Back To 1995

   Chapter 231

   As a leading figure in the game industry and the technical field, John Carmack's influence is beyond doubt. When Carmack announced that he would join Xue Leshan as the chief technology officer, the impact on the game industry can be imagined!

Next, IdSoftware game company, which is headquartered in Texas and established for nearly five years, has led the trend of FPS shooting games. Last year, IdSoftware game company, which made a profit of 15 million US dollars, was dramatically sold by Xue Leshan at a price of 89 million US dollars. And its game copyrights are all in the bag.

  No one would have thought that the Id Game Company would be sold, and in a way that the founders fell apart and went their separate ways. It is not so much that Xue Leshan acquired Id Games, but rather that several of its founders have decided to break up.

When the news of    came out, for the entire game industry, this might not be the strongest, but definitely a game company with full personality, and it will never be the same again.

Returning to Texas, Carmack, who has decided to leave ID Game Company and work at the headquarters in Xue Leshan, has put down his prejudice with a group of old friends. Carmack, Romero, Adrian, Hall, Sandy Peterson Waiting for a group photo together, this is the first time a few people have taken a photo together since the Id game became famous!

In the photo, Carmack and the sleepy Romero and others all had smiles on their faces. Carmack went to the Xue Leshan headquarters. Romero was attached to Id Games and established his own "Ion Storm" game studio. Adrian and others People also established their own studios, and the rest of Hall, Sandy Peterson and others took over the Id Games Company.

For the entire Id game company, this may be the best result. In name, the founders such as Carmack have never left the Id game company. They are still in the Xue Leshan company. Carmack is still the technical director of Id games. The name of the first, but each started anew!

The biggest winner is Xue Leshan. This is the consensus of everyone in the game industry. After this series of operations, Xue Leshan has a feeling of returning to the peak. It owns two famous game studios, Blizzard and Id, and has a huge number of game studios. Distribution channels, once the TGA Awards Ceremony and the Game Hall of Fame are also tinkered, then the American game industry is basically dominated by Xue Leshan.

  The rest of EA, Activision, 2K and other game makers are far less powerful now than Xue Leshan.

   Nothing is more important to Xue Leshan than ICQ. Now ICQ is counting on that Xue Leshan can make money and monetize ICQ's traffic. For this reason, ICQ is still carrying hundreds of millions of dollars in debt from the bank!

  Song Yang has also started to get busy these days, but not for the game business of ICQ and Xue Leshan, but for the double-click company, which will be listed soon.

It can be said that it is extremely difficult to double-click to go public. At the beginning of the listing, it was sniped, promoted, and suffered a disaster. The closer to the listing, the double-click here, the more nervous, Song Yang also returned to Houston and began to sit in town. .

  Rao was that Song Yang was already mentally prepared, but when he heard the news just after getting off the plane, Song Yang's brows were still furrowed.

   "The Tennessee State Court has formally accepted a class action lawsuit by private investigator David Ameda and the KBK law firm against DoubleClick for false advertising!"

   "The Trade Commission will impose a huge $110 million fine on DoubleClick for false advertising. This is the first fine in the history of the Internet!"

   "The Trade Commission, Director of the Internet Office, Ella Cherry, has publicly announced that it will launch an antitrust investigation into DoubleClick, and it is possible that DoubleClick founder Bruno Song will participate in a congressional hearing and be questioned by members of Congress!"

  Song Yang, who just got off the plane, heard the "good news" one after another. On the eve of the double-click company's listing, the group of people headed by Ella Cherry finally did it.

   Begin to encircle the company in all directions, class action, fines for false advertising, and even anti-monopoly congressional hearings, this is the preparation to completely destroy the company!

   "Song!"

When    arrived at the airport and came to greet Song Yang, Jenny, when she saw Song Yang, immediately threw herself into her arms, hugged Song Yang, and stamped on Song Yang's face.

   But at this time, Song Yang really couldn't lift his mood, so he was grinding with Jenny, and threw the newspapers in his hand to Gallo who was beside him.

   "I have something to deal with now, I have to go back later!"

  Song Yang put a sip on Jenny's lips and said towards the big cream cake. Hearing this, Jenny couldn't help pouting.

Seeing this, Song Yang took Jenny in his arms, took her to Haili's car, and said in her ear, "These two days, go with Haili to choose some clothes, and then we will participate in the double-click listing ceremony together! "

   Until Song Yang, Gallo and the others left, looking at Jenny who was still there, Haili shook her head for a while, not knowing what Song Yang said, making this silly girl so happy.

   "What did Song tell you?" Hailey started the car and asked Jenny.

   Thinking about what Jenny was wearing on the day DoubleClick went public, a smile appeared on her face when she heard Haili's words, "Song asked me to accompany him to the DoubleClick Company's listing ceremony!"

