novelones Chapter 279 Free Strategy, Pulling Mountain Tops, Resisting Monopoly
Chapter 279 Free Strategy, Pulling Mountain Tops, Resisting Monopoly
How could Wang Lei not know Clark's doubts.
He smiled and said:
"To be honest, Netscape Browser is an untapped treasure in my eyes. After it is free, Netscape Browser will definitely take advantage of the fact that IE is not yet perfect and attract a large number of new users.
There are now over 5000 million users of the Netscape browser, and there are as many as [-] million Internet users in the beautiful country.
If we can have 4000 million users, profitability will naturally not be a problem. "
Clark felt that Wang Lei's analysis was very reasonable. Netscape also used free services to gain a large number of initial users at the beginning.
But why do we no longer have to worry about profitability when we have 4000 million users?
Only then did Wang Lei realize that the current Internet giants have not yet realized the key point of monetizing traffic through advertising.
He pointed to Clark and said:
"Microsoft likes to play bundled sales. We can also build a homepage on the Netscape browser, and then use the huge traffic to attract traffic to other types of Internet products, and we will collect advertising fees from it."
"Netscape is now the biggest entrepreneurial star in Silicon Valley and Wall Street. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is the first Internet stock. We extend an olive branch to other Internet companies that are still starting up. They will definitely be extremely willing to pay for it!"
"And unlike advertising on TV stations, our users are all netizens. While we advertise, we also provide our users with the convenience of surfing. This is a win-win situation."
Clark's eyes became brighter and brighter, and Wang Lei's words made him suddenly enlightened.
Due to the success of Netscape, the Internet concept has been hotly speculated by capital, and many Internet start-up companies have become the targets of investors.
They don't lack money, they just lack users and places to burn money.
At this time, Netscape is free and will definitely gain a large number of users. It will build a platform and sell advertising space. Netscape will naturally become the best choice for these companies.
Wang Lei continued his analysis:
"Clark, a Paramount TV show with over [-] million viewers, can earn tens of millions of dollars a year if run properly.
Our ads are more targeted and profitable.
And our webpage navigation can fill the entire homepage. Do you know what this means, right? "
As a two-time successful entrepreneur, Clark immediately recognized the potential value of creating a navigation home page.
In this way, Netscape will sooner or later become an Internet giant and a banner in technology stocks.
Capital will truly re-evaluate Netscape's market value, and perhaps one day it will no longer be afraid of behemoths like Microsoft.
Clark's doubts suddenly disappeared, and he wanted to go back and implement Wang Lei's plan immediately.
But Wang Lei stayed behind:
"Clark, don't leave in a hurry. In fact, I have selfish motives for telling you so much."
"You want to..."
"I want to do a wave of bargain hunting when people collectively sell Netscape stock after you announce it is free!"
"Oh oh oh, I know what to do, and I will try my best to cooperate with you."
At this time, Clark no longer dared to reject Wang Lei again. He expected that Wang Lei would have a way to hold Netscape up high, and he would also have a way to knock Netscape down from the altar.
Moreover, he is also grateful to Wang Lei. There is no love without reason in this world. Wang Lei's help with advice must be profitable.
He didn't want to push such a good shareholder like Wang Lei to his competitor.
"In exchange, I will join the legal team of the White Dragon Consortium to help you fight a lawsuit against Microsoft!"
Clark's head is full of question marks. There is no dispute between the two parties over technology patents.
Wang Lei's eyes became sharp, and he said domineeringly:
"Microsoft is bullying them right to the door, how can we not respond at all?"
"Have you ever thought that Microsoft has violated industry monopoly laws by bundling Windows 95 with Internet Explorer?"
"They may not even know that they have violated the federal law of 'unfair competition by taking advantage of monopoly advantages'!"
He became more and more excited as he spoke:
"Our demand is to split up Microsoft, and the 'operating system' and 'application software' must be split into two companies!"
"I will not only pull in Netscape, but also Amazon, Yahoo search engine, eBay and other Internet companies. I will pull the entire Silicon Valley to fight Microsoft in a battle of the century!"
Clark felt excited when he heard it. It was the number one technology stock, the number one stock in the world, and the world's number one giant that was rising strongly.
He had to admit that although Wang Lei was young, he had the temperament of a leading brother.
"Okay, sue Microsoft, we at Netscape will be the first to join!"
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A week later, Netscape publicly announced that it would join a group of Internet companies in Silicon Valley to publicly sue Microsoft.
It was sued that it had formed a monopoly in the operating system market and took advantage of the monopoly to engage in bundled unfair competition!
We strongly urge the government to break up the giant Microsoft, otherwise it will be detrimental to the development of the entire technology industry and the Internet.
As soon as this announcement came out, Bailong Internet companies stepped forward to respond.
Paramount News set up a column to follow up in real time.
The entire beautiful country is in an uproar!
Microsoft did not expect that its trivial decision would trigger such a strong reaction from Netscape and other Internet companies.
The Paramount tragedy half a century ago is still vivid in our minds.
The national attention brought pressure to their side.
Bill, who had just become the richest man, knew that if Microsoft did not respond well, there was a real possibility of being broken up.
Of course, Microsoft is not in trouble. As a large taxpayer, their government relations are complicated. While the Ministry of Justice is fighting, it hopes to use the power of the White House to reconcile.
At the same time, Netscape founder Clark, with the support of more than half of the board of directors, announced that the Netscape browser would be free again, and users who had purchased the paid version could apply for a full refund at any bank.
As soon as this announcement came out, Netscape's stock fell sharply for the first time since its listing.
The financial newspapers that had previously praised Netscape have stepped forward and trampled Netscape as worthless.
Netscape lost its profit point, and its stock price fell sharply for many consecutive days.
In just half a month, Netscape lost half of its market value.
The stock price is infinitely close to the first day of listing.
A little unable to sit still, Clark found Wang Lei.
"Okay, let's disclose this month's financial report to shareholders."
At this time, Netscape's accounts already had a large amount of income, which was prepaid advertising expenses by other companies.
Because of the success of Netscape, the concept of the Internet became popular. In order to cater to this wave of popularity, some companies also launched their own official websites.
With the help of Paramount's business department, Netscape's navigation homepage has gained more than 20 major sponsors before it was officially released.