I’m in Hollywood

Tina Brown certainly understands what this means. Standard means monopoly, and monopoly means huge profits. This is a truth that has been proven countless times. ▆▅▃██.=.

Although governments around the world are clamoring against monopoly, and countless anti-monopoly investigations emerge every year, in fact, monopoly is everywhere, and it is also the ultimate goal pursued by countless companies. Thinking that she might have the opportunity to participate in a brand new monopoly industry, Tina Brown was even slightly excited.

In the next week, Eric started the merger of the three companies without stopping, and finally determined that the former head of IE browser company Ian Grenier will be the CEO of the merged Yahoo Network, and Jeff Locke will be the CEO. Chief Operating Officer, still mainly responsible for the operation of Yahoo's website, Steve Mitnick got the position of Chief Technology Officer as he wished, and will be responsible for all technical research projects of Yahoo Network in the future, and Tina Brown will serve as the general manager of Yahoo's information department. edit.

The original IE browser, online mailbox and other services will also be renamed Yahoo browser and Yahoo mailbox in the next month, and the upcoming instant messaging software will also be named Yahoo chat room (-chat-), referred to as ybsp ; The main management framework of Yahoo Network was completed, and Chris also flew back to the United States from Finland, and immediately came to Boston.

Eric picked up Chris from the airport. The two did not go to the hotel, but went directly to Yahoo's headquarters for the first high-level meeting after the company's reorganization.

In recent days, perhaps because of Eric's arrival, Yahoo's headquarters building seems to be a lot cleaner. Of course, Eric also knew that the real reason was that there was one more woman in the management of the original three big men. Tina Brown was second only to Ian Grenier in Yahoo Network Company, and was with Jeff Locke and Shi. Tiff Mitnick is quite similar. Although it is certain that Yahoo's content editing department will not work in the headquarters, the distance between the two offices is only a few hundred meters. Compared with the three big men who are somewhat informal, for Tina Brown to come Say. u8novel.com▄. She couldn't tolerate the slightly scattered office environment of Yahoo in the past, so she personally arranged work such as logistics cleaning

Eric and Chris walked side by side on the neat stairs to the conference room on the top floor, chatting a little about Nokia's situation along the way, and Chris asked at this time: Didn't you invite John Chambers and Stein? Husband Case. Are they here?

Eric said: Of course they come here after the layout is completed. Otherwise, I'm not sure if I can 100% impress them to join this plan. They will all come tomorrow.

Chris said: If they don't join that program, I think they will regret it in the future.

There's nothing wrong with Cisco, we're still Cisco's largest shareholder. And that plan is absolutely good for Cisco, and there's no reason John Chambers wouldn't. But AOL might not. , Eric shook his head with a smile,

Although I would prefer AOL to focus on being an internet service provider, many of AOL's services overlap with Yahoo, and even imitated Yahoo and launched a portal to convince Steve Case to quit, said Mr. Competing with Yahoo is not that easy.

Steve Case is a smart guy who can definitely understand what decisions are best for AOL's development.

Eric smiled and shrugged, Smart people are often very stubborn.

Pushing the door and entering the conference room, Ian Grenier and the others who were talking in a low voice stopped chatting. Net got up to say hello to Chris.

The content of today's meeting is very important to Yahoo's future exhibition, and the level of confidentiality has reached the highest level. The next-level company executives are not eligible to join this meeting. With Eric and Chris, there are only six people in the entire conference room. .

Eric already knew all the details of today's meeting and thought about it countless times without relying on any copywriting materials. Two lines of simple phrases were written on the tablet.

Ok, Eric put down his pen. He clapped his hands lightly and said, Although many of you have already understood some of the content of today's meeting more or less, today, you will hear the full picture of Yahoo's future exhibition plan.

He tapped the two-line phrase on the clipboard. Eric continued: In the next few years, or the next ten years, all of Yahoo's exhibitions will revolve around these two programs, the Yahoo Technology Alliance and the Yahoo Advertising Alliance.

First of all, Yahoo Technology Alliance, after more than two years of unremitting technical investment. Yahoo has obtained an absolutely leading technology reserve in the same industry, and has successfully launched three types of Yahoo portal website, browser software and online mailbox service that change the habits of network users. Successful products, we will launch more products in the future. But at the same time, it would be a very stupid idea if we are only satisfied with this, and it is difficult to maintain a pure technological leadership for a long time, so, in order to To maintain Yahoo's absolute leading position in the future, we need to attract more companies and users to Yahoo's technical standards through the promotion of the Internet technology developed by Yahoo. As long as Yahoo becomes the setter of industry technical standards, we will You can form an indestructible and huge alliance, crushing all possible competitors in the bud.

If Eric's remarks at this time are recorded, it will definitely become an explosive evidence and irrefutable when Yahoo encounters an antitrust investigation in the future. ▆u▄8 hours ▄▇█ said the network▃.= However, at this time, the few people in the conference room are obviously not selfless advocates of the spirit of sharing the Internet, Ian Gnier is undisguised about Eric's ambitions. A frenzy flashed in the eyes of the others.

In the next year, the browser-based ies scripting language, the new mp3 audio technology and the image format will be used as Yahoo's approved technology promotion projects, and will be licensed to the industry for free. Firefly Investments will provide more funds, I hope that Yahoo will become the first high-tech company in the world to launch dynamic image and even video playback technology that successfully runs on Internet software. At the same time, the company will also start research on online payment tools. , users can use this online payment tool to conduct any transaction through the network, whether it is virtual software product purchases or physical commodity transactions. I look forward to all Internet payment behaviors in the future will rely on payment platforms.”

