The situation on the field had changed. In the 19th minute, Brazil had the best offensive opportunity.

Ronaldinho made a quick pass at the front of the penalty area, which directly penetrated the German team's defense line, and Ronaldo, who received the pass, had a one-on-one opportunity.

Unfortunately, Ronaldo did not choose to attack, but instead passed the ball to his teammate Rivaldo. Rivaldo failed to get in position in time and missed the chance to shoot.

Song Yi watched the game on the field and asked, "Sun Sang, do you think the German team has a chance?"

Son looked at the two teams playing against each other on the field and felt puzzled. "Isn't the score 0-0 now? If the German team scored first, how could they have no chance?"

Song Yi explained: "Although Germany's tight defense prevented Brazil from forming a long-term offensive, football is an art, and every art sport requires inspiration and creativity. Every time Brazil has a flash of inspiration, it is possible to break through Germany's goal at any time."

The following game confirmed what Song Yi said. In the 30th minute, Ronaldo received a pass from Ronaldinho and successfully made an offside. Due to Link's interference, his shot did not pose a threat to Germany's Kahn.

"The Internet is an industry that requires a lot of creativity. Yahoo provides users with free Internet access and earns profits through advertising, which has made it the dominant player in the Internet."

"Before Google appeared, everyone believed that the search engine market would remain unchanged. The four major listed search engine companies, Yahoo, Excite, Infoseek and Lycos, each occupied a market share. However, Sequoia Capital and KCPB jointly invested $25 million in Google in 1999. The IT upstart has already defeated the former king, Yahoo. Doesn't Yahoo have as much money as Google?" Song Yi said tactfully.

Song Yi did want to buy some shares of Google before it went public, but Google is no longer short of money. Both of Google's founders, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, have rejected investments from venture capitalists.

Google went public on August 19, 2004, with a market value of $23 billion and a price-earnings ratio of 80. Later, Google grew into a global technology giant with a market value of $1.8 trillion. After Google went public, New Asia Capital Fund and Blue Ocean Capital Fund will definitely hold a large position in Google's shares.

Jin Xiyuan, who was standing by, also understood Song Yi's reply. It's fine for you, Masayoshi Son, to invest in Inschool's competitors, but can you create a social networking site that's better than Inschool with money? Song Yi used the example of the Brazilian team to tell Son that in the Internet industry, a flash of inspiration at a certain time is more important than spending money, and Xinya Network is not short of money. How much money can you spend on CYworld? At least in the Korean domestic market, Inschool is not afraid of any Internet giant.

Masayoshi Son was silent for a while, and then he began to mix the Kyoto cocktail, which is the favorite of Japanese fans.

The recipe is three parts Japanese sake with two slices of grapefruit, half a part of lemon juice, three quarters of agave nectar, a small amount of Basco green chili, and finally mint leaves as the finishing touch.

After he finished mixing the drink, Son Masayoshi poured a glass for Song Yi and Kim Hee-won, "Please." Son Masayoshi gestured to Song Yi to drink first.

Song Yi picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp. The cocktail was a little spicy, but it also had a sweet taste after entering his throat, which instantly made Song Yi, who was sleepy in the summer, refreshed.

Jin Xiyuan was not so anxious to drink. She covered the wine glass with her sleeve, took a sip, and then gently put the glass down.

Son filled Song Yi's glass and started talking to him about business. "How many users does InSchool have in Korea now?"

Song Yi turned his gaze to Jin Xiyuan. Jin Xiyuan knew it was her turn to perform. She straightened her back and said, "As of June 28, the number of inschool's Korean users is 14,923,705, which covers almost 30% of Koreans."

Son Masayoshi then noticed Jin Xiyuan and nodded slightly, "As expected, a strong general has no weak soldiers. I remember that inschool's user base barely exceeded 10 million in mid-April. In just two months, it has grown by nearly 5 million users? I heard that inschool hasn't started advertising yet?"

