If the news of getting 800 million U.S. dollars in financing gets out at once, I'm afraid the entire Silicon Valley will start to explode.

10% of the equity, an investment of 800 million U.S. dollars in equity, this is an investment that makes all Internet companies crazy. It has almost raised the ceiling of the Internet industry by a large amount. With icq’s current

The valuation is listed, and the stock price will definitely exceed tens of billions of dollars after listing!

More importantly, icq will also test the Internet TV station with NBC. This is definitely the first time for the Internet and the media industry. No one can say how it will happen, but the newly established TV station will definitely break the gap between traditional media and the Internet.

barrier.

"Song, I need to stay in San Jose for a few more days, and I'm afraid I need to disturb you!"

After signing the agreement and shaking hands, Immelt suddenly said to Song Yang, obviously not planning to leave immediately.

Brian Roberts on the side knew that Immelt must have discussed the merger with Song Yang, but Immelt spoke first, and it was really hard for him to find another opportunity to speak.

However, as long as Immelt wants to promote the merger, Comcast will definitely have the opportunity to intervene!

Jeff Skilling, Greg Maffei and others hurried back and reported to their respective companies. The amount of information obtained this time was huge.

Many of the reporters squatting under the icq office building had dispersed by this time, but there were still some media reporters squatting there.

When they saw Jeff Skilling and others coming down from the building, they immediately gathered around them. The relationship between Microsoft and the media has never been good, and this time they were anxious to go back to see Bill Gates, so Greg Maffei

, Todd got into the car directly under the escort of security personnel, without saying a word to the media and reporters.

On the contrary, Jeff Skilling tidied up his clothes and accepted an interview with the reporter. Enron is a traditional energy company and is naturally not as popular as technology companies such as Microsoft. It needs the media to promote it, increase its popularity, and continue to raise its stock price.

The relationship between the media cannot be bad.

"Yes, Enron invested in icq, investing US$160 million for 2% of icq's equity!" Jeff Skilling said seriously.

The reporter who was interviewing Jeff Skilling was stunned for a moment, then realized and couldn't help shouting, "President Jeff, are you saying that Enron valued ICQ at US$8 billion?!"

All the reporters were looking at Jeff Skilling as if they were on fire. They thought that no more news would come out today, but who knew that such a big melon would be waiting for him.

The original valuation of icq was US$6 billion. This group of media and reporters felt that it was exaggerated. Who knew that Enron would invest in icq at a price of US$8 billion? If it weren't for Jeff...

Skilling said it himself, and the media and reporters all doubted whether he was deceived...

Jeff Skilling said, "I think this investment is completely worth it. The facts will prove everything. In addition..."

Jeff Skilling didn't want to be the only one looked at by these reporters as if they were looking at fools, "This time, Enron, Microsoft, Comcast, and General Electric jointly invested in ICQ!"

After releasing the big melon, Jeff Skilling got up and left. The news had been released. For Enron, this was enough.

I heard that this time, several companies jointly invested in icq. Even after a simple estimate, the reporters and media present knew that this investment may far exceed their expectations.

After Jeff Skilling left, a crowd of media and reporters surrounded Brian Roberts who had just come out.

And in the evening, a shocking news suddenly came out of Silicon Valley, even far surpassing the previous shock that icq announced that it would raise US$300 million in financing.

Previously, icq made a bold statement that it would raise US$300 million, which attracted the attention of the entire Silicon Valley. However, many people felt that icq was crazy and wondered who would pay such a high price to take over icq. But

The news that came out at night made everyone dumbfounded.

Microsoft, Enron, Comcast, and General Dynamics are all listed companies. They successively issued announcements about icq that day. Even a simple calculation will reveal that the investment in icq by the four companies has reached an astonishing eight times.

Billions of dollars!

The valuation of icq was blown up to a sky-high price of US$8 billion in one breath. When the media reported this news, the entire Silicon Valley was in an uproar, and even Wall Street was not much better.

"We don't know what Bruno Song said today, but according to the information we have now, we have obviously underestimated icq. Maybe it may be much more than that!"

An Internet industry analyst from Goldman Sachs said helplessly when faced with the media cameras that came to interview him. Who would have thought that this time, four companies would actually become big players.

Silicon Valley venture capital and Wall Street institutions all think icq is too expensive, but General Electric and Microsoft are trying their best to raise the price of icq. Who can explain this?

And then, more news came out that icq will work with NBC to form a new TV station that spans the Internet and traditional media, which caused a shock in the entire media industry.

