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   Chapter 647 Feng Shui turns

  Today is the day ICQ goes public. The company leaders in Song Yang’s camp naturally all cheered. The one who got off after Song Yang was Whitman, the co-president of DoubleClick and eBay.

The media and reporters are no strangers to Whitman. Double-click is still very famous. After all, it claims to have changed the entire Internet landscape. The concept of digital advertising was introduced into the Internet, giving the Internet a way to make money!

  Internet advertising is now the belief that countless Internet companies can survive. Every website is counting on earning some advertising fees to fool investors and leeks...

The ebay e-commerce website, together with Amazon, which has just been listed for a few days, is also called the two giants of America's e-commerce. Today, Amazon's market value has exceeded one billion US dollars, and ebay's revenue is much stronger than Amazon's, even if ebay At the same level as Amazon, eBay is also valued at more than one billion dollars.

   Double-click and eBay are both companies in Song Yang's hands, and Song Yang is without exception the big moneymaker of these two companies.

  Whitman brought eBay founder Omidyar, and several double-click executives into the Nasdaq trading floor.

   But Whitman's arrival was just the beginning. Just as the reporters on the scene were taking pictures and discussing, one figure after another entered the trading floor.

   The reporters who took pictures could not stop at all. After Whitman, a group of people who did not often appear in the Internet and financial media arrived.

   "It's Ertien, President of Alcatel Mobile!"

   There were reporters who recognized Ertien, and he couldn't help saying at this time, and then a group of reporters surrounded Ertien.

Alcatel mobile phones are now one of the most popular mobile phone brands in America. It is reported that Alcatel mobile phone shipments will exceed 10 million units this year, becoming the third mobile phone brand in America, second only to Nokia. and Motorola!

   Think about Motorola's current scale and influence. If Alcatel mobile phones can reach Motorola's level, then Alcatel mobile phones will also become giants in the electronics industry, on the same level as Motorola, IBM, HP, etc.

  Erthien may not be able to reach the position of President of Motorola, and a group of media and reporters threw various questions to Ertien.

   "Alcatel's new generation of mobile phones, when will it be released?"

   "What features will the new phone have?"

   "It is reported that the trial production of Alcatel's new generation of mobile phones has begun. Is it true?"

Hearing a lot of questions from the reporter, Eltien smiled and waved his hand, "Alcatel P2 mobile phone is still under development, but I believe that you will be able to participate in the product launch of P2 mobile phone soon! "

   This news does not have much feeling for the Internet media, but it has a frying pan for the media in the electronics and financial industries.

Alcatel's first-generation P1 mobile phone has already turned the mobile phone industry upside down, claiming to "redefine mobile phones". If the P2 mobile phone is released again, these media can imagine that the entire electronics industry will have to go through some twists and turns. .

  Erthien had just left, when Iger, President of Inter-American Telecom, came with his wife Willow Bell.

  The telecommunications industry is much less frequent in the eyes of the media and the public than the Internet, mobile phones and other industries.

After hearing that America Telecom is also the major shareholder of Song Yang, the reporters in the financial industry are okay, they have already reported it, but the media in the Internet industry are numb. They don't know how much Song Yang has done outside the Internet. Flower live.

   Especially after hearing that the valuation of America Telecom is not much better than ICQ's, and even higher than that of ICQ, the reporters and the media are a little numb.

After Whitman, Eltien, and Iger, Mr. and Mrs. Williams, President of Snow Mountain, Aaron Swartz, President of PayPal, the world's largest payment platform, Dober Poole, President of PA Semiconductor, and Xie Qing, President of Forita Antivirus , Western Pictures President Ted Sarando, Yeadex founder Arkadi Woroz and others were all present. These are basically the most important industries in Song Yang's hands.

And there are still some people who didn't come because of the long distance or other reasons, such as people from the Siebel Automobile Club, Comey Needham, the president of IMDB in England, and Harumi Satomi, the president of Samei Sega of Japan. Fang Qiuyu, president of the Star Wish Foundation, and Hu Zhiwei, general manager of New Panda TV, who had invested in Song Yang, Sohu, 8848, Ying Haiwei, etc., were also not present today.

   If all of these people come, the number of people in Song Yang's camp that is here today will increase by a lot!

