Chapter 1132: Trillion Net Worth
On February 6, 2004, just after the traditional Chinese Lantern Festival, the trial of "Baidu Earth" infringing on "Google Earth", which attracted much attention from the global IT community, was held as scheduled. And because "Google" is now in full swing in the United States, and Lin Feng's high-profile declaration of war, this already high-profile case has attracted more attention.
If "Google" wins, it will continue to consolidate "Google's" absolute position in the search engine market, and the strongest challenge of all time will be enough to deter any other competitor who wants to challenge the authority of "Google". After all, "Baidu Portal" is now the world's third-largest search engine company (tied with "Microsoft"'s "MSN"), and behind it is Lin Feng, the richest young man who has repeatedly created a super shijie, and the meaning of "Google" beating "Baidu Portal" is far-reaching. Especially for the American media and those competitors of Lin Feng, once Lin Feng fails this time, he always creates miracles, and the "miracle" of repeated victories in the shopping mall will be shattered.
You must know that Lin Feng has come all the way, his rise speed is too fast, too fast, and his development is too smooth and too smooth, as if God is on Lin Feng's side in the eyes of Westerners, which has invisibly put a heavy shackle on the hearts of many of Lin Feng's competitors. If Lin Feng fails this time, once this layer of "God Aura" is shattered, perhaps Lin Feng will usher in wave after wave of "offensives".
If the "Baidu Portal" wins, and then seizes the global search engine market, then Lin Feng's "God Halo" will be more dazzling, its shopping mall myth will be continued, and the "second consortium" Shili will be more inflated, I am afraid that the global network industry will become Lin Feng's world in the future. Of course, the most important thing is that for Lin Feng's competitors, the pressure on their hearts is even greater. After all, in the search engine market, even the super snake "Google" can't reach Lin Feng's tentacles, so can other people still be able to compete with Lin Feng? If Lin Feng extends his tentacles to other fields in the future, how should they deal with it?
Naturally, in such a high-profile battle, the number of observers who attended the court that day not only set a record for the trial in California, but also filled the entire courtroom, and even temporarily increased the number of seats, and all of them were business giants without exception. In this way, Steve Jobs of "Apple", Steve Ballmer of "Microsoft", Yang Zhiyuan of "Yahoo", Ginny Romanty, vice president of IBM, Peter Moore, president of "EA", etc., are all there. This is also the reason why the court has temporarily increased the number of observer seats. They are all giants, and the court has to give them face.
They are here for one purpose, to witness the power struggle in the IT network world. Either side wins, it will change the development of the online world, and it will also affect the future of these companies. Of course, in the hearts of many giants, the winners of this battle for the focus also have their own balances in their hearts, with different interests and not many supporters. However, most people have the same opinion, it is better to lose both sides, and only when both loses can some companies get the most benefits
Monopoly is good, but it is not good if it is not your own company that monopolizes it, but other companies. It's better to compete with each other to see who can dominate the rivers and lakes
"Dear American viewers, today's 'Google' lawsuit against China's 'Baidu Portal' and its 'Baidu Earth' infringement case is about to have its first trial. And this trial, many company CEOs are all here, which can be described as a grand event in the American IT industry," the location host of ABC TV stood outside the Supreme Court of California and excitedly reported to all American audiences at the camera. …,
Seeing the figures of business giants on TV, the whole United States was boiling. You know, if these giants here today join forces to reach a certain agreement, or launch a certain jihua, it will definitely change the future of the entire human race. At the same time, some media also calculated the net worth of the observers present today as quickly as possible -- $1.4 trillion -- which is already more than the GDP of many developed countries, and according to the 2003 global GDP index just released, the combined net worth of many giants present in court today is enough to rank 10th in the world, exceeding the GPD index of most countries
The net worth of horror is absolutely terrifying
At this moment, an Arab country is also watching this broadcast.
"Damn, if you can put a bomb here, the U.S. economy will be finished," said a bearded Arab in hatred.
"The next time we can hold a trial like this, it's unlikely to end quickly," another man said.
