Hollywood Starts with Animation

At this stage, it has become a foregone conclusion to start expanding shares and financing.

In this case, as the largest individual shareholder of ICQ, Zu Ke will not object again, but only hopes to strive for the best interests for himself in the next process of "pulling allies and expanding development".

"Actually, I just want to be a shareholder in a safe way and wait for the dividends to be distributed honestly, but now others are not happy, this is forcing me~!"

That's what Zucker had planned in the first place.

Isn't it good to make money with peace?

However, sometimes this kind of thinking is too naive!

If you don't want to fight, others will fight with you!

To be honest, Zu Ke feels very difficult to start a business and develop it from scratch.

Just the number of companies currently in his hands is enough of a headache. To this end, Zhu Ke spent a lot of time to learn management knowledge.

Charging yourself has become an indispensable part of Zucker's life.

Well, transmigrators are awesome, that's right, but they're not omnipotent!

It is impossible to know everything and be proficient at everything.

Even those powerful traversers who took over the industry with a market value of 100 billion at the beginning of traversal, but if they did not have the corresponding ability, they would only be swallowed and divided up by the wolves and leopards around them. Well, there is no second result!

Children who hold gold in the busy city are the way to die!

9 am.

There are less than 30 minutes before the official share expansion meeting of icq begins.

The founding teams such as Wisger and Vardy, together with Zucker, held an internal meeting first.

"Visig, you are the CEO of the company. Since you and everyone have decided to start expanding shares and financing, I won't say more, but... I want to hear it, and for the representatives of the upcoming parties. , which ones do you like? Or, which investment banks and companies do you think are beneficial to the development of our ICQ.”

Zucker said first.

"My friend, I am very happy that you can agree to expand the shares." Wisger said very happily.

Zhu Ke shook his head and smiled and said, "My friends, I don't seem to have ever opposed the company's expansion of shares and financing, and the development of alliances. My original attitude was to stabilize for a period of time and then expand shares."

The shrewd Wisger immediately looked happy.

He knew that Zucker made a concession.

Vardy on the side continued: "Visig, hurry up. Mr. Wald's words are also something we need to consider."

Choosing the right allies is bound to play a decisive role in the future development of icq.

Pig teammate, but can't afford to hurt!

"Cough cough cough~"

Wesger cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Our primary target for financing and share expansion must be Microsoft, and it can only be it!"

"After all, Microsoft is the overlord of the computer system software industry. Once they invest in instant messaging, we will definitely not be able to fight it, so we must pull it into the game."

"As long as it is pulled in, it will further dispel their idea of ​​developing instant messaging software. Of course, even if it still enters the instant messaging field in the later stage, it will buy us enough development time."

The voice fell, and everyone nodded.

Zucker also agreed with this.

Microsoft, in the 1990s, was not only the overlord of system software, but also the famous rogue software!

Netscape is good enough.

In the 1990s, Netscape was the first Internet company to go public, with a market value of nearly 10 billion US dollars at its peak. In the world, countless people enter the Internet through Netscape browsers every day.

Its huge number of users has made countless people optimistic about the future development of Netscape.

For a time, the limelight was the same.

However, Microsoft is jealous!

It took a fancy to this piece of fat in the browser market.

Well, Microsoft's IE browser is here.

Relying on its dominance in the field of computer system software, Microsoft allows Internet users to forcibly install their IE browser when installing and updating computer system software, and set it as the default browser without the user's knowledge. device.

Therefore, in a very short period of time, it has enough users to compete with Netscape browsers.

In the course of the whole year of 1997, the browser war launched by Netscape and Microsoft, from the beginning of the two sides was evenly matched, to the friction that Microsoft pressed on the ground, it only took less than a year.

You can't accept this hooliganism!

Icq is awesome enough.

The world's first instant messaging software, with hundreds of millions of registered users worldwide, made AOL pay $408 million to acquire it in 1998.

But.

Microsoft is jealous again!

It launched MSN chat in early 1999.

Rogue pre-installation, forced installation of updates, etc., shot again.

In a very short period of time, the process of a wave of "browser wars" was replicated again. In one fell swoop, icq fell to the ground.

Therefore, for icq's first A-round share expansion, Zucker has a positive attitude towards the idea of ​​pulling Microsoft into the game.

......

After seven days.

Icq and representatives of major companies and investment banks around the world have negotiated again and again about the Series A financing.

In the end, representatives of five companies had the last laugh.

In icq's A round of financing, they shared 30% of icq's equity with an estimated market value of $200 million.

Microsoft, as the overlord of the computer system software industry, has a monopoly of 10%;

Goldman Sachs, a giant in Wall Street investment banking, won 5%;

News Corporation, the parent company of 20th Century Fox, has a worldwide media channel advantage, with a 5% share.

Sequoia Capital, which has a huge advantage in small island countries, holds 5%;

Brand computer HP, share the last 5%;

In the end, the founding teams such as Wesger, including Zucker, still have 70% of the equity remaining, and still occupy the absolute controlling stake in icq.

Well, although in the process of the A round of share expansion, Zhu Ke, Wesger and others have conflicts, but for the foreign predators, their fundamental interests are still the same. After all, if you don't join hands, you will only be swallowed up by big companies.

Therefore, the two sides are still considered one.

Of course, in the A round of share expansion, although Zucker also invested part of the funds, his shares were inevitably diluted.

35%!

This is Zucker's current stake.

Although the shares have been diluted, Zucker still makes a lot of money!

Net worth soaring!

According to the estimated market value of 200 million US dollars given by Morgan Investment Bank, Zucker's current shares are worth 70 million US dollars!

Compared with the investment of less than 2 million US dollars before, in just half a year, how can Zhu Ke make no money?

In fact, I have to say that because of Zhu Ke's intervention, the development of icq in this life is much better than the previous one.

The A round of financing initiated by icq this time not only allowed the company to obtain 60 million US dollars of development funds, but also attracted a group of powerful allies with strong influence all over the world.

All of the above can make the development of icq company enter the fast lane!

As for those instant messaging companies who have responded and want to follow suit, it is expected that in the next time, they can only eat farts in the back.

The founding team, including Wesger and Vardy, were quite excited.

They began to plan future development strategies to further expand icq.

As for Zucker, what he is thinking about now is to mortgage a part of the shares and loan a sum of money from the bank to create his own Internet company.

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