Back To 1995

   Chapter 125 goes hand in hand

   Although Bill Gates didn't come in person this time, the lineup from Microsoft was equally huge, not much worse than when he came to Netscape last time.

   Microsoft was led by CFO Greg Murphy and Microsoft PR President Todd, and brought a large number of executives to San Jose.

   In the past few months, the media and reporters in Silicon Valley have been like stalkers looking for melons all over the place.

A large group of media and reporters were still squatting in front of the Netscape building. Today is the day when Netscape formed an alliance with SUN and AOL. Recently, McNealy has been in the limelight, and Case, who has flirted with Microsoft, all came to the network. Jing headquarters, these reporters are waiting for the birth of this cross-technology industry, known as the strongest alliance in history.

   But at this moment, the reporter who was waiting in front of the Netscape headquarters building didn't know what news they heard again. With a hula, they ran halfway through and rushed in the other direction.

   The Netscape headquarters where negotiations were being held also heard the noise outside. As soon as he saw the scene outside, Jim Clark froze in his heart and sent someone out to inquire about the news.

At this moment, in the Netscape conference room, there are some of the most powerful figures in the Internet industry, software industry, and telecommunications industry, such as Jim Clark and Anderson representing Netscape, McNealy, who has reached the peak of his personal power, and Ami Liga sits on AOL president Keith with the most Internet users.

   At the moment, the atmosphere in the conference room is not tense, but it is somewhat subtle. Regarding the alliance, neither SUN nor AOL has any reason to refuse. The three companies come together to defeat Microsoft, the unifying foe.

   But now, McNealy, who has successfully overwhelmed Microsoft, has his own views on who will be the boss of this alliance.

   And AOL also has its own demands for Netscape, and wants to get more benefits from Netscape. After all, the conditions proposed by Microsoft are really tempting...

There was a stalemate in the negotiation for a while. At this time, the person sent by Jim came back and whispered in his ear for a while. McNealy and Case obviously saw Jim and Anderson, and they all showed angry expressions. They were all human beings. They naturally I know, I'm afraid what's going on, but now the two sides are not in a hurry.

   "Netscape believes that only when the three of us stand together can we defeat Microsoft. Microsoft's show of weakness today is just a posturing!"

   Jim remembered the news he had just heard. The people sent by Microsoft had already contacted Song Yang, which made Jim unable to wait any longer. He was afraid that even the alliance would be dismantled by Microsoft.

   "Netscape is willing to take Sun as the leading alliance!"

   Anderson said helplessly that he, a Silicon Valley hero, still failed to be a lone hero and had to bow his head to McNealy.

   McNealy had a smile on his face, and when he heard Netscape's service softened, he immediately said, "SUN is willing to join the alliance and provide technical and resource support to Netscape!"

"Netscape and AOL cooperate, Netscape is willing to give up the license fee, only charge the fee according to the number of users, and allow AOL and Netscape to manage the users who use the Netscape browser on AOL together!" Facing Case, Netscape Jing also lowered his head.

However, this condition did not make Case much happy. Netscape still wanted to collect money from AOL, but was still unwilling to hand over the management of the browser to AOL. It is nice to say that they should manage together, not to stare at AOL to prevent Case. Do something with the Netscape browser.

Looking at the conditions in front of me, I remembered the conditions that Bill Gates had talked to him many times before he left Seattle. The day Song Yang arrived in Seattle, Bill Gates was talking with Case. The view is much more generous.

   But after thinking about it for a while, Case suppressed his dissatisfaction and said with a smile, "AOL is also willing to join the alliance!"

Case was willing to let AOL join the alliance between Netscape and SUN, but he didn't say it was an exclusive alliance. AOL had users to be able to use the Netscape browser, and Case couldn't refuse them to use the Microsoft IE browser. It wouldn't be a monopoly. , Besides, SUN has cooperated with Microsoft again, it is difficult to not allow AOL to cooperate with Microsoft, but cooperation is not an alliance, until the last step, AOL is not called a hooligan...

  ICQ got the office building. When Greg Muffy, Todd and others were present, Song Yang also pulled out a team, and Greg, Erin, Wesley, Marcus and others were all present.

Song Yang, on the other hand, was in the office and saw another person. Joe Tus, the president of Wang An Company, who had rushed over, looked at Song Yang in front of him, touched the coffee cup in his hand, and pondered for a while, "You decide. already?!"

  Wang An Company is also one of the shareholders of Hotmail. Although Song Yang can completely decide on Hotmail, when it comes to equity transfer or even sale, Song Yang still greeted Joetus in advance.

