Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 180 The hunt has begun!

John Weinberg was born in 25. He graduated from Princeton and Harvard Business School. He joined Goldman Sachs at the age of [-]. His initial position was a senior investment manager. He became the chairman of the management committee within two years. In [-] became chairman and chief executive officer.

Not only that, but he also took part in WW2 during his school days and won the rank of lieutenant.

And the reason why his life can be so wonderful is purely because power is only transmitted through mother and child, blood and blood. He is the son of Sidney Weinberg, and Sidney Weinberg It's the retainers of the Sachs family, and the Sachs family...their Samuel Sachs is the son-in-law of Marcus Goldman, and both are the founders of Goldman Sachs.

Therefore, the position where John Weinberg is at the moment is the headquarters of Goldman Sachs. John Whitehead next to him is his father, who was also chosen by the Goldman Sachs family to assist him. The two of them stand The purpose here is to make money for Goldman Sachs, make more money, a steady stream of money.

Because the two have the same goal and talk about everything, John Weinberg, with his hands on his back, suddenly laughed when John Whitehead said that the Fortune magazine column report might have something to do with their old friend , "Wenlock, right? Lawrence?"

"On—who else but him?" asked John Whitehead.

In the next second, he said again: "Before, when we all wanted to invest in the game of fate, Fred rejected it for the game of fate. Now, the guy protected by Fred accepts investment from outsiders. No matter who the investor is, in After the investment is successful, they will publicize it, after all, it’s about saving face.”

"Besides, the person who invested this time was Rockefeller. That guy Lawrence wanted to prove that our Wall Street approach was wrong decades ago. Now, he has incubated a new company, and it is a new company that is likely to succeed. Enterprise, this is another victory for him.”

"Hahaha——" the companion's words made John Weinberg burst into laughter.

Lawrence Rockefeller first inherited his family's seat on the New York Stock Exchange when he became an adult, but he didn't like speculative transactions in finance, but wanted to accompany the growth of the company, so he entered the field of venture capital, in order to grow Desired company to provide funding.

As early as the 50s, he was called the "Father of Venture Capital" by the "Wall Street Journal", and his success stories were like slaps, slapping Wall Street speculators in the face again and again.

The finance guys were a bit offended at first, but after getting beat up a lot by Lawrence Rockefeller, they got used to it.Although everyone knows that Lawrence Rockefeller used a lot of outside tricks when incubating start-up companies, but their speculative transactions are not aboveboard. Since everyone is unclean, it means that everyone is clean. In this case However, Lawrence Rockefeller's crazy success can only prove that he is very good.

"He has already proved himself with many successes, and now he still wants to prove it? This is really... persistent!" John Weinberg sighed with emotion, and continued: "Then how do you view this matter? You know what I mean? I'm talking about video games, civilian computers, and... that Ethan Jones who gave us all of us on Wall Street a headache."

Although eating alone is very common in America, because real predators never share profits with others, even Goldman Sachs. When the Goldman family took charge of it themselves, they refused to go public. Their vassal Sidney When Weinberg was in charge, he still refused to go public. Now, after John Weinberg took office, the first document he signed was that Goldman Sachs would not go public.

But even so, they are only closed in a single field, but Ethan Jones is different. Before they communicated with Stanford, the attitude shown by Principal Fred Terman was very tough. It almost didn't say - I want video games!I want a personal computer too!I want civilian chips too!I want it all!
If Ethan Jones may only touch a hot industry, then Wall Street will hold his nose and admit it, but when one, two or three industries he touches may represent the future, then this behavior of eating alone is a bit too much hold head high?What's more, is it his company or the top in the industry?

People on Wall Street actually have ten thousand ways to break through this deadlock, but no one dares to be the first bird. After all, everyone knows that Fred Terman is not in good health. If they use tricks to make the old man angry Three pros and two deficiencies, then his apprentices and grandchildren, brothers in the same school, and a group of subordinates who were promoted by himself will definitely come forward to ask for an explanation.

Although judging from the severity of the incident, it may not be as good as the Oppenheimer Tongliao accident, but it is easy to blow up the entire American scientific community. No one is willing to do such a thankless thing, and now , Lawrence Rockefeller turned out to be a young bird?

