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   Chapter 233 Calculations

  In the history of America, it is not that there has been no resistance to the Federal Trade Commission, and there are also those who scolded the Federal Department of Justice, but it is the first time that one dares to be so tough and even point at the opponent's nose!

   In order to meet each other in the future, they are all American companies. They bow their heads and admit defeat, and do not want to be targeted by the other party in the future. But this time, they double-clicked the company and broke this rule.

  Greck, on behalf of Double Click Company, issued three statements, directly placing Double Click Company in the victim’s position, and biting back, saying that Ella Cherry and the others were deliberately targeting Double Click Company for personal gain.

He even pulled out the current leader. He is a staunch supporter of the leader. For the great Internet cause of the leader, Double-click Company is willing to charge into the battle, but Ella Cherry doesn't want to work in her position. Personnel, even thinking of killing Double-click Company, this is obviously pulling the back of the commander!

   If you don't know, Song Yang, the founder of Double-click Company, and Whitman, the current president of Double-click, are very close to the elephant party, maybe someone really sent a letter.

I don't know if the Double-click company will be unlucky, but the phrase "Let go of the Texas wild boar, it will not be worse than her", but it makes Ella Cherry's name, after the title of "Internet Iron Lady" , in degrees spread throughout America.

Sometimes, a nickname can save a person, but sometimes it can disgust a person for a lifetime. If the nickname of the Iron Lady of the Internet will make Ella Cherry a powerful figure on the Internet in America, it is not as good as a wild boar comment. , I am afraid I will follow her for the rest of my life, and it will always be remembered from time to time, no matter whether Ella Cherry is actually that good or not, but this impression has already stayed.

  The Microsoft headquarters is full of laughter at the moment. Looking at the news, Greg's last sentence, the words of Ella Cherry, Bill Gates and other executives can't help it.

   "Is this the style from Texas?!" Bill Gates couldn't help laughing and said to a group of Microsoft executives.

Microsoft has been sued by the Trade Commission, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Commerce, and other departments in America for antitrust, fined, class-action lawsuits, and unfair competition. Itchy teeth.

  Ella Cherry is a strong figure in the antitrust faction. Although she has not yet shot against Microsoft, Microsoft has long heard of her toughness.

This time, I was slammed by Double-click Company, saying that Ella Cherry was incompetent, had no Internet knowledge, had no pattern, and was unusable. Anyway, it was a direct threat. Ella Cherry was sitting in the position of director of the Internet Office of the Trade Commission. Food is wasted!

In this blow, Ella Cherry killed the Double-click Company, but if it is not killed, then Ella Cherry will become a joke. In the antitrust faction, a general will be lost. .

   "Double-click the company, can you win these lawsuits?"

Bill Gates is more and more fond of Song Yang as an ally, and he can always bring him "surprises". With the size and influence of Microsoft, Bill Gates is not allowed to talk about it at will. This kind of Texas The cowboy-style way of handling it, directly hitting the door against the sniper, and seeing who is going to draw a gun to a duel, is really enjoyable to watch.

   But after watching the excitement, what Bill Gates is most concerned about is whether Double-click can escape this time. This is not only for Double-click, but also has an important impact on the entire technology industry.

  Microsoft's legal counsel, when he heard this, he understood his boss's thoughts. This is also to make Microsoft tougher on these lawsuits.

  The legal consultant directly poured cold water on Bill Gates, "Microsoft's situation is completely different from that of Double-click Company. The way of Double-click Company's handling does not apply to Microsoft at all!"

  Double-click to fight against the Trade Commission, the whole of America is still mostly watching the fun, after all, double-click is only big and influential.

But Microsoft, with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars, if it goes against the Trade Commission and directly starts a war, then the entire Seattle, Wall Street, Capitol Hill, and even the commander-in-chief will be involved. At that time, it will be an unprecedented war. Now, even Microsoft may not be able to settle it!

   "Not necessarily, it depends on how the double-click responds, and whether the Trade Commission really wants to stand with Ella Cherry."

The legal counsel analyzed the war, "Now the Internet industry does not have a complete Internet Act, the Trade Commission's fines and anti-monopoly against Double-click Company are all based on Double-click Company's market share in Internet advertising, which has exceeded 80%. %, the punishment made!"

   "But still the same sentence, the Internet does not have a real advertising bill now. If Double-click company bites this point, it is hard to say whether it will lose, but this lawsuit is likely to be dragged on."

The legal consultant does not know whether Double-click is lucky or Ella Cherry is impatient. Now a bug has appeared. According to the traditional antitrust law, Double-click has indeed been involved in anti-monopoly. It is almost an independent company in the Internet advertising market. Big, other Internet advertising companies, can only follow behind and eat farts.

   But the bug is that there is no American Internet Act, which clearly stipulates that double-clicking is now illegal, which will lead to, and probably fall into, a quarrel.

