Back To 1995

  Chapter 175 Horn

   Hearing Song Yang's words, the executives of the Telephone and Telegraph Group who had just felt that they were winning, suddenly felt like a frying pan, and there was a buzzing sound in the conference room.

  Bates also felt a headache. She didn't know whether the news Song Yang said was true or not. If it was true, the situation of America Telecom would change immediately.

Bates can imagine that once Enron gets the telecommunications license, he will definitely change his hands to America Telecom. Enron enters the telecommunications industry. Bates is not surprised. He can invest $500 million in America Telecom in one go, and as long as America Telecom % equity, this is something Bates never thought of anyway!

   In the entire conference room, people from the Telephone and Telegraph Group were talking about it for a while. Enron invested 500 million US dollars in Telecom Americas, and directly raised the valuation of Telecom Americas to about 10 billion US dollars!

  Compared with Enron's $500 million investment, the Telephone and Telegraph Group wanted to buy American Telecom for more than one billion dollars. The two are almost worlds apart.

   "This is New York, the New York of the Telegraph Group!"

  Bates said to Song Yang, more like a warning to Song Yang that New York is the territory of the Telegraph. The Telegraph Group has been rooted here for many years and has enough contacts and connections to deal with Telecom America.

  Bates also understands that once Enron is really determined to support America Telecom, and if he obtains a telecom license, even if he blocks it, at most, it can delay America Telecom's footsteps, and it will still not be able to stop America Telecom from entering New York!

  Song Yang nodded and did not deny Bates' words, but what he said made Bates and the people of the Telephone and Telegram Group shudder.

"As President Bates said just now, America Telecom may be looking for a partner. I hope America Telecom can cooperate with the Telephone and Telegraph Group, but if the Telephone and Telegraph Group still wants to use that, unequal way to treat America Telecom's words.

  In the interest of all the investors of America Telecom, I think America Telecom needs to find a partner, maybe it will be a good choice to cooperate with companies such as Verizon, Southwest Bell Group, WorldCom, MFS, MCI...etc! "

  Song Yang named the opponents of the Telephone and Telegram Group. This was Chi Guoguo's threat. If the Telephone and Telegraph Group wanted to take advantage of the situation, Song Yang had nothing to be polite.

This is to tell Bates directly that if the Telephone and Telegraph Group cannot kill America Telecom, then America Telecom will be mixed with other telecom giants, like a nail, firmly nailed to the New York market, so that the Telephone and Telegraph Group will be the Difficulty sleeping!

Bartley, who was sitting in the corner of the conference room, listened to Song Yang's unceremonious confrontation with Bates, the boss of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, and recalled what he had just heard about Enron's valuation of America Telecom, which made him think now. All a little dizzy.

Bartley didn't know if Anran had lost his mind or not. It was just such a broken company with only one line. Although this line was very profitable, Anran dared to boast a valuation of tens of billions of dollars. Some are too scary!

  Song Yang's sudden news made Bates, a strong woman, a little upset. As for the executive in charge of the acquisition business of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, hearing this news, the whole person felt bad.

  Acquiring America Telecom will definitely not work. As far as America Telecom's valuation of 10 billion dollars is concerned, this valuation can no longer be called a bubble. If you squeeze it, maybe the water level of the Amazon River will rise by three points...

   is outrageous. If the telephone and telegraph company is acquired at this valuation, it is estimated that it will become the most famous swindler in the world.

The sudden situation caused the Telephone and Telegraph Group to have a headache for a while. Now it is impossible to buy America Telecom, but if you let it go, once the America Telecom cooperates with other telecom giant companies, maybe it will directly plug the Telephone and Telegraph Group in turn. !

   "President Bates, I said that America Telecom has no intention to compete with the Telephone and Telegraph Group. Maybe the two sides can cooperate."

At this time, Song Yang suggested to Bates that if it was possible, Song Yang really didn't want to turn against the Telegraph Group. Don't look at the few opponents Song Yang took out just now to respond to the Telegraph Group, but if he was really ruthless, what else would he do? The telecommunications company is no match for the Telephone and Telegraph Group at all.

  Bates glanced at Song Yang and motioned Song Yang to continue talking, the previous plan was invalid, and now Bates needs a new plan to stop the loss.

   "The Telephone and Telegraph Group has many opponents, and for America Telecom, these are also opponents!"

   "America Telecom has no intention to **** the telephone market from Telephone and Telegraph. American Telecom only wants the Internet and the optical fiber broadband market. Maybe Telephone and Telegraph Group can cooperate with American Telecom!"

  Song Yang said to Bates and other executives of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, "Americas Telecom is the one that "knows" the Internet industry the most in the telecom industry, and there are many Internet companies that will support Americas Telecom."

   Song Yang's words, no one can object. Song Yang himself was born in the Internet. He said that America Telecom understands the Internet industry best, and no one in the entire telecommunications industry can object.

