Back To 1995

   Chapter 609 The icing on the cake

Several cars drove from New York to Murray Hill, New Jersey. In the car, Song Yang flipped through several newspapers, newspapers from the technology industry media, and most of the discussions were about the listing of ICQ, and the rest were Netscape, Yahoo, AOL, and Microsoft. Waiting for the company's news is a "cliché".

   In the Internet and technology industries, it can be considered big news, but it is nothing unusual. Microsoft is still involved in lawsuits, but it has won a big victory in the browser industry.

The stock price of Microsoft has also begun to dance with elephants. Before, the market value of Microsoft and General Electric were both US$300 billion, which was basically the same. For the first time, it surpassed General Electric and began to test for $400 billion!

  Microsoft took over from General Electric and began to become the world's largest company by market capitalization. With the size of Microsoft, it can be called a giant-level existence. Driven by Microsoft, global technology stocks are soaring.

The whole of America, and even the global technology stocks, are using Microsoft as the leader. Although the media is hyping ICQ, in fact, there is no company in the technology industry that can replace Microsoft. ICQ is not enough, and Yahoo is not qualified. , AOL does not work!

Microsoft has surpassed the understanding of ordinary people. Even Wall Street has institutions and analysts, who can't understand Microsoft at all. According to reason, Microsoft's stock price should have fallen long ago. Don't you see the market value of several major banks such as Wells Fargo and Citigroup. How much is it, but Microsoft does not follow common sense, and the stock price keeps soaring!

No one knows how Microsoft's market value will soar after the meeting. Analysts who are closely related to Microsoft only dare to bid Microsoft's $500 billion market value. It's not a dream. It is estimated that Bill Gates himself does not believe it, otherwise he would not use various means, both trust and charitable donations, to secretly cash out the Microsoft stock in his hand.

However, Microsoft's market value has risen sharply, which is a good thing for Song Yang. Before, when Microsoft acquired Hotmail from Song Yang, it used cash and stock to acquire it. Song Yang received 200 million US dollars in cash, and more $130 million in Microsoft stock.

Now more than two years have passed, the market value of Microsoft has nearly doubled from the original $200 billion to the current $400 billion, and Song Yang owns Microsoft stock worth more than $100 million. , also nearly doubled, almost earning while lying down.

Song Yang estimated that when Microsoft reached the peak of its market value of US$600 billion, Song Yang would be able to cash out this part of Microsoft stock, not only Microsoft stock, but also 9% of Yahoo's stock. .

   Yahoo's current market value has just climbed to 40 billion US dollars, and it is still a long way to go from the peak of more than 120 billion US dollars, but in the next year or two, Yahoo's market value will skyrocket.

When Yahoo's market value reaches more than 120 billion US dollars, Song Yang will slowly cash out, but it is impossible to cash out 9% of Yahoo's equity all at once. If you can cash out more than 10 billion US dollars at once, then the entire Yahoo stock price will be lost. It is about to collapse, and it can only be cleared slowly.

Just by cashing out the stock prices of Microsoft and Yahoo, Song Yang will have a lot of cash on hand. Song Yang doesn't plan to touch Yahoo stock. Yahoo is basically ruined by Wall Street. Song Yang has no interest in taking over .

   On the other hand, Microsoft, after more than ten years, is still a technology giant, and it can buy back some of its Microsoft shares. Anyway, it is definitely not a loss.

Ulf, who was sitting in the car, noticed Song Yang sitting in the back seat, frowning from time to time. He didn't know if Song Yang had encountered any trouble. He glanced at the Blackwater security guard who was driving, and asked the latter The driver slowed the car down.

  Song Yang thought about the US dollars he cashed out from Microsoft, Yahoo, and other invested companies. He could not tell at that time, and he would also cash out a lot of money from companies such as Double-click and ICQ.

So many beautiful knives, if you cash out, you can't keep them in your hand. Investors in the warehouse will inevitably have various voices. Song Yang estimates that it will also be troublesome at that time!

   shook his head, and put all these headaches behind him. At this time, it was not the time for headaches, and I was really in trouble. I had to give some of the US knives to the congressmen and gentlemen on Capitol Hill.

Song Yang continued to look at the newspaper in his hand. Yahoo has launched more than a dozen acquisitions this year, and it is constantly extending its hands to all walks of life in the Internet. I am jealous of ICQ's Xue Leshan. Yahoo has just acquired the Classic game company and merged into it. Yahoo Gaming Division.

   Yahoo has also acquired direct selling companies and e-commerce companies, and its intention to enter the e-commerce industry is already undisguised.

