American Fortune Life

"yawn--"

"Al, why call me at this hour..."

Andy was bleary-eyed, and looked at the clock hanging on the wall with the help of the morning light. It was only around 4 o'clock in the morning, and he asked with a frown on his phone.

"What's the matter, dear?"

"Huh? Wait a moment."

Hearing Ivana's question, Andy asked Al to wait a moment, then looked at Ivana who opened his sleepy eyes, covered the phone, and said softly to her: "It's okay, you go to sleep, I'll answer the phone. "

Saying that, Andy lifted the blanket, picked up a nightgown from the side and put it on, while holding the phone between his face and shoulders, he fastened the belt of the nightgown, walked out of the bedroom quickly, closed the door, and walked in In the study room, turn on the light, raise your eyebrows and say, "What happened?"

"Sorry boss, I interrupted your rest, but it happened suddenly, and I didn't receive any news before..." Alvetrie's tone was full of dumbfounding and a trace of depression.

"Just received notice from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that they will investigate your close relationship with the Apple and Google boards to see if you have violated antitrust laws..."

"Ahem..." Andy, who was taking out a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator in the study and drinking it, was choked, coughing, eyes wide open, and said with an unbelievable expression: "Wait!" Wait, say it again, did I hear you wrong? Are you saying the FTC is going to investigate me?"

"Hehe, boss, you heard it right, the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has begun to investigate the concurrent appointment of board members of Apple and Google to determine whether it violates the relevant provisions of the anti-monopoly law.

You and Google CEO Eric Schmidt and former Genentech CEO Arthur Vinson were included in the investigation list because they both served as directors of the boards of directors of Apple and Google. Competitor companies hold concurrent positions, as this may slow down competition between companies. "

"Shet! The FTC is full... wait, no, there is a problem here..." Andy cursed with an ugly expression, and when he was about to vent his anger, he immediately noticed a trace of something unusual.

"Boss, you guessed it right. There is indeed a problem. According to our antitrust experts, the provisions in Section 8 of the Clayton Antitrust Act "joint boards" are rarely enforced. According to the information we have received, The FTC decided to investigate because of an anonymous insider’s report, and has notified Google and Apple that it will pay attention to the matter.”

"FXXK! It's definitely Larry Ellison, a despicable and shameless villain, and only he can do such a thing, a vicious and shameless informer..." When he heard the whole story, Andy didn't even think about it. Without thinking about it, I immediately thought of Larry Ellison, who had a whistleblowing record and had a grudge against him. It wasn’t Andy’s arbitrariness, because if someone else reported it, his name would never appear. After all, he is not from Google As a director of the board of directors, although he has a very close relationship with both Google and Apple, he has not yet reached the level where he can influence the affairs of the two companies.

Therefore, even if you don't like Google and Apple, you will definitely not be an idiot to bring Andy Smith on the side, but now you put Andy on the report, it is definitely the method of this bad old man who is full of bad water.

At the beginning, in order to deal with Bill Gates, he could hire commercial spies to dig through the trash can,

Take it back and hire specialized technicians to find evidence against Microsoft from the garbage. The problem is that this shameless guy, not only doesn't feel wrong, but proudly said: "I am very satisfied with everything I do."

Don’t think of others, it’s definitely Larry Ellison, the bastard who is disgusting himself. It’s no secret that Google’s board of directors wants to absorb Andy as a director, and there are rumors that Andy joined Google from time to time. Larry Ellison's report will not cause Andy any trouble, but it is absolutely disgusting.

"The FTC stated that Google and Apple have begun to compete in more and more businesses, such as mobile phones. According to their views, if three directors sit on the board of directors of the two companies at the same time, the two companies have potential collusion. possible xing."

"Fart! Google has never regarded Apple as its primary competitor." Andy cursed directly when he heard the reason mentioned by the FTC. To be honest, he was really disgusted by Larry Ellison, a bad old man. .

