The richest man starts with a blind box

Chapter 434 The Peak of Yang Zhiyuan's Life
"We plan to completely occupy the leading position of portal websites in 120 major countries around the world before Christmas this year, and at the same time build an entire online advertising alliance with Yahoo as the core, so that all websites and advertising companies around the world can join this In the alliance, use the Internet to promote their products at a suitable and cost-effective price, and then promote the transformation from traditional channels to online channels!" At the press conference, Yang Zhiyuan said vigorously.

This time is undoubtedly the most glorious day in Jerry Yang's life. Under his leadership, Yahoo has successfully achieved a total market value of more than 1 billion US dollars.

This is an unprecedented achievement for a purely virtual network company. After all, whether it is Amazon, Microsoft, or Cisco, these seem to be network companies, but their roots are still in physical production, even Microsoft. It is also a Windows system, and it is a real software provider, and it also sells products.

But Yahoo doesn't have these things. He relies purely on network services and has reached an astonishing market share of 1500 billion US dollars.

And that was after the dot-com crash of 2000.

In fact, in 2000, Yahoo had already reached a market value of 1200 US dollars, but with the collapse of the Internet bubble, Yahoo's market value fell to about 500 billion US dollars in one breath.

At that time, many people said that Yahoo was finished, but the fact is that under the leadership of Jerry Yang, Yahoo returned to 1500 billion US dollars.

And this day is the moment when Yahoo announced its financial report for the first half of this year. At the same time, Jerry Yang held a small press conference to publicly explain Yahoo's future development findings to all investors in Yahoo.

"All in all, in the next five years, Yahoo's development goals are very clear. That is to continue to expand and consolidate Yahoo's dominant position in portal websites, and at the same time actively develop search engine business, instant messaging business, mailbox business, and e-mail business. Business business!"

"At the same time, Yahoo will also become an investment company, investing in many emerging companies in the Internet industry. For example, we reached an acquisition agreement with China's 3721 company a week ago to acquire 1.2 for 3721 million U.S. dollars. Then Use 3721 as a springboard to fully enter the Chinese Internet market!"

"In addition, we believe that 3721, and the network assistant model represented behind it, are very beneficial to the use of the Internet in different countries, languages, and texts around the world. The 3721 model can be extended to the global Yahoo website... ..."

After Yang Zhiyuan finished speaking in Mandarin, there was warm applause and cheers at the scene, and many Yahoo shareholders shouted excitedly, which made Yang Zhiyuan enjoy it very much.

Soon, Jerry Yang's speech ended, and the next time was for reporters and small shareholders to ask questions freely, and the reporters on the scene were also very face-saving, asking some questions about why Yahoo is so awesome, and Jerry Yang couldn't answer. Very atmospheric, the whole scene was full of joy.

Suddenly, a reporter raised his hand and asked, "Mr. Yang, Google and Yahoo have been separated for more than a month. How would you comment on the development of Google now? I heard that you were very unhappy when Google left Yahoo. !"

Hearing this question, everyone's heart moved, and they looked at Yang Zhiyuan curiously at the same time.

As time goes by, many people know the story of Google's separation from Yahoo at that time, how Google used the power of a Chinese company, the investment of the Western Mustang Company, and Yahoo's arrogance to quietly take back from Yahoo! All user data, and then completely out of Yahoo control and independent story.

This story has also become a hot topic in the market. It is said that two or three universities are planning to compile this story into a textbook as a classic case to teach students how to achieve data independence from the hands of large Internet companies.

All in all, this is a very embarrassing thing for Yahoo. It is said that Jerry Yang was about to smash his office at that time. Now that the reporter has taken the initiative to mention Google, he is afraid that Jerry Yang will explode again.

Unexpectedly, when Jerry Yang heard this question, he smiled and said, "I respect Google's decision to leave Yahoo. I was really unhappy at the time, but now I am grateful for the decision made by Google!"

"It is precisely because of Google's departure that we, who were still hesitating, decided to devote ourselves to Yahoo's search business, so we finally made it a week ago, half a year earlier than planned, and let Yahoo search be fully launched on Yahoo! "

"Through Yahoo's search, we can complete the last piece of the puzzle of Yahoo's business and make up for our shortcomings. In the future, we don't need the help of third-party search engines."

"In this way, users can experience fast website guidance services such as direct links and keyword searches through Yahoo's website. Simply put, users only need one Yahoo in the future, and no other Any guidance website service!" Yang Zhiyuan's words caused applause from the audience, and the launch of Yahoo search is actually the reason why Yahoo was able to break through the total market value of 1 billion US dollars.

In the eyes of the market, Yahoo has indeed made up for the last shortcoming of its business landscape, as if it has evolved from a mature stage to a full-scale Digimon. Cengceng up.

