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  Welch, whose hair is already grey, is still hale and hearty. It seems that his life after retirement seems to be going very well.

Welch swung a club vigorously. After he retired, he basically stayed at home, participated in some private events, or was invited to give some speeches. Recently, he seemed to be negotiating with a publishing house to publish his autobiography. The copyright has been sold at a sky-high price. It was sold.

With Welch's experience, and his previous status, his autobiography, proper top-level inspirational and chicken soup texts, is not worried about selling at all. After the news that Welch is going to start his own memoirs and autobiography, Ami The major publishing houses in Liga began to break their heads and wanted to get the copyright.

In the end, Time Warner's publishing house got the North American copyright of Welch's autobiography at a sky-high price of seven million dollars. Seven million dollars was only exchanged for the North American copyright. It is conceivable that Welch's autobiography How valuable is the global copyright of !

Copyright fee, plus annual publishing fee and sales share, it is expected that Welch and his descendants will get at least 10 to 20 million every year by relying on Welch's autobiography and various related copyrights in the future The copyright fee of Meidao, that is, the name of Welch alone, is enough for his descendants to get a huge profit. This profit may last for more than ten or twenty years, until the new generation completely forgets the name , the managements of major companies around the world are no longer proud of Welch's theory...

He raised his hand first and looked at the place where the golf ball landed. Then Welch turned his head and said to Song Yang with a smile, "Song, I am no longer the president of General Electric. That is just a stage in my life. Although I miss that time too, but now, I have started the second half of my life!"

   Welch acted very free and easy, as if he had no nostalgia for the previous power, and had completely let go of it, which made Song Yang look at Welch a few more times.

Welch is indeed completely different from those professional managers. If the president of WorldCom, the president of Sprint, and the emperor Eisner of Disney can also have Welch's free and easy power, he can let go of the power, and there are tens of millions of people every year. It is estimated that there will not be so many moths in the salary dividend of Meidao, but Welch is destined to have only one!

In addition to these, Song Yang also faintly heard that Welch didn't seem to want to have too much involvement with General Electric, and he didn't even want to let his name be linked with General Electric. Some are dissatisfied.

  Think about it too. Before Welch left, what was left to General Electric. As a result, it took only a long time for General Electric to become like this bird. If Welch is satisfied, it will be called hell.

  Song Yang laughed, played a few shots with Welch and said, "President Welch, I heard that General Electric seems to be in some trouble now?!"

  Hearing Song Yang's words, Welch seemed unmoved, and continued to swing the club leisurely.

   "I haven't heard the news of General Electric for a long time, I think, these words, Song, you should ask Immelt more appropriately!"

  For so many years in the rivers and lakes, I haven't seen any big wind and waves. As soon as Song Yang opened his mouth, Welch smelled it, but he has retired now, and he really doesn't want to involve too much.

As soon as Song Yang opened his mouth, Welch directly pushed 256 and asked Song Yang to go to Immelt. Back then, Immelt was able to take the position of head of General Electric so quickly, but he could not do without Song Yang support.

Seeing Welch's attitude, Song Yang also had some headaches. Now Welch is really in the state of wanting nothing. He is not short of money, and he has no idea of ​​returning to the arena. Fame and fortune he has gained in his life There are too many, and there is no need at all!

   "President Welch, now is a very special period. A new giant company may emerge at any time, or an old giant may fall."

  Song Yang looked at Welch, "Mr. Welch, I want to invite you to serve as a consultant for the North American Global Investment Foundation!"

Hearing this, Welch didn't show any surprised expression. He had long been mentally prepared, and even before accepting Song Yang's invitation, he had psychological expectations. Since his retirement, there will be no giant company to invite him out one day , There is even no shortage of overseas giant companies.

   Not to mention the salary. Anyone who dares to come to Welch is already prepared for a hemorrhage. There are even companies that directly offer equity. As long as Welch is willing to go, he will be allowed to join the board of directors immediately.

  Put down the golf club, Welch walked slowly towards the front of the lawn, "Song, to be honest, I was very curious about you when I was still at General Electric, you are completely different from those upstarts in America...

I know, you're probably tired of hearing this, but what you did with the Internet, cell phones and other industries, it really reminds me of that guy, Howard Hughes, that everyone was chasing after him back in our day ! "

Welch shook his head with a smile. Looking at the North Shore Manor in front of him, he couldn't help being a little dazed. He was indeed a little curious about Song Yang, and he had different ideas from different positions. As the president of General Electric, he might regard Song Yang as a potential However, after retiring, Welch was curious about what the Alcatel mobile phone, PayPal payment, Siebel electric car, Apollo Space Exploration Company, etc. developed by Song Yang could achieve in the end.

Welch had never experienced these things before, just like the age of Howard Hughes. All kinds of things that had never appeared in front of the world were created by Howard Hughes. He made countless Earth-shaking changes have taken place in people's life, entertainment and even livelihood, which has attracted countless people to go crazy.

   Came back to his senses, Welch finally looked at Song Yang, his eyes became sharper, "Song, what do you want to take away from General Electric?!"

  As soon as Welch opened his mouth, he asked Song Yang what he wanted to take away from General Electric. He knew that Song Yang invited him here today to discuss ICQ matters.

Although I don’t know the situation of General Electric, Welch can still hear the complaints of some “old guys” even after he retires. , General Electric can't keep ICQ's majority shareholder status!

   Even, General Electric can't say, it has to cut its arms to survive, and cut its flesh to give up part of the industry in order to protect itself!

  Song Yang said to Welch, "I heard about General Electric's recent difficulties. Immelt is looking for several major banks in America to issue a new equity and bonds to repay the debt.

  President Welch, you know that the North American Global Investment Fund is very willing to support General Electric, but I am afraid that there will be some misunderstandings on the side of President Immelt..."

Looking at the righteous Song Yang, Welch took a deep look at Song Yang, paused for a while, and suddenly laughed, "Song, you know Immelt's character, he will not let him go easily The one who takes things!"

"I see!"

  Song Yang also said with a smile, seemingly not worried, "But I believe that President Immelt can understand everything the North American Global Investment Foundation has done!"

General Electric is indeed a behemoth, but Immelt's luck is not so good. This wave has greatly damaged General Electric's vitality. After a few years, it is estimated that there will be another injury. As for Whether Immelt will deal with Song Yang, he has to let General Electric survive...

Disputes about ICQ continued, various news emerged one after another, and business departments that wanted to disband appeared one after another, first American Telecom, then ICNC TV, then Comcast TV Network, and finally connected to General Electric's " My own people" are also a little unwilling to make do with it, NBC Group, Universal Pictures, Universal Music and other departments are also clamoring to separate.

  Comcast Television Network, NBC Group, etc., also don’t want to be buried with ICQ, because if American Telecom runs away, wouldn’t they be required to repay ICQ’s pile of debts, and there will never be a bright future? !

  Affected by these news, the market value of ICQ once again hit a new low for the year, and the market value plummeted to around 90 billion U.S. dollars, and the leeks were a little numb.

Seeing that ICQ was on the verge of collapse and was about to disperse when the wind blew, Immelt, who was busy raising money for General Electric, had to fly to San Jose again to hold an ICQ general board meeting, and this time he came to San Jose , Immelt feels completely different from before.

  In the past, Immelt felt that San Jose was his lucky place, but now Immelt no longer likes it here.