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Chapter 268 Spring Thunder
It seems too early to talk about Song Yang's status in America's Internet industry, but it cannot be avoided.

Thanks to the rapid development of the Internet, the replacement speed of this industry is frighteningly fast, but now Silicon Valley also regards Jim Clark, who created the miracle of Netscape, as the godfather of the Internet, and Mark Anderson is the digital hero of Silicon Valley .

It is precisely because of the emergence of Netscape that the world has seen the miracle of the Internet. Maybe one day Jim Clark and Anderson will both grow old, and Netscape has disappeared, but no one can deny the impact that Netscape has brought to the Internet industry. .

Apart from Jim Clark and Anderson, in the Internet industry, the most sought after by countless people are Yahoo Chief Yang Zhiyuan and Filo.

But when calling Yang Zhiyuan the second-generation Internet godfather, there is one name that cannot be avoided, and that is Song Yang!
Song Yang was not from Stanford, nor was he produced in Silicon Valley, but today's Internet industry cannot bypass Song Yang. If Netscape is the pioneering work, it established the connection between the Internet and computers.

As for the role of Yahoo, to use a media that touts Yahoo, the evaluation of Yahoo, 100 years later, when the world thinks of the two biggest people on the Internet, it will definitely be the two chiefs of Yahoo, who will be compared with Edison, Bell, and Ford... …

Although it is touted, it also illustrates the role of Yahoo. Its open strategy has allowed countless people to really come into contact with Yahoo. What is the Internet!
As for Song Yang, I dare not say that after 100 years, at least in the next 30 years, as long as there is an Internet company that still relies on advertising to make money, it is impossible to bypass Song Yang. Song Yang’s Internet relies on advertising to make money , so that the Internet industry can survive...

Double-click is the first listed company after the establishment of Song Yang. Although the performance is not very good, the current Internet industry, and even the old companies such as Microsoft in the technology industry dare not take Song Yang seriously.

Now Song Yang suddenly invested in eBay, a new e-commerce company. Almost after the news came out, venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, Wall Street institutions, and well-known private investors all began to announce and investigate the e-commerce market. !
The e-commerce industry, which was still Goubuli before, has become a favorite in an instant. All major investors have begun to focus on Internet e-commerce companies.

Although e-commerce companies have not made any money in the past two years, and eBay, which represents the e-commerce industry, and Amazon, have lost a lot of money, but after Song Yang made his move, he was immediately targeted by countless people.

In fact, since Song Yang debuted, he hasn't missed a single time. From the double-click Internet advertising company, Hotmail's e-mail, to ICQ, he has created a new Internet industry, but he has made a lot of money. Although ICQ I haven't proven myself yet, but the concept of instant messaging, since ICQ came out, has been extremely popular. Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, and Netscape are all getting involved...

Suddenly investing in the e-commerce industry now makes people wonder whether the spring of the electronics industry is coming.

Seattle, like Double-click, started in the Amazon headquarters in the garage. Bezos looked at it with a serious face. His "cheap fellow" Bruno Song's America Global Investment Fund invested in eBay news.

Bezos, Song Yang, and Jim Clark are all nominal "citizens". Bezos was born in New Mexico and grew up on the farm of his grandparents in Texas. As for Bezos' space hobbies and the like It also basically originated from my grandfather who worked at the base of the Atomic Energy Commission...

But watching the news on TV, Bezos is really not happy about this cheap fellow. Now that Amazon is an online bookstore, Bezos’ goal is not just to make Amazon an online bookstore.

Although eBay is currently engaged in the C2C auction model, if you have to compare, then eBay is similar to Taobao, and Amazon is playing the same model as Goudong, but they all eat in the pot of e-commerce. No matter what model they play, in the end They will definitely fight over the last bite of food.

Watching the host on the TV news and mentioning that Song Yang valued eBay at $6000 million, Bezos frowned even deeper.

This kind of valuation is not even lower than the valuations made by Silicon Valley venture capital and Wall Street institutions for Amazon. Wall Street institutions were not very optimistic about Amazon before. Bezos was born in a hedge fund company, because he is "one of his own" on Wall Street.

"After Bruno Song's American Investment Foundation invested in eBay, many Silicon Valley venture capital firms and Wall Street institutions announced that they would raise their valuations for eBay, and many other investment institutions expressed that they might invest in eBay!"

The screen behind the host showed that in front of the gate of the eBay headquarters, there were many media and reporters, as well as many Silicon Valley venture capital companies. ebay invests.