Seeing Song Yang nodding, Chotus let out a long sigh of relief. He knew that if it was done today, the largest acquisition in the history of the Internet industry would be completed, and Song Yang... Chotus witnessed one The birth of the myth of getting rich on the Internet, Song Yang, who debuted a year ago, will be worth soaring, 100 million, 200 million or even higher, Chotus dare not imagine.

   "On behalf of Wang An Company, I support your decision!"

All kinds of thoughts flashed through his mind, but Joetus still said, if today goes well, his name of "Insightful Eyes" will be even louder. The five million dollar investment company Hotmail mailbox can provide How many times did Wang An's company get in return? Anyway, this year is the year that he was destined to become a god. If today goes well, then his status as America's best professional manager of the year is basically a certainty.

   Hearing this, Song Yang also said to Joe Tus, "Today's negotiation requires more help from President Joe Tus!"

   To deal with the old foxes of Microsoft, you have to be an old river and lake like Jotus to be able to hold a pinch.

  Jotus just smiled. He saw this kind of negotiation a lot. Before, he bought other companies and tried to lower the price. Now he wants to sell the company. Naturally, he will raise the price.

When I came to the conference room, I didn't see Song Yang appearing for a long time, which made Greg Murphy, Todd and other Microsoft executives feel a little irritated. Hotmail mailbox cooperates with IE browser, they just sit here for Christmas, and they don't have any opinion.

   When Microsoft couldn't help it, the door of the office was pushed open, and Song Yang and Joe Tus walked in together.

   Seeing Joetus, the current president of Wang An's company, as a Microsoft who used to have a lot of trouble with Wang An, it is inevitable that he is a little uncomfortable.

   "We've been waiting for a long time. President Chotus is one of the directors of Hotmail, and Wang An is the second largest shareholder of Hotmail!"

  Greg Murphy and Todd looked at each other. They had never heard of this news before. The appearance of Jotus had undoubtedly disrupted Microsoft's plans a little.

   "Song, I'm very glad that you were willing to cooperate with Microsoft when you were in Seattle, and we are here today."

It was Greg Murphy who spoke first. He was basically in charge of Microsoft's acquisitions of all sizes over the years. As soon as he came up, Greg Murphy went straight to the point, "I want to know, Song, are you willing to let Hotmail E-mail, to what extent does it cooperate with the IE browser?!"

   A group of people from Microsoft looked at Song Yang eagerly, wondering if it was as they thought, it was really difficult for Microsoft to help IE, a douchebag, in order to get an Internet channel.

The people on Song Yang's side, Greg, Irene, and others were also watching Song Yang. Song Yang had already expressed his attitude to them when he returned from Seattle, but this kind of thing can only be a foregone conclusion if Song Yang said it himself. !

   laughed, Song Yang looked at the Microsoft people and played with the Parker pen in his hand, "As everyone thought, Hotmail is willing to cooperate with the IE browser, and even further cooperate to give up part of the equity of Hotmail!"

Song Yang didn't directly say the words of selling Hotmail mailboxes, but Microsoft had already fully understood what Song Yang meant. Greg Murphy and Todd had unconscious smiles on their faces. Selling 1% of the equity was also selling, selling it. 99% of the equity is also sold, the difference is only the price paid by the buyer.

"Hotmail mailbox, really has 8 million users?!" Todd was still a little surprised when he mentioned this. The IE browser has worked so hard, and it has only a few hundred thousand users so far. How many dollars, but the advertising fee of Hotmail mailboxes, it is rumored that it only cost a few million, but the number of special users has soared to tens of millions, which makes no sense at all.

   "It is 8.7 million users. After Christmas, Hotmail users in America are expected to exceed 7 million, overseas users will exceed 3 million, and global users of Hotmail mailboxes will reach 10 million!"

"In addition, Hotmail mailbox has 480 cooperative enterprise users, providing enterprise version mailboxes for these companies, and has received orders for customized mailboxes in seven states including Texas. In the future, it will become a voting channel for electronic elections in America. The largest e-mail advertising channel…”

  Irene corrected Todd's statement, and told them by the way that Hotmail's "real" strength was blown into a flower anyway.

   Just hearing the name is really intimidating. If Microsoft hadn't checked the bottom of the Hotmail mailbox, he would have been fooled and lame.

Hotmail's advertising revenue has just started, and it only has a few million dollars. Microsoft has also heard some rumors. It seems that some people want to target Hotmail mailboxes. , Pulling a hand, it is estimated that this year's Hotmail mailbox will definitely suffer a huge loss.

   But Microsoft doesn't care whether Hotmail makes money or not, at least in the short term, as long as there are so many users, it's enough for Microsoft!

   (end of this chapter)