Chicago 1990

"Mr. Underwood? Haha, Jim made me rich, yes, I can read the news... Jim, Jim Clark, the founder of SGI, are you unfamiliar with him? Your wife is also in New York Yes, we have a celebration party in the evening, no problem. I asked Linda to prepare an invitation letter for Claire. Does she have any friends to come with? How many? It’s okay. I can do it all. Let it go to me. By the way, Wall Street It’s a more open party. It’s not a gentle dinner party or a cold meal like Washington’s kind of party... OK, I’ll take care of Claire and the others."

"Yo, Dile, haha ​​thank you... isn't it? It's too exaggerated. I didn't expect the opening price to exceed seventy dollars at all. O'Grady didn't expect that he was just about to help me open a position at about twenty dollars. Haha, those investment institutions and investors are crazy."

"Mr. Dingkins, thank you, thank you, me? I feel that I'm still out of the situation for the time being. The Silicon Valley boss took me to make a fortune, uh... uh, rest assured, I can get up tomorrow, ok, see you at the New York reception? That's it..."

"Mr. Geffen, haha, yes, Jim made me rich, yes, I am also watching the news, thank you, thank you..."

The calls were answered one by one. At noon, Song Ya was a little too hard to deal with, "By the way, there is a Stanley... Do you know Mr. Chais? Mr. Madoff gave me his business card last night, yes, yes. I personally...Is it convenient? That's great. When I go to Los Angeles to find a chance to have a good chat together..."

'Netscape was issued on the first day of NASDAQ stock trading with an opening price of 71.5 meters, a record.At present, the market value of this cutting-edge technology company with no profit record has surpassed Delta Air Lines, which has a history of nearly 70 years...'

There was a small TV above his head where he called. CNBC, the NBC Economic Channel, was broadcasting the scene of the previous bell ringing. As Mark Anderson pressed the button, the music rang and the ribbons fluttered. Since the others are white, he is very Conspicuous, standing on the side of the crowd, wearing a hat, smiling and applauding.

'However, the stock rushed to a high of $73 after one minute after the opening of the market and continued to fall. It is not easy to judge where it will fall at the close. Next, I will ask our guests to analyze it for you in detail...'

The screen cuts to the stock K-line, and a curved curve is indeed bowing down.

"Halie? Haha, thank you, uh, speak slowly... No, no, the issue price is different from the opening price. How can I explain this on the phone... Next time, I will talk about it next time I meet. Can I? I’m not sure about getting rich. My stock hasn’t been lifted, it’s not frozen, or it’s not the lifting day... Okay, well, if you don’t understand any financial knowledge, don’t care about it anymore. I won’t talk to you anymore. Very busy now! I'm hung up!"

"Really."

As soon as he hung up the phone, the back of his neck was held by someone, "APLUS! Why are you hiding here? Come here, everyone is there." Oh, it's Jim Clark, Song Ya looked at each other suspiciously, this guy will not be strong Did the stimulus induce David Geffen’s habit?

"Come on, you can talk anytime on the phone."

Jim Karak didn't know his psychological activity, turned around and took him back to the small room. At this time, there were a few more white men inside, "I will introduce you to APLUS, I know all of you, this is..."

It turned out that several KBCP bosses came. Among them were Duere, one of the founders of Intel, and Joyce, the former president of SUN, who are both bigwigs in the technology industry and investment circles.

"Hello, it's an honor..." Song Ya continued to be a human being with her tail clipped.

"Haha, APLUS, you took the five percent from us?" Joyce smiled and shook hands with him.

Netscape’s venture capital seems to be in charge of Doerr, and his executives are responsible for the specifics. At that time, that person seemed to be unable to negotiate with Jim Clark for a million, so Jim Clark was very unhappy and turned his head and turned. The price gave himself the five percent.

"I don't know much about it..."

Song Ya looked around while pretending to be stupid, and the KPCB executive who refused to make one million more seemed to disappear.

"You also voted for DTS, right?"

Durr did not show much regret. This kind of thing should be a lot in the venture capital circle. After all, no one knew that Jim Clark could accomplish such a great cause. They invested a lot of projects and internal management should be very strict. The macro level is certainly correct.

"Yes, but DTS won't have Netscape's luck." Song Ya nodded.

"What else? 3DFX?"

"Yes, 3DFX, there is also a Chinese VCD player manufacturer. It has been several years and has not recovered its investment."

"Palm, he also voted for Palm." Jim Clark helped him add, "Later, it was acquired by the U.S. Robotics Company and made a fortune."

"Yes, Palm's founder Jeffrey Hawkins feels he has no managerial skills and wants to focus his personal energy on research and development."

