Three days later, Qingtian Building, Chairman's Office.

Marc Andreessen looked with some restraint at the world's richest man who was much younger than him not far away.

He sat uncomfortably on the edge of the chair, his body seemed to be twisting uncontrollably, like a prisoner waiting for approval.

But it is true that the world's richest man in front of him is indeed very likely to determine the direction of his future destiny.

Thinking of this, Marc Andreessen couldn't help but uttered a curse word in his heart. He just wanted to get a relatively good investment amount for his browser. Why would he go to China thousands of miles away to meet a world leader?

The richest man.

This feeling is so dreamy.

You know, he was just an ordinary person born in a small town in Wisconsin. His father was a seed seller and his mother was an agricultural product salesperson.

Like many American children, he started to get in touch with computers at the age of nine, and then used this big toy to do things to amuse himself.

But occasionally I would help my father and mother by using a computer to count their sales and get some candies as a reward.

The only thing that is different from ordinary American children is that he taught himself Basic language in the library and was admitted to the Computer Science Department of the University of Illinois. Then he worked for the National Supercomputing Center while in school, thus gaining access to the Internet.

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In the second year after being exposed to the Internet, he became familiar with the Internet, so he came up with an idea.

That it would be more interesting to add graphics to the World Wide Web, so he developed a browser for surfing the Internet in six weeks.

At this time, the software used on the Internet was free, and the people who developed it either did it out of their own interests, or were funded by others. He was the former but also used funds provided by the university.

Later, this self-entertainment toy was spotted by Jim, a wealthy man from a visual computing technology company.

Jim told him that the little toy he invented called a browser was very promising, and he hoped to commercialize it, and maybe he would have a chance to become a multimillionaire.

Become a multi-millionaire?

When he heard this sentence, he was stunned, and immediately agreed to Jim's request, and founded Netscape with Jim, whose main business was his browser.

After all, no one can refuse the opportunity to become a multimillionaire, especially a poor boy like him from an ordinary family background.

It's just that although Jim has money, it's obviously not enough to support the development of browsers. They need to look for an investor who can discern the truth like Microsoft and Apple, the great technology companies that started their businesses in Silicon Valley.

To this end, they found no less than thirty venture capital companies.

But obviously, no venture capital company is willing to pay for a browser, a small toy that has never appeared in the world and has no idea of ​​its use.

At least twenty-five of these thirty venture capital companies did not even meet with the person in charge. They just submitted a business plan and then nothing was heard from them again.

It was also by chance that they learned about Qingtian Venture Capital and that this company was more interested in start-ups in the computer industry and the Internet industry, so they prepared to give it a try and invested in a business plan.

But he never expected that after submitting this business plan, he would actually meet the richest man in the world today.

For a moment, Marc Andreessen really felt uneasy and flattered.

Compared to Marc Andreessen, the former founder of Vision Technology, current corporate investor, and founder of Netscape, Jim seemed much calmer.

Although his legs and body were still shaking, at least his face didn't show too much.

After all, he had relied on himself to build a fortune from nothing, so he was naturally better than Marc Anderson, a poor boy from an ordinary family.

Of course, it's true that it's not much stronger.

Furthermore, he believed that a big shot like Fang Chen would never be bored and would just meet and chat with them.

It can be said that since he heard the news that Fang Chen wanted to meet them, he knew that there was about 80% or more chance that they could get investment.

It’s just the amount of investment and the number of shares.

Fang Chen looked at the two "Internet igniters" in front of him with some interest.

Mikas called him before and reported on which companies he had recently inspected and was interested in. After hearing the name of Netscape in the list of these companies, he couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that God still favors him.

Although even if Marc Andreessen does not submit a business plan to Qingtian Investment Company, he will still find a way to find Netscape and then grab a large amount of wealth from it. Qingtian will dominate the world in the future and make the Rockefeller family and the Morgan family

The top family used this method to avoid the enemy and even worshiped him.

But it has to be said that it is best to do this quietly and quietly, letting Netscape throw itself into the net and not expose some of its unconventional aspects.

But the surprises Mikas gave him were not limited to Netscape, there was another big surprise.

It's just that the big surprise is on the way to China at this time. It is estimated that after he has almost finished talking with Marc Andreessen today, it will arrive tomorrow.

Withdrawing his thoughts, Fang Chen looked up and down at Mark Anderson and Jim again, and then motioned to Wu Maocai to pour them a cup of tea.

