Back to 1995

"President Immelt, rest assured that ICQ's board of directors will support your decision. The acquisition of Bronfman Group will be ICQ's most important decision this year!
I will definitely be there for the dinner where you become president of General Electric! "

On the car heading to Austin, Song Yang received a call from Immelt, who was about to hold ICQ's first board meeting after its opening.

Although Song Yang did not attend the ICQ board meeting and is no longer the largest shareholder of ICQ, Immelt still needs to consider Song Yang's attitude.

The CEO of ICQ, the management of various groups, and the people from American Telecom, most of them are from Song Yang.

Even if General Electric has obtained the status of ICQ's major shareholder, it will be difficult to cover the sky with one hand on the ICQ board of directors. As long as Song Yang wants to, he can join forces with ICQ's other major shareholder, Comcast Group, to overthrow Immelt's decision!

So even if Immelt is now taking over ICQ's board of directors and management, if he wants to pass a major resolution, he still has to consult Song Yang's opinion, solicit Song Yang's opinion, even if it is a routine.

Long after Immelt called, Comcast's Brian Roberts had already called Song Yang, asking Song Yang implicitly if he had any thoughts on Immelt's proposal... …

Song Yang naturally understood what Brian Roberts meant. The big merger of ICQ, although it is said that several companies are making a lot of money, but Comcast Group is not the most profitable one.

Brian Roberts and Comcast Group have always been a bit worried about not being able to get the position of ICQ's major shareholder. It is difficult for Comcast Group alone to compete with General Electric, so Brian Roberts Roberts wants to pull Song Yang.

But Song Yang turned a blind eye to Brian Roberts' hints, and directly stated that he would support Immelt's decision and not support a civil war in ICQ!
After hanging up the phone, Song Yang shook his head. He didn't know what Brian Roberts was up to. Immelt stood in front of him as cannon fodder. Ryan Roberts had to make a fuss.

Song Yang went to Austin today to attend Adrian's inauguration ceremony. There was no accident. Among the candidates for governor in Texas this time, Adrian's campaign funds were the most, reaching the amount of the previous German candidates. The top candidate in Texas, when the fundraisers headed by the Bruno family announced that they would provide Adrian with campaign funds at any cost, most of the funders behind the other candidates for governor died down.

Enron, the Koch Brothers and other large oil, chemical, and military groups in Houston and Texas finally chose Adrian.

In addition, Tom Delay, the party whip within the Elephant Party, Cowboy, the next Elephant Party candidate for the leadership election, and others all endorsed Adrian. Tom Delay flew to Texas in person, After soliciting votes for Adrian, this year's governor's war in Texas did not cause too many waves, and Adrian was elected with a crushing momentum.

Adrian's main competitor is Perry, the lieutenant governor of Texas, who is also a veteran congressman of the Elephant Party. Member of the Xiang Party, he has experienced what it means to be raised by a stepmother this time, and he has no experience in games.

Adrian, who has won a big victory, will be held in the square of the north gate of Austin State Municipality. Song Yang will naturally go to the ceremony to express his congratulations to Adrian. Derian stood together. On the other hand, it also announced to Texas and the outside world that the Bruno family is the winner in this wave!

"That guy is a coward. He doesn't agree to compete with Immelt for the ICQ board!"

Comcast Group headquarters, after calling Song Yang, faced with Song Yang's "non-cooperation" and no hope of snatching the board of directors, Brian Roberts could only "humiliatingly" agree to support Immelt's decision.

Hearing Brian Roberts' annoyed words, his old man, who is also the current president of Comcast, old Ralph Roberts, looked relaxed.

"Bryan," old Ralph reminded his most satisfied successor, "don't underestimate any opponent, and never make a decision until the last moment!"

Old Ralph knew what Brian Roberts was regretting. He failed to win the controlling stake in ICQ. Even through the cooperation with ICQ, Comcast Group actually got a free ride on the Internet and used Comcast TV In exchange for a huge amount of cash and shares in ICQ, the stock price of Comcast Group has hit a record high. Old Ralph believes that Comcast has already made a profit in the big M&A transaction, but Brian Roberts is still Difficult to appease.

Brian Roberts looked at his father, "We have a chance, as long as Bruno Song is on our side, we can reorganize the ICQ board of directors, but that guy is afraid of Immelt and General Electric. Don't dare to resist!"

Looking at Brian Roberts who was filled with righteous indignation, old Ralph shook his head. He was really used to seeing strong winds and waves, and he was also used to seeing so-called geniuses being thrown to death.

"I haven't actually met Song, but I have seen news about Song from some media reports, but I know that Song is definitely not the kind of person you said, he is a real little fox, even if he comes from Houston's kind of redneck territory.

He gave up his position as the major shareholder of ICQ, and he is still cashing out, Brian, maybe it’s not a bad thing to prepare early, and you won’t know who is swimming after the tide ebbs. I agree with your ideas, but boy, In this world, only the one who survives to the end may be the winner!
You can deal more with Bruno Song. I feel that he will be an interesting guy. Next year, you should also take over the Comcast Group! "

Old Ralph straightened his bow tie, patted Brian Roberts on the shoulder, and left Brian Roberts in thought to leave.

Thinking of what old Ralph said and what Song Yang had done before, Brian Roberts frowned. He thought of an absurd idea. If Song Yang really didn't want to trick him, he even saved Kangka With the death of the Sturt Group, Brian Roberts felt his scalp go numb, and he didn't dare to think about it anymore.

"Prince Group, we must win. This is a battle to unify the American phone market. WorldCom has no reason to back down, and it cannot!"

WorldCom headquarters, Bernard Ebes is also holding a mobilization meeting. WorldCom's various executives, as well as Bernard's most trusted WorldCom chief financial officer Scott, are placed by Bernard as high hopes. The next head of WorldCom, Sitch Moore and others who will succeed him in the future, are all listed.

As in the past, in the eyes of those who were distributed food relief by Bernard Ebes, the kind-hearted Bernard is now murderous, and no voices questioning him are allowed to appear. What he wants is only the board of directors of WorldCom and all Road executives, do what he asks instead of telling him what's difficult.

The emperor didn't want to know what the consequences of his orders would be. He just wanted people to complete his orders. Bernard Ebes also had the same mentality!