Back to 1995

Welch, who is about to retire, has no desire to compete for fame and fortune. In the past, Welch might pay attention to Song Yang, a rising star, and judge whether Song Yang will have an impact on General Electric.

Well now, Welch just looked at Song Yang with a somewhat appreciative gaze, and then unconsciously recalled the time when he was young in his mind...

In every era, there is an arrogance who can overwhelm an era. Now Welch can be regarded as successful and famous, but when Welch was young in the 50s and [-]s, there was only one arrogance in America, even if he was young The Welch at that time, or the young American of that era, admired him more. He did what a man could only dream of in his life!

Immelt looked at Welch curiously. He rarely saw the confident Welch show such a look.

"Howard Hughes, they...really look alike, they were born in Houston, they also like to do things that are expected, and they also... like Hollywood women!"

Welch shrugged his shoulders and made a joke at Welch. Welch just casually said that after experiencing the era of Howard Hughes, Welch didn't think that Song Yang surpassed Howard Hughes, and even could Putting this name together, Welch feels that it is enough to prove Song Yang's influence now.

With Welch, there are two full generations behind Immelt. When he was an adult, Howard Hughes had retired. He had heard the name and knew that this person had great influence, but not much. feeling.

But looking at the look of reminiscence on Welch's face, he also knows how much influence Howard Hughes has brought to Welch, just like the influence of Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and others on his contemporaries, whether he likes them or not , and there they are!
In America, Howard Hughes is as well-known as names such as Falling Cherry Axe and Lincoln. Even ordinary people of that era thought he was even greater. He was the genius of America, the representative of the America Dream, and was As the hero of America, the Silicon Valley iron man Musk, who has experienced the Howard Hughes era, would never put this title on Musk!

Several successive leaders of Amerika have been very polite to Howard Hughes. Movies, airplanes, satellites, casinos in Las Vegas, etc. have all been changed by Howard Hughes, and there are even more outrageous things. Strange legends all happened to him.

In the famous Watergate incident, the site that the commander sent someone to break into belonged to the office of Howard Hughes' subordinates. It was rumored that the relatives of the commander borrowed 20 dollars from Howard Hughes. But do not pay back the money!

That grand commander was unlucky in the end, and it’s hard to say what kind of relationship he has with Howard Hughes, but sometimes, the rumors are really outrageous, but it also proves something. Between them, the relationship is really deep...

Looking at the interview clip, Welch was thinking about several media and reporters. Song Yang, who was talking about the space tourism project, couldn't help but feel a little dazed. Howard Hughes was the same way back then, selling the plane he designed to the outside world. , and the projects of cross-state flights again and again.

Shaking his head, Welch felt that he was indeed old, and he began to recall these past events.

Welch raised his head, looked at Song Yang on the screen, and then at Immelt, who was in his prime, but felt a little worried for no reason.

Immelt felt that Song Yang had already been determined. After the ICQ acquisition was completed, he pressed on every step of the way to control ICQ, but Song Yang kept giving way. It seemed that Immelt had won everything. win.

But Welch is not so relieved. Song Yang is not the second generation of Edgar Bronfman. However, with so many practitioners in Silicon Valley, how many people can achieve Song Yang's level?
The point is, even though Welch didn't investigate Song Yang too much, he has read some information and knows that Song Yang has hardly suffered too much since he entered the industry, nor was he swallowed by those giant crocodiles. Those who wanted to take advantage of him ended up losing a few front teeth!

Looking at Immelt, who was full of confidence and ready to fight, Welch swallowed the words when he got to his lips. His current status was no longer suitable for him to say those words to Immelt.

"We still need to be a little cautious when cooperating with Bruno Song!"

Welch finally confessed to Immelt, and Immelt nodded "seriously", but Welch knew that he didn't take it seriously.

"General Electric, do you want to also enter the new energy vehicle and space exploration industries?"

Watching the interview clips on TV, Immelt didn't take Welch's words to heart. Instead, he had other thoughts, whether to follow Song Yang's lead.

Whether you scold or praise him, no matter how much the media and scholars scold Song Yang for not doing his job right now, when Song Yang announces that he is going to enter a new industry, it quickly attracts the attention of the entire technology industry!
Not only Immelt, when the joint interview segment appeared on ICNC, NBC and other television media, the two terms of new energy electric vehicles and private space exploration quickly swept the entire American technology industry.

After all, in the past few years, Song Yang has always been followed by people from all walks of life. Double-click created the Internet advertising model. Now there are a large number of Internet companies engaged in this business, ICQ social, Hotmail mailbox, Feita online anti-virus software , PayPal payment, etc., are the first to eat crabs in the industry, and now there are countless Internet companies following suit.

Now Song Yang has indicated that he wants to play a new industry. Those technology companies and giants in America and Silicon Valley, should they continue to follow up on these industries, which are obviously gold-swallowing beasts?

Song Yang threw the hydrangea out, whether it was picked up or not was their business.

"Bruno Song, are you really ready to give up the Internet industry?"

Yahoo headquarters is also discussing with headaches at the moment. America’s technology and Internet industry is a big copy now. Of course, it is called "chasing the wind". As long as there is a new Internet concept and business, the major Internet companies must You have to follow up, because if you don’t follow up, you will be quickly abandoned by investors, and the market value will collapse directly.

Yang Zhiyuan sat at the side, listening to the heated debate between Yahoo President Coorg and a group of senior executives. Yahoo's current market value has almost touched the threshold of 900 billion dollars. If it was placed before the listing, no one would have thought of it.

But now, looking at the market value of Yahoo, even if the market value exceeds 4000 billion US dollars, Yang Zhiyuan and a group of Yahoo investors are not too happy, because the ICQ next door is launching an impact towards the market value of [-] billion US dollars, and the two sides seem to be different. latitude.

What Yahoo is now arguing about is whether Song Yang proposes to enter a new industry for fun, or is he really planning to withdraw from the Internet industry and make a big splash in the new industry. Song Yang is just a word, but for companies like Yahoo That said, it is a real choice.

The representatives of Wall Street institutions in Yahoo said, "Bruno Song is indeed selling and transferring the Internet shares he holds. Get that share of Yahoo!"

According to the news from Wall Street, it seems that Song Yang is constantly cashing out stocks to raise dollars for the new industry, and he is constantly looking for large investment institutions around the world to take over the shares of major Internet companies he holds.

Hearing these words, Coorg looked at the taciturn Yang Zhiyuan. Ever since Yahoo began to be completely taken over by Wall Street institutions, Yang Zhiyuan's several proposals were all rejected, and he began to become taciturn. Yang Zhiyuan also began to understand that what Wall Street needs, It's just that he's a mascot at Yahoo, not pointing fingers!
Seeing that Yang Zhiyuan didn't want to speak, Coorg gritted his teeth, "Yahoo needs to follow up. Whether it's new energy vehicles or space exploration, Yahoo needs to choose one!"

Whether you want to play or not, let’s talk about it, anyway, it can’t be outdated, and if investors feel that Yahoo has not kept up with the times, it will be a disaster for Yahoo.

Not only Yahoo, but AOL, Microsoft, Lycos and other major Internet and technology companies are also discussing. New energy electric vehicles and space exploration seem to be incompatible with the current Internet. Abandoned, if you want to be the pig on the wind, you can only move up desperately!

Song Yang would never have thought that the Internet and the technology industry would be directly misled by an interview with him. He was just looking for a reason to cash out, but he was taken seriously.

Even Jim Clark, who has retired and is at home, ran over to inquire about the situation with Song Yang.