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   Chapter 686 No Contrast No Harm

No matter how many theories and speculations, compared with the **** scene, they are less convincing. When the scene of the $50 billion merger and acquisition press conference scene appeared, the identity of Mondel’s Nobel Economic Prize candidate was also revealed. Powerless.

   Today, after a full day of waiting, various remarks began to appear, and the investment institutions and leeks who suspected the failure of the merger were finally relieved.

The press conference was held in the venue formerly known as the San Jose Convention Center, now renamed the Alcatel Mobile Conference Center. Even if it was held temporarily, more than hundreds.

  Irene, Iger, Bates, Paulson, Edison, and others, all went to the stage together to announce the news that shook the whole of America, and even the whole world!

Think about it, nearly seven or eight years later, when Microsoft proposed tens of billions of dollars to acquire Yahoo, it could make headlines around the world, and it would be a news broadcast event in China. It is conceivable that this acquisition has influence. How big is it.

   Now, ICQ has brought this scene forward by more than a few years, and the beautiful knife at this time is more valuable!

  The camera under the stage kept flashing, and Irene stepped forward. At this time, more than a dozen TV stations were broadcasting the moment live.

   "ICQ has completed the merger with America Telecom. ICQ acquired America Telecom at a price of 50 billion US dollars, and assumed all the debts of America Telecom. ICQ will reorganize the joint board of directors with America Telecom..."

   When Erin announced the completion of the merger, there was a slight noise throughout the scene.

The traditional media and newspapers are still slow to respond at this time, but the Internet media, Yahoo, MSN, AOL, Lycos and other portals and forums have all changed the headline of the first night to "ICQ 50 billion US dollars. Knife acquires Telecom America" ​​news.

   At almost the same time, the Internet platforms in Canada, North America, England, Germany and other European countries also reprinted the heavy news from the other side of the Atlantic.

   In Lao Maozi and Eastern Europe, one family dominates, occupying mailboxes, e-commerce, game platforms, and Yeadex, Lao Maozi's largest portal, also announced the news at the same time.

When the millions of Internet users of Lao Maozi saw the title of the $50 billion, and thought of many Lao Maozi who are still struggling for food, I wonder if there was a moment when they thought of their plus size Come…

The Internet is in full swing, and Asia, which is also developing rapidly, has been hit even more. Nippon, Bangzi, Singapore, Hong Kong City and other places have also exploded. This news is too shocking for the Internet industry. big.

An Internet company actually spent 50 billion dollars to acquire a telecommunications company. In fact, it may not be that much. ICQ only acquired 51% of the shares of America Telecom, but it does not prevent ICQ from using this as a gimmick, but it sounds like Really scary.

Sohu, the largest portal in China, Yinghaiwei, the largest forum, and other BBS forums, big and small, have become noisy today. The screen swiping that has not appeared for a long time has also reappeared, and many diving monsters have also been removed from the fish pond. exploded.

   "Is the news true?!"

  Rebs, the former madman who posted posts, couldn't help but dive out of the water and asked the people in the forum.

Rebs has had very few forums in recent years, but he knows that many people in the forum are now hanging out in the Internet industry, especially a few years ago, after Song Yang's trip to Asia, there were a lot of comments on the forum. The big cows in Booth's eyes have all started diving, and Rebs knows that they are all running their own Internet companies.

After Rebs asked the question, Ding Sanshi, who had just established NetEase and was tinkering with NetEase's mailbox, replied on the BBS forum, "It should be true, the news released by Lao Zhang's Sohu, the news of the big money owner, he definitely dare not make a mistake. !"

  Zhang Chaoyang has also hung out with BBS forums. He is a person from this BBS forum. It’s just that in the past few years, Zhang Chaoyang has become a big figure in the domestic Internet generation by virtue of Sohu, and he rarely hangs with the forums.

Many people from this forum, like Zhang Chaoyang, the guy with the code name "Lao Rong", have all received the venture capital of Song Yang. Now Sohu is the largest portal in China, and 8848 is the most popular in China. The e-commerce platform is also a strategic partner with eBay. It would be a lie to say that everyone on the forum does not envy it.

   "I just went to Yahoo News and the ICQ portal in Hong Kong City, and they all reported this news. ICQ only acquired 51% of the equity of America Telecom, but with debts, the total cost is about 30 to 40 billion US dollars!"

Zhou Zhinong, who developed Chinese character coding, told everyone in the jar about the news he picked up in the port city. Yahoo, MSN, and ICQ have not yet entered the country, but they have designed offices in the port city. The business has been launched, radiating the port city and the coastal area, which are the places with the most Internet users.

Hearing the news is true, there was an inexplicable silence on the BBS forum. This news is a shock to the entire Internet industry, almost a landmark event, but it also makes the domestic Internet industry see a huge gap. The Internet, compared with Silicon Valley, is almost a small game.

