In many fields, the gap between first and second is huge. Just like an Olympic competition, the champion will be widely publicized, but how many of the runners-up know about it?

In this Internet wave, the same phenomenon has appeared.

There were Netscape and Yahoo before, and these two guys were just running wild.

But having said that, in the opinion of the outside world at this time, Netscape is still the first generation, while Yahoo is far behind. It is nothing more than first and second.

But in fact, as long as you study it carefully, any idiot can see that Netscape has run out of stamina. After Microsoft's IE browser was bundled and sold for free, Netscape's market share dropped rapidly. Where can new things come from?

What about profit points?

On the contrary, it is Yahoo. As the first generation of new Internet media, all kinds of advertising fees on the Internet are collected with closed eyes. Money is a huge, huge cash flow visible to the naked eye.

But there is still no way. Now Netscape's Andreessen is still very popular.

One thing to say is that if Netscape hadn't committed suicide later, and if founders like Andreessen had become billionaires, they were living and drinking every day and had no interest in running the company, the final result wouldn't have been so bad.

Pure technology development is not without a future. At least it will have an ending like Sun (Sun Micro), right? If we can make it to the smartphone era, maybe we can have an ending like Google.

But it was such a poor performance that it quickly gave up the top spot to Yahoo. In the end, Netscape was quickly forgotten.

So today, Parallel Line Technology is also about to be listed on the market. This is already...the third child, right?

Global investors indeed attach great importance to the listing of this new Internet stock. But how much attention should be paid to it? That’s not necessarily the case.

Especially the media, they are somewhat tired of aesthetics. There have been two Internet miracles before, now there is one more? It seems not surprising, right?

However, at this moment, a piece of news came out - Li, the CEO of Parallel Line Technology, wanted to terminate the listing on the eve of its listing!

Damn it!

Weird things happen every year, especially this year!

Terminate the listing? Is this for performance art?

That night, the latest reports quickly appeared in the media. There are two theories: one is definitely to refute the rumors: "...After friendly discussions, some minor misunderstandings were eliminated. According to the original plan, Parallel Technology will be at the original time.

Listed……"

The other one must be "inside sources": "...It is understood that Li was very dissatisfied with the pricing during the IPO. He hopes to delay the listing and obtain a higher price..."

As for the real truth? That is impossible to disclose to the outside world.

European and American media have always had no lower limit. They didn’t have a picture, but they still dared to edit it out! In this case, everyone wrote their own short compositions and began to express themselves freely...

A decent essay - a certain greedy Chinese guy, taking advantage of the popularity of the Internet, wanted to temporarily raise prices and earn a lot of dirty money! Fortunately, the brave and wise Wall Street brothers stopped his barbaric behavior

…

A curious version of the essay - that Li is actually a grotesque and shameless lunatic. Just like the previous Dandelion virus, it revealed the darkest part of his heart and gained objective evaluations from some psychiatrists. That's why such incredible things happened.

This scene led to Parallel Line’s listing almost aborting...

Conspiracy version of the essay - don't forget, that Li is Chinese! He actually came with a conspiracy. It is to destroy the Internet industry in our free world...

Sexy version of the essay - According to our full-time reporter, two blocks away from where Li stayed was the hotel of the famous actress XXX. Judging from their route, they had time to change vehicles and then be alone for more than two hours

(See the roadmap in the appendix for details).

In fact, from a biological point of view, this is the perfect combination of Eastern minds and Western beauties, the blending of soul and body. If this guess is not wrong, when they are alone, they will... (1500 words deleted below)

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As a person involved, Li Yuan was completely unaware of the raging discussions from the outside world.

At a nearby top French restaurant, Morgan Stanley had already reserved a table for them, and Li Yuan was taking Yu Shengkang and others to dine together.

He found that both Xiao Pei and the translator were very skilled in Western food etiquette, but Yu Shengkang was a little confused. Li Yuan joked: "Brother Kang! Don't worry about so much. Isn't it just eating? Just make yourself comfortable. This shabby restaurant doesn't even have a pair of chopsticks.

nothing."

"Ah?" Xiao Pei on the side asked curiously, "Can I still use chopsticks when eating Western food?"

Li Yuan explained with a smile: "Restaurants serve customers. Top Chinese restaurants will definitely prepare knives and forks; similarly, top Western restaurants will definitely prepare chopsticks in the future. This is not a matter of customs, it is a matter of national status.

Question. Haha."

It is true. A few decades later, those top foreign restaurants will definitely have dining tools like chopsticks. This is because they have to take care of domestic tourists. On the contrary, the previous books, despite the loud bragging, said "the book can say no",

But there were still no chopsticks, so they still used knives and forks obediently.

After listening to Li Yuan's words, Yu Shengkang was immediately happy: "Yuanzi, your idea is good, but it's a bit unrealistic?"

"Haha." Li Yuan didn't explain much. It's not something that can be seen all at once. "Brother Kang, act more naturally. Don't act like a butcher."

"I'm not like them. They learned to eat Western food from the concierge."

