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Chapter 332 Dog Nose

One-off, get [-] million US dollars in financing, if the news gets out, I am afraid that the entire Silicon Valley will start frying pots directly.

10% equity, the investment of [-] million U.S. dollars in equity, this is an investment that makes all Internet companies crazy about it, and it almost raises the ceiling of the Internet industry by a large margin. With ICQ's current The valuation is listed, and the stock price will definitely exceed tens of billions of dollars after the listing!
More importantly, ICQ will also test the Internet TV station with NBC. This is definitely the first time that the Internet and the media industry have encountered each other. No one can say for sure, but the newly established TV station will definitely break the gap between traditional media and the Internet. barrier.

"Song, I need to stay in San Jose for a few more days, and I'm afraid I need to disturb you!"

After signing the agreement and shaking hands, Immelt suddenly said to Song Yang, apparently not planning to leave here immediately.

Brian Roberts on the side knew that Immelt would definitely want to discuss the merger with Song Yang, but Immelt spoke first, and it was really hard for him to find another opportunity to speak.

However, as long as Immelt wants to promote the merger, Comcast must have the opportunity to intervene!

Jeff Skilling, Greg Maffey and others hurried back and reported to their respective companies. The amount of information they got this time was huge.

The reporters squatting under the ICQ office building have dissipated quite a bit by now, but there are still some media reporters squatting there.

Seeing Jeff Skilling and others who came down from the building, they immediately surrounded them. The relationship between Microsoft and the media has never been very good. This time, they were anxious to go back to see Bill Gates, so Greg Maffei , Todd boarded the car directly under the escort of the security personnel, and did not talk to the media and reporters at all.

On the contrary, Jeff Skilling tidied up his clothes and accepted the reporter's interview. Enron is a traditional energy company. Naturally, it is not as popular as technology companies such as Microsoft. Naturally, the relationship between the media cannot be bad.

"Yes, Enron invested in ICQ, and 1.6 million US dollars invested 2% of ICQ's equity!" Jeff Skilling said seriously.

The reporter who interviewed Jeff Skilling was stunned for a moment, and then realized that he couldn't help shouting, "President Jeff, are you saying that Enron made a valuation of $80 billion for ICQ?!"

All the reporters looked at Jeff Skilling as if they had been beaten with chicken blood at this time. They thought that there would be no more news today, but who knew that such a big melon would come.

ICQ's original valuation of 60 billion US dollars, these media and reporters feel that it is exaggerated enough, who would have known that Enron would invest in ICQ at a price of 80 billion US dollars, if it wasn't for Jeff Skilling himself Speaking of which, the media and reporters will wonder whether he was limped by a fool...

Jeff Skilling said, "I think this investment is totally worth it. Facts will prove everything. In addition..."

Jeff Skilling didn't want him to be the only one being looked at by these reporters like a fool, "This time, Enron, Microsoft, Comcast, and General Electric jointly invested in ICQ!"

After the big melon was released, Jeff Skilling got up and left. The news had already been released. For An Ran, this was enough.

Hearing that this time, several companies jointly invested in ICQ. Even after a simple estimate, the reporters and media present knew that the investment this time may far exceed their expectations.

After Jeff Skilling left, a group of media and reporters surrounded Brian Roberts who had just come out.

And in the evening, there was a sudden shocking news from Silicon Valley, even far surpassing the shock that ICQ released before that it would take [-] million US dollars in financing.

ICQ made a bold statement before that it would raise [-] million US dollars, which attracted the attention of the entire Silicon Valley. However, many people felt that ICQ had lost their minds. I don’t know who would use such a high price to take over ICQ. The news that came out at night made everyone dumbfounded.

Microsoft, Enron, Comcast, and General Dynamics are all listed companies, and they successively issued announcements on ICQ on the same day, and even a simple calculation will reveal that the investment in ICQ by the four companies has reached an astonishing eighth. Billion dollars!

The valuation of ICQ was blown up to a sky-high price of 80 billion dollars in one breath. When the news was reported by the media, the entire Silicon Valley was in an uproar, and even Wall Street was not much better.

"We don't know exactly what Bruno Song said today, but according to the news we have now, we all obviously underestimated ICQ, maybe it may be far more than that!"

An Internet industry analyst from Goldman Sachs said helplessly when faced with the media camera of the door-to-door interview, who would have imagined that this time the four companies would actually become big dogs.

Silicon Valley venture capital and Wall Street institutions all think that ICQ is too expensive, but General Electric and Microsoft are trying their best to raise the price of ICQ. Who can justify this.

And then, there was more news that ICQ would cooperate with NBC TV station to form a new TV station spanning the Internet and traditional media, which caused a shock in the entire media industry.

