Chapter 1,249 A shocking change of US$1.2 billion

"Facebook" has been speculated to have reached US$370 million, which many company presidents did not expect before coming here. However, after coming, the price did not exceed their affordability.

It can be said that Facebook's offer of only US$370 million only scared off some companies that were not strong enough. For example, companies such as "Microsoft", "Apple", "Google" and "IBM" that had just raised funds, etc.

It is not an exaggeration to say that even if this number is 10 times higher, they can afford it. The only reason that limits their continued quotation is how big the future potential of "facebook" is.

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However, many company presidents have temporarily stopped bidding because Lin Feng, the protagonist of this auction, has not raised a card so far.

"Hey, what, why are you all looking at me suddenly?" Lin Feng looked at the people who were looking at him in surprise, with a strange look on his face.

Many CEOs gave him a blank look. Yesterday you were still shouting that if you have enough money, you can throw it into the sea and you must win "facebook". As a result, we are bidding here in full swing. You are good, but there is no movement at all. If we are not surprised, then

There is a ghost.

Is there a fraud in this? - Many company CEOs are wondering. But how can there be a fraud in this? After all, they all know the information of "facebook", and the advertising sponsorship contract is also here, so there is no such thing.

Deception exists. If Lin Feng and Mark Zuckerberg could really deceive so many experienced CEOs present, it would be a great miracle.

"Mr. Lin, don't you want to bid?" Steve Ballmer asked gently.

Lin Feng smiled slightly, with an inscrutable look on his face.

Originally, Lin Feng was prepared to bid, but then many CEOs started bidding one after another, making it almost impossible for Lin Feng to get involved. And seeing the price rising all the way, and finally exceeding Lin Feng's expectations, Lin Feng felt vaguely worried.

I came up with an idea. I just kept weighing and hesitating.

Now everyone looked at Lin Feng, waiting for Lin Feng's quotation, which made Lin Feng vaguely make a decision.

"Haha, I'm waiting for everyone to quote? Otherwise, once I quote, everyone won't quote, and then there's no point in playing!" Lin Feng said with a helpless shrug.

Everyone felt bitter after hearing this. I and others were racking their brains here, constantly calculating their company's financial resources and the potential of "facebook", and calculating what price they would pay is more reasonable. As a result, Lin Feng's words made everyone vomit blood——

Isn’t it fun? Is this a joke? And although you are the richest man in the world, our personal financial resources are not as good as yours, but don’t forget that we are fighting you with the strength of the company, not with our personal financial resources. On the whole

You haven't seen enough of your strength.

Many company presidents looked down upon him, and suddenly cursed in their hearts - nouveau riche.

Lin Feng, on the other hand, didn't care about the outside world. Now that he had made a decision, he should try his best to gain more benefits for himself.

"500 million U.S. dollars! I'll offer 500 million U.S. dollars. I've already said it, otherwise I won't bid, and once I bid, you won't have anything to do. Adding tens of millions of dollars at a time is really like buying cabbage! Think about all the companies

In the past, acquisitions often cost billions, tens of billions, or even hundreds of billions of dollars, but now they only cost so little. This kind of addition really looks down on 'facebook'!" Lin Feng stretched out a slap with a look on his face.

disdain.

Hiss! ——Everyone took a sharp breath. Lin Feng’s bid was US$500 million, but it was a bit too much. It was a bit beyond their expectations. I’m afraid most of the companies at the scene were not interested in this US$500 million offer.

, all of which are too ambitious and insufficient. This is not to say that they cannot pay a higher price than 500 million US dollars, but for companies like them, it is a bit painful to bid for "facebook" with 500 million US dollars. After all, "facebook"

"There are still great variables in the future, and they cannot afford the price of Facebook not being able to reach their ideal heights after the huge sums of money are bid for it."

Therefore, the only companies on the scene that may offer a price of more than 500 million US dollars are only four companies: "Microsoft", "Apple", "Google" and "Time Warner". As for "IBM", it must be rich and powerful.

, but their investment in the past few years has always been cautious, not to mention that "facebook"'s business is mainly on the Internet, which is somewhat in conflict with "ibm"'s corporate goal of focusing on hardware, so they gave up voluntarily.

