Back To 1995

   Chapter 641 No one knows better than me

   On the road to Nasdaq, Song Yang has passed by countless times, and the scenery on the road is different each time.

   I still remember the first time I came here. At that time, there were Netscape advertisements on the Nasdaq big screen and dozens of screens in Times Square. That was the year of the rise of the Internet in America.

   In that year, Netscape was the focal point of the entire Silicon Valley. Jim Clark’s beauty was infinite and was remembered by countless people. I don’t know how many people in the world were attracted by Netscape’s “get rich overnight”.

Then there is the huge momentum of Yahoo. When Yahoo went public, the battle was a bit bigger than Netscape. And the double-click, Song Yang was the first time to stand on the Nasdaq as the "master". The lobby has become the focus of the entire Internet industry.

   Netscape, Yahoo, and DoubleClick were considered by the outside world to be giants in the Internet industry. However, the speed of the change of the Internet is too fast.

   It was previously thought that Netscape, which would be the leader of the Internet, is already crumbling this year, and it is a double-click carrying the "Internet advertising banner", which is a nourishing life.

However, Song Yang used Double-click to encircle and suppress Wall Street's short-selling institutions, and Wall Street basically abandoned Double-click. Nearly two years later, Double-click is still better than most Internet companies, but "no one cares" on Wall Street. The market value jumps around five or six billion dollars all year round.

   On the contrary, it is Yahoo, which has a taste of "destiny". Before the end of the year, its market value has exceeded 50 billion US dollars, and it has begun to tie with AOL as the Internet duo.

The most important companies in Silicon Valley and the Internet can all be said to be born under the "witness" of Song Yang. This is also Song Yang's qualifications. The Internet is already regarded as "old rivers and lakes". He is with Anderson, Yang Zhiyuan, AOL President Keyes's contemporaries...

  The car passed by Times Square, and several large screens were filled with Amazon advertisements. Today is the day Amazon goes public. Song Yang, one of Amazon's major shareholders, naturally wants to join in.

Even if it's not Amazon, Song Yang will come to the Big Apple in a few days. ICQ's roadshow is over. Irene, along with ICQ executives, and people from Wall Street, are fooling around the world, no, it's full. The world roadshow has run to dozens of cities, from America to Canada, London, Frankfurt, Berlin to Tokyo, Hong Kong City and so on.

ICQ's $1.8 billion fundraising has been completed, much faster than expected, mainly from major Wall Street institutions, American teachers, firefighting and other 401K foundations, as well as overseas consortia, Purchased by banks and big dog owners, PayPal has also issued several funds that include subscriptions for ICQ stocks, which are packaged and sold to overseas leeks.

Ordinary leeks still have some doubts about ICQ's valuation of nearly $30 billion, but Wall Street and other institutions obviously have expectations for ICQ, and they all stud ICQ's stock, betting that ICQ can stage Netscape and Yahoo! It was a myth when it went public. After all, Song Yang is the old river and lake of the Internet, and the golden signboard is still resounding.

Now is the hottest time of the Internet, the whole world is the same, it doesn't matter what the Internet is, the important thing is that this thing seems to be "big money" now. , otherwise it will not keep up with the trend.

  The world's major exchanges, such as Nasdaq, London Stock Exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Hong Kong City Exchange and even Singapore, have countless technology companies that have emerged and listed under the banner of Internet companies.

ICQ, which has already completed its roadshow, will also start preparing to go public in the near future. Song Yang doesn't want to delay any further. After Christmas, ICQ has to make a big move. Immelt of General Electric can't wait any longer. .

The Nasdaq trading floor is already very noisy at this time. Countless reporters and media are desperately taking pictures, or accumulating materials. No one knows when the people in these photos will become the Internet and even Ami Ligard big man.

Just like Netscape a few years ago, on the day of Netscape's listing, standing next to Anderson, as a foil, Song Yang, Yang Zhiyuan, Lycos founder Bob Weiss, AltaVista founder Flaherty and others , just pull out one, and now they are all princes on the Internet, worth more than hundreds of millions of dollars, and vividly interpret the myth of the Internet's wealth creation.

Someday these big figures will make a fortune when they release documentaries or memoirs. They can make a fortune just by selling them to TV stations, financial magazines and other media. More photos, the world is busy, it's all for profit!

Every time I come to Nasdaq, I see a different scene. This is a place that every technology and Internet industry dreams of, but in the same way, this is also a place where new people laugh and old people cry. Netscape on the Nasdaq trading floor, the stock price has fallen into a dog, but no one cares at this time.

