"Are you going to ibm today?"

"Yes, I'm going to ibm."

"Can I go together?"

“Yes, yes.”

Looking at McGill who needed Danny's help to get in, Li Zitao wondered if he was a little too kind.

This little bastard doesn't even call "Dad" now, either "Hey," "Hey," "That." or it's just going straight to the topic like just now.

"At least, this can prove that he is not a verbosive person." Li Zitao comforted himself.

"Thomas, this is McGill... This is Mr. Thomas Watson, he is ibm's ceo."

"Leon Solan, laboratory director...the chief laboratory director, Carles..."

After introducing everyone to McGill, he stayed in the laboratory with great interest. Although the laboratory here is not as good as California, he didn't know.

Li Zitao thought he was making him angry, maybe it was because he was not with him in order to revenge on his own, or maybe he didn't care at all, who knows!

"Are children so troublesome?" Li Zitao said with a wry smile as he looked at McGill's back.

"Heart? Please, this is just the beginning. Only when you are buried in the soil can you truly be relieved." Thomas was even more helpless when talking about the child.

His son hardly talks to him. His eldest son is currently working as a lighting maker in Hollywood, receiving a meager salary every month, living in an apartment where everyone in the building can hear as long as they flush.

My second son lives in New York, lives in Brooklyn, and is a fashion designer. Although no one has invested in what he designed so far...that pile of things.

The third and fourth brother stayed by his side, and all they needed to do every day was to eat the father.

Lao Wu, his youngest daughter, is the most worry-free thing for Thomas. She is in college and hopes that what she has come this time will not be disappointed again.

"I'm lucky to see this way." When Li Zitao heard about Thomas' situation, he felt that he was about to open champagne.

Are the children sent by God to torture people?

After the small complaints ended, Li Zitao accepted these things safely again. Who was not a naughty child when he was a child?

"ibm has been burning money, so, tell me some good news this time." Li Zitao needs good news to comfort himself while walking on the flat lawn with Thomas.

"Sad, no," Thomas said with his hands spreading out.

This cannot be changed, but it is not his fault. The man in front of him who needs results is constantly spending money on ibm laboratory.

In Thomas's opinion, he spent money regardless of gains and losses and consequences.

The California Laboratory wasted too much money, which made the entire board of directors crazy, and all the profits were once again invested in endless research and development.

It is impossible to feed ibm on the orders from the government and schools alone, especially after having a 'Gold-Swallowing Beast' laboratory.

"Don't complain, Thomas, you should know the importance of R&D." Li Zitao smiled and waved, and the relationship between them had eased a lot.

If he had said this in the past, Li Zitao would just pretend that he hadn't heard anything, turn around and leave, and talk about the issue of re-selecting CEO at the shareholders' meeting.

"I know, but you should also know that the most important thing for a company is profit. If you can't see the profit, no one will continue to stay."

"Who is leaving?" Li Zitao asked interestedly: "If yes, let him hand over the quotation to me."

Li Zitao doesn't mind taking up a portion of the shares, because California Laboratories have achieved more results.

More correctly, the joint efforts of the lab and the University of California.

The network, in large... no, to be precise, it should be that the "giant machine" was successfully built, Li Zitao proposed the concept of the network.

But so far it's still just a prototype, they've done the signal from the lab to the University of California, and that's all.

However, in Li Zitao's view, this is a very good signal, and it is true for anyone who knows the future.

The Internet in the future is spiritual marijuana. In order to satisfy everyone's spirit as soon as possible, Li Zitao believes that it is necessary to let the useless "Internet" appear soon.

In fact, in the current era, it is a completely useless and wastes a lot of money because it does not have the need to be demanded.

See who buy legend boys now, the Department of Defense, l-bhg's computing center, ibm's own experimental center, the University of California, the University of Chicago, Harvard...

There are also several well-funded public universities, but there are no other ones.

After learning the price and its fragility, those who are interested will give up their thoughts within 30 seconds. Those who are not interested will still not be interested.

The profit of selling these machines is far from enough to fill the ‘experimental black hole’ now all rely on other businesses to support it.

Perforated cards, employee timing systems, scales, automatic meat cutters, commercial processors, etc. These businesses are supporting ibm.

However, black holes are attracting money faster and faster, and sooner or later, directors will not be able to stand it.

"Charlie, do you understand that these are useless...I admit that ldy is a good idea, but it will not become mainstream at the moment, nor can it be done,

We need to slow down and take it slowly, rather than eating a fat man in one bite.”

Thomas doesn't want to see the shareholders quarrel, or who quits. He just wants to resolve this matter peacefully and restore ibm to normal.

"How to do it?" Li Zitao wanted to hear his opinion.

It should also be said that it is the opinion of the entire board of directors. Before he arrived in Mountain View, he believed they had a meeting to discuss it.

"Suspend...the laboratories in Mountain View are closed in half, and the laboratory is closed in half, and the experimental allocation is reduced by 80%.

"impossible."

"You can discuss all these and talk about your conditions." Thomas said to him.

"The Mountain View Laboratory is closed, and I want to take away the researchers inside. The Los Angeles Laboratory will not be closed, but there is a choice to cut off some people."

"As for the experimental funding...the reduction is 20%." Li Zitao did not want to mention the word layoffs, but he had no choice.

Unless he really wants to have a quarrel with the board of directors and force the entire management team to leave.

Because he knew very well that insisting on allocating funds to the laboratory offended too many people, including the high reduction in dividends at the end of the year and the middle-level management.

"This won't work, it's not the 1930s." Thomas was telling him that there is no shortage of other options now.

Li Zitao was thinking seriously because it was very troublesome. He needed these experienced managers and employees, who managed ibm very well.

No one wants to make trouble for themselves, and Li Zitao is the same. Who would want to fire an employee with excellent performance?

Either he is a lunatic or he is threatened by employees, and the other party may take his place, so it is better to "please" him away before it happens.

Both of these situations do not exist for him. All Li Zitao needs to do is to get everything on track, provided that he is willing to give in.
Chapter completed!