Chapter 278

Chapter 278 Shuffle

  When he was in Silicon Valley, it was Song Yang who was plundered by others, but this time he was going to plunder Softbank's wool.

  Theoretically, if Softbank wants to establish a Japanese-branded Yahoo with Yahoo in Japan, of course Song Yang can be bypassed, but this depends on whether Song Yangsong will not let go. Obviously Song Yang is not willing to let go this time.

Softbank's current headquarters building is not as prosperous as the later generations, and it can monopolize a building. The current Softbank headquarters is in a building close to the office of Yanai Masa. The latter is the founder of Uniqlo. The two are both in Japan. descent.

Not only the various ethnic groups in America like newspaper groups, but also the Japanese. The stick-children, cochin-races, etc. are quite newspaper groups in this area. As the two most valuable Japanese stick-children, Masayoshi Son and Yanai Masa is also very close. Yanai Masa, who has never held positions in other companies except Uniqlo, is now an independent director of Softbank. One can imagine the relationship between the two.

  Song Yang, Irene, Whitman, Eiger and others drove towards the headquarters of Softbank in the convoy.

   While in the car, Irene handed a magazine to Song Yang, "Song, maybe you should read this, maybe it will be helpful for today's negotiation!"

Song Yang took the magazine, looked at it for a few times, and couldn't help showing a strange look in his eyes. This is a fortune magazine published by Japanese media, which also includes Sun Zhengyi's information, but it is not as "tall" as Sun Zhengyi's image reported in China. , and the experiences of legendary entrepreneurs, but they are quite different...

According to domestic media reports, Masayoshi Son started his career entirely on his own. He earned his first pot of gold by selling game consoles in America. He also invented a translator and sold it to Sharp to make a fortune. Last year, when Softbank went public, his net worth broke through ten. 100 million U.S. dollars, becoming one of the richest people in Japan and so on.

  But about his family, how he went to America, and how to sell game consoles in America, nothing was mentioned, and this magazine reported things that Song Yang hadn't seen before.

Just like the billiard room industry that Song Yang was thinking about yesterday when he first arrived in Japan, more than half of Sun Zhengyi's family, or the countless descendants who made their fortunes in Japan, all started from the billiard room. The family is no exception!

But being able to hang out in Japan's pachinko room industry and pay Sun Zhengyi to study in a prestigious American school without a scholarship is enough to prove that Sun Zhengyi's family is not short of money. You must know that it was the 1970s. Even for ordinary office workers in America, their monthly income is only more than US$1,000. An American family needs to tighten their belts to support one member to go to a prestigious school, let alone study abroad.

And Masayoshi Son started his business as an agent selling Japanese game consoles in America. To put it bluntly, he was a scalper. According to media reports, he was an 18-year-old young man in a foreign country, selling to his classmates a game equivalent to an ordinary American. The game console with a monthly salary has earned more than one million US dollars. This achievement, even the top ace salesman, may not be able to achieve it.

Whether the first pot of gold was earned by Sun Zhengyi, or whether his family normalized the money earned by the billiard room, no one can tell, but in the autobiography, it must have been brain-filled, just like Bill · Gates is the same as starting a family, all of them are spring and autumn brushstrokes.

   In the first year in America, Sun Zhengyi earned a million dollars by selling game consoles, and in the second year, Sun Zhengyi invented a pocket voice translator.

   But what the media did not report was that this thing was jointly developed by his mentor and America's top voice synthesis expert, Mozel, together with several technical experts, and then handed over to Sun Zhengyi for sale in Japan.

   While in Japan, Masayoshi Son directly met Sasaki, the father of Japan's electronics industry who served as the dean of the Sharp Research Institute, and sold this thing to Sharp. Sun Zhengyi was nineteen years old this year...

In Japan, where the hierarchy is strict, a young man wants to meet one of the founders of Sharp and sell the product he invented to Sharp for one million dollars. An order from the giant IBM, whether it has the same effect, it is not known.

Song Yang flipped through the magazine in his hand. This magazine from the Japanese media obviously didn't like Sun Zhengyi, who was a great son. He dug up a lot of black material, including Sun Zhengyi's brother, who ran several years ago in the family. Ten billiard rooms and other industries, in contrast, for Toyota Motor's Toyota family, etc., are touting.

Putting the magazine aside, Song Yang closed his eyes and thought, this magazine is true or not, but regardless of Sun Zhengyi's background, how did Sun Zhengyi get the first pot of gold, and he was able to establish the current Softbank in just a few years? , and betting on Yahoo and other Internet companies is enough to illustrate Sun Zhengyi's vision and courage.

  However, through the reports in this magazine, we can also know why Sun Zhengyi's investment style is so aggressive, and he can even be called fierce and domineering.

  When investing in Yahoo, he said to Yang Zhiyuan, "If you don't let me invest, I will invest in your competitor." It can be seen that Sun Zhengyi's character is more or less influenced by his family.

