Chapter 2094: Counterproductive
"Haha," Robin laughed when he saw Schmidt, a famous gentleman in Silicon Valley who always had a kind smile like a Kentucky Fried Chicken colonel, so excited.
"I don't know. Do you know better?" He tapped his index finger on the table a few times, making a clear "thump" sound. "In China, not all search companies can become Baidu!"
No matter what kind of image he has in front of the public, every entrepreneur will always be so domineering in his own one-third of an acre of land.
Schmidt had never seen Robin like this before. He was a little dazed for a moment, but his eyes became sharper.
Although he has always behaved a little weakly at Google, in front of Page and Brin, and the younger but more accomplished Feng Yiping, this really does not mean that he will be the same in front of other people. .
Even in front of the founder of Wolf Factory, who he believed might pose a threat to Google.
Because he is the CEO of the company with the largest market value in the Internet field and the most successful Internet company in the world.
He looked deeply at Robin and prepared to turn around and leave.
Feng was right. When he came to discuss acquisitions at this time, he was indeed just like Semel, the CEO of Yahoo at that time, who went to Google to ask Page and others to make an offer. It was purely self-defeating because he couldn't get along with him.
He didn't even want to say goodbye.
Google has surpassed Yahoo, and now even the old technology giant Microsoft doesn't care. No matter how good the company I visited after it went public, its market value will never exceed US$5 billion, which is only a fraction of Google's market value. That’s all.
So, once you really make up your mind, what is there to worry about?
"Schmidt, please," Robin ran after him and stopped him, "I'm sorry, as a Chinese, I shouldn't say that. Although it is the truth, I should be more humble."
Schmidt frowned and looked at him, "This is not even an apology."
"Forget it Schmidt, do we have to act like children? You said something extreme, and I said something extreme too,"
Schmidt also knew that he had indeed said something extreme first, and then the man in front of him, who was also very humble in the eyes of the public, responded tit for tat without any sign of weakness.
However, I am the CEO of Google after all. How can you have the confidence to confront me tit for tat?
"You know that I come here with full sincerity, and you also know that there are not many opportunities for Google to extend an olive branch. If you miss it, you will never see it again."
"Please sit down," Robin led him to sit down. "Schmidt, I think we can just discuss the issue of sincerity."
"Do you doubt my sincerity?" Schmidt, who had his legs crossed, couldn't help leaning forward. "Do you know how much work I did for this trip? You know, in order to convince them to agree to my Try, how hard did I try?”
"No Schmidt, you misunderstood. This is not what I mean by sincerity," Robin waved his hand.
"You know, we have been intensively planning the IPO in the past few months. You also know how difficult it is to have a successful IPO. You also know that during this period, any small disadvantage will Investors will look at them with a high-power magnifying glass, which may even lead to irreparable consequences..."
"Let's just say it," Schmidt interrupted.
"Okay, as the CEO of Google, you must also know that Google China, or Google, is preparing to invest heavily in brand promotion activities for the first time,"
"And we all know that from the beginning to now, Google has never had such a precedent, but this time it breaks this precedent, this is one of them,"
"Secondly, the timing of the promotion is exactly before we prepare to submit the prospectus. Schmidt, if you think about it, do you think that all this is a bit too subtle?"
"If you think about it, do you think this represents sincerity?"
Robin almost wanted to knock on the table again. Is this sincerity? This was obviously a deliberate attack.
"First of all, I want to say that although we attach great importance to the Chinese market, people at my level do not need to pay attention to such issues in the regional market," Schmidt said.
This is the domineering style of a gentleman.
You regard the Chinese market as huge as the sky, and you regard the short-term success in the Chinese market as huge as the sky. However, for us, the Chinese market is just a regional market for us.
In your opinion, I don’t even need to know about the arrangements that Google may have a great impact on you, those arrangements that are very important.
"Secondly, Google is a very open company. Google China has a very high degree of freedom. I don't know much about the work you mentioned, and I won't ask about it."
Robin really doesn't believe what he said, so just pretend!
This adds up to an investment of over 100 million, and the promotional activities cost almost as much as our entire revenue last year. Will they not go through Google headquarters?
When you come to China this time, will the executives of Google China report to you on the progress in this regard? Who are you lying to?
"Of course, now I know about this promotion event planned by China. I have seen their plan and I think it is a good plan. As for the timing, I think it is purely coincidental,"
"We all know that such activities cannot be carried out on a whim. This plan has been in preparation since the beginning of the year when we officially launched the search service to the Chinese market,"
"I think sometimes, we should not have a clear understanding of ourselves. How should I put it? A fact that may make people a little embarrassed is that it is very likely that in the eyes of outsiders, you are not as important as you think,"
"You think that some things may be deliberately targeted, but in fact, it may really be self-indulgent,"
This is not quite impolite, but very impolite.
He is equivalent to saying, do you think we are targeting you? You really think too much, because, in fact, you don't even have the qualifications for us to target you.
After determining that his efforts would not have any results, Schmidt, who was completely let go, was not ordinary sharp.
"Haha, Schmidt, you are so humorous," Robin laughed.
After listening to Schmidt's words, he really didn't want to laugh.
When being said to be self-indulgent, who still wants to laugh is a third grandson.
However, Schmidt insisted on coming to the door because he thought that he should at least make another effort and try again for the sake of Google's interests, even if the process of such efforts and attempts might not be so pleasant, it didn't matter.
Robin was still smiling at this time, in fact, he was also considering the interests of the company he founded.
When promoting abroad, they have always packaged themselves as "China's Google". If Google stands up and clearly questions this point at this time, it will undoubtedly make their wishful thinking fall through.
Therefore, at such a critical moment, it would be too unwise to have a bad relationship with Google. Some possible consequences are too heavy for their IPO to bear.
Secondly, he also wanted to use Schmidt's influence to solve another problem that made him worried.
"My opinion is that the premise for us to explore this possibility is best based on Google China canceling its targeted promotion and publicity,"
This is another reason for him to smile.
In order to make the IPO unaffected, to make the pre-sale very successful, and to make the issue price higher, higher, and higher, what does it mean to smile?
Besides, there is still a long time, and there will be plenty of time to be calm in the future.
Schmidt also laughed, "Robin, I think I may have just met the real you today,"
When you can clearly say no, you still want me to interfere and cancel the carefully prepared promotion in China. How stupid do you think I am?
I will hit harder with this punch.
"We will have more time and opportunities to get to know each other in the future,"
Schmidt shook his head, "I think it's enough, there is no need at all,"
"Then I wish you a smooth listing, goodbye,"
Robin was stunned. Is this what you call hard work and sincerity? You don't even consider such a request from me?
Seeing that Schmidt was very determined this time, he made some additional explanations, "Schmidt, you have to understand that you have always firmly controlled the control of the company, but I am not. I must pay attention to the opinions of investors, so..."
Even if I can't use Schmidt's hand to interfere with Google China's promotion, in any case, it is a big premise not to make enemies with Google at this time.
Schmidt didn't say another word. After getting in the car, he immediately called Zhao Yong, "Zhao, is there anything the headquarters can do for this promotion?"
ps: Happy New Year to everyone!