Back to 1995

People often only remember the most dazzling star, just like in IBM, the outside world can only think of Gerstner who turned the tide, but the fact is that the man who saved the century-old IBM has long been Just like Welch, the president of General Electric, went into retirement.

In the impression of countless people outside, IBM at this moment is still under the control of Gerstner, but in fact, as early as a few years ago, IBM changed its new head Palmisano, although countless people did not listen to it at all. past the name...

But Palmisano is indeed the talker of IBM today, but there is indeed a gap between people. During Gerstner's period, IBM regained its glory, but in Palmisano's period, in just a few years, IBM began to "Invisible", the former shit-stirring stick in the American technology industry has become "quiet" now. To put it bluntly, it has no influence.

Palmisano’s well-known operation is probably to sell the IBM computer brand and business, and to implement an outsourcing strategy. Yes, IBM is a technology giant in America. It is the first technology giant to implement outsourcing, which is to outsource part of its business. In Ah San and other places, businesses such as programming and customer service have been transferred overseas. IBM also announced that it will invest 60 billion dollars in Ah San and other places. The labor costs in Ah San and other places are much lower than those in America. , which can greatly reduce costs and increase profits.

Starting from IBM, Boeing and other companies have also followed suit. As for Boeing's plane falling from the sky, it is not surprising. Asan, the Boeing outsourcing company, how much money can be invested in recruiting people to develop systems, programs, and parts for Boeing, and can deliver the goods, it is considered that Ahsan’s outsourcing company has professional ethics. It is urgent. Ahsan’s outsourcing company Shaking your head, how will you respond!

In addition to selling the computer business and outsourcing business, Palmisano also implemented a "neutrality", or an isolation strategy, to keep IBM out of the right and wrong of the American technology industry, and no longer easily interfere with other companies. The reason for the war, on the one hand, is related to Palmisano's character. On the other hand, it is true that IBM's strength is not good enough, and there are not so many dollars to fan the flames.

However, this can be a pit for PeopleSoft. When Oracle hostilely acquired PeopleSoft, IBM reported that it intended to give PeopleSoft a hand. Craig Conway took IBM as a life-saving straw, otherwise he would not follow Oracle dies.

The PeopleSoft executive who was asked by Craig Conway also shook his head helplessly, "IBM still hasn't indicated that it will participate in Oracle's hostile takeover of PeopleSoft!"

"funk!"

Hearing that there was no movement from IBM, Craig Conway, who had a beard and a tired face, couldn't help cursing, "This is the difference between Palmisano and Gerstner. If it's Gerstner, at this time I have made a move a long time ago, but Palmisano is still hesitating, IBM will be destroyed by him sooner or later!"

Although he scolded a lot, the problem before Craig Conway is not a problem that can be solved with just a few words of scolding. Now he is troubled internally and externally, Oracle is pressing harder and harder outside, and the internal PeopleSoft board of directors is facing continuous decline. The stock price, as well as the plummeting revenue, are also very dissatisfied with him. Craig Conway is walking a tightrope now, and he will fall off the cliff if he is not careful.

"Do you want to find another company to see if they are willing to cooperate with PeopleSoft?!" A confidant executive of Craig Conway said tentatively at this time.

IBM needs reinforcements, and I don't know when they will arrive. Seeing that PeopleSoft is almost overwhelmed, it is better to look for other sources at this time.

"Who are you looking for?"

Craig Conway sneered, with a little helplessness, "Although Larry Ellison is not a thing, there are a few people in America who can deal with Larry Ellison and Oracle."

Craig Conway and Ellison were at odds, but he had to admit that the dog did have a few tricks. The two were at Oracle together, and he knew Ellison's strength.

"Bill Gates, Yahoo, Cisco or Bruno Song, Bruno Song can definitely deal with that guy Ellison!" The executive continued.

"Bruno Song, why would you intervene in this matter..."

Craig Conway laughed, and then slowly fell silent. There are many big names in the American technology industry, but when it comes to stabilizing Larry Ellison, there is nothing better than the two richest men. They There are countless people who have provoked them against all kinds of dictatorships. Now, the two are still there, but those opponents have all disappeared.

