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   Chapter 268 Spring Thunder

   It seems that it is too early to discuss Song Yang's status in the American Internet industry, but it cannot be avoided.

Thanks to the rapid development of the Internet, the speed of replacement of this industry is also scary, but now Silicon Valley also regards Jim Clark, who created the miracle of Netscape, as the godfather of the Internet, and Mark Anderson is the digital hero of Silicon Valley .

It is precisely because of the emergence of Netscape that the world has seen the miracle of the Internet. Maybe one day Jim Clark and Anderson will both grow old, and Netscape has disappeared, but no one can deny the influence Netscape has brought to the Internet industry. .

   In addition to Jim Clark and Anderson, the most sought after by countless people in the Internet industry today are Yahoo chief Yang Zhiyuan and Ferro.

   But when calling Yang Zhiyuan the second-generation Internet godfather, he couldn't get around a name, that is Song Yang!

  Song Yang did not come from the Stanford department, nor was it produced by Silicon Valley, but in today's Internet industry, Song Yang cannot be bypassed. If Netscape is a pioneering work, it has established a connection between the Internet and computers.

As for the role of Yahoo, to use a media that touted Yahoo, a hundred years from now, when the world thinks of the two biggest people on the Internet, it will definitely be the two chiefs of Yahoo, who will be compared with Edison, Bell, and Ford. …

Although    is touted, it also shows the role of Yahoo. Its open strategy has allowed countless people to really get in touch with Yahoo, what is the Internet!

As for Song Yang, I dare not say that in 100 years, at least in the next 30 years, as long as there is an Internet company that still relies on advertising to make money, it is impossible to bypass Song Yang. Song Yang's Internet relies on advertising. The profit model allows the Internet industry to survive...

  Double-click is the first listed company after Song Yang's establishment. Although the performance is not very good, today's Internet industry, even many established companies such as Microsoft in the technology industry, dare not ignore Song Yang.

Now Song Yang has suddenly invested in eBay, an emerging e-commerce company. Almost after the news broke, Silicon Valley venture capital, Wall Street institutions, and well-known private investors have all started to announce research on the e-commerce market. !

  The e-commerce industry that was Goubuli before has become a sweet treat in an instant, and major investors have begun to focus on Internet e-commerce companies.

  Although e-commerce companies have not made any money in the past two years, eBay and another Amazon, which represent the e-commerce industry, have all lost money, but now Song Yang has been eyed by countless people.

In fact, since Song Yang debuted, he has never missed a beat. From the double-click Internet advertising company, Hotmail's e-mail, to ICQ, which has not created a new Internet industry, but made a lot of money. Although ICQ has made a lot of money. I haven't proven myself yet, but the concept of instant messaging, since ICQ came out, is also very popular, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, Netscape are all getting together to enter...

   Now suddenly investing in the e-commerce industry, it does not make people imagine, is the spring of the electronic and electronic industry coming.

  Seattle, like Double Click, started in the Amazon headquarters in the garage. Bezos watched with a serious face. His "cheap fellow" Bruno Song's America Global Investment Fund invested in the news of eBay.

Bezos and Song Yang, as well as Jim Clark, are all nominal "hometowns". Bezos was born in New Mexico and grew up on his grandparents' farm in Texas. As for Bezos's space hobbies and so on , also basically originated from my grandfather who worked at the base of the Atomic Energy Commission…

   But watching the news on TV, Bezos is really not happy about this cheap fellow. Now Amazon is an online bookstore, but Bezos' purpose is not only to make Amazon an online bookstore.

Although eBay is now engaged in the C2C auction model, if you have to compare, then eBay is similar to Taobao, and Amazon plays the same model as Goudong, but they all eat in the pot of e-commerce, no matter what model they play, in the end It must be because of the last bite of the meal.

   Watching the host on the TV news and mentioning that Song Yang gave eBay a valuation of $60 million, Bezos frowned even more.

Such a valuation is no longer even lower than the valuations given to Amazon by Silicon Valley venture capital and Wall Street institutions. Wall Street institutions were not very optimistic about Amazon before and were willing to invest in Amazon. In fact, more tend to be Bezos was born in a hedge fund company, because of Wall Street's "own man".

   "After Bruno Song's American Investment Fund invested in eBay, many Silicon Valley venture capital firms and Wall Street institutions announced that they would raise their valuations on eBay, and many other investment institutions indicated that they might invest in eBay!"

The screen behind the host showed that in front of the gate of eBay headquarters, there were many media and reporters, as well as many Silicon Valley venture capital firms. eBay for investment.

