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Wisger, Vardy, Goldfinger.

Through a simple conversation and self-introduction, Zucker confirmed the names of the three of them. The three of them had just completed their military service and discharged from the army in Israel. When they learned about this exchange activity in Silicon Valley, they flew to the United States specially.

As early as a few months ago, they had the idea to create icq.

They found that e-mails on the Internet were often filled with a lot of unimportant information, so that some very important information was overwhelmed, and they did not get timely feedback and response, so they decided to invent a faster and more direct Software that transmits information.

In this regard, the world's first chat software icq was born!

Even Dahuaxia's qq was created by imitating qicq. However, qicq is a pirated icq.

some coffee shop.

"Three, can I take the liberty to ask your icq software, what is the approximate development progress? Of course, if it is a commercial secret, you don't have to answer." Zuke said.

Wisig, Vardy, and Goldfinger looked at each other.

"Mr. Wald, this is not difficult to say, because we have just completed military service, and we have only completed the preliminary work of icq. When we return to Israel, we will start the formal R\u0026D and programming work."

The creators of the three icq are not ordinary people.

Especially Wisger!

After Visig succeeded in the icq project, he has successively invested in more than 80 Internet companies, and 5 companies have been successfully listed, and he will become a billionaire in the future.

He is smart!

In other words, those who can succeed, without coincidence, are all shrewd people! The reason why he was willing to say it was because he saw that Zucker was interested and had investment intentions.

"Three, if possible, I am willing to invest in the three icq projects." Zucker said without hesitation.

Hearing this, the three of Wisger were immediately ecstatic.

"Great, our project can start right away."

"Yes, Wisger. We'll make it soon."

......

Among the three, Vardy and Goldfinger were so excited on the spot that they thought about it.

Wisig looked at Zucker and said solemnly: "Mr. Wald, we thank you for your attention, and we are also willing to accept your investment, but there is a premise that in angel investment, me, Vardy and Goldfinger are three People as the founding team, we need a controlling stake in icq."

"No! No~!"

Zu Ke shook his head on the spot: "Three, you are the founding team, there is no doubt about it, but I am the real dollar dollar, in the first round of angel investment, I occupy the dominance of icq, which is my due rights and interests. ."

"Mr. Wald, we cannot accept this."

Wisig vetoed.

In the ensuing time, Zucker and Wisger discussed the dominance of icq. As for the other two creators of icq, they were not as shrewd as Wisger, and watched the whole process, acting like melon eaters.

During the debate, it wasn't that Zucker didn't think about putting aside the three of them and forming his own team to develop icq.

But.

These three guys, or Wisig is too fucking thief, the reason why this guy opened his mouth and said to Zucker,

Because he is sure to let Zucker compromise. As early as their first step into the United States, they contacted a lawyer to apply for a patent for icq.

(Sometimes the United States is such a shit, not only developed technologies can be patented, but even technical ideas can be patented.)

Wisger, who has the patent in hand, completely blocked Zhu Ke's cottage road.

Of course, Zucker is not afraid of this.

Isn't it just a lawsuit, and now living in the United States, would you still be afraid of this?

However, whether or not to be afraid is one problem. Zucker doesn't have the time, or not enough energy, which is another problem. The most important thing is that it is true that Zhu Ke can use qq and icq, but he does not understand how to develop! Even if you find a group of professional it workers to program, but when the development is completed, the three of Wisger may have already listed icq.

Compromise!

That's right, Zucker is so bottomless!

"Well, you convinced me." Zucker said.

"Thank you, Mr. Wald, and I'm sure we won't let you down."

The next morning, Zucker and Wesger completed the signing of the investment contract under the witness of the lawyer.

Zhu Ke invested 400,000 US dollars, occupying 40% of the shares in the icq project, and in the follow-up A, B, and C rounds of investment, Zu Ke also enjoys the priority of continuing to make additional investments.

"Vesger, I don't think the company's office should be located in Israel, knowing that Silicon Valley is the center of the Internet in the world today," Zucker suggested.

As for the location of the company, the three readily accepted Zucker's suggestion.

After all, Zucker is a man with a building on the outskirts of Silicon Valley, and renting them a floor has no problem at all.

rent?

That's right, it's rent!

One thing belongs to the same thing and must not be confused. This echoes the laws of business, and it is Zhu Ke's principle.

After the three of Wisger left, Zhang Wei, Zhu Ke's personal lawyer, said, "Boss, $400,000 is nothing to you, but do you really think you can succeed?"

"Haha." Zucker smiled mysteriously.

Was the Icq project a success?

No success, no success!

As soon as this software was launched, the global response was immediate. With unprecedented creativity, it quickly gained a large number of users all over the world in just half a year. Even in Asia, where the Internet was less developed at the time, the market users accounted for When it reaches 70%, it accounts for 80% in the Great Celestial Dynasty.

In 1998, AOL (America Online) acquired icq for a then high price of $407 million.

In this regard, icq is a success. You must know that at that time, Tencent's pony had not yet founded Penguin.

However, to say that icq is not a success, it is indeed not a success.

Because it did not achieve the expected profit!

During its development, due to a number of decision-making failures, it has not been on the right path, nor has it effectively utilized its huge number of users to realize the eggification of related industries, such as games, film and television, etc. At the same time, it is not developed for the non-English version of icq.

This is especially deadly!

As a result, many non-English-speaking countries have spawned a large number of chat software in their own languages. For example, QQ was born in the Great Heaven Dynasty.

(Actually, even if icq develops a Chinese version, it is impossible for it to occupy the market of the Great Celestial Dynasty. Looking at it from 2020, whether it is Amazon or Google, which one is not famous, isn't the Great Celestial Dynasty smashed into the sand? )

In 2010, AOL sold icq to DST, a Russian investment company, for $187.5 million.

"Successfully invested in icq, it's a delight!"

Zu Ke is in a good mood and wants to participate in more such activities in the future.