Chapter 185

Whether it's for a person or a company, it's important to become famous early. If you come late, you might not even get a sip of hot soup.

Of course, becoming famous doesn't necessarily mean you'll achieve success; it also depends on ability, vision, luck, and so on. But these are "troubles" after becoming famous. Before that, considering these is useless. It's like considering whether to eat a pork knuckle or a roast chicken when you're hungry—isn't that just nonsense!

For Feiyan Technology, what needs to be considered now is how to sprint to NASDAQ in the shortest possible time, which requires Feiyan Technology to have sufficient fame.

As for the review and difficulty of companies on NASDAQ now, you could say it's big. Companies that are not well-regarded, no matter how good their performance is, may face picky review eyes and might not necessarily be able to climb to NASDAQ to ring the bell.

However, companies that are eye-catching or look like they have a great reputation and a bright future, even if they are still losing money, still have a high probability of getting on NASDAQ. Concepts like nightclubs, American prisons, foot massage parlors, fortune-telling, mental hospitals, etc., all have a chance to climb to NASDAQ.

Although these concept stocks don't sound as high-end as tech or internet stocks, they are enough to attract the attention of American and global investors, and their cash flow and potential are quite terrifying. They are also part of the industries in social operation, so naturally, someone will value these companies.

Feiyan Technology doesn't need to engage in these strange businesses, but in order to get on NASDAQ, it certainly needs to use some means to increase its visibility. Engaging in internet business might not make money in the short term for Feiyan Technology, or even lose money, but Feiyan Technology needs to catch the internet bandwagon!

In a past life, the first domestic internet company to list on NASDAQ wasn't Sina, NetEase, or Sohu, but China. com, which was set up in Hong Kong.

Hardly anyone could clearly say what business this website did, let alone the American investors on the other side of the ocean. But at that time, the internet was in its most frenzied period. You only needed a URL and a name that sounded high-end to get on NASDAQ and be pursued crazily.

And what is the English name of this company, China. com? "China." Just hearing this name, you know where it represents. Even if it didn't do any business, just by holding this domain name, there were plenty of venture capital firms investing in it.

And when China. com listed on NASDAQ, it was also smooth sailing, with almost no obstacles. Representing Chinese concept stocks, China. com was pursued crazily. On the day of its listing, the stock price tripled, the stock price was hyped up to $220 per share, and the market value exceeded $5 billion, all relying on a domain name...

But relying on a domain name alone cannot support an empire. Once the craze passed, China. com quickly fell into a trough. However, even after delisting from NASDAQ, this URL was still very valuable, attracting many companies to fight for it.

Feiyan Technology, which was infinitely glorious in the radio industry and suppressing a group of domestic and foreign veteran radio manufacturers, suddenly announced that it was going to enter the internet industry. For the entire radio industry, this was a not-so-small shock. They didn't know what kind of tricks Feiyan was planning to play, leaving the perfectly good mini-radios unsold to go and mess with some Himalaya FM internet radio station.

"Letting more users enjoy the convenience of technological progress and the internet is the goal that Feiyan Technology has always pursued!"

"Himalaya Internet Radio Station hopes to let users around the world listen to the kind of sounds they want to hear. Audio content like songs, operas, poetry, storytelling, novels, fairy tales, etc., can all be heard by users on the Himalaya radio station!"

After Feiyan Technology released news of entering the internet industry, Yao Luoying accepted interviews from several media outlets.

"Around the world, radio listeners are a huge market, and in the next twenty years, the scale will only get larger and larger, not just radio broadcast listeners.

Himalaya FM Internet Radio Station will be a platform where users can find and listen to numerous podcast contents, including talk shows, personal interviews, etc. In addition, we will also launch new features...

Himalaya Radio Station will be launched on the mainland this year and will enter markets like Hong Kong, Japan, America, Europe, etc.!"

Himalaya Radio Station was originally meant to be a bluff—no, it was meant to be invested in and listed in America, so it certainly had to enter that market.

This wasn't entirely a bluff. The model of Himalaya Radio Station, if placed in America, is a podcast platform. Because there are many vehicles in America and driving times are long, it is destined that there will be many listener users in these places. Placed ten or twenty years later, podcast platforms are still very popular in America!

Like Castbox, which once became the largest third-party podcast platform in America, it was launched by a domestic company. Because they couldn't stand the domestic involution, they ran to America. The gameplay was basically moving the set of Himalaya, Li Zhi, and Qingting over. In a few years, it became one of the largest podcast platforms in America, with a user count exceeding 20 million.

