Chapter 223: Rebirth and Death

Dave, president of IBM, the man who has been in this position for five years. He is not the most technical in IBM, not the most business in IBM, and not the most harmonious in interpersonal relationships.

But when IBM chose its president, he sat in that position. The reason is simple, he is a pure businessman.

Businessman, there is only one principle, and that is to go where there is profit!

"President Dave, isn't it normal for IBM to have an opinion about the coalition against IBM?"

Simon Clay took the lead, and a chuckle rang out in the room.

"No, I mean, I have a problem with this coalition! You know? IBM is not against an 'anti-IBM' coalition. However, in this alliance, there should be the voice of IBM. ”

Dave found a random spot and sat down, but everyone present seemed to be petrified.

What's going on?

How can the Allies meet to eliminate Hitler, should they also invite Hitler to attend and express his opinions?

"Are you kidding President Dave?" Simon Clay looked at him suspiciously.

"Mr. Clay has been in contact with IBM for a long time, and should know that IBM is generally not joking. Dave cleared his throat and said, "There is a Chinese proverb called 'If you don't fight, you don't know each other.'" I think from this point of view, IBM and Mr. Simon Clay should have been old friends for a long time. ”

"IBM has contributed to the U.S. electronics industry, the Manhattan Project includes IBM's perforated computers, the North American Air Defense Network uses IBM's intelligent computers, the world's first transistor computer, and the servers of the Apollo program. I'm just stating a fact about the computer industry in the United States. No transaction can be done without IBM's involvement. It's as if the United Nations can't leave the United States either. ”

"I don't think that's a good analogy. "Simon Clay and IBM really have a deep hatred like the sea, but of course, there are many people here who have a deep hatred like the sea, and DEC's Olsen is also hateful, and the water of the four oceans cannot be extinguished.

"Yes, I don't think IBM is suitable for the United States, if it was the Soviet Union, it would be about the same. ”

"Huh. ”

Dave wasn't angry. He even nodded: "Mr. Olsen said so, and I don't have any opinion." There is nothing wrong with being a Soviet Union that has shed blood and made meritorious contributions to the United States. ”

"But even the Soviet Union is also unavoidable from any UN thing. ”

"Even if the United Nations meets to discuss the declaration of war against the Soviet Union, don't the representatives of the Soviet Union have the right to veto it?"

"Alright, Mr. Dave. Simon Clay interrupted him and said politely, "If you're here to see us hammering the last nail in IBM's coffin, please." ”

"Well, I think IBM will have a different understanding. Dave put down a document from his hand on the conference table: "Actually, I prefer to understand that. IBM is the last and strongest cornerstone of the alliance. With this cornerstone, the 'Against IBM Alliance' can truly fulfill its mission. ”

"Mr. Dave, are you crazy?"

“well......”

Dave was stunned for a moment, he showed a reminiscing expression, sighed and said with a smile: "When I first learned about this plan, I thought I was crazy. ”

"But it turns out that genius thinking can sometimes seem crazy. But you can't help but want to try it. ”

He clicked on the papers on the table and opened the cover to reveal the title: "I have a message for you. IBM used 1% of the company's shares to acquire 50% of Cisco's shares from Mr. Hu Wenhai. ”

"What?"

"Hu, is this true?"

Everyone present looked at Hu Wenhai in amazement, unable to believe that what they heard was true.

Pioneer of the rebellion against IBM, the proposer of the server-to-client system, and the inventor of the drawer server. It can be said that there is opposition to the IBM Alliance today. It is absolutely inseparable from Hu Wenhai's vigorous promotion.

Such a person, why did he suddenly sell his Cisco shares, this is tantamount to a stab in the back of the anti-IBM alliance!

There were disbelieving stares in the crowd, there were shocked stares, and there were angry stares. There is a contemptuous gaze......

Everyone is waiting for Hu Wenhai to give them a reasonable explanation.

"Yes, I have transferred 50% of my shares in Cisco to IBM. ”

The most shocked was Leonard, who looked at Hu Wenhai in disbelief and asked, "Why?"

Hu Wenhai shrugged his shoulders, looked at everyone present with a calm gaze, and said innocently: "Everyone, this is 1% of IBM's shares, and I have no way to refuse such an unreasonable request." ”

......

Nima's "unreasonable demands"! This should be IBM's line!

What is the matter with your own use! Such an "unreasonable demand", please let us meet it too!

At this moment, I really don't know how many people have run through 10,000 "grass and mud horses" in their hearts.

But apart from Leonard, this explanation, while "fucking up", is indeed a convincing enough explanation.

