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   Chapter 852 Two flowers bloom

   When Song Yang returned to the villa in San Jose, there were already many people waiting there. They knew that Song Yang returned to San Jose today, and naturally they were all people who were closely related to Song Yang.

   In the living room of the villa in Songyang San Jose, the estimated worth has exceeded one billion dollars. Xie Qing, president of Fortis Antivirus Company, looked at the few people in front of him.

Xie Qing has also become a representative of Chinese in the Silicon Valley Internet circle. The Forita Antivirus established by "self-made" has now been valued at more than 8.1 billion US dollars, compared with old antivirus software such as McAfee and Symantec. The company's valuation has not been too much. If the market is good after listing, the market value of Fortis Antivirus may exceed 10 billion US dollars!

Xie Qing is undoubtedly a "legend" in the Chinese-American circle in Silicon Valley, as well as in the domestic Internet industry. There are also countless rumors about Xie Qing. Feita was caught by Song Yang at a glance, and he threw 1.4 million dollars and won 40% of the equity of Feita. From then on, Feita began to soar into the sky.

   In today's Silicon Valley, this one million dollars may not be a big deal. As long as there is a genius idea, an empty-handed white wolf can get tens of millions of dollars in venture capital.

   But at that time, the earliest Internet companies such as Netscape, Yahoo, and DoubleClick were all just starting out. In order to get a venture capital, they all begged their grandparents to ask their grandmother for investment.

The emergence of Netscape, Yahoo and other companies can only be said to be "accidental", not inevitable. The companies that did the same thing as Netscape and Yahoo at the beginning did not dare to say a lot, but there are definitely more than one, but those companies , compared to Yahoo, Netscape, etc. who got the US knife, they disappeared in the end, and only Yahoo and Netscape were remembered by history.

The same is true for    on Fortis. Although Internet anti-virus software is a new gimmick, compared with traditional anti-virus software, it does not have much technical barriers.

  Fortis can grow and become other anti-virus software companies. If you can get the resources and beautiful knives that Song Yang invested in Fortis, you can also fly to the sky!

  Other companies of the same type, if they can get Fortis Antivirus resources at the start, cooperate with Hotmail mailboxes from the very beginning. As the built-in security protection software of Hotmail mailboxes, they have gained tens of millions of users.

Subsequent Xue Leshan online game platform, PayPal payment platform, Saipan system, etc., all use Fortinet antivirus as security software, which makes Fortinet no shortage of users from the very beginning. Other antivirus software manufacturers must have such The support of many partners has long been developed...

There are not a few people who tout Xie Qing and Fortis antivirus software, but Xie Qing himself knows that without Song Yang's full support, even if Fortis can get to where it is today, it will be more than ten years later. It's been like this now, and it's taken a few years to reach this point.

   Xie Qing was looking at the people in front of him, and the people sitting in the living room of the villa were also looking at each other.

   eBay founder and co-president, Omidyar, who is in charge of eBay technology, sits with Whitman, another eBay CEO.

Whitman is the CEO of Double-click and eBay. One person is in charge of Double-click and eBay. Although her power is not as good as that of ICQ CEO Erin Doherty, who has been completely inflated, she is not as powerful. In the Internet industry, he is also a well-known figure!

Omidyar and Xie Qing chatted with each other. They both came from a technical background, but they had a lot of common words. In addition, they belonged to the same camp. The relationship was not very good, but at least they could talk about it. go together.

Omidyar was chatting with Xie Qing, his eyes turned to the other side from time to time, and he looked at the person who was chatting with Whitman in a low voice. That was one of the most powerful figures in the American technology circle, Alcatel Mobile President Ellen. Tian!

There are many camps in the Internet industry, such as the former Netscape department, and now there are Yahoo departments, AOL departments and other camps, while Omidyar and the others are nicknamed the Bruno Gang by the outside world, and they are also the most powerful camp in the Internet industry. one.

Omidyar knows that there are a lot of big people in the camp he belongs to, but on weekdays, there is not much contact with each other. For example, Omidyar has a lot of contact with PayPal, eBay, Hotnail and other companies. Tower, Alcatel, America Telecom and other companies, but not too much contact.

