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   Chapter 853 A gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall

Although the Internet market these days is a bit outrageous, the balloons are blowing bigger than the other, but in fact there are still many good companies. At least Feita is more reliable than those empty-gloved white wolves. a lot!

Internet anti-virus will become a rigid need in the future. Many people may feel that it is okay to not install anti-virus software on mobile phones and computers, but have you ever thought about a possibility that you do not need to install it. The manufacturers of mobile phones have already When shipped from the factory, antivirus software is installed...

   Whether it is used or not, the antivirus software market is there, even if it is not used, it is useful to use it to clear the memory garbage.

   In the future, all mobile phones equipped with Symbian system, as well as Apple computers, will use Forita Antivirus, even if they are built-in, and cannot be deleted!

   As long as there are users of Symbian system and Apple system, the user scale of Fortinet can be guaranteed. Even if Fortinet does not charge for antivirus, the advertising revenue is guaranteed.

The most important thing that can support the market value of Flying Tower is nearly 8 billion US dollars. From last year to this year, the TV box developed by Flying Tower has sold nearly 4 million sets, and its revenue has exceeded 500 million US dollars. !

A large part of the $8 billion valuation is for the Forita TV box. Whether antivirus software is profitable or not, Wall Street investment banks do not know, but the market for TV boxes seems to be very profitable. of.

Think about how big the TV stock market in the world is now. In America alone, almost every family has one or even several TV stations, as well as many markets in North America, Europe, Asia, etc., once the TV is matched with the TV The box has become the consensus of the mainstream society. How many TV set-top boxes can be sold each year?

   In the future, the TV box market may even become a market of more than 10 billion dollars a year. If Fortis can win one-third of this market, it will be 35 billion dollars in revenue every year!

In addition, Fortinet's TV box, as well as other competitors, do not have the advantage. Behind it, there is support from ICNC TV station, NBC Group, Western Pictures, and Universal Pictures. You don't need to worry about content and copyright. You can Selling TV boxes in an upright and open manner, unlike other TV boxes that play side-by-side, for fear of being sued by Hollywood companies!

   Those who are optimistic about Fortis are mostly Wall Street institutions. Leeks are not very interested in antivirus software that is among the unpopular on the Internet, because too few people pay attention.

Song Yang listened to Xie Qing's report. For Song Yang, Nasdaq was no stranger to him, and even ICQ had become a constituent stock of the Nasdaq index. But for Xie Qing, this was the first time. , is naturally quite excited and nervous.

   "The North American Global Investment Foundation will cooperate with Fortinet to complete the listing, and Marcus will help you here."

Song Yang explained to Xie Qing, then hesitated for a while, but said to Xie Qing, "Xie Qing, you have been busy since you came to America in the past few years in San Jose, and maybe you can take a break after the launch of Fortis. Take a break!"

   In the words of Uncle Liu, that is, Xie Qing has been fighting for so many years, and seeing that the flying tower is going to be listed, he must not enjoy his life, luxury cars, villas, private yachts, etc., must not be arranged.

When Xie Qing heard Song Yang's words, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. When he first heard it, he felt nervous for a while, thinking that Song Yang had some idea and let him leave Fortis. It's not uncommon for things to go away...

But after thinking about it, Song Yang is the major shareholder of Fortis. If you want him to leave Fortin, you don't need to be so troublesome. Just a board of directors can kick him out. Xie Qing is sure that the board of directors of Fortis and the management No one dared to oppose Song Yang, even the second general of the other two founders of Feita, probably wouldn't dare to oppose Song Yang clearly!

After Song Yang mentioned a sentence, he didn't say any more. He asked Xie Qing to take a vacation after the listing of Fortis to let him sell part of the equity before the listing, or to pledge the equity after the listing to cash out. Come out with a large sum of beautiful knives, wait for the cusp of the storm to pass, and then return to the flying tower.

   As for Xie Qing, will he listen? If he can listen to it, then Song Yang can't manage it. Song Yang can remind him of this, and he has done his best.

