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   Chapter 83 Sweetness

In front of Wesley is an ICQ equity reward. When the ICQ project is completed, he will become ICQ's chief product officer, and he will get 5% of ICQ's equity. From working as a worker, he will become one of ICQ's shareholders. !

As for the hotmail mailbox and the ICQ project, which has more potential, although it is still unknown, Wesley feels that the latter may far exceed the former. After all, a user can only send dozens of emails every day. But what about instant messaging, it may be used all the time.

   Song Yang looked at Wesley and signed the agreement. If you want the horse to run fast, at least it needs to be fed.

   "The Hotmail mailbox, you still have to pay attention, stay in the local Hotmail development team in Houston, and continue to improve the Hotmail mailbox.

   We must also develop more language versions as soon as possible, or cooperate with overseas partners to jointly launch a version of mailboxes that adapt to local languages ​​and prefer Hotmail, and push Hotmail to the world at the fastest speed! "

  Song Yang is not a pedantic person. If he insists on controlling the power, the major Internet giants in America in later generations have smashed the country one after another.

   There must be a reason for that. Any region will tend to support local brands, which is understandable.

However, many other brands, such as Coca-Cola, KFC, Unilever, Procter & Gamble, Colgate, Apple and other brands, are not still popular in China, and even the headquarters market is almost lost, and it is still in the mainland. Earn a lot of money.

On the contrary, Google, Cisco, Amazon, etc., which are holding on to control, are a complete failure in the mainland, while Yahoo fully authorizes Softbank to establish Nippon Yahoo. When Yahoo's global brands are selling, Nippon Yahoo is thriving and has dominated the list all the year round. Benzene's status as the number one internet brand.

Hotmail mailboxes, Song Yang is also preparing to use Yahoo in Japan. In the English-speaking regions such as America and England, Hotmail headquarters directly manages it. Because of the same language, habits, customs, etc., Hotmail can directly manage it. Of course, there is another reason. These The region has a deep American brand, dare not provoke America...

As for the rest of the regions, like Lao Maozi in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and other parts of Asia, Song Yang is planning to find partners to jointly operate Hotmail mailboxes, or even rename them. A large email address is enough.

In the future, when Double-click Company, America Telecom, ICQ and other industries, when entering the overseas market, Song Yang is also ready to play the same routine, direct management that can be directly managed, and direct management of those that cannot be directly handed over to the local operator for management, giving the operator enough money Permission, waiting to receive money is enough!

  If Hotmail can really become the global e-mail overlord, then Song Yang might be able to play some fun when he finds the gold master to cooperate with him after a while.

   For example, if you sell it twice, you will sell the local e-mail box in America once, and the international Hotmail brand will sell it again. Even more conditions are not impossible to mention. The key is to have enough capital.

Wesley, who had just acquired ICQ's equity, naturally wanted to prove that he was worth the price. Hearing Song Yang's words, he immediately patted his chest and said, "Boss, don't worry, I will let the Hotmail development team launch Chinese, Versions in Japanese, Russian and other languages.”

   "ICQ should also be developed as soon as possible. In the second half of the year, you will be working **** your side. By the beginning of next year, the promotion will begin!"

   Song Yang doesn't have many people who can use it now, so naturally he grabbed a wool and tried hard.

Irene is currently in charge of the Hotmail mailbox for the time being, but for the double-click and Hotmail mailbox, Irene is willing to take care of it, and she doesn't mean to complain at all, she just lives in the Harbor Building in Houston. .

   When Wesley heard Song Yang's words, he couldn't help but ask, "Promoting ICQ in the same way as Hotmail?"

   In the past few days, Wesley has heard too much analysis on the promotion of Hotmail mailboxes. After reading those media reports, Wesley realized that Song Yang's "virus marketing" has so many ways...

  Song Yang shook his head, this thing is only used once or twice, I'm afraid it's not stupid to use it all the time, regardless of how miserable it is to be sprayed by a certain mobile phone brand.

   "I want ICQ to become one of the sponsors of next year's Atlanta Olympics, so that everyone who comes to Atlanta next year can use ICQ!"

  Next year is an excellent opportunity to take the opportunity of the Atlanta Olympics to promote ICQ to the world. Song Yang has thought about the slogan, "ICQ connects the world!"

As for whether it will be successful, Song Yang is not worried at all. Next year's Atlanta Olympics will be privately contracted, and even the floor can be put on the Olympic label and put up for auction. If there is any money that I dare not make, as long as ICQ gives the money, I will get it temporarily. The name of an Olympic-specific communication software is not difficult at all.