   But even so, after seeing Whitman, Iger, Eltien and others, and knowing that the company behind them still has a valuation, many media and reporters still have a sore tooth.

   "Damn it, how many beautiful knives does Bruno have now!"

In the Winslow family manor in Georgia, watching the news on TV and the media host analyzing the company managed by Iger, Ertien and others, a man in his thirties couldn't help cursing. After saying a word, his eyes were full of greed, but he was also a little jealous.

   Today is the gathering of the Winslow family. All the people present are the successes of the Winslow family, and the person surrounding them is undoubtedly Edward Winslow, a member of Congress on Capitol Hill.

As a representative of the Anglo-Saxon who had played against Song Yang once, he supported Ella Cherry to deal with Song Yang. As a result, Song Yang gave him a sap, and Edward Winslow never did it again. , but quietly waiting for the opportunity.

   Watching the ICQ news reported on TV, as well as the reports on Song Yang, Edward Winslow frowned after the host of the show speculated about Song Yang's worth.

In Georgia, the base camp of the Donkey Party, the news about Song Yang is now so enthusiastically reported. Edward Winslow can clearly feel that the camp on the elephant side, from the congressmen to the media, is starting to pay more attention or fear. Come to Song Yang.

On the occasion of ICQ's listing today, Song Yang took the main people in the camp for a walk in front of the media cameras. Liang Muscle's mind was too obvious, and he clearly told those who wanted to beat the Bruno family's idea, this is not a one-sided prey, but a hunter with a shotgun!

   "Liam!"

  Edward Winslow said to the man who exited just now, the latter was watching the TV, the greed in his eyes was almost salivating.

  Liam Winslow turned back, saw the warning in Edward Winslow's eyes, and his heart froze, pointing to Song Yang in the TV broadcast, "Uncle, don't worry, I won't mess with it if there is no chance..."

Liam Winslow didn't forget that the embarrassing scene that Song Yang had cleaned up before, when Edward Winslow asked Ella Cherry to target Song Yang, Song Yang also used the Elephant Party's relationship. , charged Liam, Atlanta's deputy attorney general, with harassment, bribery and abuse of power.

In the end, under the negotiation of Edward Winslow, although Liam was not sent to federal prison, it also made Liam, who had a smooth career, bear the taint of accusations, and it is impossible for him to run for Georgia for at least a few years. The state legislator has also disrupted the entire deployment of Edward Winslow.

It would be strange if Liam Winslow said he didn't hate Song Yang, but Liam, who was put together, knew that it would not be easy to move Song Yang, especially this time he had a strong muscle, like the party. I am afraid that there will be more support for Song Yang. Whether it is the Elephant Party or the Donkey Party, which one can afford to lose such a super big sponsor, not to mention that in more than a year, America will have an election, and it needs a sponsor even more. when they are generous.

"There will be a chance," Edward Winslow said to Liam, "When dealing with prey, you must have enough patience, especially when dealing with some big prey, just like dealing with brown bears, as long as you have patience, there will always be To be able to find an opportunity, even if the other party seems to be fierce..."

This seems to be speaking to Liam and reminding himself that the scandal of Liam, and the unfortunate group of people who are close to the Winslow family, make Edward Winslow also disgraced, in Congress Shan is disgraced, he has not forgotten this account.

But now, the members of Capitol Hill have also begun to change. Edward Winslow's return to Georgia this time is to consolidate his voting district. If he loses his qualifications as a member of Congress on Capitol Hill, then Edward Winslow knows that he will spend his life Don't even think about fighting Song Yang again.

  In the New York Federal Prison, Ella Cherry, who was supposed to be in the cell, is now in a lounge with a few other people, watching the scene on TV, dozens of kilometers away from them.

   Ella Cherry, who was getting thinner and thinner, held a cup of coffee indifferently, and stood at the prison police station outside the lounge, seemingly turning a blind eye to all this.

   "Cherry, you have expected all this. New monopoly giants are emerging on the Internet. ICQ, Yahoo, AOL, everything is as you expected!"

Ajit Wheeler, who is also a supporter of the antitrust school, said incessantly that Ella Cherry just watched the TV news silently, but the inadvertent flickering of her eyes could still make Boyce on the side, Knowing the most famous figure of the antitrust school, I am afraid it is not so reconciled.