This……

The special code is really a warrior!

"How do you see it? Of course you can see it with your eyes!" Whitehead said with a smile.

"..." This response made Weinberg's face darken.

The speechless expression made Whitehead smile and wave his hands, "Okay, Okay, I'm just kidding." After a pause, he said, "Before I came, I browsed through the collections we have collected over the years. Personally, I feel that Lawrence’s announcement of his successful investment has a profound meaning, and it’s not simply to prove to us that he has succeeded again.”

"If I remember correctly, the Rockefeller family has a habit. They will have a bunch of children, but they will only focus on cultivating a few of them with potential, and the others will be kept in captivity to ensure the continuation of the bloodline."

"Lawrence was born out of fierce family competition, because before he officially took over the family business, the power of the Rockefeller family was in the hands of Nelson."

"Lawrence is used to fighting, and he is used to stepping on his brother, so now, he may have pinned the Rockefeller family's competitive style to Ethan Jones."

"He asked "Fortune" magazine to issue a report, nothing more than to tell the world that the video game and computer industries are very profitable. In this case, greedy people are bound to join them. And their participation will It makes the development environment of Ethan Jones extremely bad, but at the same time, this is also the best way to make a person grow faster, because if you memorize the case in the book ten thousand times, you will forget it, but if someone stabs you One knife..."

Whitehead stopped.

"Then I will be in pain forever." Weinberg continued with a smile.

"Yeah~ That's it." Whitehead nodded.

"So you think it's a trap?" Weinberg asked.

"At least I don't think it's possible for Lawrence to let his tens of millions of funds be lost." Whitehead replied, "And, Fred hasn't expressed his opinion so far, right? If he is angry, he has already called us now. Call us Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, and Lehman, and he can even make "Fortune" issue an emergency statement, saying that the new report is wrong, but he didn't do that."

"Perhaps he also knows that the long-standing lung disease may kill him at any time. Since no one knows who will come first tomorrow or the accident, the faster Ethan Jones grows, the more important it is for him. A good thing. As long as he is still alive, all business fights will not involve violence. Lawrence's acceleration should be the thing he would like to see the most. It will allow him to deal with many problems for those children while he is alive. And if he saw with his own eyes a few more high-tech companies in Palo Alto while he was alive, he would be able to smile to see Van Neva, wouldn't he?"

"Vannevar wrote The Endless Frontier, and Fred made his thinking a reality, and it's going to be a huge incentive for those scientists who, from the start, were reluctant to be restrained."

"Video games may not be high-tech, but the technical requirements brought by video games are visible to the naked eye. Without computers, it would be very troublesome for them to make games. Maybe the iteration of storage devices can change the development of games? Our people It has been found that Destiny Games has invested money in the field of optical storage. And graphics chips? They seem to be purchasing these things recently."

Whitehead said a lot with emotion.

Weinberg agreed with a smile: "Yes...they have been targeted for a long time...maybe those two little guys don't know it themselves, how many people hope they can reap success. After all, only the commercial ones Technology has the hope of changing the world, right?"

"Hmm." Whitehead shrugged.

"And do you think we can profit from it?" Weinberg asked again.

"There is an opportunity to make a profit, but we don't need to enter the venue early." Whitehead thought briefly for a while, and said, "The news released by Lawrence can be seen by everyone, so there will definitely be people who can't sit still and want to leave the venue." , after all, the temptation of [-] million cash a year is too great."

"Moreover, Ethan Jones has his own opponents. He has irreconcilable conflicts with Warner Communications' Steve Ross and Philips. We just need to watch them fight and then short or long those listed companies. .”

"Of course, after the war, we still have profit opportunities, right? It's impossible for Lawrence to let the companies he invests in remain private. They will definitely go public, and if Ethan Jones wins, then His companies will definitely skyrocket in value, and we can try to get the status of the main underwriter, so that we can also share the profits."

"Although there is not much investment, it is...very stable."

The safe way made Weinberg take a deep breath.

He put away the previous teasing, and turned his gaze out of the window again.

