I Am A Trilionaire - Chapter 13
Henry waited for several days but did not see Ford Brook giving him a letter, maybe Sequoia Capital did not agree to a stock exchange. They believe that holding shares in Apple is more valuable than holding shares in the Netscape browser. Henry saw that Ford Brook hadn’t contacted him, and besides he didn’t care, when he got back, it was up to anyone who asked! Do not come in the future to cry and be pitied because you want to exchange shares, Henry must squeeze Sequoia Capital once in a while.
Noah’s Ark company settled in Silicon Valley, without noise, and did not make the media aware of it.
Henry believes that talking to products, saying less and doing more, and pragmatic innovation are the foundation of company development. That’s it, Noah’s Ark Company only holds a small cocktail party internally, which is considered a celebration of the company’s founding! In addition to company employees, present also included Bookstore CEO Nicholas Geely Hurt, Cisco Bosack CEO, Sequoia Capital Ford Brook, and three company chairs Henry Williams! ! !
The new CEO of Noah’s Ark was named Bob Gallagher. This man is also an extraordinary figure. He is a postdoctoral in computer science at Harvard University in the United States, and has an MBA simultaneously. He has served as deputy manager for the General Electric branch in Asia. He resigned in February 1986 and soon joined Cisco. Considering this man’s extraordinary ability and professionalism, Henry decided to entrust him with an important task and let him serve him as CEO of Noah’s Ark.
Bob Gallagher in his forties. He is a little fatter and taller. He doesn’t like to wear a suit. He always wears gray casual clothes. Fortunately, Henry was wise and did not insist on what clothes the company employees should wear.
Henry met Ford Brook at the reception, and he didn’t ask about stock exchanges. Everyone’s having fun and eating, chatting, and embracing each other.
After the reception, Henry called Bob Gallagher to talk to him and discuss how Noah Ark would develop in the future. Henry gave it all, even though he didn’t know much about servers, he still knew very little about tower servers and blade servers. For servers, the processor is the top priority.
As for the processor, which one is better?
Intel must do its part, but most Intel processors are developed based on the Windows operating system. Both are “messy” and form the Wintel Alliance to manipulate the market, so this processor is also sold at a high price! ! !
If Noah’s Ark is a server, it is best to have your own processor!
However, the difficulty was too high, the research and development costs were in the hundreds of millions, and Henry had no money to spend! Naturally, buying an Intel or other IBM processor has become a temporary plan. The most urgent thing is Noah’s Ark to design a web server that can meet the needs of today’s users! ! !
A total of 25 technicians from the Nicholas and Cisco Bookstores were assigned to Noah’s Ark. Bob then went to Stanford University and recruited 20 people locally in Silicon Valley, and almost moved an R&D team of 45 people. Everyone discussed what to do with this web server, what processor to choose, and the work went well!
Henry returns home. These days, he is also very busy. After a two-day break, he began resuming his novel. Nine novels in the “Harry Potter” series have been written, and now all of them are published in seven “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows”. Henry plans to write a science fiction novel, his name is “Jurassic Park”. This novel is a science fiction novel published by Michael Clayton in 1990. After being published, this novel immediately caused a national sensation, and also ranked first in the list of America’s best-selling novels.
Henry bought Pixar and was already a member of Hollywood, so naturally he had to make more preparations.
In addition, film entertainment is indispensable in the Internet industry. As an ambitious and high-spirited young traveler, it’s impossible not to set up the film industry!
Pixar is one of them, and copyrights from various good film novels are also one of them.
Besides Henry’s own writings, he can also get many famous novel scripts.
Henry works as a “book copyer” at home, and from time to time he also pays attention to national events and company development. CEO Nicholas Bookstore, Cisco, Noah’s Ark, and Pixar report to Henry every week, so Henry can understand the company’s operations even if he doesn’t come to the company.
Because of Cisco’s continued development, the speed of development of the Internet is at least two years longer than in previous lives, specifically the development of the National Science Foundation. This was the initial goal of establishing the US Science and Technology Fund Network. The original goal of the US Science Foundation Network was to exchange scientific research information, but in the hands of the capitalists, it would definitely get worse! US authorities immediately took back management rights of companies such as IBM and switched to operating on their own. But even so, many large companies in the United States have seen the benefits of it, so many companies have joined together to develop some professional commercial backbone networks.
The advent of commercial backbone networks means that the Internet will enter a period of prosperity, not just the Internet of schools, governments, scientific research institutes, and companies, but the Internet of all Americans! Ordinary people can also be connected to the Internet! ! ! Of course, investment in commercial backbone networks is very large, and it will not develop in a short time. However, in some developed regions, backbone networks have been established, and many Americans have joined the network.
As of January 1987, 13 major cities including New York, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, etc. Has joined the backbone network!
The development of networks has become a trend. Cisco has made significant achievements last year. After the annual report was released, it can be seen that Cisco’s sales in 1986 had reached 50 million US dollars, and the router for 1,000 US dollars was equivalent to the sales of ee thousand thousand routers. Compared to the performance in 1985, it has increased 5 times! ! ! Charles, President of Sequoia Capital, said: “In the beginning, Sequoia Capital should have invested more money !!!”
Ford Brook, executive director of Sequoia Capital, sighed: “Henry is tougher than Bill Gates !!!”
Henry could not see the eyes and annoyed tone of Sequoia Capital. He believed that humbling people were the king’s way, and the most important thing was to make wealth in silence. Although Cisco has become famous, not many people know Mr. Henry Williams as chairman of Cisco!
Unless Henry attends book signing events in England, he rarely appears in front of the media. He is mysterious, and outsiders know nothing about him.
