Chapter 56: Woe Comes from the Mouth!

Jia Lei: Since they began to make up their minds to go public, they began to frantically develop and upgrade Netscape Browser, and the running speed of Netscape Browser at that time suddenly exceeded twice that of other browsers, which made most users on the Internet abandon their original browsers of other brands and turn to the arms of Netscape Browser.

"How is it? What is the current market share of our company?" Jia Lei asked anxiously, rubbing his hands, and they were now preparing to make a quarterly report.

"Our company's browser software has more than 80 percent of the Internet market, and our company's sales and market size in the first quarter increased by 400 percent compared to the end of last year. Jim Clark said happily as he looked at the sales report.

This just-released quarterly report is bright enough to definitely increase their company's stock price significantly.

"Four times, that means we're doubling our revenue every month from the previous month, right?" asked Mark Anderson, whose company's revenue in recent months had grown from one or two million a month to more than 10 million.

"Yes, that's it! Our company's monthly revenue reached $10 million at the end of April, and its projected revenue for May was as high as $20 million. Jim Clark smiled and nodded, this number is still a conservative estimate.

"Oh, that's good! Although I have always known that our company has made a lot of money, I have never known how much money we can make in a month with Netscape Browser? With this report, I can finally figure it out!" Jia Lei said happily, at this rate, by the end of the year, Netscape's net profit will be hundreds of millions.

"Actually, you're not alone, you're curious about how much Netscape can make a month selling browsers and service software, and the stock dealers and investors on Wall Street are also curious.

All of them are now waiting for this quarterly report of our Netscape public expenditure, and only by letting them see the profitability of our Netscape can they set a good price for our Netscape stock!" Jim Clark proudly raised the quarterly report in his hand, saying that with this thing, he will be more confident in facing Wall Street and future stock investors.

"In that case, then we will immediately send this report to Barksdale, so that he can formally submit our company's listing application to the exchange. Jia Lei's eyes lit up and he said, as if he saw countless dollars flying towards him after Netscape's shares were listed.

"I'm going!" Jim Clark nodded in agreement, and then he called Barksdale, who was far away on Wall Street, to arrange for Netscape to go public.

Netscape's quarterly report immediately caused a sensation across the country, especially the fact that they could double their monthly revenue in the report, which made everyone aware of the huge profits of the Internet software industry.

Netscape has been likened to the "Microsoft Corporation" of Internet companies, and Netscape's founder, Jim Clark, overshadowed Bill Gates, the chairman of Microsoft at the time, overnight.

So countless reporters frantically flocked to Netscape's building to interview Jim Clark and Mark Anderson, two upstarts in the Internet industry, and the whole building was boiling for a while.

"There are too many people outside, so I won't go out!" Jia Lei frowned and looked at the group of reporters outside the office, saying that he didn't want to be photographed.

"Jia Lei, why don't you come with us? There are so many reporters waiting to interview us outside, and we are about to become famous!" Mark Anderson excitedly took Jia Lei's hand and said that it had always been his dream to appear in newspapers and television.

"Anderson, I didn't want to go out because I was afraid of being photographed by reporters, don't you know that this group of reporters has another name called paparazzi?

If I really get photographed by this group of people and printed in newspapers and magazines, then I won't even have the freedom to go out on the street in the future. Jia Lei covered his eyes in worry and said that he didn't understand why Mark Anderson was so interested in such a thing as being in the newspaper.

"It's a good thing to be famous in the newspapers, so it gives me a lot of face! My parents wish I could be famous in the newspapers, and maybe many girls will know me. Mark Anderson smiled and touched his head and said that he had the same inexplicable fanaticism about being famous as all the 23 or 4-year-old boys in country M.

"Forget Anderson, it's his freedom to want to be interviewed by reporters or not, and we have no right to ask! Jim Clark grabbed Mark Anderson and said, Mark Anderson reluctantly let go of Jia Lei's hand.

"Jia Lei, I really don't understand, how can you be as low-key as those forty or fifty-year-old old men when ......you are a young child? , you really don't look like a fourteen or fifteen-year-old child!" Mark Anderson said puzzled, in fact, he always felt that Jia Lei's age and personality were a little inconsistent.

"Hmm...... , maybe I was born with this kind of character!" Jia Lei said with a sloppy look, his mental age did not match his physical age.

"Do you mean that you were born with a personality like a little old man? How is this possible, you shouldn't have any mental illness, right......? Jia Lei, do you want me to introduce a psychiatrist to you, and you can check if there is any disease in your heart. Mark Anderson subconsciously said that among the people he knew were autism and social phobia.

"You're mentally sick! Get out of my way, you're in my way. When Jia Lei heard this, he angrily kicked Mark Anderson and said, this person is really ugly.

"Smack!" Jim Clark couldn't help but slam the folder in his hand on Mark Anderson's head.

"Anderson, shut up for me! What you just said is too ugly, I ask you to think before you speak, okay? Otherwise, you will be hated!" Jim Clark said angrily, although Mark Anderson's IQ is high, his EQ is really not good.

"That's right, Anderson, since you can't speak, then you don't talk much, and I'm your friend, so I don't care about the faults in your words. But if you still talk like this in front of the media later, then you will easily make enemies for yourself and our Netscape company, and it will be bad at that time. Jia Lei said with a headache that it may be more troublesome when the matter is amplified by the media.

"Jia Lei, don't worry, I'll watch him!" Jim Clark assured Jia Lei that this kind of thing should be taken care of by him, the president.

