Back To 1995: Chapter 193 Intend to Peigong
Chapter 193 is intended for Pei Gong
Reconciliation is indeed an immediate solution to troubles. Companies such as Microsoft, Apple, Telephone and Telegraph, and General Electric have all reconciled before, but since the day of reconciliation, it has been accompanied by endless fines, lawsuits and even splits. Reconciliation With the first time, there are countless times!
Take a look at Google, which also relies on advertising for profit. Since it lowered its head once, how many times have it been punished in different ways every year? How many people are like dogs smelling fish, filing lawsuits against Google, hoping to earn a lot of compensation , and the public opinion of splitting Google continues to appear, so you can understand what the consequences are!
Double-click is less than 1% of Google’s volume compared to Google. If it loses money in the name of monopoly, then I don’t know what it will be fined in the future.
Another point, if you double-click here Song Yang will admit defeat, then if ICQ goes public, American Telecom goes public, or other invested companies go public, they will also be targeted. Will Song Yang pay the money that is comparable to "protection fees"?
If it is handed in, then this time it will be the Trade Commission, and the next time it will be the departments in charge of the Anglo-Saxons such as commerce and justice. Will they all take a large sum of money from Song Yang every year?
It’s also listed, and Yahoo’s is much more than double-clicking. There are also Internet companies such as Lycos and Excite. The websites are filled with a lot of advertisements for gambling, medicine and other industries. Ella Cherry turned a blind eye to the companies controlled by them, Jews, etc., and stared at Song Yang, so the meaning of targeting should not be too obvious!
It is impossible for Song Yang to admit defeat this time, even if the Double-click company is abruptly tossed and failed to be listed or even delisted, Song Yang cannot admit defeat. Ella Cherry and the gang want to suppress Double-click, and Song Yang wants them to collapse It only needs to lose a few teeth, otherwise in the future, even a human being can pounce on it and take a bite.
Anyway, they have to lose money. Instead of paying the compensation to the Trade Commission and being tossed over and over again, it is better for Song Yang to use the money to fight the lawsuit. At worst, he will continue to fight. Another counterattack!
As for making money by going public, you can learn from Boss Jia. If you can’t make money in the country, if you can’t cut leeks, then go to another place. If you double-click the company and can’t get on NASDAQ, then Song Yang will spread the brilliance of the Internet to Europe Go to the ground, split the double-click company, what British stock market, German stock market, Frankfurt stock market, Italian stock market, take turns, and it is estimated that the money in the circle is much more than Nasdaq!
Hearing Song Yang's attitude was so firm, Whitman couldn't help being silent on the other end of the phone. She knew that Song Yang's attitude towards this matter was very tough, but it was still beyond her influence to be so tough.
At this time, Whitman also faintly felt that Double-click this time seemed to be different from other listed companies. There was obviously a feeling of secret competition. Extremely tough, Whitman is unwilling to involve this matter in terms of ethnicity, but she also understands that such things are everywhere in America!
In the office, Marcus opened his mouth hesitantly when he heard Song Yang's words. Reconciliation is undoubtedly the solution with the lowest cost, but Song Yang obviously gave up.
Greg agrees with Song Yang's decision. He is the person who understands Song Yang's thoughts best, and he can also feel that Ella Cherry and the people behind her are probably not only targeting the Double-Click Company, but more like an Italian company. In Peigong, the target is on Song Yang.
"I agree with Song's decision. If we reconcile and admit defeat now, there will still be countless troubles waiting for Double-click Company in the future!" Greck said.
Whitman understood what Song Yang meant, so he didn't want to talk too much about it, "Double-click's first quarter results in 1996, I will announce it to the public in the near future, which should be able to increase investors' support for Double-click Company!"
Entering 1996, the Internet industry in America has become more and more frenzied. Compared with last year, the number of websites has nearly doubled. This is only the first quarter. Now the Internet is the most fashionable industry in America. Major companies, American departments, universities, and all walks of life are all setting up their own websites, and investors from Wall Street and the world are flocking to Silicon Valley brandishing their dollars.
These people all want to copy the miracles of Netscape, Yahoo, DoubleClick, and Hotmail mailboxes. After Yahoo, Lycos, DoubleClick and other companies go public and create a large number of millionaires and billionaires, I am afraid that more people will Rush into the Internet industry!
Where there is a market, there is demand. As the leader of the Internet advertising industry today, any Internet company that wants to advertise cannot do without Double-click Company. In the first quarter of this year, Double-click Company's performance naturally skyrocketed again.
