"The result of the inquiry is indeed very good, and the market response is enthusiastic, which may support the issue price of $28 new shares......"

After Dr. Chen came, Song Yaxian communicated with him separately outside, "But it's still that problem, Netscape doesn't see any hope of profitability at present, although their software has sold more than one million sales in more than half a year, about 60 million dollars in sales revenue, but at the same time, the expenses are also huge, the company has as many as 500 employees, most of them are software engineers with high salaries, and there are other fixed asset investment and acquisition expenses...... "He said."

"We have market share, we have a strategic advantage, Negroponte's theory shows that the future belongs to the Internet and digital life...... Song Ya repeated Jim Clark's words, "The Internet industry is currently being widely discussed around the world, and government policies and grants are also very supportive ......"

"But everything has to be done with the real money of stock market investors, of course, I haven't been involved in an IPO of this scale before, and my opinion is not necessarily right, at least I don't have much self-confidence on Jim Clark's side."

Dr. Chan interrupted, "And I remember that we couldn't do anything in this decision-making process, so what do we have to worry about?" ”

"That's right."

Song Ya touched his chin and nodded, his stake power was very small, Jim Clark sometimes asked himself or let himself make a statement, just trying to find someone who could support his opinion or echo him, that arrogant guy never really cared about his opinion.

"We and Jim have the same interests." Dr. Chan said.

"Hmm."

In this case, what are you worried about, anyway, the more Netscape financing, the more beneficial it is for the company's development, and the higher the stock price, the more you will earn, "Then let's go in, there is a lot of noise inside." ”

He brought Dr. Chen into the large conference room, and as he said, there was already a fight, and Morgan Stanley and another smaller underwriter, Humber Quest, were all in attendance, and they were at odds with Netscape and KPCB.

"Microsoft approached us in June, and although we rejected their harsh and arrogant strategic partnership plan, doesn't that say a good prospect for our product?"

Netscape President Bacsd has the loudest voice, he was recruited by Jim Clark a little later, and the main developer of JavaScript who entered Netscape at the same time, the genius programmer Brandon Edge, and the group of people have all got incentive options, and the idea of doubling the issue price may be his, and it is also in his personal interests, and now he is desperately bragging to the underwriters about the correctness of this move, "We are the undoubted leader in the Internet direction, we are the first pure Internet listed company, With the most important browser products in the ecosystem and a very high market share, all World Wide Web users and companies can't do without our products! Negroponte said in the article......"

"But you guys aren't making a profit, I just know that your pro version doesn't have enough sales stamina, and now it's starting to be discounted in disguise, right? From forty-five dollars to thirty-eight dollars......"

Morgan Stanley's Quatson asked, "And it's Bill Gates that you're rejecting!" Follow Microsoft's stock rally, next year, no! Maybe he will be the richest man in the world after the Windows 95 operating system is launched in September! ”

“Bullshxt！”

Jim Clark was unhappy, "He's just a successful businessman, Microsoft doesn't have a product that is groundbreaking, MSDOS is bought, Windows OS has Xerox and Apple pioneers in front of it, Office is Lotus Software before ......"

At the moment, the SGI and Netscape he founded are authentic technology pioneers, and Song Ya is the first time to hear that they have been in contact with Microsoft in June and the talks have collapsed, and he doesn't know anything about it! Not very happy, he and Dr. Chen walked against the wall and sat down silently in the corner of the large conference table.

"So what? You all say Gates is a success! "And a lot of the pioneers in the industry died ugly," Quatson said. ”

"It wouldn't have been like that with me."

Jim Clark retorted: "We're on the right track, the Internet is the future, Windows is not." ”

"Everyone will rush to buy 28 dollars, you can rest assured that Quatson." Bucksd helped, "What do you say? APLUS。 He noticed the low-key Song Ya.

"Me? I don't know much about ......."

Feeling that all eyes were cast in the crowded conference room, Song Ya shrugged with a smile.

"Just say it, just say your first feeling, intuition...... Yes, we need your intuition, you've always been lucky. Jim Clark said.

Everyone else laughed.

Are you teasing me for being a pig on the tuyere? Song Ya pursed his lips, this humble partnership became more and more unpleasant for him who was in control, so he decided to be angry, "I don't know...... If you follow my idea, let's just double and double again, and just set an issue price of 56 dollars. ”

There was a moment of silence in the conference room, "We can't underestimate Microsoft, especially when you and Bacsd have been talking about them for months......" Quatson chose to turn around and continue the topic, and the conference room immediately buzzed and argued, and no one cared about him anymore.

"What a fucking ......"

