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"Bruno Song has promised me that America Telecom will join us in protesting on Capitol Hill, Southwest Bell, Verizon, Chartered Telecom, Time Warner AOL, Comcast and other groups have also promised to follow us. Let's boycott WorldCom's acquisition of Sprint Telecom together!"

  Bates looked tired, and said to the board members of the Telephone and Telegraph Group that this time WorldCom's merger with Sprint was obviously aimed at the Telephone and Telegraph Group, and Bates could no longer sit still.

  Among the telecommunications peers, America Telecom is the most special one, because whether it is the Telephone and Telegraph Group, WorldCom and other telecommunications companies, their butts are all sitting on the side of the donkey party, which is a company in the donkey party camp.

If it is just a fight between the Telephone and Telegraph Group and WorldCom, it can only be regarded as a fight in the nest at most. Most of the members of Congress behind the two sides and the supporters of state legislators in various states are old faces. And the mud, maybe Shitong really got through.

  Bates couldn't allow this to happen, so he first pulled America Telecom into the chariot, because the supporters behind America Telecom were the people of the Elephant Party!

The current internal struggle in America is not like it will be twenty years later. The Donkey Party and the Elephant Party are completely incompatible, or the votes behind them are unwilling to eat in the same trough. If there is a blockage from the elephant party, WorldCom will not think that it will be so easy to pass.

   "WorldCom cannot succeed, absolutely not allowed!"

   Another director of the Telephone and Telegraph Group said decisively and without the slightest doubt, "Tell Bruno Song, as long as you stand with us this time, the Telephone and Telegraph Group can promise to give more support to America Telecom!"

The long-distance telephone and international telephone markets are the last basic business of the Telephone and Telegraph Group. If you add a piece of income from TV networks, broadband, and mobile Internet, there is no long-distance telephone business. It makes more money for the Telephone and Telegraph Group. If you lose it again, the Telephone and Telegraph Group can really drink the northwest wind.

   This time, the Telephone and Telegraph Group is not going to give in any more, and is going to show off its muscles and let the Worldcom opponents see if the Telephone and Telegraph Group is old enough to eat? !

  In those days, WorldCom still relied on the leftovers that were not needed by the Telephone and Telegraph Group to survive. Today, he actually wants to turn against the customer and put the telephone and telegram under his body to rub it. Uncle can't bear it, aunt can't bear it.

   For this reason, the Telephone and Telegraph Group would rather be cheap to America Telecom than to Worldcom.

   The feelings of the America Telecom, the Telephone and Telegraph Group are very complicated, and the American Telecom can not do without the indulgence and support of the Telephone and Telegraph Group.

When    supported America Telecom, the Telephone and Telegraph Group wanted to raise a thug, and regarded America Telecom as a watchdog, guarding the door for the Telephone and Telegraph Group, and biting the opponents.

   Looking at it now, the mission of America Telecom was done beautifully, and even a little too beautiful, even the Telephone and Telegraph Group may have been bitten by America Telecom!

  Television and Telegraph Group did not look too much on America Telecom at the beginning, nor did it make a desperate bid to acquire it. As a result, America Telecom is now a little too big.

  Compared with WorldCom and other companies that directly oppose the Telephone and Telegraph Group, America Telecom mainly deals with broadband, mobile communications, etc., and does not directly threaten the Telephone and Telegraph Group, which allows the Telephone and Telegraph Group to tolerate the American Telecom.

Bates rubbed her sour brows. She was a little greedy for America Telecom, but she missed the best acquisition agency. Now that she wants to buy America Telecom from ICQ, let's not talk about Song Yang and Immelt's willingness. Selling America Telecom, the acquisition of gold alone, I am afraid that it will not be doubled, more than 100 billion US dollars, and the Telephone and Telegraph Group will be involved in half-life.

   After this time, WorldCom and the Telephone and Telegraph Group are expected to be severely damaged, and it will no longer be possible to suppress America Telecom!

  It is not easy to accomplish a task. Faced with all kinds of troubles and accidents, it is too simple to be dragged down and dismantled.

   After Song Yang hung up the phone, he couldn't help laughing. Before, WorldCom had competed with America Telecom, and America Telecom was also interested in UUNET Telecom, but failed to win.

Now that the Telephone and Telegraph Group is at the front, and the American Telecom is behind, it can drag WorldCom hard. Bernard Ebbs also wants to acquire Sprint Telecom within 24 hours, let alone 24 It’s been a few hours, and it’s not bad to be able to take it down in 240 days. WorldCom may not be able to last until then…

When the car arrived at the Austin Municipal Office Building, Adrian's chief of staff, Matthews, who was like Adrian's shadow, was already waiting under the building.

   waved his hand and let the security personnel of the state office building who were going to conduct security checks on Song Yang and his party leave, and Matthews immediately walked up.

   "Song, Adrian has been waiting for you at the Governor's Office!"

   Seeing Matthews who personally opened the car door for Song Yang, many people in the state office building looked surprised.

  Adrian came to Austin with a lot of people and arranged for some positions, but there are more than a few thousand people in the entire Austin city, and it is impossible for Adrian to occupy all of them. They are still outsiders.

Not to mention in America, but only in Texas, Adrian is now the most powerful person. As long as he can control the Texas state legislature, Adrian will tear down the entire state of Texas. No one can point fingers at Adrian, including the commander!

  As Adrian’s chief of staff, to a certain extent, he exercised Adrian’s rights. He is not on the Texas legislature list, but he is also a powerful figure.

Seeing Matthews now, standing downstairs in person, waiting for Song Yang's arrival to open the car door for Song Yang, this scene naturally surprised many people in Houston City Hall, but after hearing about Song Yang's identity, this It's no surprise to help people, as Adrian's big sponsor, Song Yang is enough to get these benefits!

Austin is not big. It is much smaller than Houston and the neighboring Dallas, but Austin is more suitable for living. It is not as hot as Houston in summer and not as cold as Dallas in winter. It is the most livable place in America all year round. Top cities.

The population here is less than one million, but the value is not low. With money and leisure, the needs for music and sports naturally arise. Austin has the best rowing training base in the world, various concert halls and performances. Bands and music producers gather here, and the reputation of "Live Music Capital" is still very loud.

Plus it's full of college towns, it's a continuous center of Texas, so there's actually a lot more tech companies here than Houston, the capital of Texas, plus tech companies all over the place. , so that the house price in Austin is much higher than that in Houston!

   Entering the city hall, Song Yang glanced at Matthews beside him. Adrian won the title in Texas. As the chief of staff, Matthews has a faint smile on his poker face that has not changed for a long time.

The step Adrian took has changed the fate of himself and the entire family. Countless people who are closely related to Adrian, like Matthews, have also completely changed their lives. They can completely serve the powerful people in Amelica. , the decisions they make, the voices they make, can be heard all over America!

   "Matthews, you don't want to go out and go to Houston or other Texas metropolitan areas to serve as a congressman?"

   After entering the elevator, Song Yang asked Matthews lightly, and Matthews had a surprised look on his face when he heard this.

Song Yang's words are actually a test to Matthews. Matthews is also a powerful figure now, but his power all comes from Adrian. The shadow will always be the shadow. Without Adrian, the shadow will be the same. No longer exists, who wants to be regarded as someone else's shadow forever? !

   "I'm fine now, Adrian still has a lot to deal with!"

   Surprised for a moment, Matthews resumed his poker face, and responded to Song Yang with a blank expression and a cold voice, as if he was not interested in Song Yang's proposal at all.