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   Chapter 61 I really don't want to be famous

   Now no matter what, Enron is a giant company in America and the world, so when Enron also announced its entry into the Internet industry to build the world's largest e-commerce platform, the impact can be imagined.

The slogan of    "Rebuild Enron!" was also typed out by Enron Corporation. The slogan was so inspiring that Enron's stock price soared by 7% that day, and the stock price exceeded $40 per share in one fell swoop, setting a record high since the establishment of Enron.

This kind of performance made all those who were still questioning Kenneth and Jeff Skilling shut up. The stock price is the best response. That is, on this day, the value of those who invested in Enron has risen. More than 7%!

   "This is not the end. Looking back in the next few years, this may just be the beginning of Enron's stock price!" Institutions on Wall Street are also cheering for Enron. They like this kind of story.

  The media in several states throughout America, including Texas and Tennessee, who put pension funds on Enron, are also constantly fanning the flames and shouting the slogan of "New Enron".

The Enron Online website, which had not yet been built, was immediately touted by the media as the world's largest business website, with a valuation of more than 30 million US dollars. Knife.

This made a bald founder who had just been established for a year and changed his company name to Amazon in less than a month. When he saw this news, he also sighed. Amazon's online bookstore has been tossing for a year, and now the Wall Street On the other hand, the valuation of Amazon is not more than 30 million US dollars, because no matter how you look at it now, Amazon is losing money...

Affected by Enron Online, the Nasdaq was affected that day, and the index directly exceeded 1,000 points. This year, it has more than tripled since the beginning of the year when it was more than 300 points. The entire Nasdaq and Silicon Valley have already started. There is a feverish atmosphere.

Following this ride, there is also a small and transparent Double-click Company. Although Enron only announced that Double-click Company will be the technical partner of Enron Online, the analysis institutions of Wall Street and Silicon Valley still increase the market value of Double-click Company again. Over one hundred million dollars!

   The valuation of a company that has been established for only half a year has exceeded 100 million US dollars, which has subverted the impression of countless people on the Internet.

According to the current estimates of Silicon Valley and Wall Street, after Netscape goes public next month, it will basically become the world's largest Internet company in terms of market value. If it is ranked by the valuation of Internet companies in America today, Double-click is also ranked in the top. Twenty, although it is the existence of the tail of the crane!

Song Yang's worth has skyrocketed again in name. The founder of a company with a valuation of tens of millions and the founder of a company of hundreds of millions are two completely different treatments. Although for Song Yang, these are of no use at all. If it is not listed, he will not be able to cash out.

   But now the Internet industry in America has begun to be in full swing.

Today, Devers School was crowded. Song Yang, Jenny and other graduates were all dressed in graduation gowns. Greg, Daanna, Gallo and others also came to participate. There was a lot of excitement. Today is Song Yang's graduation ceremony at Devers School.

The entire street was decorated. Not only students and parents, but well-known figures in the community near Devers School, pastors, and district councilors were all present today. Originally, there were not so many people, but Song Yang was there. The existence of Adrian and others have all cheered. A founder of a company with a valuation of hundreds of millions, in any city in America, is a touted existence!

As soon as    entered the scene, Song Yang was surrounded by many people. After seeing Adrian, Song Yang walked over first.

   "Miss Adrian!"

   "Song, good job, I heard about your cooperation with Kenneth!"

Adrian leaned into Song Yang's ear and said with a smile, in his opinion, Double Click Company's cooperation with Enron Company has some credit for him. If he hadn't invited Song Yang to his banquet, Song Yang would not have met Ken. Nice, Adrian felt that the tens of thousands of dollars in campaign funds that Song Yang donated to him was definitely worth the money.

   Song Yang could only nod at this, but he reluctantly accepted Adrian's "good intentions". When the construction of the route from Chicago to New York starts, he will need to rely on Adrian's contacts in the federal states.

"Song, let me introduce you to a few friends, Harris County Attorney General Chuck Rhodes," Adrian pointed to a tall and thin middle-aged man and smiled at Song Yang, "he let Houston Countless guys who can't sleep at night!"

  Song Yang looked at Chuck. Although the latter had a smile on his face, he always felt uncomfortable being stared at by Chuck. Although Adrian was joking, Chuck was indeed a powerful figure in Houston.

He can directly decide whether to prosecute a person, that is, whether to send a person to a federal prison, especially now that the Attorney General of the United States of America has more and more power, and some powerful figures can even suppress federal police detectives, such as together In this case, the federal police detectives have become soy saucers and are only responsible for collecting evidence. The rest of the evidence review, whether to prosecute, court trials, etc., are all handled by the chief prosecutor!

