Wang Tu Baye

Chapter 20 Joe and Larry
When Verus left the bar, he still sneaked through the back door alone. He absolutely did not want the photo of him meeting Lenny Wilkens to be taken by the paparazzi. It will be a big trouble.

Verus, who still took a taxi, decided to find a small hotel near the airport for the night. There were not many flights in the early hours of the morning, and it felt uncomfortable to stay overnight on the plane.

Verus, who arrived at the airport early in the morning before dawn, had to squeeze himself into the damn narrow space again. He was indignant and lamented the evil capitalism. It is no wonder that there are too many luggages to accommodate so many people. Every time I take off the small plane under my buttocks, there is a feeling that it is too hard to fly because it is too hunched.

At 10:30 in the morning, Verus appeared on time at the entrance of the Coupa coffee shop in Silicon Valley. Standing there looking around, he found the two people sitting in the corner.

Verus walked over quickly and greeted: "Hi, Larry, hi, Joe, long time no see, how are you doing recently? You are all busy people now, we don't have time to go sailing around the world together. "

The two people called Larry and Joe stood up and gave Verus a big hug and greeting. Larry said: "We have a lot of things to do every day. How can you have such a good life like a kid? , I really envy you that you can go to the South Pole and the North Pole at any time."

Joe rarely smiled and said: "I really miss those days when we sailed out to challenge the three oceans together. If there was no you in the Luwei Sailing Challenge, the two of us would be nothing."

Verus hurriedly yelled: "Stop, stop, every time you say this old meme, punish you to buy coffee, everyone has said not to mention it again, you are still fouling."

Larry pulled Verus to sit down, and shouted: "Yes, old Joe, I punish you to buy coffee quickly, we both follow the old rules, you know. Come, Verus, sit here, you say yes You want us to look at this investment plan, it’s a big new thing for you, a kid from a rich family, to start a business, I have to take a good look at your plan.”

Verus touched his nose and seemed a little helpless. Once a person's label was stamped, it would be difficult to tear it off. He sat down and took out the plan he had prepared from his purse, handed it to Larry and said, "Larry, I now It was the general manager of the Golden State Warriors, and the plan was built around my team and my brother Doug's San Jose Sharks hockey team. The start-up plan is here, and you two big brothers help guide it."

The archetype in Iron Man's life is this great god Larry. He is unrestrained and suave by nature, and once he is serious, he is very serious. After receiving the proposal handed over by Verus, he looked down carefully page by page, immersed in it. Even when Joe called him for coffee the second time, he was still thinking about it as if he didn't hear him.

The plan is actually not long and there are not many pages, but Larry flipped through it over and over and began to pause to think word by word. When the coffee was completely cold, he raised his head, handed the plan to Joe with a serious face and said, "Joe, you Take a good look too, we are really old."

Madman Joe is no longer as proud and arrogant as before, but he knows that his best friend, paranoid Larry, will always despise everything. The famous saying "not only I want to succeed, but I want everyone else to fail" resounds throughout Silicon Valley.

Hearing this, Qiao, who had been serious for three minutes, took the plan with suspicion, read it carefully, and tapped the coffee table slightly while reading.

It took another half an hour to look at it, and Larry bowed his head in silence, his face was serious, and he looked like he was thinking hard.

Putting down the plan in their hands, Joe and Larry looked at Verus together, and Joe said, "So you are the biggest monster."

Verus smiled wryly and said, "I'm just playing around. How can I compare to the fruits and oracle bones of you two Silicon Valley gods? You are the bosses of the future world's top 500 companies."

Larry grabbed the conversation and said: "No, your way of thinking and the Internet concept you described are at least 50 years ahead of this era. Before this plan, all other entrepreneurs should be swept into the garbage, including Me and Joe."

Joe nodded and said in agreement: "That's true. I'm not afraid of not knowing the goods, but I'm afraid of comparing goods. It turns out that we, the so-called Silicon Valley elites, have been watching the sky in the well, trapped in the version 1.0 of the Internet you mentioned, and don't know where the road is. You have already left dozens of us in the lead, and your plan is at least Internet 3.0, 4.0 or even higher."

Larry snatched it up and said, "Joe, what you said is too conservative. This is at least version 5.0 and 6.0. We are still at the most primitive stage of vying for users' attention, attracting traffic and sticking to the portal website to provide customized services on demand." stage. I used to be complacent about my unique way to specialize in the enterprise market, but now I know that the World Wide Web can play like this!"

Verus had to raise his hand to stop the endless discussion between the two, and he asked weakly: "Then I can find a venture capitalist to try this plan? I have already made an appointment, and I will wait later"

Larry and Joe jumped up together and shouted, "No, absolutely no VCs, you madman."

Larry and Joe looked at each other, and Larry said, "Joe and I are here to invest in you, and you will let those vampire VCs go as far as you want."

Joe nodded and said, "Yes, we won't have any additional clauses, we only invest money and don't have any control rights and property rights. Your valuation is too low. We will find a professional to re-check for you. Larry and I share 5 Just keep the % unchanged."

(End of this chapter)