Chapter Eighty-Nine: Alumni Association

In the president's office at the News Corp. building in Delaware, Murdoch, a 72-year-old Australian, sits in a large, comfortable leather seat and is enjoying Wendy Dun's neck massage.

"Hmm, you're talking about this young man on TV?" Murdoch pointed to the TV and said that as soon as the US Open final being broadcast live on News Corporation's Fox Sports Channel was over, it immediately switched to an interview on the sidelines, not a player but a young Chinese American.

"yes, he's very capable, and he's dating Ivanka, don't you think it's a good match?" Wendy Deng's hand increased a little harder, and Murdoch felt comfortable.

"That big mouth of Trump would want his daughter to associate with the Chinese?"

"It's stupid if you don't want to, how much money is he worth? This young man's Internet company is no worse than Yahoo as long as it is packaged and listed. "If Chen Bo is here, he will definitely vomit blood and die, this eldest sister really dares to fool, Yahoo's skinny camel is bigger than a horse, and there are many places that are stronger than ants in addition to searching.

"Tell me what you think." Murdoch said after a long pause.

"News Corp missed the first internet madness, and this second time can no longer sit idly by anyway. Now that the Internet is becoming more and more influential, with more than 100 million Internet users in the United States, newspaper sales have dropped a lot, which is also a good opportunity to expand horizontally. As long as it is operated properly, it will be profitable after listing, and it will definitely make a lot of money. Moreover, MySpace is an interactive model that belongs to web 2.0, and both celebrities and ordinary people can write blogs and comment freely. I can also listen to music and share photos online, so there are a lot of young people, and this is our loyal user group. ”

"Hani, think about it, we have newspapers, magazines, TV stations and film companies, if you add the Internet, does it make up for the shortest board? News Corp.'s stock is still going up? On the one hand, I am for the good of the company, and on the other hand, I also want to help you more while I am young. ”

Wendy Dun sat on Murdoch's lap, rubbing her hands to make his heart flutter, and then she slowly slid down to the bottom of the large desk. After a short while, Murdoch let out a long sigh and gasped, "Let Joey lead the team to negotiate, after all, you haven't worked for a long time, so you should be a deputy first." ”

"Thank you, Hani......" Wendy Deng pulled the tissue and wiped the corners of her mouth, then pouted her red lips and imprinted them on Murdoch's old face full of folds.

Chen Bo, who was in the limelight at the US Open, returned to Wharton, and only used the weekend to leave for three or four days in total, and once again recovered Mo Yang, a student of Mu Ne, like the kind of hairstyle that stands up root and is supported by two catties of gel water, and now lies on his stomach on the top of his head, and if he is not careful, he will block the frame of his glasses, which is a perfect cover-up.

"Boss, boss. I saw on TV that there was a guy who looked like you ......"

"What TV?"

"ESPN's US Open livestream, and Ivanka is dating."

"I've seen it too, the Chinese all look the same, you know." Chen Bo patted him on the shoulder and said, "Everyone is president, and they still come to study with a fart, pig brain." ”

"Oh, yes." Julio nodded and said, Chen Bo easily passed the test, once again doubting how his IQ was admitted.

He didn't see Ivan Ka a few times in school, in addition to his undergraduate studies, there were elective courses, she often had to go back to New York to shoot advertising photos, study and work without delay, the two nodded when they met, even if they had said hello, maintaining a relationship that was about to leave, and his mind was now more focused on his current studies.

Chen Bo is like a sponge, hungry for absorbing the business wisdom accumulated by Wharton over the past hundred years, turning over the business history of the United States since the Industrial Revolution, where a variety of classic cases in the shopping mall are condensed, whether it is marketing strategy, internal quality control, or product innovation and financial sniping, each era has a unique charm.

The fall of large companies and the rise of the next group of small companies also give rise to the unique charm of a market economy of free competition.

Chen Bo's coursework has gradually changed from C-based to B, and there will even be A. After I experienced entrepreneurship, when I came to study again, I found that I had a lot of things I didn't understand, and I suddenly became enlightened, and I had a relative theoretical basis for blind typing and self-righteousness.

Whether it is Pangu, ants or stars, it is impossible to stay in the high-speed development stage of savage growth forever, and he himself needs to work harder to meet the opportunities and challenges of the future.

On the other battlefield, Wendy Deng and News Corp. Vice President Joey couldn't wait to lead a negotiation team of more than a dozen people to Sunnyvale and sent a $1.2 billion request. Offer to buy MySpace.

Want to do it fast? There are no doors! Although this price was close to his psychological expectations, he would not let go of this fat sheep to be slaughtered so easily. MySpace is now a must-win for Wendy Deng, and she will definitely not let go easily.

And Chen Bo has already been waiting for him, telling Hoffman well, on the one hand, he will bite 2.7 billion US dollars, even if the price is reduced, he will have to relax slowly, this is not hundreds of millions of dollars, but one or two million US dollars to openly tease you, on the other hand, he began to secretly reveal the news to the media, News Corp is going to get involved in the Internet industry, and it is a huge acquisition, you all pay more attention, the wolf is coming!