But even if these companies can't afford this kind of money-burning bidding game, what you Lin Feng said is too ugly. What do you mean - once you bid, no one has to play - isn't this a shabby person who understands?

! Besides, what is buying Chinese cabbage? The addition of ten million US dollars is already quite shocking. In the auction world, it is rare for each price increase to be at least US$10 million. Also, what?

It’s called buying Chinese cabbage? Have you ever seen such expensive Chinese cabbage? As for looking down on “facebook”, if you really looked down on them, you wouldn’t come here.

In short, many CEOs are quite unhappy and choked by Lin Feng's words. However, either their company's strength is limited, or their company's development direction is not compatible with "facebook", so if they want to continue bidding, that is not possible.

It's possible. Now we can only hope that the four companies "Microsoft", "Google", "Apple" and "Time Warner" can teach Lin Feng a lesson.

But each of the four companies also has its own small calculation. Although a mere US$500 million is really not taken seriously by them, but it must be carefully considered whether it is worth it. After all, no matter whether "facebook" has a total of US$81 million in three years

The advertising contract cannot escape the fact that it was only established for 2 months.

Is a 2-month-old “facebook” really worth spending more than $500 million to buy?

Obviously, this is an issue that deserves careful consideration.

"Mark, it seems that no one will bid for it anymore. Let's drop the hammer to 50 million US dollars. You should be very satisfied with this price!" Seeing the presidents of the four companies thinking deeply, Lin Feng reminded the crowd waiting on the stage to bid.

Mark Zuckerberg said.

Mark Zuckerberg is now obedient to Lin Feng. Since Lin Feng said so, Mark Zuckerberg didn’t want to wait any longer. The original purpose of auctioning “facebook” was for Lin Feng to win the bet. Unexpectedly,

Just when Mark Zuckerberg was about to drop the hammer, Jobs shouted, "$520 million!"

520 million! - Although Steve Jobs knew that this "facebook" was far from worth this price, its real price was only between 200 and 250 million US dollars. However, bidding, bidding, will naturally result in a price higher than its true market value.

, this is the realization of all the companies that came to bid today. What’s more, for Jobs, the role of “facebook” is far greater than that of other companies.

Whether it is "Microsoft", "Google" or "Time Warner", compared with "Apple", they all lack one thing, and that is - products that are truly visible and tangible.

"Microsoft" sells software, "Google" sells services, and "Time Warner" is just here to join in the fun. Of course, "Time Warner's" record company is indeed a product. But "Apple" is completely different.

Because "Apple" has "ipod" (mp3 player) and "imac" ("Apple" computer). Therefore, compared to "Microsoft", "Google" expects "facebook" to bring them direct profits.

Jobs also expected the huge potential market brought by the user base behind "facebook".

"Apple" products have always been famous in the IT world for their fashionable appearance and unique operation methods and performance, and 50% of the market for "Apple" products are college students, that is, the "facebook" user group. Therefore, Jobs's interest in

The expectation of "facebook" is not that it will definitely become the world's largest social networking site, as long as it can become the most popular social networking site in American universities. In that case, even if "facebook" itself cannot bring enough profits, Jobs can definitely pass it on.

The advertising effect brought by "facebook", selling "Apple" products in exchange for money.

What's more, "Apple" is currently preparing to launch a brand new product, and its target market group is mainly these college students. Therefore, Jobs is bound to win "facebook".

"Microsoft" President Steve Ballmer and "Google" President Larry Page frowned slightly. In their minds, it was a bit unexpected for "Apple" to snatch "facebook" at such a high price. You know

, "Apple" does not have any involvement in the Internet field. Except for a music online where you can download mp3 music, the rest is blank.

Whether it is "Google" or "Microsoft", once they own "facebook", they will be even more powerful. "Microsoft" can make up for its original decision-making mistakes on the Internet, making "Microsoft" and "MSN" more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. In the Internet era

Occupying more markets, "Google" can continue to consolidate its position in the United States.

It's just that both companies were hesitant before. Calculating whether "Facebook" was worth US$500 million. But now Jobs suddenly jumped out and announced an astonishing price of US$520 million, which made Steve, who had always calculated carefully and constantly weighed the gains and losses,

-Ballmer and Larry Page are starting to lose control.

