Chapter 19 Character Design
Greg, who was in the office of the law firm's boss and holding a glass of wine, was surprised when he heard Josiah's words. He didn't expect that Josiah would mention DoubleClick Advertising Company.
The legal affairs officer of DoubleClick Advertising Company was indeed signed under Greg's name, but Josiah's sudden mention of it still made Greg a little confused.
Seeing Greg nodded blankly, Josiah was overjoyed. After clinking glasses with Greg, he turned up the volume of the TV, searched for several channels, and finally stopped at a local TV station in downtown Houston.
A news anchor in downtown Houston was reporting, "The latest news from California: Technology company Netscape announced a strategic partnership with DoubleClick.
DoubleClick Advertising is a startup company in Houston. According to our news, this company was founded by a Houston genius named Bruno Song. An investment company in Silicon Valley has valued DoubleClick Advertising at more than 3 million US dollars. Our reporters will report more in-depth on DoubleClick Advertising..."
Watching the report on TV, Greg opened his mouth wide, his heart full of astonishment. Only one thought came to his mind: that shabby garage next to Highway 7 is now worth three million US dollars?
"Greck, I knew you wouldn't let me down. This is a company that's working with Netscape..."
Josiah excitedly told Greg that although he knew it was impossible to win the legal business of Netscape, a darling of Wall Street with a valuation of over 1 billion US dollars, it was definitely a pleasant surprise for Josiah's small law firm to be able to get the legal business of DoubleClick, a company backed by Netscape.
Greg didn't remember how he got back home. When he woke up the next day, he only heard Dana complaining about him. She had never seen him so drunk in all these years.
Greg's head was aching from drinking, and he was thinking about what happened yesterday when he blacked out. After get off work, Josiah dragged him to one of the best bars in Houston.
Thinking of this, Greg couldn't help but glance at Dana. Seeing that Dana was just complaining about him being drunk, Greg breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that he did not make any principled mistakes last night.
Although he was a little confused, Greg still remembered that Josiah made a lot of promises to Greg in the bar yesterday, including the position of law firm director, general manager and even partner!
Josiah told Greg all these things that he had never dared to think about in the past, and of course Greg knew why.
"Where is Song?" Rubbing his forehead, Greg thought of Song Yang and hurriedly asked Daana.
Dana saw Greg, who looked anxious, and wondered what was wrong with him. "Song didn't come back last night!"
As he was talking, the phone at Greg's house rang again. Dana couldn't help but say, "What happened today? All the reporters and media are here to look for Song!"
Looking at Dana's expression, Greg could imagine how many ubiquitous media and reporters had called Song Yang.
"I need to find Song to deal with this matter!" After eating a few bites of bread, Greg hurried out. He wanted to find Song Yang to deal with the media matters.
Not only was Greck's home ringing non-stop, but some well-informed Houston local reporters, who were unable to contact Song Yang, rushed directly to the Devers School for an interview.
This was the first time for Devers, who attended just an ordinary school in Houston, to see so many media and reporters squatting at the school gate for interviews.
After receiving the news, Principal Devers rushed to the school and accepted an interview with reporters. The old principal, who was already in his fifties, said to the camera, "I believe Bruno Song can do all this. He is the best student of Devers, and he will definitely be the most outstanding member of our Devers Alumni Association..."
Principal Devers, who had no impression of Song Yang at all, praised Song Yang and Devers School without any sense of disobedience when facing the camera, and declared that Song Yang was a true genius, with excellent academic performance, A all year round, and was the main player of the school baseball team ...
Rumors about Song Yang and DoubleClick Company were also spreading like wildfire in the Devers School If people didn't know about it before, the arrival of reporters today made everyone believe it completely.
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This is America, a place where identity, status, and power are determined by wealth and worth. A young millionaire with visible potential is enough to attract a group of people!
When Ibella saw this scene, she hated Jenny even more. She thought that all of this should have belonged to her, including the status of the girlfriend of a newly-crowned millionaire and the compliments and flattery from the people around her. But now, they were stolen from her by Jenny.
At the training ground of the Devers baseball team, a new wave of school management had just left, and some reporters were taking pictures. All the members of the school baseball team felt dizzy at the moment.
