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Chapter 829
After the emergence of the Internet, it demonstrated the magic of the venture capital industry. After an industry was blown out of nothing, any new industry cannot do without the burning of dollars.

Crazy sabotage, robbing the market, competing for users, and letting users accept something, smart phones, takeaways, taxis, shared bicycles, energy vehicles and other industries are all fueled by a lot of dollars!
First, with the help of the American knife, the price of the product will be lowered, and then the low price will be used to attract users frantically. When the market size reaches a certain level and there are no new leeks, it will be shuffled.

The remaining ones are king, and the remaining ones, barely alive, will become giant companies in the industry, and then... start to cut leeks. After all, they have burned so many dollars in the early stage, and they have to pay back. Wall Street and venture capital institutions are not doing business. For those who are charitable, the money that is thrown out must be earned back with interest.

The space exploration industry is no exception. It is difficult for the Apollo Space Exploration Company alone to support the entire industry. It would be better if more lunatics like Paul Allen and Virgin Company founder Richard Branson enter the market.

"Congressman Tom Delay!"

In a club in Austin, Song Yang was with Tom Delay, Adrian and several powerful figures in Texas. Song Yang raised a glass of wine to Tom Delay.

The reason why Tom Delay is so active in campaigning against Adrian this time is certainly not aimless, and it is also related to himself.

No matter how well Tom Delay got along in Washington, as long as he didn't join the Grand Commander's team and serve as the head of various agencies in America, he still had to hang out on Capitol Hill.

Tom Delay's qualification for Capitol Hill is to use one of the two senators in Texas. He must ensure that the rear is stable enough, that is, the Texas side supports him. , so that his senatorial eligibility can be guaranteed.

Otherwise, the backyard caught fire, and he suddenly lost this qualification. Then he would be in an embarrassing situation. If he continued to stay on Capitol Hill, he would have no place to return to Texas. unacceptable.

"The Telephone and Telegraph Group hopes that Tom Delay and other congressmen on Capitol Hill can oppose and impeach WorldCom's acquisition of Sprint, and even let Bernard Ebbes hold a counter-official on Capitol Hill. Monopoly hearings!"

Standing in front of the club's balcony, hearing Song Yang's words, Tom Delay couldn't help but chuckle. The telecommunications industry is not like the support of the party. Even if it is broken, Tom Delay doesn't feel bad.

Telecommunications, media, entertainment and other industries have always been the traditional support of the donkey party, just like energy, military industry and other industries have always supported the party, and have their own basic support.

Now that Telephone and Telegraph Group and WorldCom are biting each other, Tom Delay is naturally a happy person, but hearing that Bernard Ebbes is going to attend the hearing on Capitol Hill, Tom Delay knows, This is probably Song Yang's response to the telecom emperor. The relationship between Song Yang and Bernard Ebes has never been good!

"When I return to Washington, I will lodge an objection to the acquisition of Sprint by WorldCom to Capitol Hill. However, what can you get, Song?"

Tom Delay is worthy of being a senior congressman on Capitol Hill. His "art" of speaking is directly full. He promised to organize a group of people on Capitol Hill at Song Yangde's request to add obstacles to WorldCom.

According to the rules of the rivers and lakes, Song Yang and the Telephone and Telegraph Group naturally wanted to pay Tom Delay their public relations fees. This is what the [-] professional public relations consultants in Washington did.

But to ask directly, it seems too rough, Tom Delay asked back, what benefits can Song Yang help the Telephone and Telegraph Group, then Tom Delay will naturally charge a certain percentage of public relations fees or other things based on this benefit !

Song Yang took a sip of the drink, with a smile on his face, but he couldn't help scolding Tom Delay, the old fox. If you donate, you will work for Jinzhu.

When doing these things, he never procrastinates and bargains to change the price. Compared with Tom Delay, he is much easier to get along with, and his appetite seems not so great!
You know, Song Yang has never lost Tom Delay's share in the past. During the holidays, the Bruno Family Foundation donated to Tom Delay's family, as well as ICQ, Alcatel mobile phones, etc. employed in Washington. The public relations company also pays Tom Delay their public relations fee every year. In addition, Sammy Sega's income in the Japan Benzene Billiard Room has never been less than Tom Delay's share, and now they are even negotiating with Song Yang to change the price.

Glancing at Tom Delay, who was looking out of the window, Song Yang felt that sooner or later, Adrian would replace him. I am afraid that this day will not be more than a few years away. By then, Song Yang Needless to say, give it a gentle push!

"What WorldCom is doing now is a threat to all companies in the telecommunications industry, including American Telecom. Of course, for all American long-distance users, a company that monopolizes the long-distance phone market appears, and for everyone. It's all bad news!"

Song Yang pulled out the tiger's skin and threatened that it was not for America Telecom and several telecommunications companies, but for the users of the entire American long-distance phone market, so that he would not have to spend tens of dollars more every month in the future.

Of course, Tom Delay, who is used to seeing all kinds of deals on Capitol Hill, doesn't take these nonsense at all. He has seen all kinds of extremely dirty deals, but he has never seen them. He said that he lived a good life for leeks And the transaction, these words, have long been immune to him.

"The Telephone and Telegraph Group will give more support to American Telecom, including supporting American Telecom to enter the mobile communication market. In the future, American Telecom will no longer only provide users with mobile networks, but also provide mobile phone packages!"

Song Yang said that the Telephone and Telegraph Group was obviously ruthless, and would rather let go of the shackles on American Telecom than kill WorldCom.

Hearing this, Tom Delay was slightly taken aback, and then the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

He knows what this means for America Telecom. America Telecom, which could only provide broadband and mobile Internet access before, is officially entering the phone market business. This is likely to bring explosive growth to America Telecom's revenue. These years, telephone charges It is really expensive, and the company that provides telephone services is really making money, and as the parent company of American Telecom, the stock price of ICQ will definitely soar!

In this wave alone, the market value of ICQ does not know how much it can rise, and the shareholders of ICQ's board of directors will also make a lot of money. Of course, as a help to Tom Delay, the things they get will naturally increase. many.

"The public relations firm hired by the Telephone and Telegraph Group in Washington will donate a public relations fee of no less than $600 million to the Elephant Party Funding Office..."

Song Yang saw that Tom Delay was still expressionless when he said this, so he could only continue, "ICQ will also donate a sum of money to Senator Tom's personal campaign team and family foundation!"

Hearing this, Tom Delay finally showed a smile on his face. Although he is a genuine Xiangdang man, Tom Delay can clearly distinguish Xiangdang's money from his own family's money. Expecting him to pay out of his own pocket to fight for the Elephant Party is purely overthinking, and there is no benefit to it. Who would want to do it? !

"Song, ICQ is really, really going to make a fortune this time. I can imagine that when the news spreads, will ICQ's market value increase by 100 billion dollars or 200 billion dollars?"

Tom Delay shook his head and said, with a bit of sourness in his words. It seems that they are all big shots, but after so long, they earn a "hard fee". In contrast, giant companies such as ICQ get dozens of dollars. With the benefits of tens of billions of dollars, it is no wonder that there is no psychological gap. No wonder, after they retired, they went to big companies to make money.

Song Yang laughed, looked at Tom Delay and said, "ICQ and America Telecom want to invite Tom to give a few speeches this year. After Tom retires, if you are interested, you can come to America Telecom as a consultant!"

Like Tom Delay, speaking, publishing books, and appearing on shows are all projects for earning extra money. It’s no problem to make hundreds of thousands of dollars for a speech. It only takes half an hour to make more money by publishing a book Yes, the copyright fee is tens of millions. I don't know how many books have been sold, but the copyright fee can't be less!
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