Back to 1995

Over New York's Kennedy Airport, the Bruno plane landed slowly on the airport runway after circling for several weeks.

The purpose of coming to New York this time is almost the same as that of Song Yang when he first came to New York, both to participate in the Nasdaq bell ringing ceremony.

It's just that last time, Song Yang came to participate in Netscape's IPO. At that time, half of the American Internet came to support him, and Song Yang was just one of them. Even when they took a group photo, Song Yang just stood in the corner , to describe it in one sentence, that is eighteen years old, standing like a minion...

But now times have changed, Netscape, the leader of the Internet back then, is now several feet high on the grave, those people who appeared in the photos with Song Yang back then, the founder of AltaVista search company Flaherty, the former American four Bob Weiss, the founder of Lycos, one of the big portal websites, and other big figures who were once in the same era as Song Yang and once all-powerful, are now either retreating into the world, or have disappeared from everyone.

Now that Song Yang is in the Internet industry, he is already considered an older generation of the Internet. The only one who can compare with Song Yang in terms of seniority is Yang Zhiyuan of Yahoo, but Yang Zhiyuan has already lost power in Yahoo. Up, but can not decide the whereabouts of Yahoo.

Looking at the scene on the streets of New York, which was the same as many years ago, Song Yang couldn't help but think of the sentence, reminding you once you enter the rivers and lakes!

When the convoy passes through downtown New York, you can see the streets and alleys. The most advertisements are the photos of several candidates who are now running for the presidency. In addition, there are Google's overwhelming advertisements.

This time, Google has invested a lot of dollars in publicity and promotion, just to hype up the popularity. If you want leeks to be used, you must invest money!

Song Yang stayed at the North Shore Manor of Long Island. The first mansion Song Yang bought back then was one of the top ten mansions in America. But now, with the continuous increase in land prices in New York, the value of this manor , has more than doubled than that of the past, but has fallen behind the ranks of the top luxury houses in America. It can be imagined how many luxury houses have appeared in America in these years.

For Song Yang, these years, not to mention ringing the bell on Nasdaq, it is almost vomit, at least it is not uncommon. There is far no excitement about Google's listing, but for Google, This is a most memorable day.

Schmidt, the president of Google, and the two founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin all attended in costumes, and specially invited a photography team to record everything today for the future production of Google. When memoirs, come as important information.

Early in the morning, Schmidt asked a professional makeup artist to rest his face before he appeared at the door. There was already a photographer waiting there.

"Today is the most important day in my life. When I die, I may forget everything, but today is a day I can definitely remember!"

Schmidt said to the camera, this is a bit flattering, but it is also true. From Sun to Novell, Schmidt has gone through ups and downs, but those and Google mean nothing to Schmidt. Strictly speaking, Google was the first company he really led to go public, although Song Yang and Irene had already paved the way for him before he took over Google.

Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who were holding breakfast and coffee, also expressed their excitement to the camera. A great kind person, without them today!

When Song Yang had breakfast at the North Shore Manor on Long Island in the morning, he had dinner with Harvey Pete, the boss of the Federal Securities Commission.

However, just like the last time at the San Jose Manor, Harvey Pete didn't have any appetite at all, and looked at his watch from time to time. He was much more nervous than the Google team.

"Harvey," Song Yang took a bite of the salad made of kale and avocado. This is a food that has recently become popular among old money in America. It is highly sought after by the rich, models, nutritionists, and fitness people. Going to the sky, Song Yang tasted a few mouthfuls, then changed to steak, "You don't need to worry, the North American Global Investment Fund, and several Wall Street institutions have raised enough dollars, so don't worry about Google breaking the bank today! "

Harvey shook his head, "The bottom line can last for a few more days. Today is too important for Google. The federal finances, the Federal Reserve, and the commander-in-chief are all paying attention to Google's performance today!"

In the Nasdaq hall, in front of Schmidt and Larry Page, many media and reporters surrounded them, asking them various questions.

But suddenly, there was a noise outside the hall, and then there was a voice, "Bruno Song is here." The reporters in the hall, as if they had received the signal, began to rush outside. Schmidt and the others covered the interview Of the reporters, there are only a few left.

Looking at the countless media and reporters gathered outside, Schmidt, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and the others couldn't help feeling the influence of the big donor. They were envious, but jealousy was out of the question.

