or later it will enter the field where my company is located. While I'm not afraid of competition, it's always annoying.
Another reason is that the longer it is delayed, the more the value of search engines will be seen. Then if they want to merge again, the chips in my hand will be more valuable.
The benefits that can be brought to me now are far from what they will be in a few years. "
Li Jingyi is a master's student in computer-related projects. America's master's degree is project-based. Compared with a doctorate, this project-based master's degree is more like a certification than a degree.
She knows search engine technology very well. In her daily communication with Zhou Xin, she knows the other party's views on the Internet. Search engine companies have data, computing power, and a large number of engineers who are proficient in algorithms, and they can indeed burst out a huge amount of energy.
The research institutions under Zhou Xin only have the last two of them, computing power and a group of scientists in the computer field.
Li Jingyi asked: "As Baidu's major shareholder and one of Google's shareholders, you can prevent their merger."
Zhou Xin said: "First of all, I can't do it. I don't have a controlling stake in either Baidu or Google. Originally, the only opponents of the merger between Google and Baidu were Robin and I. Now Robin has accepted it. I am the only one who has no control over the merger." Baidu controls.
All shareholders except me want to merge, unless I buy the shares held by some investment institutions in Baidu at a premium. But the problem is that after Robin relented, everyone knew that Baidu was going to merge with Google, and no one would be willing to sell their shares to me.
If I personally do this, there will be many negative effects, such as Robin's distrust of me, my control of Baidu, the relationship between Robin and I, and whether Baidu will continue to operate in the future, or directly take over. Kill him? Also, can I really succeed in the acquisition? Among them, Goldman Sachs can also use legal means to prevent me from controlling Baidu.
And it was too late, Robin told me that it was too late, and it was too late for me to do these things.
So forget it, just wait and see what happens. Robin will regret it sooner or later.
In my opinion, whether Baidu annexes Google or Google annexes Baidu, the essence behind it is that the capital invested in these two companies hopes to make profits.
The position of chairman after the merger is just a pie for Robin. Even if he really takes this position, he will be kicked out within two years.
I don’t know how the people at Goldman Sachs drew the pie for him, and I don’t know how they will sign the merger agreement, but I know that this matter is definitely not that simple.
The only way I can think of is to be sued by the federal court in the name of monopoly in the future. After the lawsuit, it is said that the merged Baidu-Google will be split up, but in fact it is to oust Robin.
Last year, Microsoft was in the same case. In the end, Bill handed over control of Microsoft in exchange for Microsoft not being broken up by antitrust lawsuits.
These are just the tricks I can think of, so even if Robin states in the board resolution before the merger that he will not be kicked out, he may be kicked out by forces from a higher level. "
Li Jingyi asked: "Have you spoken to Robin? If you have spoken, he may reconsider."
Zhou Xin shook his head: "Originally, I wanted to remind him, but I saw that he was ambitious and ready to do something big, so I decided not to pour cold water on him."
Zhou Xin can get along well with Robin because he never interferes with Baidu's specific operations and will give Baidu some resources.
Robin's desire to control the company can be said to be the strongest among the three BAT giants. Whether it is Tencent's earliest founder team or Alibaba's earliest founder team, he can work in the company for a long time without making mistakes.
Only Xu Yong, an alumnus of Yan University who started his own business together with Robin, left Baidu before its IPO.
And before Baidu's IPO, in order to maintain absolute control over Baidu, Robin was forced to leave Baidu and at the same time purchased a large amount of Xu Yong's Baidu shares in cash.
In Silicon Valley in 2001, the merger of Baidu and Google was the general trend, and all investment institutions were glued to this opportunity.
Before the merger news was fully finalized, Wall Street financial media had already reported the news, citing various sources from insiders.
The financial media claimed that the merger of Baidu and Google would create the largest unicorn among unlisted companies, thereby stimulating investors around the world.
And Zhou Xinguang knew from the news pushed to him on the WeChat public account every day that the merger of Baidu and Google and the subsequent listing were ready to go.
This set of publicity is building momentum and raising expectations for subsequent listings.
Zhou Xin thought to himself: "Goldman Sachs still has the ability to promote such an obvious monopoly merger and obtain permission. If it were me to promote this matter, it would have been rejected long ago.
These old Wall Street moneymen are somewhat unscrupulous in order to take advantage of the new money in Silicon Valley. "
The merger of Baidu and Google is just a microcosm of the Internet's recovery. Although there is a long way to go back to the heyday of the late 1990s, the entire Internet business entrepreneurial environment is indeed facing recovery.
When Mphone was launched at the beginning of this year, most people were skeptical about this product, thinking that this product would be a waterloo for the new generation.
The results disappointed them. At the end of the first half of the year, the Matrix official website announced the sales situation. The sales of Mphone exceeded one million units.
This is definitely a huge success for a phone priced from $599, let alone Matrix’s first phone.
Such a result could be expected by other mobile phone companies, and everyone only had doubts about Mphone at the beginning.
The president of Nokia Amerikan declared in an interview: "Who would want a $599 mobile phone? Newman's loyal fans may not be able to accept this price.
No, I seem to be wrong. Newman's loyal fans will laugh and pay for the Mphone even if Newman prices it at $599, and tell everyone that the price is worth it.
