"Why are you afraid? Not to mention whether users can curse, even if they curse, they won't curse me. You are the current chairman of Netscape!"

Fang Chen looked at the ceiling like a fool and said speechlessly.

There is no need to describe how disgusting pop-up ads are, and how disgusted users are with them. Everyone knows, especially some pop-up windows that cannot be closed, or pop-up windows that can be used by the whole family. After closing one, another one comes. It is simply like the Internet.

The biggest cancer.

Therefore, it is no longer more or less likely that Netscape will be scolded, but it will definitely be scolded.

But what does it have to do with him?

After hearing what Fang Chen said, Bill Gates was immediately speechless, and his expression turned green and white for a moment, which was very exciting.

Well, after talking to Fang Chen about the future of Netscape for so long, he did have the illusion that Fang Chen was still one of them, and he subconsciously forgot that Netscape had nothing to do with Fang Chen at all.

And shouldn’t the point of what he said just now be shameless?

To be honest, he could no longer imagine how angry users who were disturbed by pop-up ads would be with Netscape Browser.

He wouldn't be surprised if it was dragged directly to the recycle bin.

At this moment, he was caught in a dilemma, and he even felt the deep malice contained in Fang Chen!

No need, Netscape will definitely die with the current situation, but if it is used, he can already imagine that countless curses will hit him like waves, overwhelming him, and completely drown him!

It can be said that Fang Chen's suggestion not only saved him, but also disgusted him.

Now he has some doubts. Fang Chen actually has many ways to save Netscape, but Fang Chen specifically picked out this one. It disgusted him, but it was hard for him to refuse.

Hearing the heavy breathing on the other end of the phone, Fang Chen didn't say anything. Anyway, he had already taught Bill Gates the method. Whether he used it or not was up to Bill Gates himself.

To put it bluntly, he has retired from Netscape. No matter how bad Netscape is in the future, it will still be Bill Gates's business, not his.

Even when future generations mention Netscape, they will only regret that Netscape was doing well in the hands of Fang Chen, but why did it end up like this in the hands of a fool like Bill Gates.

However, he predicts that Bill Gates will eventually choose this path.

After all, pop-up ads are really effective. It can even be said that pop-up ads are as effective as they are disgusting.

As for selling one's conscience, he thinks it is not a problem for Bill Gates. Some people can sell everything for a few hundred dollars, let alone the hundreds of millions of dollars that Bill Gates has in front of him.

Besides, if Bill Gates' head doesn't twitch, Netscape browser will never be in his hands for too long.

When faced with something that you are about to abandon, it is perfectly normal to squeeze it hard to squeeze out the last drop of oil.

Just like a person, if he plans to borrow money and run away, then he borrows it from all his colleagues and friends around him. There is nothing strange about this kind of operation.

After all, he no longer plans to return to his original living environment, so naturally he doesn't need to lose face, let alone carry any moral judgment.

"Okay, Metsu and I will discuss this matter later."

As if he had made some important decision, Bill Gates took a long breath and said with a heavy face.

"Okay, you two can discuss it. I'm hanging up the phone. When you come to China later, give me a call..."

After saying the polite words, Fang Chen was about to hang up the phone, but Bill Gates on the other end said hurriedly: "Fang, I have something else I want to discuss with you."

"Is there anything else?" Fang Chen asked strangely.

He thought about it in his mind and figured out that he should have nothing else to do recently and would have nothing to do with Bill Gates and the others.

Not to mention that Fang Chen was confused, even Metsu looked at Bill Gates in surprise, wondering why he was making such a fuss.

After all, he had already planned to go to bed just now.

After working hard all day, drinking so much alcohol, and being taught a lesson by Fang Chen, he needed enough time to digest the content.

But who would have expected that after hearing Fang Chen's question, Bill Gates groaned, looking like he wanted to speak but didn't dare to. Anyway, he just didn't say what he wanted to do. Fang Chen was so angry that he wanted to go through it.

I grabbed the phone cord, grabbed Bill Gates by the collar, and asked him what he wanted to say.

"Actually... well, it's nothing. I just want to ask Yahoo if it has any plans to raise funds."

Perhaps sensing Fang Chen's anger on the other end of the phone, Bill Gates finally spoke, but as soon as he said these words, even he couldn't help but blush. It was so shameless.

But... I can't help it, Yahoo is so tempting.

The reason why he thought Netscape could become a great company like Microsoft was not because the browser controlled the entrance to Internet traffic.

Now that Yahoo has replaced Netscape and become the new entrance to Internet traffic, it means that Yahoo has the possibility to rival Microsoft.

As the founder of Microsoft, is it possible for him to let another Microsoft go?

At worst, Yahoo can become the next Netscape. Not only is it successfully listed, but its market value exceeds 20 billion US dollars.

But to be honest, he felt that Yahoo's future was definitely far superior to Netscape, especially after hearing about Fang Chen's subversion of the Internet profit model, he was even more convinced of this.

