13 October 1994

Jia Lei immediately invested in Amazon this time, so he wanted to invest in several other Internet companies by the way.

"Let me think about it, at this time, Google has not yet been born, and the search engine does not even have a shadow! With my ability, I will definitely not be able to engage in too complex software development, and there are really not many companies that can invest now......" Jia Lei couldn't help but sigh when he thought of this.

Ninety-three years ago, personal computers, websites, and basic Internet networks could only allow people to transfer file data over the network, which were boring and boring work documents. At this time, the Internet did not have any entertainment functions at all, it was just a simple signal transmission system, and it had no user interface to display the content of other websites.

However, people at that time did not mind that the Internet only had such a rudimentary function, because most of the Internet websites at that time were government departments and scientific research institutions, and the Internet they needed only needed to be able to transmit data and email.

"God, why did I go to a normal college instead of studying computer science in my last life? Otherwise, I can become the richest man in the world by throwing out a few source codes now!" Jia Lei knocked his head with great regret and said, but unfortunately his mind is empty now, and there is nothing.

"Hey...... Even if I really know how to write the source code of some software, I can't make it with today's hardware! Jia Lei thought dejectedly, and then he leaned on the car with his eyes closed.

At this moment, a memory module of the computer is only 4~16mb, and the CPU will often burn out due to computing overload, and the computer hardware rather than software is always the restriction on the development of the Internet in 5 years from 1991~1995.

What's even more terrifying is that most people's computers now only have the Internet network browser that comes with the computer, that is, the Internet software browser that does not have any signal blank when our network fails, and the real Internet browser has just appeared and has not spread.

In the era when there are no web browsers, it is even more impossible to build a personal website and start a business or something, because at this time all websites and services on the Internet are free!

It wasn't until 1993 that Anderson and his collaborator Eric Beiner developed an integrated graphical system that could run on most computers at school, that the simple and easy-to-use Internet Internet entered the world of ordinary people, the world's first web browser.

"Boss, let's go downstairs to Silicon Valley Mosaic Company, do you want to come down?" After the car stopped, Pete knocked on the glass outside the window and said to Jia Lei.

"Is it so soon?, let's go!" Jia Lei opened his eyes and said, and then he straightened his clothes and got out of the car.

"The boss asked my acquaintances to make an appointment with their two founders to meet at 10:00, and we seemed to be early. Shall we wait a while before going up?" Pete looked at his watch after seeing Jia Lei come down and said,

"Hmm...... Do I have to make an appointment for such a small company?" Jia Lei asked suspiciously with the invitation, he remembered that this company had not risen yet.

Every spring, Fortune magazine lists the 20 coolest companies in country M, and Mosaic is one of those 20 companies in 1994. Pete twitched the corners of his mouth and said, although this company is small, it is not famous.

"Is it true? Is Mosaic really so famous? If it is really so famous, it will not be excluded from the list of recommended investments by Wall Street......" Jia Lei said indifferently, anyway, the name Mosaic will not be used by the other party for long.

"But boss, since Mosaic is excluded from the list of recommended investments by Wall Street investors, then why do you want to visit their company? This company doesn't have any profit points!" Pete asked puzzled, everyone knows that everything on the Internet is free now, and they can't make money at all.

"Your boss and I are unprofitable people, if this company really doesn't have any profitability, do you think I will come to visit?" Jia Lei said with a blank look at Pete, and then he took the lead and walked in.

"Boss, wait, with your current net worth, if you arrive at the appointment site in advance, it will make people feel that your investment mood is very urgent, and the other party will definitely fight hard for the price of their own stocks. Pete followed up and said that a billionaire like Jia Lei should still be a little reserved to maintain his worth.

"Come on, your set is only suitable for social circles, but not for Internet companies!

In ordinary business, time is measured in days, but in the history of Internet development, time is measured in seconds! Every second I delay in the development of the entire Internet, I may take a big step forward, and when the time comes, I will cry and I will not be able to catch up!" Jia Lei said, and then he took people to the mosaic company.

"Hello Mr. Jia Lei, I am glad that you can visit Mosaic Company. Jim Clark, the founder and chairman of Mosaic Company, stood at the door and said enthusiastically to Jia Lei, and then he stretched out his hand to Jia Lei.

"Hello Mr. Jim Clark, I was 10 minutes ahead of my appointment, don't you mind?" Jia Lei asked with a smile while holding his hand.

"I don't mind! You're a big name on Wall Street, and it's so nice to be here for our little company!

