Back to 1995

Chapter 611
If you take Bell Labs into your bag, you will not only get a group of top R&D personnel, but also a complete R&D personnel training system.

Bell Labs can produce so many Nobel Prize winners, even though it has already declined, but since the 90s, those R&D personnel who came out of Bell Labs can still win five Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry, and won Two Turing Awards, and contributed a large number of top R&D personnel to Microsoft and Google.

That is because Bell Labs has fallen, and after being resold twice in a row from the Telephone and Telegraph Group, the result is that it can still cultivate so many top talents. The background of Bell Labs and the ability to train R&D personnel can be imagined. And know.

Here in Song Yang, if Bell Labs can be taken down, Alcatel Mobile, America Telecom, ICQ, etc., at least don’t have to worry about talent issues. Bell Labs can contribute a large part of talents, which cannot be bought with dollars. of!
Now Song Yang's mobile phones, semiconductors, TVs, software development, etc. are all bound to Bell Labs. Otherwise, how could he develop various new technologies and products so quickly.

In addition to these obvious things, there are also various patents and technologies that are not used now but will definitely not be outdated in the future, such as video and voice patents, convolutional neural technology, UNIX systems, etc., all belong to Bell Labs.

In addition, there are a lot of top talents. Benjani, the father of the C plus language that Microsoft is preparing to implement, is now in Bell Labs, and Chambers, the father of statistical programming languages, and Colleen, the future head of Google's search Na and the others are now squatting in Bell Labs and developing silently.

People like Corinna, Bell Labs are still grabbing a lot, if they can join these R&D personnel in Alcatel mobile phone, ICQ, PayPal and other companies, then they will buy Bell Labs Absolutely no loss!

As for the cost of more than a dozen or even 20 billion U.S. dollars a year, it is indeed a lot of pressure, but after the past few years, it should not be difficult to provide ammunition for Bell Labs when Alcatel Mobile Phone and America Telecom stabilize.

In the past few years, companies such as Microsoft, Apple, IBM, and Intel, as well as Johnson & Johnson, Roche, etc. in the pharmaceutical industry, will increase investment in research and development. At that time, the annual investment of US dollars will be calculated at tens of billions of dollars. , In contrast, the research and development expenses invested in Bell Labs are not so eye-catching...

Szetan listened to Song Yang's words with a serious face and his brows were furrowed. He was not just a researcher, but also thought about the entire Bell Labs and the thousands of researchers in this laboratory.

This kind of decision is not so easy to make. Szetan needs to think too much. If he really comes out of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, then Bell Labs really can only rely on Song Yang.

As for Song Yang's promise to pay Bell Labs more than ten to two billion US dollars in research and development expenses every year, Szetan couldn't help but glanced at Song Yang. He had just left the Telephone and Telegraph Group, and Bell Labs might have a hard time. of.

But if they can survive, and wait until the days of Alcatel Mobile, America Telecom, etc. get better, and pay Bell Labs the full amount, then Bell Labs will have a much better life than staying under the hands of the Telephone and Telegraph Group.

"Song, I need your guarantee. After leaving the Telephone and Telegraph Group, you must be able to guarantee the lowest research and development funding for Bell Labs every year!"

"Except for the cooperation projects with Alcatel mobile phone, Panda TV, etc., Bell Labs has the right to develop other projects, and no one else can interfere with these research and development projects of Bell Labs!"

"Bell Labs still maintains independent operations and has the right to recruit other personnel. All R&D personnel cannot be targeted..."

Szetan put forward a lot of conditions to Song Yang. For example, Song Yang's foundation voted for Bell Labs. Bell Labs has the right to distribute it without the foundation's consent. In addition, R&D personnel have the right to follow their own Ideas for research and development, etc.

To put it bluntly, Szetan asked Bell Labs to conduct research and development according to his own wishes without interference from Song Yang.

Szetan and the others are all old-school R&D personnel. They believe that R&D should not be influenced by the outside world, and that they can use their imaginations freely.

This is also one of the reasons why the Telephone and Telegraph Group is unwilling to invest in funding for Bell Labs. After investing so much money, the lab is still unwilling to carry out research and development according to their wishes, and only develop those messy things. It feels like a big injustice.

But at the same time, sufficient funding, unlimited research and development, is also one of the main reasons why those top experts regard Bell Labs as a holy place for research and development. How can you not want to come here if you have given enough?

