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Chapter 416 Cut the Cake

After Christmas, the hustle and bustle in America also decreased a bit. The major news media basically reported how many major products in America were selling wildly during Christmas.

American Telecom also took the opportunity to quietly make the mobile phone sales business into the top ten in America. During the Christmas period alone, American Telecom chain stores sold more than 46 mobile phones, becoming the top ten mobile phones in the American Christmas period. Retail channel provider, second only to Wal-Mart, Target, Best Buy, Verizon and other electronic retail channel providers!

This year, America is expected to sell more than 6000 million mobile phones throughout the year, and it is still the world's largest mobile phone consumer market. According to America Telecom's performance during Christmas this year, America Telecom may account for 10% of America's mobile phone sales!
For ordinary users, when they see this ranking, they may not think too much. They just think that there is one more place to sell mobile phones. The main reason for choosing a mobile phone is to see which store has the most discounts, which is convenient for maintenance, etc., but for For players in the mobile phone industry in America, they have seen the impact of American Telecom on the mobile phone industry in America!

Iger, the president of American Telecom, also sent an email to Song Yang, Telephone and Telegraph Group, Enron and other shareholders after Christmas, officially declaring that the mobile phone retail business has become the second largest business of American Telecom, and it may be more profitable than the telecom business. More beautiful knives from...

Telecom business needs to invest a lot of dollars in laying lines, investing in base stations, etc., but the payback period is very long, but as a mobile phone retail channel provider, opening stores is much faster!

In the new year, if there is no accident, American Telecom will continue to increase its investment in stores, laying American Telecom's stores in major cities in America, and even establish stores in overseas markets.

"Jobs' life doesn't look easy!"

In the ICQ office building, the president of PA Semiconductor, Doble Poole, the president of Alcatel Mobile, Ertian, the chief financial officer of the American Global Investment Foundation, Marcus, Gleick and others are all in Song Yang's office.

The person who spoke was Doberpool. During this time, he was basically staring at the apple, just like a wolf staring at a fat sheep, and he never left.

Song Yang, who was looking at the email sent by Fang Qiuyu from Yanjing, raised his head when he heard this, and saw a copy of the Silicon Valley Daily in the hands of Dopper Poole, which wrote everything Jobs did after returning to Apple.

The original board of directors was disbanded, and the executives of the original Nest computer system were promoted to Apple executives. In addition, Jobs began to recruit troops, recruiting supply chain master Cook from the outside, and promoting talented designer Jonathan and others, completely changing the entire Apple. become his "kingdom".

In the eyes of the outside world, of course, Jobs was fighting for power and profit. Not only did he overthrow the Apple board of directors, but he also cleaned up the entire management of Apple, and replaced them all with his own people, but it did not change Apple's situation at all. .

The dismissal of the board of directors made the relationship between Jobs and Wall Street tense, coupled with the competitive relationship with IBM, Compaq, HP, Dell and other computer manufacturers, there are not a few people in Silicon Valley who are waiting to see Jobs' good show.

"Jobs returned to Apple, causing turmoil in Apple. Since Jobs returned to Apple, Apple's market value has dropped by more than 10 billion dollars. According to sources, Apple's liquidity can only support Apple for 70 days..."

"Apple continues to suffer huge losses in the new quarter. It is estimated that Apple's losses last year may exceed US$16 billion!"

"Apple Computer is facing erosion in the global market by imitation Apple Computers from manufacturers such as Power, Radius, Umax, and Unitron!" The media reports about Apple are not good.

The house leak happens to rain at night, and the teeth are stuffy when drinking cold water. It is described as the current Apple computer. At the juncture of Christmas, other electronic brand manufacturers are busy selling products, but the media does not care much about the same news. Interest, on the contrary, I want to see the big show between Jobs and Apple.

Jobs, who staged The Return of the King, held back his vengeance for 11 years, it must have been avenged, but Jobs, after avenging his revenge, saw a mess in front of him.

Externally, a group of tiger-wolf enemies headed by Microsoft and Dell are watching. IBM is also trying to kill Apple.

The point is, even if Apple is like this, there are still a group of computer manufacturers in America and overseas who have caught Apple’s wool and launched imitations of Apple Mac computers for sale. Apple computers are far more expensive than other computers. It is system, design and bige.