This is the first time that traditional media has been involved in traditional media since the rise of the Internet industry. It is also the first time that traditional TV stations have cooperated with the Internet industry. No one knows whether it will cause friction or just be a mess, but what is certain is that this will

Created a precedent for the Internet!

"I need to know what happened!"

At the Goldman Sachs headquarters, a middle-aged man with a bald head and glasses pointed his finger at his confidant, Pellegrini, who had previously worked with America Telecom.

Pellegrini acted very cautiously in front of middle-aged men. The man in front of him was Paulson, who just became the head of Goldman Sachs this year, and is now the true king of Wall Street.

The bald Paulson was once one of the main players in school football. He was nearly 1.9 meters tall and seemed to always be energetic. Even as his confidant, Pellegrini faced the tough and domineering character.

When working with Paulson, we have to be careful not to make any mistakes. The latter is also an out-and-out workaholic.

Paulson was born in Washington, and worked as a staff assistant to the Secretary of Defense of America. If it hadn't been for the Watergate incident, I'm afraid Paulson would have been in a high position in America, and then entered Goldman Sachs through the revolving door, and so did he.

One of the few elephant party members in high positions on Wall Street, and one of the most important fundraisers!

Paulson has a strong personality. He once said that 20% of Goldman Sachs' profits are created by 20% of its people. In other words, the remaining 80% of Goldman Sachs employees can be laid off. This is indeed what he said.

That's right. After taking over as the head of Goldman Sachs this year, Paulson laid off a bunch of people. This wave of killing chickens and monkeys completely established his authority at Goldman Sachs.

Of course, Paulson did not do this kind of layoffs at the Plenary Session, and he was also unambiguous about initiating bonuses. As soon as he took office, he made Goldman Sachs' bonuses the highest on Wall Street. Goldman Sachs' current employees receive salaries and bonuses.

, more than double that of other Wall Street institutions.

With both carrots and sticks, Paulson managed to keep the entire Goldman Sachs in check. In the first half of the year, Goldman Sachs' revenue reached its highest level in history. Now Paulson is planning to list Goldman Sachs, which is a big deal for Goldman Sachs and Paul.

For Sen, it's a big deal.

For the Internet industry, Goldman Sachs is currently adding fuel to the fire. After Paulson took office, he established a US$2.8 billion investment fund specifically for investing in global Internet companies.

The news coming out of icq today also attracted Paulson's attention. The sky-high valuation of icq, let alone Silicon Valley, even Wall Street, which is behind the Internet industry and fueling the flames, was a little shocked.

Wall Street wants to mature the Internet and cut the leeks, but icq's valuation this time still shocked Wall Street.

Paulson, a seasoned veteran, is very keen to discover that there must be something unexpected in ICQ's investment negotiations, otherwise Microsoft, Enron, and Comcast will not be taken advantage of.

Pointing at Pellegrini, Paulson told him with a serious face that he wanted him to find out what happened in the conference room in the ICQ building today.

Not only Goldman Sachs, but other Wall Street institutions that have caught wind of the rumor have also begun to inquire about the news. If something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Wall Street also knows this. If Microsoft and other companies can bet so many dollars on ICQ, then

There must be a reason. At least the current icq is worth 8 billion US dollars. Even if it is broken in half, the price is probably quite expensive.

Greg Maffei and Todd, who hurriedly returned to Seattle, met Bill Gates, and Microsoft immediately held a senior executive meeting.

At the Enron headquarters in Houston, Kenneth, who had just seen off his leader, smelled of alcohol, met Jeff Skilling.

Hearing what happened in the icq conference room, Kenneth was shocked for a long time, and then said to Jeff Skilling, "Jeff, Bruno Song is really like you. We are building a new company."

Internet media empire?!”

Kenneth couldn't help but rub his head and laughed to himself, "I really don't know what that kid has in his head. To be honest, if he really did it, I can't imagine what this media company would do."

Is the company going to surpass Enron’s market value?!”

With the current popularity of the Internet, the popularity of telecommunications, and the addition of NBC, Comcast, General Electric, and even Microsoft, Kenneth has no idea what kind of thing will be created by then, but he can

Thinking that as soon as this company appears, it will definitely become the focus of the entire Wall Street and the global media. Kenneth has seen Song Yang's ability to make things happen.

"Song promised to give us 3% of icq's equity?!" Kenneth asked what he was most concerned about.

Jeff Skilling nodded, "Song is a man who abides by the rules, I trust him on this!"

Kenneth was silent for a while, "Enron fully supports icq, you are responsible for this!"

Kenneth obviously agreed with Jeff Skilling's idea to let Enron spend money on icq in exchange for their equity in icq. As for whether Enron would lose money, Kenneth didn't care.
Chapter completed!