I Am A Trilionaire - Chapter 22
The development of Noah’s Ark is on the right track step by step.
At the end of the year, the annual financial statements of other large Henry companies have also been released.
Among them, Cisco’s total sales exceeded 100 million US dollars in 1987. Except for a variety of other costs, annual profits have reached more than 30 million US dollars. Pixar Animation Studios’ financial deficit is as high as 3.5 million US dollars. The Nicholas Group (including the Nicholas website, IMDB website, Netscape Browser, Nicholas Logistics, Global Online) is even higher with a deficit of more than 40 million. Noah’s Ark has a deficit of more than two million! The financial statements of the West German Publisher House are also out, with an annual profit of 19 million US dollars!
The difference between fiscal spending and income is called a deficit, and Nicholas is spending too much money this year. Build a warehouse, create a logistics company, prepare global online, advertise on TV, and add new products to the website. Before the end of the year, under the auspices of Geely Hutt, the Nicholas website successively added music tapes, shoes and clothing products. But when goods are sold, Nicholas basically loses money. Not only are online goods cheap, plus website operating costs, warehouse costs, and logistics costs, Nicholas actually loses!
Henry was not surprised after reading the financial statements.
Losing money is nothing, because e-commerce companies lose money in the initial stages. Without input, how can there be output? In addition, with the advent of the Internet era, Internet companies will be crazy sought after by investors! Every time I think of it before the dot-com bubble, any website listed on the market can make a lot of money! Henry felt that he could “step up the war well”, develop a website, and then go public. Develop another website, then go public!
At the end of 1987, Netscape’s market value surprised many people! When it first went public, Netscape’s market value had reached 500 million US dollars. Now, Netscape’s market value exceeds 2 billion. Nicholas Group Corporation holds 77.5% of Netscape’s shares. If you secretly sell shares in the stock market, Nicholas will get money. Because of this, Henry was not worried about not having money to use!
“Chairman, your coffee.” Helen brought a cup of coffee for Henry at this time.
“Thank you,” Henry took a sip and asked, “Is your mother’s illness okay now?”
“Thank you for the chairman’s attention, my mother is much better!”
“That is good!” After Henry finished speaking, he saw Helen stop talking and say, “What’s wrong with you, do you have something to say?”
Helen hesitated, then bit her lip and asked Henry: “Chairman, is Cisco your company too?”
“Oh yes, that’s right!”
“Then … You also founded the Cisco Charity Fund?” Helen whispered, her beautiful face slowly turning red.
“Yes!”
As soon as Henry finished speaking, Helen cried and hugged him: “Chairman, thank you for helping my mother, thank you !!!”
Henry feels that two sponges are blackmailing him unconsciously. But even more unexpected was Helen kissing Henry’s cheek after hugging Henry. Henry was suddenly stunned, feeling that he face was covered in moist and soft lips, and he felt a slight throb in he heart for no reason!
Helen herself was suddenly shocked, and her face immediately turned red, and she ran back to her office like a frightened deer.
Henry looked at she back and smiled to her: “That little girl, how dare you kiss me secretly !!”
During the day, when Helen saw Henry, her face looked flushed, When Henry looked at her, the color on her face turned red like a pepper sauce.
Helen was only 16 years old, but she was 168 cm tall and she was very slim and charming. Although Henry was only thirteen or fourteen years old, he was slightly taller than Helen, around 170 cm. Because Helen was not wearing high heels, the two walked tall to match even though Henry was still taller. The company has its own cafeteria, Henry likes to eat with company employees, which can also increase Henry’s affinity and strengthen company cohesion!
Seeing the boss go out to eat in the cafeteria, Geely Hutt is embarrassed to go to the hotel to eat alone! When Henry was at Nicholas, he usually accompanied Henry to dinner.
Today, Geely Hutt feels a little strange. He thought about it, oh, it turns out that Helen always asks a few questions related to work for lunch every day, but today is strange, she really bows her head and eats without saying anything!
“What happened to Helen today?” Geely Hutt asked curiously.
Where Helen dared to answer he question, Helen only buried her head lower.
Henry smiled and said, “Hehe, it’s nothing. Helen just passed her 16th birthday yesterday, and an teenager now!”
“Yesterday was Helen’s birthday,” said Geely Hutt.
“Yes! Geely, you haven’t given Helen a birthday present yet.”
“Oh, I’m sorry, Helen, I’ll buy you a birthday present tonight, otherwise your little boss will definitely be mad at me if I don’t give you a present.” Geely Hutt said with an exaggerated expression.
“No, it doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter if you don’t buy it,” whispered Helen.
