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Chapter 1007 New Opportunity
"Have you heard of switches?" Su Chen asked.

Morgridge nodded: "I heard."

But I am still curious, is the switch the future of the network that the boss said?
But no matter how you look at it, it doesn't make sense.

Su Chen said: "Although we are the first company in the world to produce routers, our dominance in the router market is not very firm, and with the expansion of the Internet and the rise of regional networks.

Routers are not able to show their talents in every battlefield, and the speed of routers is slow and the price is high. Although they have an irreplaceable role in connecting networks with different protocols, they are overkill for the connection of the same network.

So those companies that can make Ethernet switches and ATM switches, have a huge impact on us. "

"Boss, do you mean that we want to acquire a switch company?" Morgridge accurately grasped the key point of the boss's topic.

Su Chen nodded: "Yes, such as Crescendo Communications and Kalpana, which have just developed the industry's first Ethernet switch and invented port binding technology, I am very optimistic about them.

In addition, there is LightStream, an ATM switch manufacturer. We not only need switch technology, but also ATM technology. More importantly, we need full-stack technology accumulation in the switching field. "

Morgridge thought about it seriously, he was not a wooden man.

But a manager with great vision, otherwise Cisco would not have developed so rapidly under his leadership.

In fact, all these companies mentioned above were also acquired by him later together with Chambers and others.

It's just that I don't see that step now.

Now he is just like Sun Zhengyi when he met Mr. Ma, although I am not sure what you are talking about, but I feel so awesome.

"I understand that I will work out a merger and acquisition plan as soon as possible." Morgridge said.

"Okay, in short, if we want to become a big company with a market value of billions or even tens of billions, we cannot rely on our routers alone."

Su Chen explained to him, "It's that we need to possess the technology in the Internet field in order to formulate our own right to speak."

Morgridge's reaction was the same as James', the young boss always hiding a pair of far-sighted eyes.

Even though he wasn't much involved in running the company, it was amazing what he saw.

Surprised by his age, surprised by his vision.

"I'll make a detailed plan."

"OK, I believe you can better lead the company to new heights."

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Compared with Morgridge's high-spiritedness, John Chambers, the well-known senior vice president of Wang An Computer Company, did not have an easy life.

He is now in charge of sales at Wang An Computer Company, because Wang An Computer Company's strategic mistakes and Dr. Wang An's own stubbornness in technology have caused a star enterprise to gradually slip in the market.

And what Chambers wanted to do was to recover Wang Computer from these business setbacks.

But unfortunately, Dr. Wang An died of illness without seeing the revival of the company, and the responsibility for cleaning up the company's mess fell on the shoulders of Chambers.

But since Wang Lie took charge of Wang An Computer Company, he encountered unprecedented troubles.

Year after year of losses, it has reached the point of filing for bankruptcy protection, and the computer empire is about to collapse.

As a result, Chambers will have to fire more than 5000 employees of Wang An Computer Company. This matter makes Chambers extremely painful and brooding.

When he learned that so many company employees were about to be laid off, Chambers didn't want to do it.

Just as he was about to find some excuse to resign, someone sent him a letter with only one sentence in it: "Do you want to realize your great vision? The stage has been set here, welcome to San Francisco."

Then there's the address and a phone number,
Chambers was at a loss, could it be that someone was playing a prank on him?

After all, it is not a good job to travel thousands of miles from the east coast of the North American continent to the opposite end.

After thinking about it, Chambers called the phone number left in the letter.

Soon, the call was connected.

"Hello." A man's voice came from the phone.

Chambers said: "I am Chambers from Wang An Computer Company, John Chambers."

"It turned out to be Mr. Chambers." The person on the phone said, "I believe you have received my letter, so you know my phone number. I am Su Chen. I don't know if you have heard of this name. I There is a nickname called 'Eastern Wizard'."

Chambers thought about it for a while before he remembered the name.

After all, in addition to the huge losses in the stock market crash, there was also the name of this Chinese, and he even read the book written by this Chinese.

"It turned out to be Mr. Su." Chambers said, "I thought someone was playing a prank on me, but Mr. Su, what do you want to express in this letter to me?"

"I would like to invite you to join my company." Su Chen said straight to the point, "Our company has just been listed, which is Cisco. I would like to invite you to be the executive officer of our company's global operations department."

Chambers was completely bewildered.

Although his position in Wang An Computer Company is already a vice president.

But not many people knew about him, and there were even people who sent letters from San Francisco inviting him, which looked like telecom fraud.

Chambers couldn't help hesitating.

"Mr. Chambers, you don't need to worry about encountering a liar. Why don't you take it as a vacation for yourself and come to San Francisco to relax." Su Chen said, "Even if you don't want to join our company, you can let your emotions get relaxed."

Chambers thought about it for a while, and finally decided to go to San Francisco.

After all, if Wang An Computer Company really filed for bankruptcy protection, then he would have to resign and leave.

This time I go to Los Angeles, what if I can really find my next home?
To make a digression, Chambers later joined Cisco. Some people can't help asking why Chambers paid such a high price and traveled thousands of miles from the east coast of the North American continent to the opposite end.

And what about entering a Cisco company that has just been established for a few years and probably has no future?
What drove him to take this step in life so willingly?

The answer may be unbelievable, because after Chambers left Wang An Computer Company, he sent dozens of cover letters, but only Cisco responded to him and invited him to join Cisco.

It's that dramatic.

After making up his mind, Chambers agreed to go to San Francisco.

After hanging up the phone, he looked at his work card, feeling helpless.

With the death of Dr. Wang An, all the thoughts in his stomach disappeared, and it seems that he still has to go to Los Angeles to find new opportunities.

After buying the plane tickets, we were ready to leave for San Francisco.

And Su Chen did not continue to stay in the company. After Morgridge made a plan to acquire several companies, he went to Hollywood.

After all, I still have two film companies here.

By the way, who is the most beautiful actress in Columbia Pictures...

(End of this chapter)