Chicago 1990

"APLUS, do you support the spin-off of Microsoft? Or not?"

The next day, Song Ya received an unexpected visitor in Beverly Hills. The founder of Wired Magazine, Luis Rossetto, was known as the "trumpeter of the Internet age".

The trial of the Microsoft monopoly case in the Federal Court of Appeals has been speeded up. Rumors have it that the trial will be held next month, that is, in June. With Microsoft’s stock price falling continuously during the stock market crash, Wall Street clearly hopes that the Federal Court of Appeals can overthrow California. The judgment of the Federal Court allowed Microsoft to escape the fate of being split to save market confidence.

After coming back last night, I played crazy, the most crazy in so many years, Song Ya stretched out and yawned, unable to conceal his exhaustion.

And to the Internet era, Roseto’s spirit of being hit by the bursting of the bubble is not high. While enjoying Song Ya’s top Cuban cigars, he lazily asked: "I remember your previous complaints to Microsoft. Monopolistic behavior is abhorrent, right? You have scolded their current CEO Ballmer on the Internet."

"I don't care anymore."

Song Ya was still reminiscing about last night, and whether AOL or Microsoft, the stocks of major companies on both sides of the monopoly camp have been emptied, he really doesn’t care, "Of course, I have no opinion on Ballmer now...you know Louis "When I scolded Ballmer, I was too young and held Netscape stocks. Jim Clark taught me most of the relevant remarks. Don’t publish this paragraph..."

"Haha...no."

Roseto brushed the ashes and smiled, "You are from Silicon Valley and invested heavily in the Internet industry, but at the same time, your 3DFX company later became a strategic ally of Microsoft, in the Sega game console and display program interface. There is deep cooperation in all fields... Do you still hold a lot of Microsoft stock?"

"Uh... sorry, I can't answer your question Louis, it will expose my shareholding data."

The great theoretician Roseto is in aloof position, but his other identity is after all a media person, and Song Ya is very tight-lipped. In hindsight, at least Microsoft and AOL managed to escape quickly. In this regard, he was quite content, and of course, he was not good enough for outsiders.

"I understand."

Roseto said: "I swear I am not here to inquire about the news, or why someone is a lobbyist, I am also very confused... So during this time I will not miss any opportunity, and have a deep talk with many Silicon Valley tycoons like you. The morale of everyone is low."

"Confused?" Is this a sympathy? Song Ya asked: "Are you confused about the stock market crash?"

"how?"

"I thought you were the strongest will in our group." Song Ya smiled bitterly.

"Me? Haha, I don't know. Of course, I am firm in the future of the Internet Century, but I am not sure that some Internet companies are chaotically in the New York capital market. The stock market crash is really bad, but I sometimes feel that the bubble is crowded. Well, in short, we need to change, and change is always good..."

Roseto answered. He then smiled embarrassedly, "Of course, this does not mean that I agree that the four billion you lost is a bubble that was squeezed out, and it is the price to be paid for change."

"Boss." At this time Hayden arrived with the diamond necklace he had photographed yesterday.

"Xue Lin! Xue Lin!?" Song Ya called Xue Linfen out loudly, yawning and pointed at the square jewelry box that Hayden was holding, "For you."

"Yesterday?" Xue Linfen stroked her chest, surprised and delighted, opening the jewelry box on the spot to appreciate it.

"Don't be in front of guests..."

Song Ya waved to stop.

Yesterday, Xue Linfen was viciously insulted by the rich three generations. Although it is not a secret to give birth to her own child, in Hollywood, she should have not been slapped like this in a long time in the public. There are many small stars who follow the rich three generations to laugh. She is also respectful to her as a producer on weekdays.

I helped myself to spy and was wronged. I performed very well last night and deserved a reward.

Besides, she was once considered by Hollywood to be one of the actresses whose looks and temperament are closest to Elizabeth Taylor. This is also a kind of inheritance.

Even if he had just lost four billion, the extravagant life of the black pharaoh in front of him was beyond the reach of Luis Rossetto. He silently watched the gorgeous blonde actress who had left the jewelry box in his arms and looked at this place again. The magnificent mansion decorated by the palace style of Tsarist Russia, looking through the gate, several graceful, youthful and invincible mermaids are playing in the swimming pool...

There are two second-tier actresses, Angelina Ake and Melissa Georgi.

Legend has it that this two-thousand-thousand Marriott home in Beverly Hills has been given to actress Milla Jovovich by him.

That jewellery box should be the Elizabeth Taylor jewellery that he sold 4.5 million yuan at the charity auction yesterday, overwhelming the big boss of Seagram Universal.

More than that, as Xue Linfen disappeared with the jewelry box, a woman screamed with envy and jealousy came from the door, which means that there was...a head looking over here from the door. It seems to be this year's new movie consort Jennifer Connelly! Roseto's pupils diverged, and his familiar and beautiful face in his memory still stayed at the innocent girl who appeared in the past of the United States...

"What did you just say, Louis?" Song Ya interrupted his envy and asked.

"Uh...uh, I said...change is always good." Roseto almost forgot to talk, and replied with a new mood: "Changeisgood."

"Yeah, change...everyone needs to change..."

Song Ya is also troubled by this question, "But in what direction will you change Louis?"

"I don't know. Now is not the time when everyone was poor before. You Internet tycoons are the ones who can really decide the future, and I am just a humble trumpeter." Roseto said.

"Tycoon?"

Song Ya rolled his eyes and said, "My three websites are almost beaten back to their original form, and they are still some Internet tycoons."

"The difficulty is only temporary."

"Oh? Do you have any news? The stock market crash will end in a short time?"