Ask yourself, if they change to Hu Wenhai's position, they really have 1% of IBM's shares in front of them, can they refuse?

Simon Clay asked himself if he could say no, Olson needed to think about it, and Bill Huutley would not hesitate to agree. As for the rest of the people here, the discipline in this matter will definitely not be much higher than Hu Wenhai.

That's a 1% stake in IBM, and even if you have the money, you can't buy that many shares in the market. Just like the Microsoft stock in later generations, the number of shares actually in circulation in the market is so small that those who can buy it will be happy to make long-term investments.

Although IBM's assets are "only" more than $30 billion, its 1% stake is definitely more than $300 million.

But even if he intellectually agrees with Hu Wenhai's choice, it does not mean that emotionally, everyone can accept such a betrayal. You must know that the loudest person who has been shouting against IBM's hegemony is Hu Wenhai.

Your leader just ran away, and by the way, he exchanged 50% of his shares for 1% of IBM's shares. Doesn't this pit the whole league?

IBM owns 50% of Cisco, and although it can't just be the owner of Cisco, it can at least veto any decision made by Cisco.

Without Cisco's router technology, how can the communication between different systems be carried out? What is the server-to-client system still playing? This directly destroys the foundation of the alliance!

"So you betrayed all of us, did such a big thing, wasted so many people's energy and feelings, and finally buried the alliance with your own hands?"

"Huh. Mr. Hu, do you think we are very easy to deceive, and there is nothing we can do about you?"

All of you here today are people who can call the shots of various companies, and most of them are either founders, CEOs, presidents, and the like. Such a crowd is angry, which can really make people's scalps tingle and the soles of their feet tremble.

However, Hu Wenhai didn't even change his face, and he even smiled at the corner of his mouth, and he resisted such pressure.

"How do you say that?" Hu Wenhai spread his hands innocently.

"Sale of Cisco shares to IBM. What's the point of what we're talking about now? The alliance won't exist, and there will certainly be no unified PC standards. ”

"yes, we put so much effort into it, and in the end, we just got you a 1% stake in IBM. Well, that's a good means. ”

Clearly, the crowd was already out of wrath.

In the face of the anger of the entire computer industry, unless Hu Wenhai no longer intends to mix in the electronics industry, he will definitely be in China in the future. Even in the field of electronics in the whole world, it is difficult to move an inch.

"Everyone, everyone!"

Suddenly. Dave clapped his hands vigorously, he stood up and looked down at everyone: "You are all successful businessmen, I have a message for you! Mr. Olson said that IBM can be compared to the Soviet Union, then I will quote a sentence." Let's let go of prejudice and hatred so that all we lose is chains. And the whole world will be gained!"

"I've said from the beginning that IBM is here today to make its voice heard! to seek a place in the alliance, not to destroy it!"

"IBM, I hope to put aside the past conflicts with you and become a member of this alliance together. ”

......

Everybody here. They all looked at Dave stupidly.

This is IBM, the blue giant IBM. No one expected that in his lifetime, he would see IBM softening one day.

To put it bluntly, Dave is a qualified businessman. He can see that although this alliance is still under the banner of opposing IBM, it is doing the work of an industry alliance.

Once this alliance is in fact formed and operational, it will be a monopoly that is even more terrifying than IBM. So when Hu Wenhai proposed to ask IBM to join the alliance, although he was shocked at first, after careful and calm consideration, Dave finally chose such a dumbfounded path.

The addition of IBM will be the last and most important piece of the puzzle for the alliance to complete the control of the entire computer territory.

Only after IBM joins in, Americans will no longer have the right to "vote with their feet" in the choice of computers. It's as if Americans can only choose between Democrats or Republicans politically, or Chinese netizens can choose Unicom or China Telecom to access the Internet, but who can choose whether the switch that provides you with service ports is Cisco, Huawei, or ZTE?

Next, it's time for big companies to share the cake and deal with ordinary consumers together.

The computer industry in the United States has reborn as a terrifying monster at this moment.

The computer industry in the United States has also declared its own death at this moment.

Hu Wenhai smiled with satisfaction.

Chapter 224: Three Views Refreshed

The Statue of Liberty, a famous landmark in the United States, is a must-see attraction in New York.

In August, Hu Wenhai, who had temporarily dealt with the matter at hand, finally had a little time. Lu Xin, who has been following the axis for more than two months, shouted that Hu Wenhai abused child labor, and finally blackmailed a chance to travel.

And the first stop of the relaxing holiday, Lu Xin chose the Statue of Liberty without giving up.