When the wind is down, this kind of reckless investment style is of course no problem, and it can also make a lot of money, just like Softbank investing in Yahoo. , it will definitely be a big somersault.

  After the car arrived at the Softbank headquarters, Sun Zhengyi took Masahiro Inoue and other people to meet Song Yang downstairs in person.

   It seems that he was not affected by Song Yang's soft silver fleece at all. The not tall Sun Zhengyi was still full of momentum, standing in front of the building in a gentle and elegant manner.

   "Song, I'm very glad that you can come to Japan!" When seeing Song Yang, Sun Zhengyi took the initiative to shake hands with Song Yang, and the two sides seemed to have a very close relationship.

   "I've always wanted to meet Song you, but after Yahoo went public, I never had a chance. I want to say that the idea of ​​double-click, Hotmail, and ICQ is absolutely genius!"

  When entering the Softbank headquarters, Sun Zhengyi and Song Yang talked about the Internet wave in America, and said to Masahiro Inoue and others who followed behind, "I have said it a long time ago, the information age is coming!"

   For Song Yang, Sun Zhengyi seems to be very appetizing. After entering Softbank, Masahiro Inoue took Irene, Whitman and others to visit. Sun Zhengyi and Song Yang entered his office.

  He raised the teacup, gestured to Song Yang, saw Song Yang nodded, and poured a cup of tea for each of them. Sun Zhengyi raised the tea, and after the two gestured to each other, Sun Zhengyi drank it down.

   Seeing Song Yang also drank it, Sun Zhengyi looked at Song Yang and smiled, "I thought you wouldn't like these..."

   "Everyone's choice is different, and what they want is also different!" Song Yang also smiled, and said to Sun Zhengyi with a pun.

  Sun Zhengyi and Song Yang looked at each other, and then began to mention the Internet situation in Silicon Valley, "Silicon Valley is much more chaotic than last year!"

   When talking about this, Masayoshi Son couldn't help sighing. Compared with the calm and quiet Japanese Internet industry, Silicon Valley has begun to reshuffle for the first time.

  After the listing of Netscape, it has set off the first wave of the Internet. After the major Internet companies are staking their land and recruiting troops, they are now also starting their first fight.

  Browser industry, the major Internet companies, are not interested in entering. It is really Netscape and Microsoft that killed it too badly, and other Internet companies are also being used as cannon fodder.

  In today's Internet industry, the most competitive areas are the search industry, e-mail and portal websites, and Yahoo occupies a major position in these industries, and can even be called the leader.

  Sun Zhengyi holds more than 40% of Yahoo stock, and most of his net worth is bet on Yahoo. It can be said that he has both prosperity and loss with Yahoo. Naturally, he is most concerned about Yahoo's situation.

   "Song, who do you think will be the winner of the portal in Silicon Valley?" Sun Zhengyi asked Song Yang, but it seemed to be testing.

  Song Yang also looked up at Sun Zhengyi. Sun Zhengyi acted decisively and never dragged his feet. No matter whether it was an enemy or a friend, asking Song Yang this question now must have an ulterior motive.

   "I think... Yahoo will win this Internet war!" Song Yang looked at Sun Zhengyi and said.

  Hearing this, Sun Zhengyi seemed to let go of his mind suddenly, poured another cup of tea, motioned to Song Yang, and drank it down.

  Inviting Song Yang to come here today, Sun Zhengyi is not only for the Japan-based Yahoo project, but also for Silicon Valley Yahoo. Sun Zhengyi needs to know whether Song Yang is an opponent or not!

  If so, then this time it's not just a matter of Japan's Yahoo, maybe it's going to be a fight with Song Yang at Yahoo's headquarters.

   "Song, I have always disagreed with Yahoo CEO Cooger's ideas. He is too deeply influenced by Wall Street. I think Yahoo and you are not competitors!"

Sun Zhengyi said to Song Yang, and sighed, "I heard news that Microsoft is planning to launch MSN portal, and AOL is also launching its own portal. There are also rumors that NBC may cooperate with Snap, and Disney is in touch. infoseek!"

  Yahoo is in the limelight, but it is not without crisis. Needless to say, technology giants such as Microsoft, traditional media giants such as NBC and Disney are also deploying Internet media.

  In this case, Sun Zhengyi didn't want Yahoo to start a war with Song Yang, but Coorg, who was partial to Wall Street, wanted to please Wall Street investors and make some big news to increase the stock price!

  "I have never regarded Yahoo as an opponent, whether it is Double Click or ICQ, I have always regarded Yahoo as an ally of the Internet!"

  Song Yang said that he didn't believe a single word, whether he believed it or not, he could only talk like this at this time, otherwise today's talk would be impossible, and Softbank's wool would not be available.

   Sun Zhengyi is obviously very satisfied with this answer, whether he really believes Song Yang's words or not.

  When entering the conference room, Masahiro Inoue of SoftBank, Irene, Gleick and others were already sitting on both sides of the conference room.

  Irene cast a questioning look at Song Yang, Song Yang didn't say much, just nodded slightly.