Wall Street Legend

   Chapter 191 Jerry Yang (13)

American courts like to make punitive judgments on large companies, so the fines are often higher than the actual amount. This can be of great help to rectify the order of the industry, so that entrepreneurs dare not act recklessly, and it can also protect ordinary consumers. their rights.

   It is not yet clear what the final outcome of the lawsuit will be, but since the infringement is really infringed, it is impossible to escape unscathed. What needs to be considered is how to minimize losses as much as possible.

Suffering is not Ye Dongqing's character. The other party provoked him for no reason, and it made him bear a grudge. He began to think about how to make Google suffer a big loss. The kind that is not worth the loss, Android will definitely grab it, and Facebook will also take Google. So he decided to launch the instant text messaging function immediately, and arranged for the development of FB mailbox, trying to kill the Google mailbox project that has not yet been put into the market.

   Provoking Ye Dongqing was the wrong opponent, and he even started thinking about whether to give Yahoo some small suggestions so that it can compete with Google in the future, at least not let Google dominate.

   It’s okay for others to want to compete, but he hates when others use him as a stepping stone.

So far, Yahoo is still the world's largest search engine service provider. It was listed on NASDAQ just over a year after its establishment. The stock price rose by 154% on the day of listing, and its market value reached 8 One hundred million U.S. dollars. In January 2000, before the dot-com bubble burst, Yahoo's market capitalization once reached $128 billion.

The future of Yahoo is a tragedy, so Ye Dongqing has never invested in it. To be honest, as long as there is a more capable and insightful CEO, it is not difficult to continue to suppress Google. He thinks it is necessary to contact Yang Zhiyuan, who is also of Chinese descent Now, there is no reason to make your competitors comfortable.

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  As the request was conveyed, FB immediately arranged an online update program, and the executive called several supervisors and asked them to start developing an e-mail.

Ye Dongqing found a computer, and went to Google's official website to try to use the newly launched social platform. From the program called "Chatting", you can clearly see the shadow of Facebook, but the operation method is a bit different. I believe that Google's program developers have tried their best to bypass FB's patent, otherwise they would not have the face to sue.

How should I put it, the user experience can only be regarded as mediocre, relatively simple, which made him relieved, and he didn't have to worry about competition for the time being, then he called and asked them to help contact Yahoo, planning to buy an advertisement from Yahoo's homepage If there is an opportunity, it is best to meet with Yang Zhiyuan. Ye Dongqing hopes to use this to express his attitude to Google.

  Go to download the new version of FB. In addition to the Skype icon, there is an additional W icon, which means that the user already has a text chat function, but it cannot be stored in the cloud, and there is no emoticon function, but it supports group chat, which is enough.

There are not many friends who follow each other. The background monitoring program shows that the current number of registered users is approaching 60 million, and it is still increasing. Recently, they are spending crazy money on advertising, and the drainage effect is not bad. Overseas users The number keeps increasing.

He doesn't think that if Google's search engine is good, it can also do well on social platforms. If a user's companions all use FB, then he will naturally choose to join in. It has become a trend and the competitiveness is relatively strong. .

Miss Maxi sent a few pictures, pictures of eating in a certain restaurant, Ye Dongqing commented on it, but didn't get a reply for a long time, not on the first day, nor on the second day, this is enough to show a certain attitude, his heart I know this relationship may be cold.

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  Laura got the admission letter from University College London, which is a top prestigious school in the UK that is no less famous than Cambridge and Oxford. She was so happy that she invited Ye Dongqing to a meal as a celebration.

She is still training as a model and is busy working out. It is said that Victoria's Secret will arrange some work for Laura soon. When she signed the contract, she received a remuneration of 4 million US dollars. This is the first year's fee, and it is very likely that this year At the end of the year, she appeared on Victoria's Secret T stage.

While Ye Dongqing was busy with business matters, she occasionally went to personally supervise the island renovation project, hired dozens of gardeners to work together, the grass was about to be laid, and the red maple trees were being planted one after another. A lot has changed since then.

The lawyer tried to settle out of court and was willing to pay Google five million US dollars. This proposal was rejected and will soon enter the trial process. In this case, Ye Dongqing rented a private jet and came to Silicon Valley and Yahoo! Founder Jerry Yang had dinner.

The people under him sent invitations for him, and Jerry Yang immediately agreed. He is now in his thirties, and like many Silicon Valley tech giants, he has no airs. Just a few years ago, he was also a hard-working entrepreneur, like Larry After all, there are only a few arrogant people like Ellison.

The dinner was arranged at a Chinese restaurant. As soon as Ye Dongqing arranged the dishes, he rushed over alone with a bottle of Moutai liquor and sat on both sides of the small round table in the private room. Yang Zhiyuan pushed his glasses and said with a smile: "The last one I went back to my hometown every month and brought a few boxes of liquor at the airport, you can drink whatever you want, liquor or beer?"

  This kind of opening statement is not common in the United States.

"I'll drink some white wine, too, but I haven't drunk it much before, and I'll pour it down at most." People who are used to drinking straight whiskey can probably accept the spiciness of baijiu, and vodka generally has a higher alcohol content. Ye Dongqing I feel that I can accept it.

   "That's fine."

The waiter just came over, and Yang Zhiyuan asked for a plate of peanuts, and then said: "I heard your name a few months ago, Facebook is very good, and I also have an account. At that time, IDG company approached me and asked for 6 million I sold Tencent stock to me at the price of US dollars, and the people under my command felt that I could do it myself, and there was no need to spend money to buy it, and now I regret it.”

   "If you want to invest now, you can still invest. MIH Group bought a large amount of shares. Tencent has not yet listed, and the market value is underestimated."

"It's time for people to ask. There are many issues to consider now, and your vision is not as good as you young people. In the past two years, almost all acquisitions and investments have failed, but I am very optimistic about Facebook. When the secretary told me that you wanted to invite me to dinner, I thought you Agree to let this company accept financing, do you want to talk to me about this?"

  Yang Zhiyuan asked, probably because they are both Chinese, there is an inexplicable sense of intimacy, within a few minutes of meeting, the conversation is already quite casual, the two people are worth about the same, there is no need to worry about the status gap...

  (end of this chapter)