Szetan looked at Song Yang. This is his request. Bell Labs can develop projects with Song Yang, but outside of the project, Bell Labs has to play by itself. If Song Yang cannot agree to his request, then Szetan felt that it would be better to continue to work under the Telephone and Telegraph Group, crying and crying, and they had to pay them there.

Song Yang tapped his fingers on the table, and after a while, "I can agree to Dr. Szetan's request, but Bell Labs needs to give priority to completing research and development projects with Alcatel Mobile Phone, America Telecom, etc.!"

A little smile appeared on Szetan's face. He was still a little worried, but he also looked forward to it. He hoped that Bell Labs could recover under Song Yang's foundation.

Many large companies now have their own laboratories, such as Hewlett-Packard Labs, Xerox's Palo Alto R&D Center, Microsoft Research, IBM Labs, etc., which sound tall, but wait until Bell Labs recovers. Yuanqi recalled tens of thousands of top R&D personnel, and the laboratories of these big companies are all younger brothers, a group of Nobel Prize winners in physics and chemistry, plus a group of Turing Award geniuses, just ask those laboratories, what about them? Does the head compare with Bell Labs? !

Song Yang signed a bunch of agreements with Szetan. In name, Bell Labs is now an independent company, but the Telephone and Telegraph Group is the majority shareholder of Bell Labs.

If you want to acquire Bell Labs, you still need the consent of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, but Szetann must also get it done, otherwise he will leave with a group of people, and the Bell Labs he bought back will be empty. shell.

Same as last time, Song Yang paid a large amount of research and development expenses to Bell Labs in advance to prove that the North American Global Investment Foundation has the ability to support Bell Labs, instead of talking about it.

"After reaching an agreement with the Telephone and Telegraph Group, the North American Global Investment Foundation will pay Bell Labs a fee of 7000 million dollars, which will be used to purchase new experimental equipment, recruit experimental personnel, and...repair here!"

When Song Yang finished signing, he said to Szetann that Bell Labs hadn't rested for many years. Now that it's in Song Yang's hands, they should at least take a rest to make it look "tall", otherwise how could they fool around? , No, it is to attract more scientific research geniuses to jump into the fire pit.

In the headquarters of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, Bates looked at Song Yang in front of him. Hearing Song Yang's intention, after taking over the burden of Bell Labs, Bates probably would have to Laughed out.

If the board of directors of the Telephone and Telegraph Group and Wall Street investors knew that someone was going to take over Bell Labs, the stock price of the Telephone and Telegraph Group would probably skyrocket!
Think about it, billions of dollars in profits every year are wasted in vain, and now you don’t have to pay this fee. Of course, you may lose a lot of patents, technologies, and the most advanced concepts in the telecommunications industry in the future, but... with Compared with the real gold and silver of billions of dollars every year, it is nothing at all.

Looking at Song Yang in front of him, Bethes, the head of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, remembered the scene when he first met Song Yang. At that time, Song Yang was still a "lucky guy" and set up a line from Chicago to New York. Big bucks.

Before that, it was Song Yang who came to see the executives of Telephone and Telegraph Group, and Telegraph and Telegraph Group voted for Song Yang's first advertisement for Double-Click.

Speaking of which, the Telephone and Telegraph Group is quite related to Song Yang. Song Yang's first pot of gold is inseparable from the Telephone and Telegraph Group. related.

Now Telephone and Telegraph Group is also the second largest shareholder of American Telecom, holding 28% of the shares of American Telecom. Previously, Telephone and Telegraph Group sold its broadband business to American Telecom and became the second largest shareholder of American Telecom.

Thinking of these things, as well as Song Yang in the past, and looking at Song Yang, who is now rumored to be one of the most valuable people in America, and now wants to take over Bell Labs, Betts' heart is also Can't help but sigh a little.

"Song, you want to buy Bell Labs?"

Bates looked at Song Yang, and it was hard to say what he felt, but the words that came out of his mouth had only one meaning, that is, "We need to pay more!"

"Bell Laboratories has special significance to the Telephone and Telegraph Group. Without Bell Labs, the Telephone and Telegraph Group would not have come to today. It is the relic of Mr. Graham Bell, and it is the jewel in the hands of the Telephone and Telegraph Group..."

"[-] million dollars!"

Song Yang directly quoted, if Bell Labs is worth money, it must be worth it. In terms of price, even if the price is increased by ten times, you may not be able to buy Bell Labs.

But it also depends on who owns Bell Labs. Now, if its sponsor is willing to want it, if he wants it, then Song Yang will not be able to buy it no matter how high the price is. Just asking for a price.

(End of this chapter)