  Song Yang looked at Yahoo's news reports. It seemed that Yahoo was in full swing, acquiring companies one after another. Every time it acquired a company, Yahoo would announce on its official website with great fanfare what services Yahoo could provide to users...

   Seeing that Yahoo has acquired a lot of companies, Song Yang is not very worried about Yahoo. The most important business of Yahoo is still portals and search. As long as Yahoo remains unchanged, Yahoo will not change.

   When the era of mobile Internet and mobile phones comes, Yahoo will kill itself without anyone else's action. E-commerce, games, mailboxes, etc. are just icing on the cake. Song Yang did not regard Yahoo as the biggest opponent!

In the newspapers, the news section of Netscape has become less and less. I still remember that two years ago, Song Yang opened the technology media newspaper and opened the TV station of the Finance Channel. As long as the news related to technology, the frequency of Netscape appeared at least 20%. Thirty-four out of ten.

But now, the news of Netscape has unknowingly ran into the corner of the newspaper. The report on Netscape is very simple. This shaky feeling is getting stronger and stronger!

   Over the past two years, Sun has been very successful. Before relying on Java, Sun overtook Microsoft and made Java the standard in the programming industry. Recently, Sun is holding the Java Global Developers Conference in San Francisco.

   This conference may become a feast for the technology industry. It is estimated that more than 14,000 software development companies and personnel will attend, far exceeding the scale of the Microsoft Developer Conference.

Looking at the news in his hand, Song Yang could see the smug smile of Sun President McNealy on the news photo. For McNealy, he could suppress Microsoft and Bill Gates and earn tens of millions more than him. US knife, it is estimated that it will make him happy.

   rubbed his chin, Song Yang didn't know how long McNealy could be happy, Microsoft never slapped the face overnight, and many opponents, including Netscape, were cleaned up by Microsoft.

   Two years ago, because of the war with Netscape, Bill Gates bowed his head to McNealy, and even Microsoft applied for a Java license, allowing the use of Java to develop Microsoft system software.

   But two years later, Netscape was slaughtered by Microsoft and could only survive, but Sun was so happy, McNealy used the Java language from time to time to threaten Bill Gates and no longer authorized Microsoft to use Java.

With Bill Gates' character, being able to endure McNealy for two years is already the limit. Song Yang feels that Microsoft should be ready to launch a new development language to replace Sun's Java. Song Yang There is a hunch that the new drama between Microsoft and Sun should be about to debut, but I don't know if Sun can withstand Microsoft's bombardment this time and survive.

  If Sun can't handle it, then Song Yang may also want to cut a crop of leeks. Sun has a lot of good things, like Java patents. If you can buy it, then...

  Sun Company danced happily, unaware that it was on the verge of being severely beaten. Another company, Apple, where Song Yang acted as a white knight, also received news.

   Apple, which returned to Jobs, went through the chaos. Although it was still a mess, it began to stabilize. Now it is reported that Apple is preparing to launch the first product after Jobs' return next year. iMacG3 computer.

As soon as the news came out, Apple's stock price rose a lot, and the outside world was still looking forward to Apple in the Jobs era.

Song Yang also had some expectations for Apple. Song Yang smashed a lot of beautiful knives on Apple, and bought a lot of Apple stocks and bonds. If Apple was finished, all the beautiful knives Song Yang smashed into it would be lost. floated.

According to the agreement reached with Jobs by Song Yang as a white knight, Apple's iMac G3 computer, the chip will be supplied by PA Semiconductor, the computer screen will be produced by Panda TV, and the rest will include many parts, computer system software, games, etc. Supplied here.

  The better the iMacG3 computer sells, the more Song Yang earns. If Apple can stand up again and become a giant in the computer industry, then those beautiful knives that Song Yang invests in will not earn a single star!

  Apple has a system, which is equivalent to Song Yang's own orders for these key components and software of Apple's system, which is much more profitable than working with Microsoft.

In the newspapers, Song Yang also saw some news from other companies. AOL has recently had a hot fight with Time Warner, NBC Television has formed an alliance with the Internet media Cnet and is preparing to launch the existing portal website snap, and Disney has also officially acquired the portal website infoseek. Its name was changed to Gonework, announcing Disney's official entry into the Internet portal industry.

   As early as two years ago, Disney began to hook up with infoseek, but this time it was just a complete acquisition of the other party.

The    giants entered the venue one after another, marking that the competition on the Internet had also become fierce. When the car reached Murray Hill, Song Yang rubbed his brows and threw the newspaper aside.

   Unlike the last time Song Yang came here, no one cared about it. This time, the Bell Labs personnel in Murray Hill held a grand welcome ceremony for Song Yang, as if they were afraid that the gold master would run away...

   (end of this chapter)