Back To 1995

   Chapter 43

   When Song Yang came to Double-click Company, he could hear people in Double-click Company, and there were whispers from time to time.

After arriving at the office, Irene brought over several newspapers. Song Yang couldn't help rubbing his teeth when he saw the reports above. Yahoo's $100 million was almost equivalent to kicking off the Internet frenzy. prelude.

  Song Yang couldn't help shaking his head, not to mention several competitors of Yahoo, Song Yang was a little envious, this is 100 million US dollars, with such a large sum of money, Yahoo has enough funds to defeat all the opponents.

   Seeing Gleek entering the office, Song Yang put down the newspaper, looked at Gleick and Irene in the office, and said casually, "Do you want to exchange equity with Yahoo?"

  Greek and Irene were both stunned. They didn't expect that Song Yang would bring this up. Yahoo is now in the limelight. The money, Double-click Company is definitely not as good as SoftBank.

  Double-click what the company can get, I am afraid it is equity, but to exchange equity, Yahoo will definitely have a big opening.

"I am afraid that Yahoo may not be willing. Even if they agree to exchange equity, the asking price is probably not low!" Irene said. She is proficient in theory. Now Double-click is weaker than Yahoo, at least in terms of valuation. The company will probably suffer.

Song Yang, who was just talking casually at first, touched his chin at this time, and suddenly felt that the exchange of shares might not be a bad thing for Double-click Company. Right now, no matter how high Yahoo's asking price is, its market value at its peak exceeded 100 billion US dollars. Even if only 5% of Yahoo's shares are exchanged, the future value will exceed billions of dollars.

   As for the Double-click company, even Song Yang has to admit that even if he blows his mind in the future, unless he can backhand the acquisition of advertising giants like WPP or Omnicom, he will not be able to catch up with Yahoo’s market value.

As for whether Yahoo will agree to exchange shares, Song Yang is not worried. Now DoubleClick is the general agent of advertisers. In the past, this transaction was worthless, but now it is different. The higher the market value of Yahoo, the identity of DoubleClick as the general agent of advertising. more valuable.

   And in a short period of time, at least within a year or two, Yahoo can't get rid of Double-click Company, as long as it wants to go public, Double-click Company needs to continuously provide it with a lot of advertising revenue!

   "You can contact Yahoo first," Song Yang said while looking at Greck and Irene, asking them to test Yahoo first, "I'll call Brady myself!"

   On Yahoo, Song Yang is most familiar with Brady, Yahoo's current chief product officer. As for Yang Zhiyuan, although Song Yang has long admired his name, he has yet to meet him.

  Grek and Irene looked at each other. Although they didn't deal with each other, they knew that this was a big deal, so they nodded to each other.

Then Irene put another document in front of Song Yang, "Now, there are nearly ten Internet digital advertising companies such as L90 and Avenue in the market. These companies have appeared recently, and they want to compete with Double-click to grab the market. !"

Involution is everywhere, not to mention other places. There should not be too many followers in America. After Double Click Company got an investment of tens of millions of dollars, companies that followed the trend and did Internet digital advertising rose like weeds. Everyone wants to be the second double-click company. Who doesn't want to replace Song Yang as the person holding champagne in the famous America photo?

"We are going to sue a digital advertising company for infringement!" Greg also said, this is to kill chickens and warn the monkeys, so that those who follow the trend don't go too far. Of course, if any follower is caught and dares to steal the company's technology, patents, etc., it must be It is necessary to hit the other party to bankruptcy.

Song Yang took a few glances. Most of these digital advertising companies that just came out are following the Double-click company. Now the two most famous websites on the Internet, Netscape and Yahoo's advertising general agents are Double-click, and the other figures Advertising companies are basically making money at a loss.

   "Let the Legal Department handle this matter!" Song Yang said to Gleick, there is no second place in the Internet industry, only first place. As long as Double-click Company occupies the first place in the industry, the rest can only drink the northwest wind!

After   Greck, Irene and others left, Song Yang signed a few documents and turned on the computer. Song Yang was about to enter a new industry, and naturally he had to know the most about the entire America Internet.

   What Song Yang didn't expect was that in just half a year, hundreds of new websites appeared. Song Yang remembered that a few months ago, there were very few websites that he could enter.

The biggest changes are undoubtedly Netscape and Yahoo. Netscape has added a lot of new features. It is said that it is a browser. It is almost about to become a small computer system. It even added office software, and it is a sign of arm wrestling with Microsoft. Don't be too obvious.

   Yahoo has begun to have the prototype of the portal website. Compared with the original monotonous interface, it has added new functions such as news, sports, stocks, etc., and hundreds of new websites have been added.

