Back To 1995: Chapter 489 tit for tat
Chapter 489 Tit for Tat
Pellet Greene, who had just come out of the San Jose airport, picked up a newspaper and saw reports of a group of small and medium-sized banks fighting PayPal.
A group of small and medium-sized banks headed by Alliance Bank are trying their best to target PayPal. The headquarters of Alliance Bank is in Arizona. It is self-evident who the director of the financial office in Arizona is speaking for.
These small and medium-sized banks are unwilling to cut meat, reduce transaction fees, and promote low-interest loans to attract users, and they are unwilling to test the Internet online business. There is no way to take PayPal. Use physical means to solve PayPal.
Just like the supervisor in Arizona, he threatened to ban PayPal's business in Arizona, and even did not rule out pulling the network cable, tearing down PayPal's local server and so on.
Seeing the hard-core methods used by these banks, Pellet Greene knew that they might have been cornered, otherwise they would not have used these methods in such a hurry.
Pellet Greene, who came from New York, looked at the newspaper in his hand. He could clearly feel the difference between San Jose and New York. In New York newspapers, the most reported news was about the rich, famous and New York congressmen. The lace news of various celebrities and socialites and the like.
Looking around, Pellet Greene can see the signboards of one technology company after another hanging on the streets of San Jose. In the Goldman Sachs office in New York, Pellet Greene has studied countless technology companies in Silicon Valley. He even boasted that he knew more about their companies than the presidents of these companies in San Jose.
I can know the main business and products of these technology companies, know who their competitors are, know their market share and revenue forecast, etc., but this is Pellet Greene, one of the few who came to Here, see what these technology companies really look like.
It is not an exaggeration to describe the relationship between Silicon Valley and Wall Street as far away as the sky is close at hand. People on Wall Street study Silicon Valley every day, but they rarely see the real Silicon Valley!
When passing by the ICQ office building, Pellet Greene took a special look. He knew that the investment department of Goldman Sachs was also studying ICQ. Analysts even called this investment the most indispensable investment in the Internet era of Silicon Valley, although ICQ still doesn't make much money...
Countless Wall Street institutions are looking forward to ICQ and looking forward to the listing of ICQ, but Pellet Greene is clear that there are more than one ICQ in the hands of the big money behind ICQ, such as Double Click, America Telecom, Alcatel Mobile, Feifei, etc. Tower antivirus, and of course the purpose of his visit this time, PayPal payment!
Pellet Greene has seen geniuses in countless industries, but in the past ten years in the technology industry, if you comment on the talents of the technology industry in the past ten years, Pellet Greene will definitely, the name Bruno Song, absolutely Will bear the brunt.
Of course, if it wasn't so hard to deal with, Pellet Greene wouldn't even mind ranking Song Yang a little higher in that talent list!
Different from Internet geniuses like Mark Anderson and Yang Zhiyuan, they are willing to accept "help" from Wall Street, but Song Yang is willing to take money from Wall Street, but he is unwilling to accept Wall Street's dictates. This is the most troublesome thing for Pellet Greene The place.
If you have to compare, Pellet Greene feels that Song Yang is somewhat similar to the one from Microsoft, but Song Yang is a bit tougher. I don’t know if he is from the place where cowboys are born in Texas. The reason is that the people who came out were tougher than the other. Song Yang didn't mention it, and Jim Clark who was biting with Microsoft was the same...
Sitting in the car driven by Goldman Sachs staff working in San Jose, Pellet Greene went around San Jose, taking a tour of ICQ, Fortinet, Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park, etc.
Especially in the Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park in the suburbs, Pellet Greene stayed for nearly 20 minutes, watching the large trucks coming in and out of the industrial park, obviously pulling the P1 machine.
Just like the hot "Alcatel mobile phone concept stock" on NASDAQ, the sales of P1 mobile phones can be seen from the current scene of Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park.
"The next Motorola?!"
Pellet Greene looked at the Alcatel mobile phone in front of him, and couldn't help but think of the evaluation of the Alcatel mobile phone given by the Goldman Sachs analyst. This is a somewhat exaggerated evaluation. Now Pellet Greene feels that it seems... so possible come true!
After waving his hand, Pellet Greene's car left. A security officer from the Blackwater Company, who was standing at the gate of the industrial park and had been staring at Pellet Greene's car, also put down the walkie-talkie.
It’s not that these blackwater security guards are too careful, but that there are really bold guys who dare to touch the industrial park to steal the machine, because the P1 is too hot to sell.
