Back To 1995

   Chapter 193 Intention to Peigong

Reconciliation is indeed an immediate solution to troubles. Microsoft, Apple, Telephone and Telegraph Group, General Electric and other companies have all reconciled, but from the day of reconciliation, there have been endless fines, prosecutions and even splits, reconciliations. With the first time, there are countless times!

Take a look at Google, which also relies on advertising to make money. Since it lowered its head once, how many times has it been fined with different tricks every year, and how many people have filed lawsuits against Google like a vicious dog smelling fish, trying to make a lot of money in compensation. , and there are still public opinions about splitting Google, so you can understand what the consequences are!

  Double-click is comparable to Google, and its volume is less than 1% of Google’s. If it loses money in the name of monopoly, then I don’t know what the fine will be in the future.

   On the other hand, if you double click here, Song Yang will admit defeat, then if ICQ goes public, America Telecom goes public, or other invested companies go public, they will also be targeted. Will Song Yang pay this "protection fee"?

  If it is handed over, this time it will be the Trade Commission, and the next time it will be the Anglo-Saxon departments in charge of commerce, justice, etc., do they have to take a large amount of money from Song Yang every year?

It is also listed. Yahoo is much more than double-click play. There are also Internet companies such as Lycos and Excite. The website is full of advertisements in industries such as gambling and medicine. Ella Cherry turned a blind eye and stared at Song Yang's side, the meaning of targeting should not be too obvious!

Song Yang couldn't admit defeat this time. Even if Double-click company was tossed and failed to go public or even delisted, Song Yang couldn't admit defeat. Ella Cherry and the others wanted to suppress Double-click, and Song Yang wanted them to collapse. It's enough to lose a few teeth, otherwise in the future, if you are a person, you can jump up and take a bite.

Anyway, they all have to lose money. Instead of paying it to the Trade Commission, they have to be tossed again and again. Song Yang might as well use the money to fight a lawsuit. Another counterattack!

As for making money in the listing, you can learn from Boss Jia. If you can't make it in China, you can't cut leeks, then you can cut it in another place. If you really double-click the company and can't go to Nasdaq, then Song Yang will spread the glory of the Internet to Europe. Go up to the earth, split the double-click company, the British stock exchange, the German stock market, the Frankfurt stock market, and the Italian stock market, take turns again, it is estimated that the money in the circle is much more than the Nasdaq!

   Hearing Song Yang's resolute attitude, Whitman couldn't help being silent for a while on the other end of the phone. She knew that Song Yang's attitude towards this matter was very strong, but it was so strong that it was beyond her influence.

At this time, Whitman also faintly felt that Double-click this time seems to be different from other listed companies. There is obviously a feeling of secret competition. Ella Cherry is biting the Double-click company and will not let go. Song Yang is also here. Very tough, Whitman is reluctant to involve this matter in terms of ethnicity, but she also understands that this kind of thing is everywhere in America!

  In the office, Marcus opened his mouth when he heard Song Yang's words. Reconciliation was undoubtedly the cheapest solution, but Song Yang obviously gave up.

Greck agrees with Song Yang's decision. He is the person who understands Song Yang's mind best, and he can also feel that Ella Cherry and the people behind her are not only targeting Double-click Company, but more In Peigong, the goal is to put Song Yang on him.

   "I agree with Song's decision. If we reconcile now and concede defeat, there will be countless troubles waiting for Double Click Company in the future!" Greg said.

  Whitman understood what Song Yang meant, and didn't say much about it. "Double-click's first quarter results in 1996, I will announce it to the public in the near future, which should be able to increase investors' support for Double-click company!"

In 1996, the Internet industry in America became more and more frenetic. Compared with last year, the number of websites nearly doubled. This was only the first quarter. Now the Internet is the most fashionable industry in America. Major companies, American departments, universities, and all walks of life are building their own websites. Investors from Wall Street and all over the world are waving US knives and flocking to Silicon Valley.

These people all want to replicate the miracles of Netscape, Yahoo, DoubleClick, and Hotmail. After Yahoo, Lycos, DoubleClick and other companies go public and create a large number of millionaires and billionaires, I am afraid that more people will be Rush into the Internet industry!

  Where there is a market, there is demand. As the leader of the Internet advertising industry today, any Internet company that wants to advertise cannot do without Double-click Company. In the first quarter of this year, Double-click Company’s performance naturally skyrocketed again.

   "In the first quarter of this year, the number of customers for DoubleClick increased by 110% compared to the fourth quarter of last year, and the revenue increased by 210%. The revenue in a single quarter may exceed $70 million!" Whitman said on the phone.

