"Mark, sorry......"

Taking advantage of the days when there was no filming, Song Ya made an appointment with Mark Anderson in Beverly Hills, and in order to show his strength, he asked a private jet to bring people here directly from Silicon Valley, accompanied by Jimmy Goodman and Linda.

"I know you're racing against the clock, but I think we still need to talk in person, and thank you for giving me this opportunity."

He was polite and low-minded, and honest Jimmy struggled to get him to agree to such a trip, and he was far from being involved in Mark Anderson's web browser project.

According to Jimmy's inquiry, his main opponent, SGI founder Jim Clark, did not plan to do the project in the form of venture capital at all, but planned to take charge of the new company directly as president himself, and let Mark Anderson serve as co-founder and vice president of technology.

This makes his own trick of playing the role of an angelic investor unappealing to Mark Anderson.

"Jimmy is annoying, and I hope he won't disturb my life after seeing this one."

Tall and strong as an athlete, Mark Anderson stepped onto the lawn, "Can you guarantee it?" APLUS。 ”

"Of course...... Uh......"

Song Ya turned around like a thief, and saw that Mariah Carey, who had sent them out, had just turned around and walked into the villa, and immediately threw the dog leash in her hand to Linda, and shook off the 'Jack' who was circling around at her feet, "Please believe in my sincerity to your project, we have been talking at UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) for a long time, haven't we?" That's when I wanted to invest in you, you know. ”

Mark Anderson, who has been guaranteed by the Jim Clark project, has no worries, and Song Ya has no good way to talk like he did to Pykinsley in Malibu Beach.

"I'm sorry, I've decided to Jim Clark." Mark Anderson shook his head and refused.

"Don't think about it anymore? Accepting my investment plan will only allow you to have more room for development, I take 20%, you use my money to build the project, you are the president, and the only founder, it is much larger than sending people under the fence to develop space. ”

The two walked on the lawn and didn't talk, and Song Ya continued to persuade.

"APLUS, I'm not much older than you, I'm actually just a rookie who just graduated from college, I need to lead the way, and I don't want to manage the company's affairs, I just want to focus on project development."

This guy is also using Song Ya's usual tricks that have gradually become ineffective, pretending to be naïve.

He wasn't a rookie at all, but according to Linda's research, he interned at IBM during college, where he met Jim Clark twice through a partnership with the SGI.

But since he is willing to come, he must have something to look forward to, "You may not know, the World Wide Web is evolving too fast, since last year, everyone has been contributing to it, there are already many browsers similar to Mosaic, I don't have much time to waste, Mosaic was written by me and Bina, but now I am behind the imitators, since Mosaic belongs to the UIUC, I can't use any of the original code yet, everything has to be restarted." ”

"But you also said that they are your copycats, and I have used some other browsers, and they are all garbage."

"I have a music website project in Sunnyvale, and the management, equipment, and venues are all readily available, which can also provide you with a great environment," Song Ya said. ”

"Oh?" Mark Anderson came interested, "Who's running that?" ”

"Delay."

"Who?"

"President of A+ Audio, you've definitely seen it, it's the white rapper who sang Remember The Name with me."

"Hehe...... Mark Anderson shook his head and smiled, "he's not a professional. ”

He was also involved in the venture capital investment in DTS, which is now valued at tens of millions. Song Ya said, "If you think he is unprofessional, I can ask Delai to find a headhunter to hire a professional manager......

"Why?" Mark Anderson asked in surprise.

"What, why?"

"Why are you so optimistic about the web browser project? You know, I haven't figured out any good profit model myself......" said Mark Anderson.

"I don't have anything to look down on, I just think the Mosaic you co-wrote is very easy to use, you know I'm rich." Song Ya replied. You can't say that he is inexplicably familiar when he uses it, right?

"yes, a beautiful private jet."

Mark Anderson smiled, "Your investment in Bath was very successful, I also went to a nightclub to play fluorescent nights at school, you made good use of the advantages of celebrities, which is very impressive, combined with your age, wow......"

Then he changed his words, "But the technology industry is different, and Jim Clark is the best ......."