   "It's Song!"

   When a bulletproof Lincoln appeared in front of the gate of the exchange, a large group of reporters and media immediately swarmed up with cameras and camcorders.

Song Yang is considered an "outlier" in the Internet industry. Although he has bought a lot of Ferraris, Porsches, and invested in the brand of Siebel sports cars, when he appears in public, Song Yang always rides in a bulletproof Lincoln car. .

   This is different from other Internet peers. When this kind of occasion occurs, it is usually a sports car and other publicity styles, but it is completely different. This has caused many Internet peers and some media to mock Song Yang in private.

As soon as he got out of the car, there was a row of microphones in front of Song Yang, and one of the media outlets asked, "Song, when our newspaper interviewed you a few years ago, you predicted that Netscape's stock price would increase tenfold. Now can you predict where Amazon's stock price will grow?"

  Song Yang saw the "San Francisco Chronicle" sign hanging in front of this reporter, and couldn't help but think of the original scene. At that time, Song Yang could only be regarded as a "rookie" of the Internet, and he was slightly famous.

The San Francisco Chronicle and other media wanted to make some nasty stories about Song Yang, and they dug a lot of holes for Song Yang. When Song Yang was asked what he thought of Netscape's stock price, Song Yang shouted that sentence. The words of tigers and wolves, Netscape's share price doubled tenfold...

   At that time, the media including the San Francisco Chronicle thought that Song Yang was just touting Netscape, the big brother Netscape who wanted to rely on the Internet.

   But in the end, Netscape’s share price did more than double. Although it was a flash in the pan, as long as the people who bought Netscape’s stock were not greedy, it was Dior for Audi and Volkswagen for BMW.

   Almost the same place, the same newspaper office, asked Song Yang again, the same but slightly different questions.

   "Oh, you know me, I expressed my attitude in 1995, and it remains the same now, the Internet will be the most favorite industry for global investors!"

Song Yang said with a smile, thought about it for a while, and then showed the expression of "no one knows the Internet better than me", "I believe that Amazon will be one of the most valuable stocks in the world in the future, maybe in the future, Amazon’s market value will exceed 100 billion, 200 billion…”

   "Song, why don't you say that Amazon's market value will exceed one trillion dollars!"

There was a lot of laughter at the scene, and they all thought that Song Yang was bullshitting. As we all know, Song Yang is one of Amazon’s big money owners. It’s understandable to brag about Amazon, but it was so outrageous. The sun is blowing outrageously.

  Song Yang smiled and gave the reporter who said this an "appreciative" look, "I will seriously consider your suggestion and wait until then before selling Amazon's stock!"

   There was a roar of laughter again, which attracted the attention of the entire Nasdaq trading floor.

   Another reporter took the opportunity to ask, "So Song, is this a representative, you are very optimistic about Song, if you were to choose between Yahoo and Amazon, whose stock would you keep?"

   These reporters are still the same as before, full of bad water, thinking about digging a hole for Song Yang. Both Yahoo and Amazon, Song Yang are their shareholders, and they are also one of the largest individual shareholders.

   Let Song Yang make a choice, obviously to let Song Yang express his attitude, which company is more optimistic about, saying that he is optimistic about one company will definitely offend the other company.

   With Song Yang's current status in the Internet arena, there is no need to worry about offending both Amazon and Yahoo by saying these words, but after all, it is not a good word.

   The reporter who asked this question didn't expect Song Yang to answer. He just dug a hole. Song Yang said no. After they go back, they can make up various versions of the answer by themselves. This is the "basic quality" of reporters...

But unexpectedly, Song Yang looked embarrassed when he heard this question, but said in a joking tone, "This is really a difficult problem, just like in Doomsday Fortress, you can only choose one of food and water. , if there must be an answer, it should be Amazon!”

Many reporters looked at Song Yang and wanted to analyze from Song Yang's expression whether this was a joke or true. However, from Song Yang's expression, it was difficult for them to analyze anything. Song Yang specially invited Psychology. Teachers and expression analysts, who have done expression training and management, just to deal with the old fox, they can only see it as hell.

   However, there are still many reporters who are writing hard, and obviously in tomorrow's report, there will be news that Song Yang is more optimistic about Amazon.

   "Song, eBay is also an e-commerce company you invested in, so how does eBay compare to Amazon?!"

   (end of this chapter)