Chapter 412: Oath (2)
The last time I came to attend the swearing-in ceremony of President George H.W. Bush, Su Mu thought it was a very interesting thing, but he was very disappointed.
Have grown up and are no longer so naΓ―ve.
I was not stupid enough to come to Arlington National Cemetery with Bill Clinton yesterday and lay wreaths at the tombs of the unsung heroes, I accompanied President George H.W. Bush once eight years ago, and I almost died of boredom.
Yesterday, the military band played on the stage southwest of the Lincoln Memorial, and after the performance, the presidential and vice presidential candidates also spoke at the concert held at the Lincoln Memorial.
Early this morning.
Mr. Bill Clinton went to St. John's Anglican Cathedral near the White House to pray, and Su Mu's motorcade arrived at the White House at nine o'clock, at this time Clinton was still drinking coffee with Bush Sr., because he had not taken the oath, Clinton was still not president, and the office in the White House remained the same, which was regarded as a sign of respect for the former president.
Except for some foreign tourists, Washington, D.C. locals often see the presidential oath-taking ceremony, and they are tired of watching it, and the number of people present is not large, mainly because this presidential election is too boring, and there is no competition between the two sides, any scandal insiders, any lace news, etc., as if Clinton suddenly won.
Ironically, during the November vote, people thought that Bill Clinton was the only presidential candidate they could remember, and the media predictions were one-sided, making them very boring.
Su Mu's car was parked directly in front of the White House, there was a lawn outside, and across the fence were police officers and many people with cameras in their hands.
Gates, who ranks second on the rich list, came, and Mr. Warren Buffett was also present, and the circle of businessmen was mainly businessmen, and some politicians in the White House did not have the ability to squeeze in, so senior officials such as the Secretary of Commerce, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of State were able to talk to them.
The White House is facing a major reshuffle, many senior officials who were in power yesterday are about to lose their jobs today, and the rich are still rich, and most of the super-rich people Su Mu saw in the White House two days after the last oath-taking ceremony are still there.
Intel's CEO Andy Grove and former CEO Gordon Moore were also present.
In Silicon Valley, there is a saying that "one law brings an enterprise to the top", which refers to Mr. Gordon Moore's very famous "Moore's Law", and the information industry leads the development of the entire Internet industry almost strictly in accordance with this law.
As one of the founders of Intel Corporation, Mr. Moore Sr. is quite rich, and the market value of Intel Corporation has reached more than $290 billion recently, and the peak market value was as high as more than $410 billion before the collapse of the Internet bubble!
According to Moore's Law, in odd-numbered years, Intel will introduce new processes, and in even-numbered years, Intel will introduce new architectures. To put it simply, the concept of odd-numbered craft years and even-numbered architecture years, this company controls more than 90 percent of the computer CPU manufacturing market and is important to the development of the entire industry.
Neither of them is as wealthy as Su Mu, nor as famous as him, and they are not young, and the current executive Mr. Andy Grove shook hands with Su Mu and asked him with a smile: "Congratulations on becoming the largest shareholder of AMD, do you have any plans for the next development?"
"You are not a good commercial spy, how can you ask me directly, admit defeat first and pay the money to AMD, I will definitely tell you. β
Su Mu is not polite at all, he has known the CEO of Intel for a long time, and the number of meetings is not a hundred or fifty, they are all doing business in Silicon Valley, looking down and not looking up, and occasionally meeting him on the golf course behind his home, and the relationship is not bad.
To put it bluntly, AMD is a puppet used by Intel to prevent itself from falling into a monopoly dilemma, and now that this company is in the hands of Su Mu, it is strange that Executive Grove is not nervous, and it is strange that it is going to merge with the graphics processor giant ATI recently, for fear that Su Mu's head will not do CPU business, and Intel will probably be unlucky at that time.
He smiled and said, "As long as you promise not to sue us next time, I will admit defeat tomorrow, OK?"
"That's not good, I've helped you Intel so much, I've been acting with you as a victim, there should always be some compensation, last time a Hollywood company was willing to spend $20 million to invite me to make a movie, I didn't go, I didn't let the company change careers if there was no benefit, the market is monopolized by Intel, and there is no prospect of development at all. β
Such brazen words were said by Su Mu seriously, after so many years of business in vain, his face has been tempered a lot.
Executive Grove didn't believe Su Mu's nonsense at all, and asked him tentatively: "With your character of not being profitable and can't afford to be early, how can you take out more than $1 billion to invest in this company when you know that AMD's development prospects are not very large? There must be a way to make money, shouldn't you come to us Intel?"
Su Mu didn't answer the question, so he smiled and didn't speak, and Mr. Grove saw the smile on his face, and his back was a little cold.
Mainly because Su Mu has successfully made a name for himself in a series of chaotic investment models over the years, and it has been proved that most of the fields he has invested in are quite good, Intel and Microsoft, the two companies with the highest market value on the NASDAQ, have been invested by him before, and chose to cash out at a very suitable time.
Grove hurriedly asked, "Really?"
We can work together, you know I've always been very good to AMD, otherwise it would have gone bankrupt, and what better company has better technology than Intel?"
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The Congressional Joint Committee on the Inauguration Ceremony announced a plan for the official events of the presidential inauguration last week, and the Washington Department of Homeland Security and Emergency Management sent people to maintain order at the scene today.
The so-called "not many people" are about 300,000, and the number of people present is about 100,000 more than today when President Bush Sr. took office eight years ago.
Since the inauguration of President Thomas Jefferson in 1801, the Marine Corps Band has attended the inauguration of every president, and more than 130 people have attended, and today is no exception, playing a symphony and transmitting the sound through the sound of 11:20 a.m., with 10 minutes to go.
As is customary, the inauguration host is introducing past presidents, Bill Clinton's family, congressional leaders attending the ceremony, and finally President Clinton, the most important person today.
Standing in the front row in a suit, Su Mu covered his mouth and dozed off, he didn't know that far away in Nevada, the teacher was conducting a patriotic education class - watching the live broadcast of the swearing-in ceremony! His son Su Lin happened to see him on TV......