"Didn't they want to investigate? Well, let them investigate. I'll call Larry Page in a while. I'm going to be a director of Google. Doesn't Larry Ellison just want to disgust me? Well, he succeeded. He managed to piss me off!"

Hearing some angry words from the boss, Alvetrie persuaded with a wry smile: "Boss, you don't need to be angry with him. In fact, even if he reported anonymously, if the FTC didn't do it intentionally, his report is useless. Therefore, the investigation into the relationship between the boards of directors of Apple and Google is not for you. It only shows that they want to further supervise Google to find out whether the company's dominant position in the fields of Internet search and online advertising will hinder market competition.

This is mainly because last June, Google and Yahoo signed a search advertising cooperation agreement to allow Google to place advertisements on Yahoo's website, although the scope of cooperation is limited to the US and Canadian markets. However, it has caused dissatisfaction among many parties. Microsoft has been persuading US regulators to conduct an antitrust investigation of Google, and then the US Department of Justice launched an investigation and plans to sue Google and Yahoo.

In order to avoid a lawsuit with the US Department of Justice, Google voluntarily gave up cooperation with Yahoo advertising in November last year. This move also directly led to the resignation of Yahoo co-founder and former CEO Jerry Yang. "

"It's a joke. Microsoft itself is not clean, and it's telling others. Larry Ellison, an old bastard, this is helping his deadly enemy." Although Andy was disgusted by the meal, he felt suffocated. I was full of anger, but I couldn't help but sneer at the bullshit of these three IT giants.

"Google and Apple have long been an alliance against Microsoft's technological dominance. The two compete with Microsoft on many fronts, from the operating system to the fast-growing smartphone market. Services such as Internet search provided by Google have caused huge losses to Microsoft. threat.

What's interesting is that as soon as the news that the FTC was going to investigate the relationship between the boards of directors of Google and Apple came out, Microsoft's Ballmer called me, hoping that I would convey his greetings and his cooperation intention to you. "After Al finished talking on the phone, he couldn't help chuckling twice.

"Cooperate with Microsoft? Let's hear it." Andy is also a little curious. To be honest, whether it is Apple, Google, Microsoft or Oracle, the relationship between them is definitely complicated. However, these have nothing to do with him. As long as there is Interest, even if Larry Ellison, an old bastard, pissed him off, Oracle's stock should be bought or bought, and it should be held or held.

"It is like this. As one of the measures to challenge Google, Microsoft hopes to seek support from WhatsApp and INS, two popular information sharing services around the world. In order to obtain the real-time Weibo data of INS, Microsoft is willing to pay a fee, but, He hopes that the data obtained by Microsoft from INS will not be disclosed to the outside world."

Andy frowned slightly, thought for a while, and then said: "This is a good thing, why not make money, but real-time Weibo data can be given to them, but the personal privacy data of our users is absolutely not, my company is not a face Books, they can take them with a little money.”

The two communicated for a while, and Andy hung up the phone, sat on the boss chair with sharp eyes and meditated for a while, looking at the clock on the wall, half an hour had passed.

"I'm disgusting, right! You dirty old man, since you use such a shameless trick, then don't blame me for messing with you. Aren't you a so-called lonely fighter? This time I told you to be completely alone!"

Andy's eyes were cold, he gritted his teeth and muttered, picked up the phone, found out the phone number of his network thug Shuidi Studio, and called.

"...Yes, shameless whistleblower, this hat must be placed on Larry Ellison's head. I want to go to the people of the United States to know how corrupt his character and morals are!"

Andy gave his opinion to Waterdrop Studio, and asked them to set off a huge wave on the Internet, and then he called NBC TV station and all the newspapers under him. Of course, these mainstream media reports, Andy It is not so self-willed to directly name Larry Ellison, but the hint of evading legal responsibility is enough.

In the United States, snitching is considered one of the most disreputable acts ever committed by human beings, and the whistleblower is shameful. This is the general attitude of Americans towards whistleblowing. ...

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