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Chapter 182 One step away

Unlike the last time at the headquarters of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, Best did not directly reject Song Yang this time.

Since the news of the cooperation with American Telecom was announced, the stock price of Telephone and Telegraph Group has been rising these days. This is one of the important reasons why Telephone and Telegraph Group changed its attitude!

Because it has been stared at by the American Trade Commission, the Telephone and Telegraph Group has been split twice, and it has actually lost its ambition long ago.

Think about it, it was so hard to save so much money, but it was split twice in a row, and a hundred years of hard work was wasted. Even if the telephone and telegraph group has a big heart, it is probably a little disheartened.

In recent years, the primary purpose of the Telephone and Telegraph Group is to stabilize its position as the leader in the long-distance telephone market. For this purpose, it can only make small moves. The acquisition of the telephone group is fine, but the acquisition of the telephone and telegraph group is waiting to be split.

Last year, the Telephone and Telegraph Group took the initiative to split itself without the Trade Commission's door-to-door service, and divided itself into three parts. Before the introduction of the new telecommunications law, it used the self-cleaning method of the demon, and directly divided one part into three.

The splits are Lucent, a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, and NCR, a computer business.

Basically, it can be understood that the Telephone and Telegraph Group before it was split last year was a combination of China Mobile and Huawei. Now the latter has been split, but both companies are among the top [-] giant companies in America. You can imagine how strong the Telegram Group is, if you don’t focus on tearing it down…

Therefore, the Telephone and Telegraph Group does not resist splitting the business. The key is how to play it.

"How does American Telecom plan to cooperate?!" Best didn't say whether to give up the broadband business to America Telecom, but asked about Song Yang's plan.

Hearing Best's words, everyone in the conference room cheered up, even Kenneth and the two were no exception. Even if they thought about it with their toes, they didn't understand enough. Maybe American Telecom might really become a giant in the telecommunications industry, and the valuation of tens of billions of dollars that Enron boasted might become real, and it was far more than that!
Song Yang knew that the Telephone and Telegraph Group had to see that the cooperation with American Telecom could make more money than operating the broadband business by himself, so that the other party could agree to this cooperation.

"The future of America's telecommunications will be dominated by wireless network and broadband services!"

Song Yang pondered for a while and said, "If America Telecom's broadband business can get the broadband business department of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, plus the support of companies such as Enron, it will be able to get the support of Silicon Valley, New York, Texas, etc. within one to two years. In the three major markets, American Telecom's broadband business will be mainly based on major corporate customers in America in the future, and broadband services in major cities such as San Jose, New York, Texas, Los Angeles, and Chicago will also be launched!"

The most profitable broadband business must be to provide services to large companies, just like America Telecom's line from Chicago to New York is provided for Wall Street companies, which is simply crazy.

Song Yang is going to let American Telecom first occupy the two major markets of Silicon Valley and New York. One hand is the Internet and the other is Wall Street. The two most fat user groups in America are in the hands of American Telecom. In China, it is basically impossible for other telecommunications companies to enter Texas, and the xenophobia of the Lone Star State is not blown out.

In the future, American Telecom will mainly play in major North American cities such as New York, Chicago, Miami, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. As for other small cities, American Telecom is too lazy to manage. Liga people are in charge, as long as America Telecom makes money...

Hearing that Song Yang was going to let American Telecom occupy the Silicon Valley telecom market next, Best's eyes moved. After taking down Wall Street, if he can take down Silicon Valley, then America Telecom may really become a money printing machine. The key is that America Telecom is Song Yangde is "one of his own" in Silicon Valley, so he naturally has an advantage over other telecom companies!
"In addition to the broadband business, the other thing I hope to cooperate with the telephone and telegraph business is the mobile business!" Song Yang said to Best.

Seeing that Best narrowed his eyes, thinking that Song Yang was eyeing Telephone and Telegraph Group's mobile phone communication business, Song Yang immediately said, "I hope American Telecom can cooperate with Telephone and Telegraph Group in mobile Internet business!"

"If we can cooperate in the wireless communication market, I hope to continue to cooperate with the broadband business. The Telephone and Telegraph Group is responsible for the mobile phone call market, and America Telecom is responsible for the mobile Internet business."

Best couldn't help pondering for a while, and then said, "Song, do you think there will be opportunities in the mobile phone network market?"

Although the current mobile phone market is developing rapidly, it is not worth mentioning compared with the traditional fixed-line market.

In addition, the mobile Internet market for mobile phones is still being explored. In the laboratory, mobile phones that can access the Internet have already appeared, but in the market, the major mobile phone brands have not released a mobile phone that can truly support wireless Internet access. .

