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   Chapter 333 Hidden Knife in the Sleeve

"This is the best opportunity for Comcast. If the merger can be completed, Comcast can get the dominance of the new company, then Comcast will have the largest telecom and media in America. company!"

   Brian Roberts said to Old Roberts, but listening to Brian's words, Old Roberts just said nothing.

   After a while, old Roberts finally said, "What if you lose?!"

   "The Internet frenzy will eventually recede. If ICQ is not as good as imagined, and America Telecom can't make a profit, what will Comcast do then?"

  Old Roberts looked at the continuation of the Roberts family and asked, Old Roberts has several children, but the only one who can inherit Comcast is Brian in front of him.

Looking at Brian Roberts, the old Roberts felt that Brian was fooled by the pie that Song Yang painted. However, when I was young, if there was a company with a market value of hundreds of billions of dollars, I would put it in my own hands. In front of him, I am afraid that old Roberts may not be able to hold back.

  The Roberts family has an adventurous spirit in their bones. For Brian's style, old Roberts is not surprised. After all, this thing is really too tempting.

   Being poured a pot of cold water by Old Roberts, Brian Roberts began to calm down, frowned and looked at Old Roberts, "Do you think this is a scam?!"

Old Roberts shook his head, "The tide will eventually recede. I just said that the current Internet frenzy cannot last forever. If the future Internet is not as good as imagined, then Comcast will how to do it.

   And Bruno Song, is by no means the kind of person who gives up his equity easily. Behind Immelt is General Electric. After the merger, who has the final say? ! "

  Old Roberts threw a few questions. Once the Internet suddenly became miserable, or it was not so valuable, the new company might be in an embarrassing situation.

   And the new company after the merger has two major shareholders, Song Yang and Immelt, and Comcast can only be ranked third.

  Bryan Roberts calmed down, but still said, "This is an opportunity for Comcast, the rarest opportunity to get American Telecom, ICQ, and NBC at the same time!"

"I'm not going to put the whole Comcast in, I'm going to add Comcast's TV network business to the new company, and with the new company, maybe I can change the way Comcast and TCI are in the cable network. competition in!"

American TV stations are generally divided into cable TV stations, wireless TV stations, and satellite TV stations, but the mainstream is still cable TV stations and wireless TV stations. Wireless TV stations are composed of NBC, CBS, ABC, Fox, Warner, and other large and small TV stations. , but basically belong to the camp of the five major wireless TV stations.

  The current camp of America's cable TV network is basically still dominated by John Malone's TCI, which claims to have 30 million users. Of course, this is blown out by TCI itself. In fact, only TCI knows how many users it has.

   But Comcast's users are not as good as TCI, but it is true that it claims to have tens of millions of users, but in fact there are only less than 8 million users.

Cable television networks are now a cash cow. After all, user subscriptions are real dollars. When other media and television stations were struggling, several major cable television networks, TCI, Comcast, Chartered Communications and other companies Every day is going to win gold, and HBO is also one of them.

  The days of these cable TV networks are pretty good. TCI even launched 500 TV channels in one go to attract users to subscribe. Whether it is true or false, it looks really scary.

  Bryan Roberts, this time, let Comcast cooperate with the merged new media group, with the support of NBC TV station, maybe it can increase the number of users of Comcast TV network!

   Looking at old Roberts, Brian Roberts said, "I know what to do, I won't let the Roberts family lose Comcast!"

Old Roberts looked at Bryan, and vaguely saw the shadow of his youth. When Comcast went from a small TV company with only 1,200 users to now, old Roberts also took countless risks. Now it is time to It was Brian Roberts' turn.

   glanced at Brian Roberts. When old Roberts got up, he patted him on the shoulder, then got up and left. This time, he basically handed Comcast to Brian Roberts to manage.

   A hotel restaurant in San Jose, Immelt put on the tableware and wiped his lips, "I'm sorry Song, I kept you here!"

   As reported by the media, Immelt has no air, giving people a feeling of spring breeze, which is the biggest difference between the two compared to the daunting Welch.

   However, people in the world can't show people only one side, and they can't see people only from one side. Song Yang didn't dare to take the Immelt in front of him lightly.

