Back to 1995

Just like Sun Zhengyi put forward, no, the current "Internet Time Machine Theory" was first proposed by someone Song, that is, everything that happened on the Internet in America will also be staged in other markets around the world.

The Internet market in America, after these years of frenzied development, the market and users have gradually become saturated, and the Internet has also transitioned from the original PC Internet era to the mobile Internet era.

The rest of the Internet market in the world is still in the PC Internet era. With the continuous reduction of computer prices and the increasing popularity of broadband, computer users in North America, South America, Eastern Europe, Asia and other places are experiencing explosive growth.

ICQ's main user group is not in Asia, especially Yanjing. Otherwise, with Yanjing's current Internet user growth rate, it is possible to add 5000 to [-] million new users a year!

Of course, the increase in the number of Internet users means that a new generation of leeks has grown again. These leeks have not experienced the Internet bubble, so naturally there is no sense of fear. Basically the same.

Those following these leeks, as well as the new generation of investors, do not have any sense of awe for the Internet industry, and naturally they are also crazy about the Internet industry.

However, just like when Song Yang and the others first debuted, there were lucky people who made their first pot of gold by relying on the Internet. In the new round of Internet frenzy, there will naturally be "lucky people". Otherwise, how can more leeks be born? We entered the pit.

It's just that although the process is different, the ending will basically not be much different. Except for some lucky ones who can have the last laugh, the rest are probably like those Internet practitioners in the same period of Song Yang. It has become a leek harvested by Wall Street institutions.

But still the same sentence, a crisis is both a danger and an opportunity. ICQ is a living example.
Song Yang flipped through the performance reports and financial statements a few times, and then put them aside. These reports can only give a rough idea, and it takes ten days and a half months to complete the review.

Regardless of whether it is ICQ, or the performance reports and financial statements of companies such as Alcatel Group and PayPal, after Song Yang has read them, he will ask the financial team under the North American Global Investment Foundation and an external accounting firm to cross-check again. This is not to distrust the executives of companies such as ICQ, but to prevent being deceived, the necessary means are absolutely indispensable, and never use a dollar to measure human nature!
ICQ, Alcatel Group, and overseas companies such as Yeadex, Sohu, and 8848 invested by Song Yang have annual revenues of billions or even tens of billions of dollars. calf.

A little loss, of course, is nothing to be afraid of. The most important thing is that Song Yang must ensure that he will not be deceived by these companies. This is also a means of maintaining Song Yang's influence in these companies. If he doesn't care about anything, sooner or later It will be emptied!

"Currently, in the global Internet social networking industry, apart from Yanjing, Lao Maozi and some regions, although there are competitors in America, such as MSN, Yahoo Messenger, Myspace, Skype, etc., ICQ Group is in an advantage!"

Irene said with a relaxed expression that in Yanjing and other places, ICQ followed Song Yang's requirements and did not directly enter the local market. The company should be more convenient and direct.

But for Song Yang's request, Irene still invested in the Internet social markets in these places, such as Yanjing, ICQ invested in Penguin, Lao Maozi had a social platform established by Yeadex, etc.

As for the local rivals in America, including the Skype platform acquired by Microsoft, they seem to be very powerful, threatening to replace ICQ or something, but most of them are thunder and rain, and the two major social platforms, ICQ and Twitter, are still firmly established. Occupying the Internet social networking market in America, especially after the release of the P6 smart phone, this advantage is still expanding.

At this time, Song Yang looked at Wesley and said, "The ICQ technical department has completed the development of the new platform?!"

After ICQ was repurchased by Song Yang from General Electric, Song Yang’s requirement for ICQ was to replace himself. No matter whether other social platforms emerged to challenge ICQ, ICQ must continue to launch new social media platforms. platform.

Even if it is death, it is because ICQ has defeated itself, and the meat is still in the pot if it is rotten, and it must not be cheaper for others.

Wesley, who is the "Father of Social Networking" of the Internet, had a somewhat smug smile on his face at this time. His current title of "Father of Social Networking" is beyond doubt.

When ICQ was launched that year, Wesley had already won the title of God in battle. Although the idea of ​​ICQ was proposed by Song Yang, Song Yang didn't have much interest in that title, which made Wesley a "monument" in the Internet industry. "Type characters.

