Back To 1995

   Chapter 206 Lian Pot End

  The office building where ICQ is located has basically been contracted by ICQ. When it does not build its own headquarters or move to the American Investment Foundation Building, it will basically always work in this building.

  When Song Yang went in, he saw countless people busy, and the phone calls kept coming and going, just like what Song Yang saw when he first visited the Netscape office building, the scale of ICQ staff after going online is also expanding rapidly.

The entire ICQ was completely different from when it was launched at the beginning of the year, when there was only one technology development department and less than 100 developers. Offices for administration, finance, personnel, operations, advertising business, customer service, etc. were all built. ICQ’s The number of personnel has also snowballed past the 500-person mark. In today's Silicon Valley, it is not considered a small scale. This number of personnel is a little more than that of Yahoo today, second only to Netscape, AOL, etc. large listed companies.

When Song Yang saw Irene, Irene in a white suit, black-rimmed glasses, and the demeanor of a professional woman, was listening to the report of her subordinates, and when she saw Song Yang, her face was straight. Color, there is no shadow of the little wild cat on the bed.

  Irene glanced at Song Yang, who was looking at her with interest, and couldn't help but rolled her eyes at Song Yang. Seeing the look on Song Yang's face, she didn't know that Song Yang must be thinking of something good.

Song Yang sat down and listened to Irene having a meeting with the heads of several departments. Several other people also noticed Song Yang's arrival, but Song Yang didn't say anything, just pulled a chair and sat in the back , picked up a newspaper and read it, and several people continued to report to Irene.

   "Currently, ICQ has two main businesses. The first business is the main business of instant messaging, and the second business is the ICQ community."

A young executive, reporting to Irene Hui, the entire ICQ from top to bottom, except for the finance, legal and other departments, the rest are relatively young, and the youngest is the one sitting in the conference room at the moment. The founder of ICQ and other Silicon Valley Internet companies are actually similar. After all, how long has the Internet industry been established.

   "ICQ's share in the instant messaging industry is about to exceed 50%. ICQ community space is also the most popular and active social product in the Internet industry at present!"

The marketer said, "But Microsoft, AOL, Netscape, Yahoo and other companies are also developing instant messaging products similar to ICQ, and several small Internet companies have begun to contact us, wanting to get from ICQ. to the patent grant."

Hearing this, Song Yang raised his head slightly and looked over. This is a tentative tone. Microsoft, AOL and other companies must at least have a green face, and they are afraid that ICQ will sue for infringement, so they dare not directly cover the appearance of ICQ's products. With design, at least you have to do it yourself.

But those small Silicon Valley companies didn't care at all, they just copied ICQ's design, at most by changing the color and product name, and then they came to ask ICQ directly for patent authorization, and they didn't expect to get authorization. The big deal is a lawsuit, and they lose, they will definitely lose.

But if you don’t lose, then you will make a lot of money. With ICQ, you may be able to develop a lot of users and traffic. If you can get the support of venture capital companies in the end, you will make a big profit and sell the product again. , slap the **** and leave.

  There are countless small companies like Silicon Valley, but most of them make a small amount of money, and then disappear slowly.

  Following the trend is not just a place, it is used all over the world, but in some places, it is too outrageous to play, and the cottage forced the original owner to death...

"Don't pay attention to those companies, let the legal department directly warn these companies, if necessary, initiate a lawsuit directly, and contact Double Click Company and IAB Advertising Association, all companies with ICQ, Double Click Company, and IAB Advertising Association are prohibited from These copycats are advertising on ICQ's website!"

  Irene said very toughly, she has never been soft-hearted and retreated when dealing with these companies. These companies are all dog skin plaster. Once they get on it, they can't be removed.

   The lawsuit may be delayed for a long time. Maybe a copycat company has gone bankrupt, and the lawsuit has not yet ended.

But this doesn't mean that ICQ can't deal with these dog skin plasters. Double-click, the company that holds the right to place advertising on America's Internet, wears a pair of pants with ICQ. Internet Explorer, Yahoo, WPP Group, and other advertising sponsors put advertisements on these small websites, and within half a year, they will be finished by themselves.

   "Microsoft, AOL, and Yahoo should keep an eye on them. They should always pay attention to their online social products. In addition, they should pay attention to whether they use ICQ's patents and technologies. They can't let go of any of them!"

   It was Microsoft's opponents that made Irene jealous. Don't look at Song Yang's side, he seemed to be an ally with Microsoft now. He wore a pair of pants on both sides, but when it was time to do something, he stabbed a knife on both sides without hesitation.

