Brian Roberts frowned and asked the marketing staff in front of him to inquire about the information.

As soon as I arrived in San Jose, I heard the news that Enron had already arrived and had already discussed it with Song Yang. This was not good news for Comcast.

And hearing that this time, it was giants like Microsoft and General Electric that were competing with Comcast for business, Brian Roberts couldn't help but feel worried for a while.

Comcast had no advantage at all compared to giants such as Enron, Microsoft, and General Electric.

After taking over icq at a sky-high price, the entire Silicon Valley is paying attention to icq's financing. Once the negotiation is completed, it means that the ceiling of the Internet industry has been completely broken.

The Silicon Valley media is also paying special attention to icq this time. Many media and reporters are staying downstairs at icq.

Immelt, who represents General Electric, was surrounded by a crowd of media as soon as he got out of the car. Now Immelt is not the one who was scolded when he was scolded, but the next one who is attracting much attention.

A successor to the empire.

Immelt was a figure favored by Welch. Since joining GE, Immelt has been rising through the ranks. By now, it is basically clear to the outside world that Immelt is Welch's new choice for GE.

Head.

However, this world is always full of a lot of mysticism. For example, a certain NBA guy is touted as the god of basketball. In the player era, the old hooligan was indeed unstoppable on the court, but when the old hooligan becomes the ball

Team owner, the way he selects players is really eye-catching...

And this law can also be effective when it comes to Welch. As a turning tide, he saved General Electric, a company on the verge of bankruptcy, and raised General Electric's market value from 12 billion US dollars all the way to

With more than US$300 billion and 993 companies acquired in twenty years, Welch's career is legendary.

But as everyone makes mistakes, horses also make mistakes, and I'm afraid Welch would not have thought about the kind of leader he carefully selected for the GE empire.

But now, Immelt is still being sought after. Whether it is the media or American companies, they all want to have a relationship with the future head of the General Electric empire!

"Mr. Immelt, President Welch, do you have new plans for the Internet?"

"Will General Electric acquire icq or other Internet companies?"

“Will GE transform?”

The media caught up with Immelt and asked him various questions. According to the domineering style of General Electric and Welch, when you enter an industry, you must become the leader of the industry.

Just like in the media industry, the outside world has never seen General Electric, the world's manufacturing giant, associated with the media industry, but Welch did it anyway.

Ten years ago, General Electric spent $6.3 billion to acquire NBC and built NBC into a media giant on par with CBS and ABC.

Now that I hear that General Electric wants to test the waters of the Internet industry, the media can't help but make their imaginations wander. According to Welch's style and the strength of General Electric, there is no reason to just sprinkle some water on the Internet industry. So for General Electric,

Basically meaningless.

Only then did the media ask Immelt whether General Electric was holding back a big move, or simply came to acquire ICQ. Let’s repeat the situation when it acquired NBC. After acquiring ICQ, with the help of ICQ, General Electric

Electrical has become a giant in the Internet industry!

"I am here just to represent General Electric and invest in icq, one of the best Internet companies in Silicon Valley!"

Immelt spoke to the media in front of him in a graceful manner. Unlike Welch, who was resolute and even a bit aggressive, Immelt always had a smile on his face. He had a gentle personality and was very different from General Electric.

We have a good relationship with both the top and the bottom, as well as with the media. The media rarely reports negative news about Immelt. They all think that he will be the best boss of General Electric after Welch!

Immelt below was surrounded by reporters and media. In the icq office building, Song Yang and Jeff Skilling, as well as old acquaintances Greg Maffei and Todd who came on behalf of Microsoft, were standing at the moment.

Beside the glass, looking downstairs.

"It seems that General Electric is bound to win this time!"

Greg Maffei looked at the scene downstairs and said with a smile that the last time he acquired a Hotmail mailbox, it was Microsoft CFO Greg Maffei and Todd, the president of the public relations department, who came to talk to Song Yang.

This time Microsoft repeated its old trick and sent these two people here. After dealing with Song Yang for so long, Greg Maffei, Todd and Song Yang were already familiar with each other and had no worries.

Todd held a cup of coffee and drank it leisurely. He told Song Yang and others about some rumors he had heard, "It seems that in four years, the person we need to deal with General Electric will be Immelt."

President!"