While chatting with Xie Qing, Omidyar heard Whitman and Eltien, and seemed to be talking in a low voice, and vaguely heard the words ICQ, equity transfer, cash out, cash flow, etc. Eltien looked It was a bit better, but there was a vaguely worried look on Whitman's face, not the excited look of eBay listing.

   Omidyar was not clear about what Whitman had talked about with Eltien, but he could also vaguely sense that Whitman seemed to be worried.

When it comes to technology, Omidyar is a good player, but when it comes to cutting leeks on Wall Street, Omidyar can't play a bit. Now Omidyar's position in eBay is like the two at Google. Like founders, they all need a helm, and Whitman is the one who helms eBay.

   "I'm a little worried now, is it the best choice for ebay to choose to list now!"

Whitman said to Eltien with a little concern that Eltien was on the same level as Whitman, Irene and others on Song Yang's side, but they didn't have much to do with them. In some words, Whitman On the contrary, it is convenient to tell Ertian, but it is not convenient to mention it to Erin, Marcus and others.

In the same camp, there are also differences of closeness and distance. Whitman and Eltien are close to each other. After all, both of them are "outsiders" and only joined halfway. They have always been with Irene. Following Song Yang's "old school", there is still a difference.

Alcatel mobile phones belong to the hardware industry, and the Internet cycle does not have such a drastic impact on the current mobile phone industry, but Eltien still said to Whitman, "Since Song has agreed to be listed on eBay, I think Song must have already had it. plan!"

Ertien can stabilize his position, and his life is getting smoother and smoother. He has always followed a principle, that is, if Song Yang supports, Ertien absolutely supports, and if Song Yang opposes, Ertien must not. disagree.

Alcatel Mobile was acquired by Song Yang halfway through, and Eltien also joined in halfway. At that time, Song Yang asked Eltien to continue to serve as the president of Alcatel Mobile, basically with a tentative mind. Ann's poor performance is when he takes the blame and leaves.

Ertien’s ability cannot be said to be top-notch, but in the past, he followed that law, which enabled Ertien not only to gain a firm foothold, but also to become a big man in the technology circle. .

   Facing Whitman now, Ertien naturally held the banner high. Regardless of Song Yang's presence or not, Ertien had to show the attitude of the number one dogleg under Song Yang's seat... and the attitude of the number one supporter.

   Hearing Eltien's words, Whitman was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly reacted. As a major shareholder holding more than 40% of eBay's shares, since Song Yang agreed to eBay's listing, he must have already planned.

The reason why   Whitman is worried is also because of DoubleClick and eBay, the latest quarter's performance is really unsatisfactory.

   eBay, which mainly relies on transaction fees, has only a part of advertising revenue, so the decline in performance is not very obvious. If it is listed on the market, it can be fooled.

   As the world's largest Internet advertising provider, the double-click company's performance is really not enough. Even if Whitman wants to fool, it is somewhat impossible to start.

Those advertisers, like suddenly running out of money, either stopped advertising on the Internet platform or reduced the scale of advertising. In the first quarter, the performance of DoubleClick fell by 19%. This is still a part of the puzzle, Whit Mann urgently contacted ICQ, Alcatel Mobile, America Telecom, Xue Leshan Games, etc., and made several large advertising orders in related transactions. Otherwise, the entire Internet industry would be stunned by double-clicking the performance of the first quarter!

   But the weird thing about the Internet now is that people and ghosts are all showing off, even if the double-click performance has become a mess, the stock price is still rising, it seems that the leeks are not worried at all.

   The leeks are not afraid. The head of Whitman is a little guilty. She doesn't know how long this situation will last, but the performance can't bear it, and the stock price will end sooner or later.

If eBay is listed now, Whitman is afraid that eBay's stock price will only be short-lived. Whitman only needs to be responsible for the major shareholders and the board of directors, but think about it, if eBay is more than 10 billion, or even 200 The market value of the billion-dollar knife was listed, and then a large number of leeks were put on the market. The stock price collapsed immediately. Whitman could not imagine how many leeks would be buried alive.

   At that time, Whitman will definitely take the blame, and even a collective claim against eBay will be inevitable. At that time, there will be some bullshit, and Whitman's own reputation is probably no different from "the butcher"...

