Chapter 16: The East Wind Rises
"He's a liar, I knew I shouldn't have trusted him!"
This was the voice of Bledsoe Jaden, who was cursing at Song Yang, and there was also the voice of Gallo beside him.
In the garage, Gallo was confronting Jaden. Gallo frowned, "Song said he would come back!"
"You still believe in him?"
Jaden laughed a few times and cursed again, "He is a complete tyrant and a liar. You must give me the remaining money, otherwise I will sue him!"
"Jaden, we are buddies, brothers!"
Hearing Gallo's words, Jaden became even more angry. "I came to this crappy place because I believed your lies. Otherwise, I would have been in Silicon Valley now, instead of squeezing here to eat this junk food. Song is an out-and-out liar!"
Hearing Jaden scolding Song Yang, Gallo stood up suddenly. The two men glared at each other, but looking at Gallo's size, Jaden felt a little guilty. This is Texas, the land of cowboys' faith. If they disagreed, they would really fight, and they might even shoot with guns.
Although he was a little scared, Jaden did not back off. He had completed the development of the DART system, but Song Yang had disappeared. Not only was the promised development fee gone, but he couldn't even see Song Yang or contact him by phone. Naturally, Jaden thought he had been cheated.
Just as Gallo and Jaden were staring at each other, the garage door was pushed open, and then they saw Song Yang, who was covered in dust.
When he saw Song Yang, Gallo couldn't help but feel happy. He had been distracted these days dealing with Jaden. But then Gallo couldn't help but feel worried. He knew that Song Yang had taken away the last sum of money, and now it was just an empty shell.
Jaden crossed his arms in front of him and watched Song Yang coldly. He was sure that Song Yang was a liar.
"Gallo, Jaden!"
Song Yang greeted the two of them, put his small luggage bag aside, took off his crooked tie, and then turned on the computer. He saw the DART system belonging to Double Click Advertising Company. It had been developed, but had not been tested yet. Obviously, Jaden was unwilling to do the subsequent work.
"Jaden, we need to talk. DoubleClick Advertising Company has entered a new stage. Stay, you won't regret it!" Song Yang still hoped that Jaden could stay, after all, it was still quite convenient to use.
But Jaden didn't listen to the chicken soup at all. He held his head with his hands and showed a painful expression. Then he said to Song Yang angrily, "I want to get back the money that belongs to me, instead of staying in this hellhole full of scammers!"
"Jaden, do you know what you are talking about?!" Gallo was a little irritated by Jaden's words and wanted to rush up and teach Jaden a lesson.
Song Yang stopped Gallo, then took out a check from his pocket and handed it to Jaden, "Jaden, I still hope you will reconsider it. Double Click Advertising Company already has a client!"
Jaden hesitated and struggled for a moment, then grabbed the check. Looking at the seal of TD Bank on it, he was still a little hesitant, not knowing whether the check was real or fake.
This check is the most convenient bank check in America. TD Bank has branches in every community, which is very convenient for small checks.
"I'm going to check the authenticity of this check. I hope I won't have the chance to come here again!" Jayden made a mouthful before leaving, which made Gallo want to beat him up again.
After Jaden left, Gallo immediately closed the garage door and said mysteriously to Song Yang, "Song, is that check real or fake?!"
Seeing that even Gallo didn't quite believe it, Song Yang glanced at him unhappily, then opened the small suitcase. Gallo saw the dozen or so checks in the bag and his computer immediately went into a state of panic.
After picking up the checks and looking through them one by one, Gallo's face turned red. Then he suddenly hugged Song Yang's head and gave him a hard kiss on the head, making a ghostly howling sound, "Song, I knew you could do it!"
"My sports car and Hailey's Hollywood are really going to be together..."
Seeing Gai Luo trying to pounce on him, Song Yang pushed him away with disdain, "Prepare a meal for me now, I haven't eaten yet!"
While Song Yang was eating, Gallo was still counting the checks, as if he would never be able to finish counting them.
Gallo hugged the bag containing the check tightly and complained to Song Yang, "You should have called me to pick you up. Do you know what would happen if the Houston gang knew you were walking on the street with so much money?!"
After talking for a while, Gai Luo ran to Song Yang and lay down, taking a bottle of beer, "I really didn't expect that you really brought back so much money..."
Gallo's mind was buzzing. He just counted and it was as much as 380,000 US dollars. If it weren't for the money he gave to Jaden, the amount might have reached 400,000 US dollars.
