Back To 1995

  Chapter 86 Cutting Leeks

  Albert talked to Song Yang from all over the world, and he also talked about his past "splendid" deeds from time to time.

"I remember that it was 1974. I only took one luggage and walked from Lisbon all the way to Samara. At that time, the old Maozi could still compete with America for global hegemony. Everything passed too fast. Yes, of course, I met some "interesting" people along the way!"

   When he said this, Albert winked at Song Yang, showing a look that all men understand.

  In that era, there were countless young people in America who were deeply influenced by hippie culture like Albert.

   In the middle, either he was completely enlightened, and the most famous one was Steve Jobs, who practiced in Asan’s site for a few years and came back to establish Apple, or he was completely abandoned, and the bones and scum had long been cold.

   "There is a copy of "Walden Pond" in the backpack?!" Song Yang looked at Albert and said.

  An Aite was quite surprised when Song Yang mentioned this book, "Song, have you read this book?"

   Song Yang just laughed, this book was seen by Song Yang in Greg's study, Greg seemed to be very precious to this book.

The book Walden was published as early as the 19th century, but a few decades ago, when the hippie culture was rising in America and Europe, a book was needed for spiritual food, so this book was dug up again. .

Then all the messy things were interpreted from this book. Minimalism, returning to nature, etc. began to appear. A group of people did not work as migrant workers in the city, occupying a piece of land in the suburbs of the city, all day long. , There are also people who ran alone to the snowy mountains and squatted. They were all affected by this trend. Jobs is also a typical representative of being fooled and lame.

   Jobs and Apple can rise in America and be touted by people, not just because of the product itself, Jobs has also been given a representative of a certain culture by some people.

   "Unfortunately, after I arrived in Samara, I was forced to return to America for physical reasons, otherwise I was going to cross Siberia and reach the Asian continent!" Albert said with some regret.

"It's really a pity," Song Yang didn't know how to complain, Albert really wants to go to Siberia, whether I can meet him while sitting here today is a problem, "However, next year, I may go to Asia, Albert If the professor is interested, you can go together."

   When Albert heard this, he looked quite interested, thought for a moment, and then nodded, "If you have time next year, you can go together!"

   "Song, in fact, you can already graduate from me. You only need to perfect the viral marketing theory, and the University of San Jose can immediately issue you a certificate."

Albert said with a smile, but he was not completely joking. Even Harvard was studying the theory of viral marketing. Hotmail, a new marketing method that achieves the greatest promotion effect at the least cost, is also included in the MBA case. A classic case.

   As the originator of viral marketing, if Song Yang completed this theory at San Jose University, then getting a diploma would not be a problem at all!

Albert is also telling Song Yang that on the San Jose University side, he and San Jose will not interfere with Song Yang's affairs. As long as Song Yang stays at San Jose University, he will find time to organize that set of viral marketing into papers. that's enough.

  No need for Song Yang's tossing, the assistant of Derek, the president of San Jose University, arranged all the formalities.

  In the University of San Jose, Song Yang was also given a single-room apartment that was originally reserved for doctoral students. No matter if Song Yang couldn't live there, it was arranged anyway.

  Song Yang came to San Jose University to report, but the most happy thing was the San Jose Board of Regents. After all, an upstart in America became a member of the San Jose University Alumni Association. After that, he would receive an additional donation every year!

  The Business School of San Jose University is also an old school with more than a dozen majors. Song Yang enrolled in international trade, which is Bishop Albert's major, and Song Yang also enrolled in psychology.

Regarding Song Yang's arrival, when they found out Song Yang's identity, almost all parties invited, not only a few fraternities in the business school, but also 19 fraternity organizations of San Jose University, large and small, and they got together to find Song. Yang wanted Song Yang to join in.

   The Sisters of San Jose even asked Song Yang to serve as a special advisor. As for what it means, just think about it.

However, Song Yang keeps aloof from these fraternities and sororities, although there are several powerful fraternities, such as a vice president of Intel, a well-known writer, a congressman from Washington State, etc. He was a member of this fraternity, but Song Yang declined.

   In addition to the fraternity, there are not a few girls from the business school who boldly show their favor to Song Yang.

Younger and more expensive, Song Yang is definitely a standout compared to those a lot of old American rich people, plus his face comparable to a Hollywood movie star, even if Song Yang said that he already has a girlfriend, the butterflies are still swarming here. .

