Rebirth of Hong Kong's tycoons, shorting Eagle Sauce

Next, Netscape's stock price entered a period of ups and downs.

At its highest point, it reached 75 US dollars per share, and its market value once reached 3.9 billion US dollars.

This achievement is unprecedented in the financial history of the United States. Netscape has only been established for 19 months.

It took General Dynamics nearly 50 years to reach such a market value.

Perhaps Wang Lei's words worked, and someone really cashed out Netscape's stock at this time.

After soaring all morning, Netscape's stock price took a sharp turn in the afternoon, falling to 52 US dollars per share at its lowest point.

The White Dragon Consortium took advantage of the opportunity to buy, and the stock price returned to 70 US dollars per share before the market closed.

The miracle created by Netscape in the stock market made the entire financial market boil.

Under the media's hype, the already hot technology stocks seemed to be poured into a stream of red oil and boiled thoroughly.

Clark was not in a very good mood, not just because he had to complete a deal with Wang Lei.

He said with a gloomy face:

"Lee, you must compensate me for my losses. Those agents all ran away after listening to you."

Wang Lei touched his nose and smiled:

"Agents are eager to cash out, you can't just put all the blame on me."

Clark naturally understood the reason, and he also smiled:

"Sir, you have given me a difficult problem. Now you are also one of the major shareholders of Netscape. Can you tell me how to deal with Microsoft?"

"Haha, this, it's not the right time yet. When the time is right, I will come to you even if you don't ask."

Andre and others also heard Wang Lei's prediction, and they also didn't take it seriously.

This was the time when they were unprecedentedly inflated.

All seven of them became millionaires, and Andre was worth more than 50 million US dollars.

"Boss, you don't need to listen to Wang Lei's alarmist words.

After tonight, Netscape will become the hottest entrepreneurial star in Silicon Valley. As long as we continue to consolidate the market and open up new profit points, it will be a matter of time before we become a giant with a market value of tens of billions.

At that time, even if Microsoft really goes down, we can do it without fear."

Andre's analysis makes sense. Most of the capital and investors are blindly following the crowd.

It is not an exaggeration to call Netscape the first Internet stock. The first often represents monopoly, and monopoly represents huge profits.

Clark also felt that he was influenced by Wang Lei's alarmist words. Perhaps the other party did not have any response strategy and was just bluffing.

...

Under the bombardment of news, Netscape became a hot star in the financial market.

Microsoft naturally saw that the browser was profitable.

They naturally announced the launch of Windows 95.

At the product launch conference, a Microsoft spokesperson showed its pre-installed IE.01 browser to many participants!

This news and the news that Netscape's stock price broke through $100 made headlines at the same time.

The giant is gone!

What relieved Clark and a group of shareholders was that Microsoft's newly released IE.01 browser was a bit rough.

It was not very perfect in various functions and was far behind Netscape's browser in technology.

Internet users did not buy into IE.01, and the impact on Netscape was minimal.

But what worried Clark was that Microsoft hit him again.

They publicly announced that they would set up a browser business department and invest $100 million every year to optimize browser technology!

A technical team of nearly 100 people was born.

This news caused Netscape's stock to fall slightly on the same day.

Andre and other founding teams inevitably became anxious in the face of the aggressive Microsoft.

Clark, who was confused, visited Wang Lei with gifts.

Looking at Wang Lei's newly bought mansion in Palo Alto, Silicon Valley, Clark would be lying if he didn't envy him.

"Mr. Clark, please come in."

Qi Xiaona, who was pregnant, asked the housekeeper to take the red wine brought by Clark and took him to Wang Lei's study.

Looking at the antique study full of celebrity calligraphy and paintings, and the magazines and newspapers on the desk, Clark had a new understanding of Wang Lei.

The other party was not a dandy boy as some media said. Wang Lei valued learning more than anyone else, and his success was not accidental.

Clark was full of expectations, and there was a trace of regret in his heart.

If Wang Lei's investment had not been directly rejected at the beginning, perhaps their relationship would have been closer.

"You are here?"

"Yes, you have predicted everything. Microsoft has really entered the market in a big way and is slowly eroding Netscape's user market.

I can't sit back and watch, otherwise, it will take less than a year., Netscape will become a thing of the past. "

The speed of Internet companies' development is indeed unmatched by other industries. Perhaps just one product can make it the object of capital and investors' pursuit.

But this is also its fatal point. Once abandoned by users, it will go from prosperity to decline in the blink of an eye. The decline of a giant may often take only one month.

Wang Lei does not want to abandon Netscape. Many Internet companies he has invested in, such as Amazon, Yahoo search engine, and eBay, need the existence of Netscape browser.

Thinking of this, Wang Lei said slowly:

"I don't know, have you ever thought about making Netscape browser free to the public? "

Yes, it costs money to use Netscape's browser now. Each user needs to spend $99 to buy a browser license.

The price in retail stores is cheaper, at $40 per copy.

This is the profit point that the Netscape team came up with in order to successfully go public.

It is indeed a good idea when there are no giants involved, but now it has become a death warrant for Netscape.

Clark is a smart man, and he immediately thought of the key.

He said to himself:

"Windows 95 costs $210 per copy.

Although the price is high, 1 million copies were sold in just one week after its release, and sales are still rising.

Every user who buys it can use IE browser for free, which means that for every copy of Windows 95 sold by Microsoft, they will have one more potential browser user. "

"Yes, Netscape is not short of funds after its IPO. As a shareholder, I hope Netscape can return to being free. "

Knowing that this is the key to competing for users, Clark cannot make up his mind immediately.

If it returns to free, it will be necessary to refund the purchase fees of paid users.

Netscape is not short of money, and they don't care about this little money.

The most troublesome thing is that Netscape has lost its only profit point, and Netscape's financial report for the next quarter will become very ugly.

That will be a real disaster. Even without Microsoft's intervention, Netscape's stock price will plummet.

Investors will abandon Netscape, which does not see any profit points, at the first time.