It was the first time that Eric revealed the idea of ​​the tool, and noticed that Chris, Ian Grenier and others in the audience turned their attention to Steve Mitnick. Eric smiled and said: Don't look at Steve, the online payment tool is something I only thought of in the last few days. Before I leave Boston, I will write a simple plan. But the specific technical research work will be decided by your few. People are jointly responsible, and I hope that within a year, you will be able to bring out the official product.

This online payment tool definitely needs to work with brick-and-mortar banks, will they be willing to work with us? asked Ian Grenier.

Eric said: You don't need to worry about this matter, I will follow up personally, as long as the platform you open can ensure security and practicability. ▃▄▃▇Net. I can pull enough for Yahoo! Bank collaborators.

Steve Mitnick rubbed his hands brightly and said, Eric, I have a good idea...

Stop, Eric smiled, blocking Steve Mitnick's words, and said, I don't know what you want to say, but I know your terms about encryption algorithms, software architecture and so on. It must be incomprehensible, so you should discuss it with Ian and the others after the meeting.

Everyone suddenly laughed, and Steve Mitnick also smiled, making a frantic strangulation of Eric's neck.

After the laughter. Jeff Locke, a somewhat restrained character, raised his hand, and after receiving a nod from Eric, he said, Eric, I think, if we really want to open it, we need to have an operating system platform focus, although we have already The browser software has been realized to run on all mainstream operating system platforms such as , , , etc., but when it comes to the user's financial operations, security is absolutely the first, the more platforms, the less guaranteed the security.

When he came into contact with computers in his previous life, Microsoft already dominated the world, and Eric was used to it like many ordinary people, so he really didn't take into account the current situation. However, this is not a difficult question to decide. After pretending to think for a moment, Eric said, Let's start with the most popular operating system now. Graphical interface operating systems will definitely become the mainstream of personal computers, so we You can simply give up, these platforms. There is no need to consider this open source system.”

Ian Grenier said: What about Apple's, its popularity among ordinary users is second only to the system. I think we can conduct technical research based on these two platforms at the same time?

Apple currently sells more than 10,000 PCs per year. Although it seems insignificant after more than ten years, the annual sales of PCs in this era will only be in the millions. Apple's market share is already quite large. Ian Ge Neil's emphasis on Apple's operating system is not surprising.

However, if history does not deviate too much, after the launch of the operating system next year, Apple's personal computer sales will experience a terrifying cliff-like decline, and the originally vigorous Apple will quickly slide into the brink of bankruptcy, even after Jobs returns. Apple can only have a foothold in the high-end field, and it is a very uneconomical thing to be tied at this time.

We still have a lot of things to do. For those who are distracted and taking care of two platforms at the same time, it will delay the overall research progress. Therefore, we should start with the platform, accumulate enough technology and experience, and then launch other operating system platforms. The product will be very simple, and the time can be shortened a lot.”

I think what Eric said makes a lot of sense, but in order to avoid other platforms that we don't have time to take care of to be taken over by competitors, I think maybe we can merge with that live chat tool, so that at least we can ensure that we are in the user base. The absolute advantage, Tina Brown finished, smiled again, and said: Also, Eric, I think this name is too creative.

Eric said with a smile: When everyone gets used to this name, some people will automatically attach various connotations to it.

Many chat tool names in the original time and space are nothing special. After users get used to it, they will automatically accept those names. It's fun to create a brand new chat tool short name, out of some nasty taste.

Tina Brown spoke in support, and Ian Grenier and others also realized the benefits of doing so, and accepted the decision one after another.

Then next is the Yahoo Ad Network, Eric said. The purpose of the program is obvious, so I won't explain the term.

In the faint laughter, Eric said in a slightly serious tone: But this plan will affect the life and death of Yahoo. Even if I personally don't count on return, the amount of money I can invest in Yahoo is limited. If Yahoo can't Survive through its own profit, then all plans about Yahoo will be reduced to empty talk, so Yahoo's advertising affiliate program is more important than Yahoo's technology alliance. The current network environment is very similar to the early public television network, and users currently have nothing but network access. There is no concept of payment for online content, and the possibility of charging users through high-quality content services is almost zero. Therefore, with the continuous explosion of user scale, it will become inevitable to realize website profitability through advertising. Therefore, in the next step, Yahoo must increase the development of advertising technology to achieve accurate and effective advertising, so that online advertising can achieve the same advertising effect as TV advertising, and corporate customers will be willing to pay for advertising to Yahoo! .

Tina Brown asked: Eric, you said 'Yahoo Ads', what do you mean by 'Alliance'?

The so-called alliance, of course, is to combine with other websites on the Internet. After all, Yahoo's platform is limited, even if we have one million pages of 10 million pages of our own content in the future, compared to the huge cyberspace , Yahoo's content is still insignificant. On the Internet, most websites are incapable of advertising operations. What we need to do is to unite these thousands of small websites and run advertisements in a unified manner. Websites can also earn revenue through advertising revenue, which is a win-win solution, and Yahoo will be the biggest winner.

Chris has been listening to Eric's explanation quietly, and he couldn't help but ask for the first time: Eric, even if the affiliate program you mentioned can technically be realized, but there is not much traffic to combine these. Does a tiny website really make sense? (To be continued.)

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