Back To 1995

   Chapter 664

The few people sitting in front of Song Yang were all the executives and directors of New Panda TV who came from Yanjing, including Hu Zhiwei, General Manager of New Panda TV, as well as the chief engineer and designer. , came to America with 20,000 LCD TVs produced.

With the official price of Panda LCD TV at US$2599, the market for Panda TV is destined to be only overseas in a short period of time. It is destined that only a few of them can buy Panda TV in China. After all, a Panda LCD TV, The price is 20,000 RMB, which is simply outrageous!

   As soon as he came to Song Yang, Hu Zhiwei and his buttocks were not even hot when they heard that someone came to visit Song Yang. Hu Zhiwei had never heard of Jim Clark and Anderson getting famous.

Although the domestic Internet industry is also in the ascendant, it has not reached the exaggerated level of America after all. Hu Zhiwei must know what Bill Gates said, but the popularity of Anderson and Anderson is still a little worse, but seeing Song Yang's expression , Hu Zhiwei also knew that it might not be easy to come.

   Jim Clark, who was a little alcoholic, brought Anderson and Baxter to the backyard of the villa under the leadership of security director Ulf.

  As soon as we met, Jim Clark gave Song Yang a hug, "Song, we will never forget what you did!"

   "If it wasn't for you, Netscape would never have been sold for $4.7 billion!"

Jim Clark said excitedly, Hu Zhiwei and the others on the side couldn't help but be stunned when they heard the $4.7 billion. They have long heard that America is a flowery world, but the family can't see it. It still amazes them that an unknown website can sell billions of dollars.

Before Hu Zhiwei and the others, they thought that selling an LCD TV for $2,599 was a bit too expensive, but now, it seems that it is cheap. At this price, Panda TVs have to sell two million units to make money. To this 4.7 billion US dollars!

   "I thought Jim, you and Anderson would stay at the banquet." Song Yang said with a smile.

  Jim Clark shook his head, wondering if it was because of the stimulation of alcohol, but he acted very suddenly, "Netscape has nothing to do with us, and Case should not want us to stay there."

   When he said this, Jim Clark and Anderson were okay, Baxter couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. He was known as the Netscape Big Three and was the president of Netscape, but after AOL acquired Netscape, he was the first to kick away.

AOL also retained Anderson and wanted them to stay as consultants, but Baxder, AOL didn't even bother to ask, and Case was directly appointed as the president of Netscape and Lyonsis as the manager. Taking over Netscape, AOL obviously believes that President Baxder is not as important as an ordinary Netscape engineer, or that Netscape is in today's predicament without Baxde's incompetence...

Song Yang is not asking about the fate of other Netscape executives. As he proposed to Song Yang, let Netscape go online with advertising and free, and scoff at what happened to Netscape's vice president of publicity, Mike Homer. Song Yang didn't bother to ask any further. , After all, they are already old friends.

  Song Yang made an introduction to both Jim Clark and Hu Zhiwei. Hu Zhiwei shook hands with Jim Clark and Anderson with restraint.

   Hu Zhiwei, who has lived in China all the year round, has a salary of nearly 10,000 yuan, which is considered a high salary in China, but facing Jim Clark and Anderson, who are worth billions and billions, still can't help but be a little cautious.

  Anderson heard Hu Zhiwei's identity, and he could not help looking at it curiously. He had long heard that Song Yang had invested in many industries, but he did not expect that he even reached into the sunset industry of television.

   For the Internet industry, TV, which was born more than half a century ago, is not a proper "sunset" industry.

But after thinking about it, I think that I have left Netscape now, and I don't know where I will go tomorrow. If I think about Song Yang, even if I sell all the Internet industry in my hands, there are still mobile phones, semiconductors, sports cars, TVs, telecommunications, etc. A group of industries, Anderson could not help sighing.

In the past few years, the media had ridiculed Song Yang for not doing his job properly. The good Internet didn't wait to count the money. Instead, he bought a pile of scrap metal and returned it, and even threw half of his worth into it. But now there is no media report like this anymore. It will report Song Yanghui's eyesight...

   Hearing that Hu Zhiwei came to America this time to promote Panda TV, Jim Clark pondered for a moment, Song Yang gave him a really big gift this time, and he should have expressed it all.

  But if he hadn't sold Netscape, Jim Clark could still "order" one or two thousand Panda TVs for Netscape's staff, but now it's not convenient for him to get involved in Netscape's affairs.

   "I will recommend Panda LCD TVs to Netscape and other Internet companies. They should be able to sell some TVs for Pandas!"

