wild 1995

Chapter 111 Changes
It takes about 11 hours to fly from Pujiang to Amsterdam. Due to the time difference, Di Ye set off at noon on April 4 and arrived at the destination in the evening. The first netizen I saw was not the Dutchman who sent him the invitation. Te Poss, but the American Mark Anderson.

Anderson came to Europe with a vacation mentality. On April 4, he flew from San Francisco to Paris, bought a Porsche convertible sports car, and came to Amsterdam on a self-driving tour, spending time and drinking in this open city.

"Oh my gosh! I thought LRF was a nerd with glasses, but it turned out to be a sunny boy."

"Come on, Mark, you don't look like a programmer either."

In 2023, Anderson was a fat, bald man with an oval-shaped head, especially like Altman. However, in 1995, he was only 24 years old. He was in the prime of his youth. He was in good shape and had relatively good hair. Bushy, frivolously dressed, a typical American playboy image.

The image of Di Ye is the opposite of him. His facial features are relatively tough, but his facial contours are soft. He is recognizable but not aggressive. Coupled with Fu Wenjing's tailor-made clothes, he gives people a handsome and gentle feeling. Like a rich man, he attracts the attention of women in cafes.

"Mark, are you alone in Amsterdam?"

"Yes, Eric Biener and Lou Monterey still have work to do. They can fly to Frankfurt tomorrow and then go directly to Darmstadt."

"You're such a bad boss."

"You pushed us too hard."

Under the cover of night, Di Ye sat in a coffee shop on the bank of the Amstel River. After chatting with Anderson for a while, he found that he could stand out from the NCSA programming masters and become the leader of Mosic and Netscape. It’s not without reason that the founder of the company is full of energy, active in thinking, precise in vision, confident in speech and demeanor, and very contagious. In short, this guy has a domineering spirit.

Since the two usually only communicate through emails, their hobbies and living environments are far apart, and they lack common topics, so the small talk quickly turned into a negotiation-like discussion.

"Di, open source is a great idea, I appreciate it, but Athlon can't bring you financial benefits, if our two companies merge, you can get tens of millions of dollars worth of stock, and then continue to do what you want Things, isn't this better?"

"Mark, I've explained to you several times that merging with Netscape would cost me the initiative, and I want to be the sheriff of the World Wide Web, not an optional congressman."

"Reps aren't dispensable...well, most of them are dispensable, but what about Senators? If you agree to a merger, I can convince Jim and KPCB to put you on the board."

Dino sensed anxiety from Anderson's retreat, and tentatively asked, "Is your IPO going well?"

Anderson was very alert, and asked an irrelevant question: "Has Microsoft contacted you recently?"

Di Ye's heart moved, he picked up the exquisite porcelain cup, pretended to be drinking coffee, and while observing his expression, he said, "Mr. Reardon sent me an email a few days ago."

"Thomas Reardon?"

"Yes, he said he was the head of Microsoft's Internet Explorer project."

Anderson's face became serious unconsciously, and he asked directly, "Does he want to buy Athlon?"

"Business secrets, I can't say."

"Di, we are friends!"

"No, we are competitors."

Anderson had no choice but to return to the topic just now, and explained: "Our IPO is going well, Wall Street is very satisfied with the press conference on March 3, but the problem is that the press conference that day was so successful that it shocked everyone. Bill Gates."

"and then?"

"Then Gates contacted Clark about buying some shares in Netscape."

When Di Ye heard this, a half-truth and half-false surprised expression appeared on his face, because Microsoft did acquire Netscape shares in history, but it was not in April, but in June.

"Do you agree?"

"We are still negotiating, and the conditions given by Microsoft are too harsh."

Di Ye picked up his cup again, took a sip of coffee, and said, "Let me guess, Netscape wants to give Microsoft a board seat, open technology to Microsoft, and can't develop a browser based on the next-generation operating system..."

As if seeing a ghost, Anderson stared and asked, "How do you know? Did Thomas Reardon tell you?"

"No, I guess."

"Microsoft gave you a similar condition?"

Di Ye shook his head and smiled, bluffing: "This is a commercial secret, I can't say it, you can guess whatever you want."

Anderson then said that Gates is a devil, Microsoft is a cancer, etc., which filled the cafe with a joyous atmosphere. Di Ye waited for him to complain, and suggested: "Mark, let's play an information exchange game." Let's play, I ask you something about Microsoft, and you ask me something about Microsoft, how about it?"

"Okay. Who will ask first?"

"How about tossing a coin?"

"good idea."

There was no euro in 1995. Di Ye took out a coin with a face value of 1 Dutch guilder, and Andersen and Anderson each selected a pattern, tossed it with their fingers, and then caught it with the back of his hand. As a result, he won, and asked: "How much is Microsoft going to pay?" Money to buy a stake in Netscape?"

"$1 million, up to 20% of the shares."

"Okay, it's your turn to ask me."

"My question is the same, how much money does Microsoft plan to pay for Athlon?"

Di Ye spread his hands and said with a smile: "I don't know, because Mr. Reardon didn't mention the acquisition of Athlon in the email, but only said that he wanted to have an interview with me in Darmstadt."

Annoyed, Anderson picked up his cup and drank the coffee, saying, "Reardon is here too, which will make you the center of attention in Darmstadt."

"Maybe he just wanted to chat with me about the technical aspects of CSS."

"Come on, Reardon is a senior vice president of Microsoft, one of Bill Gates' most trusted people, he will not come to Europe for a technical problem."

Hearing this, Di Ye was thoughtful, and after chatting with Anderson for a while, he paid the money and left the cafe. Before leaving, he looked at his Porsche convertible sports car and asked, "Will you drive this to Darmstadt tomorrow?" special?"

"Yeah, if you don't have much luggage, you can come with me, or you can buy a car, and let's go for a short rally."

"No, I have a companion, and I intend to take the train to Darmstadt."

"Only the most boring people take trains."

There are not many men who don't like cars, especially sports cars. Di Ye thinks it's rare to come to Europe, so he might as well buy one and ship it back to China, saying: "After the World Wide Web Conference is over, I will run a rally with you. to Paris."

"Great, I'll wait for you."

After parting from Anderson, Di Ye took out the new mobile phone he bought at the airport, called Xia Fangfei, and asked where she and Huang Ya planned to go.

As a result, the two girls let themselves go and wanted to go to the most famous scenic spot in Amsterdam to see the world, so they pushed the boat along the way and took the two of them for a stroll in the name of flower guardians, learning the advanced experience of the capitalist world and enriching their emotional life.

The next morning, with a happy mood and a tired body, Di Ye boarded the train to Frankfurt and spent a day with Huang Ya and Xia Fangfei there. Head to Tamstadt, 4 km away.

　Thanks to the book friends "TT Fox", "Pear Blossom Pressing Begonia", "Y Haosheng Withered" for their support.

　　
　
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