Chapter 248 The Queen of the Internet and Life Are a Gamble

The next morning, while Li Xiaofan was training golf with Ye Niya under the guidance of Brother Hua at Dana Mera Country Club, he called his stockbroker A Bao to inquire about the final closing price of Netscape's stock this morning.

"Mr. Li, Netscape's stock hit a high of $77 at the end of today, but the selling pressure at the end of the trading day was still quite strong, and the final closing price was $69.5. I estimate that Netscape's stock may continue to fluctuate tonight. Do you think it is better to sell some of it at a price above $70 tonight and lock in the profit?" A Bao suggested on the phone.

Li Xiaofan calculated in his mind that if the closing price of $69.5 this morning was used as the calculation, the market value of his 69,000 shares of Netscape stock would have reached $4.8 million.

"Abao, I won't touch these 69,000 Netscape shares for now, I'll see at the end of the year!"

"Mr. Li, are you so optimistic about Netscape's stock? After all, Netscape's financial statements are in the red. Based on my many years of experience in the industry, this kind of stock hotline short-term speculation without performance support will cause the stock price to fall badly. Mr. Li, I still advise you to lock in the profits as soon as possible. After all, if you sell it now, you will immediately make a profit of 2.8 million US dollars, 2.8 million US dollars in two days!"

Abao was worried on the other end of the phone. He really couldn't understand Li Xiaofan. He had already made a profit of 2.8 million US dollars in the short term, but he didn't sell it.

At the current exchange rate of US dollars to Singapore dollars, the 2.8 million US dollars converted into Singapore dollars is more than 4 million Singapore dollars. At that time, the average annual income of ordinary Singaporeans was about 15,000 Singapore dollars. An ordinary Singaporean would have to work for 270 years to make so much money.

Li Xiaofan laughed and said, "Abao, it's okay. If you want to play, play to your heart's content. Life is a gamble. I'll bet until the end of the year!"

After playing an 18-hole course in the morning, Li Xiaofan miraculously only used 89 strokes and successfully broke through the 90-stroke barrier.

"Wow, Afan, you are so amazing!" Ye Niya next to him gave a thumbs up and came over to hug him gently to congratulate him. Her score today was 92 strokes, just a little short.

"Well, not bad, it's faster than I expected. Afan, keep it up!" Brother Hua also encouraged.

Seeing his golf results, Li Xiaofan was very happy. Maybe it was because he was in a good mood and everything seemed to go particularly smoothly.

After taking a shower and eating a bowl of rice noodles at the Dana Merah Country Club, Li Xiaofan got on his Yifan company's special car driven by A Long: a Nissan light truck.

Although this Nissan light truck is not luxurious in appearance, it is equipped with air conditioning and audio in the cockpit, and it is quite comfortable to sit in it.

More importantly, this is the first truck that Li Xiaofan's company bought after starting his own business. It feels good to sit in the truck of his own company.

They then went to the Tampines Neighborhood Center, where a 60-square-meter optical shop was being renovated.

This 60-square-meter shop was introduced to Li Xiaofan by Lin Hongyun of REA Real Estate Agency in late June. The place is in the Tampines Neighborhood Center where Li Xiaofan sat in a daze in McDonald's last time, and it is also very close to their REA Real Estate Agency.

This store was originally a clothing store, but it was planned to close due to poor management. After Lin Hongyun knew about it, she accompanied Li Xiaofan to inspect it.

This store is located in the lively street of Tampines Neighborhood Center, next to Giordano store and McDonald's, surrounded by shops, large flow of people, and the size is also suitable.

After reading it, Li Xiaofan rented the shop from the landlord at the end of June for 2,500 Singapore dollars per month for a period of ten years.

This shop originally sold women's clothing, and the interior decoration was also quite tasteful. The air conditioners were all new, and the bathrooms were also newly renovated. The original air conditioners and bathrooms can be retained and used.

The final decoration design drawings were completed after Li Xiaofan and Tang Xinyi discussed. They referred to the decoration of local optical shops in Singapore and many online store design references, as well as some optical shops in Li Xiaofan's previous life.

Finally, it was decided that the decoration appearance of their Yifan Optical Shop must have a certain visual impact and make passing customers feel comfortable.

When Tang Xinyi was studying in Italy, she specialized in lighting design, so she had high requirements for the lighting of the shop: the optical shop must first make the customers who come in feel bright but not dazzling, and sufficient light can make people with reduced vision feel comfortable, so the lighting and lighting comfort are very important.

Then in the store, the display area of ​​glasses and other products should be particularly highlighted. In order to highlight the brightness of glasses, some heavy materials are needed to set off.

There is also the color scheme of the glasses store. Tang Xinyi told Li Xiaofan that the overall color tone of the store decoration is very important. Whether the overall color tone is unified is related to the overall visual effect, so the color of the glasses store should not be too much, it will appear messy, and do not use too stimulating colors. You can use purer colors and choose the color tone with the light to make the eyes in the most comfortable state.

Finally, they unified the color tone of Yifan Glasses Store, which is: light ocean blue, which is consistent with the color scheme of the Yifan Glasses Store LOGO designed by Tang Xinyi before.

When Li Xiaofan and A Long rushed to the store, the decoration had been basically completed. The effect was beyond expectations and fully achieved the original design effect. The image wall of the store is small and exquisite, very tasteful, and the lights inside are bright and comfortable.

Many passers-by would cast their eyes. The Chinese and English characters "Singapore Yifan Optical Glasses Store" on the top of the store were very eye-catching.

The boss of the decoration company was directing the employees to finish the work. After seeing Li Xiaofan, he came over and said, "Mr. Li, the basic decoration of the store is almost done. We are now using the best Akzo Nobel environmentally friendly paint. After about two or three days of drying, there will be no smell of paint in the store. We plan to come here in three days to test various environmental indicators, and then ask you to accept and deliver it, okay?"

"Yes, yes, then we will come here for acceptance in three days."

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Back in the office at Singapore Science Park, assistant Liu Yanping and the company's newly hired financial director Zhou Xiaoqing sent a bunch of documents. After Li Xiaofan reviewed and signed them one by one, he finally had time to surf the Internet to browse the news and browse PonyMa's

S forum.

In Yahoo's financial section, the successful listing of Netscape Navigator is still the biggest hot topic at the moment. One of the articles about Mary Meeker, the lead underwriter of Netscape's IPO, Morgan Stanley, attracted Li Xiaofan's attention.

The article said that Meeker, a straightforward and enthusiastic girl who has been obsessed with softball since childhood, inherited her paranoid father's extreme passion for competition. Her specialty is: understanding things in chaos.

Meeker joined Morgan Stanley Investment Bank and engaged in PC industry and emerging Internet industry analysis.

The article said that Meeker accidentally saw a report in the New York Times about Marc Anderson's successful development of a web browser. Later, she immediately contacted Jim Clark and Marc Anderson, the two founders of Netscape, and vigorously introduced Netscape to Wall Street investors.

Thanks to the good relationship between Mary Meeker and the two founders of Netscape, Morgan Stanley became the lead underwriter of Netscape's IPO...

Mary Meeker, Mary Meeker, Li Xiaofan felt that this name was so familiar!

Suddenly, Li Xiaofan remembered that Mary Meeker was the analyst of Morgan Stanley who was called the "Queen of the Internet" in her previous life.

Starting in 1996, under the leadership of Mary Meeker, the "Internet Analysis Report" regarded as the "Bible of the Bubble Era" began to be published, which boosted the rapid expansion of the global Internet bubble economy!