Reborn Tech Maniac

Chapter 961 Look, This Market Is Still Vigorous

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Although An Ran has a complicated network of relationships, Tang's high-tech kingdom, which is trying to smash the last ceiling on its head, is not a good person.

After receiving Jerry Brown's request for help, Tang Huan acted quickly, began a high-profile comprehensive inspection of California High Speed ​​Rail, and officially announced that Zheru Software will subscribe for California High Speed ​​Rail's billion-dollar short-term bonds.

The Zheru software company, which is caught in the vortex of monopoly, has a lot of cash reserves that make people jealous and dreadful, and it even attracts discussions about deliberately avoiding taxes.

That's all right.Zheru software company transferred back to the United States one billion US dollars to support the California high-speed rail.

It can be said that this is the first time that Tang Huan's huge industrial kingdom has publicly supported horizontal support operations.

Jerry Brown, who accompanied the richest man to inspect the California high-speed rail, immediately said: "The funds obtained from Zheru Software will be mainly used to improve the energy security of the entire system."

Many onlookers who were attracted by this news couldn't understand the way in the bustle: A star company like Enron, cooperating with California High Speed ​​Rail, should be considered a perfect match, right? Why is it so tense?
Observers can only give plausible explanations: California, which used to be dominated by hydropower and nuclear power, opened its energy sector, and local energy companies like Pacific Watts were suppressed in the face of out-of-state energy companies represented by Enron. It was too difficult to hold up its head, which made California High Speed ​​Rail, which signed a long-term preferential service contract with local energy companies at the beginning, feel the crisis.

On the other hand, Enron's business scope is very wide. In addition to electricity, natural gas, telecommunications, etc., it has also penetrated into the financial field. For example, in California, it and the California Pension Fund have established a joint energy development investment Joint venture.California High Speed ​​Rail was wary of Enron's ambition to expand beyond the energy sector, and thus reacted coldly to the cooperation between the two parties.

Tang Huancai didn't bother to comment on the similar comments from the outside world.Nowadays, so many people are deceived by Enron's gorgeous appearance, and it is useless to say more.

Besides, what position do I have, what reasons do I have to give advice to others "for free".

Mr. Richest Man’s tough stance is to tell An Ran: It doesn’t matter whether you suffer or take advantage of the small-scale cooperation like Blockbuster in the past, but don’t stretch your arms too far!The United States of America v. Zheru Software Company monopoly case is just an obstacle in front of Tang's high-tech kingdom, not a disaster that you can take advantage of to loot.

The world is so vast, you do your energy, I do my high-tech, everyone does not violate the river.

But Enron's perseverance, or greed, is still underestimated.

At the meeting at the next event, Kenneth Lai, chairman and CEO of Enron, entangled Tang Huan again.

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After the richest man has finished supporting California's high-speed rail, he has to return his energy to the current focus, the monopoly case of the United States of America against Zheru Software Company.

For this reason, Tang Huan's next itinerary is to inspect Zheru Software's investment in various states in the United States, such as R&D centers.The implication here is that the [-] states that have followed the Ministry of Justice to sue Zheru Software for its monopoly can only be understood but cannot be expressed in words.

The first stop of the arrangement is Austin, Texas, known as "Silicon Hill".

The state of Texas did not join the ranks of plaintiffs in the United States of America v. Zheru software company monopoly case. Tang Huan first came to Texas to increase his bargaining chips for Xiao Bushi, who is fighting for re-election as governor this year.

You must know that the current IT industry positions are extremely popular, and many young people are sharpening their heads to drill into them, and Zheru Software's emphasis on Texas means that employment opportunities have increased.

If this purpose is a bit "virtual", then the other purpose must be considered "real".

Old Bushi's third son, Neil Bushi, plans to set up an educational software company called "Burning Learning" in Austin, and is looking for investment.

Tang Huan brought his eldest son Jin Chang with him. Anyway, he is very easy to cope with schoolwork, so it is better to practice more.

As for Jin Ge, who is a compatriot with Jin Chang, because he is a bit mischievous, the richest man is too lazy to bring him by his side, adding to the chaos needlessly.

