Back To 1995: Chapter 306 Exorbitant price

  Chapter 306 Excessive asking price

  palm has already sold itself. Although the handhelds released now are popular, palm sold itself because of financial problems.

  Even Palm's parent company is now being targeted by 3com, an Internet equipment manufacturer. The latter is the company that entered the American market after being acquired by Chrysanthemum Factory.

  Jeff Hawkins and Palm have gone through so many hardships, after so many years of tossing, and sold their bodies to get everything they have today. How can Hawkins be willing to put Song Yang and Alcatel mobile phones with him? !

Regarding what Jeff Hawkins said, everyone in the TV studio agreed very much. If you want to say that these companies that are now famous in the electronic technology industry, such as Nokia, Motorola, Sony, Ericsson, etc., which one has not experienced decades of tossing, eating It took a lot of losses to get to the current position.

These old-fashioned technology companies have suffered so much, have been grandchildren for so many years, and finally become a wife, but at this time it is mentioned that they will be surpassed by a rising star, or compared with a cross-border player, It's strange to be willing.

The attitude of Jeff Hawkins also basically represents the traditional technology industry. The attitude towards Song Yang is a bit contemptuous. Of course, the Alcatel mobile phone brand that fell into the hands of Song Yang is of course not favored. .

  In a park in the suburbs of San Jose, vehicles are constantly coming and going, and various equipment are constantly coming in and out.

When Song Yang arrived at the park, the signboard of Alcatel R&D Center had already been hung on the entrance. The park is not big, but although the sparrow is small, it has all internal organs. There are two office buildings, as well as factories, restaurants, basketball courts, Parking lot etc.

  Gailo, who had been waiting there for a long time, came over immediately when he saw Song Yang, "Song, this used to be a company that produced video recorders, but that manufacturer has moved away long ago. There is enough space for Alcatel mobile phones here!"

   This small park was found by Gallo for Alcatel mobile phones. In the future, Alcatel's research and development will be placed here.

No matter what Jeff Hawkins or the media say, Alcatel's mobile phone has not stopped. Song Yang looked at the small park in front of him, it was already a bit old, and it could be seen that the video recorder company was doing well, otherwise it would have not to the scale it is today.

But just like countless companies here in Silicon Valley, they will change every few decades, and then new companies will emerge to replace those old companies. Even Fairchild Semiconductor, one of the founders of Silicon Valley, is now It’s already the end of the day, and it’s only a few companies such as IBM that can be as green as ever for decades...

  Song Yang walked into the park and saw that it was busy inside. After all, it had been vacant for several years. The building needed to be cleaned up and the equipment needed to be moved in.

   It is estimated that within a month or two, this place will be up and running. Alcatel's mobile phone R&D personnel and hired engineers will enter here to start developing a new generation of mobile phones.

  Bell Labs will also join in at that time. Song Yang spent so much money on Bell Labs, not for them to come to the show.

   This time, not only Alcatel Mobile's own business, but also all major industries in Song Yang's hands will join in.

PA Semiconductor will develop suitable chip processors for Alcatel mobile phones. This is Song Yang's first order after buying PA Semiconductor. The two top chip industry giants, Dober Poole and Jim Keller, will contribute to this No one knows what kind of processor is designed for this mobile phone.

  However, with Jim Keller, a chip architecture design expert, Song Yang also hopes that he can design a chip architecture for Alcatel mobile phones, which can use the chip architecture of more than ten years to...

In addition to PA Semiconductor, engineers from ICQ, Double-Click, and Fortinet will also be dispatched to help develop the "Symbian" system. In addition, ICQ, Hotmail, and Fortinet will also launch mobile versions. product.

  After Alcatel’s new mobile phone is launched, ICQ, Hotmail, and Fortinet can also take advantage of the trend to occupy the mobile phone market. At this time, no matter whether the mobile phone market makes money or not, they must first occupy the mobile Internet market!

  America Telecom is the top priority. It needs to jointly develop Internet services with Alcatel, and also implement a series of technical standards, patents, etc.

   Whether we can harvest another crop of leeks depends on this wave. With the two major businesses of broadband and mobile network, it is impossible to say that American Telecom can break out of the siege of several major telecom operators.

The park is full of busy figures. Song Yang entered the office building in the park, which is also being renovated. For Alcatel mobile phones, the area here is enough to accommodate the R&D center. The original factory building can be used to place experiments. The production line, the experimental production line for PA semiconductors, can also be placed there.

   "Gallo, you should pay more attention during this time, and help Ertian build this research and development center!"

