Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 928 Take Your Daughter as Mortgage
In the entanglement of monopoly or not, Zheru Software Company complained loudly, the Ministry of Justice became aggressive, and the Supreme Court backed away. Of course, the media and the public were not willing to be alone in expressing their opinions.

In fact, whether Zheru Software has a monopoly or not can get a preliminary answer only from its absolute advantage in market share.

However, Zheru Software Company, which felt deeply aggrieved, had its own defense.

The software industry spawned by the personal computer industrial revolution belongs to a brand new field, and Zheru Software has created countless technological firsts in the past ten years, and thus has the dominant position in the industry today. It is called a "monopoly", which is also a "natural monopoly" after free competition, which is fundamentally different from the monopoly of Standard Oil and AT&T in the early years.

According to the thinking of Zheru Software Company, I am hard-working, smart and capable, and have made a recognized great contribution to the development of the entire industry, and thus have the status in the industry today-the Ministry of Justice can't just give me a "high meritorious service" because of this. ”, the trick of “killing the donkey by removing the mill”.

Because the personal computer industry has had a star halo these years, the media knows it well, and there has been a consensus for a long time-in the eyes of the government, Zheru Software has too many resources in this industry, and this result is a sin!
To put it bluntly, it is not so accurate for United States of America to sue Zheru Software Company for monopoly. It should be more appropriate for United States of America to sue Tang, the IT overlord who single-handedly controls Fangyuan and Zheru Software.

Under such circumstances, according to their respective positions, arguing whether to monopolize or not is not only unsolvable, but also meaningless-the key depends on what Zheru Software has done by virtue of its dominant position in the industry?
At this time, the value of word of mouth is reflected.

Many mainstream media commented: "Zheru Software's performance as an industry leader in recent years is remarkable!"

The attitude of consumers is more emotional and clear-Zheru software company makes personal computers easy to use, and other companies are simply incomparable. How can you blame others for monopoly?Zheru Software's operating system integrates browsers, media players, compression tools, download tools and other free programs. Do users have to use those software that have to be bought?
What's more, some economists and university professors express their opinions clearly - filing an antitrust lawsuit against Zheru Software Company interferes with the free competition in the market; if Zheru Software Company, the industry leader, is really defeated, computer The development of the industry may not necessarily advance by leaps and bounds as if the shackles were removed; and when consumers buy software, they are likely to pay more.

The Ministry of Justice, which was trying to bring California into the camp, had no choice but to open its mouth and do some public relations.

According to them, of course it is: Zheru software company can easily squeeze out new competitors by taking advantage of its own industry advantages, such as Netscape, which is a living example, and then dominates the entire industry.And when Zheru Software's industry advantage is removed, the entire market will definitely usher in more free competition, and it will also further reduce users' software product expenses.

Tang Huan was too lazy to pay attention to the other party's words, because any excuse was just a cover-up, in essence, it was because you had too many things in your hands--everyone is innocent, but pregnant is guilty, nothing more.

In the strategy for dealing with this round of anti-monopoly lawsuits, the richest man clearly put forward a key word, that is "delay" - as long as it can be delayed, as long as it can be delayed!How to act in favor of procrastination, then do it!
The understanding of the participants is that the big boss hopes to drag the Zheru software monopoly case to the next administration, just like IBM did in the early 1980s. Chance, escaped.

Of course, the executives have no objections - since there is little hope of a final judgment through the Supreme Court, it is indeed a wise move to wait for the next government to make various changes of course.

As for the legal team, they can only describe it as "secretly happy" - only when the lawsuits continue, they can make money.

Of course, the premise that Zheru Software's monopoly case can be dragged on is that Zheru Software can survive to that day.Just like Netscape, a tragic product, has sold itself to Oracle, and may even disappear, so what is the significance of the result of the Zheru software company's monopoly case?

For Zheru Software, which has already been listed, in order to avoid the negative impact of Zheru Software's monopoly case, the most effective way is to let the performance dazzle everyone's eyes and attract all investors to flock to it.