Song Yang saw a piece of news on Yahoo News that Netscape's Jim Clark accepted an exclusive interview with CNN, the base camp of the Donkey Party, which included a response to recent events in Silicon Valley and the Internet industry. Jim can be seen in every word. The identity of the godfather of Silicon Valley.

   But think about it, Jim Clark is indeed the godfather of a generation of Silicon Valley, but, I just don’t know about Microsoft and Yahoo, do you recognize this identity…

   Song Yang glanced at the time, turned on the TV in the office, and turned to CNN TV, and Jim Clark appeared immediately. Jim sat in the studio like a big guy, talking to reporters.

   "I admit that Yahoo is developing well. Yahoo is now the search technology supplier of Netscape. I am very optimistic about Yahoo!"

Song Yang listened to what Jim Clark said in front of the director's camera, and almost didn't laugh. Jim seemed to be praising Yahoo, but in fact, he regarded Yahoo as his little brother. No matter how powerful Yahoo was, it was only Netscape one of the suppliers.

Facing the camera, Jim answered some hot questions, such as whether Yahoo was worth the investment of 100 million dollars. Jim must not say it was not worth it, otherwise Netscape would also be questioned, but when Jim said this, he used A trick, "Sooner or later, Yahoo is worth it!"

That is, Yahoo may not be worth the price now, but don’t panic, it may be worth it in a few years, this is to let the people in Silicon Valley and Wall Street realize that Netscape is the leader of the Internet industry, don’t worry. Listening to the wind is rain, Yahoo and Netscape are still too far behind...

   Then Jim answered a few more questions. Song Yang didn't plan to pay any more attention, but suddenly heard the name of Double Click Company and looked up at the TV again.

   "Director Jim, what do you think of Double-click Company and Bruno Song? Recently, there is news that Double-click Company has started to establish a branch in New York less than half a year after its establishment. Is it developing too fast?" The host asked Jim.

Jim shook his head, his face became serious, "I think this is completely correct, this is the Internet industry, it may take a long time to go from 0 to 1, but it may only take a moment to go from 1 to 10. Double-click companies need to complete the right Netscape has a performance commitment next year, and I think this step is completely correct!"

  Jim Clark is not leaking water. If Double-click is questioned for taking too many steps, Netscape will also be questioned, so he directly plugs the gap.

   "So what about Song?"

   "Song?!"

Jim Clark mentioned Song Yang with an odd smile on his face, "It's a pity that Netscape failed to invest in DoubleClick. Song is a genius. I think in the future, e-commerce companies, such as Amazon, may find this. a little."

   The host wanted to know why Jim Clark suddenly mentioned the e-commerce industry, and didn't know what it had to do with Song Yang.

But Jim Clark was tight-lipped about this, and he was reluctant to talk about life or death. He looked like he was watching the fun. In fact, when Jim Clark was going to invest in DoubleClick, he was only found out by the investigation that Song Yang was holding.” "Interactive Network", "One-click ordering", "One-click payment" and other patents.

Jim can imagine that in the future, companies such as Amazon in the e-commerce industry will definitely have a fight with Song Yang because of these patents. He has already moved the small bench and is ready to watch the show. As for reminding Amazon and other companies, he Only when you are full can you do this shit.

  The original interview was about to end. The host pressed the headset, not knowing what to hear, and asked Jim, "Director Jim, do you really think Song is this kind of person? We heard some different remarks!"

  Song Yang was obviously stunned when he saw Jim Clark on TV. Obviously, this question was not what he expected before the interview, at least he didn't know it in advance.

  Jim's face changed a bit, then immediately returned to normal, looking at the camera and said, "I believe what I saw, Song is a genius, we can't look at a person with prejudice, otherwise what we see must be prejudice!"

Song Yang looked at the end of the interview and knew that he owed Jim Clark a favor. He was in front of almost the public, and he was vouching for Song Yang, but Song Yang wanted to know what happened, and the host suddenly asked such a question. .

   picked up the phone, Song Yang called Irene to call, "Find out this matter!"

   Half an hour later, Song Yang, who saw the news on TV and knew what was going on, turned a little ugly.

The    news was interviewed by a local media in New York. In the picture, there was a familiar figure, Bledsoe Jayden who ran to New York at some point, surrounded by a few lawyer-like people, who was talking nonsense.

"Bruno Song is a liar, a thief, he is not as good as the media reports, he can go to the De Vry school to investigate, he also stole the double-click company, and he has contacts with some people who are not welcome by the FBI …”

   "It's the Vulture Lawyers!" Looking at Jayden, who was hysterical in the TV news, and a few people behind him, Greg's expression was also a little unsightly.

   (end of this chapter)