If you don't cash out, the flying tower with a market value of 8 billion will have half of the market value left. Yes, but Feita's stock price will not fall, and it has nothing to do with Xie Qing's worth of hundreds of millions of dollars, as well as his mansion, sports car, private jet, yacht and so on!

Hearing Song Yang's hint to Xie Qing, Omidyar on the side was still a little confused, and he was still a little puzzled about the bends in it, but Whitman on the side heard it clearly and knew that Song Yang asked Xie Qing to give it to him. Run ahead.

   Now, Whitman suddenly vaguely understood why Song Yang knew that, despite the unstable Internet market, he still agreed with eBay, Fortis, Yeadex, and Sohu to go public.

  If the Internet market really changes dramatically, then this listing will allow the founders and management of these companies, including Whitman, to make a fortune and prevent them from doing nothing...

  Xie Qing left Song Yang's San Jose villa with a thoughtful look and returned to Feita's office.

Seeing Song Yang this time, Fortis got support from Song Yang, so you don’t need to worry about any problems in the listing. On the first day of listing, if Fortis’ stock price falls, the North American Global Investment Foundation will also hold the stock price for Fortis to prevent it from falling. Breaking the issue price has become a joke in the industry.

   But what Song Yang said to him at the end made Xie Qing happy, but at the same time he was a little worried. Not knowing what Song Yang said to him made Xie Qing feel a little entangled.

After Xie Qing, Whitman also said to Song Yang, "eBay will complete its listing before the end of June this year, and is currently raising funds. It is expected to raise $1.5 billion, with a valuation of about $17 billion. , complete the listing!"

   Hearing eBay's lion's big opening, it wants to raise 1.5 billion US dollars, which is nearly 20 times the amount raised by Amazon, which was listed before!

Before Amazon went public, the financing was only $80 million, and the valuation at the time of listing did not exceed $650 million. At that time, several investment banks that underwritten Amazon’s stock still felt that Amazon was a bit expensive, and they were reluctant to support Amazon. Selling stocks, fees are also quite high.

But who would have thought that when eBay went public, the market situation had completely changed, and the frenzy period of the Internet had come completely. This time, Wall Street institutions, as well as large and small investors, did not feel that eBay was expensive.

  Because Amazon's current market value is approaching tens of billions of dollars, but the scale of users, revenue, and profits are completely incomparable to eBay, which is the leader of the global e-commerce industry today!

   Amazon's market value is tens of billions of dollars. It has more users and higher revenue than it. Amazon is still losing money. eBay made 40 million dollars last year. How do you see it, eBay is not worth more than Amazon? !

No matter what happens in the future, anyway, eBay is now the "white moonlight" in the hearts of major Wall Street institutions and investors. Going to that stop, Amazon is a proper supporting role. As for eBay, will it become Mrs. Niu in the future, then... It is unknown.

   After listening to Whitman's words, Song Yang glanced at Omidyar, who was very discerning and went to find Gallo who had just arrived at the villa to tinker with the barbecue.

  Whitman, Irene, Eltien, Marcus and others are all Song Yang's absolute confidants. They are in charge of those industries for Song Yang. Of course, they have also gained enormous power accordingly.

In the face of Whitman and others, Song Yang doesn't need to hide anything, "North America Global Investment Foundation, Bruno Family Foundation, etc. will transfer part of eBay's equity before listing on eBay. In the future, eBay's equity will not be sold in full. drop, but not as much as 40%!"

   Whitman took a deep breath, looked at Song Yang and asked, "Song, you are not optimistic about eBay or the Internet, the future market?!"

Song Yang shook his head, there are some things that can't be said no matter what, even if it has already been done, "I said, I will not leave the Internet industry, but sometimes it is necessary to avoid some possible risks and use federal laws. In other words, this is called emergency avoidance, and there is also a proverb in the East, a gentleman does not stand under a dangerous wall!"

   (end of this chapter)