Chicago 1990

Dile was overjoyed when he got the news. He immediately planned to postpone the real estate transaction after YAHOO was listed, so that both bidders would have sufficient ammunition.

"There are risks."

In his office of the president of the American music website, Alicia reminded: “Yahoo’s current headquarters is very small, and it is easy for them to move. They may not be willing to fight for a piece of land with the old software tycoon Kirsch. It is clear that Kirsch is malicious. What do you think of APLUS?"

Song Ya was sitting in the president's office chair, resting her cheek with one hand, and concentrating on browsing the web with Dile's HP computer.Yesterday, I chatted with Mark Anderson at a dinner at Jim Clark’s house, mentioning the competition between YAHOO and Infoseek, according to Mark Anderson, in fact, in January last year, Netscape started using which default search bar service internally. In a heated argument, Mark Anderson turned out to support YAHOO, while Jim Clark favored his old friend Kirsch's Infoseek.

At that time... I seemed to be overwhelmed by a series of troubles including the death of Sinaloa, Vic's killing of the FBI Inspector, and the death of Lori. Jimmy usually attended the meetings on his behalf, and he followed his orders. , Followed Jim Clark firmly...

So... Infoseek won by a narrow margin in the internal debate at the meeting.

This was a very trivial matter for Netscape, which was not so powerful at the time. They did not notify themselves later, and Jimmy did not report it, but in view of the huge prestige, appeal and super market of Netscape browser in the online world. Occupation rate, and the overall market of the Internet industry soaring, the influence of my own butterfly wings is not small...

'Click, click...'

The mouse is switched on the homepages of YAHOO and Infoseek. Both sides have made great progress than before, but for themselves, the familiarity of YAHOO in all aspects is stronger, and the search engine is more comfortable. They seem to be with Reuters. A cooperation has been reached, and the quality of the news section on the homepage is very high, far away from Infoseek.

Netscape did not give YAHOO screens at all. Song Ya clicked on the search tool list. Infoseek is only the default engine. Other well-known search engines such as Excite and other well-known search engines can be used. YAHOO is the last one in the drop-down menu.

In this regard, according to YAHOO’s prospectus, they have also made the market share the second and third place in the industry. Song Ya opened Microsoft’s IE again. This time YAHOO is the default engine and the largest network access provider AOL The login page, well, there is nothing there.

So based on my instinctual vague perception of the future, YAHOO will definitely develop better than Infoseek, but how much better?It seems that I, the traverser, has unknowingly changed some things, such as the default search engine of Netscape browser...

Will history stubbornly reverse the course of deviation and continue to advance along the original route?

If not, are the inherent impressions that you perceive from the future still useful?Will it be led into the ditch instead?

This is a big problem, and Song Ya couldn't help but start thinking.

"APLUS?" But Alicia immediately "woke him up".

"What?" Song Ya dropped the keyboard and mouse.

Dile repeated the conversation he had with Alicia just now, and asked: "What do you think? I don't think YAHOO will back down to Kirsch and move the headquarters. I have had a few fights with Jerry Yang, the founder of YAHOO. In the second encounter, he didn't feel like a Chinese, but a bit like a 3DFX trio that was a little more honest. His talk was very passionate and provocative, and his personality was open. It is difficult for him to bow his head easily."

"What does it mean to be not like a Chinese, the stereotype is Oh Dilai."

Song Ya laughed and joked about his language problems. In fact, he came to Dilei to try to meet YAHOO seniors, especially one of the founders, Jerry Yang of Chinese origin. But what was the situation before his IPO? I have also experienced that Jerry Yang and the others have all gone to Wall Street in New York. They should be so busy day and night that they can't spare any time.

"Anyway, you are the president here, you can figure it out. My attitude... Compared to Infoseek, I am actually more optimistic about the future of YAHOO. Maybe you can take the opportunity of their IPO to replace some of their shares with land. , Or put the link to our music website to a suitable place on their homepage that you like?" He suggested to Dile.

"What about Kirsch? If Infoseek also matches your requirements..."

Di Lai hesitated, "You must know that Infoseek is an ally of Netscape and the industry leader in search engine market share. Based on your relationship with Netscape..."

"Well, business is business Dile, treat them equally, let's see what they offer."

My own Netscape shares are still 2.6%, which is worth as much as 300 million based on yesterday’s closing price of nearly $150. I don’t have much power in Netscape. I think about diversifying capital risks, and chances are inevitable. If you want to reduce holdings, then Jim Clark will have to find financial guests to attack him so as to appease investors' worries.

"OK." Dile was very satisfied with the boss' decentralization.

"Is it my turn?" Alicia walked to the side and put a document on the desk. "Signed it? This is the acquisition authorization of the Amerika music website for the Louise report."

"Left hand to right hand ah?"

Song Ya took the pen and signed the writing. It was indeed left-handed and right-handed. The difference was that Louise reported that it was wholly owned by her own A+ copyright and asset management, and A+ Audio, the parent company of the American music website, did not completely belong to her. , The shareholder also has Dilei.

"Maybe after a while, you will also take Amerika Music Magazine? So I don't have to pay the one million every year, and Amerika Music website is justified." Song Ya joked with Dile.

"Can you replace the editor-in-chief Shirley Fleming?" Dile was also happy.

"No way."

"forget about it."

"Haha."

The two laughed together. The old lady Shirley Fleming's contacts in the music circle are very useful. At least her long-standing friendship with those classical musicians cannot be replaced. Song Ya has not changed her mind yet.

"Rickrubin over there?" Alicia asked.

"I will take the opportunity of attending the Oscars to have a good talk with him in Los Angeles. I hope he will not be impulsive."

The Silicon Valley affairs are almost dealt with. I signed a supplementary agreement with Netscape before, and I have to fulfill some pre-announcement obligations before transferring the shares to the Picauer company.Song Ya raised her wrist to look at her watch and yawned, "I'm a little tired. Let's stop here today. I will go back to the hotel to rest."

"Don't, Jeffrey Hawkins will come and have dinner together." Dile hurriedly stayed.

"Is there any business?" Song Ya felt Alicia's toe slip on the back of his instep.

"Jeffrey Hawkins should have, but he won't tell me."

Dyley replied: "Of course Terry Beard wants to talk to you about the Blade Warrior project. A+ Studios will still use DTS surround sound technology, right?"

Song Ya got up and patted Dilai's arm, "Anyway, I'll go back to the hotel and wait. Call me at dinner, I might have to come later."

"Alright." Dilai didn't doubt that he had him. "They are both busy people, and they won't be early."

"Yeah." Song Ya raised his foot and walked out.

"Oh by the way, Mrs. Flock, there are still some new contracts to be reviewed for the synthetic sound copyright library of A+ Audio." Dile stopped Alicia who was following him out again.

"Uh... well."