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Chapter 310
"The stock price of LB rose by 12% today, hitting a record high. Leslie Wexner's family also became one of the top [-] most valuable families in Ohio for the first time..."

Another girl in the apartment turned on the TV and switched to a New York TV station, and immediately there was a report about the LB Group.

Then I turned to a New York entertainment channel, and there was news about Victoria's Secret, RICK and Song Yang.

"It's unimaginable that Bruno Song, who was born in the Internet, is the major shareholder of RICK with a 35% stake. He decided to let RICK acquire Victoria's Secret and form a Victoria's Secret angel supermodel!"

On the entertainment channel, the host said jokingly with a smile on his face, an upstart on the Internet, who is not staying in Silicon Valley, suddenly acquires Victoria's Secret, which can't help but make people think about it, especially for tabloids and entertainment media. Multi-material.

"This station has received news that the model contract provided by Victoria's Secret this time is much higher than before. As long as you sign an exclusive model contract with Victoria's Secret, you can get a signing fee of 300 million US dollars per year!"

The host shouted in a surprised tone, although the models are now very popular, but on the table, the prize money of a model competition is hundreds of thousands at most, but now Victoria's Secret, which has been acquired by RICK, has pulled the ceiling abruptly It's a lot taller.

This is equivalent to signing a contract to become the spokesperson of Victoria's Secret. This is undoubtedly an opportunity for countless models. In addition to getting the industry's sky-high signing fee from Victoria's Secret, they can also have advertising endorsements, product promotions and even take the opportunity Entering the film and television industry, etc., it is impossible to get more than tens of millions of dollars every year. This was unimaginable in the modeling industry in the past. Victoria's Secret turned the modeling industry upside down by itself.

"It is reported that Victoria's Secret is in contact with the 92-year-old Heidi Klum, the winner of the 23 Model Challenge, and may become Victoria's Secret's first signed model..."

The host of the entertainment channel released a picture of "Desperate Housewives", no, it was Heidi Klum's photo, and then released several models who were rumored to have signed a contract with Victoria's Secret, including Laetitia Costa.

This entertainment channel is quite invigorating. In addition to releasing photos of several models, it also puts a photo of Jenny, and then compares it with several models of Laetitia Costa to summarize Song Yang's aesthetics. Eyesight and hobbies, the effect of the program is directly full...

Elsa Benitez watched the program on TV and heard that RICK spent nearly [-] million dollars to win Victoria's Secret. When she was about to create a new Victoria's Secret, she couldn't help looking at Song Yang's photo on TV. That was Double-click the photo of Song Yang in Nasdaq when it was listed.

"Elsa, do you want to go to Victoria's Secret to audition? Laetitia and Heidi Klum are models from France and Germany. Why should they sign a contract with America and Victoria's Secret!"

The girl who turned on the TV just now watched the news on TV with dissatisfaction, and then asked Elsa.

Elsa was a little moved and hesitated for a while, thinking of those things during her short stay in Houston, and Elsa Benitez, I don’t know if Song Yang still remembers her, especially now, Lei The top models like Tisha will all be cast under the brand in the hands of Song Yang.

At this time, the girl who was smoking a lady's cigarette said to Elsa, "Didn't you say you knew Bruno Song? This is your "great" opportunity. As long as Bruno Song speaks, you can get 300 million dollars." With the signing fee of Dao, what else can I participate in the Victoria's Secret show and become a Victoria's Secret Angel..."

The girl with heavy makeup spoke with a bit of sarcasm. The competition in their industry is extremely cruel. Hollywood actresses have to face the "red sofa", but the situation in the modeling industry is even worse. Brand owners and even photographers, etc., appearing in advertisements and magazine covers are full of glory, but behind them they are in the downstream of the industry chain.

And Victoria's Secret can spend 300 million US dollars as the annual signing fee. I am afraid that even the top models will have to come and fight for it. For small models, this time may really be just a hope. .

Hearing these words, Elsa Benitez did not speak, but just returned to the room, and then took out a handwritten phone number from the deepest part of the wallet.

After a sleepless night in the small apartment, Elsa Benitez lay on the bed, hesitating for a long time, if there is no success in America, then Elsa will return to Mexico, see Looking at the phone number on the paper beside the bed, Elsa finally pressed it.

Song Yang, who came back from Ohio, is rushing to San Jose. Today, countless Internet companies have gathered in San Jose. Tomorrow is the day to decide to establish the American Internet Association. Although it needs to be voted on, basically the major Internet companies, It's all confirmed, this matter is already a certainty.

The establishment of the Internet Association will be of great benefit to companies such as Microsoft, Netscape, Yahoo, DoubleClick, and AOL. It can increase their voice in the Internet industry, and even cut a crop of leeks. Naturally, they will support it.

