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Chapter 641 No One Knows Better Than Me

On the way to NASDAQ, Song Yang has passed by countless times, and the scenery on the way is different every time.

I still remember that when I first came here, there were advertisements for Netscape on the big screens of Nasdaq and dozens of screens in Times Square. That was the year of the rise of the Internet in America.

In that year, Netscape was the focus of the entire Silicon Valley. Jim Clark's scenery was infinite and remembered by countless people. I don't know how many people in the world were attracted by Netscape's "getting rich overnight".

Then there is the huge momentum of Yahoo. When Yahoo went public, it was a bit bigger than Netscape, and when it was double-clicked, it was the first time that Song Yang stood on the NASDAQ as the "righteous owner". The hall has become the focus of the entire Internet industry.

Back then, Netscape, Yahoo, and DoubleClick were believed by the outside world to become giants in the Internet industry, but the speed of the Internet's change of dynasty was too fast.

Netscape, which was previously thought to be the leader of the Internet, is already on the verge of collapse this year. Double-clicking under the banner of "Internet advertising" is alive and well.

However, Song Yang used Double-click to encircle the event of Wall Street short-sellers, and Wall Street basically abandoned Double-click. In the past two years, Double-click is still better than most Internet companies, but "no one cares about it" on Wall Street. The market value has been bouncing around US$60 billion all year round.

Yahoo, on the other hand, has a bit of a "mandate of fate" taste. Before the end of the year, its market value has exceeded 500 billion US dollars, and it has begun to tie with AOL as the Internet duo.

The most important companies in Silicon Valley and the Internet can be said to have been born under the "witness" of Song Yang. President Keith's contemporaries...

The car passed by Times Square, and several large screens in a row were filled with Amazon's advertisements. Today is the day of Amazon's listing, and Song Yang, one of Amazon's major shareholders, naturally wants to join him.

Even if it's not Amazon, Song Yang will come to the city of the Big Apple in a few days. The ICQ road show is over. Irene brought ICQ executives and Wall Street people to fool around the world, no, it's full of people. The world road show ran in dozens of cities, from America to Canada, London, Frankfurt, Berlin to Tokyo, Hong Kong City, etc., all ran once.

ICQ’s fundraising of 18 billion US dollars has been completed, much faster than expected. It is mainly the 401K foundations of major Wall Street institutions, American teachers, firefighting and other industries, as well as overseas consortiums, banks, The big dogs bought it, and PayPal also issued several funds including the purchase of ICQ stocks, which were packaged and sold to overseas leeks.

Ordinary leeks still have some doubts about ICQ's valuation of nearly 300 billion US dollars, but Wall Street and other institutions obviously have expectations for ICQ, and they have studded ICQ's stock, betting that ICQ can stage the performance of Netscape and Yahoo! It's a myth, after all, Song Yang is a veteran of the Internet, and the gold-lettered signboard is still resounding.

Now is the hottest time for the Internet, the whole world is the same, what the Internet is, does not matter, what is important is that this thing now looks like a "big way to make money", it must be called Nasdaq, and the word must be com , otherwise you will not be able to keep up with the trend.

In the world's major exchanges, such as Nasdaq, London Stock Exchange, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Hong Kong City Stock Exchange and even Singapore, countless technology companies have popped up and listed together under the banner of Internet companies.

ICQ, which has completed its roadshow, will start preparing for its listing in the near future. Song Yang doesn’t want to procrastinate any longer. After Christmas, ICQ has to make big moves. General Electric’s Immelt can’t wait any longer. .

The Nasdaq trading floor is already extremely noisy at this time. Countless reporters and media are desperately taking pictures, or accumulating materials. Ricardo big man.

Just like Netscape a few years ago, on the day of Netscape’s listing, standing beside Anderson, as a foil, were Song Yang, Yang Zhiyuan, Lycos founder Bob Weiss, AltaVista founder Flaherty and others , Pull out one at random, and now they are all princes of the Internet, worth more than hundreds of millions of dollars, vividly interpreting the myth of the Internet's wealth creation.

When these big shots publish documentaries or memoirs, these are the most critical materials. They can make a fortune just by selling them to TV stations, financial magazines and other media. More photos, the world is full of prosperity, it's all for profit!
Every time I come to Nasdaq, I see different scenes. This is the place that every technology and Internet industry dreams of. Netscape on the Nasdaq trading floor, the stock price has almost fallen into a dog, but no one cares about it at this time.

