After the interview, Zheng Yan continued to go home to work as a nanny, but he didn't know it, because his judgment of Netscape and Microsoft's form made Netscape's Mark Anderson furious.

California, USA.

"Jim, I think you're primarily responsible for this incident. At the beginning, our negotiations with KPCB were almost final, but you chose to accept Zheng Yan's financing, what do you say now?"

"It's no secret that we're competing with Microsoft now, no matter what the point of view, Microsoft doesn't have an advantage, but Zheng Yan, as a shareholder of our company, has publicly stated that he is not optimistic about our competition with Microsoft, do you know what kind of impact this will have on our company?"

"Don't forget, we are already preparing for the company to go public, and at this critical time, our shareholders are showing distrust of the company, can you tell me how we will proceed next?"

Compared to Mark Anderson's rage, Jim Clark's situation is not much better. Zheng Yan's willingness to accept an invitation to a talk show was already beyond his expectations, and Zheng Yan's remarks about the competition between Netscape and Microsoft caught him off guard.

However, Jim Clark was much calmer than Mark Anderson, "Mark, I don't think it's time to talk about responsibility right now, and we should find a way to undo the repercussions of this." The company has done a lot of work to go public, and there must be no surprises. ”

"Eliminate the influence? You tell me how to eliminate the influence? Can you get Zheng Yan to take back what he said?" Jim Clark didn't say it, but as soon as his words came out, Mark Anderson became even angrier.

Speaking of this, Jim Clark was also a big head.

If it was someone else who made the remarks, it would be easy to say, but it was Zheng Yan, Zheng Yan is not only a shareholder of Netscape, but also an investment myth in everyone's minds. Zheng Yan's past investment experience has vividly demonstrated his accurate judgment of the Internet industry, and this influence is too great.

If you want to say that you broke with Zheng Yan, it goes without saying whether Zheng Yan's judgment is correct, but the news of a major disagreement between the shareholders of Netscape spreads

It will be a fatal blow to the upcoming Netscape.

"Why don't I go to New York, the only solution now is for Zheng Yan to stand up. After thinking about it to no avail, Jim Clark decided to go and see Zheng Yan in person.

"That's right, there is only one way now, if Zheng Yan is unwilling to change his words, then find a way to take back the shares in his hands. If we lose at the hands of Microsoft, I can accept that, but we must not fail because of internal contradictions, and I don't want to be a joke in everyone's mouth. ”

"I can try to get Zheng Yan to stand up, as for the company's shares, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to recover..."

"Whether it works out or not, you have to give it a try. After this incident, Zheng Yan is no longer suitable to be a shareholder of Netscape, and I even suspect that he is a commercial spy sent by Microsoft. ”

Mark Anderson, who was furious, didn't wait for Jim Clark to finish his sentence and left it to interrupt. Jim Clark also knew that Mark Anderson was angry, so he stopped talking.

Redmond of Washington, D.C., Bill Gates, President of Microsoft, and Steve Ballmer, Vice President of Microsoft Corporation, are also discussing an interview with Zheng Yan.

"Bill, what do you think? Zheng Yan has always been an undefeated myth in the investment world, why is he not confident in the Netscape company he invested in this time? The strangest thing is that even if he is not confident, there is no need to say it in such a public place, it doesn't seem to do him any good. ”

Steve Ballmer joined Microsoft in the early eighties as vice president and the first commercial manager hired by Bill Gates. He knows countless people, but he can't understand the intention of Zheng Yan's move.

"Steve, you may not know that Zheng Yan is not only a shareholder of Netscape, he is also a shareholder of our Microsoft, holding 8% of Microsoft's shares. Bill Gates said with a smile.

"Oh? It seems that he is really like the rumors in the outside world, as long as it is related to the Internet, he likes to plug in. However, this does not seem to explain this incident, after all, no investor will sacrifice another investment because of one investment. ”

Bill Gates's back

Although Steve Ballmer was a little surprised, it still did not solve the doubts in his heart, because there is no necessary connection between the two.

Hearing Steve Ballmer's words, Bill Gates did not rush to answer, but was thinking about another matter.

Because of the competition between Microsoft and Netscape, Bill Gates wanted to get the license to use the Mosaic web browser from Telescope, but after several months of negotiations, he learned that the license to use the Mosaic web browser had already been bought out by Zheng Yan.

Before learning that Zheng Yan was a shareholder of Netscape, Bill Gates never understood the intention of Zheng Yan's move, but there were some speculations after that. It's just that after this interview came out, Bill Gates began to get confused again.

If Zheng Yan is afraid that Microsoft will pose a threat to Netscape, then buying out the license to use Mosaic's web browser is equivalent to cutting off Microsoft's back road in disguise, at least temporarily, but Zheng Yan is obviously not optimistic about Netscape, so what is Zheng Yan's reason?

"Steve, if you were Zheng Yan, would you do this?" asked Bill Gates to Steve Ballmer.

"Of course not, although others don't know, but we know that although Netscape's strength is not as good as Microsoft's, or even comparable, but we can't do anything about Netscape. If it weren't, we wouldn't have to negotiate with Netscape at all. ”

Speaking of Netscape, Steve Ballmer also has a headache. This is the first time that Microsoft has bowed its head in front of other companies, hoping to reach a certain degree of cooperation with Netscape, but Netscape does not appreciate it at all.

"Yes, if it were me, I wouldn't do it either, what is Zheng Yan thinking?" Bill Gates said to himself.

"Forget it, Steve, you're in charge of the rest of the company, and I'm going to go to New York and meet our shareholder in person. I think he's waiting for me right now. After much deliberation, Bill Gates made the same decision as Jim Clark.

Zheng Yan didn't know about the conversation between Netscape and Microsoft, and Zheng Yan was taking care of the children at home at this time.