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How could Wang Lei not know Clark's doubts?

He smiled and said:

"To be honest, Netscape Navigator is a treasure that has not yet been excavated in my eyes. After it is free, Netscape Navigator will surely take advantage of the opportunity that IE has not yet been perfected to attract a large number of new users.

Now Netscape Navigator has just over 10 million users, while the United States has up to 50 million Internet users.

If we can have 40 million users, profitability will naturally not be a problem."

Clark felt that Wang Lei's analysis made sense. Netscape also used free services to have a large number of initial users at the beginning.

But why do we no longer have to worry about profitability when the number of users reaches 40 million?

Wang Lei realized that the current Internet giants have not yet realized the key point of using advertising to monetize traffic.

He pointed out to Clark:

"Microsoft likes to play with bundling sales, so we can also build a homepage on Netscape browser, and then use the huge traffic to attract other categories of Internet products, and we can collect advertising fees from it."

"Netscape is now the biggest entrepreneurial star in Silicon Valley and Wall Street. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first Internet stock. We extend an olive branch to other Internet companies that are still starting businesses, and they must be very willing to pay for it!"

"And unlike advertising on TV, our users are all Internet users. While we advertise, we also provide our users with the convenience of surfing. This is a win-win situation for all three."

Clark's eyes became brighter and brighter, and Wang Lei's words made him suddenly enlightened.

Due to the success of Netscape, the concept of the Internet has been hyped up by capital, and many Internet start-ups have become the target of investors.

They are not short of money, but they are short of users and places to burn money.

At this time, Netscape is free, and it will definitely gain a large number of users. By building a platform and selling advertising space, Netscape naturally became the best choice for these companies.

Wang Lei continued to analyze:

"Clark, a program on Paramount TV with over 10 million viewers can make tens of millions of dollars a year if it is properly operated.

Our ads are more targeted and the profits are more substantial.

And our web navigation can fill the entire homepage. Do you know what this means?"

As a two-time successful entrepreneur, Clark immediately realized the potential value of creating a navigation homepage.

In this way, Netscape will sooner or later become an Internet giant and a banner in the technology sector.

Capital will truly re-evaluate Netscape's market value, and perhaps one day it will no longer be afraid of a behemoth like Microsoft.

Clark's doubts suddenly disappeared, and he wanted to go back and implement Wang Lei's plan immediately.

But Wang Lei kept him:

"Clark, don't leave in a hurry. Actually, I have a selfish reason for telling you so much."

"You want to..."

"I want to buy the bottom when people sell Netscape stocks collectively after you announce the free service!"

"Oh, I know what to do. I will do my best to cooperate with you."

At this time, Clark didn't dare to refuse Wang Lei again. He expected that Wang Lei would have a way to praise Netscape and also a way to knock Netscape off the altar.

Besides, he was grateful to Wang Lei. There is no love without reason in this world. Wang Lei must have made a profit to help him make plans.

He didn't want to push such a good shareholder like Wang Lei to the side of the competitor.

"In exchange, I will join the legal team of the White Dragon Consortium to help you fight a lawsuit with Microsoft!"

Clark was full of question marks. There was no dispute between the two parties on technical patents.

Wang Lei's eyes became sharp, and he said domineeringly:

"Microsoft has bullied us to the door, how can we not respond at all?"

"Have you ever thought that Microsoft's bundling of Windows 95 and IE browser has violated the industry monopoly law?"

"They may not know that they have violated the federal law of 'using monopoly advantages to compete unfairly'!"

He became more and more excited:

"Our demand is to split Microsoft, and the 'operating system' and 'application software' must be split into two companies!"

"I will not only pull in Netscape, but also Amazon, Yahoo search engine, eBay and other Internet companies. I will pull the entire Silicon Valley to fight Microsoft in a century battle!"

Clark was excited when he heard it. That was the first technology stock, the first stock in the world, and the world's number one giant that was rising strongly.

He had to admit that although Wang Lei was young, he had the temperament of a leader.

"Okay, let's sue Microsoft. Netscape will be the first to join!"

……

A week later, Netscape publicly announced that it would join forces with a number of Internet companies in Silicon Valley to sue Microsoft..

Sued that it has formed a monopoly in the operating system market, and used its monopoly advantage to engage in bundled unfair competition!

Strongly demanded that the government split up the giant Microsoft, otherwise it would be detrimental to the development of the entire technology industry and the Internet.

As soon as this notice came out, the White Dragon Internet companies came out to respond.

Paramount News set up a column program to follow up in real time.

The whole country was in an uproar!

Microsoft did not expect that its insignificant decision would actually cause such a strong reaction from Netscape and other Internet companies.

The Paramount tragedy half a century ago is still vivid.

The public attention has brought pressure to them.

Bill, who has just become the richest man, knows that if Microsoft does not respond well, there is really a possibility of being split up.

Of course, Microsoft is not made of clay. As a major taxpayer, their government relations are complicated. While the Ministry of Justice is fighting, it hopes to use the power of the White House to reconcile.

At the same time, with the support of more than half of the board of directors, Clark, the founder of Netscape, announced that Netscape Browser would be free again, and users who had purchased the paid version could apply for a full refund at any bank.

As soon as this announcement came out, Netscape's stock price ushered in its first big drop since its listing.

The financial newspapers that had previously praised Netscape came out one after another to trample Netscape as worthless.

Netscape, which had lost its profit point, saw its stock price fall sharply for several consecutive days.

In just half a month, Netscape's market value fell by half.

The stock price was infinitely close to the first day of listing.

Clark, who was a little impatient, found Wang Lei.

"Okay, let's make this month's financial report public to shareholders."

At this time, Netscape's account had already added a large amount of income, all of which were advertising fees prepaid by other companies.

Because of Netscape's success, the concept of the Internet became popular, and some companies launched their own official websites in order to cater to this wave of popularity.

With the help of Paramount's business department, Netscape's navigation homepage had more than twenty major sponsors before it was officially released.