Chapter 72: Autumn Wind
Not to mention other places in America, in Houston, scenes of shootings over disagreements happen every few days.
Song Yang felt that he should find a reliable person to serve as a driver and bodyguard in a few days. He didn't want something to happen suddenly one day and leave the remaining property to benefit certain people, so he needed to make plans early.
The car drove all the way to a repair shop. Song Yang had been here several times before. This place was close to the slum community, so the security was certainly not very good . There were all kinds of small gangs, and there were naturally some repair shops that did private work of modifying vehicles of unknown origin. But the key was that the rent was cheap.
When Song Yang went in, he saw Ryan, whom he had met in Gallo's apartment before, repairing a car.
"Song!"
When Ryan met Song Yang, all kinds of thoughts came to his mind. He clearly remembered that day when he went to Gallo Apartment and met Song Yang who was going to establish DoubleClick Company. Ryan even made a prediction at that time and thought that Song Yang would never be able to do it.
But now, seeing Song Yang again, Ryan had to smile. The company he had predicted would fail was now valued at over 100 million US dollars...
"Gallo and the others are upstairs. Do they need me?" Ryan pointed upstairs and asked Song Yang.
Song Yang waved his hand, "I'll go up by myself!"
After going up to the second floor, I finally saw the shadow of the automobile company. There were many models, auto parts, etc. displayed in the rooms divided into several rooms for different purposes.
Song Yang walked straight inside. As soon as he reached the door, he heard a quarrel coming from inside. Song Yang could tell that it was among the partners of this racing company.
"Yeah, yeah, you're a rich man now, following that kid, going to the RICK Club, living in a new house with your girlfriend, and hanging out with the big shots in Houston. Of course you don't like this place!"
The voice was very sarcastic. Song Yang could tell it was Lenz, one of the founders of the racing company. He was mainly responsible for debugging racing cars and tinkering with engines, but he had a weird temper.
The person Lenz was talking about was Gallo, who yelled at Lenz, "Stop talking about Song and Hailey. If you hear me say that again, I'll beat you up so hard that you'll cry for your mom!"
"Don't talk nonsense, Renz," another voice said. "Gallo, you know Renz, he means no harm. You have been here for too little time this year. Renz is doing your part of the work for you!"
Song Yang could tell that it was Anduran, the boss of the racing company. He sounded as if he was upholding justice, but Song Yang could tell that he was implicitly criticizing Gallo for not doing a good job running this small car repair stall.
"Everyone, stop arguing. We have important things to do today, not to quarrel!" The last voice, which kept persuading Gallo and Renz, was Stuart, the main designer of this small racing company and also the good guy of the racing company.
"Gallo, is Song sure to come today?" Anduran asked Gallo.
Gai Luo groaned, "Song promised me that he would come today!"
"We have been waiting for a whole morning. How long do we have to wait for the big shot of the Bruno family?" Renz sneered at Gallo again.
Gallo was completely pissed this time, and he called out "funk," followed by a commotion, and he obviously rushed towards Lenz.
At this moment, Song Yang pushed open the door, and the chaotic scene inside suddenly stopped. Gallo grabbed the thin Lenz's clothes, and his fist was held by Stewart with all his strength. Anduran was separating the two.
"It seems that I came at an inappropriate time!" Song Yang said as he looked at the scene inside.
Anduran, who had long hair and was dressed like a hippie, didn't know how much Song Yang had heard, and immediately said with a smile, "It's just a misunderstanding. We are the best team!"
Song Yang nodded to Gallo. Gallo, with a sullen face, glared at Lenz fiercely and stood beside Song Yang.
"I heard from Gallo that you have something to ask me!" After sitting down, Song Yang said to Anduran, Lenz and Stewart.
Anduran looked at the current Song Yang and felt that he was completely different from the person he had met before. This forced him to change the words he had prepared.
"There are indeed some things. When we heard what you did, we couldn't imagine that DoubleClick's development was faster than the four years we have spent combined!"
Anduran first praised Song Yang, and then said to Song Yang, "We invited you to come here today because we want to cooperate with Double Click Company."
"Cooperation?" Song Yang had a strange look on his face. This shabby car stall had been clamoring to design the fastest racing car in America for several years, but in the end, it didn't produce a single cent. Instead, there were a lot of stolen modified cars on the streets of Houston.
"Of course, we are the best racing car design team in Houston. We have designed a racing car with the best performance. Once it is built, it will make everyone scream!"
Song Yang felt that this statement was vaguely familiar. Song Yang remembered that he seemed to have boasted the same thing when he met with companies such as Netscape, Yahoo, and AT&T.
