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  Chapter 1123 The White Knight

  The people who eat melons all over the world are the same. As long as the melons are not eaten by themselves, they must be eating hard.

Martin Solo, the melon of the old British lord, was very happy to be rumored in America. All kinds of black materials came out frequently, such as misappropriating the assets of WPP Group for his use, his own bills and even insurance and taxation. , all used WPP Group to reimburse accounts, issued huge salaries for himself under a clever name, and acted domineeringly and arbitrarily abused power in WPP Group, and once humiliated David Ogilvy, the founder of Ogilvy Advertising, which was acquired.

Anyway, the rumors of catching wind and shadows are all spread with nose and eyes, making it hard to distinguish between true and false. Among these black rumors, Martin Solo is simply a heinous bastard. It would be a shame not to drive him away from the position of president of WPP Group. It is against the law, and there are even rumors that Martin Solo may be investigated or even arrested by the British inspection agency.

But it can also be seen from these black materials that Martin Solo is indeed caught by his arch-rival Robert Quarta. Now that he is at a disadvantage, the other party dares to shoot at him. Anyway, for old Martin, the current public opinion is It's quite a posture of not being guaranteed at the end of the festival.

   What's more, a small gaming company with good deeds also offered a plate to bet on when this emperor in the global advertising industry will be dismissed!

All kinds of news are true and false, but it can also be seen that Martin Solo's life today is indeed difficult, just like Martin Solo's nickname "Napoleon in the advertising industry", he also encountered Napoleon's attack in his later years Difficulty, Napoleon was pushed to Paris by the French and French coalition forces, and now Martin Solo's WPP advertising empire has also been copied. It can only be said that there are wrong names, no wrong nicknames, and even fate. There are similarities in the same purpose!

At the headquarters of the WPP Group in England, Martin Solo is still as usual, sitting in the office aggressively, dealing with emails, rumors, etc. sent from all over the world. This is Martin Solo's daily life, just like the wall of his office Like works of art, the LOGOs of various companies are hung. Among these LOGOs and logos, there are famous companies such as Ogilvy Advertising, JWT, Young & Rubicam, and Weida PR. Of course, the logo of the double-click company is also included!

There are nearly 400 company logos on the wall. They are all companies acquired by the WPP Group over the years, and they are also the spoils of Martin Solo. Standing in the office and looking at the logos on the wall, for Martin Solo For Luo Lai, it was the greatest enjoyment, and it was also a manifestation of his outstanding military exploits over the years.

  Although he was still calm and composed, dealing with a mountain of documents seemed to be the same as usual, but Martin Solo finally sighed after processing a few documents.

Martin Solo knew that his mentality was still affected after all, and it was impossible for him to act as if nothing happened. This time, whether he would be kicked out of this office, Martin Solo did not dare to say a 100% guarantee .

Of course, Martin Solo knows about the scandal about him. It’s hard not to know. In order to disgust him, Robert Quarta specially turned to the media to discredit him. Although it is a bit exaggerated, the old Martin controls the WPP Group After so many years, if you say that there is nothing wrong with it, it is absolutely bullshit, no one has any black material.

   If you really want to blackmail someone, crossing the road and not helping the old lady can become evidence of inhumanity, not to mention that Martin Solo has indeed acted out of line.

Looking at the LOGOs of the companies on the wall, Martin Solo couldn't help showing nostalgia, and then he couldn't help but sigh. No matter what the outcome of the WPP group's internal strife this time, there is no winner. After experiencing this wave of internal strife, WPP The group's vitality has been seriously injured, and the gap between rivals such as Omnicom and WPP Group will be narrowed by a large amount. In the future, WPP Group's life will definitely be difficult.

   "Those short-sighted guys!"

Martin Solo looked at the wall aggressively, and couldn't help cursing, the cause of this internal strife was that WPP Group's stock price fell too badly, Robert Quarta and others blamed it, Martin Solo let WPP Group and the Internet The involvement is too deep, which makes WPP Group so passive.

  But Martin Solo is clear that the biggest opponent of the traditional advertising industry in the future must be Internet advertisers, not those peers.

