Back To 1995: Chapter 137 rub it

  Chapter 137 Rubbing for a while

  Looking at the media reports on An Ran, Song Yang curled his lips and took a sip of tea, feeling that the rush all the way had finally slowed down a bit.

  Picking up a newspaper, there is a picture of Kenneth and Jeff Skilling, two big bosses of Enron, standing in front of the construction site of the Houston Energy Exchange Center building and laughing.

  On the first day of its launch, the Enron Online website exploded in the global energy industry, with a turnover of nearly US$1 billion. This is the first time that energy futures have appeared on the Internet market, attracting investors from all over the world.

   Now that Enron is online, the biggest player is Enron itself, which is constantly trading energy futures such as natural gas, oil, and electricity in America with investors from all over the world.

   In the media and newspapers, these players made millions of dollars from energy futures trading on the day Enron Online went online. Song Yang almost saw the "shocking body" news that is common in later generations.

  For example, a certain lottery player won tens of millions of prizes in one lottery bet, etc. This kind of news keeps appearing. Although some people buy lottery tickets for a lifetime and never win a prize, they are still stimulated by the news and continue to buy lottery tickets.

Now Enron is playing this kind of routine online, constantly promoting the huge profits of energy futures trading. This thing is more pitted than stocks, and it is leveraged. If you win once, you may not make much money, but if you lose once, you will basically have to pay. On the rooftop!

But there is no shortage of gamblers anywhere in the world, not to mention the opportunity to get rich in a second. The Internet has infinitely magnified this characteristic. It is estimated that in a short time, gamblers all over the world will gather on Enron Online. This is so much more exciting than in Las Vegas.

  Song Yang flipped through a few newspapers at random. Various media and newspapers were full of praise for Enron.

   "Energy company of the new era!", this is the praise of Enron by the media. As for Exxon Petroleum and its ilk, they are no longer favored by the media. Numerous media have touted Enron as the future of American Energy!

  Enron's stock price took off even more, and Jeff Skilling, who dominated Enron's new business, is now a man of the hour in America.

Even Wall Street is competing to make friends with the person who is scheduled to be Enron's next chief executive. Some media even predict that in the future, the global energy industry will dance according to Jeff Skilling's baton, and even Those oil countries will all be affected by Jeff Skilling.

Jeff Skilling threatened that Enron would become the world's largest energy trader within two years. It was rumored that Jeff Skilling was planning to let Enron acquire MG, the world's largest metal floor trader. Several trading companies in China really want to realize the slogan of "recreating an Enron".

Everyone is singing the praises of Enron. As for the volatility of the energy trading market, no one has mentioned whether Enron will lose money. Maybe some people have thought of it, but they all think that Enron can handle it. After all, before Napoleon failed No one would think that His Majesty the Emperor would also be captured...

  Some Wall Street analysts claimed that Enron's new business will completely surpass the original natural gas pipeline business with the income from Enron's online platform, coupled with energy trading and other businesses.

  Looking at these media reports, Song Yang just shook his head, feeling that this is a crazy era, and Anran's current glory is boundless, which will make everyone feel the madness of the Internet.

Enron, which puts energy futures trading on the Internet, is almost frantically sought after. Of course, as the "technical partner" of Enron's online platform, Double-click Company is also included in the ranks of "Enron Concept" stocks, which makes Double-click Company's valuation The value has soared again by a large amount, successfully breaking through 400 million US dollars!

Regarding this news, Song Yang didn't know whether to laugh or to be helpless. The unlisted Double-Click company has been gaining popularity all the way. First, Netscape, whose valuation has reached hundreds of millions of dollars, then Microsoft's IE browser, and now Caught the concept of Enron.

  Where there is heat, there is Double-Click, which has a valuation of US$400 million before it goes public. It is also among the best in the Internet industry in America today.

In the current Internet industry in America, the Internet company with the highest market value is Netscape with a market value of US$5 billion. Even Yahoo’s current valuation is not as good as that of DoubleClick, which is only more than US$300 million. Apple has lost a lot this year. Today's market value is only less than 1.9 billion US dollars...

  After Christmas, the University of San Jose returned to calm. After the acquisition of Hotmail, Song Yang clearly felt that his situation at the University of San Jose had also undergone subtle changes.

   In the past, when he was worth tens of millions, no matter it was the school management of San Jose University or those people, they were just courting and befriending Song Yang.