Song Ya knows that it’s not difficult for the other party to inquire about it, so he briefly introduced some of his venture capital. As for the clothing, wine industry, and traditional industries such as radio and television stations, there is no need to say it. KPCB is generally only in the technology industry. cast.

"The success rate is really high."

Duer laughed and said, "The pig on the wind?"

"Luck is all luck." Song Ya was modest, "I personally think that the main reason is that the economy is good now, the stock market is good, and fools can make money."

"Ok."

Joyce nodded, "Okay, stop chatting, talk about business..."

Many Internet companies invested by KPCB will be listed in the next two years. They are very satisfied with Netscape's share price performance, so they came in person.

Song Ya even suspected that the enthusiastic pursuit of the market before the opening also had their quiet efforts behind them, Morgan Stanley and Humberquist. The success of Netscape now not only represents the interests of his own family, but is related to the future strategic layout of KPCB. , And even the entire Internet industry.

KPCB is mainly concerned about the slow decline after the opening of the first day's high. Now many investment institutions are clearly making profits and leaving the market.

The better Netscape’s share price performance, the better the listing environment for their subsequent venture capital. "Let’s say a little bit more about Bacchus, what about Mark Anderson? Are you also being interviewed?" Joyce asked.

"Yes, they are all outside." Jim Clark replied.

"The packaging of Mark's image should be more professional. He is our business card, and APLUS. Wall Street seems to like your good luck."

Duer said.

"He is already very famous." Jim Clark patted Song Ya on the back and smiled: "Big singer."

"Uh, I plan to take this opportunity to release a single, which is also considered to be doing my best to help the company hype." Song Ya said.

"Very good, very good."

The bosses of KPCB were very satisfied. They stayed until the end of the afternoon, and waited for Mark Anderson to ring the closing bell before leaving. The stock price was fixed at 58 yuan and 25 cents.

"Failed to hold the sixty mark, but it's not bad."

Bucksdale happily asked Jim Clark, "I just announced our new product in the company's internal server market to the media, is it okay? You asked me to talk more."

"No problem, good job."

Jim Clark was very satisfied, slapped his hands and said loudly: "Morgan Stanley has prepared the best party on Wall Street for us! Today is ours!"

At this closing price, he is now worth more than one billion. Song Ya’s shares are worth about 145 million. Mark Anderson is worth more than 100 million and nodded, Brandon Iger is 4.7 Million, Baxter is somewhere between the two.

"What new product?" Song Ya asked.

"Enterprise Intranet server software, remember what I told you? Our alliance with SUN will work in the field at the same time. Our browser and SUN server and system can help companies improve management efficiency. ."

Jim Clark didn't intend to do anything to him, "Let's go out, and you will have a few interviews later."

"No problem, I'm good at it."

On a trading day, a group of rich and small newcomers, large and small, who shocked the whole meter were born. Everyone walked with wind when they left the exchange.

"Ms. Sloan, Linda."

Song Ya didn’t have time to watch it, but he could completely imagine how financial news would be broadcasted. In Times Square, he used the NASDAQ exchange wall marquee as the background to accept interviews from several media and complete the task, and then went to Morgenstein. The party scene that Li had arranged long ago joined the other men, "Where is Alicia? She didn't come?"

"Our future wife of the governor of Illinois is now very afraid of showing up in public."

Sloan smiled somewhat gleefully: "It should be because of his husband's indecent photos. After all, Wall Street certainly has no shortage of people paying attention to the governorship race."

"Leave her, Linda, go and say hello to Jim's secretary, and prepare a few invitations for Claire and her friends for the evening."

Song Ya confessed to Linda: "There are my other friends in New York, Sutton and his son, Daniel, Newman..."

A long list of names, when he was reporting, "Wow..." Ms. Sloan turned her head, and smiled awkwardly, covering her wine glass in front of her eyes.

"how?"

Song Ya looked over, and two white men and women who didn't know whether they were Wall Street traders or investment managers entangled directly in the live broadcast. The Wall Street elites in suits and leather shoes next to them laughed wildly and leaned close to watch.

"Look, over there..." Ms. Sloan pointed to another circle in the party. The addicts on Wall Street also started openly, and the party security was standing not far away, as if they had been used to it, completely indifferent.

They bounced and jumped, shouting loudly the kind of slogans used by direct selling companies to brainwash them. Both men and women do not care about their own image and other people, and they are no different from animals.

"This group of guys, who usually look like dogs, turned out to be better than Lao Hei in private..."

It is considered to have seen it with his own eyes, Song Ya can only complain like this.