Chicago 1990

"Mark, sorry..."

Taking advantage of the days when there was no filming, Song Ya met with Mark Anderson in Beverly Hills. In order to show his strength, he let a private jet take people here directly from Silicon Valley. Jimmy Goodman and Linda accompanied him.

"I know you are racing against time, but I think we still need to talk in person, and thank you for giving me this opportunity."

He was very polite and low-profile. The honest Jimmy tried all his best to get the other party to agree to this trip. He was far from participating in Mark Anderson's web browser project.

According to the intelligence inquired by Jimmy, his main opponent, SGI founder Jim Clark, did not plan to use venture capital to do this project at all. Instead, he planned to directly serve as the president of the new company and let Mark Anderson serve as the co-founder and Vice President of Technology.

This makes his own trick of acting as an angel investor unattractive to Mark Anderson.

"Jimmy is very annoying, and I hope he won't disturb my life again after meeting this."

Mark Anderson, tall and strong like an athlete, stepped onto the lawn, "Can you guarantee it? APLUS."

"Of course... uh..."

Song Ya turned her head like a thief and saw Mariah Carey who had brought them out just turned and walked into the villa. She immediately threw the dog leash in her hand to Linda, and threw off the'Jack' who was going around at her feet. "Please trust my sincerity to your project. We have already talked at UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), haven't we? I wanted to invest in you at the time, you know."

Mark Anderson, who got the guarantee of the Jim Clark project, has no worries, and Song Ya has nothing to do. He can't speak harshly to Pai Kingsley at Malibu Beach.

"Sorry, I have decided to go to Jim Clark." Mark Anderson shook his head and refused.

"Don't think about it anymore? Accepting my investment plan will only give you more room for development. I take 20%. You use my money to complete the project. You are the president and the only founder. Human beings have a lot more room for development than under the fence."

The two were walking on the lawn and don't talk, Song Ya continued to persuade.

"APLUS, I am not much older than you. I am actually just a rookie who just graduated from university. I need to lead the way and have no intention of managing company affairs. I just want to focus all my energy on project development."

This guy is also playing naively with Song Ya's habitual tricks that have gradually failed.

He is not a rookie at all. According to Linda's survey, he did an internship at IBM during college, and twice, he met Jim Clark through a cooperative project with SGI.

But since he is willing to come, he must be looking forward to it, "You may not know that the speed of the evolution of the World Wide Web is too fast. Since last year, everyone has been contributing to it. There are already many browsers similar to Mosaic. There is not much time to waste. Mosaic was written by me and Bina, but now I am behind the imitators. Since Mosaic belongs to UIUC, I can't use any original code yet, and everything has to be re-created."

"But you also said that they are your imitators, and I have used some other browsers, they are all rubbish."

Song Ya said: "I have a music website project in Sunnyvale. The management staff, equipment and venues are all ready-made, and they can also provide you with a good environment."

"Oh?" Mark Anderson came interested. "Who is in charge of that?"

"Dila."

"Who?"

"President of A+ Audio, you must have seen it, it's the white Rapper who sang The with me."

"Haha..." Mark Anderson shook his head and laughed. "He is not a professional."

"He also participated in the venture capital investment in DTS. Now that company is valued at tens of millions." Song Ya said, "If you think he is unprofessional, I can ask Dile to find a headhunting company to hire a professional manager. ..."

"Why?" Mark Anderson asked in surprise.

"what why?"

"Why are you so optimistic about the web browser project? You know, I haven't thought of any good profit model myself..." Mark Anderson said.

"I have nothing to look down on. I think the Mosaic you participated in is very easy to use. You know I am rich." Song Ya replied.Can't you say the inexplicable familiarity when he uses it?

"Yes, very beautiful private jet."

Mark Anderson smiled, "Your investment in Barn Company is very successful. I also went to nightclubs to play Fluorescent Nights in school. You took advantage of the celebrities' advantages in carrying goods. This really impresses me, and combined with yours Age, wow..."

Then he changed the conversation, "But the technology industry has a different gameplay, and Jim Clark is the best..."