Song Yang chuckled, "I don't think there are opportunities in the mobile network market, but I think that the mobile Internet era will become a new era after the PC Internet!"

As soon as these words came out, the faces of the people in the conference room couldn't help but change a few times, and An Ran, who had tasted the sweetness of the Internet, couldn't help but speculate on Song Yang's words.

The Internet that is intensifying right now belongs to the era of PC Internet, but how long has it been since this wave started, and Song Yang even threatened to start the next era of mobile Internet.

"Of course, it may take a long time in the middle, five years, ten years or even longer, but I believe that in the future, users will need to use mobile phones to surf the Internet, send emails, browse news, and even do shopping, games, etc. , all of which require the use of the Internet!"

Song Yang also reminded that entering the mobile Internet is just a warm-up, and you won’t rush in. Half a step ahead is a genius, ten steps ahead is a madman, just like Motorola’s Iridium project, the same stuff, too late For 20 years, someone playing with it is black technology, and now this thing is a loss, and Motorola's crotch is gone. Goubuli.

"In fact, I'm already planning to invest in electronic hardware equipment companies related to the Internet in the electronic hardware market, and maybe I can cooperate with America Telecom at that time!"

Song Yang smiled and said something vague. He didn't directly say that he wanted to enter the mobile phone industry, but he reminded these people in advance.

As soon as these words came out, Best looked at Song Yang with deep meaning. Kenneth and Jeff Skilling also looked at each other, and they could see the surprise in each other's eyes. An Ran had entered many industries, but Song Yang's fun here is pretty good, not to mention the Internet industry to the telecommunications industry, and now he is going to enter the mobile phone industry, and Song Yang has been clamoring to shoot a movie in Hollywood to promote Internet culture Well, they don't know what tricks Song Yang can do!

After finishing speaking, Song Yang looked at Best. Song Yang had said everything he had to say, but whether he wanted to cooperate or not depended on the wishes of the Telephone and Telegraph Group.

After a long time, Best finally spoke under the attention of everyone in the conference room, "If Telephone and Telegraph Group transfers its broadband business unit to America Telecom, I hope that Telephone and Telegraph Group can get a restructured America Telecom. 40% stake!"

"President Best, you know this is impossible!"

Before Song Yang could speak, Kenneth couldn't sit still, "Enron just got a 5% stake in American Telecom!"

If you really want to do this, the whole world will know that Kenneth has a private deal with Song Yang, otherwise, how could he make such an outrageous investment, 5 million US dollars would cost [-]% of America Telecom's shares, and it turned out With just one click from Duang, the phone and telegram were taken away, and the equity of America Telecom was eight times more than that of Enron. Would Enron be shameless? !

Best resisted the urge to complain, Enron played outrageously, and now he even blamed the Telephone and Telegraph Group, the broadband business of Telegraph and Telegraph is not very good now, but a skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

If the optical fiber broadband business unit is really handed over to America Telecom, America Telecom will be able to become a mainstream telecommunications player in America in an instant, adding thousands of kilometers of telecommunications lines, and adding hundreds of thousands of users in an instant, even if these The combined income of users is not as much as that of Wall Street, but it is also scary to look at. Don’t the big Huyougou investors have more confidence in investing, right? !
"President Best, American Telecom also has enough assets and users. Cooperating with American Telecom, not only American Telecom has obtained the broadband business of Telephone and Telegraph Group, but also, after Telephone and Telegraph Group, it can also obtain the users of American Telecom, Wall Street, Silicon Valley , Dezhou and other market users also belong to the Telephone and Telegraph Group!"

Song Yang said while pulling the calf, and replaced all the things that hadn't been seen at all into the assets of America Telecom.

But at this time, I don't care too much, "Once American Telecom can merge with Telephone and Telegraph's broadband department, after the reorganization, Telephone and Telegraph can get 25% of the equity, and American Telecom will conduct a new round of financing. Start new investment and business!"

Song Yang is telling Best to let Telephone and Telegraph Group get on America Telecom's car. After getting in the car, they will go to Wall Street to collect money and start buying. .

"28%!"

Best fought for every inch of land and said, "I need to be responsible to the Telephone and Telegraph board of directors. If I can't become the main investor of American Telecom, then the Telephone and Telegraph Group's deal will be meaningless!"

Song Yang glanced at the meeting room, first at Kenneth, and the latter immediately said, "Enron also needs to increase investment, and continue to ensure Enron's position in American Telecom after the reorganization!"

(End of this chapter)