my return 2002

Chapter 267 Watching the fire from the other side (ask for a monthly ticket!)
At the banquet, Shen Lang kept toasting to Li Kaifu, even though Shen Lang couldn't drink a little brother Ma and the others, he could easily deal with Li Kaifu who was used to drinking red wine.

After drinking a glass of white wine, Li Kaifu's eyes were already drunk, but the scene of Shen Lang's frequent toasts seemed to the reporter to be his respect for the old seniors, and he had already started to draft in his heart.

In the end, Li Kaifu's words were all washed away by the drink, but he couldn't hold back, and was helped back to the hotel by the secretary.

Originally, Shen Lang thought that he had made it obvious that Li Kaifu would retreat in spite of the difficulties, but the next day, his assistant Yang Mei came to report again.

"Li Kaifu is here again."

Shen Lang has a headache, why can't this guy be torn off like brown sugar?

"Have you brought a reporter?"

"No, just him and the assistant."

No reporter?This surprised Shen Lang a little.

"Oh, Mr. Li, I'm really sorry. I was supposed to visit you at the hotel, but I was afraid of disturbing your rest, so I asked you to make a trip." Shen Lang still went out to greet you in person.

The corner of Li Kaifu's mouth twitched: "Mr. Shen is really too polite."

Shen Lang said seriously: "Hey, Mr. Li is famous all over the world. Microsoft and Google, the two top companies in the industry, are going to court for you. They are really saving face for us Chinese. We can't even invite a distinguished guest like you. Woolen cloth."

Li Kaifu rolled his eyes secretly. If someone else said this, he might believe it. Why does it sound like irony when it comes from the mouth of a little fox like Shen Lang?

Shen Lang didn't care about Li Kaifu's reaction, he took the elevator up to the ninth floor with him.

"Assistant Yang, make another pot of yesterday's black tea." Shen Lang ordered.

Yang Mei held back her laughter, and just as she was about to go out to make tea, Li Kaifu hurriedly said, "You're welcome, Mr. Shen, I'm here today because I want to talk to you alone."

Shen Lang looked enthusiastic: "That's it, then we need to prepare tea, let's chat while drinking tea."

Li Kaifu watched helplessly as Yang Mei went out with the pot of tea.

After a while, Yang Mei came in with a tea set, and Shen Lang greeted Li Kaifu for tea while talking to Yang Mei and Lin Aiguo.

"Okay, you guys go to work first."

Li Kaifu also sent out his assistant, and now there were only two of them left in the office.

"Mr. Li, why is it so mysterious." Shen Lang asked with a puzzled look.

Li Kaifu secretly scolded this little fox in his heart, but on the surface he still pretended to be very enthusiastic.

"Actually, when I was in the United States, I often heard about Mr. Shen's deeds. Yang Zhiyuan has always regretted that he missed the opportunity to invest in Inspur Technology."

Shen Lang couldn't help laughing secretly, this Yang Zhiyuan can really put gold on his face, did he miss it?It's because he never gave Yang Zhiyuan a chance to invest.

But on the surface, Shen Lang also pretended to be very regretful.

"Yeah, it was indeed a legacy to miss Mr. Yang back then."

However, Li Kaifu took it seriously, and said to Shen Lang eagerly: "Mr. Shen, with all due respect, with the scale of the current 360 ecological chain, any company is enough to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. What is lacking now is a bridge to communicate with the outside world. Google I would love to be that bridge."

It sounds like this is really the case, although the 360 ​​ecological chain is already the top wave in the Internet industry in China, but few people know it abroad.

The reason is also very simple. No one has made a name for Shen Lang. To put it bluntly, the financial capital market is nothing more than confidence. For a company that is completely unfamiliar, investors will not even take a look at it.

And Li Kaifu and Google do have the capital to say this, as long as they are willing to yell for Shen Lang, Shen Lang will immediately become the focus of media attention from all over the world, gaining both fame and fortune.

However, what Li Kaifu didn't know was that Yang Zhiyuan didn't tell him the truth. Shen Lang's situation was completely different from Jack Ma's.

However, Shen Lang still had a heart-moving expression: "Oh? Mr. Li used his reputation with Google to endorse me. It can't be that he doesn't ask for nothing, right?"

Li Kaifu nodded with a serious face: "Google hopes to reach a cooperation with 360. At present, the largest search engine in the mainland is Baidu, and 360's search business has been suppressed by Baidu. With Google's technical support, we can definitely bring Baidu down!"