In fact, although anti-monopoly seems to be a cloud hanging over the head in the past few years, no matter how windy it is, it will not dissipate, but Zheru Software’s operations are still thriving - throwing away General Electric and reaching the top of the market capitalization list , is the best explanation.

After all, only the strong are worthy of being associated with "monopoly" - it is equivalent to advertising all the time.

At the same time, this external pressure has also made Zheru Software more and more cohesive.

But it is undeniable that such strength requires skillful expression.

At this time, Tang Huan was discussing the quarterly report with the chief financial officer of Zheru Software.For example, in terms of earnings per share, how many cents should be increased?
You must know that "giving" is a profound knowledge, otherwise, China, which has a broad and profound culture, would not have passed down such things as "fighting rice to nourish kindness, bearing rice to nourish hatred", "don't worry about few but worry about inequality" and so on. 's wise words.

This is especially true for financial report data - Zheru Software Company cannot just make a big stroke of the pen in terms of income returns just because it needs to please investors more now.Everyone is happy this quarter, but what about next quarter?What about next quarter?

In the final analysis, "psychological expectation" is the decisive factor, and it is also the essence of the science of "giving".

It's like the boss of a company, seeing the poor performance of the company this year, started thinking about the year-end bonus, so he spread the news of the cancellation of the year-end bonus as if it was true, but in the end, under the turmoil of the wind, half of the amount was finally paid The year-end bonus, but instead of complaining, everyone felt that they had earned it.

On the other hand, the reason why Zheru Software Company, which has climbed to the highest position in the company market capitalization list, is so sought after by investors, is the secret - there are so many talented people on Wall Street, and it is natural to analyze and predict the financial statement data of various companies.But Zheru Software Company is able to frequently create unexpected surprises, which are a few cents more than the data they analyzed.

What Tang Huan is thinking deeply about now is not just the issue of "a few more cents", but how many quarters it can last and the "a few more cents" that can produce "unexpected joy".

Obviously, there is a psychological game between financial report preparers, Wall Street elites, and the general public.

Fortunately, Tang Huan has the "innate advantage" of information asymmetry, and now there are enough elite "think tanks", especially the world's most powerful supercomputer, which is enough to guarantee the speed of drawing reference suggestions through mathematical models, Overtake other players on the playing field.

During the discussion, the secretary reported—Samsung Chairman Li Jianxi asked if there was any leisure time to get together and play tennis.

He has already come to the United States - the richest man smiled, and immediately asked the secretary to turn the phone over, chatted briefly, and set the schedule.

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South Korea, which had previously vowed to say that it was not afraid of the financial turmoil in Southeast Asia, had collapsed at this time, and was begging for mercy in front of the International Monetary Fund, hoping that the other party would help it to overcome the current difficulties.

South Korea used to be fearless, relying on nothing more than the strength accumulated by the miracle of economic development in these years.

After entering the 1990s, South Korea, which began to face the development of the 21st century and prepare to join the ranks of developed countries, launched the seventh five-year economic development plan. In 1993, one year after the plan was implemented, he became the 14th president of South Korea. Kim Young-sam of the Communist Party of China formulated the "New Economic Five-Year Plan" to replace the original Seventh Five-Year Plan.

Against this backdrop, South Korean chaebols have sprung up one after another, recruiting troops and expanding their territory in order to build a "great enterprise". You can see their high-spirited figures in the United States and Europe. Even the richest man bought a decommissioned Russian aircraft carrier. When it's time, everyone comes to join in the fun.

The impetus for the crazy expansion of Korean chaebols is bank loans, and they are the kind of fools who dare to rack their brains to borrow five dollars when they are clearly worth only one dollar.

It’s still the same sentence, the heaven and the earth have the same force, and the hero is not free when transported. When the situation is good, you can close your eyes and toss around casually;

As a result, Kia Motors, South Korea's third largest automaker, lost its ability to repay the investment and entered a state of liquidation, becoming the first to fall suddenly, sounding the death knell for the Korean economy.

