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   Chapter 110 Tension

   Song Yang is naturally aware of what Bledsoe Jayden has done in Silicon Valley, but sometimes it's not that easy to deal with someone who doesn't want a face.

  Song Yang is not very good at dealing with that guy himself. Apart from causing a mess and dealing with a bad guy, he won't get any benefit.

  Only when Bledsoe Jayden makes a mistake, Song Yang only needs to push a little, and he can dig a hole and jump in!

   After returning to San Jose, Song Yang basically ran between San Jose University and the ICQ office building.

The arrival of    Whitman is also a big change for Irene, and Irene's way of handling things has also become a lot more sophisticated.

There is no need for Song Yang to worry about Double-click Company. After Whitman joined, he immediately launched a fierce attack on Double-click's opponents, robbing many sponsors of Internet advertising companies such as L90 and VCLK. Double-clicking the new female head, the style of play is a bit fierce, and it seems that there is no way for them to survive.

Hotmail mailboxes are still very popular. The number of global users has continued to grow explosively. Starting from reaching 3 million users, it has launched a charge towards the threshold of 5 million. For Hotmail, it seems that it is only a matter of time. .

   But in the technology industry, Hotmail is not a unique show, whether it is a new player or an old player, they are desperately showing their presence.

  Although there are countless players pouring into the Internet every day, the entry of Enron, the "rookie", is particularly noticeable.

   Now, the advertisements of Enron Online have started to appear overwhelming. Whether it is on the Internet or on Wall Street, the advertisements of Enron Online can be seen everywhere.

   is not even limited to America. In those old financial places in London, Enron Online's advertisements are still loud.

"The next decade belongs to Enron", "The future global energy trading center is Enron Online", and other inspiring slogans continue to sound, Enron Online has been shaped into a new "Holy Land of Wealth", it seems that as long as Enron Online Open a trading seat, and the US knife is at your fingertips.

  The overwhelming publicity made Enron Online quickly known to the financial industry. The Enron Energy Exchange, which has not yet been launched, has been touted as an existence on a par with the Chicago Board of Trade and the London Gold Exchange.

   Countless players in this field are all gearing up, ready to enter Enron Online and show their strength in the new "online energy trading market".

  Especially when Enron announced that it would spend a lot of money to build a "Houston Energy Exchange" building in Houston, Enron Online's publicity reached its peak!

Enron paid more than 250 million US dollars for this building. Once completed, this energy exchange will become the largest trading center in the world. Countless people who saw this news began to believe in online energy. The deal is very promising, otherwise how could Enron invest hundreds of millions of dollars to build only one building?

And just after Anran released the news, it was circled out of the area around the Houston Energy Exchange, and the price of land began to rise sharply. Securities, investment banks, banks, hotels and other companies poured in, all wanting to win the land around the Houston Energy Exchange. , they all want to use Enron's influence to develop their own business.

   Think about it, once this energy exchange is completed, the people who come here will be energy investors from all over the world, and they are also the richest group of people in the world. Who doesn’t like this group of people? !

  Houston and even Texas are naturally happy to see this phenomenon happen, and even contribute to it, transferring a large piece of land to Enron at a low price to build the building.

   When Song Yang saw these reports, he could only sigh, Anran is really a giant now, and every move can affect countless companies and industries, even a city, all follow Anran!

In addition to the rookie Enron, the old players also performed fiercely. Netscape, which completed the listing, handed over the answer sheet for the third quarter, with a revenue of more than 42 million US dollars, a record high, a single quarter, compared with the previous quarter. Revenue has doubled, which is equivalent to three times as much as last year's full-year revenue!

As soon as the news came out, Netscape's stock price rose sharply, directly breaking through $120, and it seemed that it was far from reaching its limit.

   Countless Internet and technology media have begun to shout that sentence, "The era of Netscape is coming!"

  What Yahoo, AOL, DoubleClick, Hotmail, Lycos, etc., in front of Netscape, all are not enough to see, the center of the Internet is Netscape, this is the voice of countless people.

   "The New York Times", the Wall Street Journal, etc. began to report on Netscape again, "Netscape is the one that changed the world. Since Netscape went public, everything has changed..."

   This is almost equivalent to the major media publicly acknowledging the role of Netscape, which has established a new era and can be compared with Microsoft.

But what really caught the eye was that after these media reports, Goldman Sachs, the leader of Wall Street, stood up and announced that it would change Microsoft's stock from buy to hold. Although Goldman Sachs said that it was still optimistic about Microsoft, this statement, Investors understand with their feet.