After staying at San Jose University for a few days, Song Yang also basically stabilized and joined the baseball and rowing clubs. The baseball team of San Jose University is not weak. It is a strong team in the NCAA baseball game. It is to join in the fun, just take it as exercise.

   After coming to San Jose, Song Yang and Xie Qing became much closer. They played football together and went to a Chinese restaurant to eat, but it felt like life in China.

   But there are a lot of things that Song Yang needs to deal with. After Song Yang came to San Jose, he double-clicked the company, Hotmail, America Telecom and other things, and began to slowly transfer to San Jose.

  In the ICQ office building in San Jose, Song Yang, who came out of the business school, came straight here to start dealing with things such as Hotmail mailboxes, and several people were already waiting here.

   "Boss!"

   Seeing Song Yang coming in, Irene, who was dressed in a lady's suit and dressed sharply, immediately stood up, with Greg beside him, and sitting on the sofa just after returning from the American Telecom construction site, her skin was so dark that Gallo was so dark.

  Irene, Greck, Gallo, plus Marcus who was called by Song Yang, Song Yang's small team is basically all there.

   "Everyone has been working hard this time!" Song Yang said while looking at Irene, Greg and the others.

  The Hotmail mailbox continues its violent road, attracting the attention of all the technology media in America. Some media even exclaimed, "Who can stop the Hotmail mailbox's footsteps?"

  In the first month of the launch, the number of global users exceeded 500,000. After entering the new month, Hotmail continues to sweep the global Internet industry with an unstoppable trend.

   With the current performance of Hotmail mailboxes, breaking the record of millions of users, for it, it is only a few days.

What really attracts the attention of the Internet industry in America is that the number of registered users of Hotmail mailboxes in a single day continues to explode. Increasing.

  According to this increase, Hotmail has reached 10 million users, and the time it takes is much shorter than the model made by the Harvard team!

   The key is not only America, but also in overseas markets, Hotmail mailboxes are also in a rut, and there is no rival Hotmail mailbox at all, which is almost savage growth.

   "Now Hotmail mailboxes have entered the English-speaking regions of America, Canada, and England. As long as other language versions can be developed, they can enter the local market immediately."

During this period of time, Irene, who was in charge of the two major projects, Double-click and Hotmail, plus interviews with the media, etc., made Irene begin to appear as a strong woman, and even on Wall Street, Irene began to appear. A little rumor about Doherty.

Gleck still dislikes Irene, but now he won't speak out against Irene directly. Irene's performance and ability are in sight during this time, coupled with Song Yang's attitude, let Gleck know that in a short time , it is not realistic to drive Irene away.

   "The problem now is that after the Hotmail mailbox released the news that the local cooperative operator will be selected, many overseas companies have come over, and we have to choose who to cooperate with!"

Eileen said that Amelica's company doesn't play the "localization" very much now, and there is also a psychological reason. After all, Amelica just played Lao Maozi to death a few years ago. All over the world, there are advantages.

  Believe that the local people in the overseas market are not as capable as the people sent by America and do not trust the locals. This mentality will take decades to change after the American giants have failed completely in the overseas market.

   So when Song Yang wanted to choose a local partner to operate Hotmail mailboxes in overseas markets, Irene also felt a little strange, which was not in line with the status quo of America.

Song Yang took the documents that Irene brought over. They were all over the world. They found companies that cooperate with Hotmail mailboxes. Song Yang also has requirements for partners, at least a certain amount of strength. Only after a "guarantee" of $1.5 million is eligible to represent Hotmail.

The $1.5 million security deposit is a threshold, which blocks a large number of companies from the door, but there are still a large number of powerful companies, especially the telecommunications, computer, and office equipment giants are the most active, they do not care about this. For a little money, proxy Hotmail mailboxes locally, for them, it's just a try.

Song Yang looked at the list of nearly 20 cooperative companies, and couldn't help but sigh that there is no shortage of big dog owners in the world at any time. With this order, the Hotmail mailbox can get tens of millions of dollars just by relying on the deposit. knife.

For a moment, Song Yang really wanted to get a brand for Hotmail. He found hundreds of operating agents all over the world, and he could make a lot of money just by collecting deposits. Now Song Yang knows why there are so many companies. There are also celebrities. After a little fame, they all like to open a store, and then find an agent to join. I don’t know if the product is selling well, but the franchise fee is really worth it!

   But just thinking about it like that, if it's really so engaging, it is estimated that the brand of Hotmail will be obsolete. Song Yang sighed, or those celebrities will cut leeks!

   (end of this chapter)