   "If this lawsuit drags on, double click on the company's side, and if you are willing to invest money in public relations, let Ella Cherry leave her current position, then there is a chance to win the lawsuit!"

Once the lawsuit falls into a quagmire, it is actually a good thing for Double Click. As long as you drag it on, throw money at it, and keep putting pressure on Ella Cherry through public relations and contacts, in the end, Ella Cherry might get out of the way. !

But the premise of all this is that Double-click can survive, which means throwing money at it. If Ella Cherry and the Trade Commission try their best to kill Double-click, they may not be able to survive the first round. .

   The legal counsel basically said one sentence, look at the double-click reluctance to throw money this time, look at how tough Ella Cherry is, and whether anyone is holding her back!

   "I do, I hope Double-click can win!" Bill Gates sighed softly. If Double-click can win, it has no reference to Microsoft, but he also told Microsoft that there is a way to resolve these lawsuits.

  Double-click's tough response not only caused an uproar in public opinion, but also caused shocks in those departments that took action against Double-click.

In a small building in Washington, in the office base organized by Ella Cherry, Ella Cherry looked "calmly" after reading the responses from Gleek and Double Click Company. But he held it tightly, and even the palm of his hand was scratched by his nails without realizing it.

   This is like a hunter who is about to pick up a prey, but not only did he not kill the prey, but instead, the prey gave him a look back!

Ella Cherry knew that this was a provocation to her. For many years, this kind of thing has never happened in the Trade Commission. If it is not handled well, this is probably the last thing she does in the Trade Commission. It's hard to say whether she will be killed again in the future, but it is very likely that she will have to be transferred from the Trade Commission first. The Trade Commission is also shameful, and will not let a waste sit there all the time and be ridiculed by the media!

   The phone rang suddenly. Seeing the number, Ella Cherry frowned and picked up the phone, "Mr. Deimos!"

The person who called was the current FTC boss, Demos Morris, a rare "moderate" boss in the history of the Trade Commission. Since he took office, America has not had a split of a giant company. .

   "Can you tell me what's going on, dammit, the media is all waiting to see the Trade Commission joke right now!"

Demos Morris' voice was full of anger and annoyance, and whoever suddenly encountered a cauldron would not have a good face, "The Trade Commission, let you go to the Internet Office, to formulate an Internet advertising bill. , not for you to fight an anti-monopoly lawsuit."

   "You know that just now, that guy Grimm started attacking us in front of the media again, and Tom DeLay was also asking about it!"

Graeme is supported by Enron Corporation. The congressional representative of the big company on Capitol Hill has spoken out for Inter-American Telecom before. This time, he has stood up and directly fired at the Federal Trade Commission. They are all rubbish. If you don't do the right thing, you just want to add to the block.

And Tom DeLay, recently, was officially nominated as the party whip of the Elephant Party. He asked about this because of Adrian and Texas. Tom DeLay needs the support of Texas, and he also needs the support of Texas. Highlighting his own identity as a Texas "cowboy", so this time, he also called Demos Morris.

Being sprayed by Grim and pressured by Tom Dilay, Demos Morris also felt the pressure. The key is that Deimos Morris didn't know about the double-click attack at all. Ella Cherry took the pirate ship and took the blame.

Facing the anger of Deimos Morris, Ella Cherry showed no fear, with a somewhat sarcastic expression, "I am exercising my duty, Senator Demos, we have solid evidence to prove that DoubleClick has violated the Antitrust Act!"

   "The Internet is an emerging industry. We must restrict this industry. Otherwise, there will be a second Microsoft and a second telephone and telegraph group in this industry. At that time, anti-monopoly is a piece of waste paper!"

   "If Senator Deimos thinks there is something wrong with me, you can fire me at any time, I am willing to follow the order of Senator Deimos!"

   There was a long dullness on the other end of the phone, and Ella Cherry could even hear Deimos Morris' angry, dull breathing like a bull. Obviously, Demos was very angry.

Demos Morris is being led by Ella Cherry, how dare he drive Ella Cherry away at this time? If he really wants to do that, he can't even protect his own subordinates. If he bears the name of being afraid of giant companies getting weak, then he, the boss of the trade committee, will be completely finished.

   "Very well, Ella Cherry, in the name of the Trade Commission, I ask you to settle this **** thing right away!" Demos Morris said when he dropped the phone.

Hearing the loud noise, Ella Cherry sneered a few times. From the moment she launched the attack, she had planned everything. Now the Trade Commission, it is impossible to get rid of her, and the only thing she didn't expect is Double-click company does not play cards according to the routine, and the attitude is tougher than she imagined.

   While Ella Cherry was thinking about countermeasures, the phone rang again, this time Ella Cherry's expression became serious.

   (end of this chapter)