   On that day, Microsoft's stock price fell abruptly. You must know that Microsoft's stock price rating was downgraded for the first time in the more than ten years since its listing, which means it is self-evident.

Netscape President Baxder, representing the two founders of Netscape, accepted an exclusive interview with Time Magazine. It was really Jim Clark and Mark Anderson who were on this shit, and they were about to vomit. I don't know how many times I've been to Time magazine, so this time I left it to Baxter to take the limelight.

  Baxder's interview with Time Magazine continued the style of Mark Anderson and was cynical about Microsoft.

   "Microsoft is wrong, the future world is not a computer, but the Internet!"

When he said this, Baxter gave a smile that was enough to mock Bill Gates, "The Internet is a place that does not tolerate mistakes, and Microsoft can no longer find the right way, just like a skyscraper, a certain If there is a problem with the foundation, no matter how brilliant the building is, when you hear a "squeak" from the building, be careful not to be hit by the building!"

The reporter from   Time Magazine, upon hearing this, immediately said to Baxter, "President Baxter, do you think Microsoft will collapse?"

   "I never said that, it's just a small metaphor." Baxter said with a smile, without the slightest willingness to explain, just to tell the world that Microsoft is the building with the foundation problem.

The reporter from Time Magazine was also stunned. Seeing that Baxter was unwilling to be as hard-faced as Mark Anderson, he changed his way of asking, "Then what do you think, when will this building with its foundation fail? down?"

   "I don't know, but it is possible that a small earthquake may cause a disaster. Netscape is about to launch a brand-new browser that changes the era!"

   At the last moment, Baxter hinted that, although he didn't say it explicitly, he hinted that when Netscape's new browser was launched, it was estimated that Microsoft would run out of time.

   Song Yang watched the report on the TV screen, and across the screen, he could feel the pride of Netscape at the moment, the eagerness to try, to single out the giant Microsoft, and replace it, it was not too obvious.

   After reading a few channels, as long as it is technology, Internet, and economic channels, almost all of them are inseparable from Netscape's vocabulary, which shows how popular it is.

   There is still no movement from Microsoft, and it seems to be immersed in the joy of the Windows 95 system just released this year. 15 days after Netscape went public, Microsoft released a new system.

  It was priced at $210. In less than half a year, it has sold 27 million copies, setting a series of new records in the software industry. Industry experts believe that its sales will exceed 40 million sets this year!

  Receiving money and receiving soft hands is a true portrayal of Microsoft this year. It is simply not to make too much money. If you look at it this way, it seems that Netscape, which has repeatedly provoked its provocation, is not afraid of it.

  Song Yang didn't know when Microsoft, a behemoth, would set its sights on Netscape. Goldman Sachs lowered Microsoft's stock price this time, which should have made Microsoft more alert.

   "Song!"

  While Song Yang was watching the media reports, Gallo walked into the villa he rented in San Jose and said to Song Yang, "The person recommended by Prince has arrived!"

   took a last look at the TV, Song Yang got up and walked outside, but Song Yang didn't know that the atmosphere at Microsoft headquarters was very frozen at the moment, and it felt like a big enemy.

   Goldman Sachs lowered its stock price, so that Microsoft, which was still in a carnival, was indeed poured a pot of cold water.

  When the news from Wall Street came, Bill Gates in Seattle, the emerald city, took a serious look at the Netscape browser for the first time.

Bill Gates is now at the most glorious moment in his life. He will definitely become the richest man in the world this year. Microsoft is already the global software hegemon and a symbol of the technology industry. Bill Gates didn't care too much about Anderson or something like that.

   In the past few years, the media has not known how many second Bill Gates they have brought out. In the end, it is not up to him to be the righteous leader. Those second Bill Gates don't know where the coolness is going.

But this time, when the new system was just released, it was still selling well, and the stock price was soaring, Goldman Sachs suddenly lowered Microsoft's stock price, which made Microsoft's board of directors very dissatisfied, and made Bill Gates check it again. Netscape not taken seriously.

The product department manager of Microsoft reported the status of Netscape to Bill Gates. He and the people in the technical department had reported to Bill Gates before, but at that time, Bill Gates' mind was all on the new system, and he didn't care too much. Care about Netscape.

   "The current Netscape Navigator browser has been updated with several versions, and its market share has exceeded 80%. It is reported that in the next quarter, Netscape browser will enter overseas markets!"

   "Furthermore, I heard that the next updated version of Netscape browser will support plug-ins and programs developed in the Java language..."

   Hearing this, Bill Gates suddenly raised his head, and the atmosphere in the entire office suddenly solidified.

   (end of this chapter)