Chapter 898: Steady Steps

Angelina's MV is full of singing and dancing, which is very lively, but it is still the money-saving style that Song Ya likes, and he twists and sings while twisting and singing against Angelina Ake with his squinting expression and body posture, which accounts for about one-third of the MV, and the others are Angelina Ake's solo dance, and the group dance of Latin-style dancers.

Of course, the crew has to arrange the shooting plan according to his schedule, and the time of the superstar cannot be delayed.

After the filming ended, Song Ya led the team to Silicon Valley, this time the matter was more troublesome, to put it simply:

He plans to spend a generous purchase price of about $3 million to buy all the shares of Def American owner Rick Rubin in the American music magazine, so as to unilaterally "kick out" the magazine with external publicity, in order to avenge Rick Rubin's defection in the Grammy Awards on the issue of face.

Rick Rubin, though warned that he would go to war head-on if he didn't accept it, tried to bargain, offering that he didn't care about the three million dollars, and that the annual losses of the American music magazine were just a drizzle for him, unless he was exchanged for the gossip tabloid that Louise reported.

Louise reported that Song Ya was bought for 500,000 dollars that year, and the value of the newspaper has not increased by as much as six times after a few years of operation, so it stands to reason that this business is cost-effective, but Louise reports have been deeply bound to the American music website, and the tabloid editorial department is rooted in Los Angeles and outputs a lot of content for the website every day.

At least Delay was unwilling, as the president of the Amerika Music website, after learning that Song Ya intended to agree to Rick Rubin's conditions, he even said that he would also join the bidding, intending to spend 3.5 million to 4 million dollars to swallow Louise Report, and completely integrate it into the management of the editorial department of the American music website.

THE RIPPLE EFFECT IS THAT IN ORDER TO RAISE THE COST OF THE ACQUISITION PLUS THE COST OF EXPANDING THE SITE'S HARDWARE, DELAY INTENDS TO SELL SOME OF THE LAND USED IN THE AMERIKA MUSIC WEBSITE PROJECT TUN TO YAHOO, WHICH WILL GO PUBLIC NEXT MONTH.

Infoseek somehow learned of YAHOO, a direct competitor of Netscape's search engine partner, Infoseek tried to stop the land deal in order to interfere with YAHOO, which was about to grow through the IPO.

In this way, if he promised Jim Clark, Delay would not be able to raise money.

Things are getting more and more complicated, so there is this trip to Silicon Valley, Song Ya plans to talk to Jim Clark in person, just as Netscape has just won a big contract from General Motors, and by the way, he went to the other party's celebration dinner.

"It's really inconvenient not to have a private jet, APLUS."

From luxury to frugality, the governor's wife who went to San Francisco with him was not satisfied with first class, "I heard that Microsoft's Paul Allen bought two Boeing 757-200s in one go. ”

"Well, 757 just crashed into a mountain in Colombia last year and killed more than 160 people."

That plane Paul Allen buys second-hand aircraft for more than 100 million, and the annual maintenance cost is tens of millions, can you afford to use it? Really, there's a big gap between billionaires and billionaires.

Affected by the good news of General Motors' large orders, Netscape's stock price is infinitely approaching 150 dollars, and Jim Clark is now worth about 2.5 billion dollars, which also throws off his position.

"Mr. Picaul?"

Song Ya didn't expect to see the tycoon Picaul, who had never heard back to him, in Jim Clark's manor mansion, and had just been sent out by him and Infoseek owner Kirsch himself.

“APLUS? What a coincidence. Picaul smiled and shook his hand, then hurried over to his Rolls-Royce.

"Wait, uh, Mr. Picaul, have you mentioned it to Mr. Madoff about me?" He didn't care about the current situation, including himself, a total of four billionaires with a net worth of more than 500 million gathered, and Jim Clark and Kirsch came to apologize and caught up with Picaul and asked.

Last month, hundreds of millions of dollars were fished out, excluding the 10 million that had to be allocated to A+ venture capital that could not make its own blood in 96 years, the 20 million cash reserved for a non-existent lawsuit, the liquidity reserved for its business, the political donations in the election year, and then the tax money that had been applied for to be deferred to July because Song Asheng could not come back, and at least 60 million cash that could be used freely.

In the past, except for Apple, which was losing money, Dow rose slightly, and other stocks appreciated with the big bull market this year, Microsoft, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, NOKIA and other companies were simply crazy, and he had no intention of investing more.

Because of the divorce, Song Ya knows that her reputation has been hit a lot, conservative fans, especially adult fans, have lost a lot of fans, and scumbags are not welcome in them. In addition to the remaining basic disk, even the psychological tendencies of the neutral public are almost completely unanimous in sympathy for Mariah Carey, especially after the news of Shirlen-Fen's visit to Chicago with her son, Mariah Carey recently announced that she would stop all activities for half a year and concentrate on pregnancy.

So this year, he also knows that he has a lot of risks in all aspects, and he must try to keep a low profile, take a steady step, and no longer make negative news, complete his undergraduate studies in the first half of the year, concentrate on preparing for the LSAT exam for law school admission in the second half of the year, busy with 'perfect scores' on the world tour, and devote himself to Hollywood to shoot Blade.

