The young man in charge of product introduction did not know the inside story and thought that the reason why Yu Dong paid so much attention to their brand's products was just because Huawei is a Chinese company.
At this moment, the heads of the CEOs of various surrounding companies have begun to spin rapidly. Some have heard rumors that Deep Space Company is going to acquire Huawei, so after seeing this, they are even more convinced that the news is true.
Those who have never heard of this news are also speculating on what special relationship Huawei has with Deep Space Company, why Huawei was able to get such a good position this time, and whether this is also related to Deep Space Company.
However, it is not important to them whether Deep Space acquires Huawei, but what Deep Space and AOL are going to do is more important to them.
Steven Case knew what others would think. He proposed to come with Yu Dong's car for the same purpose. He wanted to tell others that AOL was going to cooperate with Deep Space Company.
Due to the acquisition of Time Warner in the past two years, many people are not optimistic about AOL. It would be good news if they knew that AOL was going to cooperate with Deep Space.
Yu Dong and the others stayed at the Huawei booth for a while, and more people gathered here. Fellows, a member of the Telecom Exhibition Secretariat, also came over with people smiling.
Deep Space Company is the largest sponsor of this exhibition. Of course Fellowes was smiling when he saw Yu Dong. When he approached, he held Yu Dong's hand tightly and said, "YU, welcome, welcome, you
It’s our honor to be here.”
Yu Dong said with a smile, "I would also like to thank you for your invitation and giving me the opportunity to come and study."
Fellows smiled and greeted Steven Ross, and then continued, "When Jimmy came over in the morning, I asked him why you were not together. He told me that you had other things to do. I didn't expect it to be with him.
Come with Mr. Case."
Steven Case explained with a smile, "My son is a loyal reader of YU, and he is clamoring to attend YU's book signings every day. I finally expected YU to come to the United States to hold a book signing, and it happened to be in Atlanta, too.
I brought my son here, we met and chatted for a while yesterday, and we arranged to have breakfast together."
He excused himself by saying that his son liked Yu Dong, but Fellowes didn't believe this. However, Fellowes didn't ask any more questions and just said with a smile, "There are many new products worth seeing at this year's exhibition, such as these products from Huawei.
Not only is the performance very good, but the price is also cheap. I am very optimistic about Huawei's market performance this year."
Yu Dong smiled and said, "Really? I don't know much about technology. This young man just took the trouble to introduce it to us for a long time. He said it well, but we were still a little confused."
Fellows smiled and said, "It's okay to be confused. After all, you have never been exposed to this area. How about this, I will take you around the exhibition hall and explain it to you."
"No, no, you are so busy today, I can't delay your business." Yu Dong waved his hand.
Fellows took Yu Dong's arm enthusiastically, "It's okay, it's okay, the exhibition matters have been arranged, and the live broadcast depends entirely on your company's people. I don't have anything important to do, so let's go."
He was so enthusiastic that Yu Dong couldn't refuse anymore, so he followed him.
As they walked, other people around them followed them, looking at the formation as if they were leading an inspection. Yu Dong stood in the leadership position, and there was a live camera following Yu Dong all the time.
The reason why Fellowes must drag Yu Dong around the exhibition hall is because he knows who the viewers in the live broadcast room like to watch. As long as there is YU in the camera, the live broadcast effect will definitely be good.
In fact, this is also true. Since Yu Dong appeared, the popularity of the live broadcast room has suddenly increased.
[I finally made it to YU, but it’s a pity that I didn’t go to Atlanta yesterday and haven’t seen the new book yet.]
[What is the nature of this telecommunications exhibition? Can we enter? 】
[It seems that on the first day of the exhibition, only those who have been invited can participate, but the subsequent exhibitions are open to the public. 】
[YU will no longer be here later either.]
[YU runs so fast. He was in Korea two days ago and someone photographed him playing drums for the Chinese team.]
[Didn’t I say that Chinese football is not good before? I watched the game and performed very well.]
[My performance is average, that is, the other teammates in the group are weaker.]