"In addition, many Wall Street institutional analysts said that if the industry model and profitability of e-commerce companies change, they may become an important part of the Internet in the future and may have certain investment value!"

"Affected by the news, Wall Street institutions have adjusted the valuations of e-commerce sites such as Amazon, which is mainly engaged in the e-book business, flower website Flowers, Penney.com, Zappos, which is mainly engaged in shoes and clothing, and Pets, the world's largest pet product website..."

Although Amazon's valuation has been raised again by Wall Street, Bezos is not happy anyway.

Just take a look, now venture capital and Wall Street institutions are getting together to find eBay, and you will know who is the darling of e-commerce. With Song Yang investing in eBay, it is obvious that there are not a few people who want to take a ride.

After all, the future of e-commerce companies such as Amazon and Pets is really uncertain, but with Song Yang acting as a beacon, it is always a bit more insurance. Besides, there are tall people standing on top of the sky, not eBay Well, there is still Song Yang, a major shareholder, supporting it, but other e-commerce companies can't support it, so it's really over.

When Bezos was worried about Amazon, the phone rang suddenly, which disturbed Bezos even more.

Bezos turned off the TV and picked up the phone. The person on the phone announced his family name, and Bezos was taken aback when he heard the other party's background.

"I'm Marcus, the income financial officer of the Americas Investment Foundation, and Mr. Bruno Song's investment advisor. Marcus, Mr. Bezos, I'm sorry to disturb you at this time, but this matter is very important!" Marcus' voice came out.

Various thoughts flashed through his mind, but Bezos quickly calmed down. His experience in hedge funds made Bezos understand that anger is useless.

Bezos' personality is very similar to Joe's. He is a character who scolds others and can make the other party hate him so much that he can shoot him, but he can control his anger. Seeing that he has added an opponent Song Yang came to the door suddenly, and Bezos naturally had various thoughts.

With some vague guesses in his heart, Bezos still said, "I'm Bezos!"

Song Yang's sudden attack on the e-commerce industry has caused the entire Silicon Valley to be on the lookout. Song Yang has a tendency to become the vane of the Internet in America and even the world.

Of course, it is not without objections. The largest furniture manufacturer in America, the Brandon International Home Furnishing Group with 20 employees, sarcastically threatened that the Internet is ruining this era, and that home furnishing and furniture products are not suitable for the Internet. Supermarket groups such as Wal-Mart are still watching with a cold eye, and they don't pay much attention to the intensified Internet.

It's just that after a few years, I don't know whether these opponents will maintain their attitude today. When a company that opposes online sales of household products sells 39 billion US dollars a year online, Do you remember what you said today...

After returning to San Jose, Song Yang, who finally showed up at the University of San Jose, returned to the ICQ building and started to get busy again. Even companies such as ICQ, Double-Click, and America Telecom have professional managers in charge, but some documents are still in charge. Song Yang needs to handle it personally.

Song Yang was processing the documents, and looked up at Irene in the office, "Get ready, this time Double-click, ICQ, American Telecom, Fortinet, Yeadex Western Films, eBay and other companies will all enter the Asian tour team!"

"Also, notify Martin Solo of WPP Group, and then contact Yahoo..."

"All going to Asia?" Irene was a little surprised when she heard Song Yang's words. Except for PayPal, which was still under development, this time Song Yang almost came out with all the people and started the trip to Asia.

Even Yahoo, which is obviously provocative, has issued an invitation to join forces to go to Asia, which is barren of the Internet and known as a technological desert.

Song Yang nodded to Irene, and the phone rang again suddenly. It was Marcus calling. Marcus, who had already flown to Seattle, officially started negotiations with Bezos.

When Bezos did not directly reject Song Yang's refusal, the two sides quickly hooked up. Song Yang listened to Marcus talking about Bezos' conditions on the phone.

"Promise him, after the investment, the stock voting rights can be represented by Bezos within three years, and he will be given a valuation of 8000 million dollars to invest. Amazon also has the resources that the Americas Investment Foundation gave to eBay, including one-click Patents such as one-click payment and one-click payment can be licensed to Amazon for use!"

After Song Yang heard Bezos's request, he agreed without thinking too much about it. He didn't want to argue any more and wanted a quick solution.

"However, Amazon must also promise the future that PayPal will provide it with an exclusive payment channel!"

(End of this chapter)