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   Welch, who is about to retire, has no desire to compete for fame and fortune. Before that, Welch may pay attention to a rising star like Song Yang, and judge whether Song Yang will have an impact on GE.

  Now, Welch just looked at Song Yang with a bit of scrutiny, and then unconsciously recalled the time when he was young...

In every era, there is a genius who can overwhelm an era. Welch today is considered a success, but in the 40s and 50s when Welch was young, there was only one genius in America, even if Welch was young. Welch when he was young, or in other words, the young American in that era, admired that man more. He did what a man dreamed of in his life!

   Immelt looked at Welch curiously. He rarely sees a confident Welch who would show this look.

   "Howard Hughes, they...really a bit alike. They were born in Houston, they like to do things that people expect, and they like women in Hollywood!"

Welch shrugged his shoulders and made a joke to Welch. Welch just said casually that after experiencing the era of Howard Hughes, Welch did not think that Song Yang surpassed Howard Hughes and could even Putting this name together, Welch felt that it was enough to prove Song Yang's influence now.

Immelt, two generations away from Welch. When he came of age, Howard Hughes had retired. He had heard the name and knew that the man was very influential, but not much feel.

But looking at the look of memories on Welch's face, he also knows how much influence Howard Hughes has brought to Welch, just like the influence of Elvis, Michael Jackson and others on their contemporaries, whether they like them or not , they are there!

In America, Howard Hughes was a household name like the Axe and Lincoln. Even ordinary people in that era thought he was even greater. He was the genius of America, the representative of America's dream, and was also recognized by the public. Considered as the hero of America, what is the Silicon Valley Iron Man Musk, who has experienced the Howard Hughes era, will never put this title on Musk!

Several successive leaders of America have been very polite to Howard Hughes. Movies, planes, satellites, casinos in Las Vegas, etc. have all changed because of Howard Hughes, and there are even more outrageous ones. Weird legends all happened to him.

The famous Watergate Incident, the site that was intruded by the Great Commander, belonged to the office of Howard Hughes's subordinates. It is rumored that the relatives of the Great Commander borrowed 200,000 US dollars from Howard Hughes. The knife does not pay back!

The great commander was unlucky in the end, and it is hard to say how much he has something to do with Howard Hughes, but sometimes, the rumors are really outrageous, but it also proves some things, Howard Hughes and one of the most powerful figures in America The relationship is really deep...

Looking at the interview clip, Welch was thinking of several media and reporters, and Song Yang, who was talking about the space tourism project, couldn't help but look a little dazed. The same was true of Howard Hughes back then, selling his own designed aircraft to the outside world. , and the project of flying across states again and again.

   shook his head, Welch felt that he was indeed old, and he began to recall these past events.

   Welch raised his head, looked at Song Yang on the screen, and then looked at Immelt, who was in his prime, but he was a little worried for no reason.

Immelt felt that Song Yang had already settled down. After the ICQ acquisition was completed, he was pressing step by step to control ICQ, while Song Yang kept giving back. It seemed that Immelt had won a big victory win.

But Welch is not so relieved. Song Yang is not the second generation of Edgar Bronfman. He is the real first generation of self-made. It can be said that Song Yang borrowed the wind of the Internet to ride the wind. However, there are so many practitioners in Silicon Valley, how many people can achieve the level of Song Yang?

The point is, even though Welch didn't investigate Song Yang too much, he had read some information and knew that Song Yang had hardly suffered too many losses since he entered the industry, nor was he swallowed by those giant crocodiles. Anyone who wanted to take advantage of him lost a few front teeth in the end!

   Looking at Immelt, who was full of confidence and ready to fight, Welch's words came to his lips and swallowed them back. In his current status, it was no longer suitable for him to say those words to Immelt.

   "Be careful when working with Bruno Song!"

   Welch finally explained to Immelt, Immelt nodded very "seriously", but Welch knew that he didn't care at all.

   "General Electric, do you want to also enter the new energy vehicle and space exploration industry?"

