Chapter 520: Royal Lineage

"Mark, I'm sorry..."

Taking advantage of the days when there was no filming, Song Ya met with Mark Anderson in Beverly Hills. In order to show his strength, he sent a private plane to bring him here directly from Silicon Valley, accompanied by Jimmy Goodman and Linda.

"I know you are racing against time, but I think we still need to talk in person, and thank you for giving me this opportunity."

He was polite, low profile, and honest Jimmy struggled with all his strength to get the other party to agree to make such a trip, which was far from participating in Mark Anderson's web browser project.

According to the information Jimmy inquired, his main opponent, Jim Clark, the founder of SGI, did not intend to use venture capital to do this project at all. Vice President of Technology.

That made his role as an angel investor unappealing to Mark Anderson.

"Jimmy is annoying and I hope he won't be in my life after this meeting."

Mark Anderson, as tall and strong as an athlete, stepped onto the lawn, "Can you guarantee it? APLUS."

"Of course...uh..."

Song Ya turned her head like a thief, and saw that Mariah Carey, who had sent them out, had just turned around and walked into the villa, and immediately threw the dog leash in her hand to Linda, and shook off the 'Jack' who was circling around her feet. "Please believe in my sincerity for your project. Didn't we have a chat at UIUC (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)? I wanted to invest in you at that time, you know."

Mark Anderson, who got the guarantee of the Jim Clark project, has no worries, and Song Ya has nothing to do. He can't speak harshly like Pai Kingsley on Malibu Beach.

"Sorry, I've decided to do it with Jim Clark." Mark Anderson shook his head and refused.

"Don't think about it anymore? Accepting my investment plan will only give you more room for development. I will take 20% and you will use my money to start the project. You are the president and the only founder People, there is always a lot more room for development than relying on others.”

The two walked on the lawn and stopped talking, Song Ya continued to persuade.

"APLUS, I'm not much older than you. In fact, I'm just a rookie who just graduated from university. I need a leader, and I have no intention of managing company affairs. I just want to focus on project development."

This guy is also using Song Ya's old tricks, which have gradually failed, to play naive.

He is not a rookie at all. According to Linda's investigation, he had been an intern at IBM during college, and he met Jim Clark through a cooperative project with SGI there twice.

But since he is willing to come, he must have something to look forward to, "You may not know that the evolution of the World Wide Web is too fast. Since last year, everyone has been contributing to it. There are already many browsers like Mosaic. I Not much time to waste, Mosaic was written by me and Bina, but now I'm behind the imitators, and since Mosaic belongs to UIUC, I can't use any original code, everything has to be done again."

"But you also said that they are imitators of you, and I have also used some other browsers, all of which are rubbish."

Song Ya said: "I have a music website project in Sunnyvale. The management personnel, equipment and venues are all ready-made, and they can also provide you with a good environment."

"Oh?" Mark Anderson became interested, "Who is managing that?"

"Delay."

"who?"

"President of A+ Audio, you must have seen it, the white rapper who sang The with me."

"Hehe..." Mark Anderson shook his head and laughed, "He's not a professional."

"He also participated in the venture capital investment of DTS, which is now valued at tens of millions." Song Ya said, "If you think he is unprofessional, I can ask De Lay to find a headhunting company to hire a professional manager." ..."

"Why?" Mark Anderson asked in surprise.

"what why?"

"Why are you so optimistic about the web browser project? You know, I haven't come up with any good profit model..." Mark Anderson said.

"I have nothing to dislike. I think the Mosaic you participated in writing is very easy to use. You know that I am rich." Song Ya replied. You can't talk about the inexplicable familiarity when he uses it, can you?

"Yeah, a beautiful private jet."

Mark Anderson smiled, "Your investment in Bahn Company was very successful. I even went to nightclubs to play fluorescent nights in school. I admire you for making good use of the advantages of bringing goods to celebrities. Combined with your Age, wow..."

Then he changed the subject, "But the technology industry is played differently, and Jim Clark is the best..."

