Giant of the times

While AOL was still considering it, Li Zetian had already launched an acquisition operation to Carl Zeiss in East Germany in the Soviet-occupied zone.

The Soviet Union and the United States were in the midst of a Cold War, and the issue of acquiring Carl Zeiss was a bit sensitive.

However, after all, East Germany did not belong to the Soviet Union, but to the Democratic Republic of Germany. In business, the East German Carl Zeiss Company suffered serious losses. Since someone wants to buy the company, it can be considered.

Soon, the people sent by Li Zetian began to contact the people from Carl Zeiss and officially entered the negotiation process.

Not long after, news came out that Li Zetian had launched an acquisition of the German company TRUMPF.

At this time, the German government and German citizens were very surprised.

"Is Chronos·Li's investment going to Germany?"

Many Germans are delighted.

Germany was a defeated country and needed outside investment.

Li Zetian is the world's richest man, and his investment trends have always attracted attention. His acquisition of German companies means that he is optimistic about the development of Germany. The German government certainly supports this. With Li Zetian as an example, why should international capital not enter Germany one after another to promote Germany's economic development?

Therefore, during the acquisition process, Li Zetian did not encounter any obstruction from the German government. As long as the government doesn't interfere, money isn't an issue.

In fact, Germany is the largest economy in Europe and its industry is very developed. Li Zetian is very optimistic about its development.

Although Li Zetian now holds American citizenship, his company is an international enterprise, and the U.S. government can only interfere with companies in the United States.

As the saying goes, "A cunning rabbit has three burrows." Li Zetian will naturally not put all his industries in the United States.

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Three days passed quickly. Those who know the current affairs are heroes. Steve Case is a smart man. Finally, he discussed with Jim Kinsey and agreed to Li Zetian's request.

Li Zetian sent Dongfang Yuqin to America Online again and formally signed a contract with them. At the same time, it brought cooperation contracts between Mango Computer Company, Apple Company and Sprint Company, allowing AOL to install online service systems on computers, while Sprint Company provided network services.

After Dongfang Yuqin left, Steve Case said with emotion: "Chronos·Li has too many resources. AOL has provided so much help as soon as they got it, so why worry about the company not being able to develop!!"

Jim Kinsey nodded: "Yes! Okay, this is just the beginning. We still need to get more orders. All computer stores and telecommunications companies are our targets!"

"Um!"

Li Zetian allowed AOL to develop without further intervention or even making any suggestions.

In fact, because the Internet has not yet emerged, good products have been produced, but other companies have imitated them. In addition, Steve Case and his management team are still young after all and need to be tempered.

His current focus is on Sprint, as telecommunications networks are the key to the Internet.

Now that he has acquired America Online, it is time to speed up the development of Sprint. Li Zetian plans to acquire a telecommunications company and expand rapidly. The target has been found, GTE, the largest independent local telephone company in the United States.

Right now, the U.S. dollar is depreciating sharply, and the umbrella company still has more than three billion U.S. dollars in its account. When the end of the year comes, the company will pay dividends again and the money will not be spent. Li Zetian feels unhappy and always feels that he is losing money. If the money is not enough, Wells Fargo Bank under Li Zetian's name can also lend money.

Therefore, on the third day after acquiring AOL, Li Zetian launched an acquisition offer to GTE in the name of Sprint.

As soon as the news came out, it immediately shocked the US telecommunications industry.

The Wall Street Journal couldn't help but report: "Sprint is extremely strong with the support of Chronos Li and will definitely become the dominant telecommunications company in the United States in the near future!!"

There is a lot of confusion within AT\u0026T, and there is no way to suppress the strong rise of Sprint.

The establishment of a nationwide digital fiber optic network immediately made Sprint a strong competitor in AT\u0026T's long-distance phone business. In addition, the construction of the submarine optical cable between the United States and Asia is about to be completed. By then, Sprint will compete with AT\u0026T in Asia's international long-distance business, unless AT\u0026T also builds a submarine optical cable immediately.

In addition, AT\u0026T is also facing competition from MCI. It can be said that it is surrounded on all sides, which is really frustrating.

AOL's Steve Case and Jim Kinsey were ecstatic when they learned that Sprint was acquiring GTE. If GTE is acquired by Li Zetian, AOL will gain absolute support from GTE, and the company's future development will definitely be as fast as a rocket.

"Chronos·Li is indeed the world's richest man, a billionaire. He is rich and domineering! If we had not agreed to Chronos·Li's acquisition of AOL, we would definitely have a headache now!" Steve Case laughed.

"Haha, it's true!" Jim Kinsey laughed, "In my opinion, this is just the beginning. Chronos Li will definitely not be satisfied after acquiring GTE. Seven Little Bells may be his next target!"

“The combination of capital power and unique vision is simply invincible!”

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Li Zetian makes big moves frequently, and the recent news is all about him.

Either acquiring German companies or acquiring American telecommunications companies, it seems that the fangs of capitalists have been exposed, making people realize that these are the real capital predators! ! !

In the evening, Dongfang Yuqin walked into Li Zetian's study and said, "Mr. Li, M. Davis, the chairman of 20th Century Fox Film Company, just called and kindly invited you to attend his party."

"You can politely refuse it for me. You know, I don't like attending parties like this." Li Zetian continued to read the documents without raising his head.

Dongfang Yuqin reminded: "Mr. Li, this is not a simple party!"

"Oh?!" Li Zetian raised his head, looked at her and asked, "Why isn't it simple?"

"News Corporation wants to acquire 20th Century Fox Film Company, but there is no agreement on the price. At this critical moment, M. Davis suddenly held a party and invited many people with strong financial resources. This is worthy of further investigation. Mr. Li, if If you are interested in 20th Century Fox Film Company, you might as well go to this party!

In the 1960s, 20th Century Fox Film Company produced "Cleopatra," the most expensive film in American film history, but it failed miserably. From then on, 20th Century Fox Film Company was short of funds and began to decline. By the 1970s, the company produced very few films. In 1981, the big oilman M. Davis bought the company, but it did not bring him huge profits, so he now wants to sell it. "

Li Zetian was secretly happy when he heard this. Although he didn't know much about 20th Century Fox Film Company, he also knew that the current situation of the company was not good. The "Star Wars" series that made 20th Century Fox Film Company a huge profit, Now it belongs to the Disney Company.

"Then let's go!" Li Zetian thought about it and said with a smile, "Haha, it seems to be controlling two Hollywood movie giants, which is quite interesting! In addition, the "Sun" under the name of News Corporation once satirized me, although the matter has passed It took a long time, but it left scars on my fragile heart..."

Speaking of the latter part, Li Zetian couldn't help but joke. However, he does have some conflicts with News Corporation. He can create obstacles for News Corporation and strengthen himself at the same time. Why not?