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Chapter 562 Eventful Autumn
Ken Williams openly challenged ICQ headquarters on ICNC TV before, which was considered to be a sign of internal conflict between Sierra Games and ICQ headquarters. The entire Internet industry is paying attention to this matter.

And now, before ICQ was listed on NASDAQ, Xueleshan was split off, and the outside world believed that this big drama had come to an end.

"Internet giants are coming, ICQ will be listed on Nasdaq with a valuation of 278 billion, setting a new Internet record!"

A New York media was the first to report that ICQ was listed at an astonishing valuation of US$278 billion this time. This valuation is nearly twice the current market value of Yahoo!
Such a valuation, placed a week ago, did not exceed the expectations of Wall Street institutions.

After all, the most popular Internet and media concept stocks on the top of ICQ are listed, sitting on ICQ social software and ICQ community space, as well as ICNC, a new TV station media, and Xueleshan Games, a money printing machine.

Even before, some Wall Street institutions estimated that ICQ may be listed at a higher valuation, which is not surprising.

But now that Xueleshan game department is split from ICQ, it will inevitably make people doubt whether ICQ can reach the previous estimate.

"Legend or scam, is ICQ really that "worth" money?!"

Some media also questioned ICQ. A financial media that favors conservative investment questioned ICQ.

"No one can deny the "legend" of ICQ. It is the world's first and largest social empire. If one day there is a website with hundreds of millions of users, then this company will definitely be ICQ!"

George Hawley, the editor-in-chief of this financial magazine, first touted ICQ, and then changed the subject, "ICQ is rumored to be listed at a sky-high price of 278 billion US dollars, and the financing scale will reach an astonishing 18 billion US dollars, setting a record for the internet industry. A new Starkey record.

The main revenue of ICQ is Internet advertisements, NFT avatars, Internet technology patents and game business. ICQ has created many new records, just like its founder Bruno Song, who once introduced advertisements to the Internet industry and allowed the Internet to enter the new era.

The game department established by ICQ has allowed the Internet industry to see a second traffic monetization channel besides advertising, but without the Xueleshan game department, can the rest of the business support ICQ's valuation? ! "

George Hawley is not optimistic about ICQ, which has sold Sierra Mountain. The valuation is too high, and it is too expensive. Before ICQ, advertising plus game business, and then selling NFT avatars, to other Internet companies, Collecting patent protection fees such as "emoticon packs and fonts", the small life is quite nourishing.

Before going public this year, ICQ yelled wildly that it wanted annual revenue to reach more than 20 billion US dollars and become the most profitable company in the global Internet industry. At that time, Wall Street institutions naturally touted ICQ wildly. After all, ICQ was like A super money printing machine.

But now, ICQ actually has internal strife, and Xueleshan has been distributed, which makes people feel like they have fallen into a pit. Say ICQ is worthless, it is still very profitable, and say it makes money, but it is not reliable No one knows how far ICQ can be supported by advertising fees.

There is a saying that George Hawley has not said clearly, that is, this internal strife, which made George Hawley and Wall Street institutions worry about the internal management level of ICQ, who knows if there will be another Ken William s.

Controversy over ICQ continues. Some are optimistic about ICQ's listing at such a sky-high price, while others think that ICQ may have a bloodbath. Both supporters and opponents continue to emerge.

But whether it is support or opposition, the entire Wall Street and global investors all admit that ICQ dared to make such a move, which has proved that the Internet industry has reached a period of frenzy. Dare to clamor for a valuation of more than one billion, or even billions of dollars!
Not only General Electric and ICQ, after these two, there are many gossips. Since last year, the telecommunications industry has been undergoing large-scale mergers and acquisitions. It is reported again that WorldCom Telecom may attack MFS Telecom Group. The price may exceed 120 billion US dollars, in addition, AOL is also flirting with the media giant Time Warner...

The continuous rumors of big melons have made the people who eat melons dizzy. These big melons that have been spread out are often mergers and acquisitions worth more than tens of billions of dollars. Seriously!
Closing the newspaper in his hand, looking at the big melons on it, the unshaven Mark Anderson felt mixed feelings in his heart.

At this time, if the media captures Anderson, they will see that the high-spirited little fat man who once appeared on the cover of Time magazine is now full of vicissitudes. In less than a year, Anderson seems to be "mature". more than.

The office door was pushed open, and Jim Clark walked in, followed by Netscape President Baxter. Not only was Anderson obviously a few years older, but Jim Clark and Baxter were even more obvious. Less gray hair.

Looking at the two of them, I remembered how high-spirited they were when Netscape went public and surrounded by various Internet companies. At that time, Netscape was the martial arts leader of the Internet. Yahoo, Double-click, AOL, Lycos and the like could only act as Netscape My little brother, but now, Anderson thinks of the scene on the day Netscape went public, and then sees the current situation of Netscape, and only sighs.

When Jim Clark sat down, he saw the newspaper in front of Anderson. Of course he heard the ICQ rumors, but he just glanced at it and stopped reading. Get rid of this mess of Netscape as soon as possible.

Anderson was still in a sentimental mood. At Jim Clark's age, those things no longer affected him.

"Now we have an advantage in the antitrust lawsuit against Microsoft. The municipal departments of [-] states in America, Canada, North America, Europe, Japan, Bangzi, etc. are all on the side of Netscape. We are very It is possible to win this lawsuit!"

Baxter still wants to make the last struggle to persuade Jim Clark not to make a decision immediately. The two founders can pat their butts and leave. Anyway, they are already famous and worth billions of dollars. Even if the scene leaves, it will not affect the small life.

But Baxter couldn’t do it anymore. He left Netscape and became an ordinary professional manager. It would be too difficult to find a job comparable to his current position, not to say impossible.

"So, this lawsuit will continue to drag on?"

Jim Clark just asked Baxter.

　Sorry for the late update, sorry everyone, sorry, sorry!

　
(End of this chapter)