Once Microsoft, AOL, etc. launch other social products, the war in the social industry will inevitably ignite. ICQ will never be soft-handed against these opponents. As long as any of them dare to use ICQ's patents and technologies secretly, they must be Sue to death, and the whole world sue!

  I have to thank Netscape for this. If it wasn't for Netscape dragging Microsoft and desperately suing the judiciary, commerce, trade commissions and other departments to sue Microsoft for monopoly, I am afraid that Microsoft would have launched MSN long ago and fought with ICQ.

Now, seeing that IE browser, relying on the bundling of Microsoft system, is becoming more and more powerful. In overseas markets, it has completed the overtake of Netscape. Only in the American market, it is still in a stalemate with Netscape, and it will continue like this. , it may not take a few years, or even a year or two, for Netscape to collapse.

On Song Yang's side, Double-click and ICQ are secretly sending ammunition to Netscape. Double-click even acquired a small Internet advertising company in the new quarter, put on a vest, and used this company to advertise for Netscape. .

The stubborn Netscape said it is not free, but it still lowered the cost, increased the advertising efforts, and relied on advertising to make up for the loss of fees. However, Netscape is still stubborn, for fear that the stock price will collapse, and it will not implement free. In addition, the proud Jim Clark and Mark Anderson couldn't let themselves down and went to learn from IE. Once they did, it meant that they really admitted defeat!

   "Portal website business, we must prepare as soon as possible, we have fallen behind Yahoo, Lycos and other companies, we can't delay it any longer!"

Irene, with a serious face, said to the executives that the executives who were stared at by Irene were still quite afraid that the "veteran" head of companies such as Double Click and ICQ, who had followed Song Yang, would get .

   "How is the game business department doing now?"

Irene attaches great importance to this "traffic monetization" business that Song Yang said. The establishment of a portal is purely to follow the trend and get listed. The game business is what Irene cares about. She has been busy these days. this matter.

A senior executive from the finance department below heard this and glanced in the direction of Song Yang unconsciously before looking at Irene. ICQ is obviously throwing money into the game industry. Knowing that this is the intention of Irene alone or the inspiration of the founder Song Yang, these are two completely different concepts.

"President Erin, the three game companies you asked us to pay attention to, Blizzard is currently in the hands of Xue Leshan Game Company, but Blizzard is not cheap now. Blizzard has launched RPM Racing, Lost Vikings in recent years, and released the absolute game on the Nintendo platform. The global sales volume of Warcraft has also exceeded one million!"

Blizzard is currently living a pretty good life. In today's downturn in the game industry, although the owners have changed several times in a row, the three founders of Blizzard are still there. Products, but because of this, Blizzard is like a sweet pastry. In recent years, it has been acquired continuously, and it is not only ICQ that is eyeing Blizzard.

"In addition, Valve is currently only a small game studio that has just been established, less than half a year ago. It was established by Gabe Newell and Harrington, who just came out of Microsoft this year. This is a...completely start-up game studio, Even the game project hasn't been created yet!"

The executive who spoke, looked at Irene, full of surprise. I wondered how the boss would like such a thing. Is it difficult? Just because these two people are from Microsoft, they are optimistic about each other, but Microsoft is in The accomplishments of the game industry are really hard to compliment.

  Irene didn't expect V Club, it's such a thing now, so she couldn't help but look at Song Yang, Song Yang turned a blind eye to Irene.

   "Where's Star R?" Irene asked with a frown.

When I mention this, I am responsible for investigating these several game companies, and the eyes are even more strange, "R Star Studio, it should be this, it is now only a partner of the newly established video media department of BMG company, Sam Hauser and Dan Hauser are in charge, but BMG's game department has not achieved much, and it is far worse than Blizzard."

The person who spoke    specially emphasized a sentence at the end, showing how bad the game department of BMG is.

Irene also had a big head for a while. She didn't know that the few game companies Song Yang mentioned to her, except for the Blizzard that was sold and sold, the other two, how could they be such a thing, Valve works The studio has just been established, and R Star is not going anywhere. Even the two leaders are both record players and have just entered the game industry halfway through.

   "If you want to acquire Blizzard, I'm afraid it won't be so easy. Xue Leshan has been in poor condition in recent years, I'm afraid it will not be easy to sell Blizzard Studio!"

   "Then buy Xue Leshan together!" A voice came from behind the conference room.

   (end of this chapter)