  Wesley was stunned for a moment. He never imagined that Song Yang would be eyeing next year's Olympic Games. An Internet company had something to do with the Olympic Games. I'm afraid no one would believe it if he said it.

   "I see, I will finish ICQ development as soon as possible!" Wesley said.

After Wesley left, Song Yang thought about the industries and projects he was working on. Double-click was running stably now. After Lane established a branch in New York, Double-click's revenue has skyrocketed, and it is not the first Internet company in the world to truly achieve profitability. too far.

  Hotmail mailbox is in the stage of user explosion, and it is also a big money burner. The main pressure is the cost of the server, but when a big dog takes over, the money invested can be recovered exponentially.

  The rest are the America Telecom and ICQ projects. These two are the most important industries in Song Yang's hands in the future.

   But America Telecom and ICQ will have to wait until next year.

  Song Yang glanced at the time. Today, Song Yang has to wait for someone else to come over. He is a private accountant who was recommended by Chris Jain from Comerica Bank for Song Yang.

  America's life, the three most important people, personal doctors, accountants and lawyers, these are basically three people in America, as long as they don't go bankrupt or wander the streets, they can't live without them.

   Needless to say, a private doctor is about life. Lawyers are used to fight lawsuits, or to avoid going to federal prison. Song Yang, a private doctor, has not yet used it.

   Needless to say, as a personal lawyer, Gleick is currently in the position. Unless Song Yang falls out with Gleick or the Bruno family in the future, this position will generally not be easily replaced.

  As for private accountants, this is very knowledgeable. Most of the top rich people in America have exclusive financial advisors. These accountants are responsible for tax returns, asset management, foundations, etc. As long as money is involved, they will pass through the hands of these accountants.

   Of course, these highly skilled accountants fight with the federal tax officials every year to help employers get rid of most of the expensive taxes in a "reasonable" way every year.

Before Song Yang, he always used the ordinary accountants hired by DoubleClick to deal with financial problems. Now it's time to hire a dedicated accountant to deal with the next big financial problem to deal with next year's federal tax returns. Song Yang doesn't want to. In this matter, the boat capsized in the gutter and was targeted, and now there are not a few people who want to deal with Song Yang!

  Song Yang waited for more than half an hour when a man with gray hair walked into Song Yang's office.

   "Marcus Bird!"

Song Yang stretched out his hand and asked Marcus to sit down. Song Yang heard from Chris Jain about Marcus. Marcus is a veteran accountant who has worked in a bank for many years. After accumulating contacts , opened a private accounting firm here in San Jose.

   Specialized as a financial advisor for people of considerable value. In addition, he is the financial manager of the San Francisco Giants baseball team. His level is quite high, and of course his fees are not low.

   After Marcus sat down, Song Yang looked at him and said, "Jian recommended you to me, saying that you are the best financial advisor in San Francisco!"

Although Marcus looks quite old, he has an extraordinary bearing, a temperament that has experienced countless storms, smiled, looked at Song Yang and said, "Bruno Song, I have heard some rumors about you, the Internet Genius, so you came to me today to...?"

   "I need a private accountant to provide me with some financial help and advice!" Song Yang said directly to Marcus.

Hearing this, Marcus took a serious look at Song Yang. The people who used to look for him were basically doing some consulting or dealing with financial problems. It's not that there are many people who want to hire him as a private accountant, but he is very Less, because Marcus charges really aren't cheap.

   "Song, I have to remind you that I have to charge, which may be higher than my counterparts in America, I hope you can know." Marcus reminded Song Yang.

"I know!"

   Seeing that Song Yang responded directly, Marcus thought for a while and said, "I need to conduct a comprehensive review of your financial situation before I can make recommendations, including the charging standards of course!"

  Song Yang nodded, took out a stack of documents that had been prepared a long time ago, and placed it in front of Marcus.

Seeing so many documents in front of him, Marcus was also slightly taken aback. Before he came, he had done his homework and knew that Song Yang was an upstart in America who just got up this year, but he didn't expect Song Yang to spend so much money. document.

After reading a few pages, Marcus couldn't help sitting up straight, and then his gaze towards Song Yang changed a bit. The industries and finances involved in these documents far exceeded Marcus' expectations. .

  Especially when he turned to the financial information related to America Telecom, the financial situation of the three hundred million dollars was even more shocking, and Marcus almost didn't call it out.

   Just looking at this, Marcus raised Song Yang's level in his heart to the highest level!

   (end of this chapter)