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Chapter 662 Winning the championship
As soon as this offer came out, it once again caused a sensation in the entire Silicon Valley. Over there, Bill Gates just said that Netscape is worthless, and whoever buys it will be taken advantage of. Here, ICQ bid 40 billion dollars. I don’t know if it’s wronged or not. Anyway, let Netscape buy it. The matter is completely out of the circle!

As Bill Gates said, from its inception to the present, Netscape has only been working hard for a few years, and in less than five years, it has grown from a broken workshop to a giant worth more than $40 billion.

This is still based on the premise that Netscape has completely lost the browser market, and there is only one brand left. This thing is still worth 40 billion US dollars. If Netscape wins the war in the browser industry, how can it be? Isn't it true that if Netscape sells itself, the price will have to be increased by more than ten times?
There is no harm if there is no comparison. The Wang An Company of the old Wang family next door has just been sold. Wang An Company can earn much more than Netscape. It has tens of thousands of employees worldwide and an annual revenue of more than 35 billion US dollars. As a result, it is Sold two billion dollars!

Netscape's revenue is not even a fraction of Wang An's, but because it is an Internet company, it is worth $40 billion? !
Everyone knows that there is no reason in this world, but it is so outrageous that when other industries see this news, they can't help being silent for a while.

The frenzy of the Internet was once again vividly reflected in front of countless audiences, telling everyone that in this world, which industry is the most valuable one, even if it is already a dilapidated Netscape, it is also an unattainable gold in other industries. pimple!

"Shit, ICQ is deliberately raising the price!"

When Leon Heath was preparing to let AOL issue new shares and let AOL's board of directors vote to acquire Netscape, in just one or two days, the purchase price of Netscape was raised from US$35 billion to US$40 billion, which made Leon Heath It all feels a little outrageous.

Leon Siss pulled off his tie, looked at Case with a stern look in his eyes, and said, "The ICQ side is definitely not normal. I wonder if Bruno Song and Jim Clark's side have reached some kind of drawer." protocol……"

Leonsis smelled a conspiracy, but he didn't think about ICQ helping Netscape, but felt that the two sides had reached some secret agreement in private.

This kind of thing is very common, ICQ has just been listed, and Song Yang cannot cash out within a year, but this does not mean that there is no other way to cash out.

Just like the acquisition of Netscape, if Song Yang and ICQ were acquired at a price much higher than the actual price of Netscape, Jim Clark would give Song Yang a part of the "rebate" after the acquisition, which is equivalent to cashing out in disguise.

Leon Sis felt that ICQ was using this routine to cash out, otherwise, how could ICQ offer such an outrageous price!
Case pondered for a moment, the purchase price of 40 billion US dollars, speaking of it, is not much profit. After getting Netscape, the risk is too great. If you are not careful, it may rot in your hands.

At this moment, the phone on the table rang, and Leonsis was obviously surprised when he saw Case received the call.

After putting down the phone, Case's expression became firm, "Yahoo has made an offer to Netscape!
AOL wants to win Netscape at all costs, no matter how much money, ICQ, Yahoo dare to quote to Netscape, why dare not AOL? ! "

Keith was obviously stimulated. People fight for breath like incense sticks, and there is still three points of anger in the mud. The Netscape era of Jim Clark and Anderson has passed. Case can see clearly that the future of the Internet world, It is the era of Song Yang, Yang Zhiyuan, and Bill Gates. How can Keith want to win the championship and overwhelm others, how can he back down at this time? !

Looking into Case's eyes, Leonsis nodded, "I see!"

Yahoo Offers $41 Billion to Netscape!

Yahoo, which broke out halfway, made this acquisition drama officially enter a climax. Seeing Internet and technology giants entering the arena, countless media and people who eat melons are looking forward to who will be the next one to appear.

The purchase price continued to rise, and the stock price of Netscape began to rise continuously, and the stock price soared again. Obviously, many gamblers were betting that Netscape could sell at a high price.

Seeing Yahoo's entry, Song Yang was also surprised. Unexpectedly, Yahoo would dare to jump into this muddy water. It seems that the scenery in the past few years has been infinite, which really made Yahoo a little bit flustered.

"Do you still want to bid?"

In the ICQ office building, Irene asked Song Yang, the purchase price of 41 billion US dollars is really not low. Song Yang and ICQ helped Netscape to raise the price to this point. Netscape helped double-click the company, and the relationship with Netscape is already clear.

Song Yang breathed a sigh of relief, and Irene felt that Song Yang seemed to be waiting for something, not knowing what Song Yang was planning.

The point is, Song Yang is planning to cheat, not Yahoo, but AOL. For Yahoo, Song Yang has never been worried, but AOL may threaten ICQ, Double Click, America Telecom and other companies. Not only It was Microsoft who was worried. In fact, Song Yang was also a little worried. If there was a chance to lay a minefield for AOL, Song Yang would never miss such an opportunity.

"Check to see if there are any other companies or institutions that offer quotations to Netscape." Song Yang rubbed his chin and said.

Irene froze for a moment, then picked up the phone and made a few calls. It is impossible for the acquisition of billions of dollars to remain silent. As long as there is an idea about Netscape, Wall Street will get wind of it.

"An institution on Wall Street has received news that AOL seems to have ideas about Netscape, and is holding a board meeting to allow the directors of Wall Street institutions in AOL to agree to the acquisition of Netscape. There are also several other companies that have ideas about Netscape, but they may I can't afford too much purchase price!" Irene said as she put down the phone.

When Song Yang heard this, a smile finally appeared on his face, "When AOL continues to bid and raise the purchase price of Netscape to more than 45 billion US dollars, let AOL give it to AOL. It is best to let AOL use some cash to buy it!"

In the end, Song Yang was afraid that AOL would cool down too slowly, so he added that if this acquisition can completely consume the cash flow in AOL's hands, it will be even more profitable.

After explaining, Song Yang got up and left. Today he has to meet a few people who flew over from the other side of the Pacific Ocean. This year's Christmas is coming soon, and the Panda TV is also about to go on sale.

After Yahoo’s bid, the competition for Netscape became more and more fierce. After Yahoo offered a sky-high acquisition price of 41 billion US dollars, ICQ once again offered a sky-high price of 43 billion US dollars. It seems that ICQ will never stop. There are even rumors that the president of ICQ, Irene Dougherty, slapped the table at the meeting. If she doesn't take down Netscape, she will step down as president!
Whether the news is true or not is hard to say, but the news that came out all expressed ICQ's determination to win.

Just when the outside world, the media and Wall Street were all analyzing that ICQ might win, AOL came out with news that shocked the whole of America. AOL offered Netscape $45 billion!

This news, like a bolt from the blue, silenced the entire Silicon Valley and the technology industry for a while, and ICQ seemed a little scared.

After a few hours, ICQ was weak and made another offer, proposing a purchase price of US$46 billion to Netscape, and providing at least US$[-] billion in cash!
But ICQ got the quotation, and in less than 10 minutes, AOL once again made a domineering quotation, announcing a purchase price of US$47 billion to Netscape, of which no less than US$15 billion in cash. , when faced with the interviewed media, he even shouted, "No matter who wants to acquire Netscape, AOL will bid 1000 million dollars more than the other party!"

Faced with AOL's extremely domineering offer, ICQ unexpectedly withdrew. AOL had already started preparing cash and issuing new stocks to many Wall Street institutions. When it was ready to fight to the death with ICQ, ICQ did not even look back He ran away and directly announced that he would abandon the acquisition of Netscape.

In the week before Christmas, AOL officially announced the completion of the acquisition of Netscape at a sky-high price of 47 billion US dollars in the form of stock and cash!
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