Chapter 1067 Year-End Inventory

On the morning of the twenty-ninth, Song Ya was restless. It wasn't entirely because Motura was still alive and kicking. The fucking year 1996 was coming to an end. He had already fought and suffered in various types of confrontations. For too long, divorce, birth of two children, sue, defendant, big business, the emotions have been tempered so that it is difficult to have big ups and downs.

The main thing that annoys him is the 2% shares of Netscape that he still holds in his hand...

Because Apple suddenly announced before Christmas that it would use more than 400 million cash and stocks to acquire NeXT, the new computer company of the original founder Jobs who was driven away by them.

This news shocked the technology industry, because no one would have thought that Jobs, who had always been aloof, would turn his back on grass, and the purchase price of more than 400 million yuan was too low for NeXT Computer Company, whose market share was so low that it had no choice but to gradually abandon the hardware business. Too much.

If it is because the new operating system developed by Apple is really unusable, then there are cheaper options, and the BeOS operating system developed by Louis Gasser, who is also an abandoned general of Apple, has a much lower asking price.

But after Christmas, more shocking news came out that the NeXTSTEP operating system has completed the adaptation work with Apple’s new MAC host, and will not delay the release of new products early next year, which means that Jobs and Apple have already quietly merged It was planned, and the most terrible thing is that Jobs not only made a 180-degree turn and shook hands with his old club, but also privately negotiated with Microsoft, the original mortal enemy. New MAC computers will also be pre-installed with Microsoft's free browser IE.

Apple shareholders, who were crying and calling for Jobs to come back, now generally have doubts about the company that has been in a very difficult time to spend so much money to solve the operating system problem. At least they don’t think it’s good. .

But this news is miserable for Netscape. Another big software and hardware ecology besides Microsoft clearly stands in line. Netscape was stunned and almost didn’t respond to anything. That is to say, the stock price continued to plummet on the first day after the Christmas holiday, and it fell back to a hundred dollars per share. It was in the nine digits when it opened today.

This also means that the value of the stock in my hand has shrunk by half from the high point of 170 dollars, and the net worth of more than 100 million has just evaporated out of thin air. It is equivalent to a loss of more than 70 million...

He had already forgotten in his mind that the venture capital only spent two million at the time, and he felt the pain in his heart.

"Hey..."

After his first real big fight with Jim Clark on the phone, he held the conductor to ease.

"APLUS? APLUS?"

"Oh, sorry."

'Woke up' by the first violinist, he looked up at the musicians and excited choir members and Leah Salonga, the South African singer, before realizing that he was in the most magnificent grand concert hall of the Chicago Symphony Center Inside, BabaYetu is doing the same most important field row.

Don't think about it, don't think about it, "Okay, let's start..."

At the center of everyone's attention, he stood up straight, raised his baton, and after confirming with the conductors of the various parts and the choir, he silently counted the beat and shook his wrist.

'woo woo woo woo……'

With the precise accompaniment, Lia Salonga's humming echoed in the concert hall like the first dawn of civilization.

"well!"

It was really painful. In the afternoon, he dragged his tired body back to Highland Park.

"1997 was very important to APLUS. We will sue them for monopoly and unfair competition, and we will compete with them on every front."

Jim Clark rarely took the initiative to call to ease the relationship. He said confidently: "Our browser market share is as high as 80%."

"But we have lost all the pre-installed browser positions, Windows, and the US online user login page..." Song Ya said.

"I don't want to continue our morning quarrel, this is war, boy, hold your stock, don't set my backyard on fire, and don't forget who made you rich." Jim Clark said: "My stock There are cards."

"All right."

Song Ya didn't know what to do now, and stockbroker O'Grady also said he couldn't see clearly, and even asked him what he thought...

Forget it, I'll study it carefully after finishing the several major business signings at the beginning of the month and the New Year's concert.

"real?"

"Really, I trust you Jim."

At any rate, I got a part of the security before, so I feel better when I think about it this way, "For stocks, it's normal to go up and down, it's just a number."

"Very good! Do you know what quality I admire most about you, APLUS? Patience!" Jim Clark said with high spirits.

"What's this?"

After hanging up the phone, I saw Xue Linfen directing the bodyguards to put a large box in the living room.

"The 3DFX company sent it to you, and they said you knew it." Xue Linfen said.

"Oh, open it."

It is a Compaq computer equipped with the latest 3DFX chip VoodooRush. It should be a prototype. The official commercial product will be released at the beginning of next year. It looks very good, and this chip makes up for the 2D shortcomings of the original Voodoo. Song Ya asked someone to move into the study and install it by himself Well, it feels okay to use, but the random pre-installed IE browser is a bit harsh.

