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Chapter 610 Gold Swallowing Beast

Szetan, the current president of Bell Labs, led a group of Bell Labs staff and ran to the gate of the lab to welcome Song Yang.

"Song!"

As soon as we met, as a top scientific researcher in America, even if he met the American Academy of Sciences and NASA R&D personnel, the top scientific researcher could talk a few words, when he faced Song Yang, he was full of smiles.

Hugging Song Yang, Szetan said to the R&D staff behind him, "Let us welcome the genius of the Internet, the savior of Bell Labs, the inheritor of the technology industry... Bruno Song!"

Szetan put a lot of high hats on Song Yang's head. It's hard for Szetan to throw down his face to praise Song Yang like this when he is old.

There is really no other way. If Szetan wants to become the last head of Bell Labs and bear the notoriety that Bell Labs ruined in his hands, he must find a big sponsor for Bell Labs.

The Telephone and Telegraph Group and Luxun Technology are now somewhat indifferent to Bell Labs. Both sides have begun to plan carefully, trying to increase revenue and increase stock prices. In response to the pressure of the board of directors and investors, they are unwilling to invest any more. to Bell Labs.

Because the gain outweighs the gain, whether it is the Telephone and Telegraph Group or Lucent, they are no longer the companies they were when they were first established a hundred years ago, and they have no requirements for Bell Labs. People at Bell Labs can develop whatever they want. You can do any project you want, which has made Bell Labs brilliant.

In less than a hundred years, Bell Labs has produced nine Nobels and five Turing Awards. As for the R&D personnel who entered the American Academy of Sciences, there are countless.

But now, the Telephone and Telegraph Group and Lucent have long been separated, and their businesses have also been fixed. The Telephone and Telegraph Group is mainly engaged in the telecommunications business, and Lucent is engaged in equipment manufacturing. Neither of them needs Bell Labs to develop so many things.

So much money has been invested, and the things developed are useless, and they have lowered revenue and affected stock prices. For Bell Labs, they are even less concerned.

Now Bell Labs, grandma doesn’t love her uncle, if it wasn’t for Song Yang, the new funder, who started to invest money in Bell Labs, the century-old global scientific research mecca, Bell Labs, would probably run out of food for the first time !

"Dr. Szetan!"

"Dr. Clay, Dr. Yang..."

Song Yang looked normal, and greeted all the R&D personnel of Bell Labs, and maintained enough respect for these researchers.

The big cows who are still in Bell Labs really want to develop something, and those who want to get Bell Labs out of the predicament are those who use this place as a scientific research nursing home, but most people still hope that here It can continue and continue to be a holy place for scientific research.

Same as when Song Yang came here last time, he still brought some old labs with him. Unlike last time, Song Yang took a closer look at the place this time, just like watching... his own cub, although here It doesn't belong to Song Yang yet.

Entering Szetan's office, Song Yang picked up the coffee made by Szetan himself. After taking a sip, the bitter Song Yang's tongue felt a little numb. He didn't know if these researchers liked it so much. Bitter coffee is refreshing. Compared with those ICQ development engineers, the coffee they drink is a bit bitterer.

"Dr. Szetan, I think Bell Labs needs to recruit more R&D personnel!"

Song Yang put down his coffee, and said to Szetan, since Song Yang came here last time, he can clearly feel that the number of Bell Labs staff has not increased, but seems to have decreased slightly. It's really hard to accept.

The scientific research industry is an industry that requires talent and luck, and it also needs a constant influx of fresh blood. It must continue to attract geniuses.

Other top R&D laboratories in America, including Wall Street institutions, attract talents from America and overseas regions to join their internships every year. These talents may not cause these laboratories or institutions to undergo qualitative changes immediately.

But the influx of a large number of geniuses will keep these laboratories and institutions competitive, and those who can stand out from these geniuses will eventually become the top talents!
Hearing Song Yang's words, Szetan replied very simply, spreading his hands and said directly, "There is not enough funds!"

"The Telephone and Telegraph Group and Lucent Corporation are reducing their research and development investment in Bell Labs. It is not easy for Bell Labs to maintain the current scale of research and development."

Looking at Song Yang, Szetan, who is a research and development personnel, is very straight-hearted and said to Song Yang without any obscurity, "If your foundation, Song, can increase investment in Bell Labs' research and development, then I can Guaranteed, I can recruit the top geniuses in America, even people from IBM Labs, Motorola Labs, and even the American Academy of Sciences..."

