Chapter 67 No One Understands Better Than Me
When Song Yang and Jenny came out of the New York airport, they were immediately surrounded by flashing lights.
When Jenny appeared in front of the camera for the first time, she vowed to Song Yang on the plane that she and Song Yang would definitely look much better when they appeared in the media cameras than those bitches in the explicit photos of America that were circulated at the celebration party.
As a result, as soon as they left the airport, they were met by a group of reporters and media. When the camera flashes shone on the two of them, Jenny's body began to stiffen and she held Song Yang's hand tightly. She had never expected that so many reporters and media would appear here. This kind of scene had never appeared in Xiu Village before.
There were a lot of reporters and media at the New York airport today, and there were even several TV station interview cars parked outside.
Most of the people who came were from the technology, Internet, finance, and other industries. Netscape was undoubtedly the focus of the past few days, and today these media were actually waiting to see how many people would come to ring the bell for Netscape. Of course, it was unknown how many of these media had received public relations fees from Netscape.
Some media who recognized Song Yang were the first to surround Song Yang and Jenny, "Excuse me, Bruno Song, are you here to attend Netscape's IPO?"
A specially tailored suit, years of exercise, and a look that is no worse than that of a Hollywood star make Song Yang the focus near the airport exit. With a valuable watch that Song Yang wears specially for him, Song Yang, holding Jenny, shows the style of an American upstart.
This scene attracted and wiped out countless lenses and films. The gorgeous clothes, horses, luxury cars and beauties were all vividly reflected at this moment. After seeing this interview today, I am afraid that I don’t know how many people will fall into the Internet pit, just to be like Song Yang overnight...
After taking a look at the media that was interviewing him, which was a Silicon Valley technology newspaper, Song Yang nodded and said with a smile to the camera, "Yes, I have received an invitation from Anderson and Jim. Tomorrow will be a day that will go down in history, and no one wants to miss it."
"Song, what do you predict will be the performance of Netscape's stock price tomorrow? Some Wall Street experts believe that Netscape does not deserve its current valuation!"
A reporter from a small local TV station in New York
Song Yang first glanced at the logo of the TV station that asked this question, and mentally blacklisted it. Don't even think about asking Song Yang a question again in the future. "No one can recognize what will happen tomorrow, but I think global investors will like the Internet!"
As soon as these words came out, a reporter from the official media "San Francisco Chronicle" next to him immediately asked Song Yang, "Song, do you think Netscape's stock price is undervalued?"
This is obviously a routine. If you say that it did not underestimate the group of Wall Street people who offended Anderson, Jim Clark and invested in Netscape, but if you say that it underestimated, then those who bought Netscape stocks and got trapped tomorrow will probably curse Song Yang after seeing today's report.
However, when he heard this question, Song Yang's face became serious, as if he was asked about a taboo.
"Of course, not only Netscape, but especially DoubleClick, is completely undervalued. I think the real valuation of DoubleClick should be increased by more than ten times. DoubleClick can be the first profitable Internet company. It is undervalued!"
Song Yang "complained" to the media about the Wall Street analysts with an expression that said "no one understands the Internet better than me", and then he took Jenny and left.
Jenny, who was pulled away by Song Yang, looked at the media who were silenced by Song Yang's criticism. All she could see was Song Yang's figure. She had seen many celebrities being embarrassed by media interviews, but she had never seen anyone being criticized by the media like this.
The media, which were criticized by Song Yang, couldn't get angry at all. Song Yang's words just now were shocking, and it was obviously a slip of the tongue in "anger". Song Yang was optimistic about Netscape, but Song Yang put DoubleClick Company together with Netscape and believed that the valuation should increase tenfold and reach a valuation of 1 billion US dollars to be reasonable. If this report is released, I guess even a dog can't be fooled.
At a top hotel in New York, Jim Clark, Marc Andreessen and others who were negotiating with a group of Netscape investors, Wall Street investment banks, and others also took the time to watch this interview with Song Yang.
"This kid has quite an appetite!"
When Jim saw this, he couldn't help but smile at the crowd, and the whole room suddenly burst into laughter.
"If DoubleClick's valuation reaches 1 billion US dollars, then Netscape's market value should be 10 billion US dollars." A Wall Street investment bank tycoon couldn't help but complain while watching TV.
"He is using Netscape to raise the valuation of DoubleClick!" Anderson was quite wary of people like Song Yang and Yang Zhiyuan who might snatch away his identity as a "Digital Hero of Silicon Valley". He saw through Song Yang's intention today.
Song Yang is trying to use the chicken to lay eggs by bundling Netscape and DoubleClick together, relying on Netscape's fame to raise the valuation of DoubleClick.