   Hearing the meaning of Song Yang's words, Bates couldn't help laughing angrily, "Song, you mean to let the Telephone and Telegraph Group give up its network and broadband business to America Telecom?!"

Song Yang just looked at Bates, "Television and Telegram Group is also in trouble, America Telecom can cooperate with Telephone and Telegraph Group, and even accept investment from Telephone and Telegraph Group, as long as it invests in America Telecom, Telephone and Telegraph Group is also equivalent to entering the Internet industry. , maybe America Telecom is more suitable for the network broadband business than the Telephone and Telegraph Group!"

   The originally noisy conference room became quiet at this time, and Bates and the other executives were weighing Song Yang's words.

  Song Yangde's meaning is very clear, the Telephone and Telegraph Group invested in America Telecom, and cooperated with America Telecom in network and broadband business, and directly entered the Internet industry without any further tossing by the rigid Telephone and Telegraph Group.

   From a telephone operator to an Internet provider, the stock price of the Telephone and Telegraph Group is expected to rise sharply.

   On the other hand, as a long-term stare, the telephone and telegraph group who wants to be split up, if they just want to make soy sauce in the network provider and the broadband market, then of course there is no problem.

   But if the Telephone and Telegraph Group wants to expand its business, it is estimated that it will be attacked again, and the topic of splitting will be hyped again, and investing in America Telecom does not need such worries.

   "This matter needs to be decided by the board of directors."

  Bates said with a bit of emotion, Song Yang's proposal is indeed a choice for the Telephone and Telegraph Group, although it is not the kind of result that the Telephone and Telegraph Group wants to swallow up America Telecom.

If it invests in America Telecom, then the Telephone and Telegraph Group can not only solve the trouble of America Telecom being nailed to its own nest, but also support America Telecom to fight against Worldcom, Verizon and other deadly rivals. This is the telephone and telegraph What the group wants to see the most.

   has a helper, and if he can contain those mortal enemies, he can let the Telephone and Telegraph Group relax.

  Song Yang didn't want to drag it on. Now time is the most important thing for Song Yang. Every day of suspension of the America Telecom project means that the risk increases by one point!

   "America Telecom has no time to wait. If the Telephone and Telegraph Group can't give an answer, then America Telecom will seek other partners!"

"You can sign a cooperation agreement first. For specific cooperation and investment, America Telecom can hold an investor conference to solve it. However, the Telephone and Telegraph Group needs to issue a statement on cooperation with America Telecom!" Song Yang said to the people of the Telephone and Telegraph Group. said.

  The rest can be ignored, but now America Telecom needs the tiger skin of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, so that those people will not dare to stop it!

"make a deal!"

  Bates chatted with a group of executives in a low voice for a while, and then agreed, but also put forward conditions, within the specified time, before the telephone and telegraph group gave up the cooperation, America Telecom could not cooperate with other telecommunications companies! "

After    walked out of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, Song Yang called Irene immediately after getting in the car, "Let's get the news out."

  In downtown Jackson, Mississippi, a large group of people are queuing to receive food at the entrance of a biscuit food factory.

   Bernard Ebbs, the president of WorldCom, is handing out free biscuits, milk and other daily necessities to the crowd along with Scott, who is also the CFO of WorldCom.

   Just like everything Enron did in Houston, Bernard Ebbs, who was always strong and aggressive in the face of competitors, was well-received in Mississippi.

Every month, Bernard Ebbs and WorldCom executives take a day out to carry out charitable activities in Mississippi. The universities in Mississippi have received donations from Bernard Ebbs. , Countless people living in distress in Mississippi have received aid from Bernard Ebbs.

   Wearing jeans and leather boots, Bernard Ebbs was hand-delivering food with a smile on his face, but when he saw Scott received a call, his face changed suddenly.

After answering the phone, Scott walked over to Bernard Ebbs and said a few words in his ear. A man who was accepting the food handed over by Bernard Ebbs saw Bernard Ebbs. De Ebes's face suddenly sank, and the people in front of him couldn't help but startle. He had never seen Mr. Bernard Ebes from Mississippi with such a terrifying expression.

Handing the relief food in his hand to the person in front of him, Bernard Ebbs smiled again and said to the people around him, "I'm sorry, I can't give you the food by hand, there is a nasty thing that unfortunately happened, I need to I'll deal with it!"

  The matter of Telecom America is not a big deal in America's telecom industry. Although the telecom industry admits that the emergence of Telecom America is indeed a genius, it is nothing more than that.

  So America Telecom was targeted, and the telecommunications industry was also indifferent. If WorldCom and other giants wanted to swallow America Telecom, most of them were watching a show.

   But at this moment, there was a news that made the entire American telecommunications industry in an uproar.

  America Telecom announced to accept the investment of Enron Corporation, and then the leader of the telecommunications industry, the Telephone and Telephone Group, suddenly announced that it had reached a cooperation with America Telecom!

   The most surprising thing for countless people is the sudden news that America Telecom will launch the acquisition of UUNet, the main Internet provider in America!

   (end of this chapter)