And it turns out that even without a mobile phone with a camera, it can't stop a woman's enthusiasm for selfies - it turns out that selfies are indeed a rigid need of human nature.

"Your big face is on, hurry up. Help me get the camera!" Lu Xin reached out and pushed Hu Wenhai's "big face", and he shrank back.

Hu Wenhai couldn't help but laugh and held the polaroid camera and pressed the shutter to take pictures amid the sound of "eggplant".

With a click, a Polaroid photo was spit out by the camera, and the image was not immediately displayed for the time being.

"Hey, life is so good in Americans. Lu Xin propped his head. Elbows propped up on the railing of the Statue of Liberty and looked into the distance.

Looking out from the nearly 100-meter-tall head of the Statue of Liberty, you can see the entire Hudson estuary of Liberty Island. Lu Xin screamed and jumped excitedly, but Hu Wenhai didn't react.

After all, he didn't know how much he had seen the scenery higher and grander than this. In terms of the Statue of Liberty's purely tourist significance, there really isn't much interest.

"You, why did you finally come out to travel, but I didn't see any difference between you and usual. Lu Xin was a little sulky and a little curious: "Hey, Hu Wenhai." You're really only nineteen years old? How come sometimes, I feel like you're a middle-aged man hiding in your body. Everything is in your calculations, and nothing surprises you. ”

"Ah, you know. Hu Wenhai shrugged his shoulders, after being in the United States for a long time, his body language has also been affected a little.

"I think the scenery of Mount Tai, Huashan, Changbai Mountain and so on is more interesting and meaningful than this artificial environment. ”

"You're so boring!" Lu Xin snorted twice. Wrinkled his nose.

It was rare to be quiet for less than ten minutes, and Lu Xin couldn't help but provoke the topic: "Hu Wenhai." When do you say we Chinese will be able to live the life of Americans?"

"If there is a day...... Hu Wenhai thought for a while, shook his head and said: "Unless there is only one developed country left in China, I guess we won't be able to see it." However, if Chinese, who are equivalent to the population of the United States, can live the life of ordinary Americans, I think thirty years should be enough. ”

"Thirty years, that's a long time. ”

"There's me. Hu Wenhai patted his chest: "I work hard." Let's see if we can shorten the time to twenty-five years. ”

"Haha, then you don't have much power!" Lu Xin looked at his serious appearance, and thought that Hu Wenhai was going to boast about catching up with the British Super League in a year.

"Hey, I'm alone, there's only so much I can do. Hu Wenhai had no choice but to spread his hands.

"Hi. You're boring. Lu Xin shook his head, his expression was simply pitiful Hu Wenhai is "lonely life".

Speaking of which, Mr. Hu is indeed not a player like Chen Ke who can shoot girls, nor is he a genius like Yang Rui who can eat with his face. But on the other hand, it is also related to the impression left on him by his sister-in-law.

Judging from his understanding of Lu Xin in the future, his sister-in-law seems to have a bit of a twisted personality, and the three views of the two are still a little incompatible. The most important thing is that Hu Wenhai is really waiting for his wife to grow up, and now he is investing in his relatives in advance, and he is too "energetic", is it difficult to soak in his sister-in-law?

Well, although Lu Xin can really make Hu Wenhai misunderstand sometimes, it seems that Lu Jia is standing in front of him twenty years later.

"Speaking of which, what happened to the Leonards?" Lu Xin seemed to think of something, and his expression became dull: "Everyone in the PC Alliance is happy, but it seems that only Mr. Leonard is too pitiful." ”

Hu Wenhai was slightly stunned, thought for a while and said: "IBM invested 10 million US dollars to acquire his shares in Cisco, and the Leonards have returned to Stanford to continue teaching." ”

"Hmph—"

Lu Xin pursed his lips and snorted: "All of you are winners, only Leonard and his wife have suffered, are you satisfied with the big capitalists?"

"That's the rules of the game!"

Hu Wenhai smiled lightly: "Now you know what is hidden behind the superior life of Americans, right?"

"The mall is disgusting. Lu Xin weakly let out a contemptuous look at Hu Wenhai: "I have decided, I will be a scientist in the future!

"Huh?"

Hu Wenhai was not only not angry, but was a little happy.

It is said that the nature of the country is easy to change and difficult to change, but I didn't expect that he not only completely changed the direction of the development of the American computer industry, but also refreshed Lu Xin's three views.

You must know that judging from the next few contacts, Lu Xin is a standard five-cent and privatization omnipotent - of course, she was already an executive of a company at that time, and it is not surprising that her ass is sitting on the privatization side.

Inexplicably, I found that Lu Xin had such a change. Hu Wenhai was even happier than he had cheated the Americans.

