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   Chapter 330 Rehabilitation

   Outside the ICQ office building, many media and reporters gathered. Although many media belonged to different media camps, they gathered to talk about it at this time.

   "I interviewed McNerney and he mentioned that if he could not become the president of General Dynamics GE, he would choose to leave. Nadelli also chose to do the same. Only Immelt chose to be General Dynamics forever!"

A state newspaper reporter from General Dynamics' hometown of Virginia, surrounded by a group of media peers, told some secrets that he knew. Welch once asked three candidates for the head of the board, if the competition failed, would he Leaving General Dynamics, McEnany made it clear that he would leave. Nadelli hesitated, but also said he would leave. Only Immelt said he would not leave.

   "I heard that General Dynamics is negotiating with Honeywell?" Another reporter asked the reporter in Virginia.

As soon as this question came out, it immediately attracted the attention of countless people. Honeywell is the giant of European aero-engines. Every time Boeing manufactures a plane, one-third of the parts are provided by Honeywell. It is also the world aviation company. One of the major players in the engine field, General Dynamics and Honeywell have reported that it must be that General Dynamics intends to acquire the latter. If this happens, it will probably be another tens of billions of dollars. The above amazing mergers and acquisitions!

  Only General Forces, as well as people like Welch, have the courage to promote this century merger, and no one else can do it anyway.

   But for this matter, the reporter from the state newspaper, who came over from Virginia, was tight-lipped and never said a word.

General Dynamics has coveted Honeywell for a long time, and this matter has long been no secret. Not only Honeywell, but also aero-engine giants such as Rolls-Royce, Snackma, Turbomeca, etc., General Dynamics has it. Interested in buying.

But this kind of thing is not about America, but in Europe. Although it has become America's younger brother, the European side is still quite vigilant about the acquisition of a company like Honeywell, and does not want America's company. , the hand is too long!

If General Dynamics wants to acquire Honeywell, it needs to get the approval of the European Trade Commission, otherwise it will be nothing. In this kind of matter, this reporter in Virginia does not dare to spread the news casually. If it breaks Good thing about General Dynamics, I'm afraid Welch will really take care of him.

"This time, will ICQ and several investors come out with new news?" The Virginia reporter asked a group of colleagues off topic. In the mouth of this gang of peers, they inquired for more information, otherwise what would he have come all the way by plane for.

ICQ's financing this time, after Enron, General Dynamics, Microsoft and several giants came to the scene, basically the media no longer worried about whether ICQ could get the sky-high investment, but wanted to know, ICQ this time, Will there be more news coming?

"uncertain!"

   A local reporter in San Jose looked up at the ICQ office building not far away. Since Song Yang arrived, he has contributed a lot of news and topics to the local media in San Jose.

   "As long as Bruno Song thinks, there will be news. This time we have to see what Bruno Song wants!"

   Hearing this, the media reporters at the scene couldn't help laughing. This means that Song Yang's ability to do things is first-rate. As long as Song Yang wants to do things, he will definitely be able to do it all. The whole Silicon Valley has learned this.

In the    conference room, after hearing Irene and other ICQ executives introduce ICQ, Immelt suddenly asked Song Yang, "Song, what do you think of Internet media?!"

   As soon as these words came out, everyone in the conference room couldn't help but look at Song Yang. General Dynamics owns the NBC media camp, with hundreds of TV stations, newspapers, magazines, radio stations, etc., large and small, and is a representative of the old traditional media.

And now Immelt suddenly asked Song Yang this kind of thing, which is a bit meaningful. Brian Roberts also looked at Song Yang. Like General Dynamics, Comcast also has a TV media camp, and it is Ami One of the top five cable TV operators in Liga.

Now the media industry is also facing a choice. Portals represented by Yahoo are constantly challenging the status of traditional media. For the media under NBC and Comcast, they are also faced with a choice, whether to choose to mix with the Internet, or Keeping tradition and staying away from the internet is still an option for them.

   Song Yang faced Immelt, all kinds of thoughts flashed in his mind, but he didn't stop, "The future belongs to the Internet, and print media will eventually disappear!"

Song Yang's words caused the entire conference room to stagnate. This is absolutely astonishing. Even though the Internet industry is now provoking various traditional media, the influence of paper media is still irreplaceable, but Song Yang said When the paper media disappears, come.