"Clark, then you remember to keep an eye on Anderson! There are more and more reporters outside, and I have to leave now, or I'll definitely be targeted by the paparazzi later." Jia Lei said, and then he wore a hat and sunglasses and quietly left the building where Netscape was located from the fire escape under the escort of bodyguards.

During this period, only two sharp-eyed paparazzi took photos of Jia Lei, although these photos were taken clearly, but because Jia Lei covered himself tightly, others couldn't recognize what he looked like from the photos.

Now that Jia Lei is gone, we should go down there and hold a press conference. Jim Clark straightened his tie and said.

"I see!" said Mark Anderson, who was nervous about tidying up his clothes, trying to make sure that he looked the most handsome and beautiful in front of all the media.

As soon as Jim Clark and Mark Anderson arrived in the conference room, they were dazzled by the flashing lights of countless reporters, and before they could react, they were separated by reporters with long guns and short guns.

"Mr. Jim Clark, is it true that Netscape has made more than $10 million in a month just by distributing web browsers and service software?" asked a reporter from Silicon Valley Daily.

"It's true! Our company is preparing to go public, and these financial reports have to be handed over to the stock exchange for backup. Jim Clark replied to reporters with a smile that this is a necessary information for companies to go public.

Jim Clarke, who had dealt with Hollywood and the news media a lot because he had invented the technology of computer special effects, was already familiar with this kind of scene surrounded by reporters, and Mark Anderson, who had seen this kind of battle for the first time, was startled by the reporters present.

"Mr. Mark Anderson, as far as I know, you invented this great invention of the browser, right?" asked a reporter from a digital newspaper as he squeezed up to Mark Anderson.

"Yes...... I really invented the browser software!" replied Mark Anderson, stumbling back for the first time surrounded by so many reporters.

So Mark Anderson was a little nervous at this time!

"Oh my God, Mr. Mark Anderson! I didn't expect you to invent such a powerful thing at such a young age, you are simply as powerful as Bill Gates!" a beautiful reporter from a gossip magazine looked at Mark Anderson with admiration and said, Mark Anderson was praised by a big beauty and immediately forgot about his nervousness and began to feel a little fluttery.

"The browser I invented is just a gadget, you don't have to compliment me so much......" Mark said with a confident smile, he especially likes to be recognized by others.

"I didn't praise you, isn't what I said true! Now all the enterprises in Silicon Valley think that the Netlo browser you invented is a key Internet technology comparable to the Windows operating system invented by Bill Gates, and everyone says that you must be the next Bill Gates...... A reporter from Silicon Valley magazine said that almost everyone in the science and technology community in country M now regards Mark Anderson as the second Bill Gates.

"Huh...... But I have my own name, my name is Mark Anderson, not Bill Gates!" Mark Anderson abruptly interrupted the reporter.

He felt that he was much better than Bill Gates, so Mark Anderson didn't want to be called the next Bill Gates.

"Yes, yes, yes, Mr. Mark Anderson, you are much younger and more handsome than Mr. Bill Gates!" the female reporter of the gossip magazine looked at Mark Anderson's face with a and nodded, this man is handsome and rich, he is simply her dream girl, and the other reporters around him also echoed it with interest.

Mark Anderson was a little fluttering by the people around him, and then he couldn't help but speak wildly.

"In fact, if you look at it purely in terms of production costs and profit models, the commercial profits obtained by Netscape Browser far exceed that of Microsoft operating system.

In front of Netscape, the Windows operating system is nothing more than a bunch of poorly designed device drivers! It's not worth mentioning at all!" said Mark Anderson with a laugh, saying that in his eyes Netscape's prospects are much better than Microsoft's.

"Anderson, be careful!" Jim Clark frowned when he heard Mark Anderson's words, how could Anderson say such arrogant words on such an occasion.

Unfortunately, Jim Clark stopped it too late, and what Mark Anderson just said had been recorded by countless reporters and cameras present, and the next day it was on the cover of countless newspapers and magazines.

"Poof! What the hell is going on? Is Anderson's brain broken? How dare you say anything in front of reporters!" Jia Lei squirted all the milk in his mouth when he saw the news in the newspaper the next day, and the waiter at the hotel came over to help him replace the dirty breakfast.

"Okay, don't be busy! I don't have the mood to eat when I come out with such a big event......" Jia Lei said worriedly, and then he stood up with the sandwich in a hurry.

"Pete, you tell Kerr to help me prepare the car immediately, and we need to rush to Netscape immediately!" Jia Lei said anxiously, and then he began to get dressed while eating a sandwich.

"BOOS, what's going on with Netscape that makes you so nervous?" asked Pete worriedly, he hadn't seen Jia Lei so anxious for a long time.

"See for yourself, it's already written in the newspaper!" Jia Lei said with a headache, he was no longer in the mood to explain the matter to Pete.

"Oh my God, is Mark Anderson a fool? How dare he lead a press conference to openly despise Bill Gates and his invention of the Microsoft browser! Isn't he afraid of trouble?" Pete looked at the newspaper report and said incredulously, the first time he had seen someone with such low emotional intelligence.

Even if Netscape's future development prospects are good, Netscape is now just a small broken company with a market value of only one or two hundred million, and this company is still an unlisted grass platform, how can it be compared to Microsoft's own tens of billions of large companies.

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(Please don't scold the author for writing this plot with brain damage, in fact, this incident is something that really happened in reality!, I checked the information and saw this paragraph and felt brain dead, Netscape actually has this kind of founder, no wonder...... )

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