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Chapter 609 The icing on the cake
Several cars drove from New York to Murray Hill in New Jersey. In the car, Song Yang flipped through several newspapers. The newspapers in the technology industry media mostly discussed the listing of ICQ, and the rest were Netscape, Yahoo, AOL, Microsoft. Waiting for news from the company is considered a "cliché".

In the Internet and technology industry, it can be regarded as big news, but it is nothing unusual. Microsoft is still entangled in lawsuits, but it has won a big victory in the browser industry.

The stock price of Microsoft has also begun to dance like an elephant. Before, the market value of Microsoft and General Electric was 3000 billion US dollars, which was basically the same. Surpassed General Electric for the first time, and began to test towards 4000 billion US dollars!

Microsoft succeeded General Electric and began to become the world's largest company by market value. With Microsoft's size, it can be called a giant-level existence. Driven by Microsoft, global technology stocks are soaring.

The whole of America, and even the global technology stocks, are using Microsoft as their leader. Although the media is hyping ICQ, in fact, there is no company in the technology industry that can replace Microsoft. ICQ is not enough, Yahoo is not qualified , AOL does not work!
Microsoft has exceeded the understanding of ordinary people. Even Wall Street has institutions and analysts who have completely failed to understand Microsoft. Logically speaking, Microsoft’s stock price should have fallen long ago. Don’t you see that the market value of several major banks such as Wells Fargo and Citigroup is now It's only a small amount, but Microsoft just doesn't follow common sense, and the stock price keeps soaring!
No one knows how far Microsoft’s market value will soar after the meeting. Some analysts who are closely related to Microsoft only dare to say that Microsoft’s market value of US$5000 billion is not a dream. If Microsoft’s market value can reach US$6000 billion, It is estimated that Bill Gates himself does not believe it, otherwise he would not use various means every now and then, including trusts and charitable donations, to secretly cash out the Microsoft stocks in his hand.

However, Microsoft's market value has soared, which is a good thing for Song Yang. When Microsoft bought Hotmail from Song Yang, it used cash and stock to buy it. Song Yang got more than 3000 million US dollars in cash. $[-] million in Microsoft stock.

Now more than two years have passed, Microsoft's market value has nearly doubled from the original 2000 billion US dollars to the current 4000 billion US dollars, and the Microsoft stock worth more than 1 million US dollars in Song Yang's hands has also doubled. Nearly doubled, almost earning while lying down.

Song Yang calculated that when Microsoft reached the peak market value of US$6000 billion, Song Yang would be able to cash out this part of Microsoft stock. Not only Microsoft stock, but also 9% of Yahoo's stock could be sold at that time.

The current market value of Yahoo has just climbed to 400 billion US dollars, and there is still a long way to go from the peak of 1000 billion US dollars. However, in the next year or two, Yahoo's market value will skyrocket.

When Yahoo's market value reaches more than 1000 billion US dollars, Song Yang will slowly cash out, but it is impossible to cash out 9% of Yahoo's equity at once, and if he cashes out more than 100 billion US dollars at once, the entire Yahoo stock price will collapse We can only clear the warehouse slowly.

Just by cashing out the stock prices of Microsoft and Yahoo, Song Yang will have a lot of cash on hand at that time. Song Yang does not intend to touch Yahoo stocks. Yahoo has basically been ruined by Wall Street, and Song Yang has no interest in taking over. .

On the other hand, Microsoft, after more than ten years, is still a technology giant, and can buy back some Microsoft shares, anyway, it will definitely not lose money.

Ulf, who was sitting in the car, noticed that Song Yang was sitting in the back seat, frowning from time to time. He didn't know if Song Yang had encountered any trouble, so he glanced at the Heishui security personnel who were driving, and let the rear The driver slowed down the speed.

Song Yang thought about cashing out from Microsoft, Yahoo, and other invested companies. At that time, it would be impossible to say, and he would also cash out a large amount of money from companies such as Double Click and ICQ.

If you cash out so many beautiful knives, you must not put them in your hands. They must be spent. If you cash out too much, you may be targeted by others. Investors who have closed their positions will inevitably have various voices appearing at that time, and Song Yang estimates that they will also be in trouble at that time!
Shaking his head, he put all these headaches behind him. This is not the time for headaches, but he is really in trouble, and he has to give some money to those MPs on Capitol Hill.

Song Yang continued to look at the newspaper in his hand. Yahoo has launched more than ten acquisitions this year, and its hands are constantly reaching out to all walks of life on the Internet. ICQ has Snow Leshan. Yahoo has just acquired the Classic game company and merged it into Yahoo Games.

Yahoo has also acquired direct selling companies and e-commerce companies, and its intention to enter the e-commerce industry has not been concealed.

