Rebirth of the Tech Madman

Just as AT&T will begin to split up more than 20 subsidiaries in January 1982, the US Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against ibm, which began in 1969, has also been placed on a predictable schedule for withdrawal of the lawsuit. Read the full text of the latest chapter. Visit:. ·····First release

The outside world generally infers that this time point is very likely to also be January 1982.

In the 13 years that the sword of Damocles has been hanging on top of ibm, the blue ‘color’ giant can be described as trembling.

Even Frank Cary, the one-term chief executive, split the entire company's business into two and moved other resources except mainframes to the General Systems Department in Atlanta, Georgia, in response to the possible spin-off judgment of the Department of Justice.

After entering the 1980s, the U.S. Department of Justice has become more and more aggressive toward the American Telephone and Telegraph Company, which has assets of 100 billion U.S. dollars, but has somewhat eased its attitude toward ibm, which has assets of 10 billion U.S. dollars.

Especially after Reagan took office, various signs convinced the blue giant's senior management that he was safe and secure.

And the acquisition of 20% of Intel’s shares is the giant of the computer industry, free from the shackles of a test of the reaction of all parties.

Nowadays, the senior executives of dex and ibm can't conceal their ambitions, and they want to buy the small fresh ‘meat’ of the computer company, the industry.

Tang Huan, who happened to hear this, suddenly felt very funny.

In his opinion, the ibm, which has been released by the US Department of Justice, is so powerful that it has become a tiger, but it is a pity that its teeth are no longer so sharp in the 30 years of Hedong and Hexi.

Seeing Tang Huan's appearance on the stage, the entourage around him even looked at him sarcastically. The ibm executive who ran the train with his mouth full of mouths immediately felt like a man on his back, and asked displeasurely, " who are you?"

Tang Huan pointed behind him casually, "Aren't you planning to acquire Fangyuan Computer? I'm Tang Huan, the owner of this company."

"So it's you." The other party nodded and confidently said slowly, "The conditions are very simple. Apple Computer, which is already in the market, can be used as a reference."

Don Estelli, who saw this scene on the side, couldn't bear to continue to wait and see that his side was so embarrassed that he was so ignorant and arrogant. The matter was exposed, but El Lowo gently held it back.

Seeing Don Estelli looking at him suspiciously, El Lowo smiled meaningfully and pointed in a low voice, "Let them fight. Maybe your personal computer department's "door" will pass. The more important it is, the more people will pay attention to your suggestions."

Since the first dex, Tang Huan has instructed Sheldon Adelson to take advantage of the long-standing conflicts between major computer companies and successfully invite their top leaders to increase the gold content of the exhibition. CEOs and The president rarely visits the scene in person.

The batch of ibm executives led by Don Esteli really aroused Tang Huan's interest at first, but when he saw that the other party's knowledge was nothing more than this, he became dull.

"Anyway, thank you for your optimistic view of the value of Fangyuan Computer Company. In fact, I read the full text of the latest chapter. I am also very interested in ibm. The complete txt download is available." Tang Huan waved his hand non-committal.

"What does it mean that'you are also'interested' in ibm"? Are you still planning to acquire our ibm? Don't say whether we agree or not. Just these tens of billions of assets, do you have the right to be concerned?" This person When he was choked and rolled his eyes, he just wanted to care about it, but saw that Tang Huan had turned his attention to Don Esteli.

"Old friend, do you feel that my personal computer business is getting more and more prosperous?" Tang Huan greeted enthusiastically.

Don Estelli glanced at El Lowo, who was going to watch a good show next to him, and said that Tang Huan was not at all the kind of simple person who likes the meaningless ‘language’ of stars. No, they directly transferred the firepower.

"What you are talking about is booming, don't you mean those Japanese companies' compatible second-generation Fangyuan computers." Don Esteli was naturally very upset about Tang Huan's condescending condescension. Immediately he laughed sarcastically, "I don't know, when will the price war within Fangyuan Computer start?"

"This kind of possible disputes are all subsections. When I do business, I pay attention to'fine' sincere cooperation and equal benefits." Tang Huan waved his hand disapprovingly, "If ibm wants to produce compatible second-generation Fangyuan computers. It's not that we can't sit down and have a good talk."

"Our own ibm- is already good enough, how can we have time to pay attention to your second-generation Fangyuan computer." Don Esteli snorted, turned and left.

Seeing the ibm group of people leaving one after another, Tang Huan snapped his fingers, "Do you not know how annoying these guys who come to spy on intelligence are? Don't buy things, don't say anything, but stand here in a big manner, blocking others Real customers."

In the laughter of the crowd, Chambers whispered, "Don Estelle also observed carefully. I just got the news that the Japanese manufacturers that have obtained the authorization of the second-generation Fangyuan computer compatible computer are in contact with customers. , The quotations of some models are already lower than our similar products."

"There is no need to be overly nervous. This kind of price squeeze will not have a negative impact on us at least for a year." Tang Huan smiled lightly, "Apple's successor is already weak. I estimate that it will be able to compete with ibm next year. -A tie is good, and then these Japanese partners with great cost advantages will rush away. The larger the market share of Fangyuan Computer Platform, the more revenue from Zheru Software."

Having said that, Tang Huan turned around and looked at the booths of Zheru and Fangyuan Computer, and smiled smugly, "We just need to continue to make special'color' computers. It is just the industry computers in front of us, the multimedia computers, and portable computers. , Enough to fight for a while."

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Tang Huan’s current priority is to acquire Pacific Bell, so he returned to San Francisco from Las Vegas without staying too much at dex.

