Silicon Valley

The development of Noah's Ark is on the right track step by step.

The year-end is approaching, and the annual financial statements of Henry's major companies have also been released.

Among them, Cisco's total sales in 1987 exceeded 100 million US dollars. Excluding various expenses, its annual profit has reached more than 30 million US dollars. The financial deficit of Pixar Animation Studio is as high as 3.5 million US dollars, and the Nicholas Group companies (including Nicholas website, IMDB website, Netscape browser, Nicholas Logistics Company, Global Online) are even more exaggerated, the deficit is as high as more than 40 million, Noah's Ark deficit reached more than two million! The financial statements of West German Press are also out, and the annual profit is 19 million US dollars!

The difference between fiscal expenditure and income is called a deficit. Nicholas used too much money this year. Build a warehouse, set up a logistics company, build a global online, advertise on TV, add new products to the website. Before the end of the year, under the auspices of Gilly Hurt, the Nicholas website has successively added music tapes, shoes and clothing products. But when things are sold, Nicholas is basically losing money. Not only are online things cheap, but also the operating costs of the website, warehouse fees, and logistics costs, Nicholas is actually losing money!

Henry was not surprised at all after reading the financial statements.

Losing money is nothing, and you will lose money in the early stage of doing e-commerce. No input, no output? Besides, with the advent of the Internet era, Internet companies will be wildly sought after by investors! Just think of the fact that before the Internet bubble, any website listed on the market can make a lot of money! Henry felt that he could "fight for war", develop a website, and then go public. Develop another website, and then go public again!

At the end of 1987, Netscape's market value has shocked many people! When it first went public, Netscape had a market value of $500 million. And now, Netscape's market value has exceeded 2 billion. Nicholas Group holds 77.5% of Netscape's shares, and if he secretly sells some shares in the stock market, Nicholas will have money. Therefore, Henry is not worried about running out of money to burn at all!

"Chairman, your coffee." Helen brought a cup of coffee to Henry at this time.

"Thank you." Henry asked after taking a sip, "Is your mother's illness better now?"

"Thank you for your concern, my mother is much better!"

"That's good!" After Henry finished speaking, he saw that Helen was hesitating to speak, and couldn't help but say again, "What's the matter with you, do you have something to say?"

Helen hesitated for a moment, then bit her lip and asked Henry, "Chairman, Cisco is also your company?"

"Oh yes, that's right!"

"Then... the Cisco Charity Fund was also established by you?" Helen whispered, her pretty face turning red gradually.

"Yes!"

As soon as Henry finished speaking, he saw Helen burst into tears and rushed up to hug her: "Chairman, thank you for helping my mother, thank you!!!"

Henry felt two balls of sponges crowding him, which made him uncomfortable. But what was even more unexpected was that Helen kissed Henry on the face after hugging him. Henry was suddenly stunned, feeling that his face was covered with a moist and soft lips, and he felt a throbbing in his heart for no reason!

Helen herself was also startled, her face flushed red, and she ran back to her office like a fly.

Henry looked at her back and smiled secretly: "Little girl, how dare you kiss me secretly!!"

At noon, when Helen saw Henry, her face became unnatural. When Henry looked at her, her face was instantly stained with a hint of sunset.

Helen just turned 16 years old, but she is already 1.68 meters tall, and her figure is also very slim and graceful. Although Henry was only thirteen or fourteen years old, he was a little taller than Helen, about one meter seven. Since Helen was not wearing high heels, the two walked together, and Henry was still taller. The company has its own cafeteria, and Henry likes to eat with people from the company, which can also increase Henry's affinity and enhance the company's cohesion!

Gilly Hurt saw that the boss went to the cafeteria to eat, how could he be so embarrassed to go to the hotel to eat by himself! During Henry's day at Nicholas, he usually accompanies Henry to dinner.

Today, Gilly Hurt feels a little weird. He thought about it, oh, it turns out that Helen always asks some work questions at lunch every day, but today it's weird, she actually lowered her head, ate in silence, and didn't say a word!

"What happened to Helen today?" Gilly Hurt asked curiously.

Helen dared to answer, only buried her head lower.

Henry smiled and said, "Hehe, nothing. Helen just turned 16 yesterday, and she's already an adult today!"

"Yesterday was Helen's birthday?" said Gilly Hurt.

"That's right! Geely, you haven't given Helen a birthday present yet."

"Oh, I'm sorry, Helen, I'll buy you a birthday present tonight, otherwise, your little boss will definitely show me the color." Gilly Hurt said with an exaggerated expression.

"No, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter if you don't buy it." Helen whispered.

"Why doesn't it matter? Geely, if you want to buy it, buy it now, and you have to wait until the evening. Are you sincere?" Henry said.