The smile on Song Yi's face froze. It turned out that Masayoshi Son had been paying attention to inschool for a long time. He had never announced the specific number of inschool's users. Where did he get the specific user data of inschool?

Jin Xiyuan's demeanor became more dignified and her tone became calmer. "Our president believes that advertising will inevitably affect the user experience. According to our judgment, when the number of inschool users exceeds 20 million, other social networking site products will not be able to compete with inschool's monopoly in the Korean market. It will not be too late to place advertisements at that time."

Son now feels that Song Yi is a difficult negotiating opponent. Inschool's user base is about to exceed 15 million, but Song Yi insists on not placing ads for the sake of user experience. For Internet companies, advertising is their biggest source of income. Song Yi's move undoubtedly shows Son that he is not short of money.

Masayoshi Son knew that New Asia Network was the largest online game company in the mainland market, and the online game "Legend of Mir 2" provided a steady stream of financial support to New Asia.

"I heard that due to a fire in an Internet cafe in Yanjing this month, many illegal Internet cafes in the mainland have been closed, and online games are not allowed to be played on TV. New Asia Network's game revenue in June dropped sharply. You operate two social networking sites, inschool and xiaonei.com, at the same time, and the operating costs are still very high." Masayoshi Son seemed to be worried about Song Yi.

"Mr. Sun really cares about the development of our Xinya. You are right. However, the standardized operation of Internet cafes is imperative. The users of Legend of Mir 2 are intended for adult game users. Minor gamers are not allowed to play this game."

"After this tragedy, we immediately introduced corrective measures. All user IDs of "Legend of Mir 2" must pass the real-name verification system. Secondly, we also developed a Pubwin Internet cafe management system for Internet cafes. This management system has been applied to 70 large and medium-sized cities in the mainland."

"In addition to the Internet cafe management system, every Internet cafe that uses the Pubwin Internet cafe management system is equipped with Hikvision's monitoring system, which monitors the entry and exit of minors at every entrance and exit of the Internet cafe. Ensure that minors cannot enter and exit the Internet cafe, and cannot use other people's ID cards to access the Internet. After standardization and rectification, I believe that the Internet cafe industry and the game industry in the mainland will still usher in rapid development. According to our estimates, Xinya Network's revenue in September will catch up with that in May." Song Yi said.

Seeing that Song Yi had made sufficient plans, Masayoshi Son did not dwell on this topic. He finished his glass of wine, and Song Yi picked up the wine jug and filled it for Son.

"Song Yi, you won't wait until the number of inschool users in the Japanese market exceeds 20 million before placing advertisements, right?" Masayoshi Son asked Song Yi with interest.

Song Yi smiled. "No, that's not the case. Unlike the Korean market, I have registered a company in Japan to operate InSchool independently. This company will be responsible for its own profits and losses and will also accept financing from other investment institutions. Therefore, commercial operations may start earlier than in Korea, and it may also be listed separately in the future."

Son Masayoshi looked up at Song Yi, his eyes were meaningful. Song Yi wanted to replicate Yahoo Japan in Japan.

Softbank holds a 40% stake in Yahoo Japan, a listed company, making it the company's largest shareholder, while Yahoo holds a 34.4% stake, making it the second largest shareholder.

Song Yi's meaning is very clear. He is open to other investment institutions investing in Japanese companies, so he established New Asia Network (Japan) Co., Ltd. to operate inschool independently. In fact, Masayoshi Son wanted to invest in inschool's parent company, New Asia Network Co., Ltd., but Song Yi was obviously very wary of this and refused to give in.

Shin-Asia Network Co., Ltd. will officially launch the shopping website SouHan.com next year. Song Yi plans to build SouHan.com into the largest e-commerce website in South Korea. How could he be willing to let Masayoshi Son have a share of the pie?

Song Yi had no choice but to take advantage of the Japanese market. Without the help of Yahoo Japan and Softbank, it would be difficult for InSchool to gain a foothold in the Japanese market. Song Yi had to either accept investment from Softbank or from the six major financial groups: Mitsubishi, Mitsui, Sumitomo, Fuji, Sanwa, and Dai-ichi Kangyo. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to promote InSchool through Japanese TV stations or newspapers.

