Back To 1995

  Chapter 306

  palm has already sold itself. Although the handheld consoles released now are selling well, palm sold itself before because of funding problems.

   Even the parent company of palm is now being targeted by 3com, an Internet equipment manufacturer. The latter was acquired by the Chrysanthemum Factory and then entered the America market.

  Jeff Hawkins and palm have gone through so many hardships, after so many years of tossing and selling themselves, to get what they are today, how can Hawkins be willing to put Song Yang and Alcatel mobile phones with him? !

For Jeff Hawkins's words, everyone present in the TV studio agreed very much. To say that these famous companies in the electronic technology industry, such as Nokia, Motorola, Sony, Ericsson, etc., which one has not experienced decades of tossing, eating How many losses have you had to get where you are now.

These old technology companies have suffered so much. After being grandsons for so many years, their little daughter-in-law finally became a mother-in-law. At this time, it was mentioned that they would be surpassed by a rising star, or compared with a cross-border player. It's weird if you want to.

Jeff Hawkins' attitude also basically represents the traditional technology industry. Song Yang's attitude is that he doesn't look down on it. Of course, the Alcatel mobile phone brand that falls in Song Yang's hands is certainly not favored. .

  In a park on the outskirts of San Jose, vehicles are constantly coming and going, and all kinds of equipment are constantly coming in and out.

When Song Yang arrived at the park, the Alcatel R&D Center brand was already hanging on the door. The park was not big, but although the sparrow was small and well-equipped, it had two office buildings, as well as factories, restaurants, basketball courts, parking lot etc.

   Gallo, who had been waiting there for a long time, came over immediately when he saw Song Yang, "Song, this used to be a company that produced video recorders, but that manufacturer moved out long ago. This is enough room for Alcatel phones!"

   This small park was found by Gallo for Alcatel mobile phones. In the future, Alcatel's research and development will be placed here.

No matter what Jeff Hawkins or the media said, the Alcatel mobile phone didn't stop. Song Yang looked at the small park in front of him, which was already a bit outdated. It could be seen that the days of the video recorder company were not bad. Not to the current size.

But just like countless companies here in Silicon Valley, it changes every few decades, and then new companies emerge to replace those old companies that used to be, but Fairchild Semiconductor, one of the founders of Silicon Valley, is missing. The sun has already set, and it can be as daily as a few decades, but only a few companies such as IBM...

  Song Yang walked into the park and saw that it was busy inside. After all, it had been vacant for several years. The building needed to be cleaned and the equipment needed to be moved in.

  It is expected that within a month or two, this place will be operational, and the R&D personnel and engineers of Alcatel mobile phones will enter here to start developing a new generation of mobile phones.

  Bell Labs will also join in at that time. Song Yang spent so much money on Bell Labs, not for them to come to the show.

   This time, not only Alcatel Mobile's own business, but also the major industries in Song Yang's hands will join in.

PA Semiconductor will develop a suitable chip processor for Alcatel mobile phones. This is Song Yang's first order after buying PA Semiconductor. Dobble and Jim Keller, two top leaders in the chip industry, will help this No one knows what kind of processor is designed for this mobile phone.

   However, with Jim Keller, a great designer in chip architecture, Song Yang also hopes that he can design a chip architecture for Alcatel mobile phones that can use the chip architecture of ten years to...

In addition to PA Semiconductor, ICQ, Double-click, and Fortis will also send engineers to help them develop the "Saipan" system. In addition, ICQ, Hotmail, and Fortis will also launch mobile versions. product.

   After the launch of Alcatel's new mobile phone, ICQ, Hotmail, and Fortinet can also take advantage of the trend to occupy the mobile phone market. At this time, whether the mobile phone market makes money or not, it will occupy the mobile Internet market first!

  America Telecom is a top priority. It will jointly develop Internet services with Alcatel, and also implement a series of technical standards, patents, and so on.

  Whether we can cut another crop of leeks depends on this wave. There are two major businesses, broadband and mobile network. It is impossible to say that America Telecom can break out of the siege of several major telecom operators.

There are busy figures everywhere in the park. Song Yang entered the office building of the park, which is also being renovated. For Alcatel mobile phones, the area here is enough to accommodate the R&D center, and the original factory building can be used for experiments. The production line, PA Semiconductor's experimental production line, can be placed there as well.

   "Gallo, you have to pay more attention here, and help Ertian build this R&D center!"