   At this moment, there was a movement in the villa. First, a group of security personnel entered, and then Xie Qing, Omidyar, Whitman and others saw Song Yang.

   "Congratulations, Song, the first millionaire in the history of America!"

  Erthien applauded first, and then acted like a juggler. He took out a bottle of Chivas from nowhere, poured a glass of wine for Song Yang, and raised his glass, obviously having spent some effort.

  Song Yang smiled and shook his head, raised a glass to a few people, and let them all sit down.

   "Those are just media reports. The value supported by the stock price comes fast and goes fast..."

  Song Yang took a sip of his drink and said calmly, as if he didn't take the reports from Bloomberg Rich List, Forbes, Vanity Fair and other media to heart.

I have to say that drinking their own drinks does taste a little different, but I don’t know if Edgar Jr. and the old Bronfman will drink drinks from brands such as Royal Salute, Chivas, Martell, etc. anyway. It is estimated that the wine cellar of Songyang Villa will be filled with aged brewing of these own brands all the year round.

   Song Yang's words were clear and light, but listening to the ears of several people in the villa hall, they had different feelings. Whitman seemed to understand when he heard Song Yang's words.

Eltien speculated about Song Yang's worth. He knew more about the industry in Song Yang's hands than the media. Eltien felt that even the highest "Vanity Fair" that reported on Song Yang, it was estimated that A little conservative, if all the properties in Song Yang's hands are converted, he feels that Song Yang's worth is a lot higher than that predicted by the Bloomberg Rich List!

  Xie Qing and Omidyar had different feelings, but they couldn't help feeling a little bit. In the past few years, the value of the two of them has soared a lot, but compared with Song Yang, it is a world of difference.

When Xie Qing and the two met Song Yang back then, Song Yang's worth was not much different from what they are now, but a few years later, the two of them managed to climb to Song Yang's original position. Song Yang couldn't even see him. Looking at Song Yang, they felt that the past few years had passed in vain. Sometimes the gap between people was really bigger than that between people and...!

   "Pierre, I heard you're going to marry Pam?"

   After two sips of wine, Song Yang turned to Pierre Omidyar and asked, Pam is Omidyar's girlfriend, and the eBay website was established by Omidyar to help Pam collect candy boxes.

   mentioning this, Omidyar smiled, "I'm going to marry Pam on the day it goes public on ebay!"

   Hearing that Pierre Omidyar did not attend the Nasdaq bell ringing ceremony, but chose to attend the wedding that day, Whitman smiled wryly, obviously already aware of it.

Xie Qing and Ertien couldn't help but look at Omidyar in amazement. Omidyar is quite a bit of a lover of beauty but not the country. As a founder, he can hold a wedding on the day of listing without knocking. On the scene of Zhong, he is indeed a man from Paris, France...

   "I'll be there when I get there and give you and Pam a great gift!"

   Song Yang pointed at Omidyar and said with a smile, when he acquired eBay, Song Yang had promised Omidyar that he would attend his wedding with Pam.

   Going to the Nasdaq to ring the bell, Song Yang didn't know how many times he participated in or ringed the bell himself in the past few years. The process was basically the same. After the whole process, his face became stiff.

Not only eBay, Song Yang is not going to participate in this year's bell-ringing ceremony on Nasdaq. Those who appear at the bell-ringing ceremony this year, I am afraid that they will not appear in news media clips in the future, and will be tickled by the leeks. , Song Yang didn't want to be hated.

   "On behalf of Pam, and the Pierre family, I welcome Song You and Jenny!"

  Xie Qing was the first to say at this time, "Song, Fortis' fundraising and roadshow have been completed. At the beginning of next month, Fortis will complete the listing on Nasdaq with a market value of about US$8 billion!"

Fortinet's fundraising exceeded 700 million US dollars. Although it is not as exaggerated as ICQ's in the past, it is not a small amount. However, with the current name of Fortinet Antivirus, fundraising and roadshows are all hot, and they have not fallen into selling stocks. embarrassingly.

  After all, Fortigate now not only has an antivirus software business, but TV boxes are also on the rise. It can be said that the antivirus software business and hardware are both blooming!

   Sorry for the late update today, I got the chapter name from the last chapter today, it wasted time, I’m sorry, I’m sorry everyone, I’m really sorry ⊙︿⊙

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