"This is China's top quality tea, West Lake Longjing. I hope you can get used to it."

Fang Chen said to the two of them with a smile.

Jim picked up a cup of tea, pretended to take a sip, and said with a happy face: "It smells good, it really smells good. Thank you for your hospitality."

In fact, he is not very used to drinking tea. In comparison, he still prefers drinking coffee and Coca-Cola. The only tea he can accept is black tea, not the green tea he drinks now.

but!

Not to mention that they now want something from Fang Chen, but there is such a big identity gap between the two. As long as Fang Chen gives him a glass of lava or a glass of boiled water, he will say it is extra sweet.

Marc Andreessen also quickly praised the cup of tea.

Seeing this, Fang Chen smiled and said nothing more. For a moment, the whole room fell into silence.

"I read your business plan and was very interested, so I asked you to come over and talk about it. But before that, I would like to hear with my own ears again how you feel about this thing you invented called a browser.

What do you think, and what are the future prospects?”

After saying this, Fang Chen leaned on the chair and signaled to Marc Anderson that they could talk.

Hearing this, Marc Anderson and Jim looked at each other, looking a little embarrassed.

After thinking about it, Jim still planned to ask Marc Anderson to go up and introduce Fang Chen as planned.

Because to be honest, they haven't really thought about how the browser should develop in the future, so they might as well let Marc Andreessen talk to Fang Chen.

After all, Marc Andreessen is the inventor of the Netscape browser, and this kind of straightforward and honest man from science and engineering may impress Fang Chen more.

He was afraid that what he said would be so hollow that it would arouse Fang Chen's disgust. After all, the difference between the two people's ranks was too big. His sweet words and clever words might be as ridiculous as a clown in front of Fang Chen, which would in turn arouse

Fang Chen's disgust.

"Actually, I don't know much about the future commercial value of the Netscape browser. It is just a small toy that I spent six weeks writing on a whim. But I can guarantee that with Netscape, the Internet will

It will become more dynamic and make the Internet the most convenient place to publish and exchange information."

"Before Netscape, only a handful of people could connect to a very simple network using text and commands."

"This is obviously extremely unfriendly. The emergence of the Netscape browser lifted the curtain of the Internet in one fell swoop, lowered the difficulty threshold for accessing the Internet, and made it possible for the public to access the Internet."

Marc Andreessen said frankly and proudly.

Before coming to see Fang Chen, no, before meeting Jim.

In fact, his Netscape browser has caused quite a stir among some computer guys surfing the Internet. It has received rave reviews. Almost everyone who has used it praised him for inventing a great thing that has made the entire Internet more popular.

Became extremely interesting.

If not for this, how could Jim possibly know about Netscape browser and give him his first investment of $50,000.

But then, Marc Anderson's expression changed and he suddenly became a little embarrassed.

"But we haven't figured out how to monetize the Netscape browser and obtain funds from customers."

"So what Jim means now is to issue licenses to various companies. As long as there are more users, they will surely find ways to make money. Just like the first phone is not of much use, it will be useful if there are more phones."

The more he talked, the more shameful Marc Anderson became.

He didn't even think of a way to charge users, so he went to venture capital companies to attract venture capital without any shame. Even though he didn't know much about finance, venture capital, and stock equity, he knew that this was extremely unreliable.

Spectrum things.

This is also the reason why they were rejected by thirty venture capital companies.

You know, although browsers are not well-known, since Clinton launched the call and plan to build an information highway, especially after Qingtian released the JAVA programming language, computers and the Internet have become the hottest darlings of venture capital companies.

In Silicon Valley, many computer and Internet start-ups receive venture capital funding every day.

The reason why their Netscape browser has fallen to this point is mostly due to its own problems.

"Is there a free license?" Fang Chen suddenly asked.

"Yes……"

Marc Anderson's voice is as low as a mosquito. Even if there is a crack in the ground at this time, he will definitely crawl into it immediately.

"Now on the Internet, all software is free, so Netscape Browser cannot..."

As if he was afraid that Fang Chen would be angry and not join them, Marc Andreessen added another sentence.

At this time, the Internet was in the spirit of sharing. When it was popular, I was for everyone, everyone was for me, almost all software developers developed software to facilitate themselves, facilitate others, and showcase their own ideas.

The resulting software is also publicly available on the Internet for anyone to download.

For them, it is enough to be praised by others.

But this is obviously not suitable for running a company, especially not for raising venture capital.
To be continued...