The feeling of condescending and looking down on all beings...

very nice.

"Then do it."

After thinking for a while, Weinberg made a decision, "What we want now is to be safe, because that guy Robert Baldwin will definitely participate in it after seeing the news."

Robert Baldwin is the CEO of Morgan Stanley. When he took over the company in [-], the first thing he did was to show his fangs to the world.

He helped many companies launch hostile takeovers, and made huge profits for Morgan Stanley by absorbing divestitures and then selling them.And the wolf-like style also made the industrial companies that wanted to keep their independent management rights tremble, and sought refuge in the financial market. Ever since Goldman Sachs received the request for help, it created the "White Knight" team in [-]. Specifically against Morgan Stanley.

Since his predecessor had already left a friendly image of Goldman Sachs, Weinberg didn't want to show a bloodthirsty personality soon after taking over the company.

more importantly……

In the capital market, a friendly image can win the trust of the public, isn't it?

And while Weinberg, co-chairman of Goldman Sachs, and Whitehead, his comrade in arms, discussed wealth in the office, Robert Baldwin, chief executive of Morgan Stanley, held a high-level meeting.

"Can anyone tell me, Lawrence, what this means?"

Baldwin, who is in his fifties, has short hair and glances sharply at his subordinates at the round table. He taps the magazine in front of him with his index finger, "Lawrence is telling us that America's computer industry is now controlled by what Rockefeller said. Does it count?"

Morgan Stanley's thinking is roughly the same as that of Goldman Sachs, and they don't pay much attention to the issue that the two industries of video games and personal computers may be the future outlets.The key they grasped was why Lawrence Rockefeller wanted to publicize the news of his investment success.

If it is said that this is dividing the territory like animals and swearing sovereignty, then they will admit it. After all, the current Rockefeller family is more terrifying than the previous oil empire. , and not many brains are broken, and they are going to scold Rockefeller.

But if Lawrence Rockefeller didn't mean that, then...

"I think we're still profitable."

After Baldwin asked the question, a gray-haired old white man took over the conversation and said: "If Lawrence has the idea of ​​ruling the computer industry, then their most normal operation is to control Apple to beat all other competitors, including but not It’s not realistic to be limited to directly buying and controlling other companies and letting those device makers merge with Apple.”

"After the outbreak of the computer industry, we have already analyzed that the computer industry cannot be monopolized because the technologies they use are no longer protected by patents. When a single computer manufacturer cannot prevent other players from entering the industry through the control of patents At that time, this industry will definitely be an open and competitive industry.”

"If you want to gain enough market share in this industry, the best way is to beat other competitors with excellent products, use a supply chain similar to Coca-Cola to lower your own production costs, and try to beat other competitors as much as possible. It's useless to fight."

"So I personally think that Lawrence's announcement at this time is to speed up the competition in the market. He wants to attract those players who want to make money, and then defeat them when the public doesn't know much about the computer industry. When countless failure cases appear, the world will be full of awe for this industry, and Apple will be able to take advantage of this spare time to swallow the entire computer market smoothly, so as to reach the pinnacle of monopoly that can only exist for a short time.”

"So you're saying..." Morgan Stanley's chief executive, Baldwin, cast his gaze on the speaking board member, "We Morgan are out now? Into the computer business?"

"We want to leave, but not the computer industry." The old director nodded while denying, "We want to leave because now is the best opportunity, the potential of the computer industry is very large, and we can earn a huge amount of money by entering at this time profit."

"The reason why we don't enter the computer industry is because we don't need to compete with Rockefeller. When Lawrence wants to harvest other competitors, those small companies will only have one end, which is death."

"But even if we don't enter the computer industry, there are many ways we can make huge profits now. For example, as before, we help some companies make forced acquisitions in the market."

"Isn't a computer company called Commodore International in the market now wanting to acquire MOS to get a better supply of 6502? We can help them. Also, isn't Rockwell trying to acquire MOS' parent company Ai Len Bradley? We can help them too."

When Steve Ross, the chairman of Warner Communications, was able to collect these industry intelligences, Morgan Stanley actually saw more complete content, or in other words, they have been acting as black knights. The company's inquiry was only because Fred Terman was standing there, and Morgan Stanley was not easy to do it, and they didn't want to provoke that group of scientists who had a bad temper and liked to cuddle.