I took a look at the design studio of this small racing car company. As a country on wheels, although America only has a few large automobile manufacturers such as General Motors, there are countless small car design companies like this one.
Basically, it's the same routine. Design a car, then buy parts , and finally assemble it. Participate in various auto shows and competitions. If you're lucky and can stand out from the crowd, then you're a new car brand. Generally, they focus on sports car brands. If you're unlucky, then it's a mess.
Seeing the look on Song Yang's face, Anduran knew that his words were useless, so he changed his words, "Song, believe me, as long as you sponsor our racing car, after it is produced, it will have the DoubleClick logo on it to participate in the competition. We will definitely win. By then, all of America will know the name of DoubleClick, which is incomparable to any amount of advertising!"
Song Yang understood that Anduran also wanted to get some money from Song Yang. During this period, there were many people who wanted to get some money from Song Yang.
Shaking his head, Song Yang said, "Double Click Company, there is no plan to promote it for the time being!"
Anduran, Stewart and others could not help but feel disappointed. Anduran winked at Gallo, wanting Gallo to help speak, but Gallo remained indifferent and pretended not to hear. He had already exceeded his limit by asking Song Yang to come here to listen to these words. Gallo could not even expect him to trick Song Yang.
"Anduran, don't waste your breath. I've told you, don't count on these people at all. They would rather spend their money on women than on real racing cars. They don't understand cars at all!" Renz spoke again at this time.
Song Yang, who was about to leave, stopped and looked at Lenz, "I can invest, but not sponsor!"
A moment later, Song Yang, who had just walked out of the design studio, could hear even more intense quarrels inside.
Lenz's sharp voice, "What the hell does he want to do? He wants to be the boss of all of us. Anduran, are you willing to accept such a condition?"
Anduran was also a little angry. "But we need this money. With this money, we can buy parts to install on the car and then participate in the exhibition. This is our chance!"
When Song Yang returned to the small design studio again, Lenz was gone. In front of him was an investment agreement. Song Yang became the major shareholder of the company, which had just been renamed Sibel Automobile Club. He paid US$100,000 for 33% of Sibel's shares.
In the newly formed Siebel Automobile Club, Song Yang holds 33% of the shares, Anduran holds 30%, Stewart holds 25%, and Gallo also holds 12% of the shares. As for Lenz, who slammed the door and left just now, he was kicked out with nothing.
In the small design room, Anduran had a smile on his face, but his true thoughts could not be seen. Stewart had a conflicted look on his face. The racing company was renamed, the makeshift team became a new company, and Lenz was kicked out. Stewart had no idea what this place would become in the future.
But on the other hand, Stewart secretly hoped that with the support of Song Yang, the new American multi-millionaire, this Schiebel Motors might really be able to produce top-notch cars.
"In the future, Xibel Automobile will focus on design first and cooperate with other automobile brands. It will not only design racing cars, but also enter the sports car industry. I hope that the money I invested will not go to waste!"
Song Yang asked the Xibel Automobile Club to work for other car brands first and take on some design tasks so that they could survive first.
After leaving the repair shop, Song Yang threw the document into Gallo's arms. Gallo was stunned for a moment, then his face showed excitement, "Song..."
"Keep an eye on this place for me and be careful of Anduran!" Song Yang said to Gallo. For Song Yang, investing in such a small car company was basically a casual investment. As for what Sibel would become, it all depended on God's will.
In the next few days, Song Yang basically dealt with things in Houston and prepared to leave Houston for San Jose.
Song Yang not only went to DoubleClick, but also to Enron several times. After all, Song Yang and DoubleClick were also consultants for the Enron Online website and received a lot of consulting fees from Enron.
Compared to Song Yang's careful planning in developing the Hotmail and ICQ projects, Enron was much richer and more powerful. It poached engineers directly from a number of Internet companies in Silicon Valley, as well as from prestigious universities such as Stanford, Harvard, and MIT. As for the local prestigious universities in Texas, such as the University of Texas at Austin and Rice University, an entire class of graduates joined Enron.
This has accelerated the development of Enron's online website. By the end of the year at the latest, this world's largest energy trading website, which has been widely publicized, will be launched.
The Internet industry was also more lively. Netscape's listing completely stimulated the Internet industry. Major websites rushed to go public, and various means emerged one after another, but basically they all worshipped Netscape.
But not everyone was willing to join Netscape. Yahoo, unwilling to be Netscape's younger brother, had almost made its dispute with Netscape public. Netscape directly cancelled Yahoo's status as a search provider, causing Yahoo's traffic to plummet by 10% overnight. The first small-scale war between Internet giants broke out.
Song Yang, who was taking Milia to the Houston Rival Casino, received an extremely angry call from Brady.
