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Chapter 830 The thief shouts to catch the thief
Song Yang invited Tom DeLay to give speeches at companies such as ICQ, which was actually equivalent to sending him "public relations fees".

As for what Song Yang promised just now, he would donate dollars to Tom Delay’s campaign office and the family foundation, that must be paid by ICQ. , Song Yang is not alone!
"Bill, this is a win-win merger. As long as WorldCom and Sprint stand together, we will be the largest telephone empire in the world, and you will also become the co-CEO of WorldCom-Print Group!"

Bernard Ebbes, who was sitting at the WorldCom headquarters, was looking at the president of Sprint with great interest. Like Bernard Ebbes, Disney Emperor Eisner, and others, Bill Essry was also a Sprint president. Emperor of Lint Telecom Empire.

Bill Ashley has been in charge of the Sprint Group for more than 14 years. Except that he did not take all the shares of the Sprint Telecom Group in his own hands, the entire Sprint management and the board of directors , has been completely controlled by Ashley, and even when he underwent surgery for lymphoma last year, the entire Sprint Group was still firmly controlled by him and his cronies.

America has experienced a golden decade. Groups such as General Electric, Disney, WorldCom, and Sprint have all become giant companies in these years, and Welch and Eisner who led these companies to become giants , Bernard, Bill Ashley and others have become the absolute emperors of these groups through and through.

Because the whole world was brought down by them, and their cronies spread all over the company. Even the board of directors and major shareholders depend on them to manage the company.

This is the golden age of professional managers. In the next 20 years, it will be difficult for strong professional managers like Welch, Bernard, Eisner, and Bill Eisery to appear in the American workplace. The scene of being able to force the company's founder's family and major shareholders to swallow their anger and cry to the media...

Unlike facing the domineering insiders of WorldCom, Bernard Ebes's attitude was clear when facing Esri, who was of the same status as him, because after all, there is something to ask for!
Bernard described the merged empire to Esry, "The American telephone market has not seen an empire for a long time, now is the time, after the new telecommunications bill, it is time for a company to solve the problems of the telecommunications industry It's messed up."

Bernard Ebes waved his big hand. Even though there was no one in front of him in the office, Bernard still couldn't hide his excitement.

Bill Eisley on the other end of the phone listened to Bernard's words. Now the executives of WorldCom and Sprint have just begun to contact, but if we want to talk about something, we need Bernard and Bill Eisley The two of Rui had to make a decision, otherwise it was doomed to nothing.

Bernard has already set out the conditions. After the merger is completed, Asri will become the executive officer of the empire together with him, just like the double consuls in the ancient Roman Empire era. Judging from Bernard's personality, he can say This means that he has really made a huge concession!

"Bernard," Bill Ashley didn't agree directly, but he didn't object. Instead, he said, "I heard that the Telephone and Telegraph Group, Southwestern Bell, American Telecom and even the Bell Group of Canada are all opposing this initiative initiated by WorldCom." field mergers and acquisitions!

On Capitol Hill and the Ministry of Justice, WorldCom has not settled, even if we can negotiate, but if we can’t pass that hurdle, we are doomed to fail to reach a deal, and there is one more thing..."

Bill Ashley's tone became a bit more serious, "I hope you can guarantee that WorldCom's finances are absolutely fine. I have heard some rumors about the financial situation this year after the merger of AOL and Time Warner. , very unsatisfactory, they have delayed the first quarter performance report, and the first quarter report after the ICQ merger is not as good as expected, to be honest, these are not good news!"

The rumors about WorldCom's financial problems started with what happened when Song Yang was disgusted with WorldCom. A lot of media attention, followed by news that there may be fraud in WorldCom Finance.

Although these news were strongly suppressed by WorldCom, rumors and rumors have emerged after all, because WorldCom is indeed earning much more than its peers, which will inevitably arouse suspicion!
Hearing Bill Asriy mention this, Bernard Ebes held the hand of the phone with bruises, and hated Song Yang who made these rumors even more.

But at this time, Bernard Ebes knew that it was not the time to complain, so he laughed loudly and said proudly, "Bill, you think WorldCom can get to where it is today because of a few fake accounts that are nonexistent. Is it today?!
That kid Bruno Song was born in the Internet. What the Internet is, they are just a group of people who play tricks and manipulate people's hearts. What they are best at is making some gimmicks. "

Hearing this, Bill Esry couldn't help but nodded. He felt that what Bernard said was indeed reasonable. If one were to make fake accounts for financial fraud, given the current scale of WorldCom, how big would the scale of the fake accounts be? , can’t exceed 300 billion U.S. dollars, right? !

Bill Asry himself felt that this idea was too ridiculous. If Shitong was so bold, then Bernard Ebes, the old boy, was really daring to burn the boiler on the dynamite package. Send yourself to federal prison.

He didn't talk too much about this kind of thing. Bernard Ebes knew that no matter how much this kind of thing was talked about, it would never be clear.

"Bill, I know that you are working on the Sprint ION project. Once the merger between WorldCom and Sprint is completed, I absolutely support your project. This is the meaning of everything I do now!"

Bill Ashley couldn't help but feel refreshed. He is about to retire. Before retirement, he wants to start another big project, just like General Electric's Welch, who wants to acquire Honeywell. As the curtain call of his illustrious career.

Bill Ashley also wants to integrate the functions of various communication services, such as long-distance and short-distance calls, as well as broadband and TV networks, into one network. This is his Sprint ION project.

This project is huge and expensive, but once it is completed, Sprint will completely become a giant in the communications industry, but Sprint is pessimistic about this project because it is too huge It is too difficult, and other communication companies will not sit still, nor will they cooperate with Sprint.

Now hearing that Bernard Ebes is willing to support him, Bill Ashley couldn't help but move his heart. Moreover, after merging with WorldCom, it will also solve many of Ashley's troubles, including his affairs after retirement!

(End of this chapter)