Chapter 1100 Concessions

"Are you going to IBM today?"

"Yes, I'm going to IBM."

"Can I go with you?"

"Yes, it's OK."

Looking at McGill who needed Danny's help to get into the car, Li Zitao wondered if he was being too merciful.

The little bastard doesn't even call 'Daddy' now, it's either 'Hi,' 'Hey,' 'That. ’ Otherwise, it’s going straight to the point as before.ァ新ヤ~⑧~1~中文网ωωω.χ~⒏~1zщ.còм

"At least, this proves that he is not a long-winded person." Li Zitao comforted himself.

"Thomas, this is McGill... this is Mr. Thomas Watson, the CEO of IBM."

"Leon Solan, the laboratory director... the chief laboratory director, Calus..."

After introducing everyone to McGill, he stayed in the laboratory with great interest. Although the laboratory here is not as good as that in California, he didn't know it.

Li Zitao thought he was making him angry, maybe it was revenge for not being by his side, or maybe he didn't care at all, who knows!

"Are children such a headache?" Looking at McGill's back, Li Zitao said with a wry smile.

"Headache? Please, this is just the beginning. You can only be truly relieved when you are buried in the ground." When mentioning the child, Thomas showed even more helplessness.

His son hardly talks to him. The eldest son is currently working as a lighting engineer in Hollywood. He receives a meager salary every month and lives in an apartment where everyone can hear the whole building when the water is flushed.

The second son is in New York, lives in Brooklyn, and is a fashion designer, although so far no one has invested in his...stuff.

The third and fourth children stayed by his side, and what they needed to do every day was to eat Dad.

The fifth child, his youngest daughter, was the most reassuring thing for Thomas. She was going to college and hoped that the wait this time would not be another disappointment.

"Looking at it this way, I'm very lucky." Hearing about Thomas' situation, Li Zitao felt like he was about to pop champagne.

Are children sent by God to torture people?

After the little complaints were over, Li Zitao accepted it calmly, who was not a brat when he was young.

"IBM has been burning money, so tell me some good news this time." Walking on the flat lawn with Thomas, Li Zitao needed some good news to comfort himself.

"Unfortunately, no." Thomas said, spreading his hands.

This cannot be changed, but it is not his fault. It is the man in front of him who needs results, who keeps throwing money into the IBM laboratory.

Throwing money regardless of gains and losses, regardless of consequences, is what Thomas thinks.

The California lab wasted so much money that it was driving the entire board crazy, and all the profits were reinvested in endless research and development.

It is simply impossible to support IBM with orders from the government and schools, especially after having a "gold swallowing beast" laboratory.

"Don't complain, Thomas, you should know the importance of research and development." Li Zitao smiled and waved, the relationship between them has eased a lot.

If he had said that in the past, Li Zitao would just pretend he didn't hear anything, turn around and leave, and talk about re-election of the CEO at the shareholder meeting.

"I know, but you should also know that the most important thing for a company is to make a profit. If you can't see the profit, no one will continue to stay."

"Who wants to leave?" Li Zitao asked with interest: "If yes,

Ask him to hand me the quotation. "

Li Zitao doesn't mind taking another part of the shares, because the California laboratory has a closer result.

It would be more correct to say that the lab and the University of California were a joint effort.

The network, after the successful construction of a large... no, to be precise, it should be a 'supercomputer', Li Zitao proposed the concept of the network. The new 81 Chinese website is updated the fastest Mobile terminal: https:/

But so far it's just a prototype, they've managed to transmit the signal from the lab to UC, and that's it.

But from Li Zitao's point of view, this is a very good signal, for anyone who knows the future.

The Internet of the future is spiritual marijuana. In order to satisfy everyone's spirit as soon as possible, Li Zitao believes that it is necessary to let the useless "Internet" appear quickly.

In fact, as far as the current era is concerned, it is a 'waste product' that is completely useless and will waste a lot of money, because it is not necessary to be demanded at all.

Look at who is buying Legendboy now, the Ministry of Defense, L-BhG's computing center, IBM's own experimental center, University of California, University of Chicago, Harvard...

There are also a couple of well-funded public universities, and nothing beyond that.

Those who are interested will give up within 30 seconds of knowing the price and how vulnerable it is, and those who are not...still not interested.

The profit from selling these machines is far from enough to fill the "experimental black hole," which is now supported by other businesses.

Punched cards, employee timekeeping systems, scales, automatic meat slicers, commodity processors, and more were sustaining IBM.

However, the speed at which the black hole absorbs money is getting faster and faster, and sooner or later the directors will not be able to bear it.

"Charlie, do you understand that these are useless... I admit that LDY is a good idea, but it will not become mainstream at present, and it cannot be done,

We need to slow down first and take our time, instead of eating a fat man in one bite. "

Thomas doesn't want to see the shareholder meeting become deadlocked, or who withdraws. He just wants to resolve this matter peacefully and bring IBM back to normal.

"How?" Li Zitao wanted to hear his opinion.

It should also be said that it was the opinion of the entire board of directors. Before he arrived in Mountain View, I believe they had already held a meeting to discuss it.

"Suspended... The laboratories in Mountain View are fully closed, the Los Angeles laboratory is closed in half, and the experimental funding is cut by 80%."

"impossible."

"These are negotiable, talk about your conditions." Thomas looked at him and said.

"The Mountain View laboratory is closed, and I will take away the researchers inside. The Los Angeles laboratory will not be closed, but some people can be laid off selectively."

"As for the experimental appropriation... cut by 20%." Li Zitao didn't want to mention layoffs, but he had no choice.

Unless he really wants to quarrel with the board of directors and force the entire management team to leave.

Because he knows very well that insisting on appropriating funds to the laboratory has offended too many people, including high and middle management with reduced dividends at the end of the year.

"That's not okay, it's not the 1930s." Thomas is telling him that there are no shortage of other options now.

Li Zitao is thinking seriously, because this is very troublesome, he needs these experienced managers and employees, and they have managed IBM very well.

No one wants to ask for trouble, and Li Zitao is the same. Who wants to fire employees who perform well?

Either he is a lunatic, or he is threatened by the employee, and the other party may replace him, so it is better to 'invite' him away before it happens.

But these two situations don't exist for him, what Li Zitao needs to do is to make everything on the right track, provided that he is willing to make concessions.

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