Although Tang Huan did not deliberately exert influence, ea, Fangyuan Computer, Zheru and its satellite companies, etc. still attracted enough attention in dex and continued to play the role of industry leaders.

In addition, the ps-2400 series of personal workstations equipped with He has become a hot ‘door’, and there is an endless stream of people who come to consult.

And the momentum of the entire camp of the second-generation Fangyuan computer is growing, and it is also a beautiful landscape of dex.

In addition, the e-mail server system launched by Zheru. Let the industry understand that the network and communication mentioned by Tang Huan in his dex speech are by no means empty talk.

It's just that the actions of Silicon Valley upstarts are too efficient. This makes more and more followers feel overwhelmed.

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On Tuesday, December 1, 1981, Tang Huan's acquisition of Pacific Bell, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T, was completed in a low-key manner as he requested.

This is so far. Tang Huan’s largest asset purchase, in order to prevent excessive attention from the outside world from interfering with his plan, he carefully chose to avoid the public’s attention.

In other words, Tang Huan felt a lot of pressure himself.

But with such a large amount of capital operation, how could the media easily let go of the opportunity to report, and dig out the details of the ‘transaction’ announced by AT&T one after another.

Among the more than 20 subsidiaries owned by AT&T, Pacific Bell is the largest, with assets of up to 14.5 billion US dollars, and is known as a jewel in the crown of Bell systems.

AT&T retains 20% of the shares. The rest was sold to Tang Huan. In addition, Galaxy Communications will pay 10 billion US dollars for sex, and the unsettled balance will be deferred.

From AT&T's point of view, Pacific Bell is just a piece of candy in his pocket. It has nothing to do with others. The shareholders support it.

In the case of being forced to dismantle by the U.S. Department of Justice, the media's gloating and well-deserved voices also made AT&T annoyed and feared.

The low-key that Tang Huan requested was also in line with AT&T's wishes. Just make a fortune in a muffled voice, so as not to be framed by the fire.

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The 140 new Montgomery Building, built in 1925, is the headquarters of Pacific Bell, and the top office is ready for the new boss.

Why is this company so expensive. This type of fixed assets contained in it is one of the reasons.

After getting Pacific Bell, there are many things to be handled. Trivial things such as Bell's name and trademark are no longer authorized to continue to use, and important things such as the company's future development direction.

Regarding the former, Tang Huan swiped his pen directly. Pacific Bell changed to Pacific Communications; for the latter, Tang Huan had a series of goals early, which is exactly where he made this acquisition.

Pacific Communications now has only two shareholders-Galaxy Communications and AT&T.

In order to reduce his workload, Tang Huan invited two shareholders of Galaxy Communications, Warren Buffett and Christopher Gore of Motorola, to Pacific Communications as executive directors.

Regarding the original structure of Pacific Communications, Tang Huan did not make any adjustments, because there was no problem with the operation of this company, except that the original parent company, American Telephone and Telegraph Company, had the mentality of making a little bit of money. He has an opportunity to take advantage of.

One of Tang Huan's main actions was to set up a high-level value-added service department under the current system of Pacific Communications, and make it directly responsible for himself.

There is no doubt that the ‘door’ of this value-added service will be the executor of the Tang Huanxin plan, such as caller ID, e-mail service, etc.

Pacific Communications' business scope is not limited to California, but covers the west coast of the United States, and even includes a subsidiary of Nevada State, where Las Vegas is located-Bell Nevada.

After buying things, of course, he must first take a look at the property. It took Tang Huan more than two weeks to travel around to complete this basic-level research work.

He didn't feel much about it, but the **** was exhausted and half to death. While secretly crying out, he also admired sincerely, "The so-called Silicon Valley nouveau riche is really misleading, and it makes people seem like they don't have to work. But the reality is that. Look, this boss is a workaholic with great energy."

After understanding the situation of Pacific Communications, Tang Huan held a meeting again at the headquarters to arrange the company's next work.

The CEO of Pacific Communications, Chuck Smith, is an executive in the Bell era, and Tang Huan is quite satisfied with his ability.

I have to mention that Chuck Smith is a black person of African descent, which is less common among American business executives.

Regarding the caller ID implementation plan brought by Tang Huan, Chuck Smith welcomed him with his hands. He even felt that the previous AT&T published "I believe Pacific Bell will develop better and better under the leadership of the new team." His official language is not so ridiculous anymore.

But for Tang Huan’s free e-mail service, Chuck Smith expressed clear opposition, because he felt that this business was not only at a loss, but the prospects were very unclear.

Chuck Smith’s worries were not unreasonable. Tang Huan naturally didn’t think about it. He smiled and waved his hand. “Then set up a new company to test the business exclusively. If you don’t have the courage to try, you can’t know the way. Where~www.readwn.com~ Pacific Communications cannot fix itself in the traditional business model without making progress."

They were discussing, the ministry reported, and people from Time magazine came to visit.

Tang Huan nodded slightly. He heard his public relations consultant Regis McKenna mentioned that there was a debate within "Time" whether to consider himself as the man of the year in 1981, because they also wanted another goal--' Poland's Lech Vasa, who led the strike at the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk in 1980, was extremely powerful.

At this time, ‘Bo’lan still belonged to the Eastern camp. People who went on strike in socialist countries naturally received much attention from the West, and some people in "Times" also gave it their favor.

They regarded themselves as the Man of the Year in 1981, because they also thought about another goal-Lech Vasa of the'Bo'land, who led the strike of the Lenin Shipyard in Gdansk in 1980 with great momentum. vast.

At this time, ‘Bo’lan still belonged to the Eastern camp. People who went on strike in socialist countries naturally received much attention from the West, and some people in "Times" also gave it their favor.

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