Ellison and his Oracle join the warband, and the battle is instantly exciting.

Old enemies, new opponents, new hatreds and old hatreds, Romance of the Three Kingdoms......

Each side thinks it's right, each side is spraying the other two, and each side has a whole bunch of supporters......

When AOL and Sun ......, such Microsoft opponents rushed to the battlefield, the scene became even more chaotic.

This made the media almost crazy.

All of a sudden, the war between the software giants and the Internet upstarts became a hot headline in the United States. According to the habitual urine of the European and American media, this war was named - Noise War!

Noise, English means noise. Each of these letters represents a serious competitor to Microsoft. The first place is Netscape, and the second is Oracle......

I have to admit that those media are quite talented!

However, in this kind of smoke in the sky, there is a very interesting phenomenon - the hotter the hot spot, the greater the traffic!

At the beginning, the war of words became more and more intense, and all parties even quarreled with real fire, eager to directly break the bodies of other parties into pieces.

But it didn't take long for them to be surprised to find that whether it was Netscape Browser, Microsoft operating system, or even Oracle's database products, all sales skyrocketed?

And it's not just software products, even PC sales have exploded?

This is not surprising. On the one hand, it happened to be at the stage of the full-scale explosion of the computer IT industry; On the other hand, such a noise war has played a very good advertising effect.

For many American people, those high-tech such as computers and IT seem to be too far away from their lives. But now we are brainwashed by the news every day - PC is our life, and the Internet is our future......

And there are constantly science and technology experts, education experts, sociologists, politicians, etc., repeatedly rubbing hot spots in the media?

What's even more exciting is that Anderson, an ordinary college student, has gone from nothing to the founder of a $100 million high-tech company in one year?

Many people can't help but think, I can do it too!

And in those ordinary families, children want to be fashionable. Not everyone can become a sports star and become a cheerleader. It's cool to play with the computer now! Also able to stand out among their peers.

As parents, parents all over the world are actually the same, as long as they are willing to invest in the future of their children. Especially the huge middle-class families in the United States. Isn't it just buying a PC?

Now that you have purchased a PC, you will definitely install Microsoft's operating system, install some common software, apply for modem dial-up Internet access, naturally buy a browser, or customize a personal homepage ......?

In that case, let's keep arguing!

Now it's slowly turning into a promotional advertising campaign. Enterprises invest in the media to promote and develop professional ...... quarreled with Wen Eucalyptus, began a careful show, and also completely let go of restrictions, and even frequent ginseng roosters......

Don't say it, a well-packaged quarrel is definitely much more exciting than a quarrel played on the spot.

Now the noise wars have turned into a talk show for the whole people to carnival. Media ratings are also rising, and sales of high-tech products are also jumping......

……

In less than a month, more than 3 million individual users of the North American model have been installed, an astonishing increase of more than 80%?

High-tech companies are also eating with a lot of oil, and the whole Silicon Valley is like a carnival......

To be honest, the parallel line (the United States) also enjoyed this wave of dividends. Faced with the influx of orders for a custom homepage, Martin was on the verge of crying with happiness.

And in the current browser market, Netscape's market share has climbed to about 60%, and the parallel line has also risen to 30%.

This is the rhythm of the boss and the second boss fighting and directly clearing the others.

By this point, Martin could no longer sit still. Netscape can be valued at $100 million, but it's not too much for us to parallel $50 million, right? Won't my millionaire dream come true soon?

And Martin also has the innocence that is unique to programmed apes of this era.

If you have the opportunity to get financing, you can be bold and burn money. You can continue to develop parallelline browsers, and you can also develop other programs, but a high-tech company that doesn't have its own technology development department is embarrassed to go out and say hello in Silicon Valley?

“…… Lee, that's the case in the United States right now. Martin yelled excitedly, "They're crazy, the whole Silicon Valley is crazy." We're going to join in too! Otherwise, they will be left under the car! Fakyu ——! ”

Li Yuan touched his chin, and he felt a little funny.

