Hollywood Hunter

Because the potential benefits involved are too huge, the great success of "Happy Farm" naturally caused a dispute within Yigrete about whether it should open its platform to third-party game developers.

Even if the success of "Happy Farm" is phenomenally contingent, according to the current continuous explosive rate of the Internet, as more game content is launched one after another, Eaglet’s internal prediction is likely to be an annual output value of not less than 100 Billion-dollar emerging areas.

At this stage, Yigrete has almost monopolized the field of online society by relying on services such as Facebook and ICQ. The difficulty of developing web games based on Flash animation technology is very low, and the cost is negligible relative to the return. This is "Happy Farm" It is the most direct proof, so it is entirely possible for Eaglet to form a game production team for development.

Even with foreign cooperation, the best thing is that EA's fertile water does not flow to outsiders.

Otherwise, it would be too generous and even stupid to hand over a large part of the revenue generated by the huge number of users of the platform to unrelated game manufacturers.

It wasn't until Simon came to San Francisco that the matter was finalized.

Continue to open up and cooperate.

Not only in the field of online games, maintaining an open attitude towards external cooperation should be the fundamental development strategy of the entire Eaglet company.

The Internet is destined to be an open information platform.

If you choose to close, the result will only cause companies and users to continue to escape from the Igreat ecosystem, and ultimately lead to the gradual withering and decay of itself like a tree lacking nutrients.

What used to be China's early Internet portal giants was basically transformed into online game companies.

For Eaglet, the great success of "Happy Farm" obviously allowed the management to find a clearer way to monetize users. However, Simon did not want Eaglet to eventually become an online game company. . It already has a broad layout at this stage, if it eventually becomes a game company, it is really a violent thing.

On the other hand, even if it attaches great importance to search engines and social networks, Simon also does not want Eaglet to become an advertising company.

Simon's most fundamental vision is to hope that Yigrete will always maintain its position as a technology company, and promote the sustainable and long-term development of the company through continuous technological innovation.

For example, this time "Happy Farm", the game is mainly realized by relying on the Flas** page animation technology newly developed by Igreat. Perhaps people have become accustomed to this technology later, even in the Internet environment as in reality. Air is as common as water, but in fact, Flash is a huge innovation for the Internet at this stage.

Because this seemingly uncomplicated innovation has brought about a brand-new industry with an output value of billions and tens of billions of dollars. This is the ultimate power of technological innovation.

"Of course, I am not against everyone getting the benefits we should have from the game industry. You can discuss the specific implementation terms yourself. However, I want to emphasize that for Eaglet, everyone should have a broader structure. Our goal is the entire Internet, and should not be deceived by the interests of a single field, and hinder ourselves from continuing to innovate and explore."

Palo Alto, a small conference room at Eaglet’s headquarters.

Simon faced Tim Berners Lee, Jeff Bezos, Carol Bartz and Alice Ferguson, who had already been promoted to the fourth giant of Igreat. After that, no one will see When I raised objections, I moved directly to another topic: "The free plan for IE browser needs to be advanced. Jeff, which vendors have not yet negotiated?"

In the original plan, after completing the repricing communication with major pre-installed manufacturers and network operators, IE browser will probably be officially declared free before May, that is, the plan will be officially implemented before the end of April.

Because of the recent market and public opinion situation, Simon did not intend to wait any longer, but decided to implement it simply and neatly.

Several people in the conference room looked at each other, Jeff Bezos said: "It is mainly several PC giants such as IBM and Toshiba of Japan. As for operators, AT-T's attitude is also more persistent."

Manufacturers such as IBM are in Simon's expectation. As for AT-T, as a telecommunications giant that has maintained nationwide coverage after the split in 1984, AT-T also chose to outsource related services to small operators everywhere because of its contempt for emerging Internet access services. Be responsible.

It was not until last year that AT-T finally reacted and began to take over the power of outsourcing operators and personally joined the competition in the field of Internet users.

Although AT-T has been far behind compared to AOL, which has a market share of 70%, no one dares to ignore the existence of this veteran giant.

Simon does not want to know whether there are other games, whether it is manufacturers or operators who want to fight for more discounts, or several major companies of the Westeros system jointly plan to stumbling on AT-T, or some high-level officials deliberately To get more benefits from Internet Explorer, he just said quickly: "Personal computer manufacturers and network operators, refer to the negotiated cooperation plan between Compaq and AOL for those who are still Hesitant companies consider their time in the last three days. After three days, either sign a contract, or they will no longer use our software in the future. I want you to officially announce that IE is free next Friday."

Carol Bartz couldn't help but said: "Simon, is it too urgent? The anti-..., well, litigation pressure is not that serious?"

Hearing the obvious pause in Carol's words, the others couldn't help laughing.