[Belgium’s performance is mediocre despite being beaten like this.]
【Why did YU participate in this telecommunications equipment exhibition?】
[The Telecommunications Equipment Exhibition is already very famous, so it is normal for Deep Space Company to participate.]
[YU doesn’t often participate in this kind of business activities. I almost forgot that he is also a shareholder of Deep Space.]
[There is insider information that Deep Space Company is planning to acquire Huawei.]
【What is Huawei?】
[Huawei is a telecommunications equipment manufacturer, a Chinese company.]
【It’s not a big deal.】
【Hey...look who is standing next to YU.】
【Who is it? I don’t know him. Is he famous?】
[If I read correctly, he should be the boss of America Online.]
【The boss of AOL?】
[Why does the boss of AOL stand with Yu Dong? He seems to be very familiar with him.]
[At their level, it should be normal for them to be familiar with each other.]
【Have you read the new book? Is it good?】
[YU’s books are of course good to read, no need to ask, I just think they are good to read and I’m looking forward to the movie next week.]
[I am now confused whether to read the novel first or watch the movie first.]
[You must read the novel first. What’s wrong with this? After reading the novel, you will still be willing to watch the movie, but after watching the movie, you are generally not willing to read the novel.]
[I have finished reading the novel and bought the movie tickets. I will tell you the answer after I watch the movie.]
[Can ordinary people enter the telecommunications exhibition? Then I will wait for two days before leaving. 】
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During the lunch break, Yu Dong met Jimmy.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! After the two met, Jimmy's first words were, "What's the situation between you and Steven Keys? A lot of people asked me about this matter this morning.
It made me a little confused, and I couldn’t tell them that I didn’t know about this.”
Yu Dong smiled and said, "I had dinner with him this morning."
"How did you meet for dinner together?" Jimmy asked confused.
"Yesterday he went to a book signing and he was first in line. I recognized him, chatted for a few words, and then made an appointment to have breakfast together today." Yu Dong roughly told Jimmy about the situation.
Jimmy curled his lips and said, "It must be more than just eating. Steven Case's appearance is very deceptive. Although he looks casual on the outside, he is actually very scheming. He may get caught accidentally.
He said that he must have put a lot of thought into being ranked first. Did you talk about some business matters today?"
Yu Dong smiled and nodded, "Of course, otherwise you think he really only wants to have a meal with me. They are not in a good situation now, so I hope we can help them get through the current difficulties."
Jimmy frowned and asked with a puzzled look, "Are you sure? Why would he come to you to talk about this? Why does he think you are capable and willing to help him?"
Yu Dong shrugged and said, "His explanation is that he believes in my vision and believes that the purpose of doing business is to make money. As long as it is beneficial to both parties, I believe I will definitely agree."
Jimmy nodded, "That's true. There are no permanent enemies, only permanent interests. And although AOL and us have a lot of business competition, there is no big conflict. When Lenovo had a conflict with us before, they
He also quit in time, and even cheated Lenovo. But again, Steven Case is a person who can be cooperated with, but not for a long time."
"I know." Yu Dong nodded, "But he made two points. First, they are willing to shut down their tribe and hand over all the data on the website to us."
"This condition doesn't impress us. Their tribe can't continue to operate now. If they don't shut it down, they will only continue to lose money. Shutting it down early is a good thing for them, but leaving the data to us is of some use," Jimmy said.
.
Yu Dong continued, "Second, they are willing to sell icq to us, and the price will not be too high."
Jimmy narrowed his eyes, "This condition is not bad. If we can win the icq, it will be very good for us."
"Well, my idea is that if we can get icq, we can give it to Ma Huateng and let them put the function of the drift bottle directly on icq. This will save the early stage of attracting users."
Jimmy mused, "Leave it to Xiaoma... It's a good idea. ICQ's path is indeed suitable to be left to Xiaoma. In this way, ICQ can be used as a experimental field. If there are any functions that are inconvenient to go online, you can get ICQ first."
Try it."