Hailey, who had just started the car, slammed on the brakes, turned her head to look at Jenny, and couldn't help but look envious. She double-clicked the day when the company went public, and brought Jenny to the event. As an Internet upstart girlfriend, Hailey looked at Jenny in the back seat and could only sigh, silly girl is lucky!

   When Song Yang arrived at the Double-click Headquarters Harbor Building, the news about Double-click Company was already rumored.

   The first fine in the history of the Internet, and it is a huge fine of up to 110 million US dollars. Double-clicking this is a first for the Internet.

   Coupled with class action lawsuits, congressional hearings, etc., everyone with a discerning eye can see that this is someone who is sniping Double-click to go public, and soon, those investors who subscribed for Double-click began to worry about whether Double-click would fail to go public!

The fine is as high as hundreds of millions of dollars. The entire Double-click company has made a lot of money in the first half of this year, and it is certain that if the other party is not dealt with, this is by no means the last fine. In the end, it may be able to fine the Double-click company. bankruptcy.

   In response to the double-click Ella Cherry, she became famous for a while. The Internet Director of the Trade Commission, who has been in office for almost half a year, has been inactive. As soon as she made a move, she was shocked, and she was about to kill Double-click directly.

Some media directly gave Ella Cherry the title of "Iron Lady of the Internet" and compared her to Spitzer, the "Sheriff of Wall Street", thinking that Ella Cherry is the same as Spitzer who controls the situation on Wall Street. , about the Internet landscape in America!

  Many small Internet companies are silent about Ella Cherry, for fear of attracting the attention of this iron lady of the Internet and suffering a disaster.

   When Song Yang came to Double Click Company headquarters, he suddenly slowed down and walked in towards Double Click Company.

   When Song Yang entered, he saw that the entire Double-click company was filled with an atmosphere of anxiety and tension, and even the Ministry of Commerce, where the phone calls never stopped on weekdays, seemed a little quiet at this time.

Ella Cherry's deadly tactics have directly affected Double-click Company, and the sponsors who cooperated with Double-click to place advertisements are obviously waiting and watching, for fear that Double-click will close the door if they are not careful, then they invest in it. Advertising costs, but also chickens and eggs!

The arrival of Song Yang has made the company's internal atmosphere a little bit better. After all, Song Yang's reputation in the Internet is there, and the people inside the company are all looking forward to their well-known founder, who can lead the company out of the quagmire. .

   "Boss!"

   When Song Yang entered the double-click conference room, Whitman's executives were already waiting inside, and Greg was among them.

   "Lane, Marcus are on their way." Greg said, Marcus, as the chief financial officer, needs him to make an assessment of the current financial situation.

  Song Yang sat down, and without waiting for Whitman and the others to speak, he said decisively, "Double-click the company, and the listing will be completed!"

Double-click the company, Song Yang will definitely be listed, even if he loses money, he will also be listed. Once he is targeted this time, the listing fails. Next time, ICQ, America Telecom, etc. will also be targeted. Amelica didn't take a step back and the waves were calm. Those people were just like wolves. As long as they showed a little flaw and dared to take a step back, the wolves would pounce on them and tear their prey to shreds.

   "Deutsche Bank Investment Bank, Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, several of the company's stock underwriters, called and subscribed for the company's shares, and now they are very worried about the current situation of the company!"

   Whitman said with a serious face, she did not expect that Double Click would encounter so many troubles. The current public opinion environment is very unfavorable for Double Click, and all kinds of rumors are spreading. It seems that the next moment, Double Click Company will not be able to support it.

   Even Microsoft, facing anti-monopoly and fines, has to bump it up a bit, let alone double-click for the ones that have not yet been listed. Even if it is forced to go public this time, I am afraid that the stock price will not be as high as it is, and maybe it will fall sharply.

"Tell them that Double-click will not stop the listing in the middle, Whitman, you let Double-click make an announcement, and let these investment banks contact the Nasdaq Committee, and there must be no change in the Nasdaq Committee. , and if they can't, then don't even think about getting an order from me!"

Hearing that several investment banks were jumping sideways again, Song Yang was furious and gave them so much underwriting fees, but when they ran into trouble, they started jumping again and again. Termination of the double-click company's listing, all that is still to play, otherwise, everything will be in vain.

   Whitman nodded and glanced at the executives on the side. Two executives immediately went out and started to issue announcements to contact several investment banks.

   "The most important thing now is class action lawsuits, false advertising fines, and congressional hearings!" Greg also said with a serious face, which is a problem for Double Click Company and even Song Yang.

  Song Yang let out a long breath and rubbed his raised brows, "What is the origin of that KBK and David Ameda?"

   (end of this chapter)