Chapter 1386 Change Is Good

"APLUS, do you support Microsoft being broken up? Or not?"

The next day, Song Ya received an unexpected visitor in Beverly Hills, the founder of Wired magazine, Luis Roseto, who is known as "the trumpeter of the Internet age".

The trial of the Microsoft monopoly case in the federal appeals court has been sped up. It is rumored that the trial will be held next month, that is, in June. The judgment of the federal court allowed Microsoft to escape the fate of being split up in order to save market confidence.

After coming back last night, I played very crazy, the craziest in so many years, Song Ya stretched and yawned, unable to hide her exhaustion.

And Rossetto, who has been advocating the Internet age until now, is not in high spirits after being hit by the bursting of the bubble. While enjoying Song Ya's top Cuban cigar reception, he asked lazily: "I remember what you said to Microsoft before. Monopolistic behavior is abhorrent, right? You once yelled at their current CEO Ballmer on the Internet."

"I don't care anymore."

Song Ya was still reminiscing about last night, and regardless of whether AOL or Microsoft, the stocks of major companies in the monopoly camp have been emptied, so he really doesn't care, "Of course, I don't have any opinion on Ballmer now... you know Lewis, I was too young when I scolded Ballmer, and I owned Netscape stock. Most of the related remarks were taught by Jim Clark. Don’t publish this sentence..."

"Hehe... no."

Roseto brushed off the ashes and smiled, "You are from Silicon Valley, and you invested heavily in the Internet industry, but at the same time, your 3DFX company later became a strategic ally of Microsoft. There are deep cooperations in various fields...do you still hold a lot of Microsoft stocks?"

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

The great theorist Roseto has a detached status, but his other identity is a media person after all, and Song Ya is very tight-lipped. In hindsight, at least Microsoft and AOL themselves escaped quickly, and he is quite proud of this point. Of course, it is not humane.

"I understand."

Roseto said: "I swear I'm not here to inquire about news, or why someone is a lobbyist. I am also very confused... So during this period of time, I did not miss any opportunity to have in-depth talks with many Silicon Valley tycoons like you, Everyone's morale is low right now."

"Confused?" Is this sympathy? Song Ya asked: "Is your attitude towards the stock market crash confused?"

"how?"

"I thought you were the most determined of our bunch.

"Song Ya smiled wryly.

"Me? Hehe, I don't know. Of course I have a firm will for the future of the Internet century, but I don't know that some Internet companies are messing around in the New York capital market. The stock market crash is really bad, but sometimes I feel that squeezing the bubble is not enough." Well, anyway we need to change, and change is always good..."

Roseto replied. Then he laughed sheepishly again, "Of course, this does not mean that I agree that the four billion you lost is a bubble squeezed out, and it is the price that needs to be paid for change."

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

"Xuelin! Xuelin!?" Song Ya called out Xuelinfen loudly, yawned and pointed to the square jewelry box Hayden was holding, "For you."

"Yesterday's?" Xue Linfen caressed her chest, surprised and delighted, and was about to open the jewelry box to admire it on the spot.

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

Song Ya waved her hand to stop.

Yesterday, Xue Linfen was insulted by the rich three generations viciously. Although it is not a secret that she gave birth to a child, in Hollywood, she should not have been humiliated in public for a long time. There are many starlets who follow the rich three generations to laugh People usually respect her as a producer.

I have done a great job in espionage for myself and I have been wronged. I performed very well last night and should be rewarded.

Besides, she was once regarded by Hollywood as one of the actresses whose appearance and temperament are closest to Elizabeth Taylor, which can be regarded as a kind of inheritance.

Even if he just lost 4 billion, the extravagant life of the black pharaoh in front of him is beyond the reach of Louis Roseto. He silently watched the gorgeous blonde actress leave with the jewelry box in her arms, and then looked at the The magnificent mansion decorated in the style of the Tsarist Russian court, looking through the gate, several graceful, youthful and invincible mermaids are frolicking in the swimming pool...

There are two second-tier actresses, Angelina Acker and Melissa Georgie, among the faces I know.

Legend has it that this 20 million mansion in Beverly Hills has been given to actress Milla Jovovich by him.

That jewelry box should be the legendary Elizabeth Taylor jewelry that he threw 4.5 million at a charity auction yesterday, beating the big boss of Seagram Global.

Not only that, as Xue Linfen disappeared with the jewelry box, a woman screamed enviously and jealously from the other side of the door, which means that there is still...a head poking from the door looking this way , it seems to be this year's new actress Jennifer Connelly! Roseto's pupils are dilated, and the pretty face he is familiar with in his memory still stays as the innocent girl when she played the role of Once Upon a Time in the United States...

"What did you say about Louis?" Song Ya asked, interrupting his envy.

"Uh...uh, I said...change is always good." Roseto almost forgot what he had said, and regained his composure and replied, "Change is good."