Even Larry Page, who are proud of their technology, can't feel jealous of Song Yang. If Song Yang hadn't invested in Google with his insight, it's hard to say whether Google still exists now. They might still be there. Send your resume everywhere to find a job, where can you be worth more than billions of dollars.

As soon as Song Yang got out of the car, countless microphones were slammed in front of Song Yang. If Wulf and a few security personnel were not blocking them, these reporters would have wanted to slam the microphones and cameras on Song Yang's face.

Over the past few years, not only the old-school Internet practitioners have begun to retreat, even Song Yang’s activity in front of the media has also been greatly reduced. Not to mention living in seclusion, it is not so easy for the media to interview Song Yang Yes, right now, it's hard to come across this group of media in finance, technology, Internet and other industries, naturally they don't want to miss this opportunity.

"Song, do you still think that Amazon's market value can exceed a trillion dollars?!"

A reporter from the financial media took the opportunity to ask Song Yang the first question, but the question he asked had nothing to do with Google. Instead, he asked Song Yang's "outrageous words".

Hearing this question, there was a burst of laughter from around, and Song Yang couldn't help laughing. Now Amazon's market value is more than 400 billion US dollars, which is far from the trillion-dollar market value. About 25 times, which means that Amazon needs to step on the left foot and step on the right foot, and do somersaults 25 times in a row to achieve this goal.

When Amazon went public that year, Song Yang was in this NASDAQ hall. When accepting the media, he yelled out the shocking words, advocating that Amazon’s trillion-dollar market value was not a dream, and then there was a group of leeks, who believed in Song Yang Bullshit, bought Amazon stock.

It can’t be said that those leeks have lost money. When Amazon went public, its market value was less than US$50 billion. Now it’s more than US$400 billion, which is seven or eight times the profit. However, with the help of Amazon’s market value, Song Yang’s voice of running the train with his mouth full , also always exists.

"Of course!"

Song Yang suppressed his smile and paused, "Amazon's stock price may be unsatisfactory, but I believe Bezos and Amazon's team, as you have seen, he is now more bald, and Amazon is... stronger Already!"

"boom"

A group of reporters around, hearing Song Yang's words, couldn't hold back any longer, and all started to roar with laughter.

"Of course, everyone knows that Bezos gave Amazon everything, he risked everything, and I have no reason not to trust him.

I still hold shares in Amazon and have not sold a share. I believe that day will really come! "Song Yangzheng said with a restrained expression.

"What about Google, Song, what do you think Google's market value can reach?!"

The New York Times reporter couldn't help asking Song Yang at this time, and the rest of the media also looked like they were watching a show.

Song Yang was a little embarrassed. Of course he knew that the group of media who like to make trouble wanted to know the answer from him.

"This is a difficult question, I don't want to mislead investors, but I want to say that Google is a good company in America, and it is one of the best companies in Silicon Valley!

I firmly believe that Google will also be a company with a market value exceeding one trillion dollars in the future! "

There was a burst of laughter from around again, and even the New York Times reporter who asked the question just now couldn't help laughing. He felt that Song Yang was just touting Google.

Song Yang answered a few more questions. These media basically knew what day it was today, so they didn't ask questions that made things difficult. But just as Song Yang finished the interview and was about to enter the NASDAQ lobby, there was a sudden The figure rushed out, and asked loudly without waiting for Song Yang to refuse.

"Mr. Bruno Song, if you tout Internet stocks so much, will there be another bubble burst and collapse in the Internet industry in the future?!"

When Song Yang saw that the reporter who asked the question had a sign hanging in front of him, which was the logo of Wall Street Telecom, his eyes showed a look of undisguised disgust.

Harvey Pete, who was watching the interview with a group of Wall Street executives in a hotel suite through the media, felt his blood pressure soaring uncontrollably when he heard this question, and wished he could pass through the screen. Kill the reporter who asked the question.

Song Yang and the Wall Street Telegraph did not deal with each other in a day or two. As early as the eve of ICQ's listing, the Wall Street Telegraph was the first to bear the brunt of the split. ICQ carried a class action lawsuit, which cost tens of millions of dollars to settle.

Afterwards, Wall Street Telecom fired at Song Yang, whether it was the sales of Alcatel's mobile phones or Song Yang's attack on hedge funds that shorted Amazon.

"Sorry, I'm not a wizard, I can't predict the future. You should ask Mr. Mundell this question. He is a candidate for the Nobel Prize and is more professional than me!" Song Yang directly kicked the ball back.

(End of this chapter)