Although Boss Jia didn't know why Huang Yiming wanted him to talk to him, he knew that since Huang Yiming had put forward such a special request, it meant that if he went, he might have a high chance of success.
Besides, Boss Jia was also a curious person. He really wanted to know what Huang Yiming was up to.
So, accompanied by two bodyguards, Boss Jia went downstairs to Company 51. It could be seen that the company was very poor at the moment. At least they chose to work in a residential building instead of a luxurious office building.
But Boss Jia didn't expect to see an acquaintance when he arrived at the entrance of the residential building.
"Little Fatty! Why are you here? " Seeing a familiar little fatty, Boss Jia asked with some surprise. Boss Jia still had a deep impression of this little fatty who had once saved his life in a crisis. After seeing him again, he recognized the other party's identity at a glance.
"Mr. Jia, you still remember me!" Hearing Boss Jia call him little fatty, Huang Yiming immediately became excited. In fact, he asked Boss Jia to negotiate with him by name because Huang Yiming wanted to know if Boss Jia had forgotten him. Because Huang Yiming didn't forget his big boss friend for a moment!
After all, they hadn't seen each other for three years. Boss Jia, who was worth billions of dollars, was likely to have forgotten him. So Huang Yiming made up his mind that if Jia Yapeng didn't recognize him, he wouldn't make this deal.
This was the kind of emotion that only a teenager would have. Years later, when Huang Yiming thought of this memory, he wanted to find a hole to hide in. He was too retarded.
"Of course I remember you. You saved my life!" Boss Jia patted Huang Yiming's shoulder happily, then smiled and said, "Since we've met, wait for me. I'm going to negotiate with a guy. After that, I'll treat you to dinner!"
"Mr. Jia, who are you going to negotiate with?" Huang Yiming asked curiously.
"A guy with his ass in the air!" Boss Jia scolded, "This guy dared to ask me to come over for a talk. If I don't like him, I'll kick his ass!"
"Haha …" Huang Yiming suddenly laughed awkwardly. When he was about to explain, he saw Boss Jia's slightly smiling eyes. He suddenly realized and said, "You already know that guy is me!"
"Nonsense!" Boss Jia really slapped Huang Yiming's ass fiercely, "How can there be such a coincidence in the world? You're waiting for me downstairs of the company I'm going to negotiate, and the boss of the company asked to see me. Even a fool can guess that you're the guy with his ass in the air!"
"Sorry, I just want to see you, but I'm worried that you don't have time to meet me!" Huang Yiming said with a grin. Then, the two of them got into the elevator. Boss Jia said directly in the elevator, "Well, since it's you, little fatty, I won't treat you as an outsider. Tell me honestly, among all the companies that have contacted you, which one offered the highest price?"
"Make a guess!" Huang Yiming didn't answer, but asked instead.
"If I guess it, you have to tell me everything you know!" Boss Jia said.
"No problem!"
"Okay, I guess Yahoo offered the highest price, right?" Boss Jia squinted and asked.
"How did you know?" Hearing Boss Jia's answer, Huang Yiming was really shocked. He thought that Boss Jia would say Microsoft and Apple. After all, those companies didn't lack money. Yahoo and Amazon were just established less than a year ago. Huang Yiming didn't expect Boss Jia to say Yahoo directly.
"It's very simple. It's because Yahoo needs 51 the most!" Boss Jia laughed. "A web portal and a search engine. Is there a better combination in the world?"
"You are amazing! No wonder you are the richest man in Hua Xia! "Huang Yiming exclaimed.
The one who offered the highest price was indeed Yahoo. Even though Yahoo had only been established for less than a year, it was already the most prosperous company in the entire internet industry.
Before the emergence of Yahoo, although there were portals on the Internet, they were very niche. They all gathered a part of their content. For example, there were portals that specialized in BBC, and there were portals that specialized in corporate websites, etc. Everyone was limited to a certain circle.
But Yahoo was different. Once Yahoo appeared, it took over all the different types of websites under its banner. Then, it used a novel layout method to make the hundreds of links on the web page look organized and not cumbersome at all.
In the future, all the web portals in the world copied Yahoo's layout method 25 years ago. Until now, there were not many changes.
That's why Yahoo beat all the other web portals and became the biggest web portal in the United States. After that, Yahoo received tens of millions of USD in financing and quickly set up a global presence. If Boss Jia remembered correctly, Yahoo will be listed on Nasdaq next year. Once it is listed, it will have a valuation of 500 million USD. It is a giant unicorn in the internet era.
One could imagine how powerful a web portal would be when it had a search engine as its weapon. When the two were combined, it would be extremely powerful.
If Google and Yahoo had merged together, and Baidu and Sohu had merged together, the world would have changed!
That's why Yahoo is determined to win 51 Search. Also, Yahoo had just completed a Series B round of financing and has tens of millions of USD in funds. They should be the one with the highest bid.
As for Microsoft and Apple, one is selling operating systems, and the other is selling PCs. Their businesses are not integrated with search engines, and these two companies are only looking for a strategic investment.
Since it is a strategic investment, they will be very calculative. It is already very impressive for them to offer 10 times the original price. It is impossible to expect them to be like Yahoo and invest a large sum of money to improve their product chain.
As for Amazon, Boss Jia had other interesting arrangements, so there was no need to talk about it.
"Alright. Yahoo is willing to acquire us for 12 million USD. We had agreed, but they want to acquire all our shares. My partner and I are hesitant. We do not want to give up our business!" Huang Yiming said sincerely.
"Only 12 million! He's still a little too petty! " Boss Jia laughed. "How about this? I will give you 20 million USD, and you sell 51 search engine to me. What do you think?"
"Really?!" Huang Yiming was overjoyed, but he hesitated for a while and said. "Mr. Jia, Microsoft had offered me 5 million USD for 49% of the shares. You only need to give me 4 million USD, and I will sell you 49% of the shares. What do you think?"
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