Chapter 508: A Thunderclap on Flat Ground

Hainam is lucky. Although his school is not very good, his Latin music teacher is considered conscientious to students.

That teacher also knows that for people born in slum community families like Hainam, if they can't get a university recommendation letter signed by a big shot, and can't enter sports and singer industries like boxing and basketball, the probability of entering a gang in the future, not to mention 100%, is probably 80% or 90%. Even if they want to find a normal job, it is estimated to be difficult!

Hainam's music teacher had a computer at home. After hearing the news that Himalaya Radio wanted to recruit a batch of original singers to enter the platform and become original singers, he contacted Himalaya and recommended Hainam. This led to today's scene.

How much rap talent Hainam has is really hard to say, but Himalaya Radio needs to establish a typical example, an inspirational story of a young man from a slum who relies on publishing songs on Himalaya Radio to become a singer!

Let Himalaya Radio be related to singers. Even if they are not signed by the major record giants, they have the opportunity to become singers. Are we afraid that no one will run to Himalaya Radio to publish songs?

Of course, the opportunity to pick up leaks is actually very small. Those professional singer scouts are really not eating dry food. As long as they show talent, they are basically included by giant companies.

But for Himalaya Radio, it doesn't need to prop up a singing giant. Just like this one of Hainam, let him become popular, have some fame in Chicago, sign a record company, issue a record to earn a sum, and have some net worth. This is enough!

Hearing the record company, wanting to see Hainam, the house was suddenly quiet, and everyone looked at Hainam dumbly, including those few men wearing headscarves.

They look like they are glorious, but what kind of days they are actually living, in reality, only they know. They can't see the light, don't dare to appear in front of the police and media, and can only hide in the sewer like mice. How can it be as glorious as being a singer and being watched by thousands of people?!

"Hainam, I will accompany you. I have a Toyota. I will go drive now!"

"Please, Hainam is about to become a singer. You let him sit in your broken car that you don't know where you stole. Do you want him to enter the police station?"

"Hainam is sitting in my Ford pickup, four-hand new..."

"Hi, Hainam, right? Will you issue a record? Look, can I be an actor for your record MV?"

When Hainam's younger brother ran in and said in front of everyone that the record company was interested in Hainam, a group of people changed their attitude toward him.

Young people about the same age as Hainam wanted to become his followers, and the girls were even bolder. Two girls directly leaned to his side, glaring at each other, pulling his arm tightly and not letting go, the thought of wanting to become his woman was almost written on their faces.

Even the woman in the arms of the headscarf man who just spoke to Hainam was clearly somewhat eager to move.

After all, being a singer's girlfriend, enjoying the attention of spotlights and media, appearing on TV stations and newspapers, traveling in luxury cars, eating and drinking spicy food, or being a girlfriend of a gang member, hanging out with drug addicts every day, giving birth to children without knowing who the father is—anyone who knows this kind of day knows which one to choose!

For Hainam, this is an opportunity to change his destiny. For these young men and women in the house, isn't it the same?!

Struggling a few times, unable to get rid of the two girls who were pulling his arm tightly, Hainam had to give up. He nodded to the man with the Ford pickup. Hainam was prepared to take the car first and meet his music teacher.

Carlos, a 28-year-old civil design engineer, uploaded a modern poem he recited on the Himalaya Radio on his computer.

Poetry has long been declining, and the whole world is the same. The 70s and 80s were the era when modern poetry was most popular, but now, it is no longer popular.

But it's not popular, it doesn't mean no one plays it, it just becomes a synonym for niche. Carlos is an amateur poet. On Himalaya Radio, he is basically entertaining himself. As for earning money or getting advertising sponsorships, he didn't think about it at all.

However, Carlos still has a dream. He wants to become a new generation of outstanding poets in America and recite his poems at the President's inauguration ceremony!

Although Carlos also knows that he is dreaming, as an engineer who doesn't need to worry about life, he still treats poetry as a hobby and uploads it to Himalaya Radio. It is purely treated as a personal hobby. What if a publisher takes a fancy to his poems? What if one day he really becomes a new outstanding poet in America? And what if, one day, a President invites him to recite his poems at the inauguration ceremony? Who can say for sure...

Silicon Valley, after Himalaya Radio went online, made quite a few movements, especially Jory Jin Si' Flat Earth theory, which became a social event in America. How could Silicon Valley not notice it?

But after the website went online, although Himalaya was busy, constantly recruiting new staff, Himalaya didn't spread too much news related to the website. Silicon Valley could only watch from the other side of the fire.