Now Internet platforms, such as Yahoo, Microsoft MSN, IE browser and other large and small Internet platforms, still need advertisers to pull advertisements for them, but there is an increasing trend. These Internet platforms may kick off WPP Group, double-click The company, a third-party advertising platform, instead established its own advertising center to attract advertisers to place advertisements!

In fact, ICQ, if it wasn’t for the concern that Double-click Company is “in-house”, it is estimated that it would have established its own advertising center long ago, and there is no need to pay $2 to Double-click Company. The DART advertising that was blown up by Double-click company The system has long been nothing unusual. You can find any software company and copy it one by one...

Internet advertising will definitely surpass traditional advertising companies. Martin Solo is sure of this, but Robert Quarta and his gang, because of a little setback, began to deny the digital advertising strategy proposed by Martin Solo. The feeling of pulling his thigh really made Martin aggrieved.

"What's up?!"

   Seeing the assistant at the door of the office, after going back and forth several times, Martin Solo spoke.

In the WPP Group, a large company with 200,000 employees, it would be **** to say that there are no factions and hilltops. However, the biggest hilltop in the past was Martin Solo, and everyone regarded him as the saddle, but now However, someone dared to stand up and challenge the authority of old Martin.

Once Martin Solo is unlucky, he is not the only one who is unlucky, and his assistants and confidantes will also be kicked out, so this time the internal strife has intensified. After all, who wants to be kicked out, lose power and have high money Salary, bonus, and starting to climb again, whether you can still climb up are two things.

   "President Martin, director Robert Quarta, wants to open the board of directors resolution again to vote for a new president of WPP Group..."

  Hearing what the assistant said, Robert Quarta's face turned cold, and he, who was already serious, made the assistant bow his head.

"I see!"

   "No one can take WPP from me, not even Roberto Quarta!"

Seeing the assistant's expression, Martin Solo said coldly that the dispute between him and Robert Quarta would eventually have to go back to the board of directors. If Martin Solo did not leave his job, Robert Quarta If you want to drive Martin away, you can only vote through the board of directors. At that time, it depends on who can get the support of more shareholders and win more equity in WPP Group.

   During this period of time, Robert Quarta, while posting old Martin's black material, while wooing the major shareholders of WPP Group, wanted to overthrow Martin Solo's rule of WPP Group.

  Because of the plummeting stock price of WPP Group, there are indeed many shareholders who have been won over by Roberto Quarta.

The assistant looked at Martin Solo, intent on persuading Martin to win over those shareholders, but looking at Martin's expression, he knew that with his character, it would be difficult for him to bow his head and beg for mercy from those directors, so he could only leave with a helpless sigh , He felt that maybe it was time to find a way out for himself, to apply for other advertising companies, not to shoot Robert Quarta, it was enough to be worthy of Martin Solo.

  Martin Solo didn't pay attention to the assistant's expression. He couldn't help looking at the double-click company logo on the wall. He placed his fingers on the phone on the table unconsciously, but finally moved his palm away.

He still wants to hold on. If there is really no way to deal with Robert Quarta, or most of the shareholders of WPP Group, if they are wooed away, then Martin Solo has no choice but to use the last resort, with the help of external force, to smash WPP Group's pot, staged a wave of return of the king, like Jobs, bloodbathed the entire WPP Group's board of directors!

No matter how many conspiracies and tricks are used, it cannot be avoided who has the most equity in the end. Martin Solo knows that he will have to pay a huge price to find Song Yang. It is impossible to say that WPP Group will have to change its surname in the future, but compared to Being kicked out of the WPP group he founded by Robert Quarta, the latter is still much more humiliating to him!

   "All data must be checked again!"

   "We must not fail again this time!"

   "This time, the three major TV stations ICNC, CNN, and NBC, as well as ICNC Internet TV station and AOL portal will broadcast the whole process live!"

   "Director Bruno, the head of NASA, America, the director of the Grand Commander's Science and Technology Advisory Committee, etc., will all be present to watch the launch. If it fails..."