The two chatted for more than an hour. Song Ya was always unsuccessful in provoking, so she had to take a step back, "I don't reject that Mr. Clark, or you can take me one, you always need investors to share the risk, right? Since you I said that I still can't find a good profit model, so I can get more venture capital to renovate the office."

"Well, I'll go back and discuss it with Jim."

This time Mark Anderson nodded and agreed, "Don't let Jimmy bother me." Before leaving, he dropped a serious sentence.

"I'm waiting for your news." Song Ya did not answer directly.

Mark Anderson has left, and Marvota will take him to the airport, still taking the plane back.

"Jimmy, good job."

Song Ya went to the swimming pool and saw Jimmy's flamboyant floral shirt and white suit at a glance, which resembled the style of the rogue lawyer acting for gang members.

"Ok……"

Jimmy put down the cocktail glass in his hand and hurriedly swallowed the wine in his mouth, "Thank you, Mr. APLUS, guess how I bother him?" He was quite contented.

"I don't want to know."

Song Ya interrupted by pointing at him, "I only want the result, not the process."

"Okay, OK, let's not talk about it, I won't talk about the process." He raised his hands and smiled awkwardly.

"You still have to go to Silicon Valley." Song Ya said.

"Continue with the old method?" Jimmy asked.

"I don't care, as long as it works, after all, I haven't got the result I want." Song Ya replied.

"OK." Jimmy drank the cocktail on the table and left in a hurry.

That night, Mark Anderson asked Jim Clark to reply. The Silicon Valley bull was not very polite, "APLUS, is that what others call you?"

"Everyone calls me that." Song Ya smelled gunpowder.

"We don’t need a singer’s venture capital. I heard about DTS. You and a group of Hollywood people turned that company into a arena for gangsters, didn’t you? The listing is far away, and shareholders have their own minds. I think my company doesn't need this kind of'experience'." He said.

"The arena of gangsters? How do you see DTS?"

It was the first time Song Ya heard this kind of evaluation from another big cow. He has always been quite content with his lucrative investment...

"Isn't it? You are as slow as a snail..." Jim Clark complained.

"Uh, can you elaborate on it?" Song Ya asked humbly.

"I have no obligation to teach children." Jim Clark was impatient.

"Well, what do you say about the project with Mark? He told me my investment intention, right?" Song Ya has always been as thick as a wall in business matters.

There was silence on the other end of the phone, "Two million, giving you five percent of the shares without voting rights."

"An internet startup that hasn't opened and found a profit model is valued at 40 million? And I don't even have the right to vote?" Song Ya was unhappy.

"The company currently has only one venture capitalist, KPCB. They are not as optimistic about us as you are, but they can help with the listing, so they spend 4 million to get 20%. And you, please pardon me. Nothing to be busy, even if you spend two million, we can only give you 5%. Mark is very impressed with you, I don’t want to discourage his enthusiasm, but I definitely don’t want to hear from outsiders in the entertainment industry in the company Point and point..." Jim Clark said.

"KPCB is it?"

Song Ya knows that it is a well-known venture capital firm in Silicon Valley. The 20% value of 4 million shows that they value the new company of Jim Clark and Mark Anderson at 20 million. This price also shows that they are very optimistic. , Then it's not impossible to get one million more into the game...

Just five percent is a bit less...

"I can help, and I can give you... our new browser products do something soft and wide." Song Ya still wants to fight again.

"On this offer, accept it, or not accept it." Jim Clark said, "Our negotiation with KPCB is 5% worse. You may not even have a chance at a later date."

"I have other opportunities. Now there are many Mosaic imitators on the World Wide Web." Song Ya decided to threaten a little, "Their things are very rough, but I believe my money can change a lot of things."

"Unfortunately, only Mark has the royal blood of Mosaic." Jim Clark used a metaphor.

"..."

"Before get off work tomorrow, KPCB may change its mind at any time, so hurry up and think about it."

Jim Clark was about to hang up, "Wait!" Song Ya stopped him, "Don't think about it, my lawyer will be there tomorrow. His name is Jimmy Goodman."