Larry Ellison has yelled at Bill Gates, and once threatened to have a yacht race with Song Yang, but that’s all. Larry Ellison is still nestled in an acre of database software Three points, but Song Yang and Bill Gates are still attacking the city. Although Larry Ellison is touted in the media, there has never been a media that publicly declared that Larry Ellison was with these two people. People of the same level!

Craig Conway rubbed his hands, hesitating for a while, of course he understood that if he found Song Yang and joined the famous Bruno camp, the PeopleSoft crisis would naturally be resolved, but at the same time, that also meant that the PeopleSoft buyer, from The oracle bone inscriptions became Song Yang's side. Did he know that Song Yang's side was not a good stubble, not to mention eating people and not spitting out bones, but it has never been heard that the meat in the mouth was spit out.

Taking a deep breath, Craig Conway's eyes were stern and determined, "If the time comes, go to Bruno Song!"

Anyway, Craig Conway made up his mind that even if PeopleSoft was sold to Song Yang or Bill Gates, he would never let PeopleSoft take advantage of that Oracle guy. Larry Ellison has to be disgusted to death. Anyway, Nishina is gone, and his career is basically over, so there is nothing to be afraid of!

Starting from the urban area of ​​Yanjing, and then entering a suburb, you can see a lot of private houses and farmland on both sides of the road, but the road condition is very good, the six-lane asphalt road is much better than the roads in many main urban areas of Yanjing After driving for more than an hour, the field of vision suddenly widened, and a scene that was completely different from the style of the roadside painting just now appeared in front of my eyes. Supermarkets, restaurants, Internet cafes, cinemas, shopping malls and other living facilities appear in front of you.

Zhang Cheng, who just graduated from a university in other places this year and came to Yanjing to venture into Yanjing, came to this area for the first time, looked at the scene in front of him, and was a little stunned for a while.

Zhang Cheng graduated from an ordinary university in other places. Like countless young people in this era, they all chose the road of Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. This is also the place where young people gather most. In the age of college students and even graduate students who were smashed downstairs, it was not easy to find a satisfactory job.

Zhang Cheng wandered around in Yanjing for a long time, but with his mechanical design major, he still encountered obstacles everywhere in Yanjing. In desperation, Zhang Cheng heard the name of the Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park, so he wanted to come here to try his luck , but on the way here just now, the slightly desolate scene made Zhang Cheng already disheartened, feeling that he was cheated, and he had no hope for this place.

But the scene in front of him now made Zhang Cheng feel that there was an illusion. The scene on the road just now was very different from the tall buildings in front of him.

"Do you want to take a car?!"

As soon as he got off the bus, a taxi stopped in front of Zhang Cheng. The driver wore sunglasses and asked Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng shook his head, and took the opportunity to ask quickly, "Brother, please help me, how to get to Alcatel Mobile Phone Industrial Park?!"

The driver looked Jiyan Zhangcheng up and down, and then pointed forward impatiently, "200 meters ahead, Alcatel Group Yanjing Headquarters Building!"

After finishing speaking, the driver stepped on the accelerator and walked away. Young people like Zhang Cheng, the driver has seen too much in these years. He just came out to run the society. It is uncertain whether Zhang Cheng will be able to join the Alcatel Group. If he joins the job and reports to the company, then he will not be able to work in the industrial park in the future. Around the entire industrial park, these hundreds of companies, almost With a population of 10, they all live around the Alcatel Group. It's not worthwhile to use your own livelihood to cheat a poor boy.

Zhang Cheng walked in the direction pointed by the driver. On the road, he saw many young people coming and going in a hurry. There was also an area that looked like a subway construction area, which seemed to be a place reserved for the opening of the subway.

In just a few hundred meters, Zhang Cheng saw that there were countless construction sites in the surrounding area, approaching the headquarters of Alcatel Group in Yanjing, Zhang Cheng gradually realized that not only the Alcatel Group, but also a number of research and development centers, which provide spare parts for Alcatel mobile phones. The component supplier company, as long as it is related to the mobile phone, it seems that you can find it here.