Obviously, Bartz wants to talk about antitrust pressure, but because of a punishment by Simon some time ago, this pungent senior woman is obviously a little allergic to this term.

The matter originated from an email.

In a working email to Simon, Carol Bartz described in detail the current monopoly advantage of Igreat basic tool software and how to maintain this advantage in the recent market public opinion environment.

Simon very much agreed with Carol's views, and then fined one tenth of the senior woman's annual salary.

The reason is that Bartz used too much the term ‘monopoly’ in his mail.

Simon later clearly emphasized at a small meeting of Igreat’s core high-level staff that whether it is future emails, telephone communications, high-level meetings or even private conversations, it is necessary to clearly avoid the use of the word'monopoly', because a little carelessness, These may be used as evidence in the antitrust investigation by the authorities against Igreat in the future.

This is not without precedent.

In the 1970s, Buffett bought a newspaper called the "Buffalo Evening News" in Buffalo, New York. In order to squeeze out competitors to monopolize the Buffalo newspaper market, Buffett asked this newspaper that did not have a Sunday edition before. The Sunday edition was released to combat another Courier Express that could barely survive by relying on an exclusive Sunday edition. At that time, Buffalo had only these two relatively powerful newspapers.

In order to avoid being overwhelmed, the "Courier Express" sued the "Buffalo Evening News" to use unfair competition to try to monopolize the Buffalo newspaper industry.

This lawsuit was originally unreasonable, because the core of the federal antitrust law is to encourage competition rather than inhibit competition. The publication of the Sunday edition of the Buffalo Evening News can increase the competition between paper media on Sundays, and theoretically promote the competition. Newspapers improve the quality of news services to retain customers as much as possible, so the "Buffalo Evening News" is fully qualified to launch a Sunday edition.

As a result, Buffett lost the lawsuit.

The reason is that the investment tycoon happened to publicly publish a'bridge toll station' remarks at that time, saying that owning a newspaper that monopolizes a regional market is like owning a bridge toll station, and the operator will be able to increase the price at will according to his will. .

Because of this obvious monopolistic speech, a lawsuit that was easy to win ended in failure.

Although the judge did not stop the "Buffalo Evening News" from publishing its Sunday edition, in the verdict a series of very strict restrictive measures were formulated for Buffett's newspaper. These disadvantages almost led to the original leading position of the "Buffalo Evening News". Failed to persist.

Buffett’s US$35 million investment in the acquisition of the "Buffalo Evening News" was the other party’s largest investment in that era. At that time, the investment tycoon’s personal net worth was only US$70 million. Once the "Buffalo Evening News" goes bankrupt, it may not be as it is now. Berkshire Hathaway.

The cause of this disaster is only Buffett's carelessness.

Therefore, it is not just the case of Buffett. The most important principle of conduct brought to Simon by more than a dozen life experiences in his mind is that there are many things you can do, but you can never say.

Just like the actual monopoly of Eaglet.

Just like the deep-rooted racial discrimination in the United States.

And other kinds of things.

There are too many rules of political correctness in Western countries. In Simon's view, they are actually the ‘can’t say’ rules. You may not have trouble doing it, but if you say it, it is to give someone a handle.

Simon is very satisfied with Bartz’s outspoken senior woman who brakes in time, otherwise he plans to deduct another one-tenth of the other party’s annual salary, although according to the equity award agreement signed at the beginning, the contract has almost been confirmed to be 1 billion The core executives of the richest tycoons do not care about the current basic salary of several hundred thousand dollars, but the attitude of the young boss of his own cannot be ignored.

Following everyone’s smile, Simon quickly reduced his expression and said seriously, “Carly, this matter has nothing to do with recent public opinion and investigations by the authorities. If IE maintains fees, it’s important for Igreat, even if it’s marked Ten years of lawsuits, I still will not give up easily. However, the free plan of IE, in addition to facilitating Yigrete to push our latest technology instantly, the most important reason is to fundamentally determine this browsing The market position of browser software on a global scale. Now everyone has realized the importance of browser software interface. In the Federation, we already have an absolute advantage. There is no urgent worry for the time being, but on a global scale, In order to prevent the Internet interface from being controlled by Igreat, some countries are already considering using government power to ask us to give up IE's exclusive rights. You should know these things better than me. The implementation of the free plan will make us lose our exclusive rights. It is still enough to maintain a strong market position. So, only one week, and I will see the results next Friday. I don’t want any of you to delay this for any reason, understand?"

Simon stared sharply at Bezos and the others, and when they nodded their heads, he withdrew his gaze, looked down at the memo in front of him, and raised his head to the housekeeper: "Eri, about Wisconsin Senator Craig. Ames accuses our logistics distribution center under construction should take the initiative to give up the tax relief provided by the local, this matter does not pay attention to him. However, the recruitment plan of the distribution center needs to be advanced, and someone will contact you for the specific operation of this matter. I know why, so I need your absolute cooperation, OK?"