Shen Lang suddenly realized that this old boy had come up with this idea, but he had to admit that Li Kaifu's trick hit the nail on the head. It was almost impossible for Google, which had just landed, to challenge Baidu directly, not to mention that there was another person in front of Google. 360 search, and behind 360 search is the entire 360 ​​ecology.

It is equivalent to saying that if Google wants to gain a firm foothold in the mainland, it will be strangled by Baidu and 360. The failure case of MSN Xiong Minghua is in front of us. It will not end well to fight against the two giants at the same time, so Li Kaifu thought about Shen Lang. Pull into Google's camp and go to Baidu together.

Seeing that Shen Lang kept silent, Li Kaifu continued to increase his position.

"Google can provide a capital injection of 360 million US dollars like Inspur Technology, and provide technical support to help [-] Search make up for its technical shortcomings."

Shen Lang couldn't help but secretly sneered, this sugar-coated cannonball, with 360 million US dollars in capital injection and technical support, sounds very attractive, but in fact it is nothing more than trying to turn [-] Search into a mainland branch of Google.

"Ahem, Mr. Li, this matter is too big. I have to discuss it with the company's executives and investors before I give you an answer." Shen Lang didn't directly refuse.

Li Kaifu didn't doubt that he had him, but was secretly delighted, thinking that Shen Lang was really thinking about this matter, after all, both sides of such a large investment should be cautious.

Originally, Li Kaifu still didn't give up and wanted to visit 360 Search, but Shen Lang didn't talk to him at all. Seeing that it was past eleven o'clock, he wanted to drag Li Kaifu to dinner.

As soon as Li Kaifu thought of yesterday's embarrassment, he immediately said that he still had urgent matters to rush back to the capital, and ran away with his assistant.

What's more interesting is that the news of the meeting between Li Kaifu and Shen Lang also began to appear in the pages of various media at this time. In the media's lens, this was a historic meeting. Internet upstarts, two generations of Internet people have a happy conversation.

In these reports, Shen Lang enthusiastically took Li Kaifu to visit the company, not even letting go of the restaurant, which shows his respect for Li Kaifu, and he even looks like a little fan who sees an idol, even revealing his family background .

Even some European and American media had similar reports. The name Shen Lang and 360 search began to appear in the eyes of the American people.

However, in this peaceful atmosphere, there is one person who is uneasy.

That's right, Li Yanhong from Baidu.

Li Yanhong is very clear that once Li Kaifu and Shen Lang join forces, Baidu will be in danger. Although 360 Search is not as good as Baidu in terms of technology and market share, in fact, the development of 360 Search has been very stable in the past few years, and its market share has increased every year. growth, and relying on the 360 ​​ecological chain, it is always difficult for Baidu to touch the core user group of 360 search.

And Google is even more menacing. Whether it is technology or capital, Baidu is several orders of magnitude behind Google.

When Li Yanhong saw the report on the Internet, he didn't sleep well that night.

A few days later, Li Yanhong called the company's executives into a meeting to discuss how to deal with it.

However, a group of people discussed many countermeasures, but Li Yanhong felt that none of them were effective.

Yu Jun, who hadn't spoken all this time, suddenly said: "Mr. Li, why don't we go directly to the Demon Capital to test Shen Lang's attitude and position?"

Li Yanhong slapped his forehead, he was really confused, instead of worrying about the sky here, it's better to talk to Shen Lang directly, Li Kaifu can win over Shen Lang, why can't he?

Thinking of this, Li Yanhong immediately asked his secretary to book the latest flight to Shanghai.

Here, Shen Lang was preparing to go to Star City to participate in the rehearsal of the YY Awards Ceremony, when suddenly Yang Mei came in to report, saying that Li Yanhong wanted to ask him to meet.

"Li Yanhong? What is he here for?" After thinking for a while, Shen Lang probably guessed that Li Yanhong's visit this time must be because Li Kaifu had been here before.

"When will he arrive?" Shen Lang asked.

"It should be at Modu Airport at three o'clock in the afternoon."

Shen Lang glanced at it, it was already two o'clock, so he said to Yang Mei: "Refund the ticket, tell Wang Xing that I won't go to this rehearsal, let him keep an eye on it."

"Yes, Mr. Shen."

At three o'clock, Shen Lang appeared at the Modu Airport. Since the other party had come, he naturally wanted to show his kindness as a landlord.

"Oh, Mr. Li, you are a rare visitor." Shen Lang enthusiastically held Li Yanhong's hand.

Li Yanhong also smiled and said to Shen Lang: "Boss Shen, I would like to trouble you to make a trip yourself. I am really bothering you."