Song Yang looked at Yahoo's news reports. It seemed that Yahoo was in full swing. It acquired companies one after another. Every time Yahoo acquired a company, Yahoo would announce on its official website with great fanfare what services Yahoo could provide to users...

Seeing that Yahoo has acquired many companies, Song Yang is not worried about Yahoo. Yahoo's most important business is still portals and search. As long as Yahoo does not change, Yahoo will not change.

When the era of mobile Internet comes, Yahoo will kill itself without the help of others. E-commerce, games, mailboxes and the like are just icing on the cake. Song Yang does not regard Yahoo as his biggest opponent!

In newspapers, Netscape’s news section has become less and less. I still remember that two years ago, Song Yang opened the technology media newspaper and turned on the TV station of the financial channel. Thirty four out of ten.

But now, the Netscape news has unknowingly ran into the corner of the newspaper. The report on Netscape is very simple, how much money Netscape has lost again, how many overseas offices have been abolished, etc., the entire Netscape This precarious feeling is getting stronger and stronger!

In the past two years, Sun has enjoyed a lot of glory. Relying on Java before, Sun overwhelmed Microsoft and made Java the standard in the programming industry. Recently, Sun is holding the Java Global Developers Conference in San Francisco.

This conference may become a feast for the technology industry. The number of software development companies and personnel expected to attend may exceed 4000, far exceeding the scale of the Microsoft Developers Conference.

Looking at the news in his hands, Song Yangneng could see the unconcealable smug smile of Sun President McNealy on the news photo. For McNealy, he could overwhelm Microsoft and Bill Gates and earn tens of millions more than him. Mei Dao, probably even made him happy.

Rubbing his chin, Song Yang didn't know how long McNeely could be happy. Microsoft never slapped his face overnight, and all his opponents, including Netscape, were dealt with by Microsoft.

Two years ago, because of the war with Netscape, Bill Gates bowed to McNealy for "summation", and even Microsoft applied for a Java license, allowing Java to be used to develop software for Microsoft systems.

But two years later, Netscape was laid down by Microsoft and could only survive, but Sun was so happy. McNealy used the Java language from time to time to threaten Bill Gates and no longer authorized Microsoft to use Java.

With the character of Bill Gates, being able to endure McNealy for two years is already the limit. Song Yang feels that Microsoft should be ready to launch a new development language to replace Sun's Java. Song Yang I have a hunch that the new big drama between Microsoft and Sun should be on the scene soon, but I don't know if Sun can survive Microsoft's bombardment this time.

If Sun Company can't bear it anymore, then Song Yang may also want to cut a crop of leeks. Sun Company has a lot of good things, just like Java patents. If they can be bought, then...

The company Sun jumped for joy without knowing it, and was on the verge of being severely beaten. Another company, Apple, where Song Yang acted as the white knight, also spread the news.

Apple, which Jobs returned to, has experienced chaos. Although it is still a mess of losses, it has gradually stabilized. Now it is reported that Apple is preparing to launch the iMac G3 computer, the first product after Jobs' return next year.

As soon as the news came out, Apple's stock price rose a lot. The outside world is still looking forward to Apple in the Jobs era.

Song Yang also has some expectations for Apple. Song Yang spent a lot of dollars on Apple, bought a lot of Apple stocks and bonds, and if Apple is over, all the dollars Song Yang spent on Apple will be wiped out. drifted.

According to the agreement Song Yang reached with Jobs as a white knight, Apple's iMac G3 computer, the chip will be supplied by PA Semiconductor, the computer screen will be produced by Panda TV, and the rest includes many parts, computer system software, games, etc. Song Yang supplies it here.

The better the iMac G3 computer sells, the more Song Yang will earn. If Apple can stand up again and become a giant in the computer industry, then Song Yang will not be able to earn a single star for the dollars invested in it!

Apple has a system, which is equivalent to Song Yang's side, who alone received these key components and software orders of the Apple system, which is much more profitable than cooperating with Microsoft.

In the newspaper, Song Yang also read some news about other companies. AOL has been fighting with Time Warner recently. NBC TV has formed an alliance with the Internet media Cnet to launch the existing web portal Snap. Disney has also officially acquired the web portal Infoseek. It changed its name to Gonework, announcing that Disney officially entered the Internet portal industry.

As early as two years ago, Disney began to hook up with infoseek, and this time it was just a complete acquisition of the other party.

Giants entered the arena one after another, marking that the competition on the Internet had also begun to become fierce. When the car arrived at Murray Hill, Song Yang frowned and threw the newspaper aside.

Unlike the last time when Song Yang came here, no one cared, this time, the Bell Labs staff in Murray Hill held a grand welcome ceremony for Song Yang, as if they were afraid that the gold master would run away...

(End of this chapter)