"In the first quarter of this year, compared with the fourth quarter of last year, the number of customers of DoubleClick increased by 110%, and revenue increased by 210%. The revenue in a single quarter may exceed $70 million!" Whitman said on the phone.
Although it was targeted, the performance of the double-click company is still very good. It’s still the same sentence, I don’t feel bad about selling Ye Tian, and the major websites use investors’ money to advertise, but they don’t feel bad at all.
As the largest Internet advertiser in America, Double-Click Company undoubtedly takes the bulk of the Internet advertising market.
As Netscape, becoming the only profitable Internet company in the Internet industry, Double-Click Company can make more money than Yahoo at this time.
Hearing the performance of Double-click Company, Song Yang's people were relieved. The key to solve the double-click problem still depends on Double-click Company itself.
One day, Double-click Company will really hold America's advertising industry in its hands, and become the food and clothing of millions of boat workers. At that time, whether it is Ella Cherry or others, it will be difficult to target Double-click company!
After double-clicking on the company, Irene also reported the status of ICQ to Song Yang, "ICQ currently has more than 17.5 million users in the American market, and it is expected that by the middle of the year, it will occupy more than 62% of the entire American instant messaging market." user!"
In the current American market, ICQ is basically the only one with no competitors at all. Whether it is Microsoft's MSN, Yahoo's Yahoo Messenger, AOL's AIM, or Netscape's instant messaging software, they are all still under development. Among them, when it goes online, at least it will have to wait until after June in the middle of the year. This is still the best situation, without any surprises. In addition, I have obtained many patents for instant messaging from ICQ, including emoticons, screenshots, fonts, etc. Public patents, etc., can have the opportunity to catch up with ICQ!
But before that, ICQ has already occupied half of the instant messaging industry in America. Once ICQ's market share exceeds 60%, it is only a theory for latecomers to catch up with ICQ.
"Evan has also done a good job. He has promoted ICQ to many English-speaking markets such as Canada and England. ICQ is in a dominant position in these markets!"
Irene also praised Evan Spiegel in the conference call. During this period, Evan Spiegel really worked hard, flying all over the world, and constantly promoting ICQ in overseas markets.
Evan Spiegel, who was at the ICQ headquarters in San Jose, heard Irene speaking for him, and couldn't help but look at Irene gratefully. He is a latecomer, and it is time for credit.
Listening to Irene's words, Song Yang was not surprised by ICQ's performance. After all, there was no opponent, and users could only choose ICQ's instant messaging and space. It took nearly three months from the launch to the present to get the America's 45% market share is considered slow.
"What about other overseas markets in non-English-speaking regions?" Song Yang asked over the phone.
Hearing Song Yang's question, Wesley, ICQ's chief technology officer, immediately said, "Next month, we will provide overseas partners with ICQ in Chinese, Japanese, Russian, German, and Spanish. In addition, the enterprise version of ICQ is also under development!"
After the launch of ICQ, although Wesley became one of the "big bulls" in Silicon Valley in one fell swoop, many TV stations and magazines invited him to do interviews and programs, but Wesley was quite dedicated and led the team to develop multiple language versions. ICQ.
Like Hotmail, ICQ also chooses to cooperate with local agents in non-English-speaking markets, and overseas partners operate ICQ as agents.
"ICQ's revenue in the first quarter was 30 million US dollars, and the main revenue was NFT avatars and ICQ space advertisements. However, due to the promotion expenses in overseas markets, server fees and other expenses, ICQ's profit in the first quarter is still negative!" Filed ICQ's revenue, listening to Irene's voice on the phone, everyone knows how much headache she has.
In the first month of ICQ’s launch, it earned $25.4 million by selling NFT avatars. As a result, March has passed. Although there are reasons for user experience and the reason for not being afraid of large-scale advertising, the overall revenue is sluggish, but it is indisputable. In fact, I dare not keep selling NFT avatars, otherwise the price will drop.
Song Yang was not surprised by this result. ICQ is just the beginning. ICQ was launched to occupy the social market. As long as it can occupy the social market and users, after ICQ, Song Yang can still launch Myspce, Facebook , Twitter, ins and other products, there are always times when they can make money.
"Right now, the most important thing for ICQ is users and the market, revenue is not the key, let Evan Spiegel win the markets in Japan, Germany, France and other regions for me!" Song Yang knew that That kid Ving Spiegel was listening, speaking directly to him.
After hanging up the phone, Song Yang got up and stretched his muscles, stood by the window and took a look. Through the glass, he could see the busy figures on the streets of New York.
"So, Marcus, what I need you to do, how is it now?!" Song Yang sat down and asked Marcus.
(end of this chapter)