For a behemoth like General Electric, the internal competition is naturally fierce. The competition for the position of President of General Electric can, without exaggeration, be enough to make a 60-episode palace-fighting movie.

Even among the outside world, the interest in the head of General Electric is no less than an election, and the media has reported endlessly. After all, this is the head of a company worth hundreds of billions.

Not only are people within GE Power secretly wrestling with each other, but even Wall Street institutions are stirring up the fight. There are several other people competing with Immelt for GE Power’s president, including General Energy President Nardelli and General Engine Group President Mike

Nani et al.

However, Todd, who has been working in public relations for so many years, has a sharp vision. Welch sent Immelt here. For Todd, he can basically determine Welch's thoughts.

"Song, the equity icq gave up this time is too small!"

Before Immelt came up, Greg Maffei said bluntly to Song Yang that Microsoft had nothing to hold back, and now Microsoft and Song Yang were nominal allies.

Pointing to Jeff Skilling on the side and then downstairs, Greg Maffei said to Song Yang, "Mr. Bill Gates intends to let Microsoft and Song Yang continue to cooperate, but 5

% of the equity is really..."

If the four giants Enron, Microsoft, General Electric, and Comcast came to compete for the 5% of icq's equity, they would have to fight their wits.

Obviously this time, several companies came, not only wanting to get that bit of equity, otherwise they wouldn't have sent people like Brian and Immelt.

After Song Yang heard Greg Maffei's "complaint", he just smiled. The purpose of bringing in so many companies this time was to raise the price for icq. Otherwise, why would he spend so much effort?

Looking at the time, it was almost time for negotiation. Song Yang glanced at Jeff Skilling calmly. The two looked at each other calmly. Greg Maffei and Todd were on the side.

Seeing this scene in their eyes, both of them couldn't help but frown.

I don’t know what kind of agreement Song Yang and Enron, the company behind Jeff Skilling, have reached, but it’s clear that the two parties are already in cahoots.

Today's negotiation team is very strong. A group of senior executives from icq, plus teams from Enron, Comcast, Microsoft, General Electric, etc., filled icq's originally large conference room to the brim.

In the conference room, the person who attracted the most attention and became the focus was not ICQ, Microsoft or Comcast, but Immelt. There was no way, the name of the next generation leader of General Electric was too loud.

.

"President Immelt!"

"President Brian!"

After entering the conference room, Song Yang said hello to Immelt and Brian Roberts.

"I'm very happy that you can come. On behalf of all the staff of icq, I welcome you and thank you very much for your support of icq!"

Eileen, who was sitting at the head, said to everyone in the conference room in the name of icq co-president.

Brian Roberts looked at the people in the conference room and looked at the competitors this time, Enron, Microsoft, and General Electric. For the first time, Brian felt like he couldn't beat them.

Like Brian, Immelt was also sizing up the "opponents" in the conference room. Having followed Welch for so many years, Immelt had gone through many battles and acquired countless companies. The scene before him, for

To him, it's not worth mentioning at all.

But for an emerging Internet company that was only established for less than a year or two to be pursued by so many giant companies, this is somewhat beyond Immelt's expectations.

This time, General Dynamics' investment in icq is really just testing the waters. GE has many businesses, and it has long been no longer the manufacturing company in the traditional impression. From finance to medical equipment, engines, media, insurance, etc., GE has

With entry, GE's financial business has become GE's most profitable department, even surpassing most Wall Street investment banks and institutions.

Investing in icq, on the one hand, the Internet is indeed very hot right now. On the other hand, General Electric does not want to completely miss the Internet, which is why Immelt arrived.

"ICQ's current market share in the global instant messaging market exceeds 65%. In some parts of America and other regions, it even exceeds 80%. icq holds more than 320 patents in the instant messaging industry. The icq community is currently the most popular among young people.

Popular Internet products..."

Eileen talked about the current icq to everyone in the conference room. Of course, in Eileen's hands, icq is a hot product, with tens of millions of users, continuous explosive growth in revenue, and a dominant position in the instant messaging industry.

, holding a large number of patents, other companies simply cannot challenge ICQ.

It’s hard to say whether it’s true or not, but from the ears of Brian Roberts and Immelt, icq is indeed unique in Silicon Valley. Except for a few such as Yahoo and Netscape, other Internet companies are difficult to
Chapter completed!