The man with a smile in front of him and a gentle expression, but the one who survived the cruel competition from the head of General Electric, has no ability, and all the scum that has been swallowed long ago is not left, let alone sitting in the palm of General Electric. The doorman's position.

   "For GE, the future belongs only to the winner, and we can do whatever we can to beat all the competitors in the world!"

These threatening words were spoken by the gentle-looking Immelt in front of him. He was also the president of General Electric, and he called the president with the most relations with the law enforcement and judicial departments of America. Almost all of GM's overseas opponents were Was tossed by Immelt with federal justice.

  The famous Alstom was acquired by General Electric Technology in the hands of Immelt. If it is said that General Electric has no means and Immelt has no connections, then it is pure bullshit.

   "Should be!"

  Song Yang raised the wine glass, touched Immelt, and glanced at Immelt through the glass of the wine glass.

   Just like the old Maozi, the dead old Maozi is the good old Maozi. Now we need to rely on the US knife and relationship of General Electric to complete the mergers and acquisitions of ICQ, American Telecom, NBC TV, and some other businesses.

   But if there is a chance, Song Yang will definitely dismantle General Electric. General Electric in the Welch era is like a big mountain, pressing down on all the American companies.

   But as long as there is a chance, I am afraid that there are countless people who want to dismantle GE. GE has a lot of good things. GE has a lot of industries in America and overseas.

Like Siam's Ayutthaya Bank, insurance, financial company, medical equipment company, oil field and many other industries, Welch has really saved a lot of money for GE in the past 20 years. If he can swallow GE If so, it is estimated that it can be a wave of fat.

Song Yang didn't even think about swallowing all of GE. That's not realistic at all. He must wait until GE declines to get a piece of the pie, not to mention winning GE's most important aviation, medical, Banks and other departments, it is enough to bite NBC down...

  Immelt didn't know what Song Yang, who was sitting in front of him, was thinking at the moment.

   "I have reported this negotiation with ICQ to President Welch!"

   Hearing Immelt's words, Song Yang also raised his spirits and looked towards Immelt.

Now the head of GE is Welch. As long as he is still at GE, he will have the final say in GE. No one else, including the GE board, can challenge Welch's authority. Now GE The most important role of the board of directors of Electric is to do two things. The first thing is to wait for Welch to give them dividends. The second thing is to applaud Welch on the board of directors!

   "President Welch, he has not responded to the merger of ICQ, NBC, Inter-American Telecom, and Comcast Television Network, but President Welch has agreed to the establishment of an Internet news channel between ICQ and NBC!"

   Hearing Immelt's words, Song Yang raised his glass, "Congratulations to President Immelt, I will go to General Electric in a few years to congratulate President Immelt."

  No objection is the biggest agreement. As long as Welch does not directly object to the merger, there is great hope for this matter. If he really disagrees, then Welch only needs a word, and this matter will not play at all.

  Immelt shook his head, restrained his smile, and behaved very modestly, "Who will be the next president of General Electric is decided by President Welch and the board of directors. I just do what I need to do, even to the last day!"

Song Yang couldn't help but want to applaud Immelt. No wonder Welch valued Immelt. He didn't show any signs of vying for power. , Such subordinates are of course favored by their bosses.

   "President Immelt, I hope that the new news TV station will be launched as soon as possible, and the newly formed news TV station will be the benchmark of Fox and CNN's news TV station!"

  Song Yang directly said to Immelt that the new TV station is going to fight against Fox and CNN's news TV station. These days, news TV station has a great influence on public opinion. Whoever controls public opinion will have the right to speak.

   "I hope that NBC TV station can support the newly established TV station, the staff of the newsroom, mainly the staff of NBC TV station, and then recruit reporters, editors, videographers, etc. to form a new TV station."

   Listening to Song Yang's words, Immelt smiled lightly and glanced at Song Yang. He now understands why Wall Street and Silicon Valley companies are willing to cooperate with Song Yang.

The new TV station is dominated by NBC. Basically, it is determined that GE will be the leader. Song Yang has no intention of competing with GE for the dominance of the new TV station. Who does the new TV station listen to? This is for Immelt. Very important!

   (end of this chapter)