   "In addition, a number of Wall Street institutional analysts said that e-commerce companies, if the industry model and profitability change, may become an important part of the Internet in the future, and may have certain investment value!"

   "Affected by the news, Wall Street institutions have adjusted the valuations of e-commerce sites such as Amazon, which is mainly engaged in e-book business, flowers website Flowers, Penney.com, Zappos.com, which is mainly engaged in shoes and clothing, and Pets, the world's largest pet product website..."

  Although Amazon’s valuation has also been raised again by Wall Street, Bezos is not happy anyway.

   Just take a look, now VCs and Wall Street institutions are getting together to find eBay, and you will know who is the darling of e-commerce. With Song Yang investing in eBay, it is obvious that there are many people who want to ride the wind.

After all, the future of e-commerce companies like Amazon and Pets is really uncertain, but with Song Yang acting as a beacon, there is always a bit more insurance. Besides, the sky is falling and there are still tall people on it, eBay can't do it. Now, there is Song Yang, a major shareholder, who supports it, but other e-commerce companies can't support it, so it's really dead.

   When Bezos was worried about Amazon, the sudden ringing of the phone made Bezos even more upset.

  Bezos turned off the TV and answered the phone. The person on the phone reported his home and heard the other party's background, which made Bezos stunned for a moment.

"I'm Marcus, Income Treasurer of the Americas Investment Fund, and Mr. Bruno Song's investment advisor. Marcus, Mr. Bezos, I'm sorry to bother you at this time, but this is very important!" On the phone The voice of Marcus came out.

   All kinds of thoughts flashed in his mind, but Bezos quickly calmed down, and his experience in hedge funds made Bezos understand that anger is useless.

Bezos' character is very similar to that of Gang Master Qiao. They are all characters who scold people and can make the other party hate him to shoot him, but they can control their anger and see that they have added an opponent to themselves. Song Yang suddenly came to the door again, and Bezos naturally flashed all kinds of thoughts.

   With some vague guesses in his heart, Bezos still said, "I'm Bezos!"

  Song Yang's sudden attack on the e-commerce industry has attracted the entire Silicon Valley to watch the wind. Song Yang has become the trend of America and even the global Internet weather vane. No matter how you look at Song Yang, no one has an opinion on his wallet.

Of course, it is not without opposition. America's largest furniture manufacturer, Brandon International Home Furnishing Group, which has 200,000 employees, is sarcastic, threatening that the Internet is destroying this era, and home furnishing and furniture products are not suitable for the Internet. There are super-large supermarket groups such as Walmart, but they are still watching from the sidelines, and they are not too concerned about the intensifying Internet.

It's just that after a few years, I don't know if these opponents will maintain their current attitude. When a company that opposes online sales of home furnishing products sells 3.9 billion US dollars in revenue online a year, Do you remember today's remarks...

After returning to San Jose, Song Yang, who finally showed up at the University of San Jose, returned to the ICQ building and started to get busy again. Even ICQ, DoubleClick, America Telecom and other companies have professional managers in charge, but some documents are still Song Yang needs to handle it himself.

Song Yang was processing the documents, and looked up at Irene in the office, "Get ready, this time DoubleClick, ICQ, American Telecom, Fortis, Yeadex Western Pictures, eBay and other companies have all entered the Asia trip. team!"

   "Also, notify WPP Group Martin Solo, and then contact Yahoo..."

   "All going to Asia?" Irene was a little surprised when she heard Song Yang's words. Except for PayPal, which was still under development, this time Song Yang almost came out of the nest, and took all the troops to start a trip to Asia.

   Even the apparently provocative Yahoo has sent out an invitation to join forces to go to Asia, where the Internet is barren and is known as a technological desert.

  Song Yang nodded to Irene, and the phone rang again. It was Marcus who called. Marcus, who had already flown to Seattle, officially started negotiations with Bezos.

  Under the condition that Bezos did not directly reject Song Yang's rejection, the two sides quickly hooked up. On the phone, Song Yang listened to Marcus talking about Bezos' conditions.

"Promise him that after the investment, the stock voting rights can be represented by Bezos within three years, and he will be invested at a valuation of 80 million US dollars. The resources given to eBay by the American Investment Foundation, Amazon also has them, including one-click download. Patents such as single and one-click payment can be licensed to Amazon for use!”

   After hearing Bezos' request, Song Yang agreed without thinking much. He didn't want to argue any further, and wanted to make a quick decision.

   "However, Amazon must also promise that in the future, PayPal will provide it with the conditions of an exclusive payment channel!"

   (end of this chapter)