"Yeah, change...we all need change..."

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

"I don't know. Now is not the time when everyone was poor. 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 her eyes, "My three websites are about to be knocked back to their original shape, what kind of Internet tycoon is they?"

"The difficulties are 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, and Jennifer Connelly retracted her head, watching Mira, Harley, and Natasha Kinski surround Xue Linfen, staring greedily at the jewelry box opened in her hand, which consisted of large diamonds. The necklace was shining, and Halle lost her composure and kept babbling 'this should be mine, this should be mine, it's mine...'

"Buy it yourself with your Operation Swordfish salary."

Xue Linfen proudly blamed her, thinking that this is what will happen to you if you are disobedient.

She was about to close the jewelry box, but Mira took the necklace from her hand, put it on her neck, and ran away with her long legs.

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

Jennifer Connelly sighed while watching this scene. Last night she witnessed Xue Linfen being depressed by Bronfman's "Baby mama", but today she was coaxed into joy again by a string of necklaces .

She thought that Xue Linfen would provoke the big boss of Universal for no reason, and it would be a big 'loss point' to cause fierce verbal conflicts between the two parties, but in the end...

Hey, men are lower-body animals after all. Last night Xue Linfen prepared a cos show "The Sultan's Harem" to make men happy. She really stayed in a bedroom with other women and waited for the black pharaoh to come.

From this point of view, Xue Linfen deserves this necklace again, right?

She was a little disgusted by this ridiculous activity, but let it go this time, the man is now at a low point in his career, depressed, irritable, self-doubting, and needs comfort and some external stimulation to divert attention.

after……

She thinks that Xue Linfen is not as bottomless as Xue Linfen, and she also observes that no matter Xue Linfen, Mira, Harley, or Amy have low IQs, and they have nothing in common with men in business matters, then she has to use her strengths... …

Damn it! Is this the wisdom that I am planning to fight for favor? She shook her head and felt sorry for herself, and she recalled the shameful scene of curtseying with both hands when the man pushed open the door last night.

Um? She suddenly found that the other women were running away after Mira, so she just stayed where she was and eavesdropped.

"Aren't you here to interview me today?"

"No, I've stopped doing front-line work a long time ago."

Roseto was dispelling Song Ya's doubts, and explained in the face of doubts: "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 to visit."

"Jobs? Hehe..."

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

Poor Amelio, the operation of welcoming back Jobs is simply a typical case of the idiom that leads the wolf into the house.

Apocalypse's future Apple products also disappeared, so that Song Ya wondered if his time travel caused the butterfly effect and disrupted Apple's original development.

But Jobs's personal charm is really strong. Roseto in front of him is one of his loyal fans. Wired magazine has been touting him for more than ten years. "After Jobs returned to Apple, although the company's performance and market share did not improve significantly, 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, Their inventory cycle has dropped to a miraculous six days, and their inventory has dropped from 400 million meters to less than 100 million. In terms of distribution channels, they have the strength to prepay a single order just to ensure smooth supply on Black Friday. $100 million for air freight. Jobs is a genius, all because he knows people well, such as hiring supply chain management guru Tim Cook from Compaq.”

"oh?"

Song Ya was thoughtful. He was struggling with this issue during this period. The stock market crash made him see clearly that Tianqi’s familiarity is useful or useless, but the brands that actually appear in Tianqi’s movies or MVs, such as Nokia and Samsung , Apple and other companies performed well in this stock market crash.

It's a pity that most of these technology companies are manufacturing-oriented, and the investment in them is not as fast as that of Internet companies, and I have also dispersed my investment early on.

"you say……"

Song Ya just took the opportunity to consult 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 I take this opportunity to get rid of the virtual and turn to the real?"

"Turn away from the false to the real?" Roseto asked back.

"Yes, the capital game is like a roller coaster. It's too exciting for me, and my heart can't stand it. I feel that I'm actually not good at it. Instead, 3DFX, which has invested a lot of energy, has outperformed this stock market crash. , I think I'm actually better at running a business... If I had shifted my energy from the Internet to wine, clothing, even movies, and media businesses, maybe my assets would have been more valuable? Redstone, Murdoch? Aren’t the Wal-Mart families all tycoons at the top of the rich list? After this stock market crash, maybe the Internet industry... not to mention the good times, but the possibility of creating new myths of wealth creation should be greatly reduced.”

"These industrial tycoons were all very old when they reached today's achievements. The industry needs years of precipitation, and because of survivorship bias, people often ignore the numerous bones behind successful companies. Who still remembers United Artists? MGM It's almost over, too, not to mention Sears, Motorola, which is struggling in your Chicago..."

Roseto shook his head, "I can't give you any advice APLUS in this regard, otherwise I won't be just a pen with a mouth."

"Um……"

Song Ya rubbed her chin in thought, and muttered to herself, "Anyway, it's time for a change. Change is always good, the sooner the better..."