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Chapter 278 Shuffle
When he was in Silicon Valley, it was Song Yang who was plundered by others, but this time he was going to pluck Softbank's wool.

Theoretically, if Softbank wants to establish a Japanese-branded Yahoo with Yahoo in Japan, of course Song Yang can be bypassed, but this depends on Song Yangsong not letting go. Obviously Song Yang is not willing to let go this time.

Softbank's current headquarters building is not as prosperous as the later generations, and it can monopolize a building. The current Softbank headquarters is in a building close to the office of Yanai Masa. The latter is the founder of Uniqlo. The two are both in Japan. descent.

Not only the various ethnic groups in America like newspaper groups, but also the Japanese. The stick-children, cochin-races, etc. are quite newspaper groups in this area. As the two most valuable Japanese stick-children, Masayoshi Son and Yanai Masa is also very close. Yanai Masa, who has never held positions in other companies except Uniqlo, is now an independent director of Softbank. One can imagine the relationship between the two.

Song Yang, Irene, Whitman, Eiger and others drove towards the Softbank headquarters in the convoy.

While in the car, Irene handed a magazine to Song Yang, "Song, maybe you should read this, maybe it will be helpful for today's negotiation!"

Song Yang took the magazine, looked at it for a few times, and couldn't help showing a strange look in his eyes. This is a fortune magazine published by Japanese media, which also includes Sun Zhengyi's information, but it is not as "tall" as Sun Zhengyi's image reported in China. , and the experiences of legendary entrepreneurs, but they are quite different...

According to domestic media reports, Masayoshi Son started his career entirely on his own. He earned his first pot of gold by selling game consoles in America. He also invented a translator and sold it to Sharp to make a fortune. Last year, when Softbank went public, his net worth broke through ten. [-] million U.S. dollars, becoming one of the richest people in Japan and so on.

But about his family, how he came to America, and how to sell game consoles in America, nothing was mentioned, and this magazine reported things that Song Yang hadn't seen before.

Just like the billiard room industry that Song Yang was thinking about yesterday when he first arrived in Japan, more than half of Sun Zhengyi's family, or the countless descendants who made their fortunes in Japan, all started from the billiard room. The family is no exception!

And being able to hang out in Japan's pachinko room industry and pay Sun Zhengyi to study in a prestigious American school without a scholarship is enough to prove that Sun Zhengyi's family is not short of money. You must know that it was the 70s, even if It is an ordinary office worker in America, and the monthly income is only more than 1000 US dollars. An American family needs to tighten their belts to support one member to go to a prestigious school, let alone study abroad.

And Masayoshi Son started his business as an agent selling Japanese game consoles in America. To put it bluntly, he was a scalper. According to media reports, he was an 18-year-old young man in a foreign country, selling to his classmates a game equivalent to an ordinary American. The game console with a monthly salary has earned more than 100 million US dollars. This achievement, even the top ace salesman, may not be able to achieve it.

Whether the first pot of gold was earned by Sun Zhengyi, or whether his family normalized the money earned by the billiard room, no one can tell, but in the autobiography, it must have been brain-filled, just like Bill · Gates is the same as starting a family, all of them are spring and autumn brushstrokes.

In the first year in America, Masayoshi Son earned $100 million by selling game consoles, and in the second year, Masayoshi Son invented a pocket voice translator.

But what the media did not report was that this thing was jointly developed by his mentor, Mozel, who is also the top voice synthesis expert in America, and several technical experts, and then handed over to Sun Zhengyi for sale in Japan.

In Japan, Masayoshi Sun directly met Sasaki, the father of Japan Electronics Industry, who served as the dean of the Sharp Research Institute, and sold this thing to Sharp. Sun Zhengyi was 19 years old this year...

In Japan, where the hierarchy is strict, a young man wants to meet one of the founders of Sharp and sell the product he invented to Sharp for $100 million. The first order came from the giant IBM. It is not known whether it is similar to the same purpose.

Song Yang flipped through the magazine in his hand. This magazine from the Japanese media obviously disliked Sun Zhengyi, who was of great descent. He dug up a lot of black material, including Sun Zhengyi's brother, who ran several years ago in the family. Ten billiard rooms and other industries, in contrast, for Toyota Motor's Toyota family, etc., are touting.

Putting the magazine aside, Song Yang closed his eyes and thought, this magazine is true or not, but regardless of Sun Zhengyi's background, how did Sun Zhengyi get the first pot of gold, and he was able to establish the current Softbank in just a few years? , and betting on Yahoo and other Internet companies is enough to illustrate Sun Zhengyi's vision and courage.

However, through the reports in this magazine, we can also know why Sun Zhengyi's investment style is so aggressive, and he can even be called fierce and domineering.

When investing in Yahoo, he said to Yang Zhiyuan, "If you don't let me invest, I will invest in your competitor." It can be seen that Masayoshi Son's character is more or less influenced by his family.

When the wind is down, this kind of reckless investment style is of course no problem, and it can also make a lot of money, just like Softbank investing in Yahoo. , it will definitely be a big somersault.