"It's Song!"

When a bulletproof Lincoln appeared in front of the gate of the exchange, a large group of reporters and media rushed forward with cameras and video cameras.

Song Yang is considered a "heterogeneous" in the Internet industry. Although he bought a lot of Ferraris and Porsches, and invested in the brand of Siebel sports car, when he appeared in public, Song Yang always took a bulletproof Lincoln car. .

This is completely different from other Internet peers, who usually have a sporty style when this kind of occasion occurs, but it is completely different. This has caused many Internet peers and some media to ridicule Song Yang in private.

As soon as he got out of the car, a row of microphones approached Song Yang. One of the media outlets took the lead and asked, "Song, when our newspaper interviewed you a few years ago, you predicted that the stock price of Netscape would increase tenfold. Now, can you predict where Amazon’s stock price will grow?”

Song Yang saw the "San Francisco Chronicle" sign hanging in front of the reporter, and couldn't help but think of the scene back then. At that time, Song Yang could only be regarded as a "rookie" on the Internet, with a little popularity.

The San Francisco Chronicle and other media wanted to get some serious news from Song Yang, which dug a lot of holes for Song Yang. When Song Yang was asked what he thought of Netscape's stock price, Song Yang shouted that With the words of tiger and wolf, Netscape's stock price has increased tenfold...

At that time, the media, including the San Francisco Chronicle, believed that Song Yang was just touting Netscape and wanted to join Netscape, the big brother of the Internet.

But in the end, the stock price of Netscape did increase by more than ten times. Although it was short-lived, as long as the people who bought Netscape stock at the beginning were not greedy, it was Dior for Audi and Volkswagen for BMW.

Almost the same place, the same newspaper, asked Song Yang again, the same but slightly different questions.

"Oh, you know me. In 1995, I expressed my attitude, and it remains the same now. The Internet will be the favorite industry for global investors!"

Song Yang said with a smile, after thinking for a while, he revealed the look of "no one knows the Internet better than me", "I believe that Amazon will be one of the most valuable stocks in the world in the future, maybe in the future, Amazon’s market value will exceed 1000 billion, 2000 billion…”

"Song, why don't you say that Amazon's market value will exceed $[-] trillion!"

There was a roar of laughter at the scene, and everyone thought that Song Yang was lying. As we all know, Song Yang is one of Amazon's big sponsors. It is understandable to brag about Amazon, but the bragging is so outrageous. Yang is blowing outrageously.

Song Yang smiled and gave the reporter who said this a "appreciative" look, "I will seriously consider your suggestion and wait until then to sell Amazon's stock!"

There was another burst of laughter at the scene, which attracted the attention of the entire Nasdaq trading floor.

Another reporter took the opportunity to ask, "So Song, does this mean that you are very optimistic about Song, if you were to choose between Yahoo and Amazon, whose stock would you keep?"

This group of reporters is still the same as before, full of bad things, only thinking about digging holes for Song Yang. Song Yang is both shareholders of Yahoo and Amazon, and they are also one of the largest individual shareholders.

Asking Song Yang to make a choice is obviously to let Song Yang express his attitude and which company he is more optimistic about. If he says he is optimistic about one company, he will definitely offend the other company.

With Song Yang's current status in the Internet arena, there is no need to worry about offending Amazon and Yahoo when he says these words, but they are not good words after all.

The reporter who asked this question didn't expect Song Yang to answer. They just dug a hole. If Song Yang didn't say anything, they could make up various versions of the answer after they went back. This is the "basic quality" of a reporter...

But unexpectedly, after Song Yang heard this question, he looked embarrassed, but said in a joking tone, "This is really a difficult problem, just like in the doomsday fortress, you can only choose one for food and water , if there must be an answer, it should be Amazon!"

Many reporters looked at Song Yang, trying to figure out from Song Yang's expression whether this was a joke or the truth, but from Song Yang's expression, it was difficult for them to analyze what, Song Yang specially invited a psychologist Teachers and expression analysts, who have done expression training and management, are to deal with the old fox, and they can see it to be called hell.

However, there are still many reporters who are writing hard. Obviously, in tomorrow's report, there will be news that Song Yang is more optimistic about Amazon.

"Song, eBay is also an e-commerce company you invest in, so how does eBay compare to Amazon?!"

(End of this chapter)