June 10th, morning in Silicon Valley.

Silicon Valley, known as the kingdom of the electronics industry and computer industry, actually used to be a place where silicon-based semiconductor chips were produced.

Silicon Valley is lined with skyscrapers, and almost all of America's famous network semiconductor companies are gathered here. It is the center and holy land of the world's semiconductor and Internet industries.

In the Netscape office building in Silicon Valley, Marco Anderson, one of the founders of Netscape, walked into the office building looking exhausted.

He was in very bad spirits, very depressed, and there was a gloomy look on his face from time to time, which was extremely inappropriate for his twenty-six-year-old age.

As the CEO of an emerging technology company, it stands to reason that the sun should be shining brightly for him now.

Yes, at this time two years ago, he was still so full of ambition and pride, as if he had the entire galaxy in his hands.

But things are easy to change, and two years later he became like this.

Marco Anderson's worries stem from the browser war between Netscape and Verizon.

The two companies were in the same Silicon Valley, but later generations called them the Silicon Valley feud, which shows how fierce the battle between the two sides was at that time.

The two sides have become enemies since a four-hour meeting in Silicon Valley in 1995 that yielded no results.

Weisoft's rhetoric is that Netscape CEO said that in front of Netscape, Windows can only act as a driver for a bunch of poorly designed devices.

According to Netscape, Weisoft's negotiators were aggressive, not only proposing to divide the browser market, but also requiring that Netscape's products could only run on older versions of Windows.

Marco Anderson likened the representatives of Wehrmacht to the underworld figures sent by the Godfather.

Anyway, the mother-in-law is right, and the father-in-law is right. I don’t know who is right.

Then Weisoft released Windows 95, and Weisoft's own browser IE 1.0 was installed on Windows 95.

The war between the two sides officially began.

At first, the performance of IE 1.0 was lackluster and was no match for Netscape Browser 2.0.

Netscape has a huge advantage in browser market share, and its dominance makes Weisoft uneasy.

At this time, after careful planning, Weisoft made three moves: The first move was on December 7, 1995, when Netscape's stock reached its highest peak in history, Weisoft held a press conference to announce: Weisoft Corporation

Weisoft will intervene and expand its influence in the Internet field. The president of Weisoft changed his words and claimed that Weisoft is the backbone of the Internet. Next, Weisoft will improve the browser to make it faster and free.

Prior to this, Netscape's stock price was as high as 171 yuan. However, after the speech was changed, Netscape's stock began to fall back and never reached the height of 171 yuan.

Netscape's investors realized that Weisoft had an overwhelming advantage, and Netscape's future seemed uncertain.

The second move: Weisoft has increased its efforts in browser research and development. At least IE 3.0, launched at the end of 1996, is as technically outstanding as the latest Netscape Navigator 3.0.

The WeiRuan interface system itself has the IE browser installed, and the level of both parties is almost the same. In this way, people who install the WeiRuan system do not need to spend money to buy Netscape's browser installation.

Netscape's share began to decrease.

The words were changed in 1996 when he asked an AOL executive: "How much does Microsoft have to pay to make you abandon Netscape and switch to IE as the recommended browser?"

This is Weiruan’s third move.

Subsequently, a group of well-known companies in the United States announced that they would abandon Netscape browser and switch to IE browser.

Netscape browser gradually lost market share. In the fourth quarter of 1997, the company suffered a loss of 80 million yuan, and the stock price fell to less than 20 yuan.

On June 10th, Netscape was not that miserable, but its market share was less than one-third of its peak. The company had already suffered a loss of about 10 million yuan, and its stock price had dropped from 171 at its peak.

The rice dollar fell to 32 meters and is still falling.

Marco Anderson was sitting listlessly on the sofa, leaning his head on the back of the sofa with his eyes closed, thinking about how to solve the company's current crisis.

If he couldn't come up with a countermeasure, he would have no choice but to watch the company decline day by day. At this rate, Netscape would go bankrupt and be acquired by the end of the year.

Marco Anderson almost thought about it and couldn't come up with a good idea. Just then, the phone on his desk rang.

"Mark! Check your email, I'll send you an email. I'm on my way to the company."

The call came from James Colaco, another founder of Netscape, and his tone was very urgent.

Marco Anderson turned on his computer and clicked on his mailbox. Sure enough, there was an email in it.

This seemed to be some kind of program, and Marco Anderson took a few minutes to open it.

As time went by, Marco Anderson, who had a disapproving expression at first, gradually became serious, then surprised, then serious again, and then...

It's like having a convulsion.

With a crash, the door to his office was pushed open, and James Colaco rushed in almost at a trot.

After graduating from college, Marco Anderson went to California, where he met James Colaco. The two hit it off and founded Mosaic Communications, the predecessor of Netscape.

"Mark! Did you see it? Did you see it?" Zhanmu Scolako shouted as soon as he entered the house.

"James, I'm watching!"

"We are saved!"

"Yes! We are saved!"

Mark stood up from behind his desk, and the two of them hugged and jumped around the room.

This email is the interface file of the Huaguang system that Wan Feng asked Xu Meilin to send.

Netscape has also built a system. Both of them have majored in education, so they can naturally see the power of this system.

"James, we must get this system! Oh, by the way! Where did it come from?"

"China!"

Marco Anderson didn't blink for a long time: "You mean you come from that backward autocratic country?"

"Yes! It was sent from a company called Huaguang in Beiliao Province, China."

"How is this possible! Someone in China actually makes the system? And they do it so well!"

"Marco! Now is not the time to be surprised by this. We need to discuss how to get this system."

Marco came back to his senses after James Coraco said this. Now is really not the time to worry about whether there are people in China who are gaming the system.

"Zhanmusi! How about you go to China in person? See what conditions the other party wants. If the conditions permit, buy the system back. No! If the conditions don't allow, buy it back. No matter what the cost, Netscape's life or death depends on it.

It’s done. You negotiate and I’ll raise the money.”

"Okay! I'll apply for a visa and fly to China right away."
Chapter completed!