"It's just speculation from the outside world, I won't admit it anyway..." Li Zetian said with a shrug. At present, the number of netizens is small, and the value of the browser has not been reflected. Therefore, even if people speculate that the Netscape browser company was founded by Li Zetian, it will soon be forgotten. In fact, other than the industry concerned about this matter, other people don't care about it.
Sure enough, in less than half a month, the matter about the relationship between Netscape browser and Li Zetian faded out of people's attention.
For Li Zetian, this is the best way to make a fortune in silence.
Netscape browsers, Yahoo, and Google all developed very well. Of course, so far, these three companies have been losing money, but due to their small scale, they can't burn much money. Even if the three companies add up, it is estimated to be only a few million dollars a year.
With the invention of the WWW and the browser, more and more users have joined the Internet, and the shocking release of the Yahoo portal has played a role in fueling the flames. Telecom companies have also realized the value of the Internet. Therefore, in the next six months, major telecom companies in the United States have begun to vigorously build commercial networks. In order to maintain its lead, Sprint is also working hard to build a larger fiber network.
By the end of the year, SprintNet alone had surpassed NSFnet in coverage.
In the past six months, Li Zetian didn't make any big moves, as if he was dormant and disappeared from people's sight. In fact, Li Zetian just calmed down to study, further education, and improve his abilities in all aspects. And how should the companies under his name develop, or how to develop. As a hands-off shopkeeper, Li Zetian rarely participates. Of course, also because there is not much cash reserve in the account of the umbrella company, Li Zetian is waiting for this year's dividend. If you have money, you can do things!
So, in January 1989, Li Zetian laughed, and the dividends really increased year by year. In 1988, the Umbrella Company received $8.5 billion in dividends. If it weren't for the "Black Monday" that broke out in 1987, it would take a while to take a breather, and the dividends would only be more!
After the Umbrella Company received dividends, Li Zetian increased R&D investment to ASML, Applied Materials, Intel, Evolver Robot, and Cronos Industries, and made every effort to provide hardware. If the hardware can't keep up, no matter how good the software is, it won't be able to carry it. Li Zetian invested $1.2 billion in ASML, which only developed lithography machines. The more advanced the lithography machine, the more powerful the chip!
Li Zetian has also acquired ASML for several years. Technically, ASML has surpassed Japan's Nikon and Canon. In terms of market share, ASML is crushing both of them. You must know that both Intel and the wafer foundry belong to Li Zetian's industry, and the fertilizer and water do not flow to outsiders. The production equipment for the purchased chips are all from ASML and Applied Materials.
In fact, Li Zetian has not regarded Japan's Nikon and Canon as rivals.
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"Mr. Li, according to our statistics, as of January 1, 1989, the number of Internet users in the world exceeded 250,000!" Dongfang Yuqin said excitedly in the office.
Li Zetian smiled lightly and said: "As telecommunications companies enter the Internet access service industry and computers are popularized, the number of Internet users will show a leaping development! I estimate that maybe by 1990, the number of Internet users in the world will exceed 1 million!! !"
What Li Zetian said is not unreasonable. The popularity of personal computers in the United States is very high, and the network is developing very fast. With the efforts of major telecommunications companies, more and more users will be connected to the Internet.
After a pause, Li Zetian continued: "Actually, 1 million is nothing. By the beginning of the 21st century, it may grow to 1 billion netizens!"
Dongfang Yuqin opened her mouth slightly, looking a little surprised.
Li Zetian took a sip of water, looked at Dongfang Yuqin's expression, and couldn't help but smile: "Don't believe it, the Internet is developing faster than you can imagine!"
Dongfang Yuqin saw that Li Zetian was so certain, so she believed it for the time being, and immediately thought of something and said, "Mr. Li, the number of netizens is increasing, and the pressure on broadband and servers is increasing. King Browser and Yahoo are spending more and more money every day, but so far, neither company has the means to make a profit…”
Li Zetian leaned his head back on the chair and asked leisurely, "Do you have any good ideas?"
Dongfang Yuqin nodded and said: "I think this way, since there are so many netizens using Netscape browsers and Yahoo portals, can this traffic be converted into money. As we all know, the TV industry's ratings The higher the rate, the higher the advertising. And we can also use the huge network traffic for advertising!”
Li Zetian heard this and had to give Dongfang Yuqin a thumbs up, because she was so right.
"You can think of converting network traffic into advertising revenue, it's already very powerful!" Li Zetian clapped his hands and smiled, "Yes, advertising will be one of the main means of profit for Internet companies! However, advertising will affect the user experience. , I'm not ready to open an advertising business for the time being."
Dongfang Yuqin frowned slightly when she heard the words.
Li Zetian explained with a smile: "With the current number of netizens, how much money can you make even if you open an advertising business? As long as you monopolize the market and don't allow competitors to take advantage, you will naturally be able to make money back in the future."
"Yeah." Dongfang Yuqin nodded.
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There are more than one smart person. With the increase in the number of netizens, the value of the Internet has gradually been reflected, and more browsers have begun to appear on the market in an attempt to carve up Netscape's market share. The number of websites is also increasing, but the Yahoo portal is becoming more popular. The "Matthew effect", the stronger the stronger and the weaker the weaker, is fully reflected in this aspect.
Go out to find a map, go online to find Yahoo!
The first thing the majority of netizens do after dialing the number is to open the Yahoo portal, which seems to have become a habit.
Since then, as long as Yahoo doesn't make too many mistakes, other portals will surely fail to catch up.
Li Zetian often wonders if it is possible to develop the Amazon website. Although e-commerce is a bit early, not only will it not make money, but it will even lose money, but at least it has taken the lead and occupied the e-commerce market.
So, at the end of January 1989, Li Zetian called Jeff Bezos and asked him to lead the development team to build the Amazon e-commerce website.
After Li Zetian finished speaking, Jeff Bezos couldn't help but be shocked and was deeply shocked by Li Zetian's idea.
At this time, Amazon Bookstore is not even in the top 30 in the huge American bookstore market, but Jeff Bezos believes that with Amazon's e-commerce website, Amazon will sooner or later become the world's largest retail bookstore.
"Chronos Li is indeed a genius!" Jeff Bezos couldn't help sighing in his heart.