"How can I..."

The two men continued to chat, Jennifer Connelly retracted his head, watching Mira, Halle and Natasha Kinsky surround Xue Linfen, greedily staring at the jewelry box opened in her hand, composed of large diamonds Her necklace was shining, and Hallie was a little gagged, nagging,'This should be mine, this should be mine, it's mine...'

"Use your swordfish action to pay for buying yourself."

Xue Linfen irritated her triumphantly, saying that this was the end of your disobedience.

It was too late, she was about to close the jewelry box, but Mira took the necklace from her hand, then put it directly on her neck, and ran away with her long legs.

"Damn it! Mira! Give it back to me!" Xue Linfen chased down angrily.

Jennifer Connelly sighed while watching this scene. Last night she witnessed that Xue Linfen was depressed by the little Bronfman's ‘Babymama’, but today she was coaxed to regain joy by a necklace.

She thought that Xue Linfen would provoke the big boss of Global for no reason, and it would be a big ‘missing item’ to cause intense verbal conflict between the two parties. As a result...

Hey, a man is a lower body animal after all. Last night, Xue Linfen prepared a ‘Sultan’s Harem’ Cos show to make men happy. He really stayed in the same bedroom with other women and waited for the black pharaoh’s luck.

From this perspective, Xue Linfen deserves this necklace, right?

She was a little disgusted with this absurd activity, but this time, let's forget it. The man is now in a career trough, depressed, irritable, self-doubt, and needs comfort and some external stimuli to divert attention.

after…

She thinks she doesn’t have a bottom line like Xue Linfen, and she also observes that no matter whether Xue Linfen or Milla, Halle, Amy have high IQs, and have no common language with men in business matters, then she has to use her strengths...

Damn it! Is this the wisdom of conspiring to fight for favor? She shook her head and felt sorry for herself, and recalled the shameful scene of curtsy with her hands when the man opened the door last night.

Ok? Suddenly she found that the other women were running away after Mira, so she happened to stay where she was to eavesdrop.

"You really didn't come to interview me today?"

"Really not, I have long since stopped doing first-line work."

Roseto was dispelling Song Ya's doubts and explained in the face of doubt: "It's just because Jobs is also in Hollywood. I came to see him. I just heard that you were there this morning, so I stopped by."

"Jobs? Haha..."

Apple was considered a relatively defensive technology company in this stock market crash, but Jobs returned to Apple for a few years. Song Ya didn’t think highly of him. The high price and low performance of the flagship product IMAC personal computer depended on the appearance of the color shell and Apple. The style of this brand supports selling, and this project was planned by the former CEO Amelio, who was driven away by him, and it was not his credit at all.

Poor Amelio, the operation of welcoming Jobs back is simply a typical case of the idiom of introducing a wolf into the room.

Apocalypse's future Apple products are nowhere to be seen, so that Song Ya wondered whether his own crossing caused the butterfly effect and disrupted the original development context of Apple.

But Jobs's personal charm is really sufficient. The Rossetto in front of him is one of his loyal fans. Wired magazine has been touting him for more than a decade. After feeling the vague disdain of the black pharaoh, he immediately argued for the idol. "After Steve Jobs returned to Apple, although the company's performance and market share did not improve, the actual industry status has been fully recovered, operating costs have been reduced, and R&D investment has increased... Their internal management has gradually been straightened out. At the supply chain level, they The inventory cycle has dropped to a miraculous six days, and the inventory has dropped from 400 million meters to less than 100 million. In terms of distribution channels, they had the ability to only ensure the smooth supply of Black Friday, and they prepaid a single payment. 100 million dollars in air freight costs. Jobs is a genius, all of which is due to his knowledge of people and good responsibilities, such as the supply chain management master Tim Cook from Compaq."

"Oh?"

Song Ya is thoughtful. He is struggling with this aspect during this time. The stock market crash made him see that Apocalypse’s familiarity is useful and useless, but brands that are actually appearing in Apocalypse movies or MVs, such as Nokia and Samsung Companies such as Apple, Apple, etc. have performed well in this stock market crash.

It's a pity that most of these technology companies are in the manufacturing sector. They did not invest as fast as Internet companies, and they had already dispersed their investment early.

"you said…"

Song Ya took the opportunity to ask a vague idea in his mind, "Louis, I'm a little tired of the Internet industry. Since you said that change is good, how about you say I take this opportunity to get out of reality?"

"Leave the virtual to the real?" Roseto asked rhetorically.

"Yes, UU reading www.uukanshu.com capital game is like a roller coaster, it is too exciting for me, my heart will not be able to bear it, I feel that I am actually not good at this, but sink my heart and bet on 3DFX with great energy Outstanding performance in this stock market crash, I think I am actually better at managing business... If I transfer my energy from the Internet to liquor, clothing, and even film and media businesses, maybe my assets will be more valuable? Don’t East, Murdoch, and the Wal-Mart family are also the top tycoons on the rich list? After the stock market crash, perhaps the Internet industry...not to mention the good times are over, but the possibility of creating a new myth of wealth should be greatly reduced. "

"These industrial tycoons are all very old when they reach today's achievements. The industry needs years of accumulation, and because of the survivors' deviation, people often overlook the bones behind successful companies. Who still remembers United American Film Corporation now? MGM It’s almost over, not to mention the struggling Sears in your Chicago, Motorola..."

Roseto shook his head, "I can't give you any advice on APLUS in this regard, otherwise I wouldn't just be a penholder with a mouthful."

"Ok…"

Song Ya touched her chin and muttered to herself, "In any case, when it's time to change, the change is always good, the sooner the better..."