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   Chapter 99 Eager to try

   The best way to monetize e-mail is to send advertising mail, or "spam", but the word "spam" has not been coined yet.

   In order to reduce operational pressure, and also to make Hotmail look valuable and attract big dog owners to take over, it is imperative for Hotmail to send advertising emails.

   "If the Hotmail e-mail box starts commercial operation, it will further enhance the strength of Double Click Company!"

  Irene said to Song Yang excitedly, no one knows what kind of chemical reaction will happen when Double-click joins with Hotmail.

   But what is certain is that starting from the first advertisement email, double-clicking the Hotmail mailbox will create a new history!

   owns Hotmail, the world's largest e-mail box, and double-clicks the company's performance. At least next year will look very bright.

   Song Yang listened to Irene's words, then looked at her a few times, "Irene, would you like to go to San Jose?!"

   Hearing these words suddenly, Irene's face couldn't help but change, and all kinds of thoughts appeared in Irene's mind. I don't know why Song Yang suddenly said this.

   Seeing Irene's face, Song Yang knew that she was probably thinking of something else, "This is not to let you leave Double Click Company, the ICQ project will start in the second half of the year, I need someone to manage this project!"

   "In the future, I will double-click the company's business. I plan to divide it into two parts, one is the local business in America, and the other is the international business."

   "Double-click's local business in America must be managed by Ryan. If you want to stay in Double-click, you can be in charge of overseas international market business!"

  Double-click company cannot do without Ryan, at least at this stage. Double-click needs Ryan, a sales genius, to increase revenue. Double-click company must have a place for Ryan.

   The name is not correct, and Ryan will definitely become one of the executives of Double-click Company. Basically, Double-click’s local business in America will be managed by Ryan in the future.

   As for the international business, it is much more complicated, and Ryan can't have so much energy to manage, Song Yang is going to hand it over to a special person.

Of course, this is also a small measure. If Ryan is in charge of all domestic and overseas affairs of Double-click, then he is a dominant player in Double-click. Song Yang doesn't want to compete with Kaiwei Ryan for Double-click in the future. The **** of company control!

Hearing this, Irene could not help secretly relieved, knowing that Song Yang was not listening to the "slanderous words" of some people, such as Greck, and wanted to drive her away. Everything he did was in vain.

   "After arriving in San Jose, I will nominate you on the board of directors and let you join the board of directors of Double-click. In the future, you will still be responsible for the affairs of Double-click, but not only Double-click!"

Now we have to double-click the company, which is a typical family business. Although there are people from WPP Group, Martin Solo and Yahoo on the board of Double-click, but Song Yang and Greck still firmly control Double-click with the equity in their hands. The board of directors, the WPP Group has always been quite critical of this, thinking that the double-click board is an empty shelf.

Regarding the protest of WPP Group, Song Yang was of course good at it, and in order to make the next double-click sprint to be listed, Song Yang decided to let Ryan, Irene and others join the board of directors, and even if necessary, Song Yang can also Get Gallo or something on the board.

Song Yang will not follow the old path of Wang An's company. Wang An is just too impatient. He will fight against Wall Street and refuse to take a step back. If you want to control a company, you don't have to sit in the position of the president, even if it's just a matter of time. An ordinary director or general manager, etc., but if you hold the equity in your hands, and replace the board of directors with your own people, won't you let this company go according to its own baton?

  Song Yang wants Irene to go to San Jose. Double click headquarters will recruit a professional manager to form a joint executive president with Ryan to jointly manage Double click company.

But Irene is still representing Song Yang, going to connect with Double-click Company to handle some affairs. In name, Irene has a higher status, but she is no longer in charge of all kinds of trivial matters in Double-click. In fact, Double-click has a certain influence. A bit weaker.

At this time, Irene also had some wars in her heart. Whether to stay at Double-click Company and become the co-CEO of Double-click Company with Ryan, or go to San Jose and start over with Song Yang, for her, it was a life choice. .

  It is very simple to stay in Double-click, then Irene may become the co-president of a listed company, and at the age of less than 30 years old, she may achieve a point that countless people in America can never reach in a lifetime!

And if she goes to San Jose, it means that she has given up the chance to reach the sky in one step, and bet that Song Yang will arrange a new one for her in the future, which is far better than the position of the co-president of the double-click, but it is also possible that the ICQ project fails, and the double-click position is also It was robbed, and the last game was empty, and I got nothing.