"Where is it, I have been fascinated by Mr. Li for a long time, but unfortunately I have never had a chance to meet. This time it is my wish. We will have a good drink later."

Seeing Shen Lang's enthusiasm, Li Yanhong felt a little uncomfortable for a while, but Shen Lang's attitude made him less anxious on the plane, at least the other party did not show any hostility.

All the way to the hotel, Li Yanhong just handed over his luggage to his assistant, and proposed to visit Building No. [-]. Shen Lang didn't refuse, and took Li Yanhong back to the company.

At this time, the company was off work, and the employees were eating in the restaurant. Li Yanhong was a little surprised when he saw the food in the restaurant.

"Mr. Shen, are these meals casually ordered?"

Shen Lang smiled and nodded: "Well, as long as you don't waste it, you can eat whatever you want."

Li Yanhong asked curiously: "How much does the company cost for such a meal?"

"The average standard is eight yuan per person per meal." Shen Lang didn't hide it either.

This standard of meal expenses was definitely not low in 2006. The average monthly consumption of an employee was nearly 400 yuan.

Li Yanhong nodded and said with some emotion: "Mr. Shen is still thoughtful. We directly provide meal supplements, and the employees still complain."

Shen Lang said sternly: "Actually, we used to provide food supplements directly before. Later, I saw that many employees ate poorly in order to save money. After moving here, they built this restaurant. The body is the capital of the revolution. "

Li Yanhong was deeply convinced, and then joked: "It seems that this trip was worthwhile. I will build the company restaurant when I go back."

Afterwards, Shen Lang took Li Yanhong around for a while, anyway, the employees were all resting.

Li Yanhong also admired the gymnasium and the game hall, and said that he would make one like this when he went back. He also flattered Shen Lang in his words. Shen Lang smiled secretly, this guy really can hold his breath.

After walking around for a while, Shen Lang naturally wanted to invite Li Yanhong to have a meal. Lei Jun also ran over after finishing the work at hand. Lei Jun had a relationship with Li Yanhong when he was in Jinshan before, although it was not a deep friendship. But when the other party came, it was natural to come to catch up on the old days.

Just as Shen Lang was about to pour wine for Li Yanhong, Lei Jun smiled and held Shen Lang back: "He is famous for not drinking at all."

Seeing Li Yanhong nodding resolutely, Shen Lang changed the wine into a drink. In fact, he doesn't like drinking either.

While eating and chatting, Li Yanhong suddenly said to Shen Lang: "Mr. Shen, Li Kaifu won't be here just to visit Building No. [-] this time, right?"

Shen Lang put down his chopsticks and said seriously: "Well, he wants to invest in Inspur Technology, but I haven't made up my mind yet."

Li Yanhong's heart tightened, and he hurriedly said: "Mr. Shen, let's put it this way, Google wanted to acquire Baidu before, but I rejected it. Google's ambition is definitely not just as simple as investment, you have to be careful."

"Well, I will seriously consider it." Shen Lang smiled secretly, of course he knew Google's wolfish ambitions, and would definitely not accept Google's investment, but in front of Li Yanhong, he still pretended to be very embarrassed.

Li Yanhong continued to persuade: "Mr. Shen, to put it bluntly, although Baidu Search and 360 Search have occasionally competed in recent years, it is also a normal business practice. We can live in peace, but Google wants to enter the mainland market." It is to unify the entire mainland market. This time, in order to bring Li Kaifu over, Google did not hesitate to take on Microsoft head-on, which shows Google's ambitions, and we should unite to deal with Google."

When he said these words, Li Yanhong spoke earnestly.

"I don't know what Mr. Li said, but the 360 ​​search technology is still very weak, not as good as Baidu, it is difficult for us to confront Google head-on." Shen Lang said perfunctorily.

Li Yanhong waved his hand: "Mr. Shen is too self-effacing when he says this. With the market share of the 360 ​​ecological chain in the mainland market, and our alliance with Baidu, it is not difficult to defeat Google."

"Okay, I understand what Mr. Li means, but I'd better discuss this matter with the company's executives and investors first." Shen Lang said ambiguously.

Google is certainly not a good thing, and Baidu is not a good bird either. Shen Lang wished that their brains would be like dogs, and he would slowly develop AI technology, so how could he participate in their competition.

But for Li Yanhong, Shen Lang did not express his support for Google, which made him relieved.

A few days later, Li Yanhong left, and after that Li Kaifu continued to move, constantly recruiting troops, and the battle between the two sides was on the verge of breaking out.

The time soon came to the end of April, May 5st was the YY Awards Ceremony, and Shen Lang also came to Star City the day before.

(End of this chapter)