If we talk about the facts, only about 30% of the transaction volume on Paypal comes from ebay, which means that the relationship between the two parties is actually not as close as everyone imagined. Moreover, historically, since Paypal was split from ebay, the mobile payment explosion encountered the outbreak of mobile payments, this world-wide third-party payment tool exploded. The market value reached US$130 billion a few years later, which is almost the same as the valuation of Ant Financial.

Although Zhou Shi is very sure Yahoo will not acquire ebay, there have been several boards of directors that formally discuss the pros and cons of the acquisition of ebay. Then the ebay split was miscarried, and soon afterwards, Yahoo's acquisition of ebay also miscarried.

Is he considered being shirtless? Zhou Shi doesn't understand very well. The commercial competition in modern society is becoming more and more complex. In many cases, it is not as naive as film and television dramas, nor is it as direct as novels. Just like Zhou Shi attacking Google and Microsoft, it is unknowingly. Perhaps they have not discovered it yet, and they will not discover the role Zhou Shi plays in it in the future.

There is a passage in Sun Tzu's Art of War: Anyone who is in the battlefield first and waits for the enemy, and those who are in the battlefield later and seeks to fight hard, so those who are good at fighting will lead people but not to others. A simple translation is: Any army that first arrives at the battlefield and waits for the enemy will be calm and proactive, and then arrives at the battlefield can only respond hastily and will definitely be tired and passive. Therefore, people who are good at commanding war always mobilize the enemy, rather than being mobilized by the enemy.

If you know where the road is, then letting your competitors take the initiative to go on the wrong path is undoubtedly the most clever strategy. The question is who can accurately predict the future, who knows that those directions have no future. No one will make mistakes that are too obvious, just like Google is now divesting its life service assets, that is, groupon. It seems that it is preparing to go public in the second half of this year. I don’t know if there is a market value of 10 billion US dollars, and whether Google can earn back its investment.

Groupon is quite excellent. Google's efforts on social networks can basically be wasted. Google video video competes with youtube. It was not until the mobile Internet era that Google android made some improvements on the mobile terminal through Google android.

Google acquired Motorola a few years ago, and then left behind a patent license, selling the business to Lenovo. Instead, it acquired a sub-brand that settled in HTC. HTC was suppressed by the nuts and Samsung's strength, and was soon expelled from the top ten in the world by several companies. Now HTC has lost its value of attention.

It cannot be said that Google has failed in recent years. There are still many successful products. Let’s not talk about searching, the world’s number one. Gmail, maps, earth, Android, and driverless driving are all very successful products. However, the Chrome browser, translation function, and Android system were intercepted by Time, which shakes Google’s foundation. Bill Guy said that Google android is worth 400 billion US dollars, and Time can account for at least one quarter of it.

This is not the key to Google. Several failures not only hit investors' confidence, but also the confidence of corporate managers and shake the confidence of Google employees. Why are their best employees hitting the market again and again? The wave of confidence is the most deadly and may not have any impact in a short period of time. If time and Yahoo fail, it will not have any impact. Once the two sides fall into a fight, Google's greater failure may occur.

"Don't worry, Google Groupon is not as good as us in terms of market share or professionalism." said Shen Haoyu, yelp's future ceo, said

Yahoo wants to split Yelp and go public independently, and Google has reported that it will let Groupon go public, without a doubt, and it is trying to crack down on Yelp. However, with Airbnb's Yelp and Groupon do not compete in the same dimension. Moreover, it also has a backup Oyo in India. Once things go wrong, it will immediately come over to compete with the traditional hotel industry. What will the future of Groupon that learns from Yelp and follows the same pace?

"You have to be careful. Google's biggest advantage is that it has more money..." Zhou Shi, it is unquestionable that Google has more money. In the same way, Baidu also has a lot of money among the Internet companies in China. However, there is no necessary connection between the more money and success or failure. It can only enlarge its own advantages many times.

A large company with a lot of money, a promising project is just part of the credit of their employees, and for startups, this is all about them. The level of focus between the two is definitely different. The biggest difference between Yelp and Google Groupon should be Zhou Shi's existence. He has always been clear about what he needs. With a clear goal and direction, Silicon Valley elites will generate extremely huge productivity while receiving high wages.

"Google shouldn't really let groupon go public independently, this is not in line with their past traditions and culture..." Mayer

The same person can play different roles in different positions. Under Zhou Shi's leadership, Mayer played a role beyond Zhou Shi's expectations. The success of Yahoo's many products has a lot to do with her almost obsessive-compulsive persistence.

Regardless of whether Google will let groupon go public independently, this shows that Yahoo's strength has made people feel uneasy, although Google's market value is about three times that of Yahoo. This is nothing. If it is ignored all the time, it only means that the company is not strong enough. Being valued and being cheated of by people means that your strength has made some people feel dangerous.

"Why is Google targeting Yahoo?" someone asked on Quora

"Because Yahoo accounts for nearly one-third of North America's search engine market, Google feels the crisis for the first time!"

"Because Yahoo is ahead of Google in the field of artificial intelligence, it makes him very upset!"

"Because Yahoo has the strength to challenge Google in all aspects!"

In the count of countless answers, it is actually just one sentence: Yahoo has hindered Google from making money.

"Who do you think is more optimistic about the competition between Google and Yahoo?" Such a problem appeared on Twitter, which caused a lot of discussion.

"Of course it's Google, Google has always been the best Internet company!"

"Yahoo's annual revenue is only more profitable than Google's annual profit, and it's still losing money now. What qualifications do you have to challenge Google..."

There is nothing wrong with this sentence. Google's annual revenue in 2014 was about US$60 billion, and its cash and cash equivalents were also US$60 billion, and its profit last year was about US$17 billion. Yahoo's revenue last year, forget it, I won't say it anymore. It's really no more profit than Google's last year.

"Google's two heroes and Smit are much better than Yahoo's management. The best people stay at Google. Mayer came to Yahoo because he couldn't make it through Google."
Chapter completed!