Manopark, California.
Some garage.
It's not entirely right to say that this is a garage, because "XX company" is still hanging on the front door of the garage. There are so many companies with "garage" as the carrier in the United States.
After all, famous Microsoft and apple were both born in garages.
Garage is the office place of the enterprise. At the end of the 90's, with the popularity of the Internet, it seems to have become a kind of culture!
"Hello ~!"
"Guys, stop!"
"I have two good news to tell you solemnly!"
Larry Page, who is only 25 years old, rushed into the garage excitedly.
However
The jubilant Larry Page did not receive any response.
There's no one in the garage but Larry Page. The good news can't be shared. It's so boring. For a moment, he was a little frustrated.
There are only three people in Google today!
Larry Page is the CEO of the company;
Sergey Brin is the CEO and creative officer of the company;
Craig Silverstein, the first employee recruited by Google after its establishment, is the company's technology director;
Small as the sparrow is, it has all the five internal organs!
Well, today's Google is not the one with a market value of nearly one trillion US dollars in the future, which can be described as "shabby".
Until ten o'clock at noon.
Two other people at the company, Sergey Brin and Craig Silverstein, were late.
"Guys, I've been waiting a long time for you to come back at noon." Larry complained.
Hearing this, Sergey Brin said, "why else? To raise money, of course. You know, in the past two months, we have taken over all the money we can borrow. Now there is less than $30000 left on the company's book. If we can't raise any more money, we can declare the company closed down! "
Craig echoed: "yes, I'm going to run out of money. Two bosses are going to owe me salary."
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Larry Page was stunned for a few seconds, then suddenly bounced out of his seat: "how can we say that we are at the end of our tether?"
Sergey and Craig immediately nodded.
Starting a business is not as easy as they think.
In particular, Larry and Sergey are the owners and shareholders of the company. In order to build Google, they pieced together and borrowed $100000 from their teachers to raise $1 million.
At that time, they were so ambitious, Lin Yun.
But now, the money is running out, and the products of our company don't even have a fart.
"Don't lose heart, guys!"
"I have good news to announce," Larry Page said
"What's the good news?" Sergey asked
Craig: boss, come on
"Guys, our search engine patent has been registered and approved by the federal authorities!" Larry Page announced aloud.
"Oh."
Sergey and Craig, though moving, were not as excited as Larry Page had imagined.
"Guys, give me a reaction." Larry yelled.
Sergey said dejectedly: "Larry, the patent application has passed, but we still have to pay a sum of money. Moreover, global patents in Asia, Europe and other places need a lot of money. We don't have money, man!"
"Yes, boss."
Craig also echoed: "after the patent passed, we need to buy new machines and more high-end computer equipment to test the search engine. These also need money."
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When it comes to money, today's Larry Page has nothing to do with it.
Until now, they have taken all the money they can borrow.
For a moment, the joy of patent application completely disappeared, and the whole garage was silent.
"Ding Ding ~!"
At this time, the doorbell came from the door.
"You have your express, please sign for it." A delivery boy wearing "FedEx" appeared.
express delivery?
The three of them sign for the express and open it dejectedly.
"Why?"
"Lying trough!"
"My God
"True or false?"
"Mr. Zucker Wald, a famous super rich man, even invited us to invest in our search engine!"
At this moment, Larry, Sergey, Craig three people from dejected to surprised, and then to today's madness, is undoubtedly excited.
"No one else is joking, that's Mr. Zucker Wald!"
Larry was shocked.
In today's America, the name of Zucker Wald is a myth!
At the age of 21, Zhuke, through a series of operations, has made a fortune of over US $1 billion in just three years. In particular, the investment of ICQ has been talked about by many Internet people.
Invest in Netscape stock;
Invest in Yahoo stock;
Become a major shareholder of Amazon;
Invest and create the world's first "Internet career Recruitment" Lingying company.
Needless to say, Zucker's reputation in the Internet circle is no less than that in Hollywood, and even slightly better.
Angel investor Zhuke, famous!
Zhuke is the inspirational idol of countless young people with dreams!
All afternoon, the three spent in excitement and excitement, and opened a $50 bottle of champagne to celebrate.
.......
night.
Larry Page personally called his Stanford teacher, Andy behtoheim, to let him know.
"Eh?"
"Is it really chuck Wald?"
"From what I know of this man, he is young, but he is a man of considerable credit. Now that he has invited you, it shows that he is really interested. "
"Larry, you and Sergey must be well prepared to show the best to Mr. Wald."
"This opportunity is precious. Don't miss it."
As the University doctoral tutor of Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Andy behtoheim has helped them a lot.
A few months ago, when the two of them showed teacher Andy their search engine, Andy wrote them a check for $100000 without hesitation.
"This is my aid to you. Don't be afraid of the difficulties ahead. Go ahead boldly. I believe you will succeed!"
Until now, both of them have always remembered this sentence.
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At the same time.
Sergey Brin's home.
"Look, sister. It won't be long before your brother and I will become a billionaire, a new upstart in technology and the Internet. "
"You know, Larry and I are both recognized by Mr. Zucker Wald!"
"We will make it."
Sergey Brin kept telling his 14-year-old sister what he felt at the moment.
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Craig Silverstein, as the first employee of Google in addition to two bosses, although he doesn't hold shares in the company, as an Internet person, he is also very excited at the moment.
Who doesn't want to succeed?
For success, everyone has the right to pursue!
No one can take it away!
Zucker Wald, just this name, can shock countless Internet people.
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