Back To 1995: Chapter 860 see the picture
Chapter 860 The picture is poor
Refer to the scene of the annual product launch of the fruit machine in later generations. It can become the focus of the technology circle every time. No matter how the performance of the mobile phone is, whether it is on its own money or not, there is never a lack of topicality. Countless technology media and bloggers spontaneously It's for the promotion of the fruit machine, because there is really traffic, you can just eat...
Alcatel's new phone conference, even if it is not as big as a fruit machine, is basically regarded as one of the most watched conferences in the technology industry!
In addition, the Alcatel mobile phone is together with the Symbian system. The number of developers of the Symbian system is not small. There are more than a thousand software companies around the world, and hundreds of thousands of programmers are developing software for the Symbian system. , Many companies and individual developers have already started to earn a lot of dollars by relying on the software developed for the Symbian system!
It is true that the Symbian system is free, but the software developed based on the Symbian system has fees and advertising fees, especially mobile game manufacturers, who have already received the first wave of bonuses in advance, although the mobile game market is still small. Big, but there is no problem supporting small and medium game companies and individual developers.
Every year after the Alcatel mobile phone conference, it is the day of the Symbian Worldwide Developers Conference, and this time there will also be thousands of developers pouring in.
The 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 earn a fortune and can participate in the Alcatel mobile phone launch conference must have a much stronger spending power than simple tourists.
Although Nokia President Ollila, Motorola President Sandor and other major mobile phone brands will not be present in person, they have sent executives to bring a large number of engineers to the site to observe P3 mobile phones. , Familiar with the P3 mobile phone, and then copy homework!
This year Song Yang will not come to the San Jose Convention Center where the press conference is held in person, but the CEOs of companies such as America Telecom, Sierra Games, PayPal, ebay, PA, etc. will come to join Song Yang.
This time, the biggest name is ICQ President Irene. ICQ has just acquired Bronfman Group. Right now is the busiest time, but Irene came to Alcatel's mobile phone conference, which is really satisfying. Unexpected.
"President Irene, 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 power and harming the interests of the board of directors and investors. What does President Irene think of Mr. Edgar Jr.'s remarks?"
In front of the building that has been named Alcatel San Jose Convention Center, when Irene arrived, she was immediately surrounded by a large group of reporters.
ICQ just held its first board meeting this year. The outside world does not know what the meeting was, but rumors spread that fierce disputes occurred at the meeting. One of the focuses of the industry.
It is human nature to watch the excitement. The American media, if nothing happens, have to make some moves, let alone this time there is a real excitement.
Regarding the gossip from ICQ, various speculations continued, and there were even rumors that Irene might lose the position of ICQ president. After all, Song Yang was no longer a major shareholder of ICQ.
Seeing that Irene didn't seem to want to answer questions from the media, a reporter asked Irene loudly, "President Irene, will you resign as president of ICQ?!"
"wow"
This unseen question immediately caused an uproar from the surrounding reporters, and some media took the opportunity to record this scene.
Eileen, who had a calm face, 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 of directors, not given by someone, and only the ICQ board of directors can take away my position!"
After Irene finished speaking, she entered the conference center under the **** of the security personnel with a cold face. She knew exactly what the reporter's question meant. Yang was appointed, and now that Song Yang is no longer the major shareholder of ICQ, she should pack up and leave.
Irene can accept resignation and being kicked out by ICQ's board of directors, but she absolutely cannot accept it. She resigned because Song Yang is no longer a major shareholder of ICQ. Lin had to respond, otherwise she would not be able to stay in the American professional manager circle in the future.
Irene came here today to avoid leisure time. The just-concluded ICQ board meeting was really messed up and noisy.
Edgar Bronfman Jr. took the lead and acted as the **** stick, accusing ICQ of having a large number of related transactions.
Why is ICQ authorized music copyrights and film and television copyrights to Symbian music stores at a low price, and free promotion for Sierra games, PayPal, etc., and the CRBT business promoted by American Telecom has given too much profit to Saipan music stores, and Alcatel The mobile phone did not give American Telecom a US$1 promotion fee. The flagship retail store of American Telecom charged Alcatel mobile phones with a sales fee that was too low, less than 70% of the charges charged by the peers, which made Alcatel mobile phones cheaper in vain!
Anyway, as soon as he came up, Edgar Bronfman Jr. bombarded all the related transactions of ICQ, and then asked for a new agreement and cooperation, a new charging standard, and threatened that this would increase ICQ's performance by at least 20% above!
These related 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 does the same thing, but this time, Edgar Bronfman Jr. was bombarded. Whether he can cut off cooperation with companies such as Alcatel Mobile, Sierra Games, PayPal, etc. is disgusting.
These cooperations of ICQ are all carefully concocted by Greg's legal team. All the cooperations are long-term contracts. The cooperation agreements of more than ten or twenty years are 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 whether those agreements can be terminated is not mentioned. Edgar Bronfman Jr. went for Irene or Song Yang. The representative sent by Immelt to the meeting also remained silent from beginning to end. Lynn already understood what Immelt meant, that she wanted her to give up the position of president of ICQ.
The meeting of the board of directors was full of feathers, and the management of ICQ was also fighting for power. General Electric and the Bronfman family wanted to get more control of ICQ.
The rest of ICQ's shareholders, Comcast Group, Goldman Sachs, Telephone and Telegraph Group, etc., are also ready to move. ICQ's internal management, and now the major departments basically go their own way. Already losing power, being held back by the board of directors, who can't even be fired, and the department managers and supervisors at the bottom, naturally began to change their minds. Under such circumstances, how can the chaos of ICQ be ended? !
Out of sight, out of mind, Irene has decided to resign this year. Regarding the chaos in ICQ, Irene is also on the sidelines. Anyway, before the release of ICQ's third quarter results, she must have run away.
"Immelt is too impatient!"
In the villa in San Jose, Song Yang also saw the local TV station in San Jose. After seeing the report on this scene, Song Yang shook his head helplessly. In front of everyone, asking that kind of question to Irene was indeed to Irene It was a blow to prestige, but it also made the contradictions of ICQ completely public, and told the outside world that there was indeed a problem within ICQ.
"cheers!"
On the other side, Edgar Bronfman Jr. and his subordinates couldn't help laughing when they saw the report on the TV media. The reporter who asked Irene a question was indeed instructed by him, not just for the sake of nausea Tell people, also through this scene, to tell the ICQ executives who they should turn to next!
The central conference was already full of seats. In order to find a better shooting location, many media and reporters could only sit on the floor or squat directly in the aisle. The reporters who participated in the Alcatel mobile phone conference in the past saw that they could accommodate In the conference center with 5,000 people, more than 6,000 people were squeezed in abruptly, and I can only sigh, it is really different today.
(end of this chapter)