Perhaps Robin Li and Ma Huateng didn't know that the emperor penguin master's thoughts were not on them at all.

At a distance of 20,000 kilometers from China, California in the United States is always 13 hours behind China due to geographical location and time zone. Therefore, April 1st in California is naturally later.

But at 9:30 in the morning, Larry Page was already sitting in the office.

This has been his habit in recent years.

Because, Google has not been having a good time recently.

As for Hans, the vice president in charge of Google's business in front of him, what he reported made me miss Sheryl Sandberg, the extremely capable female slut who used to sit in this position.

But anyway, that person has left Google.

"Cheryl rejected our proposal. After their cooperation with Bing expired this year, YouTube signed a three-year cooperation agreement again to continue to cooperate with Bing on search traffic.

Facebook, whose traffic has gradually surpassed MySpace, has also reached traffic cooperation with Bing. In other words, except for the webmaster alliance that we partially control, only MySpace will continue to cooperate with us."

Vice President of Business Hans frowned. Although this was his job, he did not report easily, which made Larry Page feel uncomfortable.

You know, Google invested 1 billion US dollars in advertising fees in myspace in exchange for three years of cooperation. However, the traffic myspace brought to Google was not as much as expected. In recent years, the growth of myspace has become increasingly mired in quagmire.

Because at the beginning, no one realized that the nature of myspace’s people was chaotic. As a result, the development of myspace in recent years has become increasingly chaotic, especially after News Corporation took over, they used more high-quality resources on their own group.

Business only.

If myspace didn't have a powerful search function,

If it weren't for Google, there would be no choice other than myspace.

Will Google continue to cooperate with MySpace?

Google does not,

But Google has no choice.

Because the situation reported by Hans is their current situation at Google.

In addition to the declining MySpace, Google only has some traffic from the Webmaster Alliance. The traffic giant Yahoo Portal has its own search engine, while the traffic upstarts YouTube and LinkedIn are unwilling to cooperate with them.

Although Amazon is currently cooperating with Google, Amazon’s investment in search engines is equally distributed. They have invested in traffic fees on Yahoo, Bing, Google and Microsoft. And Amazon’s future development trend is more like claiming to be a system.

company.

By that time, this company, which started as an online retail company, will also become one of the competitors that Google will face.

Can,

Google,

can hold it,

That day?

"I didn't see their president Reid Hoffman when I went to LinkedIn yesterday, and my discussions with their team in the morning felt perfunctory. Because no matter how I threw out the bait, the other party had no intention of following up.

.”

Hans did not notice Mr. CEO's mental activities, but sighed slightly. Although

Although it was an imperceptible movement, Larry Page, who had been paying attention to him, still clearly felt it.

"This is the situation that Google is currently facing. It is constrained at every turn and has no way out. It is like a trapped beast in the wasteland, guarding the search market that is gradually being eroded by Yahoo and Bing, and becoming a trapped beast in the last 12% of the space.

Fight."

Hans raised his head when he heard this, his frown filled with doubts.

Logically speaking, as the absolute leader of Google, Mr. CEO should not say such depressing words. But at this time, he directly put such words on the table.

Is it trust?

Not really!

This can only be said that Mr. CEO has no way to deal with the current predicament.

"Since Bing entered the United States in 2004, our market has been compressed by them." Larry Page said helplessly, "From a market share of nearly 40%, we have lost about 8% of the market every year.

Share. Thinking about it now, maybe we should focus on the search market at that time instead of expanding more business."

Focus on the market?

Isn’t it true that the longer you live, the more you will go back?

If Sheryl Sandberg, the vice president of business affairs at that time and former boss, had not discussed the cooperation with MySpace, would Google's market share today exceed double digits?

It can’t!

Thinking of this,

Hans sighed again in his heart.

perhaps,

When I let this strong woman go,

This is Google's biggest mistake over the years.

If she had stayed at Google, would Google still be what it is today?

All I can say is, one step is wrong and every step is wrong.

The helpless mood spread in the Google CEO's office, and for a while, the two of them had nothing to say.

I don't know how long this went on, but there was a rush of footsteps approaching from outside the door. As soon as they recovered, they heard a rush of knocking on the door.

The person who knocked on the door seemed to be in a hurry and did not take into account the possible impact.

Larry Page was very curious, and when he was about to answer the call, he saw the door being opened directly.

Sergey Brin appeared behind the door, and the serious expression on his face made the two people who looked at him feel depressed again.

"You have to take a look at this latest news," Sergey Brin said quickly, holding the monitor on Larry Page's desktop, "Quick, the front page headlines of the Yahoo portal!"

Hans's heart skipped a beat, and he suddenly felt that something bad was going to happen.

This vice president is not usually like this, unless... something big happens...

When he was about to get closer, he saw CEO Larry Page's pupils shrinking rapidly, and he saw him sitting helplessly on the stool without giving up his shoulders.

At this moment, Hans knew that something big must have happened over there without even looking.

…

On the morning of April Fool's Day, people working in Silicon Valley and Wall Street will still check today's current affairs news on the Yahoo portal, Bing News and YouTube websites from time to time when they turn on their computers.

As people who are extremely sensitive to information, whether they are startup companies or financial practitioners, it is an essential skill for them to dig out useful information from clues every day and apply it to their careers.

On April 1 this year, Google still did not release any product information as it did in previous years. After all, Google has no longer had this intention since 2005.

Perhaps, they themselves feel that releasing information on April Fool's Day is a very nonsense thing, right?

Perhaps Bing is now powerful enough that Google has no intention of making fun of it anymore.

Or perhaps, releasing new news on April Fool's Day has now become a habit of Bing?

But no matter what, life and work have to go on, and there will always be something else worth paying attention to.

People who have had these thoughts in their minds do not hold back on the passing thoughts.

Until 10:00 comes.

A hot piece of information was posted by people.

Yahoo portal, bing news and the front page headlines of youtube website!

OMG,

So exciting!

Is this going to change?

…

Standing in the open-air Liberty Garden Press Center of the World Trade Center in Manhattan, Lu Qi no longer felt nervous about making his debut on April 1, 2005. Anyway, over the years, he has long been accustomed to releasing important news on an entertainment festival like April Fools' Day in the West.

information.

An hour ago, Lu Qi just finished talking to Ning Zimo. During this hour, he checked the press release he had prepared in advance again in his mind.

The news to be released today is probably more than just shocking.

Anyone with some discernment will definitely realize that the search market will undergo the biggest change.

"Sir, the time is up. The reporters outside are waiting for you."

Knocks and shouts appeared outside the door, and Lu Qi stood up in response.

Lu Qi, who was holding his speech and looking in the mirror, straightened his collar one last time, then tried to raise the corners of his mouth and looked at it. Lu Qi, who was ready for everything, opened the door.

Walking from the somewhat dim passage to the open podium, Lu Qi had become accustomed to the bright flashing lights around him.

Standing in front of the podium and looking past the microphones on the table, Lu Qi saw that all the reporters in the audience were looking at him attentively.

Lu Qi looked up at the bar and glanced around, finally withdrew his gaze and tapped the microphone.
To be continued...