But now there are a lot of imitations, the appearance design, system and other aspects are all the same as Apple's computer, and the price is much cheaper than Apple's. This makes the sales of Apple's computer in overseas markets plummet!
The founder of Dell, who wears a pair of pants with Microsoft, was asked by the media how Apple would get through the current difficulties. Michael Dell gave Jobs a hard yin and yang, "If I were Jobs, I would shut down Apple immediately, and then Return the money to shareholders!"

This means that Apple is completely hopeless now, and it is a crime to waste a dollar on Apple. The best way is to break up the partnership quickly, sell the property, and return some of the capital to the major shareholders. never mind.

Now the pressure from all parties is in front of Jobs. If he can't lead Apple out of the quagmire, then his revenge drama may become a criticism after many years. It is rumored that he is the one who ruined Apple and so on.

But the current predicament of Apple is the best time for PA Semiconductor. The weaker the apple, the sharper the knife for cutting the apple cake...

Song Yang listened to Doberpur's words, and replied an email to Fang Qiuyu in Yanjing.

Regarding the situation in Yanjing, Fang Qiuyu told everything about it, and Song Yang basically knew what was going on with Yanjing Wireless Fifth Factory and other situations.

But Yanjing Wireless No. [-] Factory is not the last one. I don’t know how many such manufacturers there are. With the help of Alcatel mobile phone, it is impossible to save it. This is not a problem that can be solved with a single order.

However, Song Yang thought for a while, and Song Yang asked Fang Qiuyu to select some suitable manufacturers such as Yanjing Wireless No. Production lines, upgrade new technologies, and incorporate them into the still desolate Yangcheng electronics industry research and development base.

In China, Song Yang has not only invested in the Internet industry, but also established an electronic research and development industrial park in Yangcheng for the research and development of new electronic materials and products.

At present, the electronics R&D industrial park in Yangcheng is still under development. The Star Wish Foundation invested a sum of money in Yanjing Wireless Fifth Factory and other manufacturers, and then moved them into the electronic R&D industrial park in Yangcheng.

In the future, if Yanjing Wireless No. [-] and others can develop new technologies and their products are qualified, then Alcatel mobile phones, Panda computers, etc. will purchase components from them. It mainly depends on how Yanjing No. [-] Wireless responds. Well, Song Yang helped them this time, and it's up to them whether they live or die in the future!

After dealing with Fang Qiuyu, Song Yang browsed the emails sent from Asia again, double-clicking, ICQ, America Telecom, ICNC TV Station, and other industries invested in, sent emails.

Double-click, ICQ, and American Telecom basically sent the performance report for the whole year of last year, as well as the plan for the next year. Double-click won a big victory last year. The demeanor of a major Internet advertiser.

As for ICQ and American Telecom, both are still in the red, and it can even be said to be a huge loss. ICQ was also very prosperous last year. Although it didn’t have much action, its Sierra game business and ICNC TV station’s media business , Let the valuation of ICQ skyrocket!

If there are no accidents, ICQ will take advantage of the opportunity to be listed on NASDAQ at the end of this year or early next year. At that time, ICQ and NBC Group will play a shocking merger and acquisition drama.

In addition to these businesses that have already been launched, the electronic payment platform PayPal will also be released in the middle of the year. It has been developed for so long, and it is a mule or a horse. After all, it has to be pulled out for a walk.

In addition, the industry that attracted Song Yang's attention the most was the industry affiliated to the North American Global Investment Foundation. Song Yang invested in Amazon. Listed, becoming the first e-commerce company in the world.

The current valuation of Amazon is not high. Its main business is selling books. This means that Amazon’s market value will not be too high. Regarding Bezos’ thoughts, Song Yang thought for a while and vaguely guessed Bezos The idea, also agreed to come down.

Bezos obviously wants to raise funds after going public, and start to transform Amazon. It is no longer just selling books online. Whether it can be transformed is the key to Amazon!

In addition to Amazon, Song Yang invested in Yeadex, eBay, etc., which also sent revenue, as well as new project plans, etc. Yeadex is still developing in Eastern Europe, relying on Lao Maozi and the Eastern European market, Yeadex With the title of the light of Eastern European technology, it can be said that it is like a fish in water.

But there is still the same problem, Song Yang is on Yeadex in the short term, and he will not see a turning back, so he has to keep investing. Only when Yeadex develops can he be able to cut the leeks from Lao Maozi and Eastern Europe.

As for eBay, there are Sohu, 8848, and Bangzi game makers investing in Asia and other places. They all have to wait at least one or two years before they can see their return.

After processing these documents, Song Yang rubbed his brows, raised his head and said to Doble Poole and the others, "How long can Apple last?!"

(End of this chapter)