Alice nodded.

The housekeeper who has been paying attention to what has happened recently certainly understands that there is no room for negotiation.

Senator Craig Ames, Democrat of Wisconsin, who proposed an'asset tax' plan almost exclusively targeting Simon last month, has not stopped his attacks on the Westeros system during this period. The target is the tax relief plan for a large logistics distribution center under construction in Wisconsin.

As one of the seven most important large-scale logistics distribution centers in Amazon's next phase of development, once it is opened, it will directly bring about 1,500 long-term jobs to Wisconsin, and the indirect job opportunities created are too numerous to mention.

Moreover, unlike Silicon Valley engineers who need high-level professional skills, the recruitment requirements of distribution centers have very loose restrictions on age and education. This is simply suitable for a large number of unemployed blue-collar workers on the traditional rust belt, and can provide retirement medical care. Long-term stable job opportunities with comprehensive guarantees are even more rare.

1,500 long-term stable job opportunities can almost support 1,500 families.

However, although the congressman did not ignore all of this, he still emphasized that the Westeros system should pay more, such as taking the initiative to abandon the tax deductions and other incentives provided by the local government for this project. This is obviously a mess. Those guys who always stand on the moral high ground and force donations to the rich are also disgusting.

Tax relief programs for emerging companies and large-scale projects are very common in every state in the United States. The benefits that Eagle Technology gets are just a convention. If you voluntarily give up, it will be equivalent to an increase on the premise that other companies enjoy the relief program. Eaglet’s operating costs reduce corporate competitiveness.

In fact, Simon can also cancel the Wisconsin distribution center construction plan, but the tens of millions of dollars that he has already invested are seen as water drifts, and he can afford it completely. However, this kind of impulsive use of course can only be thought of. Simon is not an impulsive person. The location of the seven logistics distribution centers under construction by Amazon has been carefully considered in many aspects, and rashly giving up will even affect Yigrete Electronics. The next development of business.

Having said this, Simon looked at his memo again and started the next topic.

After such a busy day, it was not until 6 o'clock in the afternoon that Simon took Girl A from the construction site of the Eagle Headquarters Park in Mountain View back to his villa in the Woodside Mountains in the western Bay Area.

The villa is quite lively.

Naja Allman and Yasmin Gehry experienced a little shock on Monday. Under Simon’s arrangement, they took a man’s Boeing 767 private jet and ran to Tokyo to relax for some shopping. They returned from Japan today and learned about Simon. If you are in San Francisco, just fly here.

In addition to the two big fairies, Claire also brought a little fairie to come to dinner.

In addition to the A girl and the Indian girl Aaliyah and D girl Deborah who recently took charge of Simon's living, there are a total of seven women in the main villa of the mansion.

One man and seven women.

If this scene spreads out, the media will definitely be a lot of excitement.

When Simon arrived home, at least the seemingly very harmonious girls were preparing dinner in the kitchen, and Yingyingyanyan was blooming.

After a busy day, Simon went upstairs to take a shower and change clothes. Although there was no order, Aaliyah quietly followed, and followed Simon into the master bedroom upstairs.

Just planning to take a shower, there is no need to release water, Simon told Aaliyah to help herself prepare a change of clothes, and then enter the bathroom.

About ten minutes later, Simon wiped his wet hair and walked out of the bathroom with a big towel around his waist. He found that Aaliyah had prepared clothes for herself and did not leave. She bent over and repeatedly put a shirt on the bed. Folded and folded to pretend to be very busy.

Because of the long-term practice of yoga, the figure wrapped in a slim white shirt and black trousers when the girl bends down has a very special grace.

Seeing Simon walk out of the bathroom, Aaliyah quickly straightened up, still holding the man's shirt in her hand, and walked over and said, "Boss, um, here it is."

After she finished speaking, she felt wrong again. She quickly turned around and found the men's shorts she prepared and handed them over from the big bed. She looked at Simon's sturdy chest, her face flushed unknowingly.

Simon is not indifferent to the delicate vases around him. He only takes into account the possibility of changing the working attitude of the girls so that they will not eat them easily. After all, once the maid climbs onto the host’s bed, it is often difficult to avoid wanting to change it. Further, even the position of coveting the hostess.

Then there is restlessness in the house.

Looking at the reaction of the Indian girl, Simon realized that although the girl would not refuse his request, it was obviously not a seduction, so he asked: "Is there something to tell me?"

When Aaliyah heard this, she was obviously guilty, but she nodded subconsciously.

It seems to be serious.

Simon smiled, took the shorts from Aaliyah, grabbed the girl's delicate chin and squeezed, and said, "Turn around first, and we will go to the study next door."

Aaliyah turned around obediently, and when Simon put on her underwear, she turned her back and thoughtfully helped her male host put on other clothes.