But in fact we all know that it is not worth the price, and only Newman supporters will pay for it. Unlike the Internet industry, supporters of the mobile phone industry alone are not enough. "
Obviously, he was slapped in the face after the sales data for the first three weeks came out.
When the sales of Mphone exceeded 1 million units, when the media interviewed him again, they completely changed their tune and did not mention that he was not optimistic about Mphone before.
"I am very optimistic about Newman. I have long predicted that the Mphone will be successful. It is such a unique product and is loved by almost all young people. I have seen such a high price for the Mphone in media reports. Many young people save their daily living expenses to buy it.
Nokia is also researching similar mobile phones internally, and we will launch a mobile phone with more powerful functions than Mphone. "
Not only Nokia is doing this, other mobile phone companies are also trying to copy Mphone's success.
For this reason, the new entrepreneurial boom in Silicon Valley is to develop Internet applications for mobile phones.
The current common cooperation model is that mobile phone companies invest in several Internet companies, and then work with Internet companies to develop Internet applications on mobile phones, and Internet applications are owned by these Internet companies.
This cooperation model not only ensures the interests of both parties, but also ensures that Internet companies will do their best to develop Internet applications.
"Anxi, the effect of this screen still cannot meet my ideal situation.
The chip inside the first-generation Mphone was actually very powerful, capable of performing far more powerful functions than it does now.
But why we didn't do this is because the memory and storage space are too small, and we need to reserve a lot of space for applications such as WeChat and Weibo.
The other thing is the screen, which limits performance. Only a whole touchable screen can allow software developers to unleash their creativity.
The ecosystem of Mphone will also have more companies to help us improve together, instead of just relying on our own strength to develop applications.
There are several main problems with current screens. One is that shadows remain. It takes a long time for the black shadows to disappear after being touched.
In addition, the feedback speed is too slow, and the transition from click to page is not smooth enough. Furthermore, the screen cannot add touch feedback.
Clarity is also an issue. "
Anxi is the head of the mobile phone business and was also hired from Nokia. After hearing this, he said: "Boss, this is just the effect of the first version.
It has been greatly improved compared to the previous generation. This is not the final sample yet, and we will continue to optimize it.
In fact, the effect you want is the effect we want to achieve, and everyone's goal is the same.
It's just that the multi-point touch screen itself is not that simple. We are now trying to use a diamond-shaped capacitive sensor to solve this problem, and then add transparent rectangular electrodes to the display. We expect to be able to iterate a relatively satisfactory one in one and a half months. The touch screen comes out. "
week Developed together with suppliers.
Touch screens even need to be developed entirely by themselves.
“This year is the year that Mphone was launched, and it is also the year that Mphone achieved great success. I am very happy to celebrate with you all the sales of Mphone exceeding 1 million units. This is just the beginning of Mphone’s brilliant future!
Let us look forward to that day coming soon. "
The reason why Zhou Xin came to Matrix today was because Matrix had booked a hotel for a celebration dinner to celebrate Mphone sales exceeding 1 million units.
One million units in half a year means that Mphone is on the right track and it will only be a matter of time before it becomes profitable.
So Zhou Xin arrived at Matrix half a day early to learn about the development progress of the touch screen.
Goldman Sachs regretted the success of Mphone. They regretted why they had set such a high price for Quora. If they had not set such a high price for Quora, they would have had a hand in Zhou Xin's subsequent entrepreneurship.
Xinxin Technology seems to have little prospect. Goldman Sachs will not invest because they look down on semiconductor companies headquartered in China.
But Matrix is very promising, especially after the launch of Mphone. Goldman Sachs executives are thinking that if Zhou Xin had not been given so much cash that year, with the amount of funds for mobile phone R&D and production, Zhou Xin would have needed to bring in external investment.
As a result, now they can only look at a company with huge potential, but no way to make profits from it.
After Zhou Xin finished speaking, the employees below burst into warm applause. Only those who have stayed at Matrix can know how much effort they put into Mphone.
Zhou Xin's requirements for the Mphone could not be overstated. He had to adjust the size of the 26 keys for no less than ten rounds before settling on the final plan.
"I hope that when we launch the second-generation Mphone next year, we can achieve better results, and we will be here to celebrate then."
It is definitely too late to launch the Mphone this year. If the problem of the touch screen is not solved, the launch of the second generation Mphone will not fundamentally change it.
Therefore, this year Zhou Xin only plans to upgrade the version and launch an application store at the same time, allowing users to download applications through their computers and then install them on their iPhones.
Currently, the only thing that has been negotiated is Apple's music store. After Apple releases the iPod in the fall, it will launch a music store.
Zhou Xin actually hopes to have some games to enrich the Mphone ecosystem.
Current mobile games can be made to take up less memory and storage space, and can greatly improve the playability of mobile phones.
Moreover, the Mphone mobile phone store supports charging, which also gives game developers the motivation to port their games to the Mphone platform.
At this time, we have to sigh how convenient it is to have built-in electronic payment in mobile phones.
One of the important reasons why Apple can rely on its closed IOS system to compete with Android in the mobile Internet era is that Apple can bring benefits to developers. This is why countless developers have participated in the improvement of Apple's application ecosystem.
Mphone will take this approach to unite developers now.
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