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"Maybe I just want to live a retired life like an old man right now!" Jiang Yizhou has always held a pessimistic attitude towards this world, sometimes his mindset is immature to the point of being unbearable, and at other times it is so decayed that it elicits sighs.
"But don't worry, I am still keen on being an investor. Even if I return to my home country, I will actively keep in touch with you and pay attention to the situation here in Silicon Valley!" The venture capital industry, which carries great risks, is as simple for Jiang Yizhou as picking up stones on the beach; however, he is not skilled at turning those stones into works of art.
Bill Green looked at the nineteen-year-old boss who already wanted to retire early to do things he liked with a complicated mood. Perhaps he should be happy!
As he was about to become a partner at Ailumeisi Investment Company, after the boss left Silicon Valley, he not only had a high share but also considerable autonomy, even with Jiang Yizhou's personnel and financial team imposing restrictions.
He also felt regret for Jiang Yizhou. The Internet boom in Silicon Valley had just begun, and due to reasons such as the Asian Financial Crisis in Southeast Asia, more and more capital was flowing into Silicon Valley, with startup after startup receiving venture capital and heading towards IPOs.
Although Ailumies Venture Capital had only invested in a few companies without significant returns yet, people were already approaching them wanting to invest in Ailumese's fund because of Jiang Yizhou's success. In this year, qi, fail, and blgr were all products worth pursuing; they believed in Jiang Yizhou's vision.
The increasingly fervent market atmosphere made Bill Green worried while also feeling regret for Jiang Yizhou.
"Alright," Bill Green had nothing more to say. When Jiang Yizhou expressed this idea two months ago, he had already advised him several times, but it had never been effective. "Tony, what about your decision on the fund I proposed?"
"I can accept it; just keep the scale manageable and follow the investment strategy based on our own funds!" Jiang Yizhou readily agreed, planning to diversify by purchasing shares of Yahoo, Amazon, and some other stocks that he knew were skyrocketing. If the fund's yield did not reach 100%, it would be considered a waste of the memories in his mind.
The two discussed the investment company's system and related matters of the foundation for a long time. After bidding farewell to Bill Green, Jiang Yizhou drove to Google's headquarters. The Google search engine had been online for a week now.
For this future giant among Internet companies, even if Jiang Yizhou wanted to leave the United States, he was unwilling to leave Google's board of directors.
Pushing open the door, a group of employees were busy working. Upon seeing Tony Jiang, their co-founder arrive, they all gestured in acknowledgment.
He had come over when Google’s search engine went live; for the past six days, Jiang Yizhou had been busy wrapping up his last tasks in America and only now found time to see the achievements Google had made.
"Tony, you finally came! I thought you forgot about us!" Sergey exclaimed excitedly upon seeing their investor and co-founder arrive.
"I have confidence in Google, so there's no need for me to sit in front of the computer checking how much the daily search volume increases every moment! Don't tell me we haven't reached our expected goals?" Jiang Yizhou joked.
That was naturally impossible, as one could tell from the smiles in the room.
"You reached a million daily searches on the third day after launch, and now our goal is three million daily searches!" Sergey proudly stated.
In today's Internet, portals reign supreme. Many companies, whether search engines, mailbox services, or dating sites, are trying to transform into portal websites to achieve profitability; this is currently the best way to make money.
In contrast, the search engine market is considered a red ocean, already saturated. Internet users are sufficiently served by traditional search engines like Infoseek.
Moreover, the profit models for search engines, such as pay-per-click ranking and display advertising alliances, have yet to emerge. Well, Ailumese Technology has been continuously developing related technologies, and patent applications have already begun processing.
Larry Page, Sergey, and the employees at Google are all confident about profitability. This confidence stems from the plan provided by Jiang Yizhou, which is why he was smoothly accepted as a co-founder.
What is most important for a business? Profitability! There is no doubt about it. As someone who initially supported Google and provided a profitability plan, Jiang Yizhou has achieved the position he desired.
Furthermore, he also has leverage over Google because those patents are held by Ailumese Technology and are licensed to Google for use. Ailumese is also fully responsible for building the display advertising alliance with support from Google.
Simply having equity investment cannot firmly secure a future position on Google's board. Jiang Yizhou views this issue quite pessimistically because Google's potential is immense. Even if it isn't apparent now, competition will inevitably arise in the future.
Thanks to Jiang Yizhou's support, Google's advertising promotions and marketing activities during this period have been significantly stronger, so he isn't surprised at all that they reached this goal.
Moreover, as word of mouth spreads, people will clearly realize that "not all search engines are called Google," leading to exponential growth—this is inevitable.
"Quite good!" Jiang Yizhou responded calmly.
Larry Page asked in surprise, "Aren't you excited?"
"This is pretty much what I imagined. Why should I be surprised? I invested millions of dollars and have patent licenses, so I naturally have a clear understanding of it. Now that it meets my expectations, I am very satisfied."
I quietly played it cool; Jiang Yizhou felt this way.
Larry Page and Sergey recalled Jiang Yizhou's stronger confidence and commitment to search engines than theirs, and they both acknowledged Jiang Yizhou's approach.
"Keep up the good work. I will secure the search service contracts for Google with Yahoo and America Online. This is a big challenge, but also a great opportunity!" Jiang Yizhou laid out his next plan.
Historically, Google rose to prominence by stepping on Yahoo. In the year 2000, Yahoo chose Google as its search service provider and allowed the Yahoo logo to appear on the left side of the search box. It wasn't until 2003 that Yahoo regretted its earlier decision and chose to abandon Google.
It was only at the end of the discussions with Larry Page and Sergey that Jiang Yizhou realized he was about to return to his country.
"You aren't going to appoint that annoying guy Bill Green as a representative, are you?" Sergey had a very poor impression of him.
Bill Green was a meticulous investor who would help entrepreneurs correct their mistakes and learn management. However, his tough love approach was quite off-putting for free-spirited entrepreneurs, even though he genuinely had their best interests at heart.
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