What a concept! Greg has been a lawyer for so many years, but he hasn't been able to save so much money, not even a fraction of it. And those gangs in Houston would probably start a street fight immediately for this money.
Looking at Gallo who was still dreaming of a great future, Song Yang poured cold water on him, "Only a part of this money belongs to DoubleClick Advertising Company. We have to pay for the website, advertising designers, servers, broadband fees, and recruit staff. The rest belongs to DoubleClick Advertising Company!"
Gallo felt a headache after hearing this, "How many of them belong to DoubleClick Advertising Company ?!"
“About 20%, no more than 30%!”
Now is the early stage of the Internet and there are no competitors. Song Yang can still bargain with the website and maybe he can make hard-earned money in the future.
When Gallo heard this, he couldn't help but scream . He knew that such profits were already very high, at least much higher than those in traditional industries.
After filling his stomach, Song Yang also lay down on the recliner. After Jaden left, Song Yang was left without anyone to use, so he couldn't help but look at Gallo.
When Gallo saw Song Yang's gaze, he quickly waved his hand and said, "I only know one person like Jaden who is good at Internet technology, and now there is no more!"
"I know!"
"We will have technical staff, but what DoubleClick Advertising Company needs most right now is sales!"
It depends on whether this plan can succeed. If it succeeds, Song Yang only needs to make a soft advertisement through Wired magazine, and technical personnel will naturally come to him. If it fails, then... there is basically no other way.
Gallo was a little confused and didn't know why Song Yang mentioned sales staff.
"I need you to find the best salesperson in Houston for DoubleClick Advertising Company!"
Advertising agencies simply attract clients and then sell advertisements. The same is true for DoubleClick Advertising. If there are excellent salespeople, they can attract clients to advertise and then sell the advertisements to websites. Before the Internet age, manual labor is difficult to replace.
After returning to Houston , Song Yang returned to his previous life pattern, but he was much busier than before.
At school, apart from hanging out with Jenny, Song Yang would go to the baseball field for "recovery" training. As for academic courses, except for mathematics, Song Yang basically gave up on them.
Greg also knew that Song Yang had returned, but he said nothing, as if nothing had happened.
Gallo has been working in the garage these days, acting as a telephone operator, communicating with advertisers such as AT&T, as well as Netscape and Yahoo. Even Haley was drafted in to fill in the gaps.
Haley, who was a model, was still somewhat useful. She knew a lot of people in advertising companies and helped to get in touch with Double Click Advertising Company.
What was about to happen, what would go down in history as the first digital ad on the Internet, was actually... nothing special at all.
"The Telegraph has determined that the theme of this advertisement is 'You Will'!"
Song Yang was discussing with someone from a local advertising company in Houston. The person who was pulled over by Haley was looking at the website pages of Netscape, Yahoo, and Witnet that Song Yang showed. It was also his first time to come into contact with this emerging online advertising platform.
"I think we can put up a banner ad. This is the most appropriate way without affecting the viewing experience!" As a professional advertiser, this person gave his opinion at first glance.
The first digital advertisement must be seen by more people and must be seen at a glance on the web page. To put it bluntly, the content of the web page is not important. What is important is that everyone, especially advertisers, must see the advertising effect!
"Thank you!" Song Yang said to the people from the advertising company and winked at Gallo, who immediately stuffed him a bottle of wine and took him aside. Gallo also made a ridiculous announcement that a big party would be held in a few days and Haley would invite a large group of her model sisters to attend.
Song Yang sat in front of the computer, thought for a moment, and then began to type on the keyboard. Song Yang did not need to worry about the advertising theme and design of the Telephone and Telegraph Company. For the sake of brand and image, giants such as Telephone and Telegraph never hesitated to spend money on advertising.
Just like this time's "You Will" theme advertisement, AT&T Group will place advertisements on major platforms such as TV stations, newspapers, magazines, etc., plus design fees, the total amount exceeds tens of millions of US dollars. The fee paid to Double Click Advertising Company is really just a fraction of it, and it is probably not even as expensive as the advertising design fee!
After deciding on the advertising method and format, Song Yang began to contact Wired Magazine, Netscape, Yahoo and other companies to prepare to place the Telegraph, which was also the world's first Internet digital banner commercial advertisement.
After working until late at night, the garage had become quiet and Gallo also left with Haley. When Song Yang hit the enter key, he finally breathed a sigh of relief. At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, this advertisement will appear on the Netscape-based websites. Song Yang didn't know what impact it would have.
