Back To 1995

   Chapter 860

Refer to the scene of the annual product launch of the fruit machine of later generations. Every time it can become the focus of the technology circle, no matter how the performance of the mobile phone is, whether it is on its own or not, there is never a lack of topicality. Countless technology media and bloggers are all spontaneous. to promote the fruit machine, because there is really traffic, you can just eat...

  Alcatel's new phone launch conference, even if it's not as big as a fruit phone, is now basically one of the most watched conferences in the technology industry!

In addition, the Alcatel mobile phone is with the Saipan system. The developer scale of the Saipan system is now not small. There are more than a thousand software companies in the world, and hundreds of thousands of programmers are developing software for the Saipan system. , Many companies and individual developers have already started to make a lot of US dollars by relying on the software developed for the Saipan system!

The Saipan system is free and true, but the software developed based on the Saipan system has fees and advertising fees, especially mobile game manufacturers, who have already received the first wave of dividends in advance, although the mobile game market is not yet large. It is big, but there is no problem in supporting small and medium game companies and individual developers.

   After the Alcatel mobile phone launch every year, it is the day of the Saipan Global Developers Conference, and this time there will also be an influx of thousands of developers.

Hotels in San Jose are basically full at this time. Even San Francisco and Cupertino, which are not far from San Jose, will have the same scene. Of course, local tourism, restaurants and other industries can also Those who make a fortune and can participate in the Alcatel mobile phone conference will definitely have a lot more spending power than simple tourists.

Nokia President Ollila, Motorola President Sandel and other major mobile phone brands, although they will not be present in person, they have sent executives with a large number of engineers to the scene to observe the P3 mobile phone, which is convenient for the fastest speed. , familiar with the P3 mobile phone, and then copy the homework!

   This year, Song Yang will not personally come to the San Jose Convention Center where the press conference is held, but the CEOs of companies in Song Yang, such as America Telecom, Snow Mountain Games, PayPal, eBay, PA and other companies will come to support.

This time, the biggest brand is Irene, the president of ICQ. ICQ has just acquired the Bronfman Group. Right now is the busiest time, but Irene came to attend the Alcatel mobile phone launch conference, which is really impressive. Unexpected.

   "President Erin, it is rumored that there was a fierce dispute at the ICQ board meeting, is it true?!"

   "Director Edgar Bronfman accused ICQ executives of abusing their powers and harming the interests of the board of directors and investors. What does President Erin think of Mr. Edgar Jr.'s remarks?"

   In front of the building named Alcatel San Jose Convention Center, when Irene arrived, she was immediately surrounded by a large group of reporters.

ICQ has just held its first board meeting this year. The outside world does not know what the meeting was, but rumors circulated that there was a fierce dispute at the meeting. Even the president, Irene, was criticized and instantly became the Internet. One of the focus of the industry.

   It’s human nature to watch the fun, and the American media, if it’s okay, have to come up with some action, not to mention it’s really lively this time.

   There are various speculations about the gossip that came out of ICQ, and there are even rumors that Irene may lose the position of ICQ president. After all, Song Yang is no longer a major shareholder of ICQ.

   Seeing Irene did not seem to have any intention of answering questions from the media, a reporter asked Aileen loudly, "President Irene, will you resign as president of ICQ?!"

   "Wow"

   The question that sounded and pictured, caused an uproar from the surrounding reporters, and some media took the opportunity to record this scene.

  Irene, whose face was originally calm, finally couldn't help frowning. Looking at the reporter, Irene was sure that this reporter was indeed instructed to do things.

   "My position was appointed by the ICQ board, not given by someone. The only one who can take my position is the ICQ board!"

After Irene finished speaking, she entered the conference center with a cold face and was escorted by the security staff. She knew what the reporter's question meant, that is, a secret accusation. Yang was the one who got the job. Now that Song Yang is no longer a major shareholder of ICQ, she should pack up and leave.

Irene can accept her resignation, and she can accept being kicked out by the ICQ board, but she must not accept it. She stepped down because Song Yang is no longer a major shareholder of ICQ. Lin had to respond, or she would not be able to stay in the professional manager circle of America in the future.

  Irene came here today to avoid leisure. The ICQ board meeting that just ended was really a piece of shit, and it was extremely noisy.

   Edgar Bronfman Jr. took the lead and acted as the scumbag, accusing ICQ of a large number of related transactions.

Why ICQ has authorized music copyrights and film and television copyrights to Saipan-based music stores at a low price, and promoted Snow Leshan games, PayPal, etc. for free. The mobile phone did not give America Telecom a promotion fee of a dollar. The flagship retail store of America Telecom charged Alcatel mobile phones with sales fees that were too low, less than 70% of the fees charged by peers, which made Alcatel mobile phones cheaper in vain!

Anyway, as soon as he came up, Edgar Bronfman Jr. bombarded all ICQ's related transactions, and then demanded to renegotiate cooperation and re-establish charging standards, threatening to increase ICQ's performance by at least 20%. above!

  These connected transactions were originally the wool of ICQ and America Telecom. At that time, Song Yang was still the major shareholder of ICQ and America Telecom. What happened to his own wool? !

  Everyone did the same, but this time, Edgar Bronfman Jr. bombarded him. It would be disgusting if he could cut off the cooperation with Alcatel Mobile, Snow Mountain Games, PayPal and other companies.

These cooperations of ICQ are carefully concocted by Gleick's legal team. All cooperations are long-term contracts, often ten or twenty years of cooperation agreements, just to prevent this from happening, and the compensation is high. Outrageous, even if ICQ wants to break the contract, it will be too much.

But not to mention whether the agreements could be terminated, Edgar Bronfman Jr. went to Irene or Song Yang, and the representatives sent by Immelt to attend the meeting did not say a word from beginning to end. Lin had already understood what Immelt meant, that she wanted her to give up the position of ICQ president.

  The board meeting is all over the place, and the ICQ management is also fighting for power. General Electric and the Bronfman family want to get more control of ICQ.

The rest of ICQ shareholders, Comcast Group, Goldman Sachs, Telephone and Telegraph Group, etc., are also just around the corner. The internal management of ICQ, and now the major departments basically go their separate ways. Even if Irene wants to manage, she is on the board of directors. Having already lost power, being restrained by the board of directors, and not even being able to fire anyone, the department managers and supervisors at the bottom naturally start to have a different heart. Under such circumstances, how can the chaos of ICQ be ended? !

   Out of sight, out of mind, Irene has decided to leave this year. Irene is also watching from the sidelines of ICQ's chaos. Anyway, before ICQ's third quarter results are released, she will definitely run away.

   "Imelt is too impatient!"

In the San Jose villa, Song Yang also saw the local TV station in San Jose. After seeing the report of this scene, Song Yang shook his head helplessly. In front of everyone, asking that kind of question to Irene was indeed for Irene. It was a blow to the prestige, but it also made ICQ's contradictions completely public, telling the outside world that there were indeed problems within ICQ.

"cheers!"

On the other side, Edgar Bronfman Jr. and a group of his men couldn't help laughing when they saw the reports on the TV media. The reporter who asked Erin was indeed instructed by him, not just for nausea. It is also through this scene that I tell ICQ executives who they should rely on next!

The center meeting is already full, and even many media and reporters, in order to find a better shooting location, can only sit on the floor, or squat directly in the aisle. In the conference center with 5,000 people, more than 6,000 people were forced into it, and they could only sigh, it is really different now.

   (end of this chapter)