Compared with the six major conglomerates, Song Yi prefers to cooperate with Masayoshi Son. After all, Masayoshi Son is only optimistic about the development prospects of inschool and wants to invest in advance, and he has no ambition to swallow up New Asia Network (Japan) Co., Ltd.

Song Yi now misses the era of mobile Internet very much. If Xinya's smartphone Galaxy S1 comes out, the mobile application will have inschool built in. At that time, Xinya only needs to cooperate with Japanese chain electrical appliance retailers such as Yamada Denki, and will not have to sell the shares of Xinya Network (Japan) Co., Ltd. in exchange for access to the Japanese market.

NHN Japan, a subsidiary of South Korean Internet company NHN, launched the instant messaging app LINE in the Japanese market. Relying on the Japanese market, LINE has developed more than 400 million users worldwide. Japanese users like LINE's "chat emoticon stickers" very much, and this app has more than 250 stickers.

In addition to the vegetable stealing game "Happy Farm" that will be launched in Japan, Song Yi is also preparing to launch exclusive chat emoticon packages for Brown Bear and Cony Rabbit for Japanese inschool users. The popularity of LINE in the Japanese market has verified the correctness and necessity of this promotional strategy. New Asia Network (Japan) Co., Ltd. will apply for patents for the two chat emoticon packages of Brown Bear and Cony Rabbit.

If Song Yi and Kim Hee-won reach an agreement with NHK TV station on the introduction of "Winter Sonata", then inschool will place advertisements on NHK TV station.

"Winter Sonata", Happy Farm, and the chat emoticons of Brown Bear and Cony Rabbit are the three weapons that Song Yi has prepared for users in the Japanese market. If these three methods are used together, plus the resources invested by Yahoo Japan, Song Yi is confident that he will develop 20 million Japanese users within a year.

In this way, even if Zuckerberg launches Facebook next year, when Facebook enters the Japanese market in 2004 or 2005, Zuckerberg will suddenly find that the number of inschool's Japanese users is about 50 million, and the number of inschool's Asian users (excluding mainland campus network users) is about 100 million. Facebook cannot shake inschool's market share at all.

Brown Bear and Cony Rabbit are also an attempt by Song Yi to turn his products into IPs. Japan's otaku culture guarantees the sales potential of peripheral products. In addition to the domestic market, the Japanese market has always been the largest sales area for Disney products.

As the final entered the second half, the German team had the best offensive opportunity. Neuville made a long shot from 30 meters away from the goal. The ball flew over the wall and went straight to the goal. Marcos flew to save the ball, and his fingertips touched the ball, changing its direction. The ball bounced off the goal post and bounced out. The Brazilian team escaped.

In the 52nd minute, Brazil's Gilbert's follow-up shot caused Kahn to injure his finger, which also determined the direction of the final.

In the 67th minute, Rivaldo shot with his left foot, and Kahn leaned over and held the ball with both hands. Because of his finger injury, Kahn made a rare mistake of dropping the ball. The alien Ronaldo of course accepted the gift, inserted at high speed, and made a supplementary shot. Brazil led 1-0. Kahn, who had never conceded a goal in the previous 7 games, finally had a goal scored.

This goal was Ronaldo's seventh goal in this World Cup, breaking the curse that the top scorer had only scored six goals since the 78th World Cup. However, Ronaldo's performance is not over yet.

The German coach replaced the mediocre Klose with the intention of counterattacking. Klose, who was selected for the World Cup for the first time, was still a little awkward. Klose had not scored a goal since the German team entered the knockout stage. It was Ballack and Kahn who carried the German chariot forward with difficulty.

In the 79th minute, Kleberson broke through on the right and passed the ball to Rivaldo in front of the penalty area. Facing Link's defense, Rivaldo cleverly passed the ball to Ronaldo. Ronaldo stopped the ball and shot it in one go. The ball went through the grass and went into the goal from under Kahn's armpit. Brazil led 2-0 and secured the victory.