   The chief operating officer of Apollo Space Exploration Corporation, but it is basically confirmed that he is the first president, Gwen Shotwell, who is only short of a name, said to the executives of Apollo Space Exploration Corporation.

Although Gwen Shotwell is also a strong woman, she does not act harshly and harshly. This time, she is also a little impatient, because the plan for the first launch originally scheduled for June has been delayed for a full five months. There were problems with the two launches. One launch did not take off at all due to a malfunction, and the other one was blown up three minutes after launch. It was really a bad start.

Exploding rockets is not too common. It should fail. It is not normal to succeed every time. If it is so easy to launch rockets, this thing will not be one or two hundred countries in the world. , only a dozen regions can play around.

  Even NASA, which has been playing with rockets for so many years, does not have too many rocket accidents that fail to launch.

But the key point is that Apollo Space Exploration Corporation is a private space exploration company, not like NASA. Although NASA is crying poor every year, it has the bottom of the Capitol Hill and spends tens of billions of dollars every year. Compared with most parts of the world, the annual military expenditure is much higher.

The funding of Apollo Space Exploration Company is entirely supported by the major shareholder Song Yang. Up to now, the initial capital of 1.5 billion US dollars that Song Yang invested in at the beginning has been burnt out, and Song Yang has not earned back. Not to mention, the original rocket launch plan only showed Song Yang a large-scale fireworks worth tens of millions of dollars.

Song Yang did not express his opinion on the performance of Apollo Space Exploration Company. Instead, he invested the second batch of funds in the account of Apollo Space Exploration Company in advance. However, Marcus, who came to send the money, did not have a good attitude. He stayed at Apollo Space Exploration Company for three days with a stinking face, and went through all the accounts of Apollo Space Exploration Company from top to bottom before leaving in a huff.

   "This launch failed, Apollo Space Exploration Company will not be disbanded, but everyone, I'm afraid I have to find a company that pays the same high salary as Apollo Space Exploration Company!"

Gwen Shotwell left with a sentence. Although Apollo Space Exploration Company does not make money, it spends a lot. In order to recruit technical experts, Apollo Space Exploration Company will give these technical experts, The salaries are more than two times higher than those of their peers.

After investing so much money, if there is no effect, Song Yang will definitely not close the Apollo Space Exploration Company, but the executives and technicians inside may have to be replaced, even if Gwen Shotwell himself , I can't guarantee that she will not be kicked out.

  The Houston Space Center has not been this lively for a long time. The headquarters of the Apollo Space Exploration Corporation is located in the Houston Space Center. The huge rocket has been shipped out of the warehouse and started to be pulled to the launch pad.

  At this moment, countless vehicles and media reporters have begun to gather here. Rocket launches are not unusual for American people, but the rockets launched by private space companies attract people's attention.

As we all know, no one will do things that don’t make money. Privately entering the space industry must be for the sake of making money. It’s impossible to receive tens of billions of dollars every year like NASA. If a private space exploration company has no way to make money, no one will pay any attention to shouting loudly!

  As for the entry of private space companies, no matter what strange methods they use, the cost of rocket launches will definitely be greatly reduced anyway, and space tourism may not really become a reality.

  The launch of Apollo Space Exploration Corporation has also attracted the attention of many companies in the technology industry. If the launch of Apollo Space Exploration Corporation is successful, other companies may follow suit!

   "It's been a long time since it's been as annoying as it is today, and the same goes for the aerospace industry!"

  Lori Javier, who returned to his hometown, said to Holdren, the head of the Grand Commander's Technology Advisory Committee, but the latter just nodded casually after hearing Javier's words, obviously not listening at all.

Lori Javier, who has become the deputy director of NASA's space agency, saw Holdren's attitude and knew that the commander of the little cowboy, just like the previous commander, was not interested in NASA at all. This time, he sent someone. Mostly because of Song Yang, I don't really worry about whether America's aerospace industry is getting overwhelmed.

   Sorry, I have something to deal with these two days, so the update is a bit late. Today is finally over, thank you for your support!

  (end of this chapter)