Hollywood Hunter

For the new technology industry, the first major event at the beginning of 1995 was the update of the IE browser.

On January 1, New Year’s Day, Eaglet’s core Internet software IE browser, in accordance with the antitrust settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, updated the latest version at one time worldwide, giving up locking the Eaglet portal as The software homepage was changed to an open mode, officially announcing that Yigrete gave up its monopoly on Internet interfaces.

In the past few years, the firm control of the flow interface by the Eaglet portal has led to many technology companies that have been difficult to use, cheering and gearing up to welcome the arrival of the new era.

Within the Eaglet company, abandoning the strongest industrial moat of its own company, many people will inevitably worry about loss and have to cheer up to deal with the upcoming challenges.

This compromise has even had a significant impact on the already launched IPO.

Although portals are only part of Eaglet’s huge product matrix, in the eyes of many people, in the past few years, it is precisely because Eaglet’s monopoly on the Internet interface that this company’s products are driven by leaps and bounds. Full-scale development. Therefore, investors will inevitably question whether Yigrete can maintain its rapid growth after losing its monopoly on Internet interfaces.

Only a small part of the core of the Westeros system understands that this concession is actually just a corporate strategy change for Eaglet.

The key is the ‘Google’ search engine on the new default homepage.

Giving up the portal monopoly and opening the search portal actually means that Eaglet’s strategic focus has officially shifted from content to platform.

Simon began to instill in Bezos and others a notion very early that the scale of network information is exponentially increasing, and no single company can meet the differentiated needs of massive users for information. Therefore, Igrid The ultimate goal is not to produce content, but to create a platform to integrate content.

The portals of the Internet 1.0 era can actually be regarded as platforms after careful calculation.

Only because of the serious lack of online content in the early development of the Internet industry, portals have to focus more on producing content while operating platforms.

After the Westeros system has spared no effort to foster catalysis in recent years, the network information resources have been abundant enough, and now is the right time to start the Internet 2.0 era.

Search engine platform Google, social network platform Facebook and e-commerce platform Amazon will be the top priority of Eaglet in the Internet 2.0 era. Of course, in order to guide competitors astray as much as possible and buy more development time for the three platforms, on the surface, Eaglet still attaches great importance to portal business.

While a large number of media are discussing the long-term impact of this event on the new technology industry, the "Information Age" marketing plan that just officially ended on December 31, 1994 and a series of industry data related to the new technology industry are also starting the year. At first it became the focus of media and public attention.

The Eaglet Portal opened a news topic for the first time on January 1.

As of December 31, 1994, after preliminary statistics, the number of domestic Internet users in the United States was 78 million, an increase of 69% throughout the year, and the total number of Internet users was 140 million, an increase of an astonishing 86%. As a result, the U.S. network coverage rate rose to 53%, far ahead of other countries in the world.

Among them, only the "Information Age" marketing plan in the last two months of 1994 contributed 20% of the two core data.

In terms of personal computers in the hardware field, in 1994, domestic PC shipments reached 28 million units, of which 9 million units came from large-scale marketing in the last two months of the end of the year. Due to the rapid growth in the last two months of last year, the number of PCs in the United States officially exceeded the 100 million mark.

Globally, as overseas countries increase their deployment of the information industry, in 1994, including the United States, the number of global Internet access users reached 130 million, covering 230 million Internet users, a growth rate compared to 1993 They are 78% and 109% respectively.

In addition to extensive industry data, Eaglet also announced the growth profile of its own company’s businesses in portals, e-mails, social networks, e-commerce, electronic games, outsourcing platforms, etc. in the past year. The data of high growth rate all means the rapid arrival of a new era.

The total world population at the beginning of 1995 was 5.7 billion.

Therefore, Eaglet believes that although the number of Internet users in the United States will slow down after the explosion in the past year, the current 230 million Internet users globally account for only 4% of the global population. just started. Since 1995, Eaglet will greatly increase its overseas expansion.

In addition to Eaglet, AOL, Cisco, Microsoft, Intel, Hewlett-Packard, Compaq and other new technology industry giants that have jointly participated in the "Information Age" marketing plan for the past two months have posted their own good news.

This series of positive news was directly reflected in the first trading day of the US stock market in 1995.

Monday, January 2.