"Hey, Hu Wenhai!"

When Lu Xin saw Hu Wenhai's embarrassed appearance, she was so angry that she hit him angrily.

Hu Wenhai touched his nose and had no choice but to continue laughing.

Okay, our Mr. Hu probably has all his talent on the plaid shirt, and he really doesn't have the skills to pick up girls. Really catch chickens for him......

Seeing that his attack was ineffective against Hu Wenhai, Lu Xin angrily hit him and twisted him for a while. In the end, she was probably tired, so she simply tilted her head and stretched out her hand, and just took his hand and rested her head on his shoulder.

Fortunately, this is the United States, and on the streets of China, Lu Xin would never dare to do this. But even so, in the angle that Hu Wenhai couldn't see, her face didn't know if she was tired from the beating, or if it was ......

In a word. Lu Xin felt that his face was hot.

Blame New York for the damn weather in August!

Well, that's it!

......

"Has the target been confirmed?"

Around the base of the Statue of Liberty, two tall male tourists quietly came together.

The "tourist" with a "sightseeing telescope" in his hand nodded and said in an affirmative tone: "That's right, it's this Chinese." ”

"Where's the security forces around him?"

"The Statue of Liberty's head observation deck is limited to the number of people entering, and his people are blocked. ”

"Number three, it's a rare opportunity. ”

"Okay, inform the field team. Action!"

At the entrance to the Statue of Liberty's Head Observation Deck, a tourist leaning on the railing and looking down retracts his gaze. He nodded to the people beside him.

A young white man dressed as a couple walked forward sweetly, holding hands. They occasionally exchanged heads or had sweet fights, and they looked no different from the many tourists and couples around them.

However, when they approached a yellow-skinned and black-eyed "Oriental" couple, as if suddenly interested, the white woman took out a camera from her backpack. I glanced left and right.

"Sir, could you please take a picture for us?"

The white woman's eyes lit up, and she politely stuffed a camera into Hu Wenhai's hand.

Hu Wenhai pointed to himself, and then pointed to the camera, and wanted to say: Miss, how did you choose an Oriental who seems to be tired of talking to a "girl"......

However, Lu Xin is obviously very interested in this kind of thing. Eighteen or nineteen-year-old girls are the hardest to resist this romantic joy of helping others.

"I'll come, I'll come, I'll help you take pictures!" Lu Xin reported to himself.

However,

As if she didn't understand her "English", the white woman still insisted on stuffing the camera into Hu Wenhai's hand, and took care of herself and her boyfriend had already posed for a photo.

"What, is it possible that Hu Wenhai, a profiteer, is more reliable than me? Hey, could it be that someone else's girl has taken a fancy to you?"

Lu Xin was a little sullen about being disgusted.

Hu Wenhai pinched the camera with a solemn face, pulled the corners of his mouth, and finally showed a smile: "You should practice your oral language well, maybe people won't understand your chglish." ”

I always feel that there is a problem, Hu Wenhai's eyes can't help but start searching where his bodyguards are, how do you look at these two couples are very suspicious, right? There are so many authentic Americans around who don't look for it, but they just look for themselves who lean on their shoulders against Lu Xin, obviously unwilling to be disturbed, and this alone can no longer be explained by "no eyesight".

If it weren't for the fear that the other party would suddenly attack, Hu Wenhai would even want to call someone immediately. But his bodyguard was still waiting at the entrance of the observation deck, and even if he broke in, the time was enough for the other party to do something.

This camera won't suddenly spew out any "drug" for a while. Well, I hope that in this world, as the Liaoning bus mother-in-law said, there is no such thing.

"Laughs. ”

Click――

The Polaroid camera spit out a photo, Hu Wenhai shook his head, as if he was still very sober, could it be that he was thinking too much?

The white couple happily thanked Hu Wenhai for taking back the camera, then pulled out the photo and waited for a moment until the image on it appeared.

"Ah, what a beautiful shot!" the woman exclaimed excitedly, shook her head, and said, "Sir, thank you for taking such a beautiful picture for us." Hmm-"

The girl rummaged through her backpack for a while, and finally pulled out a card: "This is a postcard from our hometown, a little heart, thank you for taking such a beautiful picture for us!"

The woman couldn't help but say, stuffed a postcard into Hu Wenhai's hand, then waved her hand, and left with her boyfriend satisfied.

"Wow, the quality of foreigners is really high, take a picture and give you a gift. Lu Xin waved goodbye to the white couple with some envy.

Hu Wenhai's eyes fell on the postcard, and suddenly his face couldn't help but change color! )