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Chapter 330
Outside the ICQ office building, many media and reporters gathered. Although many media belonged to different media camps, they gathered together to talk at this time.

"I interviewed McNerney. He mentioned that if he could not become the president of General Dynamics GE, he would choose to leave. Nardelli also chose the same way. Only Immelt chose to die at General Dynamics!"

A state newspaper reporter from Virginia, the home of General Dynamics, was surrounded by a group of media peers and told some secrets. Welch once asked the three candidates for the leadership, if the competition fails, will they Leaving General Dynamics, McNerney made it clear that he would leave, Nardelli hesitated, but also said he would leave, only Immelt said he would not leave.

"I heard that General Dynamics is negotiating with Honeywell?" Another reporter asked the Virginia reporter.

As soon as this problem came out, it immediately attracted the attention of countless people. Honeywell is the giant of European aero engines. Every time Boeing manufactures an aircraft, one-third of the parts are provided by Honeywell. One of the major players in the engine field, General Dynamics and Honeywell have reported that it must be General Dynamics' intention to acquire the latter. If this happens, it may be another tens of billions of dollars. The above shocking mergers and acquisitions!
Only General Force and people like Welch have the courage to promote this kind of merger and acquisition of the century, and others will not be able to complete it anyway.

But regarding this matter, the state newspaper reporter who followed from Virginia was silent and never said a word.

General Dynamics has been coveting Honeywell for a long time. It is no secret that it is not only Honeywell, but also Rolls-Royce Aviation, Snarcoma, Turbomeca and other aero-engine giants. interested in acquisitions.

But this kind of thing does not lie in America, but in Europe. Although it has become the younger brother of America, Europe is still quite vigilant about the acquisition of a company like Honeywell, and does not want to let a company in America , the hand is too long!
If General Dynamics wants to acquire Honeywell, it needs to get the approval of the European Trade Commission. A good thing for General Dynamics, Welch might really deal with him.

"This time, ICQ and several investors, will there be new news?" The reporter from Virginia changed the topic and asked his colleagues. He mentioned this just now to learn from San Jose and San Francisco. According to this group of colleagues, they wanted to find out more information, otherwise why did he come all the way by plane.

For ICQ’s financing this time, after Enron, General Dynamics, and Microsoft giants came to the scene, basically the media no longer worried about whether ICQ could get the sky-high investment. Instead, they wanted to know that this time, ICQ, Will there be more news coming out!
"uncertain!"

A local reporter in San Jose looked up at the ICQ office building not far away. Since Song Yang arrived, he has contributed a lot of news and topics to the local media in San Jose.

"As long as Bruno Song wants to, there will be news. This time, we have to see what Bruno Song really wants!"

Hearing this, the media reporters present couldn't help laughing. This means that Song Yang's ability to do things is first-rate. As long as Song Yang wants to do things, he must be able to do it all by himself. This point has been learned by the entire Silicon Valley.

In the conference room, after hearing Irene and other ICQ executives, after introducing ICQ, Immelt suddenly asked Song Yang, "Song, what do you think of Internet media?!"

As soon as the words came out, everyone in the conference room couldn't help looking at Song Yang. General Dynamics owns the NBC media camp, which owns hundreds of large and small TV stations, newspapers, magazines, radio stations, etc., and is a representative of the old traditional media.

And now that Immelt suddenly asked Song Yang such a question, it was a bit meaningful. Brian Roberts also looked at Song Yang. Like General Dynamics, Comcast also has a TV station media camp, and it is Ami One of the five major cable TV operators in Liga.

Now the media industry is also facing a choice. The portal website represented by Yahoo is constantly challenging the status of traditional media. For the media under NBC and Comcast, they also face a choice, whether to choose to mix with the Internet or Maintaining tradition and staying away from the Internet is still an option for them.

Facing Immelt, Song Yang had various thoughts flashing through his mind, but he didn't stop, "The future belongs to the Internet, and paper media will eventually disappear!"

Song Yang's words made the entire conference room stagnate. This is absolutely astonishing. Even in the Internet industry, the influence of the traditional media is still irreplaceable, but Song Yang said If the paper media disappears.