So now the Google matter is actually not Yang Zhiyuan's pain point, on the contrary, it has become Yang Zhiyuan's cool point. Yahoo can grow so fast.

So this reporter's question not only did not make Yang Zhiyuan feel uncomfortable, but secretly pleased him.

"Huh!" Just when the press conference was peaceful, several reporters let out a few exclamations one after another, and at the same time stared at the phone tightly, making Yang Zhiyuan feel that something was wrong, and asked directly on the stage. "Several journalist friends, did something happen?"

"This..." The expressions of these reporters were slightly hesitant, and the last fat female reporter said, "Mr. Yang, we just saw some changes in the stock market through the mobile phone. The total market value of Yahoo is 1 billion US dollars. It fluctuated left and right, and now it has been adjusted back to 500 billion US dollars!"

"Ahem!" There was a commotion at the scene, and then everyone looked at Yang Zhiyuan curiously.

Now Jerry Yang and Yahoo are celebrating that their total market value has exceeded 1 billion US dollars, but now they have fallen back. Isn't it embarrassing?
As expected, Yang Zhiyuan's expression became a lot more uncomfortable in an instant, but he soon regained his smile and said, "The fluctuation of the stock market is normal, there is nothing worth paying attention to!"

"It's 1472, it's dropped to 1420!" As a result, more than ten minutes later, several reporters shouted again regardless of the occasion.

Dropped to 1420?
Yang Zhiyuan's expression was not so calm anymore. He remembered that when the press conference was held, Yahoo's total market value stood at 1 billion U.S. dollars, but now it has dropped to 522 billion U.S. dollars. Couldn't it be that the market value of 1 billion U.S. dollars has dropped within an hour? This fluctuation is a bit big.

"Friends almost from the press, are your data accurate?" Yang Zhiyuan couldn't help asking, "You should pay attention to the changes in the stock market through mobile phone text messages, but the data sent by the mobile phone is subject to delays and errors may occur. , is your data accurate?"

"Of course it is accurate. This is Google's new stock market consulting mobile version. The latest stock price changes can be displayed directly on the mobile phone. It will be refreshed every minute. There will be no problem!" The reporter said subconsciously, and then realized that he seemed to be I said something I shouldn't have said.

Sure enough, looking at Yang Zhiyuan again, his expression was as murderous as a pig, but it was obviously impossible for Yang Zhiyuan to get mad at the reporter at the scene, so he could only force his smile.

"I see, I know why Yahoo's stock price plummeted!!" Suddenly, another reporter yelled, and then all the eyes of the phenomenon focused on this reporter, even Yang Zhiyuan's own eyes were no exception. .

"Hehe!" The reporter realized that he had lost his composure, but seeing everyone staring at him, he knew what he had to say, so he said, "I just checked the public account of the Western Mustang Company and found that They sold 200 billion dollars worth of Yahoo stock in one hour, which caused the stock price to plummet!"

"West Broncos? Where did they get the $200 billion in Yahoo stock?" Several financially proficient reporters said to themselves.

"Of course it's a short sale, don't you know?" The reporter who found out the news quickly said, "More than half a month ago, the second phase of the Western Mustang Company's fund had just been raised, and then they directly announced the next phase The investment strategy stated above clearly stated that they wanted to short Yahoo’s stock, and they still wanted to short $200 billion together.”

"Oh, it seems that there is such a thing!" Many reporters suddenly remembered that this news caused quite a stir at the time, but as Yahoo's stock price continued to rise, many people thought that little Swift was too Self-righteous, about to fall a somersault.

Facts have proved that Little Swift is indeed on top. He thought that after he announced that he was going to short Yahoo, he had nothing. He seemed to have completely forgotten about it, and the popularity of the news gradually dropped. I didn’t expect him to make a move now. !
"Found it!" Another reporter soon said, "Yesterday West Mustang Investment borrowed 13 billion US dollars of Yahoo stock from a total of 200 institutions, and then sold all the 200 billion shares at the highest point today. "

"The total time for borrowing is three months, which means that the Western Mustang Company is sure that Yahoo's stock price will plummet within three months, and from the interest rates that need to be paid for short selling, as well as the suppression and recovery costs of selling, Yahoo's stock price must fall. Returning to a total market value of less than 1 billion U.S. dollars will make a good profit!" Another reporter concluded.

These reporters were all chatting about the wild horses of the west, and left the main character, Yahoo, aside. Yang Zhiyuan's face was so ugly that he could almost eat people.

[There are a lot of things today, just two updates, 50 plus chapters, I'm afraid there will be more updates this month, I will make up next month, sorry. 】

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