The next day, a complete report about 51Search appeared on Boss Jia's desk.
After reading the report, Boss Jia's expression changed.
There was good news and bad news. The good news was that the May Day search was actually a product created by two young people under the age of 18. This was even more awesome than the future Google. After all, when the two founders of Google started their business, they were already 25 years old. It was just that they had not graduated from college, similar to Bill Gates.
It was precisely because these two young people were very young that they didn't have enough capital. It was said that they only had 300,000 USD in total capital. After three months, there wasn't much left of this 300,000 USD. However, 51sSearch was facing millions of USD of expansion costs.
After 51Search used 300,000 USD to buy a new server and a dedicated optical fiber, 51Search temporarily solved the problem of lagging. However, as 51Search continued to develop, more and more people found out about the existence of such a godly tool on the internet. Moreover, it was a godly tool that couldn't be abandoned once used. It was a godly tool that every netizen needed.
The number of users of 51Search started to swell like a balloon. Soon, it reached an astonishing number of 300,000 people. Then, the server and bandwidth of 51Search were not enough. The website started to lag and even crash. They had to expand again and buy millions of USD worth of equipment. Otherwise, the website wouldn't be able to develop at all.
You know, with the rise of 51Search, many people realized the importance of search engines. It was said that there were at least 30 internet companies in the United States developing search engines.
If 51Search was replaced by a new company because of lagging, it would be a disaster.
Therefore, there was only one way to save 51Search, and that was to get a large amount of financing as fast as possible. It was the legendary angel round investment.
The two young men were quite positive about financing. Or rather, the young man was more positive. All of 51Search's external business affairs were handled by the CEO. The other founder was only responsible for technical issues. Outsiders rarely got to see the founder. They didn't even know his name.
This was the good news. The fake boss could get an angel round investment if he was willing to pay a few million USD. He would own 40% of 51Search's shares.
This was as tempting as buying 40% of Google's shares for a few million dollars.
But the bad news is Boss Jia is not the only one eyeing 51 Search. Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, and Yahoo are also eyeing 51 Search's shares.
All of a sudden, 51 Search became the hottest topic in the entire internet circle. Everyone wanted to swallow the qualifications for this angel round investment.
"This is a bit troublesome!" Boss Jia rubbed his nose. He never thought that he, who thought he had everything planned out, would be one step behind. Now that he thought about it, the acquisition of 51 Search was not as simple as before. This time, he was going to have a real fight!
Forget about Microsoft and Apple, these two traditional giants. Amazon and Yahoo, these two companies had just been set up a few days ago. How come they are developing so fast?!
They are still the meat in Boss Jia's eyes.
Boss Jia muttered and looked at the information again. Then, he found that the name of the CEO of 51 Search seemed to be the name of a Hua Xia person. He didn't know if this person had any Chinese nationality. If he did, then things would be easier!
Boss Jia made a decision in his heart. He would meet this CEO named Huang Yiming first and talk about his conditions!
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"Boss, another company just called and expressed that they want to invest in our company!" Huang Yiming, who was sitting on a somewhat tattered office chair, heard his secretary's excited voice.
However, this news could no longer arouse Huang Yiming's excitement. After all, the world's number one company, Microsoft, and the once unparalleled Apple, actually sent him a financing invitation. The financing invitation of other companies could no longer tug at Huang Yiming's heartstrings.
"What's the name of this company?" Huang Yiming asked indifferently.
"It's the Daqian Group from Hua Xia!" The secretary whispered, "President, do you want me to reject them directly?"
"What! The Daqian Group! The Daqian Group wants to buy my company! "Unexpectedly, the next second, Huang Yiming jumped up directly.
"President, you …"
"I'm fine …" Huang Yiming quickly calmed his emotions and said, "What else did they say?"
"They said that they hope to meet with us as soon as possible to discuss matters related to financing!" The secretary said.
"Who is the Daqian Group going to send to negotiate?" Huang Yiming asked immediately.
"They didn't say, but the Daqian Group is a big company. I think they should be the same as the previous companies. They should send department heads or vice presidents to negotiate with us!"
"Well, you tell them!" Huang Yiming thought for a moment and said, "If they want to negotiate with us, then ask their chairman, Jia Yapeng, to negotiate with me personally."
"Boss, I'm afraid …" The secretary was shocked by his boss's request. How could he directly ask the chairman to negotiate? After all, with the recent craziness of the Pokemon movie, it was said that Wall Street's valuation of the Pokemon brand had exceeded 1.5 billion USD.
How could he ask the chairman of the Daqian Group to negotiate in person? This was too much.
"Afraid of what? He's the chairman. Am I not the CEO? "Huang Yiming said very arrogantly.
"But boss, I'm afraid the other party won't agree …" The secretary said.
"You don't care whether the other party agrees or not. Anyway, our request has to be mentioned like this. You tell him that if Chairman Jia Yapeng doesn't come, then there's no need for us to negotiate. Now there are more than a dozen Internet companies that want to finance us. If he doesn't want to, then forget it!" Huang Yiming was still arrogant.
"I didn't expect the boss to be so arrogant!" The secretary sighed. Thinking about how popular the company was now, it was normal for his boss to be so arrogant.
Forget it. Anyway, there were more than a dozen companies that were willing to buy 51 at a price of more than a few million US dollars. The boss did have the capital to be so arrogant. Therefore, the secretary followed Huang Yiming's instructions and obediently returned the call to the Daqian Group.
The result was predictable. This overbearing request instantly angered the entire Daqian Group.
"What an arrogant brat. Darling, let's ignore him!" Natasha, who had been accompanying Boss Jia with her son recently, said angrily.
This guy didn't even know the most basic business etiquette.
"No!" Boss Jia pondered for a moment and then said, "Since he wants to see me, and we happen to be in the US, and we are only two blocks away from each other, I might as well go and see him!"
"But darling, you're giving him too much face. If this matter spreads out, it's too …"
"It's too embarrassing, isn't it?" Boss Jia laughed. "Compared to hundreds of billions of US dollars, my face is nothing!"
"…" Natasha was stunned. Hundreds of billions of US dollars? What the hell was that?
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