Time Smuggling Starting from the Year 2000

Speaking of Southwestern Bell (SBC), except for the Americans, who know the history of this company, if it mentions its parent company, att, it is well-known, and its Chinese name is the American Telephone and Telegraph Company.

In 1877, nearly a hundred years after Bell, the inventor of the telephone, was established, in 1984, the U.S. Department of Justice split ATT into eight parts, ATT, which specializes in long-distance telephone business, and seven small Bells, including Southwestern Bell.

After 20 years of integration, when Huang Xuan found out about Southwest Bell, only 3 small Bells remained intact, and its parent company, att, also had poor performance. This is what makes Huang Xuan's heart flutter.

According to the information Lorraine searched from planes of higher similarity—comparing information from more planes, the accuracy will be greatly improved (it can be called relative similarity)—in about a month, Southwestern Bell will in turn acquire its original parent company: AT\u0026T.

And this will undoubtedly immediately increase Southwest Bell's stock price.

Of course, if it's just about making money, there are many other ways to choose from, but if you want to get continuous income, Southwestern Bell can solve a problem that is almost insurmountable for Huang Xuan - patent rights.

Naturally, Lorraine can find technologies that do not have patent rights. However, basic technologies are difficult to make money, and commercial technologies always have problems of promotion. How long did it take for Ethernet to start making money? Huang Xuan couldn't wait that long.

Technologies that can avoid patent rights are always in two extremes: First, the technology is very advanced. and benefit more people. It will not encounter patent rights issues, but relatively speaking. Such a technique would of course consume more energy. Second: The technology is advanced, and the predecessors have done little research. However, it is not the only or necessary choice, just like plasma TVs or projectors for LCD TVs, this is not the mainstream. And there are few people to promote it. Therefore, such a technology either makes less money, or it needs to spend a lot of money to do it by yourself.

Huang Xuan didn't want to be so extreme.

He's demanding yield, but not freaking out, so instead of trying to get around patents. It's better to go deep into the patent rights. Under the guidance of this kind of thinking, Huang Xuan set his sights on the DVD drive.

The annual consumption of dvd equipment is between 60 billion and 100 billion US dollars. After this big cake, the next generation of dvd standards is monopolized by the Blu-ray Alliance and the HD Alliance. The former is based on the standard of Sony, and the latter is initiated by Toshiba. People, so no matter which alliance Huang Xuan wants to join, he needs a little opportunity. At least for now, neither of the two alliances has a Chinese company.

According to Lorraine's information, at most two years, hd\u003e will collapse due to the defection of major Hollywood companies. Before that, the two sides were neck and neck.

The price of Blu-ray drive is very expensive, but the technology needs to be more advanced. Generally speaking, HDD is now in the market incubation period. Only when one of the optical drives drops from thousands of yuan to hundreds of yuan will it be interested in the consumer market. , but Huang Xuan is very confident that he will achieve this goal in a short time.

The premise is that one of the alliances is willing to take him in.

Therefore, when thinking about this issue, Huang Xuan naturally thought of capital.

If it is a person with a technical background, such as Huang Qunsheng or Tang Yi, they may join one of the alliances by investing in technology or cooperating in development, but Huang Xuan will not, he has not even started high school, and he can't even make trouble. It is clear why blue light is 405nm, why red light is 650nm,,, 3 capacity, but these do not affect Huang Xuan's judgment.

As the eldest grandson of the Huang family, Huang Xuan has long been familiar with capital, and the only restriction on capital is whether the capital is sufficient.

After deliberating on the table, Zhang Xinyi came in with two cups of tea, sat gently beside Huang Xuan, put the tea on the bedside table, and said with a smile: My son has really grown up, is he here? I think about beautiful women, but I still think about money.

Huang Xuan's face froze, and he didn't know how to answer. He lay on the pillow along the head of the bed and said, I think I want money.

Sbc's shares? Zhang Xinyi smiled and said, I also really want to ask you, why did you think of buying this company's shares?

Doesn't everyone want to buy high-quality stocks? Huang Xuan said with a sloppy eye.

If it's really more profitable than your own company, then why doesn't this company put away all the stocks? It means there are always risks. Zhang Xinyi said as she picked up a cup of tea and blew her breath: New tea, how about the taste? Sample.

Oh. Huang Xuan got up halfway down, took a sip of tea, and said, Do you really want to know what I want to do?