   Watching the interview clip on TV, Immelt didn't take Welch's words to heart, instead he had other thoughts, whether to follow Song Yang.

   Whether it is scolded or praised, no matter how the media and scholars scold Song Yang for not doing his job, when Song Yang announced that he was going to enter a new industry, it quickly attracted the attention of the entire technology industry!

   Not only Immelt, when the joint interview clip appeared on TV stations such as ICNC and NBC, the terms new energy electric vehicle and private space exploration quickly swept the entire American technology industry.

After all, in recent years, Song Yang has always been followed by people from all walks of life. Double-click created the Internet advertising model. Now a large number of Internet companies are engaged in this business, ICQ's social network, Hotmail's mailbox, Fortis online antivirus software , PayPal payment, etc., are the first to eat crabs in the industry, and now there are countless Internet companies to follow suit.

  Now Song Yang has indicated that he wants to play a new industry. Should the technology companies and giants in America and Silicon Valley continue to follow up these few, it is obviously an industry that swallows gold beasts?

  Song Yang threw the hydrangea, but it was up to them whether to pick it up or not.

   "Bruno Song, are you really ready to give up the Internet industry?"

Yahoo headquarters, at the moment, is also having a headache discussing. America's technology and Internet industry are now a big copy. Of course, it is called "chasing the wind". As long as a new Internet concept and business appears, major Internet companies must You have to follow up, because if you don’t follow up, you will be quickly abandoned by investors, and the market value will collapse directly.

Yang Zhiyuan sat on the side, listening to the fierce debate between Yahoo President Cooger and a group of executives. Yahoo's current market value has almost touched the threshold of 90 billion US dollars. If this is before the listing, no one would have thought .

But now, looking at the market value of Yahoo, even if the market value exceeds 100 billion US dollars, Yang Zhiyuan and a group of Yahoo investors are not too happy, because the ICQ next door is attacking the market value of 400 billion US dollars, and both sides seem to have already Not a latitude anymore.

What Yahoo is arguing about now is whether Song Yang proposed to enter a new industry, whether to play a game or really plan to quit the Internet industry and make a big effort in the new industry. Song Yang is only a word, but for companies like Yahoo! That said, there is a real choice.

The representative of the Wall Street institution at Yahoo said, "Bruno Song is indeed selling and transferring his Internet shares, and the North American Global Investment Fund, which represents his shares, is in contact with some institutions, and may also include a sale, which Bruno Song holds. Get that part of Yahoo!"

  According to the news from Wall Street, Song Yang seems to be constantly cashing out stocks to raise US dollars for the new industry, and he is constantly looking for big investment institutions around the world to take over the shares he holds in major Internet companies.

Hearing these words, Kuger looked at the taciturn Yang Zhiyuan. Since Yahoo began to be completely taken over by Wall Street institutions, Yang Zhiyuan's several proposals were all rejected, and he began to become taciturn. Yang Zhiyuan also began to understand that what Wall Street needs, It's just that he's a mascot at Yahoo, not pointing fingers!

   Seeing that Yang Zhiyuan didn't speak, Kuger gritted his teeth, "Yahoo needs to follow up, whether it's new energy vehicles or space exploration, Yahoo needs to choose one!"

   It’s another matter of playing or not. Anyway, it can’t be outdated. It will be a disaster for Yahoo to make investors feel that Yahoo has not kept up with the times.

Not only Yahoo, but also AOL, Microsoft, Lycos and other major Internet and technology companies are also discussing. New energy electric vehicles and space exploration do not seem to be compatible with the current Internet, but there is no way, they do not want to be exposed Abandoned, if you want to be the pig on the tuyere, you can only try your best to get up!

  Song Yang would never have thought that the Internet and the technology industry would be directly biased by one of his interviews. He was just looking for a reason to cash out, but he was taken for granted.

   Even Jim Clark, who was retired and at home, ran over to inquire about the situation with Song Yang.