"This is an investment of 200 million US dollars for the burning learning and education software company. When the time comes, you will be responsible for handing over to Neil Bushi." Tang Huan pointed to a document on the table and instructed his eldest son.

"Understood." Jin Chang, who nodded in agreement, opened the document and glanced twice, then said with a smile, "Neil Bushi's consulting fee is quite high."

"It's all like this..." The richest man put down his glass and said leisurely, "Saudi Arabia gave us $300 million."

A look of surprise appeared on Jin Chang's face, "In this way, the amount of financing for the burning learning and education software company will not decrease?"

"At least more than 2000 million US dollars." Tang Huan nodded slightly, "This is the embodiment of the heritage of the Bushi family."

Old Bushi and his wife Barbara have four sons. According to rumors, the eldest son Xiaobushi, the second son Jeb Bushi, and the third son Neil Bushi will respectively run for Texas, Florida, Governor of Colorado.

Today, Boo Ten has almost finished his first four-year term as governor of Texas and is seeking re-election.

In [-], Jeb Bushi also launched an attack on the governor of Florida, but the outcome was very different from his brother Bushi who ran for governor of Texas in the same year. Unfortunately, the gap between the two was defeated.

This year, Jeb Bushi, who had learned from the painful experience, started again and ran for election again.

As for Neil Bushi, he was doomed to miss the governor of Colorado. A scandal ruined his possibility of entering the political arena.

During the Federal Savings and Loan Crisis of the late 80s and early 90s, Silverado Savings and Loan in Colorado was one of the unlucky bankrupts, leaving $13 billion in debt.

At that time, Neil Bush was a director of the institution. As a result, the Office of Federal Reserve Bank of Savings determined that he had an interest in the bankruptcy case. In addition, Neil Bush was still in office as president, which caused a lot of uproar for a while and almost became a financial institution. synonymous with scandal.

What kind of investors are demanding debts, and protesters are posting satirical portraits saying "Send Neil Bushi to jail"... It's just tossing Neil Bushi's reputation into the street.

Although in the end Neil Booth paid a $[-] fine and avoided prison, he also lost his prestige qualifications to run for governor of Colorado.

After ruining his future in the political arena, Neil Bushi, like his fourth brother, Marvin Bushi, concentrated on doing business, and some of the old Bushi's political resources were reflected in Neil Bushi In terms of the wide range of friends, just like the current financing of the burning learning education software company, it has been sought after by various forces.

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After the plane landed, you could see that Neil Bushi was waiting with a smile on his face.

After receiving that blow, this old man seemed a bit cynical, and his behavior style was less reserved than other members of the Bushi family.

As soon as they met, he, who was the same age as Mr. Richest Man, hooked shoulders with Tang Huan happily, and joked with Jin Chang, who was following behind, in broken Chinese, "I'll introduce you to a beautiful woman soon."

Neil Bushi's behavior is not surprising.

You know, Lao Bushi has a very rich experience in politics.

From shortly after Nixon's visit to China to the formal establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in [-], the United States set up a director of a liaison office in the Chinese capital, which is equivalent to the position of ambassador, and Lao Bushi served for two years.

During this period, Neil Bushi and his brothers and sisters all went to China.In his words, they went to the zoo to look at giant pandas curiously, and Chinese tourists looked at them curiously.

After chatting with Neil Bushi for a few words, Tang Huan asked casually, "Do you want me to introduce some technical elites to Burning Learning Educational Software Company?"

"Of course it would be the best." Neil Bushi nodded happily, and then changed the topic and said, "Don, at the banquet later, you will meet someone you may hate."

The richest man frowned, and asked without moving, "Who is that?"

"It's Kenneth Lai, chairman and CEO of Enron." Neil Bushi laughed, "You have to be considerate of me, he insists on using this event to communicate with you, but I can't either. Refuse to mediate at your convenience."

Tang Huan nodded, "Some things, it's good to make them clear in person."

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Unfortunately, Neil Bushi's painstaking efforts were destined to be wasted, and the talks between Kenneth Lai and Tang Huan soon reached a deadlock.