"Forget it, we won't have a chance. Don't you see so many police officers around? There are so many business giants here this time, how can they not search them thoroughly? If we want to drop a bomb, it will definitely be discovered. Instead, the target will be exposed," the bearded Arab shook his head in disgust.
As crazy as he was, he didn't go crazy and do the impossible. Maybe you can get another plane to hit the courthouse, but after 9/11, it is not so easy to "get" a plane.
Alas, I would have known that I would not have carried out the "9/11" attacks in the first place, and that it would have been nice to have it today, the Arab man who planned "9/11" for the first time thought that "9/11" was wrong. Although this starting point is a bit speechless
At this time, Lin Feng and Ellison drove to the entrance of the California Supreme Court. As soon as I got out of the car, I was stopped by a group of reporters.
"Mr. Lin, what do you think of today's trial?
"Mr. Lin, may I ask if your company's 'Baidu Earth' is really plagiarized from 'Google's 'Google' Earth?"
One question after another smashed down Lin Feng. Looking at the microphones full of eyes and hundreds of reporters, Lin Feng pursed his mouth slightly, it seems that today's trial is really lively. Not only did there be so many reporters, but they were on a par with the camp of reporters when he was accused by the U.S. government in "9.11", which really surprised Lin Feng.
Actually, this is also normal. At the beginning, the "9/11" caused great sorrow to the whole United States, but most discerning people knew that Lin Feng could not be the "9.11" attacker, and the US government just wanted to make a scapegoat. This time is different, Lin Feng is now the richest man in the world, and "Google" is the representative of the new "American dream", and the collision of these two powers is enough to make all Americans curious. Especially unlike "9/11", this incident is also easier for reporters to play a little bit. After all, a disaster, no matter how you write it, is to sprinkle salt on the wound, and this kind of commercial collision, there is too much to write about.
Therefore, it is not surprising that the reporters of the two trials were of the same size.
With the help of Li Rui and others, Lin Feng and Ellison fought their way through the many reporters and walked into the isolation circle surrounded by many American policemen. In case of any terrorist attack on these people, it will deal an extremely heavy blow to the entire U.S. economy, and even the Shijie economy, which is definitely more painful than "9/11".
Lin Feng walked up to the high platform and looked at the many reporters below, looking at the hundreds of American policemen around him, as well as the helicopters hovering in the sky, Lin Feng thought about it, and made a silent gesture to the many reporters in the audience.
The reporters looked at each other and fell silent. Since Lin Feng has something to say, they don't have to mumble like this anymore. What they want is news, fierce news, and Lin Feng usually loves to break fierce news. …,
"Fellow journalists in the United States, we have always gotten along very well in the past," Lin Feng said loudly.
Many reporters in the audience looked at each other when they heard this, and their relationship with Lin Feng was not harmonious, you must know that Lin Feng and Avril beat the reporters of the "Washington Times" at the gate of the "Washington Times", which was the face of all American reporters. Both sides are almost equal enemies. As a result, now Lin Feng actually said that the relationship between the two sides has been quite harmonious in the past, which really made many American reporters in the audience a little crying and laughing.
But if you say it's harmonious, it's harmonious, as long as there's something to be said -- after thinking about it, many American journalists didn't say anything. Anyway, for them, what they want is fierce material. The editor-in-chief also values the fierce material, not the person who provided the fierce material, and what he has done. It doesn't matter if Lin Feng is a bad guy who has been kidnapped and plundered, as long as he can provide fierce information, he is still their "God"
So in a way, journalism is a rather unprincipled profession.
"Dear journalists, first of all, I want to make it clear that this trial is absolutely vexatious by 'Google', and I firmly believe that the law in the United States is fair and will definitely give me justice" Lin Feng waved his hand after speaking, and entered the court with Ellison.
"Lin, what are you doing like this? I think you have ulterior motives" Ellison glanced at Lin Feng and thought for himself.
Lin Feng smiled. This time, so many reporters paid attention to this matter, which made Lin Feng think of a jihua. A very interesting jihua, a jihua () that is enough for "Baidu Earth" to break into the United States...... ,