As soon as Bill Gates said this, the two fell silent.

Both of them knew in their hearts that even if they bought Netscape shares with a market value of US$8 billion, they would definitely not lose money.

To put it bluntly, if they thought Netscape's market value couldn't even increase by one-third, they wouldn't bother buying shares.

However, the price tag of eight billion US dollars offered by Fang Chen made them feel very uncomfortable.

If they accept it, it means that after the peak of listing is over, they will not only be unable to make any money, but will actually lose money for about half a year to a year.

And even if in the future, Netscape's market value reaches a higher level, reaching 10 billion, or even 12 billion, they will still make a lot less money than at a price of 6 billion US dollars.

"It seems that if we want to make as much money as Netscape, we have to bear the loss of money for a certain period of time, less profit, and risks. But I believe that in the future, we can make money through Netscape, and even make money."

Making big money is not particularly difficult."

Bill Gates pretended to analyze rationally, but there was a different kind of light shining in his eyes.

As far as the price of US$8 billion is concerned, he is determined to invest in it. After all, he has done a lot of analysis on Netscape before and believes that the future value of Netscape Browser will definitely be comparable to Microsoft.

Microsoft's current market capitalization is US$30 billion, so US$8 billion is not bad. There is still a lot of room for growth and room to make money.

Moreover, according to the current development momentum of Microsoft, who dares to say that US$30 billion is the peak of Microsoft?

He has always believed that it is definitely not a dream for Microsoft to have a market value of more than 100 billion US dollars in the future, and the same is true for Netscape.

Not to mention, he still had plans to take Netscape as his own, so there was no way he could let go of such a God-given opportunity.

However, he alone, and even Microsoft as a whole, cannot take 20% of Netscape's shares, so he must now convince Metsu.

But this shouldn't be difficult.

As expected, Metsu was completely attracted by Bill Gates's claim that he could make money and make a lot of money.

"Bill, actually the higher price is not a problem, as long as it can make money, and our Rockefeller family is not short of money!" Metsu said confidently and proudly, patting his chest.

The second half of his sentence was indeed a bit bragging. Is the Rockefeller family short of money?

From a certain perspective, there is indeed no shortage. Even he, a direct descendant, is not clear about the huge wealth accumulated by the Rockefeller family over the past century. It is possible that only the leader of the family, his dear uncle, David Rockefeller

Only then can you understand everything.

But one thing is certain, that is, even a behemoth like the Rockefeller family, who is as wealthy as the country, will never be dissatisfied with too much money.

Even in order to ensure that their huge wealth will not be swallowed up by inflation and to earn more wealth, they must try their best to find ways to increase the value of the money and make money out of money.

This sense of urgency is far beyond that of ordinary people. After all, ordinary people only have tens of thousands of dollars in life savings. If they don't even have savings, then very little money can be swallowed up by inflation.

But the Rockefeller family has at least hundreds of billions of dollars in wealth, which means that even if the inflation is only 2% per year, which experts and scholars agree is conscientious inflation and beneficial inflation, the Rockefeller family will still lose billions of dollars every year.

Faced with such a huge loss, no one has to be nervous.

And making money is something written into the blood of every Jew.

Therefore, this also drives every member of the Rockefeller family to find the password to increase the family's wealth and provide the family with a steady stream of wealth.

If you can find it, it will be a great achievement, and you can also get more family resources.

In other words, for the Rockefeller family, and even other Jewish families, capital has never been a problem, as long as it can make a profit and beat inflation.

"To put it bluntly, part of the money that the tribe spends every year on the Population Foundation to support the implementation of eugenics and population reduction in Asia, Africa and Latin America is enough." Metsu said.

Although he was also a supporter of eugenics, he always believed that the clan spent too much money on this matter. Since the 1920s, the money spent on it has amounted to tens of billions of dollars.

Seventy years ago, his grandfather had the Rockefeller Foundation fund eugenics research in Germany.

His uncle, John Rockefeller III, was a lifelong advocate of eugenics. Starting in 1950, through his private Population Council in New York, he used his "tax-free" funds to launch the neo-Malthusian movement to reduce population.

In other words, he believes that this matter should be done, but the money should be provided by the finances of the United States, Britain, Germany, France and other countries.

"In that case, shall we agree to Fang Chen's request?"

Bill Gates held back the joy in his heart and asked.

As long as Metsu can agree, everything will be easy to talk about. As for if the money is really misappropriated from the Rockefeller family and the Population Fund, which is supported by the world, the big deal is that he will just donate money to these Population Funds in the future.

Anyway, he was also a staunch supporter of eugenics.

"We have no other choice but to agree."

Metsu said seemingly helplessly, but his eyes were full of smiles and a desire for wealth and family support.

However, while Bill Gates and Metsu were discussing, Fang Chen was actually not idle either. He was calling Marc Andreessen and Jim.

After all, Netscape does not belong to him alone. Marc Andreessen and Jim are also the company's major shareholders and important managers, and have the right to know about this matter.

Not to mention, the 20% of the shares he planned to sell actually belonged to Marc Andreessen and Jim.