$530 million!

$540 million!

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Due to the competition between the three parties, and Lin Feng's occasional exaggeration, "facebook" has reached a shocking price of US$1 billion.

1 billion US dollars, this is definitely an offer that no one had thought of beforehand. Whether it was the many company presidents who came to participate in the auction today, or the arrogant Sams whose face was distorted, as well as the Harvard teachers and students watching the show through the online live broadcast,

They were all shocked.

In the Internet era, a market value of US$1 billion is really nothing. Let alone 1 billion, even tens of billions of US dollars are nothing in the frantic Internet economy. But "facebook" is only a 2-month-old company.

The website, which is currently a small website with only three employees including its founder, has fetched US$1 billion. It’s really terrifying!

Of course, what is even more terrifying is that this is not the final price. Looking at the way these three companies are constantly competing for quotations, I am afraid that the price will be even higher, maybe even an astronomical figure.

"$1.2 billion!" Larry Page, already a little red-eyed, shouted a number that shocked both Jobs and Steve Ballmer.

"Jobs, if I offer you $1.2 billion, I'll see if Apple dares to compete with me!" Larry Page looked at Jobs angrily.

You know, when it reached US$800 million, "Microsoft" gave up. When it reached US$900 million, "Time Warner" also gave up. Originally, Larry Page thought that US$950 million could win this, which was far beyond his expectations.

The market value of Facebook was "Facebook", but in the end, Jobs unexpectedly called out a price of US$1 billion, which really made Larry Page a little angry.

Don't you, Apple, make hardware? Why are you fighting with me so hard? Just make your "Apple" products well. Fighting for a website is just a waste of money! - Therefore, Larry Pei

In a fit of enthusiasm, Qi shouted out a price of US$1.2 billion at once. Anyway, "Google" has 4 billion "Intel" in financing and has abundant funds. Spending US$1.2 billion to buy "facebook" is definitely not cost-effective, but Larry -

Page is convinced that with the technical support of "Google", "Facebook" will definitely become the most popular social networking site in the world, and the US$1.2 billion will definitely be earned back.

Larry Page firmly believes this, because "Google" was developed step by step by himself and Sergey Brin from scratch.

"Mr. Page, you win! I give up!" Jobs thought for a long time, and finally gave up helplessly. Although he coveted the potential market brought by the customer base behind "facebook", the price of US$1.2 billion was really

It was too high, too high, and Jobs knew that even if he raised the price again, Larry Page would definitely continue to follow suit. Because this person, although he created "google" and allowed "google" to develop to this day, he has never been a

Qualified CEO.

He was an extremely good programmer, but he was by no means a qualified leader. In this case, Jobs continued to fight with the already hot-headed Larry Page, which was like walking on a tightrope at high altitude.

If you are not careful, you will be shattered to pieces. Today's "Apple" cannot afford such a huge loss, because Steve Jobs must prepare for the upcoming reshuffle of the personal PC market.

"Hmph!" Larry Page snorted. This annoying Jobs was finally defeated by his absolute price.

"Mr. Lin, what about you? Are you still ready to make an offer?" Larry Page turned to look at Lin Feng with a provocative look on his face.

During this period, "Google" was choked by Lin Feng's series of actions. In the end, it changed its original intention and was forced to accept financing from "Intel" and form an alliance with "Intel" to jointly fight against Lin Feng. Yes.

He said that Larry Page was having a very bad time and was very unhappy during this period.

Today, he was finally proud and proud, defeating many competitors in one fell swoop. Naturally, Larry Page would not let go of Lin Feng, an extremely annoying opponent. Especially Larry Page knew that Lin Feng's cash was definitely insufficient. Although Lin Feng had two

He owns a bank, many companies, and is the richest man in the world. However, Larry Page, who owns "Google", still vaguely knows that Lin Feng does not have much cash in his hands.

If you want to compete with yourself for "facebook", then see who has enough money! No matter whether you and Mark Zuckerberg have any tacit understanding, but today I am going to see what you are going to use to compete with me! After all, in the end
To be continued...