But now...

When Lawrence Rockefeller had struck...

They won't hesitate any longer!
Sharing huge profits like wolves is what they want to do most!
When the stench of copper is already flowing in their blood, chasing profit is instinct!

"Is it a big risk? I mean, have you assessed that this will make Fred go into a rage? He has been in poor health, and we Morgan can't make him mad."

Baldwin said: "Also, does this affect Apple? If I remember correctly, they use 6502? If we split and the Rockefeller interests are damaged, then we will be facing Lawrence. This kind of battle ……no need."

"No." The white director shook his head and said: "If Fred has fallen into anger, then we will have received his call before the meeting. If he didn't make this call, it proves that he agrees with us. As for We don’t have to worry about Lawrence, Intel is in the hands of their Rockefeller, if we help him get rid of MOS, he may be more deeply bound to Apple.”

"after all……"

"Isn't there now news that Lawrence originally wanted 20.00% of Apple's shares, but was finally rejected by Ethan Jones and the others?"

"If there is a problem with the chip, I think Lawrence will definitely ask for more shares."

"Also, Ethan Jones' game of fate also uses 6502."

"If something goes wrong with the chip, Lawrence will definitely think of exchanging Intel's long-term supply chain for a stake in the game of destiny. At that time...Rockefeller will only thank us."

Such words made Morgan Stanley CEO Baldwin's eyes flicker.

After looking at the white director for a moment, he nodded slightly and said, "Let's vote."

"A show of hand who agrees to intervene in the acquisition."

Before the words were finished, a forest suddenly appeared in the bright and spacious conference room.

Such a result made Morgan Stanley CEO Baldwin take a deep breath, "Okay, contact Commodore International and Rockwell, we... act!"

While Baldwin was finalizing the decision, at the Philips North American headquarters in New York, their CEO was staring at a piece of cardboard with only a line of handwritten text on it.

'Destiny Gaming is working on optical storage - Steve Ross'

"Is this news true?" He looked up at the reporting subordinate.

"Really." The middle-aged white man nodded cautiously, "It is said that the first phase of funding is 100 million."

"MFxxk!" The CEO of Philips cursed loudly, then pressed the intercom and called his secretary, "Help me pick up Mr. Rodenberg, the CEO of the headquarters!"

"Never mind the jet lag! Just call!"

"Our strategic plan is under threat!"

Outsiders did not hear the roar that appeared at Philips, and at the same time, Steve Ross, chairman of Warner Communications, also left Rockefeller Center in New York.

When he got into his own labor, he first waved his hand to let the driver get off the car and waited, then called his secretary and asked, "Have you contacted Philips?"

"Contacted." The male secretary nodded, "I sent the news myself."

"What's Philips' reaction?" Steve Ross' eyes were burning.

"They said they need to report to the headquarters." The male secretary replied.

This result made the corners of Steve Rose's mouth rise, and after a while, the excited smile dissipated across his entire face. He looked at his secretary slightly with his head, and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder.

"good, very good, excellent……"

After muttering a few words to himself, he said again, "Philips will do it."

"They will not tolerate Ethan Jones touching their future strategy."

"Now...it's our turn..."

"Their movie project is with Columbia Pictures, right?"

"Then let's put out the dirty stuff about Columbia CEO David Begelman!"

"Give it to the FBI!"

"He Ethan Jones—"

"Don't even think about making it into a movie!"

Hearing the bloodthirsty words, the male secretary nodded repeatedly.

After looking at each other, he also got out of the car under the boss's signal.

As the door slammed, Steve Ross lit a cigarette.

Soon, the curling green smoke filled the car, reflecting the solemnity of his facial features.

After a while, he signaled the driver to get back into the car, "Go to the airport and go back to California."

When Steve Ross took off from New York in his own private plane and headed for the warm Los Angeles, in the dead of night in Kyoto, Hiroshi Yamauchi was wearing a suit jacket, leaning against the cold wall, listening to the cross-talk from Vancouver. Foreign phone.

