"It's just speculation from the outside world now, and I won't admit it anyway......," Li Zetian said with a shrug. At the moment, the number of Internet users is small, and the value of the browser is not reflected. Therefore, even if people speculate that Netscape Browser was founded by Li Zetian, it will soon be forgotten. In fact, no one else cares about it, except for the industry's concern.

Sure enough, in less than half a month, the relationship between Netscape Browser and Li Zetian faded out of people's sight.

For Li Zetian, this is the best, and he makes a fortune in a muffled voice.

Netscape, Yahoo, and Google are all growing very well. Of course, so far, these three companies have been losing money, but due to their small size, they can't burn much, even if the three companies combined, it is estimated that it is only a few million dollars a year.

With the invention of the World Wide Web and the browser, more and more users have joined the Internet, coupled with the shocking release of the Yahoo portal, which has played a role in fueling the fire. Telecom companies are also aware of the value of the Internet, so in the next six months, in order to maintain their leading position, the company is also making every effort to build a larger optical fiber network.

By the end of the year, SprintNet alone had surpassed NSFnet's coverage.

In the past six months, Li Zetian has not made any big moves, as if he has been dormant and disappeared from people's sight. In fact, Li Zetian just calmed down to study, further study, and improve his ability in all aspects. And how should the companies under his name develop, or how to develop. Li Zetian, as a hands-off shopkeeper, basically rarely participates. Of course, it is also because there is not much cash reserves in the account of the umbrella company, Li Zetian is waiting for this year's dividends. With money, you can do things!

So, in January 1989, Li Zetian laughed, and the dividends were really more and more year by year. In dividends in 1988, Umbrella received $8.5 billion. If it weren't for the outbreak of "Black Monday" in 1987, it would have taken a while to relax, and the dividends would have been more!

After the umbrella company received dividends, Li Zetian increased R&D investment for ASML, Applied Materials, Intel, Evolutionary Robotics, and Chronos Industries, and made every effort to provide hardware levels. If the hardware can't keep up, the software can't be carried no matter how good it is. ASML, which developed the lithography machine alone, Li Zetian invested $1.2 billion in it. The more advanced the lithography machine, the more powerful the chip!

It has been several years since Li Zetian acquired ASML, and technically, ASML has surpassed Japan's Nikon and Canon. In terms of market share, ASML crushes both of them. You must know that Intel and the wafer foundry belong to Li Zetian's industry, and the fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders, and the production equipment of the purchased chips is from ASML and Applied Materials.

In fact, Li Zetian no longer regards Japan's Nikon and Canon as opponents.

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“Mr· Li, according to our statistics, as of January 1, 1989, the number of Internet users in the world exceeded 250,000!" In the office, Dongfang Yuqin couldn't help but say excitedly.

Li Zetian smiled faintly and said: "With the entry of telecommunications companies into the Internet access service industry and the popularization of computers, the number of Internet users will show a leap forward! I estimate that perhaps by 1990, the number of Internet users in the world will exceed 1 million!!

What Li Zetian said is not unreasonable: The United States has a very high rate of personal computers, and the network is developing very fast, and with the efforts of major telecommunications companies, more and more users will access the Internet.

After a pause, Li Zetian continued: "In fact, 1 million is nothing, and by the beginning of the 21st century, it may grow to 1 billion netizens!"

Dongfang Yuqin's small mouth opened slightly, looking a little surprised.

Li Zetian took a sip of water, looked at Dongfang Yuqin's expression, and couldn't help laughing: "Don't believe it, the development speed of the Internet is beyond your imagination!"

Dongfang Yuqin saw that Li Zetian was so determined, she believed it in her heart, and immediately thought of something, and said: "Mr. · Li, the increasing number of Internet users, the increasing pressure on broadband and servers, and the labor costs, Netscape and Yahoo spend more and more money every day, but so far, the two companies have no means to make a profit......

Li Zetian leaned his head back in the chair and asked very leisurely, "Do you have any good ideas?"

Dongfang Yuqin nodded and said, "I think so, since so many netizens use Netscape and Yahoo Portal online, can this kind of traffic be converted into money." As we all know, the higher the ratings in the television industry, the higher the advertising. And we can also use the huge amount of web traffic for advertising!"

When Li Zetian heard this, he had to give Dongfang Yuqin a thumbs up, because she was so right.

"You can think of converting network traffic into advertising revenue, it's already very powerful!" Li Zetian clapped his hands and said with a smile, "That's right, advertising will be one of the main means of profit for Internet companies! However, advertising will affect the user experience, and I am not ready to open an advertising business for the time being." ”

Dongfang Yuqin frowned slightly when she heard this.

Li Zetian explained with a smile: "With the current number of netizens, how much money can we make even if we open an advertising business? As long as we monopolize the market and do not allow competitors to take advantage of it, we will naturally be able to earn it back in the future." ”

"Hmm. Dongfang Yuqin nodded.

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With the increase in the number of netizens, the value of the Internet has gradually been reflected, and more browsers have begun to appear on the market, trying to carve up the market share of Netscape. The number of websites is also increasing, but the Yahoo portal is becoming more popular, and the "Matthew effect" of the strong getting stronger and the weaker the weak is fully reflected in this point.

Go out and find a map, go online and find Yahoo!

The first thing the majority of netizens do after dialing the number is to open the Yahoo portal, which seems to have become a habit.

Since then, as long as Yahoo doesn't make any big mistakes, other portals won't be able to catch up.

Li Zetian often wonders if it is possible to develop the Amazon website, although e-commerce is a bit early, not only can not make money, but even lose money, but at least he has taken the lead and occupied the e-commerce market.

So, at the end of January 1989, Li Zetian called Jeff Bezos and asked him to lead the development team to build the Amazon e-commerce website.

After Li Zetian finished speaking, Jeff Bezos couldn't help but be shocked and was deeply shocked by Li Zetian's thoughts.

At this time, Amazon bookstores are not even in the top 30 in the huge American bookstore market, but Jeff Bezos believes that with Amazon's e-commerce website, Amazon will sooner or later become the world's largest retail bookstore.

“Chronos· Li is a genius!" Jeff Bezos sighed in his heart. [.]