“Why is it okay? Geely, if you want to buy it, you can buy it now, and if Helen has to wait until evening, do you have the heart to let her wait?” Said Henry.
“Alright, I’ll go now!” Geely smiled, right after he finished eating, he could go to the mall not far from the company.
When Geely Hutt was about to leave, Henry called out to he, “Geely, buy one for me, thank you!”
“…” Geely looked at Henry and was speechless.
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1988 is here.
On January 1, today, Global Online was officially launched!
As the world’s first portal website, Global Online has a very simple interface and looks very clean.
At the top of the website is a beautiful global online logo.
Then the following are the services provided by Global Online: e-mail, movie entertainment, news and information.
Below is a square box, including the most popular websites at the moment. Nicholas’ website is ranked first!
Global online promotion is a bit “crazy”, because every time you open the Netscape browser, the global homepage appears instantly online! In addition, there is no function to select the homepage in the “Settings” of the Netscape browser, meaning that users do not even have the right to vote! Now the Netscape browser is a portal to the Internet, and Global Online is also a portal site, with a double monopoly. Henry sometimes feels when he does this, is this too naughty?
However, what I give to users is clearly the best. Because it’s the best, why not a little be naughty? When I became “Ruler of the internet”, I had to ensure my security first to make a profit. Then build your own security guard! Whoever is naughty, I will destroy! ! ! !
Many people in Sequoia Capital have started to react. They invested 15 million US dollars in AOL initially. Now AOL has grown to a certain scale, and its users are far more than Nicholas. Because the online services they provide are exactly what netizens need, such as e-mail, news and information … and they have even begun to provide Internet access services, and their business has grown very rapidly.
Sequoia Capital and AOL both swear and agreed that AOL will be the next Netscape!
This will also do wonders for Nasdaq! ! !
Just when Sequoia Capital and AOL were dreaming, Global Online suddenly came and blocked them! ! !
On that day, the number of online users registered throughout the world exceeded two thousand!
The next day, the number of online users registered throughout the world exceeds 10,000!
On the third day, the number of global online registered users exceeds 30,000!
On the fourth day, global online registered users exceed 50,000!
One month later, the global online homepage announced data: “There are 250,000 users accessing the Internet in the world, 240,000 of whom are registered users of Global Online !!!”
In addition to the role played by the mandatory Netscape browser homepage, global online has achieved high achievements. What is more important is that the services provided by global online are well-liked by netizens. Otherwise, people will not do it registration!
Graphical e-mail interfaces such as epoch making, simple interface, simple operation, complete functions, and you can use e-mail on every computer connected to the network to manage your own account, not other e-mails. The computer is tied to an account. In terms of movie entertainment and news information, Global Online also provides the latest and hottest entertainment news. Global Online has spent more than two million on just one thing to recruit editors who are experts in gathering data.
All things are the best, most practical, and most interesting for netizens. Therefore, success must also be taken for granted!
The global online wins and immediately celebrates with champagne. Conversely, the Company of AOL is depressed. This month, the number of AOL users has fallen rapidly, from 30,000 at the beginning to less than 1,000.
Steve Case’s face was frowning, sitting in the office smoking, still.
Next to him, apart from some of the company’s top executives, there was Ford Brook, a representative from Sequoia Capital.
Ford Brook’s face was very ugly, and he was no longer proud to show off Sequoia Capital financing to AOL in front of Henry. He asked: “Steve, did you find a solution? Global Online has directed its weapons at us, and if we don’t carry out an effective counterattack, AOL will end!”
Steve Case pinched cigarette butts and said coldly, “They have a Netscape browser to help them, and they occupy the first place. Therefore, our first goal is to remove it from the eyes of the world! Otherwise, it will be difficult for AOL to compete. Online global. Second, our e-mails need to be changed. They have a graphical e-mail interface, and we also do a graphical e-mail interface with the same function. We have achieved these two points, and we will definitely beat global online! ”
Steve Case is clearly unaware of the true core competitiveness of the online global. He thinks it’s just e-mail and Netscape, the portal is the core competitiveness of the online global! ! !
So, even if Steve Case does what he says, AOL will still be inferior to Global Online. What’s more, Netscape and global online email are not easy to beat. E-mail is mainly used for communication and business. Only a few people use multiple e-mail accounts. Besides, they don’t want to change it after they get used to it. This is a human habit.
After waiting for the user to use email for a certain period of time, Henry will issue a rating system, log in once a day to get a little experience, and open a variety of value-added services after the upgrade. If you provide free cloud space, you can save files or images.
When Ford Brook heard what Steve Case said, he was surprised, Steve Case was so brave that he dared to challenge the status of the Netscape browser?