"That's the way it is. I don't know the public opinion feedback in the society, but..."

"The atmosphere in the circle seems to be very tense."

"According to my classmates, people on Wall Street talked about Ethan Jones with envy, and then...they showed a feeling of wanting to eat him from the bottom of their bones."

The son-in-law's words made Hiroshi Yamauchi laugh, "Isn't this normal?"

"Everybody wants a business that makes $[-] million in cash a year."

"Although we all know that this data may be a bit exaggerated."

"But it doesn't matter, right?"

The old man's rhetorical question made Arakawa on the other end of the phone ponder for a moment, and then said: "Are we going to do something now? For example, delaying the dividend? Pulling Ethan Jones into a cash flow crisis? Or , some other means?"

"No need." Hiroshi Yamauchi said: "Arakawa, you have to know one thing. Although the ideal result of a business struggle is to defeat all competitors, no company will simply leave after a single defeat. Ethan When Jones was weak, Atari and Mirowa didn’t strangle him, so now, even if Warner, Philips, and Wall Street control the company or end in person, he can’t be defeated directly like a flood.”

"The last time was actually our best chance. At that time, he was immature and lost to Warner and Philips in business planning, but the situation is different now. When he ruled the entire North American game circle, he and Warner, The market position of Philips has been lost."

"He became the frontrunner and the rest were chasers."

"Since we missed the best chance to cut, we have to start all over again, squatting in the dense forest like an old hunter, watching other hunters put shackles and shackles on him."

"Because when a beast is attacked for the first time, his resistance is the fiercest. We Nintendo don't need to go up to attract firepower. Waiting for others to cut off his claws and pull out his teeth, we can attack him when he is weakest. Give him a fatal blow."

"Although this behavior cannot maximize our interests, but..."

"We've got enough benefits now, haven't we?"

"6502's production drawings are here, the production equipment is also here, the production technology is even more here, and his games, we all have codes."

"While we at Nintendo have been rewarded handsomely, the rest..."

"That is to wait quietly for the arrival of this game..."

While speaking, Hiroshi Yamauchi also raised his head.

The position by the window allowed the bright moonlight to shine in front of him, and the stars all over the sky were like eyes in a dark forest, and there was a beating heart beating in his ears.

Such a scene made Hiroshi Yamauchi chuckle, and after a few breaths, when the breeze rustled the leaves, he hung up the phone, closed his eyes, raised his arms, and felt the oncoming coolness.

Not long after, the sun of the book rose high.

A peaceful day, everything is silent.

Reincarnation again, the second day will come.

When the time quietly came to February 26, [-], a message was brought by Arakawa's urgent transoceanic phone call, "They're doing it!"

"The "Los Angeles Times" released the latest news today. The head of Columbia Studios was jointly controlled by Foberle and the Los Angeles Police for suspected tax evasion, embezzlement of public funds and fraudulent checks. From now on, all projects of Columbia Pictures will be sorted out. hand it over to the police for inspection..."

This news made Hiroshi Yamauchi narrow his eyes with a smile.

With his hands in his pockets, he came to the office window.

Gazing at the chip factory in the distance, he murmured: "Hunting..."

"here we go!"

　[Correction]: The Fortune 1978 data cited in the previous chapter was incorrect. The Foxboro company I cited was the last of the 1977 Fortune 1978 released in mid-1977.At the time point of 1976 in the article, the data that can be seen should be the Fortune 2.97 released in [-] in [-], so it should be Ecolab. Its income is [-] million, which does not affect the plot and is not a big problem.

　　Note: ①Excellent companies are independent eaters. Goldman Sachs did not go public until the end of the 90s, and their management has always been their own people. ②Morgan Stanley was a well-known black knight in the 70s. In energy, public utilities, metals, and consumer goods, they helped buyers launch hostile acquisitions of targets in various fields. ③The Rockefeller family has always been a Wall Street player. They own a bank. Chase Manhattan is the bank controlled by their family. In the era in the article, David Rockefeller, the younger brother of Nelson and Lawrence, was the chairman of Chase Manhattan. Throop Aldridge was their uncle.

　　
　
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