Back to 1995

In Santa Clara, California, the Sun headquarters with an area as large as [-] football fields, after several years of continuous downsizing, now seems a little quiet. The brightly lit scene is no longer there.

It’s not a ruin. After all, Sun still has a market value of tens of billions of dollars. Although compared to its peak period, it has shrunk by nearly half. In the latest quarter, it barely got rid of losses, although it only made more than 1 million dollars. , but that's just low profit. In fact, the revenue is still more than 180 billion US dollars. The sales of servers, personal workstations and other products are not bad, but... it just doesn't make money.

In Sun's headquarters, McNealy, who created the Sun Dynasty with one hand and brought it down to the bottom with one hand, watched the media on TV coldly, made fun of Sun, and made fun of it as a stepping stone for Google.

"Maybe there is only one Schmidt between Sun and Google. Schmidt has proved his greatness. I mean, if, if the Sun company is not for his own power, for his own status, he is not willing to use it. The position of president was vacated, but Schmidt was chosen as the president of Sun Corporation, so what will happen to Sun Corporation now.

Back then, I had no intention of questioning the man who once led Sun and overwhelmed Bill Gates, but please, times have really changed!

Why are so many Silicon Valley geniuses able to become dazzling stars in the hands of Bruno Song? Why are so many top professional managers willing to work for Bruno Song? Bruno Song can give those geniuses and professional managers enough Of course, this is not all, but... some people may really think about it, Sun is a great company, and it shouldn't just wither! "

The host and guests of the TV station did not name McNealy by name, but they almost pointed at him and scolded him everywhere, so that in the past few years of self-cultivation and self-cultivation, his temper has not been so hot.

Co-author of Sun's current situation is all caused by him. According to the program on TV, he is Sun's sinner, but these people have forgotten that without him, Sun could have Is there such a splendor? !
Today Sun, like other stocks on the Nasdaq market, has seen its share price go up a lot, but McNealy is not happy at all. He has almost become the target of ridicule by the American financial media and technology media today. It's strange to be happy.

Who told Schmidt to be his protégé, and it was once speculated by the outside world that he would be the successor of McNealy and the new head of Sun, but so many years have passed, even if the management has changed, but Sun is still under the control of McNeely, he occupies the latrine and does not shit, he does not retire, and the media does not criticize him or anyone else!
It is not uncommon for apprentices to surpass their masters, but McNealy's old face is really hard to hold on to being crushed like this, and being choreographed and ridiculed by the media.

But this is not the most embarrassing thing. What makes McNealy himself feel ashamed is that he still needs to congratulate Schmidt. Even if Schmidt and Google stepped on Sun, he still has to smile. , This made McNealy, who was extremely proud by nature, really couldn't help it, but he was helpless, because Sun needed Google to get an order...

A penny beats a hero, and McNeely is no exception. No matter how proud he is, he has to bow his head in front of a dollar and a job, and he has to keep a smile on his face!

The competition in the server industry is too fierce, and the new generation of Internet companies represented by Google is now the company with the largest demand for servers in America. Purchasing servers has become one of Google's biggest costs, forcing Google to start its own business. In order to reduce costs, Google wants to build multiple database centers around the world. The demand for servers is quite large. This is an absolute big customer for all major companies that produce servers around the world!

Moreover, it’s not just Google, it’s in the same camp as Google, and there are also companies like ICQ, PayPal, ebay, Amazon, etc. Offending Google, it’s not just one company, it’s likely that the above companies are also involved All orders are gone!
At the peak of Sun, McNeely even dared to hate Microsoft, and he also joined forces with Netscape, AOL and other companies to form an anti-Microsoft alliance. Naturally, he was not afraid of Google.

But now, McNealy also feels a sense of powerlessness. I am afraid that the hero is late is just a description of his current situation. The key is that McNealy is not very willing to retire, he is really not reconciled...

Suppressing his anger, McNealy found Schmidt's phone number, hesitated for a while, and pressed it.

It is in the same situation as Sun, and it is not much better. There is also Yahoo. Today, Google's market value has not surpassed Yahoo, but it still makes Yahoo break out in a cold sweat.

Today, if Google's market value exceeds Yahoo, then the one who is ridiculed by the crowd, I am afraid it must be Yahoo. Yahoo has done much more outrageous things than Sun.