Yu Dong nodded, "I think so too."
"So, you agreed?" Jimmy asked.
Yu Dong shook his head, "Although icq is very attractive, it is not enough for me to agree to him. The current situation of AOL and Time Warner is very complicated. It will take some effort to win over them, so I
Made a deal with Steven Case."
"What conditions?"
“I asked him to sell Turner Broadcasting to us,” Yu Dong said with a smile.
Jimmy slapped his thigh, "Wonderful, if Steven Case really completes this matter, it will directly break the balance between AOL and Time Warner. It will be easier to pull them back later, and Turner Broadcasting is very important to us."
It’s so useful. I’ve always wanted to build a broadcasting company. ABC is a good choice. Unfortunately, it’s impossible for Disney to let go. It’s not easy for us to get 15% of ESPN’s shares.
."
Deep Space Company was able to obtain 15% of ESPN's shares because these shares were obtained from the Hearst Group and have nothing to do with Disney. However, Deep Space Company has been very happy to cooperate with Disney in the past two years.
ESPN's user base has been growing at a very fast rate in the past two years, and is about to exceed 90 million. However, compared to the increase in subscriber users, the increase in their fees is outrageous.
Now ESPN can earn US$3.6 per month from a single subscriber, while Fox and other companies behind ESPN charge less than US$1, and most of them are less than US$0.5, which is several times lower than ESPN.
The reason why ESPN is able to increase its fees to such a high level and feel confident is because it has two fathers. The big father is Walt Disney, and the second father is Deep Space Company. Because of these two fathers, many channel providers have forced ESPN to
It is included in the set-top box package, and the Deep Space Tribe often recommends ESPN programs, such as "Sports Center", and sometimes there are program previews.
Disney has considered releasing some more ESPN shares to Deep Space to allow Deep Space to increase its promotion of ESPN, but it is impossible to release ABC shares to Deep Space.
"ABC definitely doesn't need to think about it. Disney won't be able to release it," Yu Dong said with a smile.
"Then did Steven Case promise you?" Jimmy asked.
"He said he would find a way, but he couldn't give a guarantee for this kind of thing."
Jimmy smiled and said, "Actually, it's not difficult. Although Time Warner takes Turner Broadcasting very seriously, Steven Case has many ways to accomplish this. Don't worry, I guess it won't take long.
He'll take care of it."
Seeing how relaxed Jimmy said it, Yu Dong smiled and said, "Is it as easy as you said?"
Jimmy said with great certainty, "Absolutely, just keep an eye on it."
"Okay, then I'll wait and see. But there's still another problem, and that's money. If Steven Case can handle it, we'll have to raise money here."
Jimmy thought for a while and said, "Time Warner's previous acquisition of Turner Broadcasting seemed to have cost six to seven billion U.S. dollars. If we want to buy it now, we should be able to get more than eight billion U.S. dollars. We can squeeze out the money originally spent on the acquisition of Huawei.
Three billion US dollars will be used as the initial payment, and the remaining money will be settled within this year... I roughly calculated that there is no problem in squeezing out more than five billion US dollars. If it is not enough, the Manchester United shares can be pledged.
, they can probably get 2 billion US dollars, and they can get 400-500 million US dollars by pledging the shares of ESPN. It will definitely be enough to cut some meat from Sierra and Blizzard. They have also made some money in the past two years.
, especially Xueleshan, they turned around with just one space, and now with "Minecraft", their revenue has skyrocketed."
Yu Dong waved his hand, "It's better not to separate the relationship between Xueleshan and Blizzard. Especially Blizzard is currently preparing an online game and there are many places where money is needed. We have spent money in too many places in the past two years, and we are gradually gaining money.
It feels like it’s not enough. Should we slow down a little later?”
Jimmy smiled and said, "This is not difficult. Our company currently has very little debt and its cash flow is pretty good. Since we want to expand, what does this mean?"
Yu Dong nodded, "Okay, you know better than me when it comes to funding, so you can figure it out."
Chapter completed!