Now this P1 phone is hard currency, as long as you get it, the price is slightly lower than the official website, and you can sell it immediately, which attracts a lot of daring guys. After all, stealing mobile phones is much less risky than selling those things. The security guards of Blackwater had to step up their patrols. Just now, Pellet Greene's car was parked opposite the industrial park, so the security guards of the Blackwater company had to beware, did he come to step on the spot!
If Pellet Greene knew about the security of Blackwater, he would be regarded as a stepping-stone. I don’t know how he would feel.
Looking at the dishes, Pellet Greene made such a big trip today to evaluate Song Yang. If Song Yang was a newcomer to Silicon Valley, then Pellet Greene would go to the meeting alone. In the name of Goldman Sachs, tell the other party to make rectifications in accordance with Goldman Sachs' requirements, prohibit entry into certain businesses, and require Goldman Sachs to take shares, etc.
But if it is Song Yang, Pellet Greene needs to think about it. Facing Song Yang before last year, and Song Yang now, Pellet Greene and even Goldman Sachs will make completely different decisions. treat.
Forcing PayPal to submit?
Pellet Greene dared to do this in his dreams, let alone him, even if Paulson came, he probably couldn't force PayPal to submit.
Without taking a break, returning to the Goldman Sachs office in San Jose, Pellet Greene asked the local office staff to bring Song Yang and PayPal's information, and began to delve into it, trying to find a breakthrough.
Paulson's energy is now on the Asian side, and PayPal can only be carried by Pellet Greene.
After a night, Pellet Greene, who was lying on the office chair, was awakened by the glare of the sun and rubbed his sore eyes. Last night, he read the materials in the middle of the night, and only squinted for a while in the morning.
Looking at a lot of information on the desk, Pellet Greene felt his head began to grow. After reading the information on PayPal yesterday, and then looking at the information on Song Yangdu, Pellet Greene had to put Song Yang's social status will increase by a little bit.
In addition to those industries that have attracted attention, Song Yang has also invested a lot in businesses that are no longer in the mainstream media's sight, such as PA semiconductor, ebay, Amazon, Lao Maozi's Yeadex, Asia's Sohu, 8848, Ying Haiwei, etc. No one can say how much these companies are worth, but just one Yeadex has to make Pellet Greeni pay attention to three points.
The industries Song Yang invests in are inconspicuous now, but once they develop or go public, Pellet Greene feels that Song Yang's value will soar a lot!
The door of the office was knocked open, and a young female assistant in professional attire walked in, and brought a cup of coffee to Pellet Greene, "Director Pellet, I have made an appointment with Bruno Song. We will meet today, you need Don't need a break?"
The female assistant said "concern" to Pellet Greene, she seemed to care a little bit about Pellet Greene, and said with a bit of "hint".
Whether Pellet Greene is from Goldman Sachs headquarters or a confidant of Paulson, for the people in the San Jose office, including this female assistant, it is an opportunity to "reach the sky in one step". For San Jose, which is a bit boring at first, and can only do data collection and research reports, New York is a world of flamboyance. After being transferred back, the salary and income can also increase a lot. Such opportunities are rare.
Glanced at the female assistant, she was really good looking. I heard that she graduated from an Ivy League university, but Pellet Greene still held up the coffee and said, "The coffee is good!"
The qualifications of this female assistant are considered good, but in the Goldman Sachs headquarters, it is nothing, and there are a lot of them, and there are many more tricks on Wall Street. What kind of scene has never been seen by Pellet Greene ?
Coming to the ICQ office building, Pellet Greene tidied up his clothes and walked in to this Wall Street company whose valuation has exceeded tens of billions of dollars.
After entering, Pellet Greene saw that the office building of ICQ was also busy, but the daily tense atmosphere of Goldman Sachs was not seen in ICQ.
ICQ is a "serious" Silicon Valley company. The staff office can keep plants, and some small pets can be brought to work, and there will be logistics staff to help feed and take care of them.
In terms of salary, ICQ is not the highest in Silicon Valley, but it is also among the top five. It also provides employees with medical insurance for the whole family, gym, physical therapist, free meals ordered from outside, transportation subsidies, housing subsidies, etc. In a place like San Jose, where land is extremely expensive, if housing subsidies are not provided, young people who have just entered the workforce will probably have to sleep on the street.
However, for companies in Silicon Valley, what people look forward to most is equity rewards. This is a big killer leading to wealth and freedom, and it is also the reason why countless people want to enter Silicon Valley. Freedom of wealth?
ICQ naturally also has equity incentives. In the open letter Eileen sent to all ICQ staff at the beginning of the year, it was clearly stated that if the listing plan is launched, all staff will be rewarded with equity. This is also believed by the outside world that ICQ is a sign of sprinting to go public!
(end of this chapter)