This is the first time since the rise of the Internet industry to attack traditional media, and it is also the first time for traditional TV stations to cooperate with the Internet industry. No one knows whether there is friction or a mess, but what is certain is that this Created a precedent for the Internet!

"I need to know what happened!"

At the Goldman Sachs headquarters, a bald, middle-aged man with glasses pointed his finger at his confidant, Pellet Greene, who had previously worked with America Telecom.

In front of the middle-aged man, Pellet Greene was very cautious. The man in front of him was Paulson, who had just become the head of Goldman Sachs this year, and the true king of Wall Street.

The bald Paulson was once one of the main players in school football. He is close to 1.9 meters tall and seems to have always maintained a state of energy. When dealing with Erson, you must be careful not to make the slightest mistake. The latter is also an out-and-out workaholic.

Paulson was born in Washington DC and worked as an assistant to the Secretary of Defense of the United States. If it weren’t for the Watergate incident, Paulson would have already held a high position in America, and then entered Goldman Sachs through the revolving door. One of the few elephant party members in high positions on Wall Street, and one of the most important fundraisers!

Paulson has a strong personality. He once said that 20% of Goldman Sachs’ profits are created by people. In other words, the remaining 80% of Goldman Sachs employees can be laid off. He is indeed so. What the heck, after taking over as the head of Goldman Sachs this year, Paulson laid off a bunch of people and completely established his uncompromising authority at Goldman Sachs.

Of course, Paulson did not do this kind of layoffs at the plenum, and he was not ambiguous when he initiated the bonus. As soon as he took office, he mentioned the bonus of Goldman Sachs as the highest on Wall Street. The current employees of Goldman Sachs receive salaries and bonuses , which is more than double that of other Wall Street institutions.

Carrots and sticks in one hand, Paulson has tidied up the entire Goldman Sachs. In the first half of the year, Goldman Sachs' revenue hit a record high. Now Paulson is planning to list Goldman Sachs. This is very important for Goldman Sachs and Paulson For Sen, it's a big deal.

For the Internet industry, Goldman Sachs is also contributing to the flames. After Paulson took office, he established an investment fund of 28 billion dollars, which is dedicated to investing in global Internet companies.

Today's news from ICQ has also attracted Paulson's attention. ICQ's sky-high valuation, not to mention Silicon Valley, even Wall Street, which is behind the Internet industry and fueling the flames, is a little surprised.

Wall Street wants to mature the Internet and cut leeks, but the valuation of ICQ this time still shocked Wall Street.

Paulson, a seasoned veteran, was very keen to discover that there must be something unexpected in ICQ's investment negotiations, otherwise Microsoft, Enron, and Comcast would not be taken advantage of.

Pointing to Pellet Greene, Paulson explained to him with a serious face, asking him to find out what happened in the meeting room in the ICQ building today.

Not only Goldman Sachs, but also other Wall Street institutions that have heard the news, have also begun to inquire about the news. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. There must be a reason, at least the current ICQ, not to mention the value of 80 billion US dollars, even if the fracture price is estimated to be half and half.

After Greg Maffei and Todd, who hurried back to Seattle, met Bill Gates, Microsoft immediately held a meeting of executives.

At the Enron headquarters in Houston, Kenneth, who had just sent off the commander, met Jeff Skilling with a smell of alcohol.

Hearing what happened in the ICQ meeting room, Kenneth was also stunned for a while, and then said to Jeff Skilling, "Jeff, Bruno Song really looks like you, build a new Internet media empire?!"

Kenneth couldn't help but rubbed his head, and laughed self-deprecatingly, "I really don't know what that kid is thinking about, to be honest, if I let him do it, I can't imagine, this media Does the company want to surpass Enron's market capitalization?!"

With the popularity of the Internet, the popularity of telecommunications, and the addition of NBC, Comcast, General Electric, and maybe even Microsoft, Kenneth can't imagine what will come out by then, but he can Thinking that as long as this company appears, it will definitely become the focus of the entire Wall Street and the global media. Kenneth has seen Song Yang's ability to make a living.

"Song promised to give us a 3% stake in ICQ?!" Kenneth asked what he was most concerned about.

Jeff Skilling nodded, "Song is a man who abides by the rules, and I believe him in that!"

Kenneth was silent for a while, "Anran fully supports ICQ, you are responsible for this matter!"

Kenneth obviously agreed with Jeff Skilling's idea, asking Enron to give money to ICQ in exchange for their equity in ICQ, and Kenneth didn't care whether Enron would lose money or not.

At the Comcast headquarters, Brian Roberts was excited, and he mentioned the big merger to the old Roberts.

(End of this chapter)