   Hong Bo, who has been pouring water on the BBS forum all the year round, asked Boss Ma at this time, "How is your OICQ doing now, I heard that the Star Wish Foundation wants to invest in you?!"

This remark attracted the attention of many people such as Rebs on the BBS forum. Last year, Boss Ma couldn't help being lonely. Seeing that Zhang Chaoyang, Lao Rong and others had all received venture capital, Ding Sanshi also came out to go it alone. , Boss Ma couldn't take it anymore. ICQ didn't enter the domestic market for a long time, so Boss Ma wanted to develop an instant messaging website that is the same as ICQ.

In the face of the OICQ that popped up, Song Yang's domestic venture capital firm, Star Hope Foundation, not only did not have a lawsuit with Boss Ma, but also spread the news that he wanted to invest in OICQ, which made many people feel a little uncomfortable. untie.

"not sure yet!"

   Boss Ma responded and continued diving. In fact, the Star Wish Foundation has already found OICQ, it is just a question of how much to invest.

   "Central Media has started reporting!"

   At this time, a news suddenly appeared on the BBS forum, which completely confirmed the rumor that ICQ acquired Telecom America at an astonishing price.

CCTV has also started to report on this merger. The merger and acquisition of 50 billion US dollars, converted into RMB, is as much as 400 billion. We all know that the account is not calculated in this way. The merger of ICQ is more about equity. In exchange, the real money spent is probably the five billion dollars in cash, but it sounds really bluffing.

  ICQ's acquisition of Telecom Americas at a sky-high price is like a comet hitting the earth, causing huge waves. Major media around the world are scrambling to report it, and more than one person is affected by this news.

  Mondale, who was still recording the program, left the studio sadly. His departure did not attract much attention. At this time, the attention of the TV station was all on the scene of the merger and acquisition conference, and no one cared about a "clown".

   Mundell, who just walked out of the TV station, received a call from Sweden. Mundell's connections and connections are mostly in Europe, and his fame in Europe is also greater than that of Ameri.

The call was from Mundell's close friend in Europe. The content was very simple. On the Nobel Prize side, the voting for the award of the Economics Prize may change. Mundell, who was originally very hopeful to win the next Nobel Prize in Economics Er, it is very likely to lose the election. After all, although the Nobel Prize Committee has always been fair and independent, it is impossible to offend the whole world after all, and the influence of public opinion must also be considered.

Putting down the phone, Mondale was not disappointed, but just let out a helpless laugh. He thought he was right. With so many years of knowledge and experience, he told him that ICQ was a giant ship made of sand, and it would dissipate as soon as the wind blew. , but no one will believe him until this giant ship is blown away!

   It's not just Mundell who is affected, Mundell may just be the least affected one.

   Another whole day of negotiation between AOL and Time Warner ended without success again.

   "Case, it's impossible for Time Warner to accept AOL's current offer. America Telecom is worth $50 billion, so Time Warner is not as good as America Telecom?"

   The representative of Time Warner left the stage directly. America Telecom dared to quote US$50 billion. Time Warner, the old media empire, is not as good as America Telecom?

Although in fact, it is not as good. In the past ten years, Time Warner has made 97 billion US dollars, but not only did not make a profit, but also lost 600 million US dollars, carrying a foreign debt of 17.8 billion US dollars, more than America Telecom owes, America Telecom With a debt of less than 10 billion dollars, Time Warner only pays the interest on the debt, and it pays 1.3 billion dollars every year.

But none of this hinders. Time Warner dares to ask for the price. Telecom America has really stimulated the board of directors of Time Warner. Originally, they wanted to marry AOL to get Time Warner. After seeing ICQ's bid, they also changed their mind. ICQ can be for America Telecom, With an offer of $50 billion, can AOL, a heartless man, bid $150 billion to acquire Time Warner? !

AOL prides itself on being an Internet giant. It is hard to believe that it is not as strong as ICQ. There is no harm if there is no comparison. Anyway, the acquisition of America Telecom has made Time Warner's board of directors make up its mind. If AOL does not have a high price, Time Warner will not sell it. Sell!

Case and Lyonsis and other AOL executives looked at the departing Time Warner executives in frustration. They were a little helpless. Seeing that the acquisition was about to take shape, now the merger of America Telecom has completely messed up the era. Warner is obviously preparing to make mergers and acquisitions worth hundreds of billions of dollars.

Once the acquisition price reached 100 billion US dollars, it exceeded the annual harvest of more than half of the countries in the world. Case watched the news of ICQ and Inter-American Telecom, and finally couldn't help smashing what was in his hand on the TV. machine, "I don't want to see ICQ again!"

   (end of this chapter)