In the morning, Xia Yu finished breakfast, took a car to the headquarters building of IBM, and under the guidance of the security guard, parked the car in the outdoor garage.

IBM, as the most valuable company in the United States today, is also the treasure in the palm of Almonk, New York.

Coming out of the garage and looking up at the IBM letters at the front of the row of buildings, Xia Yu bowed his head slightly and led people towards the reception hall.

"Hello, is there anything I can do for you?"

The service lady at the front desk saw Xia Yu and a group of other people walking in suits and leather shoes, and immediately smiled and asked politely.

Xia Yu smiled slightly and said, "We are the representatives of Polaris Capital. Is Mr. T. Cary there?"

Seeing the embarrassed face of the service lady, Xia Yu's help immediately stood up and reminded: "We, Polaris Capital, are the eighth largest shareholder of IBM. ”

The service lady was excited, and immediately said obediently: "The CEO is in his office, please wait here for a while, and I will report to the superiors." ”

Xia Yu smiled: "Okay, I'm sorry for you." ”

"Don't bother, it's my accusation!"

After a while, the service lady walked down with a middle-aged man, and after the middle-aged man saw Xia Yu and the others, he sped up his pace again.

"Hello, I'm Robin, the manager of the Administration Department, are you the representative of Polaris Capital?"

Robin, a middle-aged man, asked slightly respectfully, looking at Xia Yu, who was obviously the leader.

Unlike the front desk service lady, as an executive of IBM, he naturally knows about the changes in the company's shareholding structure, and also knows that the new eighth largest shareholder is Polaris Capital.

Now that the representative of Polaris Capital is here, he must be attentive, after all, Polaris Capital will basically get a seat on the company's board of directors, and if you offend them, if you are remembered, you will have small shoes to wear in the future.

"Hello! Yes!" Xia Yu said with a smile and shaking hands with him.

"This is the chairman of our Polaris Capital Company, Mr. Xia. ”

Xia Yu's assistant stood up again and introduced Xia Yu's identity.

"Hello Mr. Xia!" Robin's gaze changed in an instant, and his posture was lowered.

After saying hello, he felt that he couldn't hold back the reception, so he led Xia Yu and others into the elevator and went to find CEO Frank Brown. T. Carry.

Soon, Xia Yu and others came to the tenth floor and met Frank Brown, who was over 50 years old, in the CEO's office. T. Carry.

Frank S. T. Carey took over the CEO position in 1973, and he took over from Thomas John Watson Jr., and there is absolutely no doubt about his ability.

After the news of Polaris Capital becoming a shareholder returned, Frank T. Carry used all his connections to understand the information of Polaris Capital, and directly found part of the information of Chairman Xia Yu in the official database.

Therefore, when he saw Xia Yu at this time, he was not surprised, and got up to greet him enthusiastically.

"Hello Mr. Xia, I'm Frank A. Welcome, T. Kari. ”

"Hello Mr. Frank, I'm sorry I didn't have an appointment, so I went straight to the door and bothered. ”

"Mr. Xia is polite, IBM is also your home, of course you don't need to make an appointment to go back to your home. "Frank S. T. Cary laughed humorously.

Xia Yu nodded and smiled at the right time: "Mr. Frank, you are so humorous, but you are right, we are a family." ”

"Haha......"

"Come, everyone, please be seated!"

"Robin, you go and prepare the fruit and coffee. ”

"Okay. ”

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Xia Yu is good at dancing with long sleeves, and Frank · T. Carey had a very good conversation, and the two talked about the current situation and prospects of mainframes, small computers and microcomputers from the antitrust investigation of IBM by the U.S. judicial department.

Especially in the microcomputer, Xia Yu is holding the view that IBM must design and produce its own microcomputer to compete with Apple in the case that Apple has not yet stabilized the market. T. Karry's ideas are exactly the same.

Today, IBM's much-admired management model is Frank A. T. Carry, but the common shortcoming of the established companies is that the bureaucracy is serious, so in the seventies they were tied up and did not respond to the rise of the minicomputer market in time, and helplessly watched the American digital equipment companies become the hegemon in the field of minicomputers.

Now the microcomputer market has exploded like the minicomputer market. Of course, T. Kari will no longer let the bureaucracy shackle his hands, so he resolutely pushes forward, and just ten days ago a high-level secret meeting was held, and a secret project codenamed "chess" was determined, calling for the development of a microcomputer belonging to IBM within a year to compete with Apple.

Therefore, Xia Yu, who is about to become a director of the company, has an attitude that is surprisingly consistent with him on the microcomputer, which is definitely the best news!

After chatting for a while, Xia Yu suddenly asked, "Mr. Frank, is there any senior executive in the company now?"

Frank S. T. Carry looked stunned and said apologetically: "I'm really sorry, I almost forgot, I'll take you there now." ”

Now Mr. Thomas John Watson is in the company, and after his retirement, he is the chairman of the Executive Committee, but he is not in good health, and he has spent most of his time in New Zealand to recuperate, and he just returned this month. ”

"In addition, there are several directors who are also in the company, and I will take you to get to know them. ”

After that, Frank M. T. Carry got up and took Xia Yu and others to recognize people.

Thomas John Watson Jr.'s physical condition is indeed not good, Xia Yu can obviously see that his face is wrong, but thinking that he is also an old man who is nearly seventy years old, he can also understand.

For the arrival of Xia Yu, Thomas John Watson Jr. expressed a sincere welcome, and then entrusted Frank T. Carry entertained Xia Yu and proposed to arrange a board meeting in the next few days to welcome Xia Yu to join.

After that, Frank M. T. Carry took Xia Yu to meet several other directors, and one of them made Xia Yu pay special attention, because this is a female director named Mary Maxwell Gates, who is Bill Gates's mother.

Mary Maxwell Gates's board seat is from the First Intercontinental Banking Company, and she is the representative of the First Intercontinental Banking Company.

In fact, although she is a senior member of the First Intercontinental Bank, she can only be regarded as a middle and upper echelon, and she was able to represent the First Intercontinental Bank to enter IBM thanks to her father Maxwell, that is, Bill Gates's maternal grandfather.

Maxwell was a big banker, having held the position of bank governor and had considerable influence on Wall Street and at the level of the U.S. government.

According to the historical trajectory, the reason why Bill Gates was able to take over IBM's operating system order with an irregular company was completely introduced by Mary Maxwell Gates. T. Carry can't even see him, let alone win the contract with empty words?

However, in this life, whether Bill Gates can successfully get the contract depends on how he chooses!

If it weren't for the preparation of both hands, Xia Yu would not have wanted to become a director of IBM in a hurry.

After getting to know the directors, Frank T. Carry took Xia Yu around the company and got to know each other's executives and employees.

Three days later, the board of directors convened, and after a formality, Xia Yu was unanimously approved to become a director of IBM.

Xia Yu also invited everyone to a five-star hotel that night, winning the favor of everyone.

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