Reborn America, this is my time

Chapter 176 Finalize the candidate and start the project

"Harry Thornborn, Jewish, born in 61, [-] years old, former vice president of finance for Tastee-Freez, an ice cream company in Joliet, Illinois."

"His most famous record in business is that he contacted Ray Klock when McDonald's was not well-known, and proposed a new business concept to him, that is, McDonald's would buy the land needed for store expansion, and then lease the land to Franchisees who want to join McDonald's, this business model has made McDonald's a huge success in a short period of time, and they can obtain continuous loans from banks to continue to purchase land if they own land, and the costs and interest incurred in purchasing land It is directly offset by the franchisee's franchise fee, making McDonald's change from a fast food company to a real estate company."

"Because of this proposal, he became the first president and CEO of McDonald's. He didn't leave McDonald's until [-] when he fell out with Ray Kroc because of his business philosophy."

"Robert Cantera, a Cuban, was born in 46. He is [-] years old this year. He has a wealthy family. He graduated from Yale in [-] and returned to his hometown. But with the change of Cuban identity, his family fled to our country. country. Since he worked in the Cuban branch of Coca-Cola before, he continued to retain the identity of the original company after he came here.”

"In [-], he entered the headquarters of Coca-Cola. In [-], he became the president of the technology research and development department. In [-], he became the head of the legal and foreign affairs department. He has impressive business achievements, but his ability in foreign affairs is very strong."

"Many of Coca-Cola's commercial lawsuits were settled by him."

"Roger Corrien, born in 33, is [-] years old this year."

"He used to be the brand manager of Wheaties under General Mills. He moved to Pepsi in [-] and was responsible for promoting Funyuns products. He is now the general manager of the operations of Cheetos and Fritos. Under his management, Pepsi's snack products The sales are very good, especially the turnover in South America and Benzi, which has been increasing year after year.”

"It is rumored that PepsiCo is very satisfied with his work ability, and the next step is to let him be in charge of the most important beverage department in PepsiCo."

Ethan Jones was very excited by Lawrence Rockefeller's layoffs of his investment company, Wenlock, and immediately raised his proud little tail, like a helicopter propeller, turning up and down. He almost flew into the sky and stood shoulder to shoulder with the sun, but before he was happy for a while, Steve Ballmer, who had parked his car, knocked on the door of his office.

Such behavior made Ethan very dissatisfied, but seeing that the other party was here to deliver documents, he mercifully forgave the bald head's offense, and only punished him a little bit, let him read Wenlock there files delivered by people.

At first, Ethan thought that the project process was written in the document, such as the idea of ​​how to establish Apple's sales network in North America, but after Ballmer read it, he realized that these materials turned out to be potential candidates for Apple's CEO .When McDonald's, Coca-Cola, Pepsi and other gold-lettered signs in the American consumer goods market appeared one by one, Ethan, who was leaning on the boss's chair, directly raised the tripod on the table, because——he felt Wenlock's sincerity ah!
These famous guys are actually not short of money.

If a normal company wants to dig, it is simply a dream.

But for Rockefeller, that was easy.

And in this case -

That means I, Ethan Jones, can point their noses at 22, right?

Lord is invincible and spicy!

Hehe ~
With a chuckle, Ethan asked, "Steve, among these people, which one do you think is suitable for Apple?"

Steve Ballmer was taken aback by this question.

In the next second, he smiled and said, "Boss, I dare not give advice on such matters."

How dare the current Steve Ballmer speak up!
Although he did come to Palo Alto from Los Angeles in the name of Ethan Jones, and joined the game of fate, no one would have thought that he had only been on the job for a few months, and he witnessed with his own eyes that his boss let Rockefeller people get out of the corporate picture.

If the scene at that time was a display of passion, I am afraid it will arouse Rockefeller's dissatisfaction.

So what about today?
Wenlock's people laughed and said, their boss fired everyone who made Ethan unhappy?

MFxxk!

This special code is some kind of urban legend!

When Rockefeller gave his boss face...

The boss asked him what he thought of the candidates provided by Rockefeller?
Then of course he sees with his eyes!

After all, he is just a 21-year-old kid who just graduated from Harvard and has little social experience!

Don't dare look at people with your nostrils like the boss!

"It's okay, just say it." Ethan waved his hand, signaling Ballmer to relax.

"Lawrence Rockefeller couldn't hear our conversation anyway."

"You don't have to be afraid that your choice will arouse his dissatisfaction."

'...'

'I'm obviously afraid of you! '

Steve Ballmer's face tightened.

However, since the boss has repeatedly asked him to speak, he can't hesitate any longer. After a few seconds of serious thinking, he said: "First of all, I think Harry Thornborn, the former CEO of McDonald's, is a bit inappropriate. , the reason is very simple, because he has achieved financial freedom."

"When he has already achieved great success in his career, it is actually not a big challenge for him to start him again. When his fighting spirit cannot be stimulated, let him be a newcomer. The CEO of the company, how you look at it is to bring an old and decayed energy into a new company full of vitality and hope."

"From a sensory point of view, it's not suitable."

"Secondly, I don't think Coca-Cola's Robert Canterlot would fit either."

"Judging from his information, he is a doctor of chemistry and a technical expert. He may have his own opinions on chemical engineering, but he probably doesn't know much about products at the physical level like computers, and he has never done any research. A salesman, but what Apple wants now is a salesman."

"While Steve Wozniak was in technology and Steve Jobs was in product, the new CEO's job was to sell their inspiration."

"So, personally, I'm leaning toward Roger Corlean at Pepsi."

"Because he has proven himself on different consumer product brands many times in a row."

Yo——

Ethan's eyes lit up at Steve Ballmer's words.

Because the bald head thinks the same as him.