Then the best place for these 60 million is to store in the Madoff Fund, which is safe, has great returns, and has a good degree of freedom.

"Of course, it seems that Madoff's side is still in the stage of reviewing your qualifications, and I will let you know when the results are available."

Picaul glanced at Jim Clark and Kirsch over there, "Remember our rules?" Don't ask, don't tell. ”

"Uh, I apologize, I'll pay attention next time." Song Ya knew that Madoff's secret society gameplay hated discussing these in front of outsiders, and even allowed investors to inquire about the flow of funds.

"Hmm." Pikaul nodded and got into the car.

Only now did Song Ya feel that there was something wrong with the atmosphere between the few people present, "What's wrong with you?" Mr. Clark. ”

"This guy has raised 2.3 percent or more of Netscape stock from you, the other shareholders, and the open market." Jim Clark looked at the Rolls-Royce in the distance and gritted his teeth and said, "This is still calculated from public information." ”

"I see."

Song Ya knew that Jim Clarke's control of Netscape was very tight, and he once said to himself that as long as he owned more than five percent of Netscape stocks, he would be his enemy, but he didn't expect Netscape to be targeted by Picaul or the big Wall Street forces behind Picault this time.

The so-called barbarian at the door, in this year when Netscape is making great strides, Jim Clark doesn't want to encounter a battle for control of the company, "How could I agree to his proposal to buy Netscape shares in my hands, you don't sell to him anymore, I'd better sign a supplementary agreement." ”

"Okay, I'll think about it." Song Ya nodded, Picault's kind of refreshing big buyer is not easy to find, although he has appreciated by more than ten percent in the blink of an eye from his stock that cost $134 per share, and he will lose it if he earns it.

Jim Clark glanced over with displeasure, "Let's go over there." ”

"Okay, uh......" Song Ya looked at Alicia again.

"Then I'll go in first." Alicia said with a whimsical interest.

"This lady is ......" had dealt with her a few times before, and Jim Clark remembered her, but couldn't remember the way for a while.

"Oh, it's the wife of Illinois Governor Peter Flock, and her law firm now runs the legal affairs of A+ Audio, the parent company of the American music website." Song Ya helped to introduce.

"Fortunately, Mrs. Flock. Let's go for a walk together, it's just small talk anyway......"

Kirsch and Jim Clark immediately shook hands with Alicia warmly and offered to invite.

"Thank you."

So the four of them walked and chatted outside in the Victorian garden, with Alicia following closely behind her.

"APLUS, yes, my Infoseek IPO progress was preempted by YAHOO, they were in April, at the beginning of the month, just a few days away. And we're in June, and you know what that means in the internet industry this year. ”

BOTH ARE BILLIONAIRES AND TIME IS PRECIOUS, KILSCH GETS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT: "I NOTICED THAT YOUR AMERIKA MUSIC WEBSITE IS IN A DELICATE POSITION IN SUNNYVALE, AND WHETHER YAHOO WANTS TO EXPAND ITS OFFICE BUILDING OR WHAT IT WANTS, IT MUST FIRST TAKE OVER SOME OF THE VACANT LAND OF THE AMERICAN MUSIC WEBSITE NEXT DOOR, RIGHT?" ”

"That's pretty much it, so Delay is talking to them." Song Ya replied that YAHOO should not have thought so far when it started its business, but now it ...... If you don't want to change the address of the headquarters, you will have to have some blood.

"Still talking?" Jim Clark asked.

"Still talking, uh, close to closing."

Song Ya replied: "The American music website is in urgent need of a new round of hardware investment, and I think you all know very well the urgency of the funds on Delay's side. ”

"Hey, I didn't expect that the capital densification cycle of playing the Internet is much faster than that of traditional large industries, and everyone is burning money this year."

Kirsch complained: "YAHOO WAS JUST A SMALL COMPANY WITH A LOSS OF $1.3 MILLION LAST YEAR, AND ITS IPO WAS UP TO $400 MILLION. ”

"Four hundred million!? I've heard about more than 200 million. Hearing this new news, Song Ya sighed with jealousy and regret.

"400 million, maybe more, their roadshow was a success, and Wall Street is optimistic about them."

Jim Clark waved his hand unhappily, "Anyway, APLUS, sell that piece of land to Kirsch, you're a shareholder in Netscape, and Infoseek is Netscape's default search provider, so we should be on the same side, shouldn't we?" ”

It's good that there's people competing for it, "but YAHOO is about to go public, can Infoseek outbid them?" The American music website is in dire need of money, and you can't wait for your IPO in June. ”

Before, I also let the financial guests openly advertise that APLUS is best to get out of Netscape, I don't have a big heart, it's useless to talk about feelings, spend money!

"I'll pay for it privately." Kirsch replied.

Then it's no problem, his personal net worth is definitely enough, you two go and tear it up, the more intense and the better, "Yes." Song Adam agreed.