The two chatted for more than an hour. Song Ya still failed to provoke, so she had to take a step back, "I don't reject that Mr. Clark, or you can bring me one, you always need investors to share the risk? Since you I myself said that I still can't find a good profit model, and it would be better to get more venture capital to renovate the office or something."

"Okay, I'll go back and discuss it with Jim."

This time Mark Anderson nodded and agreed, "Don't let Jimmy bother me again." Before leaving, he left a sentence seriously.

"I'll wait for your news." Song Ya didn't answer directly.

Mark Anderson left, Mawota will send him to the airport, still take the same plane back.

"Jimmy, good job."

Song Ya went to the swimming pool and saw Jimmy's flamboyant floral shirt and white suit at a glance, which was quite similar to the style of rogue lawyers representing gangsters.

"Um……"

Jimmy put down the cocktail glass in his hand and hastily swallowed the wine in his mouth, "Thank you, Mr. APLUS, guess how I annoyed him so much?" He gestured complacently.

"I don't want to know."

Song Ya pointed at him and interrupted, "I only want the result, not the process."

"Okay, okay, don't talk, I won't talk about the process." He raised his hands and smiled awkwardly.

"You still have to go to Silicon Valley." Song Ya said.

"Continue to do it the old way?" Jimmy asked.

"I don't care, as long as it works, after all, I haven't got the result I want." Song Ya replied.

"OK." Jimmy drank the cocktail on the table and left in a hurry.

That night, Mark Anderson asked Jim Clark to reply, and the Silicon Valley tycoon was not very polite, "APLUS, is that what others call you?"

"Everyone calls me that." Song Ya smelled gunpowder.

"We don't need a singer's venture capital. I heard about DTS. You and a group of Hollywood people turned that company into a gangster's arena, didn't you? The IPO is nowhere in sight, and the shareholders have their own ideas. I Think my company doesn't need this 'experience'," he said.

"A gangster's arena? Is this how you see DTS?"

It was the first time that Song Ya heard this kind of evaluation from another big cow. He has always been quite proud of his investment with good returns...

"Isn't it? You are as slow as snails..." Jim Clark complained.

"Uh, can you tell me in detail?" Song Ya asked humbly.

"I'm not obliged to teach children." Jim Clark was impatient.

"Okay, what about your project with Mark? He told me about my investment intention, right?" Song Ya has always been as thick as a wall in business matters.

There was silence on the other end of the phone for a while, "Two million, I'll give you 5% non-voting shares."

"An Internet start-up company that hasn't opened yet and hasn't found a profit model is valued at 40 million? And I don't even have voting rights?" Song Ya was not happy.

"The company currently only has one venture capitalist, KPCB. They are not as optimistic about us as you are, but they can help us go public, so they paid 4 million and got 20%. It's no big deal, even if it costs two million, we can only give you five percent. Mark is very impressed with you, and I don't want to discourage him, but I definitely don't want to hear rumors from amateurs in the entertainment circle in the company Pointing..." Jim Clark said.

"Is it KPCB?"

Song Ya knows that it is a well-known venture capital company in Silicon Valley. The 20% of the 4 million means that they valued the new company of Jim Clark and Mark Anderson at 20 million. This price also shows that they are very optimistic about it. , then it is not impossible for me to enter the game with an extra million...

Just five percent is a little less...

"I can help, I can give you...our new browser products, software, and so on." Song Ya wanted to fight for it again.

"Just this offer, accept it, or not." Jim Clark said, "Our negotiation with KPCB is only 5% short, and you may not even have a chance later."

"I still have other opportunities, and there are many imitators of Mosaic on the World Wide Web." Song Ya decided to make a small threat, "Their things are very rough, but I believe my money can change a lot of things."

"Unfortunately, Mark is the only one with Mosaic royal blood." Jim Clark used a metaphor.

"..."

"Before get off work tomorrow, KPCB may change its mind at any time, so hurry up and think about it."

Jim Clark was about to hang up, "Wait!" Song Ya stopped him, "Don't think about it, my lawyer will be there tomorrow, and his name is Jimmy Goodman."