Of course, the most important thing is that Yahoo is Fang Chen's company. After Fang Chen saw it, he would rather abandon Netscape than embrace it.

As the saying goes, the person who knows you best must be your enemy.

And although he is not completely Fang Chen's enemy, he is definitely an enemy and a friend.

He also considers himself to be one of the few people in the world who knows Fang Chen best.

Since Yahoo is so highly regarded by Fang Chen and has shown the potential to become a great company, it is not surprising that it is favored by him.

Even though this may just be blind obedience to Fang Chen, blind obedience is just blind obedience.

Furthermore, there is a more important reason, that is, Yahoo is cheap enough now.

When he and Metsu first recognized the value of Netscape, Netscape had already gone public with a market value of $6 billion.

They had no choice but to buy 0% of Netscape's shares at a valuation of $8 billion.

But now Yahoo has just appeared in front of people, and it is still more than a year away from going public.

So how much money can such a company make, no matter how much Fang Chen opens his mouth?

One to two billion U.S. dollars is a big deal, after all, Fang Chen didn’t even invest 100 million U.S. dollars.

But if Yahoo can become Netscape, then this investment will be a ten-fold return, and if it can become Microsoft, it will be a twenty-fold return.

This profit is really too high, much higher than those who are willing to risk hanging.

Unexpectedly, Bill Gates groaned for a long time, just because of this matter. Fang Chen actually felt like he was laughing in anger, and he had a new understanding of Bill Gates' shamelessness in his heart.

Metsu's eyes widened even more and he looked at Bill Gates in disbelief. He really didn't expect that Bill Gates would actually take up the idea of ​​Yahoo.

Before this, Bill Gates had not given him any news at all.

After smiling bitterly for a while, Fang Chen curled his lips slightly and said in a scornful tone: "Bill, you are really making a good calculation, but let's not say for now whether I will agree to sell Yahoo's shares to you.

Even if I agree, do you still have the money to buy it?"

If nothing else happens, Mr. Bill Gates, the second richest man in the world now, should still be a pauper.

After all, he took out $17.8 billion from Bill Gates just for buying shares of Netscape.

In recent years, the income from Microsoft's dividends to Bill Gates and Bill Gates's sale of Microsoft shares should not be as much as 17.8 billion U.S. dollars, and the top day is about 14.5 billion U.S. dollars.

Don't think that because the two numbers are almost the same, Bill Gates' financial crisis is not that serious.

You know, Bill Gates also needs to spend money. If he doesn't spend money, where does his luxurious life come from? Where does his family's super mansion come from?

Where does Bill Gates get the money to invest in other companies?

Don’t they all need to come out of this 1.45 billion US dollars!

In other words, he not only emptied Bill Gates's fortune, but also saddled Bill Gates with a lot of debt.

And from the third acquisition of his Netscape shares, all the money was paid by Metsu. This is a good proof that Bill Gates has no money.

"It's true that I don't have it now, but after I sell my shares in Netscape, won't I have money to buy shares in Yahoo?"

As soon as he heard Fang Chen's sarcasm, Bill Gates' complexion couldn't help but change, but he quickly said confidently.

Hearing this, Fang Chen was stunned for a moment, then blinked his eyes, as if there was nothing wrong with what Bill Gates said.

"But, Bill, to be honest, even if you sell the shares of Netscape and I agree with you to buy the shares of Yahoo, you really can't buy many shares of Yahoo."

Fang Chen said sincerely.

"Just tell me, how many Yahoo shares can one billion dollars buy? I can't say that the Netscape shares I hold are not worth even one billion dollars!"

Bill Gates waved his hand and said proudly.

At its peak, the Netscape shares he held were worth almost US$4 billion, and now even if Netscape's stock price drops to this level, it is still worth more than one billion US dollars.

If Netscape's shares rebound a little after this operation, they will be even more valuable.

"For one billion dollars, can I sell you %? Anyway, no more than 4% of the shares."

Fang Chen pondered for a moment and revealed a price that Bill Gates would never accept.

"Fang, are you kidding me? This is one billion U.S. dollars, not one billion Chinese dollars, let alone one billion Zimbabwean dollars! You tell me, this much money is only worth 4% or 4% of Yahoo's shares. It's really ridiculous.

Daji, could it be that Yahoo, a website that has not yet been listed on the market and even has just over 10 million users, is already worth 25 billion US dollars, or even more than 30 billion US dollars!" Bill Gates said angrily.

Although he knew that Fang Chen had always been arrogant and had great confidence in the companies under his name, and his valuations had always been ridiculously high, Bill Gates really didn't expect that this time it would be so outrageous.

His Microsoft almost monopolizes the operating systems of personal computers around the world, and is only worth US$40 billion.

But Fang Chen told him that a company that had just been established for less than a year, let alone went public, was on par with his Microsoft. Isn't this nonsense!
To be continued...