But now that Song Yang's net worth has broken through the threshold of hundreds of millions of dollars, it is obvious that he is more interested in wooing Song Yang. the title of Honorary Director.

  If it weren't for the consideration of eating, Song Yang would probably put the title on Song Yang's head now. As for the double-click company, it was recognized as a cooperative company by San Jose University, and it wanted technology for technology and people for people.

As for the various fraternities of San Jose University that had been silent, they found Song Yang again. Among them, there are several fraternities that are well-known in the entire America. Some are hard to say no to.

After Song Yang stayed at the University of San Jose for half a day, he rushed to the new office building of Fortinet Corporation. office building.

  The new office building of Feita Company is not far from ICQ's office. When Song Yang entered, his first impression was that compared with the previous grass-roots team, Feita Company now has many new faces.

   I have to say that hype is indeed the best way to publicize. It's nothing more than those stars in the entertainment circle who are all hyped.

  Fortinet is equivalent to gaining the fame of Netscape, and quickly increased its popularity. From an unknown small Internet company, it has now become the "top leader" in the American Internet industry!

   "Boss Song!"

  Seeing Song Yang entering the office, Xie Qing hurriedly stood up. Although the office building was changed and he didn't need to be crowded in the original small office, Xie Qing's place was still full of various documents and materials.

Song Yang waved his hand to Xie Qing, signaling that he doesn't need to mess around with tea and coffee. He glanced at the busy office outside and saw that the current staff of Feita Company has expanded to sixty or seventy people. Compared with the original The scale can be said to be expanded tenfold.

   "How is the Feita doing now?!" Song Yang withdrew his gaze and looked at Xie Qing.

"not bad!"

It seems that Fortinet is really good now, Xie Qing said with a smile on his face, "The download volume of Fortinet PC antivirus software has exceeded 1.7 million copies, but in terms of profit, I am afraid it will be difficult to compete with the old antiviruses such as Norton and McAfee." Compared with software vendors!"

  After debuting with the help of Netscape, Fortinet launched its own computer version of anti-virus software. Fortinet’s anti-virus software is divided into personal version and enterprise version.

Fortinet represents the emerging Internet anti-virus software, which is free for ordinary users, which makes Fortinet anti-virus software popular quickly, but this thing loses money and earns a lot of money. Now it can only wait for users to stabilize and start advertising online, and then pay back part of the cost .

As for the enterprise version of the Fortinet anti-virus software, the progress is not obvious. The largest market for anti-virus software is after all enterprises and corporate users. Traditional anti-virus software giants such as Norton and McAfee dominate the world. Major PC manufacturers are almost dominated by several major anti-virus software. The giant scored points.

Song Yang was not too worried about the profit of Feita. Invested a sum of money to help Feita change a new office building, also built a real hardware security laboratory for Feita, and purchased a batch of new equipment.

   "Fortinet doesn't need to be too anxious to make a profit. What Fortinet needs to do now is to become the PC antivirus software company with the most users in the world!"

"As for profitability, Fortinet can start with the overseas market first. In the future, overseas computer users and the company's Internet security market will be an emerging blank market. If Fortinet can occupy the overseas market, it may not be able to compete with giants such as McAfee. high and low."

  Song Yang said to Xie Qing, there is no benefit at all in competing with anti-virus software giants such as McAfee and Norton in America. It is better to use the top-level pull to occupy the overseas market first, and then return to America to fight against giants such as McAfee.

Xie Qing listened to Song Yang's words, and quickly came to a conclusion. Song Yang was actually very optimistic about the overseas Internet and PC market outside of America, and it might even be compared with the America's market. But it is completely different. Now the technology industry believes that the global technology center is in America. As for other places, they are all technology deserts and have no investment value...

"I can ask Microsoft to accept the cooperation of Fortinet, and when Fortinet's anti-virus software has enough market, it will be able to launch UTM equipment. In the future, there will be more important things on my side, and Fortinet will be needed. Do!"

Now Song Yang is in the honeymoon period with Microsoft. Before defeating Netscape, Microsoft will definitely not turn against Song Yang, and Feita is charging at the front line of the battle with Netscape. In any case, Microsoft needs It means one or two, otherwise which company will be willing to help Microsoft charge forward in the future.

  Xie Qing heard the different meaning in Song Yang's words, and couldn't help asking, "What do you need the flying tower for?"

  (end of this chapter)