Zhang Xinyi was taken aback, and said Hmm.

Huang Xuan sat on the bed all of a sudden

, smiled proudly: I knew you must be interested. While opening the energy screen, in case you only need it from time to time.

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Everything was well prepared, Huang Xuan chewed the tea ceremony: What does mom think of the dvd market?

It's very rich. Hearing Huang Xuansha's serious words, Zhang Xinyi also became interested, and sat sideways on the bed. Although he is his own son, not every mother can meet a son who can earn 3 billion US dollars within a year.

You have no interest in earning tens of billions of dollars a year? Huang Xuan shook his head and said.

It's a thief. Zhang Xinyi first criticized Huang Xuan's posture, and then said: The alliance is already very stable, and now there are so many domestic DVD manufacturers, it would be unwise to invest in it.

Huang Xuan smiled mysteriously, and said, I'm talking about the new generation of dvd technology, Blu-ray and hd. He snapped his fingers and said, Whether it's Sony or Toshiba, the current technology is immature, and more needs to be developed. If more manufacturers join, if someone is willing to join forces with them now, the resistance must be much smaller than when the technology matures in the future.”

But how do you join in? Zhang Xinyi knew all about these business matters, she smiled and said, 2 billion dollars in cash is not bad, but for such an alliance, it's true... She said and reacted, Asked: Does Southwestern Bell have a patent?

Southwestern Bell doesn't have it. Huang Xuan shook his head and said, But AT\u0026T has it.

att? These world-renowned companies are stars in the business world. Zhang Xinyi said strangely: I haven't heard that they have Blu-ray technology, and even if they do, it should be from Lucent Technology.

In 1996, the famous Bell Labs broke away from AT and established Lucent Technology. As a laboratory with 25,000 patents, countless decisions have been made here. For Zhang Xinyi, who is not familiar with these, what technology is here? It will not be surprising. .

Huang Xuan still shook his head, and said, I'm actually saving the country with curves. As he spoke, he dipped water from his teacup and scratched on the bedside table, Att doesn't have DVD technology, but he has mpge-li (Note 1) , and the Blu-ray Alliance must definitely need this technology, without mpge-4, there is nothing.” He said with his hand on the a, m, and then said: “The Blu-ray Alliance itself will not accept us as Its members, but if it is proposed by att, plus some technology and funds, there is a possibility of negotiation.

He connected the line of a to s, and then said: Yes|acquisition of shares with decision rights, it will also have some additional terms, such as about mpge-I disagree, and the continuous negotiation may take a long time. Then what do we It can't be done either.

He finally connected the line of a to outside the circle and said: However, I got an insider message that Southwest Bell may acquire att, and the final price will be around 15 billion US dollars. In this way, ~3.5% of Southwest Bell's shares can still have 3, which is enough for the board of directors. It has made an impact. And since I acquired Southwestern Bell first, they naturally cannot modify the mpge-4 clause in advance, so there will be no legal problems.”

As a company with a market value of more than 700 US dollars, holding more than 5 shares can be regarded as a major shareholder, and those holding so many shares are often other companies and institutions, so 3 shares can be regarded as having the right to speak.

Zhang Xinyi looked at Huang Xuan with admiration, shook his head with both hands, and said happily: Okay, son, I originally discussed it with your father, if you really don't know how to do anything , we will find two lawyers to manage your living funds for you, but unexpectedly, when you grow up a little, you will become sensible.

Huang Xuan smiled foolishly. These things were indeed his own thoughts, except for getting many future consultations.

After sighing, Zhang Xinyi drank tea happily, and said with a sigh of relief: However, there is still a little problem. Why did you choose Blu-ray instead of HD? Now it seems, friend.

Huang Xuan couldn't tell, because he knew that Toshiba would lose, so he joined hd\u003e. Neng Dun, he could only avoid the important point and replied: That's because hd is not -4, and the patent fees for these guys are very expensive. Every dvd There is a patent fee of 2 yuan, and Toshiba wants to save money, so if I join the hd alliance, the shares of Southwest Bell will be useless.

This is a complete reversal of cause and effect. Zhang Xinyi gave Huang Xuan a cross-eyed look, and didn't say anything. Instead, she cared: Then you bought shares with all your money. In this way, even if you enter the Blu-ray Alliance, you will have no production funds.

Who knows how long the negotiations will take. By then, I will have raised enough money. Huang Xuan's voice was low, but he thought about what was left before. .