What Jim Clark thinks in his heart, Zheng Yan understands very well how Netscape failed in the end, Zheng Yan is also clear, but Netscape's failure has long been doomed, there is no room for maneuver, Zheng Yan naturally will not reveal it.

Jim Clark had the same feeling that Zheng Yan said at this time, obviously Zheng Yan looked calm when he spoke, not like a fake, but his intuition told him that Zheng Yan knew something he didn't know, not even him, I'm afraid no one knew.

This kind of secret is obviously in front of you, but the feeling that you can't know it makes Jim Clark very uncomfortable, even a little crazy, but more often than that, there is nothing to do.

"Zheng Yan, no matter what, you are always a shareholder of Netscape now, there is something I want to ask your opinion. In terms of the current relationship between Netscape and Microsoft, what do you think is the most beneficial choice for Netscape?"

Hearing Jim Clark's words, Zheng Yan knew that if he didn't reveal something, Jim Clark would definitely not give up, and this was why he came to see Jim Clark.

"If I were to say that accepting a Microsoft acquisition would be the wisest choice. ”

As soon as Zheng Yan's words came out, Jim Clark thought he had heard it wrong. Now that Netscape's listing work has been almost prepared, how can it be packaged and sold at this stall? Mark Anderson was even more furious.

"What are you kidding? Although you are also a shareholder of Netscape, what have you paid in addition to the five million dollars? But what about us? Not to mention the usual operation and management, but we have already paid too much for the development of the browser, how can we say that we will sell it?"

"Since you don't take Netscape seriously, you might as well give up your shares. At the beginning, you invested $5 million in Netscape, and we can use $50 million to buy back your shares, and you should be content to get a tenfold return on investment in a year. ”

This time Jim Clark didn't speak, as early as he came to New York, at least, he and Mark Anderson thought about buying back the shares in Zheng Yan's hands, and in their opinion, the price of 50 million was also full of sincerity, but for Zheng Yan, 50 million was far from enough.

With Zheng Yan's participation this time, Netscape may not reach the peak market value of more than five billion US dollars in the previous life, but two or three billion is still no problem. In this way, 25 percent of the shares are worth $500 million or 600 million.

Zheng Yan is not disgusted by Jim Clark and Mark Anderson's actions of singing red face and white face, after all, he has also done this. It's just that Zheng Yan didn't want to tear up his face with Jim Clark, so he ignored the rampaging Mark Anderson, but turned his attention to Jim Clark.

"Jim, that's what you think too?"

"Zheng Yan, since you have given up Netscape, I naturally agree with Mark's statement. ”

Zheng Yan knows that the contradiction between him and Netscape is irreconcilable, and there is no hope of agreeing to Microsoft's acquisition. Since Jim Clark and Mark Anderson begged for death by themselves, Zheng Yan had no reason to stop them.

"Jim, I can give up my stake in Netscape, but I can't accept the price of 50 million. Just because I'm not optimistic about Netscape and Microsoft's competition doesn't mean I'm not optimistic about Netscape. In this way, I will continue to hold the shares of Netscape, and when Netscape goes public, I will sell the shares to you according to the market value as long as you want. ”

"If I remember correctly, you have been planning for a long time for the listing of Netscape, and I believe that the preliminary work has been basically completed, that is, as long as you wait for a while, you can get back the shares of Netscape as you wish, and you should be able to afford to wait for this time, right?"

Jim Clark and Mark Anderson were somewhat hesitant when they heard Zheng Yan's answer.

Prior to this, the two had already made an evaluation with bank investment, and the evaluation results showed that Netscape's stock price should be around $140, that is, as long as Netscape was listed, the market value could reach $600 million. This also means that they will need to come up with at least $50 million more to get back the shares in Zheng Yan's hands.

"What, is it possible that you still want to forcibly withdraw the shares in my hands?"

Selling shares after Netscape goes public is already Zheng Yan's bottom line. Zheng Yan saw that neither of them spoke, and suddenly lost his temper.

"Well, in that case, then we'll wait a while. ”

In Jim Clark's opinion, as long as he can get back the shares smoothly, the price of tens of millions of dollars can be afforded, and he was afraid that Zheng Yan would regret it, so he agreed.

"Shall we sign an agreement?"

Mark Anderson said this to Jim Clark, and he spoke in a very small voice, but the room was so big, Zheng Yan naturally heard it, which made Zheng Yan's evaluation of him a little lower.

"Forget the agreement, we Chinese people pay attention to what we say, since I agreed, I will naturally not regret it. Whether it's tens of millions of dollars or hundreds of millions of dollars, it may seem astronomical to you, but to me, it's nothing. ”

Zheng Yan's disdain drove Mark Anderson crazy, but he couldn't find a reason to refute it, and in the end, he was pulled away from Yanhuang Investment by Jim Clara.

"Zheng Yan, are you really going to sell Netscape's shares immediately after Netscape goes public? Although you are not optimistic about Netscape, no one can say what the final result will be, is it a pity?"

Netscape's shares have always been managed by Yanhuang Investment, Bill Miller naturally knows the situation of Netscape, and even the financial situation is clear? In Bill Miller's view, Netscape is still very potential.

"Bill, I'm well aware of the potential of Netscape, but Netscape is also a problem. If nothing else, it's just that they look down on Microsoft, which is already very fatal. ”

"In fact, even if Jim Clark and Mark Anderson don't say it, I will also sell the shares in my hand after Netscape goes public, but when the time comes, I will inevitably help Netscape stabilize the stock price, and the shares can only be sold little by little, and this time the two of them saved me a lot of trouble. ”

"Look at it, Netscape won't be proud for a few years!"

Bill Miller was accustomed to believing Zheng Yan's judgment, so he no longer dwelled on the problem of Netscape, and instead said: "Do you want to meet Microsoft's Bill Gates?"

"Well, Bill, tomorrow you take him to my house, and I'll see him at home. Zheng Yan left the decision after a short thought.

Since the beginning of last year's investment in Netscape, Zheng Yan has been making a layout for this meeting, and he made his attitude very clear in the interview last time, which is also to pave the way for this, so naturally he can't be sloppy.