This does not mean that Fang Chen thinks that Netscape can grow to US$10 billion or even higher in the future, so he is not willing to invest all 20% of the shares himself.

However, he felt that Netscape's lifespan was actually limited to these two years. Although there would be some growth in the future, he could not guarantee that it would be much more than 8 billion US dollars.

In particular, as the world's richest man, if his share of Netscape's internal shares is greatly reduced to only 20%, this will undoubtedly be very detrimental to Netscape.

After all, even he, the major shareholder and the richest man in the world, has reduced his holdings in Netscape by a large amount. Naturally, there is a big question mark over Netscape's development prospects.

At that time, if one thing is not done well, his goal will not be achieved, and the price for which Marc Andreessen and Jim will be sold may not be as much as eight billion US dollars.

After the call was connected, as expected, Marc Andreessen and Jim were stunned when they heard that Fang Chen was going to sell Netscape's shares again, to Microsoft and Rockefeller, especially since it actually increased to US$8 billion.

The amount of information was too much, and it was too much for them to accept at the same time.

"Fang, although I am very satisfied with the price of eight billion US dollars, I would like to ask, why do you have to be so eager to sell so many shares of Netscape in such a short period of time?" Marc Andreessen

Said with pain and joy.

He was happy that Netscape would not go public until tomorrow, but Netscape's market value had increased by such a large amount. But what was sad was, why did Fang Chen do this?

"What if I am not optimistic about Netscape's future development? Now Netscape does not have a suitable way to make profits, and it is also facing external impacts at any time."

Fang Chen quickly told the story that Microsoft had already developed the IE browser and planned to wait for Netscape to charge for the browser before launching the IE browser in one fell swoop and bundling it with the Windows operating system.

Marc Andreessen and Jim were stunned for a moment, even a little at a loss.

Originally, Netscape Browser was a rising star with unlimited possibilities in their hearts, but after what Fang Chen said, Netscape had not yet been listed on the market. In fact, it had already reached the end of its life and was facing other problems at any time.

Threats from competitors.

"Mark, Jim, I won't say much else. Do you believe me? If you can trust me and recognize me as your friend, then agree to my actions. I will not harm you." Fang Chen said seriously.

said.

He sighed softly in his heart. He had already said everything that needed to be said. As for Yahoo's future plans to mention browsers and become an Internet portal, etc., these were obviously things that could not be said.

Therefore, it depends on Mark and the others whether they are willing to agree with his approach.

If they are unwilling to agree, then he can only unilaterally sell 20% of his shares.

Anyway, no matter what, Fang Chen felt that he had done his best and had a clear conscience.

After all, in the previous life, AOL acquired Netscape for about US$4 billion, part of which was AOL's shares.

And if Marc Andreessen and the others can follow his baton, their profits will undoubtedly be much better than in the previous life.

Marc Andreessen and Jim were immediately plunged into chaos.

Do they believe Fang Chen?

Before today, there is no doubt that this is an affirmative sentence.

They know deeply that without Fang Chen, they would not be where they are now, and they would not be able to have a net worth of more than one billion or even two billion US dollars in a short period of time.

It is true that the Netscape browser is their technology and creativity, but according to Fang Chen's status and technical strength, after seeing their creativity, he can completely leave them alone to develop a new browser.

By then, all the 50% shares and billions of dollars will belong to Fang Chen, and they don't think they can compete with Fang Chen.

However, it was obvious that Fang Chen did not do this, but tried his best to help them.

Taking a deep breath, Mark Anderson said: "Fang, although I don't know why you insist on doing this, but as my friend and my benefactor, I respect all your decisions, and your decisions are ours."

Decide."

After hanging up the phone, Fang Chen couldn't help laughing. He was not happy that he had convinced Marc Andreessen and the others.

What he was happy about was that the unconditional trust he received after his efforts was a priceless treasure.

Seeing Bill and Gates walking in again, Fang Chen glanced at his watch subconsciously, and was a little surprised that the two of them had already finished their discussion in just twenty minutes.

However, it can be inferred from this time that Bill Gates and Metsu have more authority than he imagined.

Bill Gates should also be angry with the Microsoft board of directors and other important shareholders early on. As for Metsu, he has already obtained authorization from the Rockefeller family.

After all, if one of these two people makes a phone call and needs support from the board of directors or the clan, they will never be able to come out so quickly.

But this is a good thing. It obviously shows that the two people and the Microsoft and Rockefeller families behind them attach great importance to Netscape.

Seeing Fang Chen smiling without saying a word and completely convinced of their expression, Bill Gates couldn't help but roll his eyes.

To be honest, he really hates this feeling now. It's obvious that Fang Chen has taken advantage of them, but they still have to go to the door to let Fang Chenzai.

once!

He really didn't ask for much. He just had to have one chance in his life to have something like this happen to Fang Chen again.

"Okay, Fang, you win. Netscape is really great. Even if you offer a sky-high price of 8 billion US dollars, we are still willing to take the risk." Bill Gates said seemingly helplessly.
To be continued...