This statement, Szetan is really not bragging, as the boss of Bell Labs, in the scientific research industry, this identity has an absolute appeal, even the Nobel laureates and professors from top universities have to give Somewhat thin.

Szetann originally just said it casually and didn't expect much, but Song Yang's next words made Szetann stunned.

"What if the North American Global Investment Foundation and the Bruno Family Foundation assume the funding for Bell Labs?"

Hearing Song Yang's words, Szetan was taken aback for a moment, a little unsure of how much Song Yang's words were true.

Now, the Telephone and Telegraph Group, Lucent, etc. all regard Bell Labs as a burden and desperately want to get rid of it. Song Yang actually wants to take over Bell Labs completely.

When Song Yang came to Bell Labs before, he mentioned that he would take over Bell Labs in the future, but Szetan didn't take it seriously because it was too expensive.

Even now that Bell Labs has reduced the scale of research and development, the research and development personnel are still cutting down on food and clothing, cutting off some unreliable projects, but they still have to burn more than one billion US dollars in research and development expenses a year.

The reason why Szetan and Bell Labs greeted Song Yang with such a battle today is because Song Yang's ICQ, American Telecom, Alcatel Mobile Phone, PA Semiconductor and other companies are responsible for one-tenth of Bell Labs. The research and development expenses invested in Bell Labs last year have exceeded [-] million US dollars!

This amount of money seems to be a lot, but compared with the annual expenses of Bell Labs, it is still a drop in the bucket.

"Song," Szetan looked at Song Yang with a serious expression, "Bell Labs needs to spend at least one billion dollars a year to keep it running. If the experimental projects are fully launched, all R&D personnel will be satisfied. salary, purchase of new R&D equipment, and the annual R&D expenses may exceed 40 billion U.S. dollars!"

There is no doubt that Bell Labs is a gold swallowing beast. Bell Labs, with its full horsepower, can eat 40 billion US dollars a year. What is the concept of 40 billion US dollars these days? The company's total revenue last year was barely enough to burn Bell Labs for a year...

It's no wonder Telephone and Telegraph Group and Lucent are unwilling to support Bell Labs. It would be strange if they were willing, those executives also had opinions, and the money was given to Bell Labs, so their dividends and year-end bonuses were all in vain? !

The Telephone and Telegraph Group and Lucent don’t know if Bell Labs has good things. Those executives know better than anyone else, but this involves the problem of buttocks. Should the money be burned for Bell Labs, or should they be kept for themselves to distribute dividends and bonuses, let alone Executives from Wall Street, even ordinary people, know how to choose!

Of course, Szetan hoped that the new funder could take over Bell Labs, but he had to explain the pros and cons to Song Yang clearly, otherwise if he took over Bell Labs, if he couldn't afford it, then Bell Labs would probably lose money. To experience twists and turns, and may even be sold again.

Song Yang looked at Szetan, "I told Dr. Szetan that I would take over the research and development of Bell Labs. If Bell Labs is willing, the North American Global Investment Foundation can find President Betts, and from In the hands of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, the acquisition of Bell Labs!"

"certainly……"

Song Yang didn't want to fool Szetan, and promised him what he couldn't do. With Szetan's status in the arena of American Technology, it's nothing to play tricks on him, play empty-handed white wolf, etc. good result.

"The North American Global Investment Foundation may not be able to fully meet Bell Labs' research and development expenses in the near future, and it can provide one-third or even one-half of Bell Labs' expenses every year!
After the revenues of American Telecom, ICQ, and Alcatel mobile phones stabilize, they will gradually increase the research and development costs of Bell Labs, and even acquire Bell Labs from Lucent, so that Bell Labs can be re-merged into a real Bell Labs. room. "

After Song Yang finished speaking, he waited for Szetann's decision to take Bell Labs into his pocket. It was not Song Yang's whim. It is difficult to support Bell Labs now, and it costs a lot of money every year. , but Song Yang thought it was worth it.

With Bell Labs, Song Yang has a complete research and development department for Alcatel mobile phones, PA semiconductors, American Telecom, Fortinet, etc.

The cooperation with Bell Labs has brought a lot of benefits, such as Alcatel mobile phone, many hardware and software are jointly developed with Bell Labs, as well as Panda LCD TV, PA semiconductor chip, Fortinet UTM For firewall equipment, etc., Bell Labs has provided a large number of technologies and patents.

A skinny camel is bigger than a horse. No matter how bad Bell Labs is, it is much more reliable than other grass-roots research and development institutions. It will be no problem to live on its laurels for decades.

(End of this chapter)