This butterfly wing is a bit powerful, huh? There's a new noise war? And the growth of Internet users has also accelerated dramatically?

There is also the change of the history line. Not only did Netscape appear in advance, but even listening to Martin's introduction this time, even Yahoo has been established in advance in the near future?

"Lee, are you listening to me? When are we going to release the news of the financing? Martin continued to shout.

When asked like this, Li Yuan was a little strange: "Martin, according to what you said, Netscape's financing on Wall Street has encountered a crazy robbery from investors. So are there any investors who have taken the initiative to contact us? ”

"Uh...... We have not yet been officially contacted. Martin replied hesitantly. He hurriedly explained, "Li, there are no official ones, but there are still a lot of inquiries. They should all be on the sidelines...... Right? ”

Li Yuan was a little puzzled: "How can you wait and see?" Are they so unoptimistic about our parallels? ”

It stands to reason that the market share of optical parallel line browsers should be 50% of Netscape browsers. Not to mention the agency of the hedgehog system, and the bonus of the king of the homepage? And those packaged purchase orders for traffic monetization?

One thing to say, although Netscape's browser main revenue is twice as high as that of Parallel Lines, but there are more other operating income that can't stand Parallel Lines? If you count the totals, in fact, the parallel lines are not much lower.

Then there is the expenditure part. Netscape has assembled a huge development team and has now started burning a huge amount of money.

Parallel Line not only has a development team, but also does not need to burn money at all, and the orders for customized homepages have been quickly subcontracted to China, and profits have increased visibly.

If you really compare the company's profitability and don't blow it sincerely, can the parallel lines throw off the eighteen streets of Netscape?

Two such companies, one is popular with investors, and the other is turning a blind eye? That's not normal, right?

Martin reluctantly explained: "Lee, they think that the browser still has a market prospect, but the homepage has been losing money. Think that sooner or later we will have no money to burn. When they can't survive anymore, they can buy shares at a low price, and they can completely abandon the homepage customization business......"

Li Yuan suddenly realized.

Since the current parallel line is still a privatized company, there is no need to disclose its finances to the outside world. Moreover, the establishment time is too short, and the tax payment records of the tax bureau are almost non-existent.

The finance was outsourced to accounting firms, and those accountants were also kept secret, and most of the employees in the parallel line were not even aware of it. Executives like Martin, Erna and Horrien know how the company is doing. But they will all have incentive equity, and they will certainly not disclose the actual operating conditions of the company.

So those investors can only guess - according to the current market in Silicon Valley, the remuneration of the program ape for making a homepage has reached $4 or 500, but the price of the parallel line is only $200? And they also outsourced a lot of it to those program apes, paying them in full for $4, $500?

What the hell is this brain water, right? For the sake of a reputation as the "king of the homepage", a few hundred dollars per order is burned? How much money is not enough to waste so much, right?

All right! Customizing the homepage cheaper can really stimulate sales of parallelline browsers. But no matter how exciting it is, it's nothing more than half of Netscape Browser?

In other words, when there is no money to burn in the future, the "king of the homepage" will no longer exist, and the sales of browsers will definitely plummet? Where is as clear as Netscape Explorer. Now that you are already in a rainbow, you can judge a bright future at a glance?

Therefore, let's wait and see for the time being!

It should be said that the ideas of investors are very logical. But in fact, there is a problem of poor information here - investors think that the financial situation of the parallel line is very bad, especially the customized homepage is losing a lot; In fact, the financial situation of the parallel line is very good, and the business of customizing the homepage has become one of the fastest growing profit points?

After understanding this, Li Yuan was directly happy: "Martin, then there is no need to worry. If an investor asks, tell them that we don't have the idea of financing for the time being. ”

Since the parallel line has a large amount of income every day, and the company has no place to burn money, Li Yuanji doesn't care about financing or not.