On January 5, 1987, Bookstore CEO Nicholas Geely Hutt suddenly called Henry and told him that the “Internet Movie Database” website had been built, and let him go to see it.
Henry hurries the next day.
Come to the company, led by Geely Hutt and company technology chief Tom Wilson, enter the office, and then turn on the computer. Under Henry’s gaze, Tom Wilson entered the www website, and soon a familiar website appeared in front of Henry. Henry looked at the interface, and then tested the function for himself.
Various functions are similar to the previous IMDB.
After the test, Henry nodded in satisfaction, “Yes, this website is fine. By the way, has it been officially released?”
“Not yet,” said Geely Hutt.
“Then take it off now. Um … Does the Netscape browser have a pop-up feature?” Henry asked.
“Pop-up function?” Geely Hutt and Tom Wilson were stunned.
Henry is silent.
So, I explained to them: “Pop ups are small windows that appear through browsers or websites for advertising. Like our Netscape browser and the Nicholas Bookstore website, you can open that window. Help us to promote it. Database of internet movie websites our new !!! ”
Now, both of them understood in seconds. Geely Hurt and Tom Wilson admire the looks on their faces with expressions of wonder and admiration! It is predictable that once the function of the pop-up window appears, it will have an unparalleled effect on the publicity work!
“Chairman, this function is easy to implement, I will develop it !!!” said Tom Wilson excitedly.
“Yes.” Henry nods, but I still want to remind them not to keep popping up like the Chinese web ads that appear so often and end up making users upset. The first time the user opens the Netscape browser, a window appears once. The same applies to the Nicholas Bookstore website. Appearing too often will make the user easily angry and upset and then affect the user experience, and have a very bad impact on our future development. So, this must be remembered! ”
“got it !!!”
Henry smiles, even the company is developing apart from neglect, he also has his own existence, which can change things and improve things!
From the official establishment of the IMDB website in September last year to January this year, it took more than four months. The preparatory work is very detailed, collecting data, entering data, developing websites, etc. If you don’t hear it, it’s a blockbuster. The IMDB website will create a sensation in Hollywood, and that is to awaken the love of American screen names.
Ten days later, the Netscape browser starts.
This is amazing. As the only graphical browser in the United States, as a national Internet monopoly window, basically Internet users who use the Internet have seen a “strong” pop-up window! This was the first time they met in this window, it was good and interesting, and they could not help but click on it. After I entered, I saw a new website. This website has images and information. This is actually a film website.
After using it, I found that this website is too powerful. Films from the beginning of American films to the present are aired, and are worthy of being a film database. What is even rarer is that the film’s database actually has a rating system, not only for viewing films, but also for comments and exchanging suggestions below. This is really too humane and very loved by people. Some film lovers have registered an account to rate their favorite films, and then leave comments!
Although Nicholas Bookstore is more influential than a browser without Internet access, he also has many users and can be more or less effective.
Not long after, the IMDB website became popular. However, because there are some netizens, the level of popularity is also very average. However, all universities in the United States are Cisco’s main target, and students are the main consumers of film and even potential consumers in the future, so the effect is still quite large! Big Hollywood studios react differently to this website. Some don’t take it seriously, while others take it seriously.
IMDB growth will take time!
But history will prove that this will be a media website with a big influence on Hollywood. With this website, Henry has certain rights to speak in Hollywood!
Among Henry’s four companies, his favorite is Pixar because it’s the most fun and out of control. Pixar’s free creation, a different atmosphere of thought and their innocence made Henry feel much younger. Of course, Henry was now a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, but his heart was an uncle. When I came to Pixar, I saw funny cartoon characters on the computer, watched all the noisy people like children, and even imitated the shape and expression of the cartoon character. Very interesting!
The short film Pixar currently made is called LuxoJr., The protagonist in this film is the jumping light which later became the symbol of Pixar. Henry volunteered and said that he would dub the dancing lights. Everyone laughed at Henry’s request and said that he would “interview” first, or “come down” if that didn’t work, and didn’t treat Henry at all!
Everyone is familiar with it, jokes are often made, Henry doesn’t mind, an interview is just an interview. Of course, the process is much livelier. A large group of people in the studio came to witness the excitement. Henry is not shy at all, and calls it seriously. Not to mention, the final voiceover effect is pretty good. Pixar CEO Edwin immediately decided and asked Henry to label him the protagonist with dancing light!
Henry becomes an honorable voice actor!
But how long does an animated short film take? Henry’s voiceover work is done in one day!
This short film “LuxoJr.” Is Pixar’s first work. Everyone united and meticulously made this film, tried hard to make a classic film, and even rushed to win awards. In fact, the short Pixar film “LuxoJr.” In his previous life he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film and won the Golden Gate Award, the first jury award in the computer imaging category at the San Francisco International Film Festival!
After the production of “LuxoJr.” Finished, Henry discussed with them to make the leap of light a symbol of the company. So, a day later, the classic Pixar factory logo then appeared, and this logo was painted by Henry himself, and everyone agreed!
Then there was the LuxoJr problem.
This problem is really a big deal, a ten-minute animated short film will not be shown in theaters. What to do? Movie theater is only profitable. Films that are not valuable and cannot make money will not be shown. For an animated short film of only ten minutes, they are afraid that no one will even watch it.
Henry thought for a while, the key was still not well known, “LuxoJr.” Popular, maybe the cinema is willing to show it.
In the first step, Henry made a large publication on the IMDB website.
The second step is to send short films to the competition.
Henry does what he thinks, and when instructing the IMDB website to start publicity work, he sends “LuxoJr.” To participate in the Oscars