"Ah? Is there such a good thing?"

Little Pei's eyebrows were beaming: "Yuanzi, it's free? There is also Western ballroom dancing. We are rushing it, but we have learned it for more than a week."

"Just eating for free, I like this kind of learning."

Everyone laughed.

Xiao Pei raised his eyebrows meaningfully: "Yuanzi, when the concierge department has a dance, I will take you to sneak in. Haha."

All of the people present were men. When talking about such a topic, everyone immediately became very interested. They talked and laughed at a lot of nonsense.

Yu Shengkang suddenly asked: "Yuanzi, is this the best French restaurant in New York?"

"Absolutely! The main ones are of high quality. But the best ones should belong to Michelin restaurants, the one with Michelin tires. When they advertise, they comment on the food from various places, and then this dining guide became famous."

"Really? Are there any in China?"

"It's better not to have one." Li Yuan chuckled, "Those are Western judges! Westerners' tastes are different from ours. The dining environment is not to mention, but the taste... is not bad!"

Li Yuan recalled that those Michelin-starred restaurants in his previous life were probably the places where Internet celebrities checked in, right? They were the kind that were extremely expensive and were especially good at tricking girls. Every time the food was served, it took more than half an hour to take photos and post them on WeChat, especially

Can't even eat a bite of food?

"I understand, I understand." Yu Shengkang and the others understood what he meant. He smiled and said, "When it comes to food culture, we have to look at China!"

Xiao Pei also nodded: "When those foreigners come to China, I guarantee that their tongues will melt when they eat them."

Anyway, this was just chatting. Li Yuan said casually: "That's not necessarily true. I have met a foreign friend. He is very easy-going and doesn't care about our canteen food. I feel that Chinese food is unparalleled and delicious. I go to the canteen with an enamel basin every day.

Get food."

"and after?"

"After eating it for two weeks, he immediately became unaccustomed to it. He missed the food from his hometown very much. So I took him to a buffet restaurant that had both Chinese and Western food. The price was 300 yuan per person. Do you know what happened next?"

"How about it?"

"A large glass of draft beer and two large pizzas, just like our flatbreads. You finished two of them in one go? Damn! He didn't even look at the fresh seafood on the side. He was already greedy.

.”

Everyone laughed.

Yu Shengkang smiled and nodded: "That's it. No matter how good the food outside is, it's just not as good as the food at home. For example, we northerners like to eat pasta, and southerners like to eat rice."

Li Yuan smiled and said: "My hometown eats everything. Our village is where refugees came from. We come from all over the world, so we don't care about the food from any place."

"Hey, your hometown is Shannan, right?"

"Yes! It's in Neizhou, and it's in the most remote mountain valley. Our place has great scenery, but it can't be developed. Unless it's connected to roads and railways, it would be a good tourist attraction."

Li Yuan took advantage of this opportunity to play some tricks with Yu Shengkang. Maybe the boss had a sudden brainstorm and gave him an investment?

"Haha." As an old bureaucrat, Yu Shengkang would certainly not be fooled casually, "Yuanzi, then it's up to you to repay your hometown. This little money shouldn't be a problem, right?"

"Hey! Who wouldn't want to have this ability? But there is really no way to build bridges and roads, so let's let the government have a headache!" Amid laughter, Li Yuan said, "But I have popularized vineyards in the local area. I will produce wine by then.

And apple cider, I’ll give you some.”

Taking some local products and mountain products, Yu Shengkang and the others had no mental barriers: "Okay! Let's taste it then. But do you still invest in agriculture?"

"It's quite a lot. I also have a cider farm in Los Angeles. Don't forget, I'm a farmer!"

While laughing, Xiao Pei asked: "Yuanzi, are there any farmlands in Los Angeles?"

"Mainly California." Li Yuan explained with a smile, "Do you know about the Hoover Dam?"

"I know! What's wrong?"

"One of the functions of the Hoover Dam is the water conservancy project on the Mississippi River, which developed all the farms in California. Currently, California's agricultural production accounts for about a quarter of the United States."

"Ah? So high? I thought it was a big city."

"Haha. There is another thing you don't know. The Hoover Dam was built during the economic crisis of 2029. But the entire water conservancy project was not completed until the 1980s. Just more than ten years ago!"

"ah?"

Yu Shengkang and others found it unbelievable. In the minds of Chinese people, is it so exaggerated? Dujiangyan and Zhengguo Canal during the Warring States Period did not take that long to build.

"Yuanzi, how much money do you have now?" Yu Shengkang finally asked uncontrollably.

"I don't know. I don't want to hide it from you, I really don't know." Li Yuan explained, "In the beginning, I sold a few books abroad and received a lot of copyright fees. Later, those listed companies were inexplicably

The price has been so high due to speculation. In fact, it cannot be sold, that is, it cannot be discounted. Even when I saw so much money, I was very happy."

"That's true." Yu Shengkang should have investigated Li Yuan's background, "Then how much money do you estimate that you will have when you go public this time?"
To be continued...