Chapter 747 Raise the Price Again

"The result of the inquiry is indeed very good, the market has responded enthusiastically, and it is possible to support the new issue price of 28 dollars..."

After Dr. Chen came, Song Yaxian communicated with him alone outside, "But it's still the same problem. Netscape still has no hope of making a profit. Although their software has sold more than one million sales in half a year, about 6,000 Ten thousand dollars in sales revenue, but at the same time the expenditure is also huge, the company has as many as 500 employees, most of them are software engineers with high salaries, and there are other fixed asset investment and acquisition expenses..." He said.

"We have market share and strategic advantages. Negroponte's theory shows that the future belongs to the Internet and digital life..." Song Ya repeated Jim Clark's words, "The Internet industry is currently being widely discussed around the world, government policies and appropriations They are also very supportive…”

"But everything has to be based on the real money of stock market investors. Of course, I have never participated in an IPO of this scale before. My opinion may not be correct. At least I have no confidence in Jim Clark."

Dr. Chen interrupted him, "And I remember that we can't do anything at all in this decision-making process, so why should we bother?"

"That's true."

Song Ya touched his chin and nodded. His shareholding power is very small. Jim Clark sometimes asks himself or asks himself to express his opinion. He just wants to find someone who can support his point of view or agree with him. That arrogant guy never really cared about it. own opinion.

"We have the same interests as Jim," Dr. Chen said.

"Um."

That being the case, why worry about it? Anyway, the more Netscape raises, the better it is for the company's development, and the higher the stock price, the more I can earn. "Then let's go in, there is a lot of noise inside."

He brought Dr. Chen into the big conference room. As he said, there was already a quarrel. Morgan Stanley and another smaller underwriter, Humberquist, were all present. They and Netscape And KPCB's disagreement.

"Microsoft approached us in June. Although we rejected their harsh and arrogant strategic cooperation plan, doesn't this explain the bright future of our products?"

The president of Netscape Baxter has the loudest voice. He was recruited by Jim Clark a little later, and the main developer of JavaScript who entered Netscape at the same time, the talented programmer Brendan Edge, and the group all got incentive options. The idea of ​​doubling the issue price may be his idea, and it is also in his personal interest. Now he is desperately bragging to the underwriters about the correctness of this move, "We are the undoubted leader in the direction of the Internet, and we are the first A pure Internet listed company with the most important browser product in the ecology,

The market share is extremely high, and all users and companies on the World Wide Web cannot do without our products! Negroponte said in the article..."

"But you are not making a profit. I only know that your professional version is not strong enough to sell. Now you have started discounting it in disguise, right? From forty-five dollars a piece to thirty-eight dollars..."

Morgan Stanley's Quatson asked: "And it's Bill Gates you rejected! According to Microsoft's stock price rise, next year, no! Maybe he will be the richest man in the world after the Windows 95 operating system is launched in September!"

"Bullshxt!"

Jim Clark was not happy. "He is just a successful businessman. None of Microsoft's products are groundbreaking. MSDOS was bought. Before the Windows operating system, there were pioneers such as Xerox and Apple. Before Office, there was Lotus Software..."

Right now, it means that the SGI and Netscape he created are the authentic technology pioneers. This is the first time Song Ya heard that they had contacted with Microsoft in June and the talks collapsed. As a shareholder, he didn't know it at all! Unhappy, he walked to the corner of the big conference table with Dr. Chen and sat down silently.

"So? You say Gates is a winner!" Quatson said: "And many industry pioneers died ugly."

"With me around, that wouldn't happen."

Jim Clark retorted: "We're on the right track. The Internet is the future, not Windows."

"Everyone will rush to buy it for $28, don't worry about it, Quatson." Baxter chimed in, "What do you say? APLUS." He noticed the low-key Song Ya.

"Me? I don't quite understand..."

Sensing all the eyes in the crowded conference room, Song Ya smiled and shrugged.

"Say it, just tell your first feeling, intuition... Yes, we need your intuition, you have always been lucky." Jim Clark said.

Everyone else laughed along.

Are you teasing me again for being a pig in the wind? Song Ya pursed her lips. For him who wanted to break through the control, this humble cooperative relationship became more and more unpleasant, so he decided to get angry, "I don't know... If I do it according to my idea, let's just , Double it and double it again, just set an issue price of fifty-six knives, it’s okay.”

There was a moment of silence in the meeting room, "We can't underestimate Microsoft, especially when you and Baxter have been attacking them for months..." Quatson chose to turn his head to continue the topic just now, and the meeting room immediately buzzed. There was a buzzing noise, and no one cared about him anymore.

"What the hell..."