Although    has been targeted, the performance of Double-Click Company is still extremely impressive. It is still the same sentence. It doesn’t feel bad for the cubs to sell Ye Tian. The major websites use investors’ money to advertise, but they don’t feel bad at all.

   As the largest Internet advertiser in America, DoubleClick has undoubtedly taken the bulk of the Internet advertising market.

   As the only profitable Internet company in the Internet industry following Netscape, Double Click Company is more profitable than Yahoo at this time.

   Hearing the performance of Double-click Company, everyone on Song Yang's side felt relieved. The key to solving Double-click's problem still depends on Double-click Company itself.

One day, Double Click Company really took control of America's advertising industry and became the food and clothing of millions of workers. At that time, whether it was Ella Cherry or anyone else, it would be difficult to target Double Click again. company!

After double-clicking the company, Irene also reported the status of ICQ to Song Yang, "ICQ currently has more than 17.5 million users in the American market, and is expected to occupy more than 62% of the entire American instant messaging market by the middle of the year. user!"

In the current American market, ICQ is basically the only one, and there is no rival at all. Whether it is Microsoft's MSN, Yahoo's Yahoo Messenger, AOL's AIM or Netscape's instant messaging software in preparation, all of them are still under development. In the middle, wait until the launch, at least after the middle of June, this is still the best situation, no accident, in addition, I have obtained many patents for instant messaging from ICQ, including emoticons, screenshots, fonts, etc. All patents, etc., can have the opportunity to catch up with ICQ!

   But before that, ICQ had already occupied half of America’s instant messaging industry. Once ICQ’s market share exceeded 60%, if the latecomers wanted to catch up with ICQ, it only existed in theory.

   "Evan also did a good job. He introduced ICQ to English-speaking markets such as Canada and England. ICQ is in a dominant position in these markets!"

  Irene also touted Evan Spiegel in the conference call. During this time, Evan Spiegel really worked hard, flew all over the world, and continued to promote ICQ in overseas markets.

  Evan Spiegel, who was at the ICQ headquarters in San Jose, heard Erin speak for him, and couldn't help but looked at Erin gratefully. He was a latecomer, and it was the time when he needed credit.

Song Yang listened to Irene's words, and was not surprised by ICQ's performance. After all, there was no opponent. Users could only choose ICQ's instant messaging and space. It took nearly three months from the launch to the present. America's 45% market share is already slow.

   "What about other overseas markets in non-English speaking areas?" Song Yang asked over the phone.

Hearing Song Yang's question, Wesley, the chief technology officer of ICQ, immediately said, "Next month, we will provide overseas partners with ICQ in Chinese, Japanese, Russian, German, and Spanish. In addition, the enterprise version of ICQ is also under development!”

After ICQ was launched, Wesley became one of the "big cows" in Silicon Valley in one fell swoop. Many TV stations and magazines invited him to do interviews and programs, but Wesley was still quite conscientious and led his team to develop multiple language versions. ICQ.

  Like Hotmail mailboxes, ICQ also chooses to cooperate with local agents in non-English speaking markets, and overseas partners operate ICQ as agents.

"ICQ's revenue in the first quarter was 30 million US dollars, and the main revenue was NFT avatars and ICQ space advertisements. However, due to the promotion costs, server costs and other expenses in overseas markets, ICQ's first quarter profits were still negative!" Filed ICQ's revenue, listening to Erin's voice on the phone, I know how much headache she has.

In the first month of ICQ's launch, it earned 25.4 million dollars by selling NFT avatars. As a result, three months have passed. Although there are reasons for user experience and the reason why large-scale advertising is not dared, the overall revenue is sluggish, but it is indisputable. In fact, NFT avatars do not dare to be sold all the time, otherwise the price should drop.

Song Yang was not too surprised by this result. ICQ is just the beginning. The purpose of launching ICQ is to occupy the social market. As long as it can occupy the social market and users, then after ICQ, Song Yang can still launch Myspce, Facebook, etc. , Twitter, ins and other products, there is always a time to make money.

"Now, the most important thing for ICQ is users and the market, revenue is not the key, let Evan Spiegel go and win the market in Japan, Germany, France and other regions for me!" Song Yang knew that The boy Ving Spiegel was listening, speaking directly to him.

  After hanging up the phone, Song Yang got up and moved his muscles and bones. He stood by the window and glanced at it. Through the glass, he could see the busy people on the streets of New York.

   "So, Marcus, what do I need you to do now?!" Song Yang sat down and asked Marcus.

   (end of this chapter)