Song Yang came to a hotel in San Jose, where he was going to meet with Microsoft, Netscape, Yahoo, AOL and others. Before the establishment of the American Internet Association, several major Internet companies naturally had to negotiate how to divide the cake, otherwise tomorrow When voting, it would be a joke to have fun.

As soon as he entered the hotel, Song Yang received a phone call. Hearing a strange but familiar voice on the phone, a figure appeared in Song Yang's mind.

After a while, Song Yang hung up the phone, thought for a moment, called Eric again, and then walked towards the hotel.

In a room of the hotel, the two founders of Netscape had arrived. Mark Anderson put down the newspaper in his hand, "Playboy announced the start of cooperation with Victoria's Secret. Song's Victoria's Secret has recruited many models!"

Speaking of this, both Anderson and Jim Clark couldn't help laughing. Anderson looked at the newspaper in his hand and couldn't help sighing. Although the technology media in Silicon Valley were criticizing Song Yang for not doing his job properly, Song Yang played movies, made mobile phones, and recruited models. , and which Silicon Valley person doesn't want to do it?
Song Yang's ability to enter these industries is enough to show that although the lawsuit is entangled, Song Yang's main business has not been affected. The Internet industry can support Song Yang's squandering in these industries.

On the contrary, Netscape has weakened a lot in just over half a year, and now the market value is almost caught up by Yahoo. Mark Anderson also wants to play Song Yang, but Netscape is lost by Microsoft IE The browser is exhausted from dragging.

"Jim, what are you talking about Song?" Anderson couldn't help asking Jim Clark.

Since the beginning of this year, Song Yang has not only launched ICQ, leading a wave of Internet trends, but also invested in several companies such as eBay and Amazon in the Internet industry. It's "quiet", but outside the Internet industry, it is quite active, and there are even voices, Song Yang wants to "stay away" from the Internet industry.

Listening to Anderson's words, Jim Clark shook his head with a smile, and glanced at Anderson. Anderson is undoubtedly a technical genius with a very high vision, but from the perspective of the Internet industry, in this regard, Song Yang People from Ye Luzi's background are unique.

"Song, I will definitely not leave the Internet. If the Internet has winners in the end, then Bruno Song will definitely be one of them."

Jim Clark looked back on Song Yang since his debut, although he gave the outside world the impression that he was "reckless" and had tough fights with WorldCom, AOL, various giant companies and even the Trade Commission, but he never fought the kind of game that had no chance of winning. battle.

After the emergence of Netscape, it attracted most of the firepower. As a result, Double-Click and Hotmail mailboxes were fattened behind. Now Yahoo has a tendency to replace Netscape, but ICQ is hiding behind Yahoo. The attention of Microsoft, AOL and other companies began to Putting it on Yahoo, without realizing it, ICQ has already occupied half of the status of instant messaging.

This time Song Yang wanted to form the American Internet Association, but Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, and Netscape all supported it, which is enough to show how influential Song Yang is in the Internet industry. If you come to do it, I'm afraid you haven't done it yet, and the dog's brain will be blown out.

When Song Yang came to a small lobby of the hotel, Mark Anderson and Jim Clark from Netscape, CEO of Yahoo Coorg, Zhiyuan Yang, Todd representing Microsoft, and Leon Sis, a confidant of Case sent by AOL, and others came. , this group of people basically represents half of the Internet industry in America today, and they are also the companies with the most say.

"I'm sorry, something happened on the road that took me a little longer and kept everyone waiting!" Song Yang raised a glass of wine and said to the crowd.

"We understand," Mark Anderson teased Song Yang, "Song, will you be on the cover of the next issue of Playboy?"

These words made everyone burst into laughter, and Song Yang also shook his head. Playboy's cover is not limited to only girls, and sometimes some special characters are selected to be on the list, but without exception, they are all related to lace news. A New York real estate agent who was also a regular customer of Playboy...

Naturally, at the beginning, swords would not be on the verge of rattling. A group of people gathered together in twos and threes, all enjoying cold meals and drinks. Although the Internet companies present today were out of their minds in order to rob users and market, they should There is still some politeness.

Netscape and Microsoft were already at war. At this time, Anderson and Jim Clark were discussing something with Todd, while Song Yang and Yang Zhiyuan stood together.

"How is the other side of Asia?" Although they failed to start their trip to Asia together, Yang Zhiyuan still pays close attention to the side of Asia.

Song Yang turned to Yang Zhiyuan and mentioned the situation of the Internet in China, "The Internet industry over there is like a pot of oil and water. As long as the firewood is turned on, the oil and water will boil!"

After Yang Zhiyuan heard this, he nodded thoughtfully. Song Yang didn't say much when he saw this, but if Song Yang and Yang Zhiyuan can invest heavily in the domestic Internet industry, they will definitely let Wall Street institutions and Silicon Valley venture capital Money, large sums of money flocked to the Asian market.

(End of this chapter)