Song Yang, who quit the baseball team, founded a company, and in a blink of an eye his net worth exceeded one million US dollars. Although it was only a theoretical net worth, it was still too shocking for the people on the baseball team and completely overturned their cognition.
There were a few people on the baseball team who had a good relationship with Song Yang before, so they were naturally happy at this time. Having a millionaire friend might change their future.
Those who were unfamiliar with Song Yang felt a little regretful that they had not established a relationship with him earlier, but most of the attention of the baseball team was focused on Stanton, who was tall and looked like a black bear.
At this moment, Stanton's face was pale and full of sorrow. He didn't dare to imagine what would happen next. He didn't dare to imagine what would happen if he offended a millionaire.
When Greg came to the garage, Song Yang, who had been busy all night, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Due to a shortage of staff, Song Yang had to coordinate with Netscape and Yahoo, and also contact advertisers such as AT&T to report data. In addition, he had to deal with technical problems, etc. All of which had to be handled by Song Yang. He was basically busy all night.
"We need to find staff as soon as possible, including technicians, sales, and customer service. We also need to change the office location!"
When Greg came in, he heard Song Yang talking to Gallo. It was still the same garage, but in Greg's eyes, it was completely different from before.
"We need money. Our account is almost empty. If you hadn't rejected one million US dollars from a venture capital company, we would have money now!" Gallo complained to Song Yang.
From last night until morning, there was basically a constant stream of calls for investment, and the investment amount also soared, from hundreds of thousands before to one million in the morning, but they were all rejected by Song Yang.
"Wall Street estimates the market value of DoubleClick Advertising Company to be only three million. An investment of one million is already very good!" Gallo didn't understand why Song Yang had always refused to accept investment.
"It's five million!" Haley, who had specially bought a Chinese breakfast to deliver the meal, said while holding up the newspaper she bought on the road.
In the past, Haley had no interest in these technological things, but now it is different. Seeing that the DoubleClick company established by Song Yang is becoming more and more valuable, and Song Yang's net worth is also rising, Haley feels that she is getting closer and closer to Hollywood. Song Yang has said that he will help her go to Hollywood, so Haley is naturally very enthusiastic.
Gallo took the newspaper and took a look at it, and couldn't help cursing. Just one night later, Silicon Valley and Wall Street actually increased the valuation of DoubleClick Advertising Company, which increased by two million US dollars overnight. Now Gallo witnessed the madness of the Internet industry, which was really no different from robbing money.
"I'll take care of the office matters. We need to recruit new staff as soon as possible. As for the funding, we can go to the bank to borrow some money!"
As soon as Greg came in, he made arrangements right away. Having been a lawyer for so many years, Greg naturally had rich experience.
As soon as Song Yang saw Greg, he felt relieved. This was the first time in Song Yang's two lives that he had established a company. In terms of technology, Song Yang believed that he had a say, but in terms of operations management, handling of funds, personnel recruitment and other matters, he was inferior. With Greg's help, Song Yang could feel relieved.
With the joining of Greg, the originally busy small garage suddenly became quiet. Greg made a few phone calls, Gallo was sent out to check the office, and Haley went to contact the headhunting company.
"There are reporters and media who want to interview you. I think you need to be interviewed. You can contact the local Houston TV station to do an interview with you!"
Greg told Song Yang that there were reporters from New York, Silicon Valley and other places in Houston who were very interested in Song Yang and wanted to interview him and dig out some explosive information.
The local media and reporters in Houston should be the ones who care about Song Yang the most. Song Yang was born in Houston, and the local media in Houston will definitely not deliberately make things difficult for this "genius", but the media in New York, Los Angeles and other places may not be so.
"reporter?"
Song Yang hesitated for a moment and nodded in agreement. Double Click Company would have to accept investment sooner or later. Increasing its visibility now would be very beneficial for subsequent investments.
Although Song Yang has no idea of creating a "genius" persona like Microsoft and Netscape, it is still helpful to increase his visibility in this era of "deification" in the Internet industry. For example, Microsoft packaged Bill Gates' genius persona and Netscape created Anderson's identity as a "Silicon Valley hero", both of which attracted a large wave of investment and a large number of technical talents.
Song Yang didn't expect to attract thousands of followers like these two, but if he could attract some technical geniuses to Double Click Advertising Company, it would be worth his interview.