Even on the street not far from the headquarters of the Alcatel Group, there is a mobile phone electronics shopping mall with a large area, and a large row of mobile phone repair shops in the other row. Even if no one passes by, Zhang Cheng can still see There was a large crowd of people coming in and out.

What Zhang Cheng didn't know was that this electronic mall was one of the two major mobile phone electronics wholesale centers in China, comparable to Pengcheng Dehuaqiang!
In the past few years, a lot of unknown small mobile phone manufacturers have emerged in China. A considerable part of the components of those mobile phone brands are purchased from here. What is the biggest change that Alcatel mobile phones have brought to the country? Localization of components!
In the past, mobile phone parts were sent from overseas and then assembled in China. After Alcatel mobile phones entered China, all this changed. Alcatel mobile phone headquarters in America retained part of the design department and an experimental Except for the production line, most of the rest are produced by Yanjing Alcatel production base.

As Alcatel's mobile phone component supplier base, it has everything from mobile phone design to screen, motherboard, battery and other manufacturers. As long as you bring the money, save a mobile phone here and put a brand on it, it is not difficult at all. The quality level of branded mobile phones is of course not the same as the quality control of Alcatel mobile phones. It is still the same sentence, you get what you pay for!

After Zhang Cheng entered, after handing in his resume, he was taken by the front desk for an interview. In just a short while, Zhang Cheng saw several people who also submitted their resumes. Zhang Cheng felt the pressure of competition, and was also a little surprised , Alcatel mobile phone, how many people should be recruited.

Just as he was about to take the elevator, Zhang Cheng saw a large group of people walking in. The leader was a man in his 40s, followed by a large group of people. He could tell at a glance that the identity of the person was not simple.

"Fang Dong!"

The receptionist who led Zhang Cheng and the others up the stairs quickly shouted when he saw someone coming.

The man named Fang Dong nodded slightly, then glanced at Zhang Cheng and the others, and nodded at them, then entered the special elevator on the other side and went straight to the top floor.

"This is Director Fang Qiuyu, the president of the Wishing Star Foundation, the parent company of Alcatel Group. Alcatel Mobile, Sohu, 8848, 360 and other companies belong to the Wishing Star Foundation!"

The front desk patted his heart, and confessed to Zhang Cheng and the others, for them, Fang Qiuyu was an absolute big boss, and they must not offend Fang Qiuyu if they offended anyone.

Zhang Cheng was also dumbfounded when he heard it. Young people don’t surf the Internet. Of course, he has used Sohu. It is one of the three major portals in China. 8848 is one of the largest e-commerce platforms in China. Since its establishment, 360 has It even swept across the desktops of domestic computer users. He did not expect that the major shareholders of so many companies are the Wishing Star Foundation. Zhang Cheng is really curious about the Wishing Star Foundation.

But at this time, Zhang Cheng didn't dare to ask random questions, the elevator door opened, and Zhang Cheng followed the crowd to the personnel department. When he got here, he found that there were many more interviewees than he had imagined!
"How is the land for the new phase of the project now?!"

Fang Qiuyu came to the Alcatel mobile phone headquarters building in Yanjing, and asked several executives that this headquarters building was newly built, and the money earned by Alcatel mobile phones in China was basically not taken away, but used for In domestic expansion, investment, acquisition and other businesses, this headquarters building is one of the products.

The few people Fang Qiuyu asked were executives in charge of Alcatel Group in Yanjing. Alcatel's mobile phone business in China was also in charge of several people. Among the secretive executives, except for a chief financial officer, was Except for those sent by the North American Global Investment Foundation in America, the rest are all domestic personnel.

These are basically Song Yang's implementation of the concept of localization of overseas business, that is, except for financial supervision and other personnel, to ensure that Song Yang will not be deceived, and the rest of the executives are all held by local personnel, which can ensure that Al After Carter Mobile, ICQ, PayPal, Baker Hughes Energy and other companies enter the overseas market, they can adapt to the local development to the greatest extent, and do not need to report to the headquarters. , the day lily was cold, and the opponent probably laughed at Big Tooth.

These few days, I have something to deal with, and it should be finished by almost tomorrow, I am really sorry.