Continue to do it yourself, download the installation package of Netscape browser online, and make a personal contribution.

The situation of 3DFX is very good. The profit margins of graphics card manufacturers equipped with Voodoo chips have become abundant with the diving of Edo memory prices. A large-volume procurement plan for mid-to-high-end brand phones has been announced, and it is almost certain that it will be launched next year.

A+ Audio Company, which DeLay is in charge of, didn’t pay any dividends this year, but it didn’t spend any money on its own. If there is no major surprise in the lawsuit against its competitor Quanmusic.com, its American Music website will go public next year as it did.

The A+ Pedal Company and A+ Liquor under the management of Riser were spoiled by the French tricolor vodka this year. However, because the production capacity of the winery in Huaguo has increased, and after actively cutting prices and withdrawing from the mid-to-high-end brand image, the business strategy has changed to small profits but high sales. ... In fact, the profits are not thin, and the pricing is still higher than those cheap vodkas on the market, which has already begun to contribute to profits.

Scout's A+ clothing started with a low-price route, and the pace of sales expansion is very stable. This year, because it got rid of the blood transfusion to the A+ wine industry in China, it received more than 10 million dollars in dividends.

Wine and clothes, as well as a lot of soft sister currency income growth.

Other stock investments and venture capital rose more rapidly and continued to outperform the broader market.

Palm's new PDA products have sold over one million, and most of the new and old investment projects such as DTS are doing well (I won't write down the specific figures in the future, it's too brain-intensive, so book friends can help remind me if there are any omissions).

In terms of the record industry, 21 album sales ranked fifth in 1996. The first to fourth places were Jagged Little Pill, Daydream by Ex-Wife, Falling Into You by Celine Dion, and Waiting To Exhale soundtrack by Whitney Houston.

A number of singles entered the top 50 of the B list in 1995 and 1996.

Adding in singles, music videos, and album sales of other artists under A+ Records, the settlement revenue with Sony Columbia Records at the beginning of next year will be a very staggering figure, but the new president over there, Rick Rubin, is said to be busy. Divesting off the personal record business in his hand, he has not answered his own phone calls, and the two sides have such a quarrel, there may be some twists and turns at that time.

While waiting to download and install the browser while looking at the reports sent by various businesses under his banner, Song Ya's mood finally improved a lot. He pressed the dividend-related documents on the page of A+ clothing to his chest, and groaned with satisfaction. At least not tonight I was so hurt by Netscape that I couldn't sleep.

"Huh?" The computer suddenly blue screened, "The operating system is broken, always like this..." He had no choice but to restart and answer the phone.

"Boss, have you heard?" It was Yeremov's voice.

"What did you hear? Don't spread rumors about Hollywood." Song Ya became vigilant.

"Marvel is officially in bankruptcy and liquidation." It turned out that what Yeremov said was not what he thought.

"Those unlucky ghosts who draw comics, don't they have the energy to entangle us in the settlement of the Blade Warrior project next year?" Song Ya grinned happily.

"That's right, hey, I think so too." Yeremov laughed even more wretchedly.

"It's really good..."

Song Ya breathed a sigh of relief.

At the same time, Bronfman Jr., the boss of Universal, was watching TV in the office. "About your performance in this hearing, many media have unanimously given very high praise." His subordinates presented newspapers and magazines to his desk. .

"Hmm." Young Bronfman glanced at a few influential ones, "The new head of the Bronfman family made his debut in Congress, and his personal charm successfully resolved the crisis of Universal Music's business." "Your son is in charge of Universal and Seagram After the first public relations battle in person, this newspaper thinks it can hit 90%' titles are probably like this.

He nodded slightly, and casually pressed the remote control, just as the financial column of FOX5 was also discussing the hearing, 'What do you think of Bronfman's performance? ’ asked the host.

'great! His sympathy for the bereaved father...' The guests immediately started blowing.

His subordinates took the opportunity to suggest, "Marilyn Manson..."

"No, I can handle it without terminating the contract or compromising." He waved his hand domineeringly.

"Okay...okay."

"Huh?" He was stunned suddenly, because the FOX5 host changed the subject, "How does it compare with the performance of APLUS, who will become a singer under Universal next year, in the previous hearing?" '

"to be honest?"

"certainly."

"APLUS's performance at that time was actually a little better than him, a little..." The guest replied with a smile, and the TV screen also cut to the video of Song Ya pretending to be stupid to Dan Burton at the hearing.

Little Bronfman pursed his lips and turned off the TV casually.

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