After the car arrived at the Softbank headquarters, Sun Zhengyi took Masahiro Inoue and other people to meet Song Yang downstairs in person.

It seems that he was not affected by Song Yang's soft silver wool at all. The not tall Sun Zhengyi was still full of momentum, standing in front of the building in a gentle and elegant manner. Masahiro Inoue and others were a few steps behind Sun Zhengyi.

"Song, I'm very glad that you can come to Japan!" When seeing Song Yang, Sun Zhengyi took the initiative to shake hands with Song Yang, and the two seemed to have a very close relationship.

"I've always wanted to meet Song you, but after Yahoo went public, I never had the chance. I want to say that the idea of ​​double-click, Hotmail, and ICQ is absolutely genius!"

When entering the Softbank headquarters, Sun Zhengyi and Song Yang talked about the Internet wave in America, and said to Inoue Masahiro and others who followed behind, "I have said it a long time ago, the information age is coming!"

For Song Yang, Masayoshi Sun seems to be very appetizing. After entering Softbank, Masahiro Inoue took Irene, Whitman and others to visit. Masayoshi Son and Yang Song entered his office.

He raised his teacup and gestured to Song Yang. Seeing Song Yang nodding, he poured a cup of tea for each of them. Sun Zhengyi raised the tea, and after the two gestured to each other, Sun Zhengyi drank it down.

Seeing Song Yang drink it too, Sun Zhengyi looked at Song Yang and smiled, "I thought you wouldn't like these..."

"Everyone's choice is different, and what they want is also different!" Song Yang also smiled, and said to Sun Zhengyi with a pun.

After Sun Zhengyi and Song Yang looked at each other, they began to mention the Internet situation in Silicon Valley, "Silicon Valley is much more chaotic than last year!"

When talking about this, Masayoshi Son couldn't help sighing. Compared with the calm and quiet Japanese Internet industry, Silicon Valley has begun to reshuffle for the first time.

After Netscape went public, it set off the first wave of the Internet. After the major Internet companies are staking their land and recruiting troops, they are now starting their first fight.

In the browser industry, the major Internet companies have no interest in entering. Netscape and Microsoft have killed it too badly, and other Internet companies are also using it as cannon fodder.

In today's Internet industry, the most competitive areas are the search industry, e-mail and portal websites, and Yahoo occupies a major position in these industries, and can even be called the leader.

Sun Zhengyi holds more than 40% of Yahoo stock, and most of his net worth is bet on Yahoo. It can be said that he has both prosperity and loss with Yahoo, and naturally he is most concerned about Yahoo's situation.

"Song, who do you think will be the winner of the portal website in Silicon Valley?" Sun Zhengyi asked Song Yang, but it seemed to be testing.

Song Yang also raised his head and glanced at Sun Zhengyi. Sun Zhengyi acted decisively and never dragged his feet. Whether it was to an enemy or a friend, asking Song Yang this question now must have an ulterior motive.

"I think... Yahoo will win this Internet war!" Song Yang said looking at Sun Zhengyi.

Hearing this, Sun Zhengyi seemed to let go of his thoughts suddenly, poured another cup of tea, motioned to Song Yang, and drank it down.

Inviting Song Yang to come here today, Sun Zhengyi is not only for the Japanese Benzene Yahoo project, but also for Silicon Valley Yahoo. Sun Zhengyi needs to know whether Song Yang is an opponent or not!

If so, then this time it's not just a matter of Japan's Yahoo, maybe it will be a fight with Song Yang at the Yahoo headquarters.

"Song, I have always disagreed with Yahoo CEO Cooger's ideas. He is too deeply influenced by Wall Street. I think Yahoo and you are not competitors!"

Sun Zhengyi said to Song Yang, and sighed, "I heard news that Microsoft is planning to launch MSN portal, and AOL is also launching its own portal. There are also rumors that NBC may cooperate with Snap, and Disney is in touch. infoseek!"

Yahoo is in the limelight, but it is not without crisis. Needless to say, technology giants such as Microsoft, traditional media giants such as NBC and Disney are also deploying Internet media one after another.

In this case, Sun Zhengyi didn't want Yahoo to start a war with Song Yang, but Coorg, who was partial to Wall Street, wanted to please Wall Street investors and make some big news to increase the stock price!

"I have never regarded Yahoo as an opponent, whether it is Double Click or ICQ, I have always regarded Yahoo as an ally of the Internet!"

Song Yang said that he didn't believe a word, whether he believed it or not, he could only talk like this at this time, otherwise today he would not be able to talk at all, and he would not be able to grab Softbank's wool.

Whether Sun Zhengyi believed Song Yang's words or not, he was obviously satisfied with the answer.

When entering the meeting room, Masahiro Inoue of Softbank, Irene, Greg and others were already sitting on both sides of the meeting room.

Irene cast a questioning look at Song Yang, Song Yang didn't say much, just nodded slightly.

　I'm sorry, for today's update, I still owe a total of three chapters, and I will pay it back (д)
　
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