The two chatted for more than an hour, but Song Ya was always unsuccessful, so he had to take a step back, "I don't reject that Mr. Clark, or you can take me one, you always need investors to share the risk, right?" Since you yourself said that you can't find a good profit model, it's good to take more venture capital to decorate your office or something. ”

"Okay, I'll go back and talk to Jim."

This time Mark Anderson nodded in agreement, "Don't let Jimmy bother me again." Before leaving, he dropped a sentence very seriously.

"I'll wait for your news." Song Ya did not answer positively.

Mark Anderson is gone, and Mawota will drop him off at the airport and still take that plane back.

"Jimmy, good job."

Song Ya walked past the pool and saw Jimmy's ostentatious floral shirt and white suit, similar to the rogue lawyer who represented the gangsters.

"Hmmm......"

Jimmy put down the cocktail glass in his hand and hurriedly swallowed the wine in his mouth, "THANK YOU, MR. APLUS, GUESS HOW I ANNOYED HIM?" He was quite complacent.

"I don't want to know."

Song Ya pointed at him and interrupted, "I just want the result, I don't care about the process." ”

"Okay, okay, don't say, I don't talk about the process." He threw up his hands and smiled awkwardly.

"You still have to go to Silicon Valley." Song Ya said.

"Keep going the old ways?" Jimmy asked.

"I don't care, as long as it works, after all, I haven't gotten the results I want." Song Ya replied.

“OK。” Jimmy drained the cocktail from the table and hurried away.

That night, Mark Anderson asked Jim Clark to reply, and the Silicon Valley bull was not very polite, "APLUS, is that what others call you?" ”

"That's what everybody calls me." Song Ya smelled gunpowder.

"We don't need a VC from a pop star, I heard about DTS, you and a bunch of Hollywood guys turned that company into a gladiatorial arena for the mobsters, didn't you? The IPO is far away, the shareholders have their own agendas, and I don't think my company needs this kind of 'experience'. He said.

"The gladiatorial arena of the gangsters? That's how you see DTS? ”

It's the first time Song Ya has heard this kind of evaluation from another big bull, and he has always been quite comfortable with his investment with good returns......

"Isn't it? You're as slow as a snail......" Jim Clark complained.

"Uh, can you elaborate?" Song Ya humbly asked.

"I'm not obligated to teach children." Jim Clark was impatient.

"Well, what do you and Mark say about their project? He told me about my investment intentions, right? "In business, Song Ya's face has always been as thick as a city wall.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, "Two million, give you five percent of the shares that don't have voting rights." ”

"An online startup that hasn't opened yet and hasn't found a profit model is valued at 40 million? And I don't even have the right to vote? Song Ya was not happy.

"We only have one venture capitalist at the moment, KPCB, and they're not as optimistic about us as you, but they can help go public, so they paid 4 million and got 20 percent. And you, with all due respect, you can't help you except money, even if you spend two million, we can only give you five percent. Mark is so impressed with you, I don't want to discourage him, but I definitely don't want to hear point-and-finger from the layman in the company......" said Jim Clark.

"KPCB, is it?"

Song Ya knew that it was a well-known venture capital firm in Silicon Valley, and getting 20% of the 4 million means that they valued the new company of Jim Clark and Mark Anderson at 20 million, and this price also shows that they are very optimistic, so it is not impossible for them to enter the game with an extra 1 million......

It's just five percent is a little less......

"I can help, I can give you ...... Our new browser product is soft and broad. Song Ya still wants to fight for it again.

"That's it, accept it, or not accept it." Jim Clark said, "We're five percent off the negotiations with the KPCB, and you don't even have a chance later." ”

"I have other opportunities, and there are a lot of Mosaic imitators on the World Wide Web right now." Song Ya decided to make a small threat, "Their stuff is very rough, but I believe that my money can change a lot of things." ”

"It's a pity that Mark is the only one with Mosaic's royal blood." Jim Clark used an analogy.

“……”

"Before work tomorrow, KPCB may change its mind at any time, so you should hurry up and think about it."

Jim Clark was about to hang up, "Wait! Song Ya stopped him, "Don't think about it, my lawyer will be over tomorrow, his name is Jimmy Goodman." ”