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   Chapter 164 State Officials Set Fire

   "Song, I hope this cooperation is a start. Goldman Sachs hopes to have more cooperation with you and is willing to help!"

Pelle Greene no longer concealed his intention to win over Song Yang. It wasn't that there were no geniuses in America, and there were not a few famous ones, but in the past few decades, like Song Yang, suddenly like a comet. Since then, there are only a handful of people whose value has exploded.

What's more important is Song Yang's age. Looking at the richest people in America who are worth more than one billion dollars, the youngest is probably middle-aged. Even Bill Gates, who is now the richest man, was in Song Yang's age. , are still hanging out at Harvard, but Song Yang is already qualified to sit with those big men in America!

  Song Yang had a cup of tea with Pelle Greene, "Of course, I also hope to cooperate with Goldman Sachs!"

   Regardless of whether Goldman Sachs' wooing is true or not, Song Yang doesn't want to offend Goldman Sachs, who is walking sideways in America. Wall Street is entering the era of Goldman Sachs.

   It was already night, and by the time the reporters and media outside the Double-click New York company were gone, most of them had already dispersed, and I felt like there was no news to wait for.

   There are only a few lesser-known New York newspapers and media, who are still squatting outside waiting to see if they can squat and get first-hand information.

Just as several reporters, wrapped in their clothes, resisted the cold wind of New York at night, they suddenly saw a group of people walking out of the office building. There were reporters who recognized the executives here, Pelle Greeney and others. , immediately surrounded.

   "President Whitman, how many shares are to be issued by double-clicking?!"

   "Manager Pelle Greene, is Goldman Sachs going to be an agent for double-click listed stocks?!"

   At this time, there is naturally nothing to hide, and the next step is to tout the double-click company.

   "Goldman Sachs has indeed reached an agreement with Double-click Company and will be responsible for financing Double-click Company. Goldman Sachs Securities Business Department will make an announcement later!" Pelle Greeni said to several reporters in front of him.

After Whitman, Pelle Greene and others left, several reporters got in the car and rushed back to their respective newspapers and TV stations, preparing to announce the latest news. Otherwise, wouldn't they be in vain on this day? waited.

   returned to the hotel where he was staying. After running around for the past few days, he finally got his eyes on him. Song Yang was also relieved.

   "Tomorrow we will return to Houston!" Song Yang said to Greck and Marcus.

Double-click to go public, naturally I have to go back to my home to celebrate, and the most important thing is the matter of Inter-American Telecom. Comerica Bank is still waiting eagerly, and got the order from Wall Street. The matter of Inter-American Telecom is basically It's halfway through, so naturally it's time to celebrate.

   "Next, on your side, you will be responsible for the promotion and roadshow of Double Click. Ryan and Double Click will cooperate with you!"

  Song Yang told Whitman that the roadshow is not an easy job. It takes dozens of days to travel to dozens of cities, not only America but also overseas cities. Basically, it takes a long time on the plane every day.

Whitman is not worried. As the co-president of Double-click, this is what she has to deal with. No matter how many company executives in America, they can't get the opportunity to run around. For Whitman, this is in the In her career, it is definitely a thick ink!

  The headquarters of Netscape is still brightly lit at the moment, and countless people are still busy. At this moment, Netscape is no longer a leisurely holiday when it started the war with Microsoft, and it has brought a little nervousness.

In Mark Anderson's office, there were countless arguments. Anderson, who was developing a new generation of Netscape's version, could no longer code the code at ease. He pushed the keyboard aside and said excitedly to Netscape President Baxder. , "I don't agree with free, once free, Netscape is nothing!"

   In the face of Microsoft’s pressing step by step, Netscape’s interior also began to become uneasy, and the debate between Netscape’s free and paid browsers also began to appear.

"No one wants to be free, but now users are being robbed by Microsoft. The marketing department has conducted research. Under the condition of similar product functions, even if the free product experience is worse, users still tend to use free browsers!" Buck! Sid said helplessly.

   There are people who don’t want money, why should they pay for it? Even if they know that things that don’t want money are not good, when it’s time to choose, most people in the world still choose things that don’t want money. This is human nature.

   "Netscape needs to make a change, starting with Microsoft bundling the IE browser into the system, new users are starting to switch to Microsoft on a massive scale!"

  Baxter said to the taciturn Netscape who was sitting on the sidelines, the real man who was the godfather of Silicon Valley, Jim Clark.

   In just half a year, Jim Clark, who was high-spirited when Netscape went public, seemed a bit vicissitudes of life, and even the newly acquired sailing super yacht costing hundreds of millions of dollars was not interested.

The effect of Microsoft bundling the IE browser into the system is taking effect immediately. All major PC manufacturers dare not refuse Microsoft. This makes every new computer equipped with the Microsoft system sold in the world, a new IE browser is added. user.