   Think about it too, Ella Cherry wanted to deal with double-click and suppress Netscape, so that the Internet industry would be controlled by her, but the result...

   The people of these Internet companies are living a more comfortable life. Now there are Internet giants with more than 50 billion dollars, but she lives in a federal prison. It is strange that she can balance her heart.

"Now the antitrust case against Microsoft has reached a deadlock. The Internet industry is giving birth to giants such as ICQ, Yahoo, and AOL. Cherry, it's time for you to go out. There are still things you need to do. I will report to the Federal Department of Justice While applying, you will be released on parole and serve as a consultant in Microsoft's antitrust case!

   You can also go ahead and do research on the Internet industry! "

Boyce is the lawyer representing the Ministry of Justice in the Microsoft anti-monopoly case. Now the Microsoft anti-monopoly case has been dragged on. The Federal Ministry of Justice thought it would win, and then split up Microsoft. To this day, as the winning lawyer suing Microsoft, Boyce is now exhausted.

   Now that the Internet is starting to gain momentum again, the antitrust department of the Federal Department of Justice is also starting to have a headache and needs some help, which is why Boyce is here.

Although Ella Cherry didn't kill the double-click, and was injured by the tiger, it was not a crime of war. The key is that Edward Winslow jumped out of the car and sold Ella Cherry to make it happen. this situation.

   "It's not the time yet..." Ella Cherry hesitated for a moment. It's certainly a good thing for her to leave here now, but it's not the best time.

   Boyce shook his head and said, "There is no time, do you want ICQ to become the next Microsoft?!"

When Ella Cherry heard this, she finally nodded and looked at Song Yang who was shaking hands with Nasdaq President John Wall on TV. Ella Cherry's eyes flickered and she didn't know what she was thinking. .

   Some people are coveting the listing of ICQ, some are afraid, but some are excited and happy.

   "Cheers to Bruno Song!"

  In the golf and country club in Houston, Adrian raised the champagne path to Kenneth, the president of Enron Group, and a group of local Houston lawmakers.

Song Yang is Adrian's financial master. This is clear to the whole elephant party. The higher Song Yang's worth is, the better it is for Adrian. Adrian wants Song Yang to be worth more than Bill Gates. Ann's position in the Elephant Party may have to improve a lot.

  Washington, Bleach Party whip Tom DeLay, is also watching the news on TV with a group of powerful Bleach Party figures.

   "It seems that next year, Tom, you are in charge of the campaign committee office for the little cowboy family, so you don't have to worry about raising funds!"

   A member of the Elephant Party on Capitol Hill jokingly said to Tom DeLay, Tom DeLay replied noncommittally, but he couldn't help showing a slight smile on his face.

  In the Nasdaq Hall, Song Yang shook hands with John Wall and took pictures for the surrounding reporters.

John Wall is full of smiles. ICQ is undoubtedly a behemoth for Nasdaq, but the successful issuance and listing of ICQ also shows that the current Nasdaq can accommodate more than 30 billion, or even larger. Technology companies with market capitalization are listed, which will make more giants in the technology industry choose to log on to Nasdaq!

   "Nasdaq, welcome to ICQ!" John Wall said in Song Yang's ear.

  Song Yang smiled and nodded, "Thank you, President John!"

  Irene is representing ICQ, doing interviews with many media, the scene is already noisy, and many big figures in the technology and Internet industries have also been present in person.

The two founders of Netscape, Jim Clark and Mark Anderson, were present in person. Yahoo founder Yang Zhiyuan, Wang An Group President Joe Tus, WPP Group President Martin Solo, GE Vice President Immelt, Concass Special Vice President Brian Roberts, Amazon founder Bezos.

There were also a group of people who joined in, Bob Weiss, president of Lycos, Infoseek search company, and on Wall Street, although Paulson did not come in person, he also promised to attend the evening banquet, and sent his confidant Pelle Greene to join him. Microsoft also sent someone to sign in. Bill Gates congratulated ICQ through the Seattle media and the MSN portal. Edison from Deutsche Bank was not so particular about it, but was there in person.

   (end of this chapter)