"Larry, when are you and Steve going back?"

For Zheng Yan, this incident was just a small episode, and he didn't take it too seriously, and when he returned to the manor, Zheng Yan had already forgotten about it, and instead cared about Larry Ellison and Jobs' itinerary.

"Why, we've just arrived, and you want to kick us away so soon?"

"I would like you to stay for a while, but do you have time? If it were me, it would be nothing if I didn't show up for a few years, but if you didn't show up for a few days, the company would have to mess up. ”

"In addition, Microsoft's windows95 operating system is about to go on the market, coupled with the bundled browser, I'm afraid Microsoft's influence will be further expanded, don't you make some preparations in advance?"

If Larry Ellison didn't know about Microsoft, maybe he would really stay and play for a while, but now, Zheng Yan really didn't believe that he could still sit still.

"How do you know I'm not prepared? Steve and I came here this time, partly for your bet with KPCB, and on the other hand, I want to know what the hell Microsoft is up to to you to have so much confidence in him. As for the countermeasures, I have already thought about them before I came, but I still need to listen to your opinions on how to implement them. ”

"In the past, I didn't understand why you were so interested in the Internet industry, almost a company you wanted to plug in, but after going through Netscape, I finally figured it out. ”

"Netscape has only been established for a little more than a year, and it is difficult to say whether it will generate profits. There is only one browser for the product, but such a company has created the history of NASDAQ listing, who would have thought before that?"

"So I discussed it with Steve, we are going to promote the listing of Elite Technology, and I also want to ask your opinion this time, after all, you are the largest shareholder of the company. ”

"What? Let Elite Technology go public? Wouldn't this be too anxious?" asked Liu Wei in surprise.

"The success of Netscape is largely due to the fact that people don't know about the Internet, but they just feel that the Internet has infinite possibilities. But after that

Zheng Yan made such a fuss, and the decline in Netjing's stock price has become inevitable, and people will naturally find the risks involved, and now does not seem to be the best time to go public.

Hearing Liu Wei's words, Zheng Yan was quite surprised. In the past, Liu Wei only cared about his own one-third of an acre of land, and he was even more disdainful of other industries, but now he can even say that he is the head.

"Third brother, you are wrong, the problem of Netscape is not caused by the market, but by the company itself. If Jim Clark could have realized the lurking market beneath the browser, he wouldn't have gone toe-to-toe with Microsoft, but would have looked for a powerful ally. ”

Even if he doesn't find an ally, he can cooperate with Microsoft, a natural ally, so that the miracle of Netscape can continue, but it's a pity that he didn't choose either way, but chose a dead end. As for elite tech, it's in a completely different situation with Netscape. ”

"Elite technology's instant messaging software is a new development direction, but no matter how it develops, it needs to rely on the computer as a platform at the moment, which will not adversely affect any company, but develops the functions of the computer in disguise and increases people's demand for computers, which many people are willing to see. ”

"It's just that there is still a problem, although the time when elite technology was established is about the same as Netscape, but Netscape's browser is charged, so there is always some income, and our elite technology is completely free, which is not easy to solve. ”

"At present, the task of elite technology is to seize the market, so it is best not to launch charging projects for the time being, which will hit the enthusiasm of users, and some gains outweigh the losses, so if you want me to say, it is best to slow down the listing of elite technology. ”

In the United States, it is not surprising that companies go public without any profits, as long as they can let everyone see the company's development prospects, Yahoo is a good example, but Zheng Yan does not want to be so eager for quick success.

The company's listing and financing is nothing more than to obtain more development funds, but elite technology does not have this demand, and it can wait until the conditions are more mature.

"Zheng Yan, of course I understand what you said, but after all, you are not in the company, so

I don't know much about the company. As of yesterday, the number of IM users has exceeded 5 million, and the rate is increasing faster and faster. ”

"To put it bluntly, our instant messaging software is definitely the most used software at the moment, aside from Microsoft's operating system, so Steve and I both felt that it was time to roll out some bills. ”

"Of course, whether you charge or not, it doesn't degrade the user experience, we just add some voluntary fees, and then pay users enjoy some privileges that are not yet available. I can guarantee that it will definitely not affect the enthusiasm of users. ”

"And most importantly, the funds we used to start the company, including Steve's $100 million in financing, are about to bottom out, and we need more money to support the company's growth. ”

Zheng Yan then understood that I am afraid that the last point is the reason why the two support the company's listing. Zheng Yan himself is not short of funds, and he can inject more funds to support the company's development at any time, but in this way, the shares of several other people will inevitably be diluted, which is not what they want to see.

"Larry, Steve, if you insist, I don't object to that, but there's one more problem. It's easy for the company to launch a charging project, but what about the charging method?

Now is not as good as the future, there is no fast payment platform at the moment, even if it is online payment, only a few banks have opened this business, and the payment method is single and troublesome, which is one of the reasons why Zheng Yan is not in a hurry to launch a charging project.

"That's another reason why we came to you, although our user base is very large, but student users account for the vast majority, and the way of credit card payment is obviously not suitable, so I came to you to discuss and see if you have a way. ”

Zheng Yan realized that Larry Ellison and Jobs regarded themselves as the company's think tank, and while feeling honored, they couldn't help but have a headache.

As early as a long time ago, Zheng Yan handed over the task of developing a fast payment platform to Xie Xin, but there has been no substantial progress yet, and Zheng Yan is also a clever woman who is difficult to cook without rice.