When he was about to leave the small park, Song Yang explained to Gallo that Song Yang had dismissed the management team at the European headquarters of Alcatel Mobile, and now the new management team is still looking for recruitment. The layer is mainly based on technology and marketing, and Gallo can only come up first.

   Hearing this, Gallo slapped his chest, "Song, here, leave it to me, I promise that it won't be long before this R&D center will appear in front of you!"

  Song Yang glanced at Gallo and patted him on the shoulder. Now Gallo is the co-president of Blackwater Security after all, and his work is quite reliable.

Blackwater Security, which was stocked by Song Yang, has grown rapidly since its establishment. Now, Prince and Gallo are the two managers of Blackwater. Prince, relying on family connections, has taken from the American Defense Agency. A lot of overseas security orders have arrived.

Now Blackwater Security, Gallo is in charge of Blackwater's local business in America. Blackwater has launched security, bodyguard, arena security and other services in America, plus bounty hunters, prisons and other businesses. The mercenary business is what Prince is doing. He only needs to buy another weapon manufacturer, and Blackwater Security is basically on its own.

Prince is very enthusiastic about the mercenary business that he promotes overseas. The current Blackwater Security Company, mainly the Americas Global Investment Fund, is investing money through another overseas foundation. Prince will use the scale of the previous training base. , and again to expand a part.

  After resting in San Jose for a few days, Song Yang finally took a plane and came to Ohio under Eric's repeated calls. Eric had already waited there with someone.

Eric brought a group of RICK executives and saw Song Yang at the airport in Coblon City. Eric breathed a sigh of relief and called to Song Yang, "Song, you've finally arrived. , you don't know how tough that old Leslie Wexner is!"

As soon as he got in the car, Eric began to complain to Song Yang. Before Song Yang started his trip to Asia, Eric took RICK and began to propose to LB to acquire the Victoria's Secret brand. As a result, Song Yang came back from Asia. , Eric's acquisition has not yet been completed.

   "That old guy just opened his mouth at the lion, what does he think Victoria's Secret is!" Sitting in the car, Eric complained to Song Yang and complained about Leslie Wexner.

Song Yang listened to Eric's complaints and knew why he was so annoyed. Facing Eric who came to buy the Victoria's Secret brand, Leslie Wexner's LB clothing company, the lion opened his mouth and shouted directly. Come for the sky-high price of 500 million US dollars!

This made Eric almost leave the scene with RICK's executives on the spot. To be honest, the current sales of Victoria's Secret are good, but that's all. The Victoria's Secret brand that Bigger has not improved has little actual influence. .

   And it's not just the Victoria's Secret family who do that. What is the concept of 500 million dollars? It's enough for the RICK company to build a new underwear brand and promote it to every corner of America.

   "That old guy did it on purpose!"

The stalemate for nearly a month has exhausted Eric's temper. It is a curse to mention LB and Leslie Wexner. The acquisition of Victoria's Secret is the first step in RICK's transformation, who knows This first step directly encountered such a big trouble.

Song Yang listened to Eric's words and looked out of the car window to the capital city of Ohio. This city was once an aircraft production base in North America. It was less than a month away from the German Oktoberfest in Columbus. Seeing the stores on both sides of the street, they have already begun to be arranged. This is one of the busiest days in the city every year. Countless stores are counting on this festival to make a profit.

   For the city's shops, the German Oktoberfest is a life-saving festival, and the same is true for Victoria's Secret. As long as Victoria's Secret can lift Bigger up by relying on the Super Bowl, a money printing machine is about to start.

   "Has Jia En arrived?" Song Yang turned around and asked Eric.

Comerica Bank, represented by Chris Jain, must borrow money from the bank to acquire Victoria's Secret this time. If Comerica doesn't support it, Song Yang can only help RICK from Deutsche Bank, Merrill Lynch and other banks. It is borrowed, but the price is probably a bit high. With RICK Club and Eric, even if they are sold, they will not be able to borrow so much money.

   "It's already here," Eric was even more depressed when he mentioned this, "but that guy Jaen is not willing to provide RICK with funds other than risk!"

The agreement negotiated before was that Song Yang would provide a guarantee, and Comerica Bank lent RICK $200 million, but now the LB company has a big talk, and Comerica Bank will not give RICK any more. Funds, because if there is more, the risk is too great, and I worry that RICK can't afford it at all.

   "Song, welcome back, how is Asia, I heard you are there, but you have invested in a lot of companies?!"

   (end of this chapter)