Son did not speak after that, and he and Song Yi waited patiently for the game to end. When the Brazilian team was about to go on stage to receive the award, Son invited Song Yi to go back to Tokyo to continue today's conversation.

Son Masayoshi glanced at Jin Xiyuan and said to her, "Miss Jin, why don't you stay in Yokohama tonight? I'll ask the driver to take you back to the hotel later. It may not be convenient for Miss Jin to show up at the place where Song Yi and I are going later."

Jin Xiyuan understood it all at once, and cursed Son Zhengyi in her heart. But she had to give Song Yi face, so she agreed with Song Yi to meet in Tokyo tomorrow. Tomorrow afternoon, Jin Xiyuan and Song Yi will visit the top executives of NHK TV together.

Song Yi and Son Masayoshi rode in his Laurel car. Son Masayoshi sighed, "If Kahn hadn't been injured, the German team would have had a chance to drag the game into overtime."

Song Yi disagreed with Son's view. "Sun, luck is actually a part of the game. Ballack's absence and Kahn's finger injury all show that luck is not on the side of the German team. To use the Chinese saying, Brazil's victory is destiny."

Son Masayoshi was thoughtful, "Is it destiny? If Google can replace Yahoo, can inschool replace Google?"

Song Yi knew that Masayoshi Son had always wanted to find the next Yahoo to invest in. Whether it was Alibaba or inschool, they were both alternatives for Son. With a large amount of cash in hand, Son's current investment strategy was to cast a wide net and catch more fish.

"The rise of Google will lead to the decline of Yahoo, but the rise of inschool will not lead to the decline of Google. It is difficult for Google and Yahoo to coexist. Google will take away Yahoo's market share, while inschool and Google can coexist in the market. The two are not in a competitive relationship of one or the other." Song Yi replied.

Son Masayoshi smiled and said, "Song Yi, what you said is a bit hypocritical. Internet giants are in a competitive relationship. Whoever monopolizes more users will have more Internet advertising share. If I am not optimistic about the prospects of inschool, why would I invite you to Japan to watch the game?"

Song Yi knew that what Masayoshi Son said was right. Google had the support of the US government, so how could InSchool possibly replace Google? So InSchool gave up the North American market from the very beginning. However, he would not explain this to Masayoshi Son because this might affect InSchool's valuation.

After the 9/11 incident, the US government stepped up its intelligence monitoring of the world, which was the predecessor of the PRISM program. American Internet giants such as Google and Facebook have cooperated with the US government's PRISM program to collect users' information.

Masayoshi Son bought two duplex villas in Tokyo's Minato Ward. Although they look no different from the surrounding residential buildings, they are worth a lot of money in the area where every inch of land is valuable. One is worth 14 billion yen (about 800 million yuan) and the other is worth 6 billion yen (about 340 million yuan). These two duplex villas are much more expensive than Song Yi's villa in Chengbeidong.

However, Masayoshi Son had no intention of inviting Song Yi home for dinner. If a Japanese person invites you home for dinner, they must be very close friends. The friendship between Song Yi and Masayoshi Son is not that close yet.

Masayoshi Son invited Song Yi to take a hot spring bath in Oedo Onsen, which also provides top-notch Japanese food for distinguished guests like Masayoshi Son. It is also a great place for banquets.

The appearance of Oedo Onsen is very consistent with the ancient Japanese charm, with glazed tiles, curved beams, Japanese lanterns, and waiters wearing kimonos providing service. Song Yi once thought he had entered the hot spring room in "Spirited Away".

The dinner was quite sumptuous, with bluefin tuna sashimi, Kobe beef, grilled matsutake mushrooms, shark fin and sea cucumber, and Boston lobster.

Son prefers grilled matsutake. He proudly said to Song Yi: "The matsutake in this store is the freshest. It takes no more than 24 hours from the time they are picked to the time they are cooked by the chef. This is because fresh matsutake tastes the best."