On the first stock trading day of the beginning of the new year, as of the end of the afternoon, the Nasdaq index rose by 2.7%, reaching 1938 points, which is only one step away from the 2000 point mark.

As the three major technology giants of the Westeros system reached a settlement with the US Department of Justice's high-lift and gently-declining antitrust investigation, Cisco, which had been volatile in stock prices, continued to rise in the last month of 1994.

On January 2nd, a series of good news helped Cisco, which still occupies more than 80% of the global network equipment market and has an absolute leading position in the industry, stock price rose 3.5%, and its closing market value has reached 156.3 billion US dollars, ranking among the global listings. The company's market value ranks first.

Following Cisco is America Online.

According to preliminary public data, although a large number of telecom operators have developed ISP business regardless of cost in the past two years, in the past year, AOL, which has taken the lead in the industry, has expanded the Great Lakes region and the southern United States market in AT-T and other giants. Under the attack of a large number of small ISP service providers, 15.1 million new users were still harvested in the United States. The overall number of users in the United States reached 47.7 million, an annual growth rate of 46%, and a domestic market share of 61%, far ahead of the ranking. The second-placed AT-T has a market share of only 19%.

Moreover, the reason for emphasizing the local area is that in the past year, AOL's overseas user growth has been equally gratifying.

In the UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Italy, Russia and other markets that are focused on development, under the suppression of local operators, AOL still gained more than 3.7 million new users in the past year, and the total number of users reached 5.1 million.

Based on the total number of 52 million Internet access users in overseas countries, AOL's market share in overseas countries is close to 10%.

After previous efforts, AOL also successfully obtained German ISP access permits in the second half of last year, and established joint ventures with telecom operators in two important markets, Japan and South Korea. Therefore, although local growth has slowed down, the US The online overseas business explosion has just begun.

The current AOL, and Simon’s memory of the wrong development direction, which led to the final disintegration, are completely two companies, a top Internet service provider that truly spans the world.

On January 2, 1995, the first trading day of the opening year, AOL's stock price also rose by 2.9%, and its closing market value was 139.2 billion US dollars.

Daenerys Entertainment, which once jumped to No. 1 in market value when the three giants of Westeros system encountered antitrust investigations, ranked third. On January 2nd, its share price on the New York Stock Exchange increased slightly by 0.7% and closed. The market value is 132.6 billion US dollars.

Although the growth rate has been slow, Daenerys Entertainment's stock price has continued to rise since its listing on July 1 last year, and the horror market value of hundreds of billions is beyond the reach of other Hollywood studios.

At the end of last year, Microsoft started extensive testing of the Windows 95 system. Because of the strong response of the new system and the rapid decline of its direct competitor, Apple, its market value has increased rapidly in the past year, and it officially became another 100 billion market capitalization company in mid-December last year.

On January 2, Microsoft's stock price rose 1.9%, and its closing market value reached $115.3 billion, ranking fourth.

The veteran industrial giant General Electric ranks fifth with a market value of more than 100 billion US dollars. It is also the only traditional industrial group among the top five.

On January 2nd, General Electric shares rose 0.9%, closing market value of 106.1 billion US dollars.

Compared with the dazzling brilliance of several other emerging companies, General Electric's market value of 100 billion yuan is seen by many media as the last glory of the American industrial age.

After the five top-ranked giants with a market value of 100 billion, a series of new technology companies such as Intel, SUN, and Oracle have also continued to crush various traditional corporate giants in market value.

When Daenerys Entertainment became the first company with a market value of 100 billion U.S. dollars in U.S. history in July last year, many financial media believed that $100 billion was already the market cap of a listed company, and they predicted Daenerys. The market value of entertainment will drop significantly in the second half of the year.

As a result, in only half a year, five giants with a market value of 100 billion have emerged in the US stock market.

Cisco's terrorist market value of US$156.3 billion has raised the market value ceiling previously predicted by the media to another level. Looking at it now, US$200 billion is probably only a matter of time.

When the capital market is amazed by the new highs of a series of technological stocks, a certain problem is hard to ignore.

Of the five companies with a market value of 100 billion, the Westeros system clearly occupies four.

Although Damen classmates have expressed dissatisfaction over the inclusion of Microsoft in the Westeros system more than once, no one can deny that Simon’s close to 20% of Microsoft’s shares have allowed him to surpass his continuous reduction in holdings. Paul Allen became the second largest shareholder of Microsoft.