In the future, if Himalaya Internet Radio Station develops and can meet expectations, then maybe it really has a chance to become one of the giants in the audio industry!

But before that, don't count on Himalaya Radio Station to make money. It even has to spend a large sum. Buying copyrights, producing podcast channels, signing podcast recording creators, etc., all cost money.

Now, it's basically hyping up concepts. Himalaya Radio Station is also basically playing with concepts this time, hyping up the heat, and then sprinting to NASDAQ.

But no matter how it's played, when Feiyan Technology announced the launch of Himalaya Internet Radio Station, the concept of a podcast platform still quickly attracted the attention of Silicon Valley.

Now, what is Silicon Valley most lacking? Of course, it lacks US dollars, but what it lacks even more is creativity. The internet concepts famous in Silicon Valley now are only a few types.

Including the browser concept proposed by Netscape, Yahoo represents portal websites. They were the first to propose these concepts, so naturally, they represent this concept industry and are hyped by Silicon Valley venture capital.

As for search engines, they are not yet valued. Before Google and Baidu, this industry did not become one of the hot internet concept stocks. Otherwise, those two brothers at Google wouldn't have thought about selling Google at the beginning.

In addition, Infoseek, because the search industry didn't make money and was jealous of Yahoo's transformation into a portal website, ended up playing itself to death and sold itself to Disney, which angered Mr. Li, who was an engineer at Infoseek, and he ran back to China to establish Baidu.

As long as there is creativity in Silicon Valley now, there is a chance to be pursued by venture capital institutions. It's unclear whether internet podcast platforms will be pursued, but Feiyan Technology is the first to propose this concept, which is already enough!

After Feiyan Technology proposed that it would launch Himalaya Radio Station, many internet companies and venture capital firms in Silicon Valley began to cast their gaze toward Feiyan Technology.

There are even many Silicon Valley companies that have begun to discuss the feasibility of podcast platforms. Now, several internet giant companies in Silicon Valley are also talking about Himalaya Radio Station.

"Jim, what do you think of the concept of a podcast platform? I feel that connecting radio stations with the internet is a genius idea. I didn't expect that in the East, there would also be internet geniuses!"

Inside Netscape, which currently has the strongest momentum in Silicon Valley, the founder Andreessen, who had just finished typing the code for the new generation version and added many features to the browser, raised the "Silicon Valley Daily" in his hand toward another founder, Jim. These newspapers basically report news within the internet industry.

"It's indeed a good idea, but we can't be distracted by these things. There are still four months left, and Netscape is about to go public. We will create a new era!"

Jim said to Andreessen in an impassioned tone, "By that time, the whole world will know your name, Andreessen!"

Not only are these two founders of Netscape waiting for Netscape's listing—at that time they will become heroes of the internet industry and will have a chance to become billionaires—Li Dongling is also waiting for Netscape's listing.

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"The NASDAQ Trading Commission has approved Netscape's listing application. The world's first internet listed company will be born this year. This is the best opportunity for Feiyan Technology!"

"After Netscape goes public, Feiyan will launch Himalaya Radio Station!"

In Pingyang, on the way to Feiyan Technology's new headquarters building, Li Dongling said to Yao Luoying. It would be a pity not to take advantage of Netscape's heat.

After Netscape goes public, once it performs outstandingly, it will set off an internet craze. Feiyan Technology, as an internet podcast concept stock, might also be pursued at that time. One opportunity might be worth several years of effort.

"I understand!"

Yao Luoying nodded and said. She is not yet very familiar with internet R&D, but after Li Dongling's oral instruction during this period, she basically knows the general routine, which is that she must increase visibility!

Today is the day Feiyan Technology moves its headquarters. As payments for goods are constantly returned and the funds in Feiyan Technology's account are constantly increasing, it naturally has the money to purchase a new headquarters office building.

Of course, the biggest reason is still the scale of Feiyan Technology's personnel, which is soaring rapidly. The Dongling Gao Ke headquarters office building really cannot accommodate the personnel of both Dongling Gao Ke and Feiyan Technology.

Feiyan Technology's new headquarters building is also on Changqing Road, but it is diagonally opposite to Dongling Gao Ke.

Now on Changqing Road, there are already several office buildings acquired and leased by Dongling Gao Ke. If there are a few more new departments like Feiyan Technology, then it might be that the buildings on both sides of the entire Changqing Road might be wrapped up by Dongling Gao Ke, and this road might have to change its name...

A burst of firecracker sounds rang out. After holding a simple relocation ceremony, personnel from various departments of Feiyan Technology began to enter the new office building. Li Dongling was the first to come to Feiyan Technology's Technical Department.

(End of chapter)