Kenneth Lai laid out the set of jungle survival rules in the shopping mall, and he took it for granted: "The antitrust lawsuit between Zheru Software Company and the Ministry of Justice has been going on, and the situation has become obvious, and it is very likely to become The second AT&T company. Don, at this time, you need to cooperate with us Enron to increase your own weight."

Mr. Richest Man, who secretly complained that "we don't need a weight like Enron", said calmly: "I think that the monopoly case of the United States of America v. Zheru Software Company is a rare test of tempering and sublimation."

Kenneth Leppy sarcastically said with a half-smile: "I'm afraid that by then, Zheru Software will be turned into a few dingy lumps."

"That's not necessarily the case." Tang Huan said calmly: "Zheru Software Company's position in this field is irreplaceable. When it rises, the entire industry rises; when it declines, the entire industry declines. If laypeople don't understand, it's better to avoid it. It’s better to make peace.”

Seeing that the conversation between the two had come to a dead end, Neil Bushi hurried out to smooth things over, and suggested with a smile, "The golf course of this club has a good environment, why don't you two go play together."

Kenneth Leppy didn't move his ass, just glanced at Mr. Rich Man out of the corner of his eye.

Tang Huan beckoned to his son, who was being entangled by Neil Bushi's young daughter who had a "famous family style ~ Sao (harmony) ~ girl", Lauren Bush, and Jin Chang , quickly got up and walked over.

"I'm not in shape today, let David accompany you." The richest man explained lightly, and then added: "This kid's golf skills are played with Tiger Woods, don't underestimate them!"

Kenneth Lapi stood up with a livid face, and said to Neil Bushi: "There are still things in the company, so I won't stay here any longer."

After seeing off the chairman and CEO of Enron, Neil Bushi came back and shook his head and sighed at Tang Huan, "Tang, I feel embarrassed for him when you run on someone."

Mr. Richest Man can naturally give his own explanation, "Enron thought that Zheru Software Company was deeply involved in the anti-monopoly whirlpool, so it could take advantage of me. To be honest, I also like to take advantage of the fire, after all, games in the business field are inevitable. But this does not mean that I can accept being robbed by others."

Neil Bushi scratched his head, but was at a loss for words.

"Okay, I won't bother you any more." Tang Huan got up and said goodbye: "I still want to inspect the branches of Zheru Software Company in various states, and the itinerary has already been arranged."

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Just as the richest man entered the sprint stage of the [-] mid-term elections in the United States, while shuttling between various states, a big movement occurred in the IT field, that is, Microsoft drove away another competitor, PeopleSoft, and would be in business difficulties. Sybase, the leading database manufacturer, is in the bag.

Wall Street responded positively, and Microsoft's stock price rose sharply.

According to the analysis of observers, Gates' move is very smart.

Originally, Microsoft and Sybase had cooperated to jointly develop the enterprise-level relational database SQL_Server, but in the end they parted ways due to differences.

Since then, compared with Sybase's remarkable performance, Microsoft has not made any achievements in enterprise-level databases.

Now that Microsoft has acquired Sybase, whose database products from both parties can be called "same roots", it will quickly make up for the shortcoming of enterprise-level databases.

You know, now. There are so many COM websites, each of which is inseparable from an enterprise-level database. The market space is really too large. Just targeting the needs of small and medium-sized customers can make your stomach full.

With the ability that Gates has demonstrated over the years, Wall Street has every reason to believe that Microsoft will have a considerable profit point from now on.

At this time, the richest man in Florida was asked by the media: "Don, PeopleSoft has never competed with Microsoft. Sybase, an important cross-platform database manufacturer, has been snatched away by them. What do you think about this?" ?”

"Of course it's a pity." Tang Huan spread his hands with a sigh. "Look, this market is still very dynamic and the competition is still so fierce. It's not surprising that PeopleSoft returned empty-handed."

Ever since, Tang IT's helpless emotion was quickly regarded as entertainment news and made it to the major mainstream media.

Watching Daheng Tang's wonderful performance, many people can't help but be puzzled.

Didn't the Ministry of Justice say that Tang controlled the life and death of the entire software industry through Zheru Software Company?

Then taking Sebeth is not easy!
Why is it off the chain now?

(End of this chapter)