The chef's method is also relatively simple. He scrapes the matsutake mushrooms clean, wraps them in tin foil, puts them in an iron pan, adds Japanese smoked salt, and then roasts them over high heat.

Song Yi tasted the matsutake mushrooms on the table and found that they were indeed delicious, with a refreshing and tender taste, and a mushroom fragrance on his lips and teeth.

In addition to the matsutake mushrooms, the tuna sashimi is also fresher than that in Michelin restaurants in South Korea, and it has a strong oily aroma when you put it in your mouth.

Song Yi sighed. Although he is very rich now, when it comes to personal enjoyment, he is still not as good as old-school billionaires like Masayoshi Son.

He originally thought that Son wanted to discuss with him about investing in New Asia Network (Japan) Co., Ltd. at the dinner table, but Son obviously had no such intention. Son seemed to really just want to fulfill his hospitality.

After Song Yi had eaten and drunk his fill, Son Masayoshi sent Song Yi back to the Oedo Onsen room. He patted Song Yi on the shoulder and said, "You are my honored guest today, and I must treat you well. Soak in the private bath in the room today and have a good rest. We will talk about business tomorrow. Song Yi, remember, fresh matsutake is the most delicious."

Song Yi returned to the room in confusion. After he entered the room, he suddenly found two girls in kimono kneeling on the ground and greeting him, which scared Song Yi.

After the two girls raised their heads, he realized that they looked familiar. He realized that this was the surprise that Masayoshi Son had prepared for him.

"Are you the hot spring staff?" Song Yi asked proactively, and the two girls shook their heads shyly.

Song Yi looked at the two girls carefully. Although they were dressed maturely, they looked underage. Although Song Yi was a playboy, he still had to have a basic bottom line. He immediately refused the service of the two beautiful girls.

The two girls were in a dilemma. If they left the room directly, they might be punished by the agency.

Song Yi sighed, "Then you guys stay for one night. Someone will come to pick you up tomorrow, right? But don't come over to my bed at night, or I will call the police and accuse you of molesting me."

The two girls burst out laughing; they could tell that Song Yi was actually joking.

Song Yi felt that Sun Zhengyi was immature, so he might as well arrange two Roppongi courtesans so that he could talk to them about life and ideals. Now facing two big-eyed Japanese girls, he didn't know what to talk to them about.

"Is the uncle a great entrepreneur?" One of the short-haired girls asked Song Yi. She only knew that she would serve a distinguished guest tonight, but she didn't know the guest's identity.

After they saw Song Yi, they were no longer so resistant. After all, Song Yi was very handsome and polite.

Song Yi felt very sad, "Uncle? Do I look so old? I'm only 26 years old!"

The long-haired girl covered her mouth and laughed, "Uncle is eleven years older than me, we are not of the same generation, so isn't he still an uncle?"

When Song Yi heard the long-haired girl's answer, he broke out in a cold sweat. Fortunately, he restrained himself, otherwise Son Masayoshi would have found evidence against him.

"How about this, let's introduce ourselves to each other so that you don't have to ask too many questions. My name is Song Yi, I'm from Seoul, and I'm the founder of an Internet company." Song Yi broke the deadlock first.

After listening to Song Yi's introduction, the long-haired girl looked up at Song Yi in surprise. When she realized that this action was a bit rude, her face turned red.

She bowed to Song Yi and said, "Hello, President Song. I am Nagasawa Masami, from Shizuoka City, and I am an actress and model."

When Song Yi heard the name Masami Nagasawa, he knew why he felt familiar with her. Masami Nagasawa is a beautiful Japanese actress born in the 1980s who later starred in "Detective Chinatown 3".

But today's surprise for Song Yi is far more than that. At this time, the short-haired beauty also spoke, "Hello, President Song, I am Yui Aragaki, from Okinawa, and currently a model and singer."

Aragaki Yui and Nagasawa Masami both appeared, did you expect it? 　　 　 (End of this chapter)