"That's right, I'll go now!" Geely laughed, just as he had finished his meal, he could go to a shopping mall not far away.

Just as Geely Hurt was about to leave, Henry stopped him: "Geely, buy one for me too, thank you!"

"..." Geely looked at Henry and said speechlessly.

...

1988 came.

On January 1st, this day, Global Online was officially launched!

As the world's first portal website, Global Online has a very simple interface and looks very clean.

At the top of the website is a beautiful global online logo.

Then there are the services provided by Global Online: e-mail, movie entertainment, news.

Below that is a box-like grid that includes the most popular websites of the moment. The first place is the Nicholas website!

The promotion of Global Online is a bit "crazy", because whenever you open the Netscape browser, the home page must be Global Online! Moreover, there is no function to choose the home page in the "Settings" of Netscape browser, that is to say, the user does not even have the right to choose! Now the Netscape browser is the gateway to the Internet, and Global Online is a portal website. It is a dual monopoly. Henry sometimes thinks that he is doing this, will it be too rogue?

However, what you offer your users yourself is definitely the best. Since it's the best, what's the point of being a rogue? When you become an "Internet Big Brother", you will naturally advocate "no hooligans, no bad things". Then build a security guard yourself! Who is rogue, I will do it! ! ! !

If the name "Global Online" is a coincidence, the ghost will not believe it!

There are already a lot of people inside Sequoia Capital who have started jumping. They invested 15 million US dollars in AOL at the beginning, and now AOL has grown to a certain size and has many more users than Nicholas. Since the online services they provide are exactly what the current netizens need, such as e-mail, news...even, they have begun to provide access to the Internet, and their business has grown very fast.

Both Sequoia Capital and AOL swore that AOL would be the next Netscape!

The same miracle will be staged on the Nasdaq! ! !

Just when Sequoia Capital and AOL were dreaming, Global Online suddenly came and blocked them! ! !

On that day, the global online registered users exceeded 2,000!

The next day, the global online registered users exceeded 10,000!

On the third day, the global online registered users exceeded 30,000!

On the fourth day, the number of global online registered users exceeded 50,000!

A month later, the Global Online Homepage announced a data: "There are 250,000 users connected to the Internet in the world, of which 240,000 are registered users of Global Online!!!"

In addition to the role played by the mandatory homepage of the Netscape browser, Global Online has achieved such a "hungry sky" achievement, and the most important thing is that the services provided by Global Online are deeply loved by netizens, otherwise, others will not Go sign up!

Graphical interface email is like an epoch-making thing, the interface is simple, the operation is simple, the functions are complete, and you can use email on every computer connected to the network to manage your own account, instead of other emails, a The computer is bound to an account. Speaking of movie entertainment and news, Global Online also provides the latest and hottest entertainment news and current affairs news. Global Online has spent more than 2 million on recruiting editors to collect data alone.

All things are the best, the most practical, and the most concerned by netizens. Therefore, success should also be taken for granted!

Global online kicks off and celebrates with champagne. In contrast, AOL was repressed inside. In this month, AOL's users have dropped rapidly, from 30,000 users at the beginning to less than 1,000.

Steve Case was sullen, sitting in his office smoking a cigarette, not saying a word.

Next to him, in addition to some of the company's top executives, is Sequoia Capital's representative, Ford Brook.

Ford Brook's face was very ugly, and he was no longer as proud as when he showed off Sequoia Capital financing AOL in front of Henry. He asked: "Steve, have you come up with a solution? Global Online has already turned its guns on us, and if we don't make an effective counterattack, AOL will be finished!"

Steve Case snuffed out the cigarette butt, and said coldly: "They have the Netscape browser to help them, and they occupy the first place. Therefore, our first goal is to remove this thorn! Otherwise, it will be difficult for AOL to compete Second, we have to change our e-mails. They have graphical interface e-mails, we also do graphical interface e-mails, and the functions are the same as theirs. These two points, we have done it, and we will definitely do it. Beat Global Online!"

Steve Case is clearly unaware of the true core competencies of global online. He thought it was just email and Netscape, but in fact, portals are the core competitiveness of global online! ! !

So even if Steve Case did what he said, AOL would still be no match for Global Online. Not to mention, Netscape and global online email are not so easy to beat. E-mail is mainly used for communication and business. Few people use several e-mail accounts. Besides, after they get used to it, they don't want to change it. This is a human habit.

After waiting for the user to use e-mail for a while, Henry will come up with the level system, log in once a day to gain a little experience, and after the upgrade, open various value-added services. If you provide free cloud space, you can store files or pictures.

When Ford Brook heard what Steve Case said, he was shocked. This Steve Case was really bold, and he dared to challenge the status of Netscape browser? ! (Sorry, I have something to do today, the update is slow, I'm sorry. Please support and vote for "Silicon Valley King"...)