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Chapter 767
How did the traffic come from? Black and red are also red. There is no controversy. How can it attract the attention of the outside world?

Besides, like those Hollywood top-notch, which one is not a bunch of black material, the Siebel electric car is a bit controversial, isn't it normal? !
At least in the eyes of many people in the outside world, as soon as Siebel set up the brand of electric vehicles and did nothing, the mountain began to be built.

Even some of the media that support the Internet camp even expressed eccentricity that Chrysler, Ford and other traditional auto giants are too conservative, just like the traditional media that are now being suppressed by the Internet, it is time to change.

After all, any industry has existed for a hundred years, and when the rules and discourse power in the industry are guarded by a few giants, it will make people feel that it is a bit conservative and cannot tolerate different opinions from outsiders, even if it has tried its best to change it. .

The traditional automobile industry gives people such a feeling that several major automobile giants control the entire automobile industry. The current team's pointing at Siebel's electric car is very similar to the media industry's pointing at the Internet.

"Mark, are you going to join Siebel Electric Vehicle today?"

"When will the Siebel electric car be successfully developed?"

"What do you think of President Stockamp?"

"Ford Motors, threatening the Siebel electric car, is a scam..."

When he came to an office building in San Jose, Mark Anderson was surrounded by the media. This was the first time that Anderson appeared in front of the media after he left AOL. He did meet with the general manager of the Siebel Automobile Club, Anduran, to discuss The listing of the Siebel electric car.

Surrounded by a large group of reporters and media, Anderson once again received the same treatment as when Netscape was at its peak.

But this time, Anderson calmed down. He knew that this group of media would only add to the icing on the cake and make things worse. This group of media is not like this on weekdays.

Wanting to be popular, Anderson knows that the only way is to develop electric cars. If one day, electric cars can compete with traditional car giants, or even replace them, then Time Magazine will invite him on the cover again!
Originally, he didn't intend to respond to these media, but when he heard that Anderson was accused of joining Siebel Electric Vehicle, he was a little bit unbearable.

"Some people always think that they represent justice and victory, but sometimes, they may be the rock that blocks the times and trends, just like the Internet age!"

Mark Anderson's mouth is not weak. As a man who can challenge Microsoft, how could Anderson be weak? He just doesn't have a thick skin.

For Tom Stockamp's ridicule, Anderson responded unceremoniously, Stockamp is an old-fashioned antique, and sooner or later he will be swept into the dustbin of history.

In fact, Anderson's trash talk is still a little too reserved. If it were another old Internet cannon, if he spoke harsh words, he would directly say that he wanted to buy Chrysler...

At the AOL Time Warner headquarters, watching Anderson being chased by the media and reporters on TV, after Anduran, the general manager of the Siebel Automobile Club, took him into the building, Case finally couldn't help it.

"As I said, Anderson shouldn't be let go!"

Keith couldn't help but complained to Jerry Levin, another co-president of AOL Time Warner, and a group of former Time Warner executives. This was the only thing he could do.

Jerry Levine kept his face sullen and said nothing. He was not interested in electric cars at all. Time Warner was in the media business, so he had no interest in making cars.

Jerry Levine didn't feel much about Anderson's departure at all. He didn't think it was a big loss. Jerry Levine was also not interested in what the Internet and the technology industry were like. To put it bluntly, Jerry Levine Still the same set of traditional thinking.

Seeing the silence in the conference room, Case suddenly felt a dull feeling in his heart. After the merger, AOL Time Warner did not become a real giant as Case thought, but was in disarray internally.

The directors and executives of AOL and Time Warner seem to be eating in the same trough, but in fact, they are secretly fighting for power and profit. AOL people feel that the Time Warner group is too old-fashioned. One-on-one, and there are a lot of rules and procedures in doing things.

Sometimes, for a trivial matter, as long as the news is uploaded in the background, Time Warner needs to review it for a long time, and a lot of executives sign it. After the process is completed, other websites have already finished reporting hot news.

People from Time Warner are also dissatisfied with AOL. They think that the Internet players are too uninhibited, there are no rules, and there are no rules at all. Time Warner is the style of traditional media. If it is printed and published, once it is printed, it cannot be revised, and the impact it will cause is immeasurable.

But the people at AOL thought it out as soon as they came up, and even felt like a grassroots team, and the staff of Time Warner obviously felt that the people at AOL seemed to despise them a little bit.

Like ICQ, AOL Time Warner is also undercurrents, not only among ordinary employees, but also between executives and the board of directors.

Keith and Jerry Levine are trying their best to suppress the people below, but there are many contradictions between the two. Both of them want to gain the power of AOL Time Warner and put more of their own people into the board of directors. After all, this This kind of thing is human nature, who wants to stay behind?
"These are not the key points. Electric vehicles may be a new Internet industry, but they have nothing to do with AOL Time Warner!"

Jerry Levine said, "The most important thing now is to solve the problems between AOL and Time Warner, so that the businesses of both parties can cooperate."

Seeing that Case was about to speak, Jerry Levin's eyes became sharp, "President Case, there may be some problems that need to be explained by AOL. AOL's telecommunications business is not as advantageous as it was announced at the time of the merger. On the contrary, The revenue and profit of dial-up Internet access are far inferior to that of broadband, and AOL's broadband business is far inferior to America Telecom!
Also, there is something wrong with AOL's finances that needs to be explained..."

Keith, AOL's executives, Leon Heath, and others all changed their expressions slightly. Before merging with Time Warner, AOL did "some" tricks to make the book data look good, and falsely reported so " [-] million" lost finances.

Seeing Jerry Levine mentioning these things, Case, who also has full office fighting skills, instinctively smelled a breath of "war". He knew that Time Warner wanted to get the control of United Corporation Right, even this kind of thing has been moved out.

At this time, Case couldn't care about the electric vehicle project or Anderson. What he had to do now was to quickly put his own people on the board of directors, so as not to be liquidated!

The founder of the X.com payment company is also watching the news about Anderson on TV.

Musk's X.com payment platform is already the second largest electronic payment platform in America. It sounds good, but the PayPal family has won nearly 90% of the market in America and the global payment industry. X.com payment Ranked second, but in fact it is just eating leftovers, barely starving to death, there are still many venture capitalists who want to try their luck and are willing to invest in Musk.

On the TV news, the future market of electric vehicles is broadcast, which is basically bragging without telling the truth, but it is rumored that the two founders of Siebel Electric Vehicles are both famous.

Electric sports cars and space exploration are all things that Musk has thought about, but he has not had time to try them, but they have already been brought up. Looking at the photos of Song Yang on the TV news, Musk took a deep breath, and Musk felt , he has already met his opponent!

Song Yang, who was regarded as an opponent by someone, was sitting in the same office with Anderson, Andulan and others at the moment. He didn't know that he had become a thorn in someone's heart, but even if he knew, Song Yang, at this moment, I can't care less about Musk.

In the past few years, or even ten years later, when the wave of electric vehicles comes, maybe Song Yang will compete with Musk, but now, Musk is only tenth on Song Yang's list, Microsoft, Yahoo, AOL, WorldCom, etc. are far above Musk's ranking.

"Anderson, you are welcome to join. I think this is the most fortunate thing for the technology industry this year!"

(End of this chapter)