Before leaving the small campus, Song Yang explained to Gallo that Song Yang dismissed the management team at Alcatel Mobile’s European headquarters, and now the new management team is still looking for recruits. The upper layer is mainly based on technology and marketing, so Gallo can only be the top one.

   Hearing this, Gallo slapped his chest, "Song, here, you leave it to me. I promise that this research and development center will appear in front of you soon!"

  Song Yang glanced at Gallo and patted him on the shoulder. Now that Gallo is the co-president of Blackwater Security after all, his work is still reliable.

Blackwater security, which was raised by Song Yang, has developed rapidly since its establishment. Now the management of Blackwater is mainly Prince and Gallo. Received many overseas security orders.

Now Blackwater Security, Gallo is in charge of Blackwater's local business in America. Blackwater has launched security, bodyguards, arena security and other services in America, plus bounty hunters, prisons and other businesses. Overseas The mercenary business is what Prince is doing. He only needs to buy another weapons manufacturer, and Blackwater Security basically has its own school.

Prince is very enthusiastic about the mercenary business overseas. The current Blackwater Security Company is mainly the American Global Investment Foundation, which is investing money through another overseas foundation. Prince will expand the size of the previous training base. , and expanded a part again.

  After resting in San Jose for a few days, under Eric's endless calls, Song Yang finally took a plane and arrived in Ohio, where Eric had been waiting there with his people.

Eric took a group of executives from RICK to the airport in Cobron, and when he saw Song Yang appearing, Eric heaved a sigh of relief and shouted to Song Yang, "Song, you're finally here , you don't know how difficult that old fellow Leslie Wexner is!"

As soon as he got in the car, Eric began to complain to Song Yang. Before Song Yang started his trip to Asia, Eric took RICK and began to propose to LB to acquire the Victoria's Secret brand. As a result, Song Yang came back from Asia , Eric's acquisition has not yet been completed.

   "That old guy just opened his mouth in the lion's mouth. He thinks what Victoria's Secret is!" Sitting in the car, Eric complained to Song Yang about Leslie Wexner.

Listening to Eric's complaints, Song Yang knew why he was so annoyed. Facing Eric who came to buy the Victoria's Secret brand, Leslie Wexner's LB clothing company, it was the lion who opened his mouth and shouted directly: The sky-high price of 500 million US dollars came!

This made Eric almost fail to take RICK's executives away on the spot. To be honest, Victoria's Secret's current sales are good, but that's all. The Victoria's Secret brand that Bige hasn't promoted has little actual influence .

   And it’s not just the Victoria’s Secret family who are in that business. What is the concept of 500 million US dollars? It’s enough for RICK to build a new underwear brand by itself, and then promote it to every corner of America.

   "That old guy did it on purpose!"

The stalemate for more than a month has completely consumed Eric's temper. Mentioning LB and Leslie Wexner is just a curse. The acquisition of Victoria's Secret is the first step in RICK's transformation. Who knows This first step directly encountered such a big trouble.

Listening to Eric's words, Song Yang looked at the capital city of Ohio outside the car window. This city was once an aircraft production base in North America. It was less than a month before the Oktoberfest in Columbus. Seeing the shops on both sides of the street, they have already started to decorate. This is one of the busiest days in this city every year, and countless shops are counting on this festival to make a lot of money.

  For the shops in this city, Oktoberfest is a life-saving festival, and it is the same for Victoria's Secret. As long as Victoria's Secret can promote Bigger by relying on the Super Bowl, a money printing machine will start.

   "Has Jaen arrived yet?" Song Yang turned around and asked Eric.

The Comerica Bank represented by Chris Jain must borrow money from the bank for the acquisition of Victoria's Secret. If Comerica does not support it, then Song Yang can only help RICK from banks such as Deutsche Bank and Merrill Lynch. I have borrowed, but the price may be a bit high. With the RICK club and Eric, even if they are sold, they will not be able to borrow that much money.

   "It's already arrived," Eric was even more depressed when he mentioned this, "but Jain is unwilling to provide RICK with funds other than risks!"

The previously negotiated agreement was that Song Yang provided the guarantee, and Comerica Bank lent 200 million US dollars to RICK Company, but now LB Company has opened its mouth, and Comerica Bank will not lend more to RICK Company Funds, because if there is more, the risk will be too great, worrying that RICK will not be able to afford it at all.

   "Song, welcome back, how is Asia? I heard you are there, but you have invested in a lot of companies?!"

  (end of this chapter)