Jim Clark, who had been silent for a long time, said with a hoarse voice, "Netscape can't be free immediately, and it must not be free until it finds a new profit point. The board of directors and Wall Street have already expressed concern about Netscape's recent stock price performance. Very dissatisfied!"

Success or failure is also Xiao He. Netscape, which was blown up by Wall Street, is now facing pressure from Wall Street. After Netscape’s stock price reached its peak, it has now fallen below one hundred dollars, which makes the Wall Street institutions that invested in Netscape still Some investors, big and small, are very dissatisfied, and there have even been remarks asking for the replacement of the president of Netscape...

Baxter is eager to make changes to Netscape, which is also for this reason. Netscape is now facing Microsoft, and it has already declined. This always requires a scapegoat. That's right, but Baxter didn't want to take the blame. He felt that he could save him again.

"There is very unfortunate news. In the latest market consulting company's investigation, after obtaining the Hotmail mailbox and cooperating with AOL and SUN, there are also bundled Microsoft systems and IE browsers in overseas markets other than America. Users have completely surpassed Netscape!" Baxter said to the two founders in front of him.

   "These traitors!" Mark Anderson scolded through gritted teeth, Hotmail, AOL, SUN, in Mark Anderson's eyes, are all traitors of Netscape.

   "Continue to improve the performance of Netscape's browser and accelerate new profit points. We need to maintain Netscape's share price. Wall Street's patience with Netscape will not last long, but once we lose Wall Street's support..."

Jim Clark didn't finish his sentence, but Baxter and Anderson knew what they meant. Now Netscape can use the market value of billions of dollars to fight evenly with Microsoft, relying on Wall Street. Support, the number of users is one aspect, but once Wall Street does not support Netscape and gives up its investment in Netscape and various resources, Netscape will not be able to support it at all.

   At this moment, Jim Clark's phone rang, and when he heard the news on the phone, Jim Clark was silent for a while, and just responded, "I see!"

   Seeing the gazes from Anderson and Baxter, Jim Clark motioned Baxter to turn on the TV, and then said, "Double-click has reached an agreement with Wall Street investment banks to go public!"

Hearing this, there was silence in the office. Although Netscape and Song Yang had reached a "nominal" settlement, when Song Yang released the ICQ, Netscape also cheered, but there was already a rift between the two sides. , the nail is smashed down, and then pulled out, it will also leave a pit.

   "The latest news from Wall Street in New York has created a precedent for Internet digital advertising. Double-click, the largest Internet digital advertising company in America, reached a stock underwriting agreement with Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs and Merrill Lynch today."

The host of the TV station looked at the information in his hand and said, "Goldman Sachs' securities business department has just officially announced this news. According to sources, Double Click will set a new Internet financing record and will raise more than 60 million US dollars... "

When they heard that DoubleClick was going to raise $60 million and go public at a valuation of $600 million, Jim Clark, Anderson, and Baxder in the conference room couldn't help but watch TV. They are their own people in the Internet industry and naturally understand this. meaning.

Once the market really recognized the price of Double-click, and the market value of Double-click soared, even if the speed of blowing a balloon was faster than Netscape, a small Internet giant might be born. .

"As the major shareholder of Double-click, Bruno Song is very likely to take advantage of this, and his worth will increase again. According to the current price of Double-click, once Double-click completes the listing, Bruno Song's worth is likely to increase by 300 million US dollars again. Knife and above..."

Seeing this, even Anderson is a little envious. It is true that Netscape's stock price has doubled, but his worth has not increased that much. When he sold his Hotmail mailbox, Song Yang's worth surpassed him. Double-click to complete the listing, Anderson felt that Song Yang was worth the price, and he was afraid that he would be equal to Jim Clark.

   "It's too cheap for him!" Anderson looked at the photo of Song Yang on the TV news, and said with some disapproval and some envy.

   Just when Anderson and the others were about to withdraw their gazes, they heard a news report on the TV station, and Song Yang's name was also mentioned.

"It has been reported that Wall Street futures investment companies are preparing a class action lawsuit, and many Wall Street futures investment companies have sued Inter-American Telecom to the America Commodity Futures Commission, the Trade Commission, the Banking and Financial Supervision Bureau, the Federal Communications Commission and other departments. "

"According to rumors, Inter-American Telecom has prepared a new communication line from Chicago to New York. Wall Street, including Deutsche Bank Investment Bank, Merrill Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Citi, Morgan and other institutional banks, has signed an agreement with Inter-American Telecom to use this line. There is news It is said that the value of this new route exceeds three billion dollars..."

  Jim Clark, Anderson, and Baxter all stared at the news on TV.

   I've paid everything I owe, woo woo woo...

   (end of this chapter)