  Song Yang did not urge Irene, but just picked up some documents that Irene brought over and looked at it. Double-click company has nothing to say. The Internet continues to be hot, and Double-click company's revenue has also increased. Currently, the monthly revenue has exceeded 10 million US dollars.

It's just that the profit is a bit stretched. Many orders are on paper, and the money has not been recovered. There are even small websites that double-click the company and turn yellow after advertising. The website owner runs away with his sister-in-law, let alone Money back.

But in order to make the accounts beautifully, these orders must still be made. We can only rely on the listing to get back all the money we lost. Now we are playing like this. There is only a market, and cutting leeks is not shabby...

Hotmail mailboxes are also very popular. After America exceeded 1 million users, not only did it not stop, but the autumn wind swept the leaves, with the growth rate of 150,000 users in a single day, and won 100 in six days. 10,000 users, officially among the Internet products with 2 million users.

   Also overseas, Hotmail's performance is also quite good. There are more than 700,000 users of French, German, Spanish, Japanese and other versions of Homomail. This is currently the best Internet product in America!

  Currently, the number of users in the Internet industry ranks ahead of Hotmail, leaving only a few old Internet companies such as Netscape, Yahoo, and Infoseek. It can be said that Hotmail is making history every day.

It seems that the situation is very good, but in fact, the pressure on the Hotmail mailbox server is increasing. Song Yang is a little fortunate, and he has given up many overseas agency rights, otherwise, the cost of the server will be covered by Song Yang. Yang couldn't take it anymore.

Hotmail mailboxes are now being carried by the millions of dollars invested by Wang An Company. The increase in users is of course a good thing, but the cost of servers is also increasing dramatically, coupled with labor costs, etc., allowing a group of overseas agents Fang, is also complaining every day.

Therefore, it is imperative to launch advertising emails. Song Yang only hopes that after the opening of the advertising email business, those agents such as France Telecom, Telefonica, Siemens, etc., have a little conscience and can give Hotmail some advertisements. Revenue sharing, don't be too dark-hearted.

   After thinking for a while, Irene raised her head and said solemnly to Song Yang, "I am willing to go to San Jose!"

Irene decided to take a gamble. If she lost the bet, she still has the identity of a double-click board. If she wins the bet, she may get a lot more than she does now. The most important thing is that Irene bet on With Song Yang, how long has it been since Song Yang's debut, he has already created a number of industries such as DoubleClick, Hotmail, ICQ, etc. Who can say for sure that Song Yang will not launch new ones in the future, far better than DoubleClick's industries?

Song Yang looked at Irene and nodded. Regarding Irene, Song Yang felt that it was easy to use. If Irene went to San Jose, she could directly take over ICQ's affairs. I don't know when it will be. Of course, Irene is pretty good looking. Song Yang said that he is by no means a superficial person who only looks at looks...

   "I will be staying in Houston these few days. Double click here to find a manager who will take over you as soon as possible. In addition to having overseas management experience, you must also have some experience in going public!"

  Song Yang explained to Irene, listening to this, Irene understood that double-clicking should also start cutting leeks faster, no, it is the pace of listing.

With experience in managing overseas affairs and listed companies, such a professional manager is also popular on Wall Street and Silicon Valley, but Song Yang feels that if he has to double-click now, he can be regarded as one of the Internet "giants". Such a professional manager should be somewhat attractive.

  Double-click company, through the headhunting company, announced that it wanted to recruit a professional manager and had corresponding requirements, which immediately attracted the attention of countless people.

The WPP Group, of course, is very supportive of the company's move, and immediately recommended a number of "talents" for the company. Several of them have experience working in the WPP Group and its brands. Obviously, the WPP Group wants to To use this to increase the influence of Double Click Company.

   On Wall Street and Silicon Valley, after seeing Double-click Company’s requirements for professional managers, they immediately understood that Double-click Company was preparing for the listing.

For this news, many professional managers on Wall Street were eager to try for a while. Just like the Internet industry, they regard Double-click as a small Internet giant. The evaluation of Double-click by investment banks and institutions has also exceeded one. 200 million US dollars, the valuation will be higher after listing.

   For a company with a valuation of hundreds of millions of dollars, not many professional managers on Wall Street can resist!

   (end of this chapter)