giants of the era

Chapter 320 Amazon E-Commerce Website

"Now it's just outside speculation, I just don't admit it anyway..." Li Zetian shrugged and said.Right now, the number of netizens is small, and the value of the browser has not been reflected.Therefore, even if people speculate that the Netscape browser company was founded by Li Zetian, it will soon be forgotten by people.In fact, apart from the industry paying attention to this matter, others don't care about it.

Sure enough, within half a month, the relationship between Netscape Browser and Li Zetian faded out of people's sight.

For Li Zetian, this is the best way to make a fortune in silence.

Netscape, Yahoo, and Google all developed very smoothly.Of course, so far, these three companies have been losing money, but due to their small scale, they can't burn much money. Even if the three companies add up, it is estimated that it is only a few million dollars a year.

With the invention of the www World Wide Web and the browser, more and more users joined the Internet, coupled with the shocking release of the Yahoo portal, it played a role in fueling the flames.Telecom companies have also realized the value of the Internet, so in the next six months, major telecom companies in the United States began to vigorously build commercial networks. In order to maintain its leading position, Sprint is also making every effort to build a larger fiber optic network.

By the end of the year, SprintNet alone had surpassed NSFnet in coverage.

In the past six months, Li Zetian didn't make any big moves, he seemed to hibernate and disappeared from people's sight.In fact, Li Zetian just settled down to study and improve his abilities in all aspects.And how should the companies under his name develop, or how to develop.As a hands-off shopkeeper, Li Zetian basically rarely participated.Of course, it was also because the umbrella company didn't have much cash reserves in its account, so Li Zetian was waiting for this year's dividend.With money, you can do things!

So, in January 1989, Li Zetian laughed, and the dividends really increased every year. In dividends in 1, Umbrella received $1988 billion.If it hadn't been for the outbreak of "Black Monday" in 85, it would take a while to breathe, and the dividends would only be more!
After the Umbrella Company received dividends, Li Zetian increased R&D investment for ASML, Applied Materials, Intel, Evolution Robotics, and Chronos Industries, and made every effort to improve the hardware level.If the hardware can't keep up, no matter how good the software is, it won't be able to keep up.Li Zetian invested US$12 billion in ASML, which only develops lithography machines.The more advanced the lithography machine, the more powerful the chip!
It has been several years since Li Zetian acquired ASML. Technically, ASML has surpassed RB Nikon and Canon.In terms of market share, ASML crushes both of them.You should know that both Intel Corporation and the wafer foundry belong to Li Zetian's industry, and the rich water does not flow to outsiders. The production equipment of the chips purchased are all from ASML and Applied Materials.

In fact, Li Zetian no longer regards RB Nikon and Canon as rivals.

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"Mr. Li, according to our statistics, as of January 1989, 1, the number of Internet users worldwide exceeded 1!" In the office, Dongfang Yuqin couldn't help saying excitedly.

Li Zetian smiled lightly: "As telecom companies enter the Internet access service industry one after another and computers become popular, the number of Internet users will show a leap forward! I estimate that by 1990, the number of Internet users worldwide will exceed 100 million!!!"

What Li Zetian said is not unreasonable. The penetration rate of personal computers in the United States is very high, and the network is developing very fast. With the efforts of major telecommunications companies, more and more users will access the Internet.

After a pause, Li Zetian continued: "In fact, 100 million is nothing. By the beginning of the 21st century, it may grow to 10 billion Internet users!"

Dongfang Yuqin opened her small mouth slightly, looking a little surprised.

Li Zetian took a sip of water, looked at Dongfang Yuqin's expression, and couldn't help laughing: "Don't believe it, the speed of Internet development is beyond your imagination!"

Seeing that Li Zetian was so determined, Dongfang Yuqin believed it in her heart, and immediately thought of something, and said, "Mr. Li, the number of netizens is increasing, and the pressure on broadband and servers is increasing. View Browser and Yahoo spend more and more money every day, but so far, the two companies have no means of making profits..."

Li Zetian leaned his head back on the chair and asked leisurely, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Dongfang Yuqin nodded and said: "I think this way, since there are so many netizens using Netscape browser and Yahoo portal on the Internet, is it possible to convert this traffic into money? As we all know, the TV industry's ratings The higher the rate, the higher the ad. And we can also use the huge network traffic for ad placement!"

When Li Zetian heard the words, he had to give Dongfang Yuqin a thumbs up, because she was so right.

"You can think of converting network traffic into advertising revenue, which is already very powerful!" Li Zetian clapped his hands and smiled, "Yes, advertising will be one of the main means of profit for Internet companies! However, advertising will affect user experience , I am not ready to open the advertising business yet.”

Dongfang Yuqin frowned slightly upon hearing this.

Li Zetian explained with a smile: "With the current number of netizens, how much money can you make even if you open an advertising business? As long as you monopolize the market and prevent competitors from taking advantage of it, you will naturally be able to earn back in the future."

"En." Dongfang Yuqin nodded.

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There is more than one smart person. With the increase in the number of netizens, the value of the Internet has been gradually reflected. More browsers have appeared on the market in an attempt to carve up Netscape's market share.The number of websites is also increasing, but the Yahoo portal is becoming more popular. The "Matthew effect" of the strong getting stronger and the weak getting weaker is fully reflected in this point.

Go out to find a map, go online to find Yahoo!
The first thing most Internet users do after dialing is to open the Yahoo portal, which seems to have become a habit.

Since then, as long as Yahoo does not make any big mistakes, other portals will definitely not be able to catch up.

Li Zetian often wonders whether it is possible to develop the Amazon website. Although e-commerce is a bit early, not only cannot make money, but even lose money, but at least he has taken the lead and occupied the e-commerce market.

So, at the end of January 1989, Li Zetian called Jeff Bezos and asked him to lead the development team to build the Amazon e-commerce website.

After Li Zetian finished speaking, Jeff Bezos couldn't help being surprised, and was deeply shocked by Li Zetian's thoughts.

At this time, Amazon Bookstore is not even in the top 30 in the huge US bookstore market, but Jeff Bezos believes that with the Amazon e-commerce website, Amazon will sooner or later become the largest retail bookstore in the world.

"Chronos Li is indeed a genius!" Jeff Bezos couldn't help sighing in his heart.

(End of this chapter)