Jim waved his hand nonchalantly, "If DoubleClick's valuation increases, it will be good for Netscape, because it means that the Netscape concept has enough potential!"
Hearing this, all the bigwigs from investment banks and institutions in the room nodded their heads. Before Netscape went public, Jim Clark had already begun preparing for "Netscape concept" stocks, and he claimed to be the leader of the Internet in America and even the world.
As for DoubleClick, and even Yahoo and other companies, they are naturally the younger brothers of the "Netscape system". The higher the valuation of the younger brothers, doesn't it prove that Netscape, the big brother, has great potential? !
Netscape's listing this time was very grand. Not only did it invite many media, but it also provided extremely high treatment to invited guests such as Song Yang, all of whom were accommodated in the best hotels in New York.
After entering the hotel , Jenny started to dress up again. A little dissatisfied with her performance today, she began to prepare for tomorrow.
While selecting clothes and jewelry for tomorrow, Jenny said to Song Yang expectantly, "I heard that Netscape will hold a grand party after the listing tomorrow. Do we want to attend?"
Song Yang, who was looking at the newspapers he had asked for from the hotel, recalled the crazy parties in Silicon Valley and Wall Street that he had heard about in his previous life. He said to Jenny, "I don't think you want to go to that kind of party!"
Song Yang looked at the newspapers in his hand. Netscape had made a huge splash. All the well-known Internet companies had sent people this time.
Just today's media reports, in addition to Song Yang representing DoubleClick, there are also Altavista, the current leader in the search industry, and Artisdirect, the world's largest online digital entertainment company. As for other major Internet companies such as Lycos and Infoseek, there is no need to mention them. They arrived early to cheer for Netscape.
Even DoubleClick's competitors, digital advertising companies such as L90 and VCLK, were also invited by Netscape. After seeing this report, Song Yang felt that Jim and Anderson were a little unkind.
Yahoo also sent people, but Yang Zhiyuan did not come in person. Song Yang didn't know whether there was a problem on both sides, or whether the two Yahoo chiefs Yang Zhiyuan and Ferro were really too busy, or whether Yang Zhiyuan didn't want Yahoo to be second to Netscape anymore.
This made Song Yang think, if Yahoo and Netscape had a falling out, which side would DoubleClick stand on? Song Yang shook his head and threw the newspaper aside. Now was not the time to consider these things. However, if they really had a falling out, then DoubleClick would definitely have to choose the "winner". At least Microsoft was shameless enough to use any tricks to win!
August 16, 1995. Today's New York seems to be full of restlessness. The Netscape logo appears on the big screen in Times Square, and the figure of the fat man Marc Andreessen also appears on it from time to time.
When Song Yang and Jenny arrived at Nasdaq, Jenny realized that yesterday's scene was just the beginning. Today, there were at least hundreds of reporters with cameras gathered outside Nasdaq, and TV station interview cars were coming one after another.
The protagonist of today is undoubtedly Marc Andreessen, who was deified by Netscape. When Song Yang and Jenny entered Nasdaq, they saw a large group of reporters surrounding Andreessen for an interview.
"Song!"
Song Yang stood there and looked at Anderson for a few seconds. Then a voice came and he saw Jim Clark waving at him.
“Nice interview yesterday!”
Seeing Song Yang coming over, Jim embraced Song Yang like a big boss, and couldn't suppress the smile on his face. This should be one of the peaks of his life, far better than the last time he was kicked out of SGI.
"This is AltaVista founder Flaherty, Lycos founder Bob Weiss..."
Jim, who regards himself as the leader of the alliance, introduced a group of founders of Internet lords to Song Yang. Some of them disliked Song Yang, such as digital advertising companies such as L90. Double Click Company is now the only one in the market. Other digital advertising companies such as L90 and VCLK can't even get enough money by following Double Click Company.
Of course, there were also those who expressed goodwill towards Song Yang. For example, Bob Weiss's efforts to win over Song Yang were almost beyond words. Lycos was ready to fight Yahoo. If it could pull DoubleClick to the Lycos camp, it would at least give Yahoo a severe blow.
At this moment , Anderson, who had just finished an interview, came over in high spirits. The media responsible for filming the documentary about Netscape's listing immediately suggested that all the Internet upstarts present take a group photo.
Jim Clark and Anderson were naturally very happy about this. Jim and Anderson undoubtedly stood in the C position, Bob Weiss, Flaherty and others stood around them, and Song Yang acted as a small transparent person, standing in the very corner.
A moment later, after the flash of the camera, another famous scene that became famous in the global technology industry was born.