After an afternoon meeting, Netscape and the underwriter failed to reach an agreement, and the two parties broke up. In the evening, after fulfilling their obligations at Netscape's reception for Wall Street investors, Song Ya walked to the hotel parking lot cursing, "These Netscape guys are all inflated, and it's only a few days before the listing, and they have to temporarily increase the price."

"Americans respect technology heroes very much. They are popular now, Jim Clark, Mark Anderson, Brandon Edge, and even Baxter who doesn't understand technology."

Dr. Chen said with a smile: "Don't take it too seriously, boss, you can't do anything, just sit on the sidelines. But we have completed all negotiations with the Inner City Broadcasting Company, and we must wait until Netscape Nine goes public. Do you want to formally sign the capital injection agreement?"

"Well, Alicia has her own troubles in Chicago, we have to wait for her." Song Yala opened the door and got into the car.

When the group returned to their home in Tribeca, the downstairs living room was converted into a temporary war room in response to the IPO of Netscape and the capital injection of the inner city broadcasting company.

"APLUS."

Ms. Sloan also arrived, chatting with Linda, "What's wrong? Are you in a bad mood?"

"Yeah, they made me dizzy today. I need to get a good night's sleep. You guys should go to bed earlier. There shouldn't be anything else to do these two days."

Song Ya went upstairs to the master bedroom.

"Boss, Peter and Alicia gave another public speech today..." Linda stopped him.

"Oh, let's see."

Song Ya asked her to turn on the TV and play the recording of the TV station in Chicago.

"My husband, although he has some bad behaviors for society, I still firmly believe that he is a man of integrity. He has served the community and voters for many years, fighting crime..."

Alicia dressed a little more smartly today, and she got rid of the image of a housewife that she always deliberately shows in front of the camera. She stood in front of the podium and talked with sincerity. Peter hugged his son with one arm and held his daughter with the other. , stood beside her, and on the other side was Peter's mother, Jackie.

"He has won the forgiveness of Jackie, me and the children, and I implore the majority of voters to give him another chance, believe in him, believe in us, and we will continue to unite and cooperate...to serve the people of Chicago and Illinois..."

Her speech was very exciting and in place. Of course, Song Ya's mind was full of the wild woman in the freight elevator. The greater the difference between the image of her and the good wife in front of the TV, the more wonderful and exciting he felt...

"Thank you everyone." After the end, she choked up and wiped the corners of her eyes, then hugged Peter, and then stood side by side with the child and Jackie, listening to Peter's follow-up speech, "Ladies and gentlemen, I..."

Now Peter wanted to laugh as soon as Song Ya opened his mouth, "Turn it off, Linda." He simply asked Linda to turn off the TV.

"Alicia would probably do well if she became a politician."

Ms. Sloan, who didn't know the inside story, commented from her professional point of view: "Peter has to move her out, otherwise the focus of public attention will always stay on those topical photos. The worse Peter does, the more disgusting he is. People's psychology will be more and more inclined to love and support her as a good wife."

"Can Peter recover the lost points?" Song Ya asked.

"Peter asked his wife to come out to help with crisis public relations this time... Well, it's timely, but there's nothing new about it. Reagan's wife, Nancy, is a perfect wife image beside her husband. There are more romantic rumors that the wife of the current grand commander also has this. mean……"

Sloan said: "Of course it is impossible to completely restore the public image. After all, those photos of Peter..."

Song Ya finally laughed out loud, and she laughed too, "Fortunately, Peter has a big lead ahead of him, and Chicago is an iron vote area for the Donkey Party. Even if the people don't like him, they don't necessarily vote for his Elephant Party." The opponent, the donkey party will definitely be able to dig out the other party's black material, and Peter's scandal will offset each other."

"Voters can't choose the most suitable one, so they can only vote for the least bad one, right?" Song Ya asked.

"That's right." Sloan nodded.

"That's all right, I'm going to bed, good night." Song Ya hugged the elite professional woman, and then went upstairs alone, yawning.

The next day was the same meeting and quarrel, and then the reception, briefing and other communication had to be held normally, which made Song Ya very busy. Anyway, he couldn't intervene in raising the price. He just had to work hard and fulfill his obligations, but Ni Ge He memorized those serial articles of Luo Pangdi more and more slippery, which can be regarded as some gains.

There are only a few days before the listing, and everyone continues to hold their own opinions, but they are all tired, and the time is not allowed to be delayed any longer. The meeting lasted until the early morning.

"APLUS, APLUS?"

Mark Anderson, who just arrived in New York today, woke him up from a nap, "The meeting is over."

"How to say?"

"The underwriters have fully accepted our plan, and the issue price will be $28."