The price of the rumors is also getting more and more outrageous, some say hundreds of millions, some say more than one billion, and some say four or five billion, and every media is particularly swearing.

Chen Bo completely regarded this acquisition negotiation as an operational drama, this topic is coming, can the traffic be less? And Wendy Deng has also stepped from a socialite to the public eye, for this hype, she is happy to cooperate, although the other party's offer hates her teeth, and there is no less greeting to the ancestors of the Chen family behind her back.

Such a woman will shine brightly if she gives a little sunshine, especially if she wants to get rid of Murdoch's shadow and establish the image of a strong woman in the business world, so she frequently gives interviews, falsely saying that she is talking, very pleasant, and a little disagreement, News Corp is very sincere, etc., which has also earned enough eyeballs.

And Chen Bo, who the financial and technology media in the United States wanted to interview, disappeared quietly, even if he went to Pengcheng to block the door for three days, he didn't see anyone, and no one could have imagined that he would hide in the Wharton School of Business under the noses of the American people.

The East Coast is already much cooler in October, and Penn is celebrating its 263rd anniversary, which is certainly no small event as one of the eight Ivy League schools, only a little later than Harvard and Yale.

In addition to the traditional and regular programs, the most attractive is the alumni association, the best disciplines at Penn are law, medicine and business school, which are relatively more liberal arts, but most of the political leaders in the United States are from law studies, plus the Wharton School of Business, which is actually not inferior to Harvard.

There were too many alumni to fit in the auditorium, so a temporary podium was set up in the stadium where the president and alumni would give speeches.

Of course, alumni are not in vain, students who graduate from private schools, whether you mix well or poorly, how much it always means, and most of the funding sources for school operations come from donations from alumni associations.

"Boss, why are you still dressed like this?" Julio wore a suit and leather shoes, and put hairspray on his head, changing the image of the dick silk in the past. And Chen Bo is still wearing jeans, sneakers, a Nike jacket, and only a Casio electronic watch on his wrist.

"Are you going to get married or going to an interview? Why are you so solemn? On the contrary, Chen Bo was puzzled, the American people are uninhibited and love freedom, and they do not go in and out of high-end places, nor do they go to the United Nations to give speeches, and universities have always been the wind of freedom.

"What's the difference between an alumni association and an interview?" Julio asked rhetorically, "Don't you know that most of our alumni are business executives?" Just leave a good impression that you can get a good internship position after the year, and after you get your degree, you will always be promoted faster than others. ”

As for government civil servants, people in the Ivy League are rarely so depraved, and first-class talents are either engaged in business, law, medicine, and other high-value-added ones, and when the time is ripe, they will naturally have the opportunity to participate in the election, rather than being a service-oriented civil servant.

"Then come on, I've already got the offer, and I don't need another interview." If he dares to go, someone has to accept it, not to mention that this is only half a year of transition, and the credits and degrees have little to do with him, and in the end, he still has to go to the president class of the EMBA to re-educate people with more experience.

"You're a cow, but do you know which alumni are here today?" Julio said mysteriously.

"Don't sell it, just say it directly, I usually pay attention to these." He didn't know much about Franklin, the little old man, and the talented and beautiful people of the Republic of China, and Julio, although he studied business management, was most interested in elective courses in literature and history.

As long as you have studied at Wharton, you will automatically join the alumni association directory, there are more than 70 chapters in the world alone, and the obligation of the alumni association is naturally to help alumni.

"I won't talk about anything else, I'll just talk about our Wharton's." PHS Julio cleared his throat and said, "You see the dean and the principal sitting next to the president in the front row, General Electric Chairman Jones, next to him are Warren Buffett, St. Peter Lynch, Allianz Insurance Chairman Schuttel, Estee Lauder Chairman Lauder, and Deutsche Post Chairman Clauer...... And Fuji Xerox Kobayashi Taro ......"

The front row is full of old men, half of them have been buried in the ground, Julio's IQ is not good, it is not easy to remember so many names.

It is true that these people can be warmly received in any country they go to when they come out alone, but the most popular in the country should be Warren Buffett, the chairman of Berkshire Hathaway, right? But this stock god is not as simple as buying a few stocks and raising the price to collect rice, I really don't know what kind of mentality those people who follow the crowd are in when they worship the stock god when they mention it.

It is true that most of his investments are companies with average performance, but immediately after the holding, he reorganizes and divests his non-performing assets to put them on the path of continuous operation. Is this what the average stock speculator does? It's obviously an investment consulting firm. And he never distributes shares, does not pay dividends, and wants to make money to sell stocks, so Berkshire Hathaway's share is as high as nearly 100,000 US dollars, which ordinary people can't afford to buy, and if they buy it, they have to hold it for a long time.

is such a personality of the old man, almost never touches technology stocks, and is still a major shareholder of Coca-Cola, Chen Bo is not cold, obviously there is no intersection.