Jim Clark said thoughtfully, if it wasn't in front of Song Yang, America's second richest man, who said that if he bought these panda TVs, some Guan Gong would be playing big swords in front of him, Jim Clark could be alone and put 20,000 TV sets. The package was rounded up, but it was only tens of millions of dollars. Compared with what he earned this time, it was really not worth mentioning.

   But for Hu Zhiwei, when he heard that Jim Clark could help Panda TV and sell part of it, he quickly thanked Jim Clark, "On behalf of Jinling New Panda TV, I would like to thank President Jim for his support!"

   Hearing this, Jim Clark waved his hand proudly, but his face still showed a happy expression, "I like pandas. When I have the opportunity, I will go to China and see the style of pandas with my own eyes."

Song Yang looked at this scene with a smile, Jianghu is not necessarily always an opponent, opponents and allies are constantly changing, Netscape has been sold, Jim Clark has already quit Jianghu, even if he can still toss , and then invest in a company to go public, but it will never return to the previous level. The past between him and Song Yang has basically passed.

  Song Yang doesn't need to, he can't let go of those bad things in the past, after all, Song Yang has not stumbled on Netscape...

   "Song, when we come this time, we have one more thing to give to you. I think that in the entire Silicon Valley, only ICQ is the most suitable to get this!"

   Anderson took out a document and handed it to Song Yang. Song Yang took it and looked at it with a surprised look on his face. He couldn't help but look up at Anderson and Jim Clark, wondering what they were going to do.

   Leaving Netscape, Jim Clark seems to have changed into the original, threatening to grill a Texas barbecue by himself, took the barbecue rack from Gallo and grilled it by himself.

Seeing Song Yang's surprised expression, Jim Clark was still smiling, grilling meat and sprinkling all kinds of seasonings, "AOL will make Netscape browser completely free, and will not publish the source code of the browser, in fact Not much impact on AOL, but…”

Anderson's face showed a bit of a grim look, and he continued to say, "We need AOL's $50 million acquisition fee less, and demand that the source code of the Netscape browser be made free to companies and individual developers all over the world! "

In the end, Anderson obviously didn't forgive Microsoft, and would rather take tens of millions of dollars less and disgust Microsoft. Isn't Microsoft doing a free browser, so Netscape will open the source code to the world to see who can Who is disgusting!

Netscape can't beat Microsoft, but as soon as the source code is made public, there will be a second, third, and countless browsers that use Netscape's source code to fight against Microsoft. Netscape is dead. But live in another way.

   "Why so..."

Song Yang looked at the Netscape browser technology authorization letter in his hand and shook his head. He said, this authorization letter was created at the last minute by Jim Clark and Anderson. It combines Netscape's browser technology and patents. It is licensed to ICQ for free, although it is not the latest "Raptor" browser technology, but relying on these technologies, it is not difficult to copy a mainstream browser today.

As long as ICQ wants to, you can make a new version at any time, but when an ICQ browser with almost the same functions as Netscape browser comes out, AOL can't do anything about ICQ. These are problems left over from history. Clark and the others have nothing to do with ICQ...

   "In a short time, ICQ will not enter the PC browser market."

Song Yang thanked Jim Clark and Anderson for their kindness, but Song Yang really didn't want to stir up the muddy water of PC browsers. .

   And Song Yang has already reached an agreement with Microsoft, the mobile browser market, Microsoft can't touch it for a few years, it is the Firefox browser under the Saipan system that shines, Song Yang is too lazy to fight with Microsoft and AOL.

  Jim Clark's barbecue skills are quite good. Hu Zhiwei and several others can't help but tout a few words. Song Yang also feels that the taste is very good.

   "Jim, Anderson, and President Baxter, what are you planning to do next?"

   Song Yang asked a few people, and with the power of attorney that Anderson brought over, how could Song Yang "express" it.

  Jim Clark ate the meat and took a big mouthful of brandy, "I invested in a pharmaceutical and biological company, and when it goes public, I may be ready to retire!"

Jim Clark said frankly, he has already achieved fame and fortune, and naturally he will not work so hard. He may continue to be a venture capitalist in the future, but he can't wait for the next Netscape. .

   "Maybe a venture capitalist. If I can find a project I'm interested in, I'll join..." Anderson said after a moment of hesitation. He was still young, not a few years older than Song Yang, so he was naturally unwilling to retire like this.

  Compared with these two people, Baxter’s situation can only be said to be unsatisfactory, “There are several Internet companies that want me to be a consultant, and I am still considering it!”

   (end of this chapter)