And the longer it drags on, the higher the company's valuation.

It's like the netscape of the original history. Now it's only $100 million. When it went public more than a year later, it was as high as $2.7 billion. Later, it once reached a total market value of 10 billion US dollars?

Therefore, financing must be financed, otherwise Wall Street will not be able to pass the hurdle, they will never let people eat alone, and it will be much more difficult for the NASDAQ to be listed.

But if you delay it for a year and a half, it can still be done. Hiding behind Netscape and quietly developing, the valuation of parallel lines can also become higher!

"Huh?" Martin was taken aback, "Lee, didn't you say that you are going to go public in the future?" ”

"Of course, we are ready to go public, and this goal will not change." Li Yuan said with a smile, "But our strategy is to keep a low profile and temporarily adopt follow-up tactics. ”

"Follow-up tactics?"

Li Yuan smiled and casually made up a reason: "Do you think the leader is easy to do?" In the face of a formidable opponent like Microsoft, do you need to be on guard against the competitors behind you? ”

When Martin heard this, he felt that there was some truth in it: "I still think the leader is good." There are even a lot of people who follow them. Now Netscape has become a 100 million yuan company, and Anderson has become an Internet leader. ”

"Stop talking that nonsense. Anderson had previously developed the Mosaic browser, and it was shared for free in Silicon Valley, and everyone in the industry knew his name. Can you and I do it? Jim. Is Clark the chairman of a $4 billion high-tech company or a university professor? ”

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"Don't you have a face to shoot dandelions? This fame is even louder! Martin retorted unconvinced.

"Grass!" Li Yuan scolded with a smile, "Can this be the same?" Let's face the reality and run along! Netscape may make mistakes, but we still have a chance to excel. ”

"Then you should set up a development team. In my opinion, we should develop a new generation of browsers as soon as possible. In addition, the development of HTML creation software and other image text programs ......"

Li Yuan interrupted directly: "Do we have so much money to burn?" ”

"So prioritize the development of next-generation browsers?"

"Is it necessary to develop?" Li Yuan scoffed.

In fact, later, Microsoft's Windows operating system not only bundled browsers, but also bundled office software, image software, slide projection software, web page creation software, and even small database software......

Is it all free? What's the point of developing those things? Just burn money to watch a firework?

"Martin, as long as we stay profitable and ensure sufficient cash flow, we are fully capable of acquiring other specialized small companies in the future. Why bother developing it yourself? That way, there will be no detours, at least no mistakes! ”

"Forget it. You're the boss, and you're in charge. Alas! Seeing that Li Yuan didn't act at all, Martin was a little discouraged.

Li Yuan noticed that Martin's mood was not quite right, and he felt that he still had to take a bloody shot: "That's it!" The technical team is still needed, and the research direction is ...... Internet Community Now! ”

In my heart, sometimes rebirth also has its own troubles, and some things are difficult to explain clearly.

It stands to reason that after the browser, it should be logical to develop portals and search engines. But both portals and search engines have strong media attributes.

As a Chinese, Li Yuan's development in China has little to do with it. But for the United States? Anyone who should know understands it. Even the later Douyin was like that, not to mention the direct Internet media. Therefore, in the stage of obscene development, it is best not to even touch the edge ball.

The other is the profit model. In the initial stage of the Internet, neither browsers, nor portals and search engines had a very reliable profit model. It's nothing more than burning money all the time, to see who can survive to the end?

Here, Li Yuan simply chose the Internet community. It's kind of giving Martin a little bit of something to do, and they have too many ideas.

And there are no sensitive issues involved in the Internet community. It's nothing more than chatting on forums and secretly cooking on the Internet...... By the way, there is also the development of Internet games. However, for the part of game development, Li Yuan is ready to be placed in China. For the time being, it needs to be kept strictly secret!

"Martin! So be it! Attention – low-key! ”

"Understood. You are the boss! Alas——! ”