After an afternoon meeting, Netscape and the underwriter failed to reach an agreement, and the two sides parted unhappily, and in the evening, after fulfilling their obligations at the cocktail party where Netscape entertained Wall Street investors, Song Ya scolded and walked to the hotel parking lot, "Netscape These guys are all inflated one by one, and it is not a few days before the listing to temporarily raise the price." ”

"The people of the United States have a lot of respect for tech heroes, and they are now red, Jim Clark, Mark Anderson, Brandon Edge, and even Bucks, who doesn't understand technology."

Dr. Chen smiled: "Don't take it to heart, boss, you can't do anything, just be honest and watch." However, our negotiations with the Inner City Broadcaster have all been completed, do we have to wait until the listing of Netscape to formally sign the capital injection agreement? ”

"Well, Alicia has her own troubles in Chicago, and we'll have to wait for her." Song Yala opened the door and got into the car.

When the group returns to Tribeca's home, the downstairs living room is converted into a makeshift war room for Netscape listing and the funding of the inner-city broadcaster.

“APLUS。”

Ms. Sloan also arrived, chatting with Linda, "What's wrong?" Are you in a bad mood? ”

"yes, they knocked me out today, and I need to get some sleep. Rest early, you shouldn't have anything else to do these two days. ”

Song Ya walked upstairs to the master bedroom.

"Boss, Peter and Alicia have given another public talk today......" Linda stopped him.

"Oh, let's see."

Song Ya asked her to turn on the TV and play the recording of the Chicago TV station.

"My husband, although there are some bad exemplary acts towards society, I still firmly believe that he is a man of integrity who has served the community and his constituents for many years, fighting crime ......"

Alicia was dressed a little smarter today, a little rid of the image of a housewife who was always deliberately shown in front of the camera, and stood in front of the podium with sincere eyes and talked eloquently, Peter with his son in one hand and his daughter in the other, standing solemnly beside her, and Peter's mother Jackie on the other.

"He has obtained the forgiveness of Jackie and me and the children, and I implore the voters to give him another chance, believe in him, trust us, and we will continue to unite and cooperate...... Serving the people of Chicago and Illinois......"

Her speech was very exciting, of course, Song Yaman's mind was full of the wild her in the freight elevator, and the greater the difference between her and the image of a good wife in front of the TV, the more wonderful and exciting his feeling became......

"Thank you." When it was over, she choked and wiped the corners of her eyes, then hugged Peter, and then stood shoulder to shoulder with the child and Jackie, hugging him to listen to Peter's follow-up speech, "Ladies and gentlemen, I ......"

Now Peter wanted to laugh as soon as he opened his mouth, "Turn it off, Linda." "Just let Linda turn off the TV.

"If Alicia goes to be a politician, she probably won't do a bad job."

Ms. Sloane, who didn't know the inside story, commented from her professional point of view: "Peter can't move out of her, otherwise the public's attention will always stay on those topical photos." The worse and disgusting Peter's deeds became, the more inclined the people became to feel sorry for and support her as a good wife. ”

"Will Peter be able to recover the lost points?" Song Ya asked.

"Peter asked his wife to come out this time to help with crisis PR...... Well, it's timely, but there's nothing new either, Reagan's wife, Nancy, is a perfect good wife image next to her husband, and the wives of the current commanders who are rumored to be more peachy also have this meaning......"

"Of course, it's unlikely that you'll be able to completely restore your public image, because Peter's pictures ......," Sloan said

Song Ya finally laughed, and she laughed too, "But fortunately, Peter has a big lead before, and Chicago is the iron vote area of the Donkey Party, even if the people don't like him, they may not necessarily vote for his Elephant Party opponent, the Donkey Party will definitely be able to dig up the other party's black material, and Peter's scandal will cancel each other." ”

"Voters can't choose the most suitable one, so they have to vote for the least bad one, right?" Song Ya asked.

"That's it." Sloane nodded.

"Alright then, I'll go to sleep, good night." Song Ya hugged the elite professional woman, then yawned and went upstairs alone.

The next day, it was the same meeting, quarrel, and then the drinking party, the briefing and other exchanges had to be held normally, and Song Ya was busy enough, and he couldn't intervene anyway when he raised the price, so he just had to take care of his obligations conscientiously, but he memorized more and more of Negroponte's serialized articles, which can be regarded as some gains.

There are only a few days before the listing, and everyone continues to insist on their own words, but they are all tired, and time is not allowed to be delayed any longer, and a meeting will be held until the early hours of the morning.

“APLUS，APLUS？”

Mark Anderson, who had just arrived in New York today, woke him up from a nap, "It's over." ”

"How?"

"The underwriters accepted our plan in its entirety, and the issue price would be $28."