Then the emergence of Twitter and Skype made Wesley's position in the Internet social industry unshakable. Regardless of whether the ideas of these two platforms are Wesley's own, anyway, the media directly blow him to the sky .

For Wesley, ICQ actually adopted the "god-making" method, which made Wesley a god in the Internet industry and became a "great god" engineer at the same level as the father of Java, the father of Linux, and others.

It's like having a master-level expert sitting in the town, regardless of the level, it is enough to say that it can scare people. The impact on the outside world is that as long as Wesley is there, ICQ Group's technology will be far ahead of its peers. With Wesley here, there is no need to worry about ICQ’s technology. As long as Wesley leads the team and develops new products, ICQ’s stock price will rise a lot. If we can have these impacts, it will not be a waste of so much thought and money. Come make gods!

As for Wesley himself, he will definitely not object to ICQ’s creation of gods for him. Life is nothing more than fame and fortune. Now he has realized the freedom of wealth by relying on the equity of ICQ. Programmers admire and look up to him, what is he dissatisfied with? When he retires, he will publish a memoir, and he will have no regrets in his life...

"Song, according to your request, LinkedIn, which is suitable for socializing in the workplace, and Facebook, which is used for socializing with campus acquaintances, can be developed by the end of this year and start testing!"

Wesley is all his own people present, and Wesley wants to show his holiness in front of others, but it has to be in front of outsiders, in front of his own people, and we all know the bottom line. Wesley doesn't have the necessary conditions to pretend to be bi, after all, everyone knows ICQ, Twitter , Skype and several major platforms, how did they come out? He pretended to be Bi, which was not convincing at all.

Now that ICQ has more and more staff, and recruits more and more technical talents, ICQ's technical department, in fact, is not much better than the software development departments of Microsoft, Oracle, and IBM. There are specializations in the art industry, and each has advantages in different fields.

Now the ICQ technical department led by Wesley is not the same as it was at the beginning. It will take a year or two to develop a set of platforms. Either there are more software engineers and programmers performing their duties, so that ICQ can start mass production of platforms. , and then continuously upgrade the system.

"The question now is, when will ICQ launch the two new social platforms, LinkedIn and Facebook!"

Irene said with burning eyes, Wesley is gearing up, and other ICQ executives present are also eager to try.

Who let ICQ taste the sweetness, Twitter and Skype helped ICQ raise the market value of hundreds of billions of dollars, this time Facebook and LinkedIn can help ICQ's market value hit the 4000 billion dollar mark, Is it possible to touch it? !

That means it's all performance. If ICQ's stock price and market value rise, will it be a bonus, dividends or even equity incentives? And these are ICQ's executives, how can they not be excited!

When the Skype platform was sold before, many people felt sorry for ICQ, thinking that ICQ had sold the future, but they didn’t know if Microsoft would be angry when they saw ICQ and launched two new social platforms. He slapped the table and scolded ICQ for not talking about martial arts.

Therefore, the biggest obstacle to the launch of LinkedIn and Facebook is not ICQ, but Microsoft, as well as those social platform competitors, which makes people feel that Microsoft has really been cheated. It seems that Microsoft has been taken advantage of ...

There are some things that can be done, but cannot be said. It is really too much, and I can't bear the face. What's more, Irene heard that Song Yanggang reached an agreement with Ballmer. If it gets out at this time , Let Ballmer lose face, will it affect the cooperation between the two parties? !
Song Yang is also a little helpless. Sometimes, if you cut too many leeks, you will inevitably encounter trouble. Song Yang has gained a lot of wool from Microsoft over the years, and he really doesn't want to offend this high-quality big customers.

After a long silence, Song Yang said, "Linking and Facebook, after the development is completed, we will test it first.

It is reported that this Christmas, Microsoft's next-generation operating system, Vista, will be released. After the release of Microsoft's Vista system, ICQ will release Facebook and LinkedIn! "

When the Microsoft Vista system is released, the attention of the entire Microsoft and even the global technology industry will be attracted, and Ballmer will not care about ICQ at all. His attention to Bill Gates and Vista is far greater than that of What about LinkedIn and Facebook? It is related to his position as the head, whether he can sit still.

Face is more important than ass. Ballmer will make the right choice. At that time, a little fanning the flames will cause Ballmer and Bill Gates to have a dispute over Vista, which is ICQ's opportunity to fish in troubled waters.