"Himalaya Internet Radio announced that registered users exceeded 1 million, daily click volume exceeded 480,000 person-times, and in 37 days of going online, revenue exceeded 2.79 million dollars!"

The San Jose Mercury News, the newspaper with the largest circulation in Silicon Valley, suddenly reported, like a thunderclap exploding in Silicon Valley, and also made the internet industry in America in an uproar.

There are quite a few companies that have emerged in Silicon Valley now, but how many have users exceeding 1 million? Netscape is one, Yahoo is one. As for the rest, including ebay, Amazon, etc., who dares to say that their users have exceeded 1 million!

More importantly, revenue. Now, which internet company is not losing money? Even Netscape and Yahoo are the same. But Himalaya earned 2.79 million dollars in one month after going online. For companies outside the internet industry, this is nothing, but for companies in the industry, this simply pioneered the industry's precedent!

The thunderclap suddenly spread by Himalaya exploded all the people in all directions, and the internet companies and Silicon Valley venture capital firms all cast their eyes toward Himalaya.

"Jim, you should look at this news!"

Inside the new office building of Netscape, after going public, Netscape staff expanded rapidly and moved to a new office building. Now is the most glorious time for Netscape, and even Microsoft is not put in its eyes.

Inside the office where Jim Clark is, the Netscape general manager walked in quickly, with a serious face, and placed a newspaper in front of Jim Clark.

Jim Clark took the newspaper, looked at the newspaper in confusion, and after seeing the Himalaya headline, he felt familiar, and then remembered, "The internet company established by Li, who invested in Yahoo?"

"How did this company..."

Before he finished speaking, Jim saw the back, the report that Himalaya website registered users exceeded 1 million and revenue exceeded 2.78 million dollars in one month, which also made him widen his eyes.

When seeing this result, Jim doubted whether his eyes were dazzled. Even when Netscape first went online, there was no such record. Until now, it was just barely reaching a balance of payments.

Jim Clark was silent for a while, looking at the things on the newspaper in his hand, and then thinking of Li Dongling's investment in Yahoo, he suddenly felt that everything became reasonable. For someone who can play Himalaya to this point, is it excessive to invest in a Yahoo!

"Jim, what should we do?" Netscape general manager looked at Jim Clark, with an eager look in his eyes.

Jim certainly knows what he wants to do. What else can it be? Copying homework, right? Seeing that the internet radio seems to be profitable, Netscape general manager also wants to follow suit. Whether it can be done or not is unknown, but it can stimulate and raise the stock price!

Don't think that Silicon Valley is all upright gentlemen who don't eat human fireworks. The whole world is the same bird. As long as one person makes money in a certain line, everyone will definitely follow suit.

Just talking about browsers, how many companies are engaged in it in Silicon Valley and America now? The most famous one is called IE browser.

"Not in a hurry!"

Jim pondered for a moment, "Netscape's most important opponent is Microsoft IE browser. We need to pull more camps into Netscape. First say hello to Himalaya, I am ready to meet that Li!"

It didn't matter if it didn't go public. Now that Netscape has gone public, just like bandits and outlaws sitting on the country, the previous rogue means cannot be used easily. Otherwise, how to convince the public.

Netscape wants to be the door for users to reach the internet, so it cannot have too many enemies. For Himalaya Radio, Jim is now prepared to focus on pulling in.

"The data is likely true. Himalaya doesn't need to make false reports on these data, and according to the data counted by third parties, it is basically consistent!"

Inside Yahoo, they were also looking at the news of Himalaya. After the San Jose Mercury News, many newspapers and TV news started reporting.

"This set of propaganda strategy is too classic!"

Yahoo's first president, Timothy Koogle, who was sent by Sequoia Capital and other venture capital firms, couldn't help but burst out with foul language.

"Himalaya Radio absolutely has a master-level propaganda expert manipulating this matter.

Just a Jory Jin Si and Flat Earth theory event made Himalaya Radio the focus of the entire America, and even not just America. In old Europe, North America Mexico, South America Brazil, Asia A-San, and other places, it has set off quite a bit of public opinion!

The Jory Jin Si and Flat Earth theory event has at least pulled more than 300,000 new users for the Himalaya website, and even far more than that!"

Koogle said to Yahoo founder Yang Zhiyuan, Filo, investor Moritz, and Yahoo executives in front of him, with exclamation, appreciation, and a bit of envy in his words.

If Yahoo could have the heat of Himalaya Radio, Koogle would have the confidence to let Yahoo's stock price rise several times after going public. ===== CHAPTER 509 =====