"If you don't mind, can we go inside and talk?" Jia Lei asked with a smile, now that time is urgent, he is really not in the mood to continue to be polite with Jim Clark.

"Of course, you can come with me!" said Jim Clark, and then he took Jia Lei to visit inside.

"As far as I know, you are now preparing to develop a new version of the Mosaic browser, how are you preparing now?" Jia Lei asked with a smile when he saw the busy crowd in the company.

"We're ready! It's a coincidence that you're here today, just in time for our company to release a new version of Mosaic Browser. Jim Clark proudly says that this is the first product of their company.

"Oh my God, it seems that I was so lucky that such a coincidence could happen. If you don't mind, can I visit your new product launch process?" Jia Lei pretended to be surprised, and Pete couldn't help but roll his eyes at this time.

Jia Lei came by plane overnight today, and he didn't even want to wait for a minute when he was downstairs just now, and Pete now knew that Jia Lei's eight achievements today were specially for other people's new products.

"Huh...... So you want to visit our new product launch conference!" Jim Clark's face suddenly changed after listening to Jia Lei's last sentence.

"Is it difficult that your press conference involves any trade secrets that people can't visit? If that's the case, then I won't visit, so let's have a good chat." Jia Lei replied.

"Of course you can see our company's new product launch, and it's not a trade secret anyway.

But before we do that, let's talk about your purpose, shall we?

Our new product launch starts in the afternoon, and I have time to listen to what you have to say. Jim Clark looked at Jia Lei and said with a smile.

He had seen people like Jia Lei before, so Jim Clark wouldn't easily believe that Jia Lei was really just a coincidence.

"Jim Clark, are you too vigilant? I just heard that your company's prospects are very good, so I want to come and see, I'm just an ordinary investor, what can threaten you? How did your attitude towards me change so quickly?" Jia Lei asked puzzledly, knowing that he would be warmly welcomed to any startup company before.

"Because I've met investors like you on Wall Street before, and I was just a researcher and stupidly accepted your investment.

But in the end, you fancy investors kicked me out of the company I founded, Sgi, so I'm here now!

Since then, I've learned that you financiers from Wall Street are always full of rhetorical promises when you first invest in a stake in the market.

But once I set up the company, you will kick me out mercilessly, and then take away my company, my products and my children......" Jim Clark looked at Jia Lei with disdain on his face and said, as if he had broken Jia Lei's disguise.

Jia Lei wanted to die at the moment, and he wanted to know which Wall Street predecessor was so ruthless, and Jim Clark was so resentful until now.

"That...... I don't usually stay on Wall Street, so I don't know anything about you, may I ask which company you founded before......?" Jia Lei asked without giving up, only by knowing the truth of the matter can he find a way to solve the knots in the other party's heart and smoothly invest in Netscape.

"This company of mine is quite famous, you should have heard of it, have you seen the movie Jurassic Park?" asked Jim Clark.

"Of course I've seen the movie Jurassic Park, and more than once!, but does it have anything to do with you?" Jia Lei asked puzzled.

"Jurassic Park has a lot to do with me, and all the computer special effects about dinosaurs in this movie were previously done by SGI, which I founded......" Jim Clark snorted, and then he told Jia Lei about his feud with Wall Street.

Unlike many entrepreneurs with a background in technology, Jim Clark founded SGI Vision in 1982 and did not give up his technical work until the SGI grew.

Later, Jim Clark worked hard to develop chips and other related hardware to reduce the price of computer equipment, so that the company's limited funds would not be eaten up by cheap PCs.

The most important thing is that Clark has always been the soul of the company, and he has led a group of like-minded computer engineers to jointly develop an epoch-making computer technology.

Movie computer special effects technology!

Overnight, Jim Clark and his SGI Vision company became Hollywood's darlings.

Clark's SGI computer special effects technology immediately became the new favorite of engineers and Hollywood, saving them so much time, and for Hollywood, digital graphics production helped make movies realize their previously undreamed of beautiful and realistic 3D animation.

Then Jim Clark's company participated in the blockbuster Hollywood blockbuster "Jurassic Park," which featured dinosaurs that were digitally animated by Jim Clark's computer special effects, and the film's huge success made SGI the world's most famous manufacturer of computer workstations.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and after SGI achieved huge economic benefits, the company's investors and chairman began to slowly weaken Jim Clark's voice in the company, and finally Jim Clark was fired after arguing with the company's chief CEO.

Since then, Jim Clark has learned that if you want to really create a company of your own, you must not let the despicable investors on Wall Street have a say in the company.

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