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   Chapter 662 Winner

As soon as this offer came out, it once again caused a sensation in the whole Silicon Valley. Bill Gates just said that Netscape is worthless, and whoever buys it will be taken advantage of. Here, ICQ will bid four billion dollars. The acquisition of Jing is completely out of the circle!

   As Bill Gates said, Netscape has only been around for a few years since its establishment, and in less than five years, it has grown from a broken workshop to a giant worth more than four billion dollars.

This is still based on Netscape, which has completely lost the browser market. On the premise that there is only one brand left, this thing is worth four billion dollars. If the war in the browser industry is won by Netscape, Wouldn't it mean that if Netscape were to sell itself, the price would have to be more than tenfold?

There is no harm if there is no comparison. The Wang An company of the old Wang family next door has just sold. Wang An company can make much more money than Netscape. It has tens of thousands of employees around the world and an annual revenue of more than 3.5 billion US dollars. It sold two billion dollars!

  Netscape's revenue is not even a fraction of Wang An's company, and it is worth four billion dollars just because it is an Internet company? !

   Everyone knows that there is no reason to speak in this world, but it is so outrageous that when other industries see this news, they can't help but be silent for a while.

The frenzy of the Internet has once again been vividly reflected in front of countless audiences, telling everyone that in this world, which industry is the most valuable one, even if it is already a broken Netscape, it is also other industries, unattainable gold. pimple!

   "shit, is ICQ raising prices on purpose!"

While Lyonsis was preparing to let AOL issue new shares and let the AOL board vote on the acquisition of Netscape, in just one or two days, the purchase price of Netscape was raised from $3.5 billion to $4 billion, which made Lyonsis. It all felt outrageous.

Lyonsis tore off his tie with a fierce look in his eyes, looked at Case and said, "The ICQ side is definitely not normal, I doubt that Bruno Song, with Jim Clark, have reached some drawer. protocol…"

  Lyonses smelled a conspiracy, but he didn't think about the place where ICQ helped Netscape, but felt that the two sides had reached some secret agreement in private.

   This kind of thing is very common. ICQ has just been listed, and Song Yang cannot cash out within a year, but this does not mean that there are no other means to cash out.

   Just like the acquisition of Netscape, if Song Yang and ICQ buy at a much higher price than Netscape, Jim Clark will give Song Yang a “rebate” after the acquisition, which is equivalent to cash in disguise.

  Lyonses feels that ICQ is using this routine to cash out, otherwise, how could ICQ give such an outrageous price!

  Case pondered for a moment, the purchase price of four billion dollars, speaking of it, there is not much profit. After getting Netscape, the risk is too great. If you are not careful, you may end up in your hands.

   At this moment, the phone rang on the table, and Lyonsis was obviously surprised when he saw Case received the call.

After    put down the phone, Case's expression became firm, "Yahoo made an offer to Netscape!

  AOL wants to win Netscape at all costs, no matter how much US dollars, ICQ and Yahoo dare to offer Netscape, why does AOL dare not? ! "

Case was obviously stimulated. People were fighting for a stick of incense, and there was still three-point anger. The Netscape era of Jim Clark and Anderson has passed. Case understands that the future of the Internet, It was the era of Song Yang, Yang Zhiyuan, and Bill Gates. Case wanted to win the championship and overwhelm others. How could he back down at this time? !

   Looking at Case's eyes, Leonsis nodded, "I understand!"

  Yahoo Offers Netscape $4.1 Billion!

   Yahoo, which was killed halfway, made this acquisition drama officially enter its climax. Seeing that Internet and technology giants have entered the scene, countless media and melon eaters are all looking forward to who will appear next.

   The purchase price has been continuously raised, so that Netscape's stock price has also begun to rise, and the stock price has soared again. Obviously, there are many gamblers who are betting that Netscape can sell a high price.

   Seeing Yahoo's entry, Song Yang was also surprised. He didn't expect that Yahoo would dare to jump in the muddy water.

   "Do you still want to bid?"

In the ICQ office building, Irene asked Song Yang, the purchase price of US$4.1 billion is really not too low. Song Yang and ICQ have helped Netscape to raise the price to this point. The relationship between Netscape and Double-click Company was repaid, and the relationship between Netscape and Netscape is already clear.

  Song Yang let out a long sigh. Irene felt that Song Yang seemed to be waiting for something, not knowing what Song Yang was planning.

The point is, what Song Yang is going to do is not Yahoo, but AOL. Song Yang has never been worried about Yahoo, but AOL may threaten ICQ, DoubleClick, America Telecom and other companies, not only It was Microsoft who was worried. In fact, Song Yang was also a little worried. If there was a chance to bury AOL, Song Yang would never miss such an opportunity.

   "Check to see if there are any other companies or institutions that can offer Netscape a price." Song Yang said while rubbing his chin.

  Irene was stunned for a moment, then picked up the phone and made a few calls. The acquisition of billions of dollars could not be silent at all. As long as you have an idea for Netscape, Wall Street will get wind of it.

"There are institutions on Wall Street who have been informed that AOL seems to have ideas for Netscape and is holding a board meeting to get the directors of Wall Street institutions in AOL to agree to the acquisition of Netscape, and several other companies have ideas for Netscape, but it may be I can't afford too much purchase price!" Erin put down the phone and said.

Hearing this, Song Yang finally showed a smile on his face, "Wait until AOL continues to bid and raise Netscape's purchase price to more than 4.5 billion US dollars, then give it to AOL, it is best to let AOL take out some cash to buy it. !"

   In the end, Song Yang was afraid that AOL would be too slow, so he added that if this acquisition could drain the cash flow from AOL, it would be even more profitable.

After    explained, Song Yang got up and left. Today, he still has to meet a few people who flew over from the other side of the Pacific Ocean. This year's Christmas is coming, and Panda TV is about to go on sale.

After Yahoo made the bid, the competition for Netscape became more and more fierce. After Yahoo offered a sky-high acquisition price of 4.1 billion US dollars, ICQ once again offered a sky-high price of 4.3 billion US dollars. ICQ seems to never stop, and there are even rumors that ICQ president Erin Doherty clapped the table at the meeting. If Netscape is not taken down, her president will step down!

  It is hard to say whether the news is true or not, but the news that came out has all expressed ICQ's determination to win.

   Just when the outside world, the media and Wall Street were analyzing that ICQ might win, AOL came out with news that shocked the entire America, AOL offered Netscape $4.5 billion!

   This news, like a thunderbolt, made the entire Silicon Valley and the technology industry silent for a while, and ICQ seemed to be a little scared.

   After a few hours, ICQ was weak and made another offer, offering Netscape a purchase price of $4.6 billion, and at least $1 billion in cash!

But ICQ got an offer. In less than ten minutes, AOL made another domineering offer, announcing an offer of $4.7 billion to Netscape, of which no less than $1.5 billion in cash. AOL Case's confidant Lyon Sith, in the face of the media who came to interview, even shouted, "No matter who wants to buy Netscape, AOL will bid 10 million dollars more than the other party!"

In the face of AOL's overbearing offer, ICQ unexpectedly withdrew. AOL has already started to prepare cash, issue new shares, and prepare to fight ICQ with many Wall Street institutions, but ICQ did not look back. Just ran away and directly announced that it would give up the acquisition of Netscape.

  A week before Christmas, AOL officially announced that it had completed the acquisition of Netscape at a price of 4.7 billion US dollars, in the form of stock and cash!

   (end of this chapter)