   "This is the Harris Coast Guard..."

Adrian introduced a few people to Song Yang, obviously all of them belonged to his camp. This was also "inadvertently", and he showed Song Yang his strength and connections. Houston's Attorney General, Coast Guard, etc. are his people.

   On this occasion, Song Yang and Adrian's group could only say a few words in a hurry, and then they were pulled aside by Da Anna.

   "Song, Pastor Andrew has not seen you for a long time!"

  Daana pulled Song Yang to a man dressed in a priest. Song Yang knew that this was Andrew, the priest of the Houston community.

Song Yang didn't have a deep impression of Andrew. In fact, he had never been there a few times, but facing Andrew, Song Yang would not say such a thing, "Pastor Andrew, I have always wanted to go with Aunt Daana, But you know I'm too busy!"

"I see!"

  Andrew also seems to be very "empathetic", "but I still hope Song, you can come to church with Gallo and the others, and listen..."

   "Definitely, I want to donate a sum of money to Pastor Andrew and the church through the Bruno Foundation, to repair the church and do some charitable activities!"

The Bruno Foundation, a charitable foundation established by Song Yang, is now managed by Da Anna. In fact, it is donating money to schools, hospitals, and charities in Houston, as well as buying some food and clothes, etc., to donate to the slum community. By the way, now Daana is on the Houston side, and she is already quite a charitable lady. It has been reported by many Houston newspapers, and this is also a common routine...

Hearing that Song Yang wanted to donate another sum of money to him, Andrew did not show a smile on his face, but his heart was filled with joy. As a pastor, if he wanted to go further, he also needed more supporters. In America, all these were Inseparable from the knife!

   In the midst of a commotion, Song Yang walked to the temporary stage and took out the speech that he had prepared for a long time. Song Yang also asked Irene, an MBA from the University of Houston, to edit the speech.

   "I never thought that I would stand here. My biggest expectation was to stand on the baseball field and win the opponent's stadium for the jersey I was wearing, but..."

Hearing this, Stanton, who was sitting in the audience, covered his face in pain. He didn't know why Song Yang kept mentioning this. Stanton had already been invited by a baseball team from a not-so-famous university in Texas. Stanton, I feel that in the future, he will also become famous in America. He ridiculed him the most. I am afraid that without his baseball bat, Song Yang would not be able to be today, but Stanton said that he really did not want to be famous in this way. what!

"But Pastor Andrew, often tells me that when God closes a door for you, he will definitely open a window for you. Of course, we have to be prepared enough to find that beam of sunlight that shines through the window into the room. For that, I would like to thank Uncle Gleek, Dana…”

Andrew, who was mentioned by Song Yang, turned his head slowly and solemnly, and gestured to the surrounding eyes. He had the demeanor of an expert. Although Andrew couldn't remember, he had never been to him a few times since he was a child. Song Yang, when did I hear him say this?

   "Thank you to Devers School, to Congressman Adrian, for everything you have done for Devers School and Houston!"

After Song Yang finished speaking, there was applause from below. This bowl of thick chicken soup fully demonstrated the experience of Song Yang being forced to leave the baseball field after being injured, and then going through untold hardships to get everything he has today. The identity of a talented baseball player fell to the bottom, and he climbed up again as a technological genius. He built all this from scratch, isn't it better than a blogger?

After Song Yang came down, he was still a little unfinished, not to mention other people, Song Yang himself listened to a bit of fire. In the future, when speaking in public, this version will be the basis. At most, it will be a small upgrade and a patch or something. .

  Song Yang knew that Adrian was here today for the upcoming election campaign, so after he came down, he directly invited Adrian to give a speech.

   "Song, I didn't even know you went through so much!"

After Song Yang came down, she was hugged by Da Anna, who was wiping her tears. She used to think that Song Yang would not come back in the middle of the night and was fooling around outside. Double-click the company's first customer, and waited for three days and three nights outside the Telegraph Group, braving the freezing temperature, waiting outside Wired Magazine, just to see Kevin Kelly, wait, listen. Da Anna wiped away tears with all the women at the scene.

Greg and Gallo looked at Song Yang with strange expressions, how did they feel that what Song Yang and they experienced was not the same as what happened in the same world, and Song Yang had the face of a Hollywood creampie, how could he still Being turned away by Kayla with the keys to Wired's office building? !

   (end of this chapter)