If Larry and Sergey were easily swayed, it was only because Su Yehao was offering too much.

If they agreed to be acquired, after deducting the money to be distributed to the investors, they would not only have about six hundred thousand U.S. dollars left each but would also get their dream high-paying jobs.

They wouldn't have to worry about funding or their future, and they wouldn't have to worry about failing to start a business. The thought of bankruptcy wouldn't make them tremble.

From starting the business in September until now, after spending more than two months, the number of users of the backlink search engine had only increased from more than a thousand to more than eight thousand.

What was the point of having advanced algorithms when the actual experience couldn't compare to the wealthy Yahoo?

In order to continuously optimize the backlink search engine, they now had to pay out more than seventy thousand U.S. dollars every month. Even so, new employees often quit, feeling that the backlink company had no future at all.

Dreams couldn't be eaten, but working and earning a salary with hundreds of thousands of U.S. dollars while continuing to be managers was indeed very appealing to Larry Page and Sergey Brin.

An acquisition offer of two million U.S. dollars directly stunned them, their eyes filled with excitement.

Looking at Su Yehao again, he was drinking beer. Seeing the expressions on these two, he instantly guessed that he had probably offered too much.

As investments continued to be profitable, money flowed into his name as if blown in by a strong wind. Su Yehao had gradually become numb to spending money.

Last year, he felt that a few thousand dollars was expensive for buying a few boxes of sandalwood, but now, he could casually say two million U.S. dollars without almost any emotional fluctuation.

The change was indeed great.

After a brief consideration, Su Yehao asked, "Are there any restrictions on equity in the angel round of financing you accepted? If you are willing to be acquired by me, I can give you an annual salary of two hundred and fifty thousand U.S. dollars. As long as your performance is good enough, there will be bonuses and equity rewards."

Sergey almost nodded in agreement, but suddenly realized that the company wasn't just his own, so he glanced at Larry.

Larry Page swallowed.

The average annual salary in Silicon Valley was more than ninety thousand U.S. dollars, but that was for regular employees of formal companies. Even with a Ph.D. from Stanford University, an annual salary of two hundred and fifty thousand U.S. dollars was a pretty good figure, extremely tempting.

It was as if as long as he said "deal," the peak of his life would be right in front of him, not to mention that the annual salary of two hundred and fifty thousand U.S. dollars was just the base salary, and there was an additional opportunity to get bonuses and the like.

A startup company with only a few thousand active users could be sold for two million U.S. dollars, which was definitely enough to make people envious.

A few days ago, they heard that the Steel Giant game company had sold for more than two million U.S. dollars, and they had been envious and jealous.

At this moment, the same opportunity was in front of them. Larry Page felt particularly difficult, not knowing how to make a decision. He turned to Su Yehao again and asked, "Then what about financing? If we accept your financing, what kind of cooperation do you want?"

"...This requires a serious understanding of your company. I can't determine it for the time being."

As soon as Su Yehao finished speaking, Sergey couldn't sit still. He got up and tugged at Larry, smiling at Su Yehao and saying, "Please wait a moment, I'll discuss it with him..."

The clueless Larry Page obediently followed Sergey out of the bar.

The two stood at the door.

Sergey asked, "Larry, what do you think? I think his acquisition price is very sincere."

"But I still want to keep some shares. We've been thinking about the idea of a backlink search engine for more than two years. It's hard for me to accept just handing it over to others like this," Larry said.

Sergey said decisively, "But he gave a good number, which at least proves that our efforts have not been in vain. It's like a daughter who has been raised with great effort, marrying a good family and having a bright future, which is also good. Moreover, we will continue to stay at the backlink company. As long as our performance is good enough, we still have the opportunity to get equity rewards, and maybe we will gain more then."

Larry rubbed his brow, feeling a headache. He actually thought that Sergey was right. He said, "We don't have to rush to make a decision. We don't know what the financing plan is yet. Maybe if we get a million U.S. dollars, the company won't be short of money."

"But even if we get a million U.S. dollars, we may not get the full support of iCQ and tvt. What if he sends someone to investigate and finds that our company is not worth that much money at all? Wouldn't we become fools in other people's eyes?" Sergey continued.

With a very ordinary family background, Sergey was already very satisfied to have achieved what he had today. Therefore, he couldn't wait to seize the opportunity and didn't necessarily have the ambition to become rich and powerful.

Larry Page took a few deep breaths.

Even if it was a company they created themselves, Larry didn't think his company was worth two million U.S. dollars.

Suddenly, he realized that what Sergey said made sense. Larry bit his thumb, crossed his arms, walked back and forth for a while, and finally made up his mind and said:

"Not just us, the others in the team must also stay. Even if we only sell for more than a million U.S. dollars, we must keep 10% or 20% of the shares. This way, it won't delay his support for our company. When the number of users increases, we can also earn another sum of money by holding shares, that's it!"

After thinking about it, Sergey said readily, "Okay! Let's try it first..."

It was already past ten o'clock.

Su Yehao drank some beer and suddenly felt a little sleepy. The atmosphere for drinking tonight wasn't lively enough, so it was difficult to enjoy himself.

After Larry and Sergey came back, he continued to chat with them for a while. Since there were other investors involved, the two sides quickly reached an agreement.

The specific content was mainly a full acquisition for two million U.S. dollars, offering Larry and Sergey an annual salary of two hundred and fifty thousand U.S. dollars, promising not to lay off employees for three years, and giving the other employees of the backlink company a starting salary of one hundred thousand U.S. dollars.

In addition, it was also agreed that as long as the daily active users of the backlink company reached one million, Larry and Sergey would each be given 5% of the company's shares and promised to add anti-dilution clauses, so that they would each hold 5% of the company until before the listing.

If they wanted to sell, Su Yehao could also buy it back according to the market valuation, with the right of first refusal.

With the current scale of the backlink company, these conditions were already quite generous.

Especially the option reward plan of 10% shares for the two of them combined. Even if it was only 10%, as long as Su Yehao used iCQ and tvt to fully promote and develop the backlink search engine, this share would be more valuable in the eyes of Larry and Sergey than the shares they held today.

50% of one million U.S. dollars and 10% of ten million U.S. dollars were simple arithmetic problems that even elementary school students knew the latter was more.

Both sides were afraid that the other would go back on their word, so they found a lawyer on the spot and signed a memorandum first. Su Yehao wrote a check for six hundred thousand U.S. dollars and would sign a formal agreement tomorrow.

With the say of Larry and Sergey, they could make decisions directly without having to discuss with other investors.

Excusing that "Backlink" didn't sound good, Su Yehao suggested they change the company name to "Google."

Google, which was blown away by the butterfly's wings, finally came back.

The name was something that could be changed or not, but Su Yehao thought that changing it to Google was more in line with metaphysics. It seemed easier to succeed and more valuable...