The chemical president of Coca-Cola was the first guy he excluded, because Apple is not in the chemical industry, it's as simple as that.And Ethan, the former CEO of McDonald's, didn't like it either, because when the father of McDonald's, Ray Kroc, couldn't hold him down, it would be asking for trouble to introduce this kind of guy into the nascent company. The Pepsi project president who is a product is very suitable.

Young, in the prime of life, with overseas experience...

This is simply tailor-made for Apple!
If it wasn't because this guy came from Pepsi, Ethan would have chosen him directly.

As for why?

Isn't that because he clearly remembered that the apple in his previous life was led into a ditch by the Pepsi people!
Of course, he is actually watching people through the cracks of the door.

After thinking for a while, Ethan made a decision.

"You give these documents to Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak."

"You let them choose."

"If they also draft Pepsi's Roger Corlean, then go ahead and use him."

"If they didn't..."

"Then let Wenlock's people re-recommend a batch of CEO candidates."

"Anyway, Rockefeller's hands and eyes are in the sky, so this kind of resource is useless."

Ethan's idea is very good, that is, to kick the ball to Apple's own parents.Your children will go to school when they grow up, and you, the parents, have to decide which school to go to.

The two guys Woz and Jobs were also amazing. After hearing Ballmer's inquiry, they kicked the ball back directly, saying that as the godfather of the child, this matter is up to you.

The former sneaked back home directly under the banner of continuing to polish the company's new products this year.

The latter said that he wanted to design an excellent appearance for the new product, and slipped back home.

Such a situation made Ballmer scratch his head. He really didn't understand why no one wanted to take care of a company with a valuation of hundreds of millions?How can such a company grow so big!No reason!
And after the bald head came back with the ball helplessly, Ethan, who learned about this, immediately sprayed Xiao Qiao and Xiaopang cursingly. After thinking twice, he still decided to use Pepsi.

"You can contact Wenlock's people directly..."

"Don't bother me."

Ethan wants to be alone for a while, but the idea is beautiful, but the reality is very skinny.After confirming Apple's new CEO, a new round of negotiations related to Wenlock has begun.

Because before officially investing in Apple, Wenlock needs to see Apple's new products this year. When Woz asked his father and knew that Rockefeller would not commit such plagiarism, the two Steves decisively shared the new product that was being secretly developed. The weapon was drawn—

"The new product we're launching this year is called the SA-390, and it's a five-and-a-quarter-inch floppy disk drive that replaces slower magnetic tape storage."

"Our floppy disk system can store 20.00% more storage space than all other drives on the market, and the read and write speed is more than twice theirs."

"At the same time, users have full control over the encoding and format, and can create whatever they want."

"Although Stephen doesn't know what kind of changes this product will bring to the market so far, I believe that after using this floppy disk, we will no longer need to use code books to spread games as before. It can make countless programs Wanton spread..."

"So far we only have one problem, which is to create a Doc operating system for this product. Stephen has no time or energy to deal with these things, so we will cooperate with an external company. As for which one, we can't say for the time being. "

When Jobs showed Wenlock's people and Ethan the products in his hand in Apple's conference room, and opened a variety of game software directly, the former stared directly, while the latter...

Ethan knew that the era of computers had really arrived.

Just like what he said before, the real reason why computers come to the masses is that people can use this tool without barriers, and the wanton dissemination of software is the real key to open the door.

Better, bigger and faster floppy disks, that's why Steve Wozniak is inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in America, because this little fat guy gave the world the opportunity to play with computers.

The Wenlock staff, who also saw clues, left California immediately after the meeting.

As for where they went?

"You two are about to take off."

Ethan smiled and patted Woz and Jobs on the shoulders.

"One billion is just around the corner."

He was full of emotion.

When Woz, the little fat man, came up with the greatest invention in his life, good news came from Los Angeles. Gary Kurtz from Destiny Films called and said that the script of "Alien" had been officially revised Completed, and has received John Bull's production subsidy.

In fact, the production process of a film is very complicated. Where to shoot and where to make it is actually learned.Take Ethan's upcoming "Alien" as an example. If Columbia Pictures uses John Bull's film production company to undertake the production and shooting of this film, then it can apply to John Bull for local film tax relief benefits.

For example, if the budget of the film is not less than 100 million pounds, and at least 20.00% of the expenditure is in John Bull's territory, which has brought about a boost to John Bull's employment and economy, then it can be awarded according to different grades. Tax rebates up to [-]% five.

Of course, other countries have similar policies, and this is also the reason why Hollywood movies are filmed around the world. In many cases, it is not how suitable the scenery there is, it is purely for the purpose of obtaining subsidies, and sometimes it will be modified accordingly. script.

Although they planned to put "Alien" in the John Bull shoot from the beginning, they will not be soft on the subsidies they deserve.And after dealing with these things, they also had some mature ideas about the candidates for the director-Richard, the director who once directed the horror movie "Puppet Killer" starring Anthony Hopkins and Ann Margaret · Attenborough is the first object they discussed; Nicholas Roeg, who made the thriller "Venice" and the science fiction film "The Man From Space" is also the candidate they want to invite.

As for who to choose in the end?

That would have to wait until Steven Spielberg and George Lucas went to John Bull.

After the director is decided, the whole crew will really operate, and the casting will start in New York and John Bull, and the time, at the earliest, will be the summer of [-].

Ethan had no idea about such an arrangement.The people who are most good at making commercial films in Hollywood have already participated in it personally, so just let them do it.

And when the good news comes one after another...

A huge snowstorm also swept across the whole of America in early [-].

　Note: ① In reality, Apple also uses a Pepsi man named John Sculley, the man who, together with the shareholders, told Jobs to leave.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)