"Internet technology is constantly developing. In the future, there will be faster network speeds and more Internet software. You should also know that America Telecom is promoting broadband services. Now America Telecom is able to support Internet online video services! "

Regardless of the reactions of Immelt, Brian Roberts, and people from Microsoft, Song Yang continued, "Users who are connected to America Telecom's broadband can already smoothly browse news, listen to music, and experience electronic shopping. It won't be long before I want to get more business experiences, games or... online videos!"

Hearing this, Immelt finally frowned. Internet speed is no longer a problem. If you can watch news, listen to news, chat, play games, shop, watch TV series, etc. on your computer, what traditional TV can provide Channels are absolutely inferior to computers, and even far inferior. At this time, Immelt was worried about traditional media for the first time.

In the past few years, the life of traditional media has not been easy. Whether it is NBC, ABC, or CBS, Time Warner’s life has been miserable. Cooperating with the Internet to increase stock prices has become the best choice for many media companies. NBC is certainly no exception.

"I think there will be opportunities for ICQ and America Telecom to cooperate with General Dynamics' NBC and Comcast's TV channels in the future!"

Song Yang glanced at Immelt and Brian Roberts, and said in a joking tone, "America Telecom can provide broadband lines, ICQ has Internet users, NBC, Comcast TV channels and media content, if we cooperate , it will be an existence that spans the Internet and traditional media groups, ICQ can get media content, and NBC and Comcast can complete the Internet!"

Even if it was said in a joking tone, many people in the conference room were still shocked when they heard these words, and they almost didn't jump up. Microsoft's Greg Maffey and Jeff Skilling who were going to watch the show , All complexions changed drastically.

The speaker has no intention, but the listener has the heart. If American Telecom, ICQ, NBC, and Comcast are really united to form a new giant spanning the Internet and the media industry, what kind of scenario will it be? Greg Mar Neither of the Philippines dared to imagine, but at least this was a big deal involving tens of billions of dollars, or even hundreds of billions of dollars!

Song Yang glanced at the faces of the people in the conference room, taking in the expressions of the people, especially those of Brian Roberts and Immelt.

What he said just now was not all "unintentional words", in fact, he was trying to find out whether Comcast and NBC were willing to accept the cooperation or even merger of Internet companies!
Why can AOL be invigorated, acquire Time Warner, and a wave of century mergers and acquisitions, American Telecom and ICQ, why can't they do a wave?
After AOL merged with Time Warner, the market value has been raised to a height of 500 billion US dollars. Not to mention the challenge to AOL, American Telecom plus ICQ, if it merges with NBC and the TV network under Comcast, that is No, it can also make a big wave?
Once this merger deal is concluded, I am afraid that it will not be less exciting than what AOL and Time Warner have done. I dare not say that it will also bring the market value of the merged company to 3000 billion US dollars, with a market value of 2000 billion US dollars. , it is enough for Song Yang to cash out...

Of course, there is no rush for this matter. If you want to complete mergers and acquisitions of various scales, there are many companies involved, as well as several major departments such as the Communications Committee and the Trade Committee, which also need to be cleared.

For example, in order to complete the merger with Time Warner, AOL spent nearly [-] million dollars in consulting fees, which enriched a large group of Wall Street companies, and a group of banks also participated in the merger to complete the merger.

If American Telecom wants to play AOL's routine, it will also have a long way to go. First, it will go public with ICQ, drive up the stock price crazily, then find Wall Street institutions, banks, and finally start with General Dynamics' NBC and Comcast's TV network. The merger can be completed within two or three years, and only when the merger is completed during the frenzy period of the Internet can it be explained.

Before coming here, Immelt originally just wanted to test the waters and didn't think much of it at all, but now he heard such tiger and wolf words, which made him a little bit uncontrollable even if he was used to seeing strong winds and waves.

What echoed in Song Yang's mind was what Song Yang said just now, ICQ, American Telecom, NBC, and Comcast Television Network merged together, what would happen?
The merged company has the largest broadband line in America, the top five cable TV networks, the No. 3000 commercial TV station NBC, and more than [-] million ICQ subscribers. All of them together are full of BUFF All, it doesn't matter if you want to be sought after by Nasdaq and Wall Street, even General Dynamics, I'm afraid it has to weigh this behemoth.

Brian Roberts is not much better. The concept proposed by Song Yang is simply what Brian has thought in his mind. The future status of Comcast Group is even far beyond!
(End of this chapter)