When some people have not forgotten the shock and numbness caused by Simon’s $300 billion personal net worth on the Forbes list last year, based on the public shareholding ratio of Westeros and the market value at the close of the day on January 2. Only four companies, Cisco, AOL, Eaglet and Microsoft, have brought Simon's total wealth to 294.7 billion US dollars.

The distance of 300 billion is only a slight increase of one trading day.

However, in addition to the four companies, the Westeros system still has Igreat, which has been given a high valuation of $100 billion by many analysts without being listed, and has an increasingly important voice on Wall Street. Cersei Capital, Melisandre, who continues to expand in the fashion industry, Nokia, which has become the world’s largest mobile phone giant, and the wholly-owned regional telecommunications giant Verizon, and Australia’s premier The mining giant Billiton Group, as well as the tens of billions of new technology elites such as Intel, SUN, Oracle, etc., which have heavy stocks, and many more such as Tinkobel, Aaliyah, etc. Maybe they will not know when they will emerge Various types of start-up companies.

All these, what is the value? !

After many events in 1994, the North American media were quite cautious in expressing their views on the Westeros system. Even so, some media people couldn’t help feeling in the newspaper the next morning, Simon Westeros. The money is too much.

Simon would not be like Bezos remembered, when all the pressure was on his face, he thought of relieving.

The Simon-Janet Westeros Foundation announced on Wednesday morning that Simon will once again inject US$3 billion into the foundation to fund the establishment of professional computer classrooms and the training of professional teachers in poor areas of the United States. Let those young people from low-income families who cannot afford the cost of PC and Internet access to the latest technology in time.

As for the source of this funding, Simon intends to obtain it by reducing its holdings of a small amount of AOL shares.

It's just that this matter is never made public again.

It is conceivable that you will inevitably be accused of doing so by Simon for tax avoidance.

Even if the charity project has been made public, in fact, there are still many dissatisfied voices. Simon is just letting the Westeros family's public relations team follow up quietly. It is just a complaint. If you are entangled, Simon will not be polite.

In addition, Simon also commissioned the "New York Times" to concoct an article to analyze the ultimate ownership of Simon's huge personal wealth in a certain future years later.

The conclusion is that because this asset is too large, it is impossible to set up a foundation for management like the Rockefeller or Ford family back then, so more than half of the share will inevitably return to society and become the collective wealth of the American public.

The East Coast "Los Angeles Times" also appeared in an analysis article, pointing out that relative to revenue, whether it is Cisco or AOL, or Daenerys Entertainment and Microsoft, there is a serious bubble component in market value.

The bubble will burst one day.

Because most of Simon's personal assets are these stock assets with serious bubbles, in fact, they are far less exaggerated than the numbers on the surface.

When the bubble bursts, Simon Westero's personal wealth may not even reach $200 billion.

The two newspapers started, and under the deliberate guidance of the Westeros family media public relations team, Simon's personal wealth will eventually return to society and Simon's personal net worth figures have been seriously exaggerated. Two public opinions gradually spread.

Ah Q spirit is actually a common problem of all human beings.

Regardless of East and West.

Just like when Wal-Mart’s founder Sam Walton was on the Forbes rich list for the first time, countless reporters rushed to Walton’s hometown and found a mediocre old man driving a broken pickup truck and wearing cheap clothes. He was immediately disappointed. Others laughed at this for not being like the richest man in the United States.

After contacting this circle, Simon also knew more inside stories.

Sam Walton’s private life is definitely not as simple as the media advertised, just as the media later advocated that Xiao Zhakai’s life is simple and Barabara, but he didn’t know that there were a global limited number of Zonda in his garage, and he didn’t know Xiao A woolen sweater that looks gray is worth $2,000.

Similarly, Simon is also giving the public a comforting pacifier this time.

Simon Westero’s wealth is unsustainable, and Simon Westero’s wealth is seriously overestimated.

In short, seeing that Simon's personal wealth is not as exaggerated as imagined, the public mood will calm down a lot without knowing it.

Subsequent media feedback also proved that the effect of this public opinion operation was very good.

Simon will not discount the $3 billion charity plan, and will even connect to the Internet for computer classrooms that will soon be distributed across the United States.

This is not too generous, in addition, Simon also plans to install a batch of popular video games from EA for these teaching computers.

Education and fun is king.