Sun Company just failed to keep Schmidt, but what the hell was Yahoo? At the beginning, Google sent him to be his younger brother, but Yahoo refused to accept him, threatening to look down on Google's pile of scrap metal.

Moreover, Yahoo also handed over its search business to Google. It really lured the wolf into the house to feed the tiger, and fattened up Google. Now it is about to be on the same level as Yahoo. People die laughing.

But even so, Yahoo was a little bit off guard, at least Yahoo chief Yang Zhiyuan, who had been a clay bodhisattva in Yahoo for so long, couldn't help it!
"Even if it is not surpassed by Google today, sooner or later, Google's market value will surpass that of Yahoo. Yahoo has lost too much!"

In the Yahoo conference room, Yang Zhiyuan finally couldn't bear it, and started to vent his anger. The directors of the Wall Street institutions couldn't hold back anymore, and they questioned Semel together.

Wall Street invests in Yahoo because they want to make money by cutting leeks, but seeing Yahoo being surpassed by a rising star, how can they bear it.

Before, Semel also vowed that Yahoo would compete with Google in the search industry, but now it will be surpassed by the other party. How can Yahoo's board of directors composed of Wall Street institutions tolerate it!

"If Yahoo doesn't make changes, it will be ridiculed by the media today from Sun to Yahoo, and Yahoo will be eliminated by Silicon Valley!"

This was the first time that Yang Zhiyuan challenged Semel in an almost forceful way, which made Semel's face so ugly that he could hear the threat in Yang Zhiyuan's words.

In the past, Yang Zhiyuan was like a big brother in the rivers and lakes. He didn't care much about things like fighting for power and profit. From the first president Coorg to the current Semel, even in reality, Yang Zhiyuan was emptied, but Yang Zhiyuan didn't care much about it. I didn't care much about it, but I have been running publicity for Yahoo.

But now, when Google is about to overtake Yahoo, Yang Zhiyuan, the founder, finally couldn't bear it anymore. For the first time, he wanted to get involved in the battle of Yahoo's president, and wanted to regain the power of Yahoo!

Semel looked at Yang Zhiyuan, and another founder, Fei Luo, also looked at his old partner in surprise, as if seeing such Yang Zhiyuan for the first time.

Those members of the Wall Street board of directors of Yahoo also looked at each other with different expressions. Before that, they had intentionally or unintentionally emptied the two founders of Yahoo in order to better control Yahoo.

But the current situation of Yahoo makes Wall Street also have to seriously consider whether to return the power to the founders. After all, no one knows Yahoo better than Yang Zhiyuan and Filo. No way, Yahoo can be like Apple. After welcoming back the founder, how about taking off again? !

Semel looked at the directors of the group of Wall Street institutions and felt a bad feeling in his heart. He felt that if Yahoo's situation could not be changed, he might step into the old path of Coorg and be swept out.

No one would have imagined that Google's listing would have such an impact, not to mention igniting the entire Nasdaq, and also causing drastic changes in Sun and Yahoo!

In the evening, Google held a grand celebration banquet in a big hotel in New York. The big shots on Wall Street, as well as many powerful figures and celebrities in New York all came to join in, making Google's popularity reach its peak.

Everyone at the banquet had smiles on their faces. Everyone present had invested in stocks to some extent. Naturally, they made a lot of money today. A beautiful knife cannot be let down, and only a beautiful knife can intoxicate people's hearts. Alcohol is not intoxicating, everyone is intoxicated!

In front of Schmidt, Larry Page, Sergey Brin and others, a large crowd surrounded them, including a large number of New York celebrities, models, etc. This is the first time for Larry Page and others Feeling the romance and drunkenness of New York, the newly released $50 billion Mr. Knife is enough to make people flock to them.

Next, people from Hollywood actresses, luxury cars, yachts, private jets, party companies, and various entertainment companies will try their best to turn around Larry Page and sell them various things and services. This is an indispensable experience for everyone who has reached their stage. Song Yang also experienced it back then, but whether they will fall into it or not depends on them.

Song Yang, who shirked many invitations, stood in the corner of the banquet with Harvey Pete, looked at Larry Page surrounded by the crowd, and explained to Marcus on the side, "Let people stare at you!" Take care of Larry and the two of them, don't let them be tricked by someone with a heart!"

Now Larry Page and the others are the face of Google’s publicity. In the future, Song Yang needs to let them be in charge of Google’s technology to add obstacles to Microsoft. Song Yang doesn’t want them to be ruined.