South Korea's surrender under internal and external difficulties also meant that the Southeast Asian financial crisis developed into the Asian financial crisis.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) saw that the fire was almost ready, and generously lent 570 billion U.S. dollars, but the condition was that South Korea signed various humiliating, even humiliating and humiliating treaties-Korean President Kim Young-sam did not leave the political legacy he expected , Even the evening festival is hard to guarantee.For example, its poll support rate has dropped to an unprecedented 5%, and it is estimated that it can only wait for the future female president to break this record.

Faced with the conditions that the South Korean government agreed to the International Monetary Fund, the South Koreans certainly have reason to be angry-this is not a simple issue of debt repayment, but the ruthlessness of black-bellied robbery.

For example, South Korea has always insisted that foreign capital come to its own site to take up shares, with a maximum ratio of no more than 26%; but now it is fully open, allowing 100% of shares.

The result of this condition alone is all kinds of bottom-hunting and sweeping goods by foreign capital-Koreans watch helplessly as they lose their wealth through hard work eating instant noodles.

As far as the richest man knows, in the midst of the devastation in South Korea, although Samsung has not suffered a catastrophe, life is not easy. The foreign debt alone will not be less than 180 billion US dollars.

Gein, Samsung was also one of the participants in the wave of building "great companies" in South Korea in the 1990s.

In particular, although Samsung products are praised as the number one in South Korea, they are placed in the corners of the shelves in other stores around the world. Li Jianxi, who saw this scene with his own eyes, was so stimulated that his heart bleeds. In addition to focusing on product quality, it is also effective to build the brand through sponsorship of various top sports events.

So, the price of ambition was a famine.

At present, Samsung's biggest burden is Samsung Motors, which was established in 1994.

Similar to Tang IT's involvement in the automobile industry, it is to digest and deploy a large number of scientific and technological achievements including electronic maps and assisted driving. The original intention of Li Jianxi to establish Samsung Motors is that he believes that automobiles are a collection of various industrial achievements. Automobiles help Samsung Group's subsidiaries such as Samsung Power, Samsung Electronics, etc. to cooperate more closely and truly tap the capabilities of the entire group.

Judging from the existing development results, Samsung Motors, which has been burning money for several years, will almost start selling its own brand cars next year.

Sadly, this moment has not yet come. The Asian financial crisis has come, and South Korea failed to hold on - it fell to its knees!
As far as the layout is concerned, Samsung Motors does not belong to the core position in the Samsung Group. It is not unacceptable for a strong man to cut his wrist, but it is very difficult to find buyers in South Korea.

Hyundai Motor, which is negotiating with the liquidated Kia Motors, is qualified and capable, but the relationship between Samsung and Hyundai is relatively delicate, and it is basically excluded.

Whenever this kind of embarrassment occurs, it is necessary to test whether the boss's network is wide enough.

Li Jianxi, who came to the United States, came to see Tang's richest man at the first stop, and even had the idea of ​​getting Olympic aid and keeping a Samsung car in his heart.

The place where the two met was very interesting. It was a club under the Tang Sports Industry Group. It was jointly suggested and arranged by No. 4 "Tang's Son" Jin Liang and Li's little princess Yin Xin.

During the break, Li Jianxi looked at Jin Liang and Yin Xin running vigorously on the court, shook his head and said with a smile: "These two children obviously want to come here to play by themselves."

The richest man laughed, "The two of them are quite a match on the court!"

Li Jianxi also smiled, and turned to invite: "Zai Rong will get married next year, so there will be an engagement ceremony soon—it can be regarded as a private party, does Tang have time to attend?"

Tang Huan readily agreed, "Then I'll take my son and go to ask for a glass of wedding wine and be happy."

After finishing the game and chatting about daily life, the preparations were almost done, and the head of Samsung and the richest man started to talk about the main topic.

(End of this chapter)