"Internet technology is constantly developing. In the future, there will be faster Internet speeds and more Internet software. You should also know that America Telecom is promoting broadband services, and now America Telecom can already support Internet online video services! "

No matter how Immelt, Brian Roberts, and the people at Microsoft reacted, Song Yang continued, "Users connected to America Telecom's broadband can now browse news, listen to music, and experience e-shopping smoothly. It won't take long for me to get more business experiences, games or...online videos!"

Hearing this, Immelt finally frowned. Internet speed is no longer a problem. If you can watch news, listen to news, chat, play games, shop, watch TV series, etc. on the computer, then traditional TV can provide Channels are definitely not as good as computers, or even far worse. At this time, Immelt was worried about traditional media for the first time.

In the past few years, the life of traditional media has not been easy, whether it is NBC, ABC, CBS, or Time Warner, the life has been miserable. Haha, hooking up with the Internet to increase stock prices has become the only choice for many media companies. NBC is certainly no exception.

   "I think that in the future, ICQ and Inter-American Telecom will have opportunities to cooperate with General Dynamics' NBC and Comcast's TV channels!"

Song Yang glanced at Immelt and Brian Roberts, and said in a joking tone, "Americas Telecom has broadband lines, ICQ has Internet users, NBC, Comcast TV channels and media content, if they cooperate with each other. , it will be an existence across the Internet, traditional media groups, ICQ can get media content, and NBC and Comcast can complete the Internet!"

Even if it was said in a joking tone, when I heard these words, many people in the conference room were still shocked and almost didn't jump up. Microsoft's Greg Murphy and Jeff Skilling who were planning to watch the play , are all face changes.

The speaker has no intention, and the listener has the intention. If America Telecom, ICQ, NBC and Comcast are really united to form a new giant spanning the Internet and the media industry, what is the scene, Greg Ma Neither of the Philippines dared to imagine it, but at least this was a big deal involving tens of billions of dollars, or even hundreds of billions of dollars!

  Song Yang glanced at the faces of everyone in the conference room, and took the expressions of everyone in his eyes, especially those of Brian Roberts and Immelt.

   What he just said was not all "unintentional words", but was actually a test to know if Comcast and NBC were willing to accept the cooperation or even merger of Internet companies!

   How can AOL be able to invigorate, buy Time Warner, a wave of mergers and acquisitions of the century, America Telecom and ICQ, why can't they do a wave?

After AOL acquired Time Warner, it directly raised its market value to a height of 350 billion US dollars. Let alone AOL, America Telecom plus ICQ, if it merged with NBC and Comcast's TV network, Isn't that, it can also make a big wave?

Once this merger deal is reached, I am afraid it will not be smaller than the movement made by AOL and Time Warner. I dare not say that it will also bring the market value of the merged company to the level of 300 billion US dollars, which is 200 billion US dollars. The market value of the US knife, Song Yang Laibo cashing out is enough...

   Of course, this matter cannot be rushed. If you want to complete mergers and acquisitions of various scales, there are many companies involved, as well as several major departments such as the Communications Commission and the Trade Commission, and you need to pass the same customs.

   For example, AOL spent nearly two hundred million dollars for consulting fees alone in order to complete the merger with Time Warner, which enriched a large number of Wall Street companies, and a group of banks behind them also participated in the merger and acquisition.

If America Telecom wants to play AOL's routine, it will also have a long way to go. First, it must go public with ICQ, and its stock price will increase wildly. Then it will find Wall Street institutions and banks, and finally start with General Dynamics' NBC and Comcast's TV network. The merger can be completed within two or three years, and it can be explained when the merger is completed during the frenzy of the Internet.

Before    came, Immelt, who originally just wanted to test the water, didn't think much of it at all, but at this time, he heard such words of tigers and wolves, which made him a little uncontrollable even though he was used to seeing strong winds and waves.

   All that echoed in his mind were Song Yang's words just now. ICQ, American Telecom, NBC, and Comcast TV were merged together. What kind of scene would that be?

This merged company has America's largest broadband line, the top five cable TV networks, the number one commercial TV station NBC, and more than 30 million ICQ subscribers. After all, it’s okay not to be sought after by Nasdaq and Wall Street. Even General Dynamics will probably have to weigh this behemoth.

  Brian Roberts is not much better. The concept proposed by Song Yang is exactly what Brian had in mind. The future state of Comcast Group is even far beyond!

   (end of this chapter)