"The success of the software industry is not driven by government regulation, and government regulation will only restrict innovation!" He said with a strong gesture.
"Mr. Gates, everyone, no matter how powerful he is, cannot be above the law."
Chairman of the Judiciary Committee, Utah Elephant Party Senator Olin Hatch immediately grabbed his painful foot, and sternly refuted, "The latest testimony of Sun’s CEO McNealy and Netscape’s CEO Bucksdale is the same as yours. The content stated in the hearing does not match, are you lying to us?"
It is naturally impossible for the richest man to admit and answer: "Monopoly means that a company has the ability to restrict new companies from entering the market and manipulate prices in one direction. Microsoft does not have these two capabilities."
"I mean you will continue to refute the testimony of Mr. McNealy and Mr. Barksd?" Orinhatch did not interrupt him.
The richest man with a true temperament was embarrassed by the questioning. The hands that had just been waving strongly disappeared from the table, and his upper body began to sway back and forth, as nervous as an ordinary college student.
The lawyer next to him hurriedly whispered to him.
"I can't remember, I can't remember what I said, Mr. Senator." The richest man also chose the same strategy as Song Ya back then: Laipi.
"Do you want to cite the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution? Mr. Gates." The methods of the congressmen were similar. Olinhatch immediately dug a hole for the richest man, and Song Ya had a strong sense of sight.
"No..." he replied after consulting a lawyer, "I just can't remember what I said before..."
"I can remind you."
"I can't remember, I can't remember what I said..." The richest man began to repeat indefinitely.
The senators and observers at the hearing all laughed.
"Hahaha!" They are all like-minded generations who are unhappy with Microsoft for a long time. Jim Clark and his friends continue to laugh, and they have been pointing to this fun in this life. Jim Clark has a feeling of revenge, and he glimpsed proudly. Song Ya glanced, "Why don't you change to aplus!" He teased.
"Hehehe..." Song Ya also laughed with a glass of wine. It seems that there is no perfect person. The richest man's performance at the hearing was too broken. I knew that, so I didn't lick that last time...
If Microsoft is split, wouldn't it be 1949 to join 3dfx...
Song Ya was playing drums in his heart, but had to smile in front of Jim Clark and the others.
Damn it, maybe this is why Jim Clark invited him. After today's hearing, AOL's stock price seems to have to rise tomorrow.
Fortunately, I hedged a little aol stock, and also bet on the Internet like Jim and others present...
The market value of the opendiray website, which has hardly spent any of its own energy, is almost surpassing the painstakingly managed 3dfx. According to the current situation, the Internet industry should have the last laugh.
It's boring, he didn't even bother to participate in 3dfx's board of directors recently, the input and output are not proportional!
"Aplus..." Sloan, who had just gone outside to answer the phone, came back and snapped his fingers.
"what?"
Just getting away, Song Ya followed, "Do you want to punch in?"
"Bah! Don't talk nonsense! Business!"
Sloan glared at him sternly. "Look." She found another TV in Jim Clark's house.
‘Siegram Global Group and Vivendi today reached a document of intent in France, which paved the way for the merger of the two companies. ’
The shorter the news, the bigger things get.
"Let me just say, the speed of the rich three generations has always been faster than we expected."
Song Ya looked at the four people in the news photos, who were shoulder-to-shoulder and confidently smiling at the camera, Bronfman, Vivendi’s ceo Messier, and Universal Music President Doug Morris, and asked Sloan: “This fifth person is Who?"
"Merrill Lynch. David Geffen is right..."
Sloan whispered: "He has always reminded us to pay more attention to the movements of the old Bronfman. The old man has stayed in France for so long and may have started talking to Messier very early."
"Well, but Vivendi can. At this stage, we can't think of any acquisition targets that are more suitable than Vivendi."
Song Ya answered. Vivendi is expanding very fast, shopping everywhere in the world, buying everything, faster than Seagram Global Group, and the debt ratio is also high, and Vivendi is a listed company, which is convenient for a series of operations in preparation.
"Call Underwood."
The long and tedious preparations and the overtaking of the rich three generations, coupled with the fact that the two sides have not had too many contradictions in the past six months, made Song Ya feel that the whole thing is about to become boring, anyway, everything has a plan, he ordered.
"Hahaha!"
In France, the rich three generations at this time happened to be watching the Senate hearing video. The shameful performance of the richest man made him very happy, who was purely watching the show, and laughed several times.
"If you are replaced by you, Microsoft should be able to escape the destiny of being split. You were much better than him in the hearing last time." Doug Morris flattered, but the latter part of this sentence is indeed true.
"It's too arrogant. Does he think that he has a net worth of 90 billion yuan this year and is so omnipotent that even the U.S. government doesn't need to look at it? Hehe, there is really no need to be so rude to the elders, and this hearing The whole world is watching."
The little Bronfman, who was sitting on the sidelines, pointed the country.
"Yes, I don't know how your government intends to split Microsoft, just like the Bell Telephone Company of the year?" Vivendi CEO Messier asked.
In 1984, the Bell Telephone Company, the overlord of the US telecommunications business, was split into seven companies including the US Telegraph and Telephone Company (Atandt) and Southern Bell by the Ministry of Justice relying on the antitrust law. They were known as the Bell Seven Brothers, and they were spun off in 1995. Lucent and ncr, which are engaged in the manufacturing of telecommunications equipment, are all broken.
It wasn't until the Internet boom started that these companies were able to reintegrate, such as the shocking merger of atandt and John Malone's tci company not long ago.
"Maybe." Little Bronfman replied.
"Your company's share in the record industry is already very dangerous, right?" Messier asked again: "I heard that your online music business with the Sony Duo Alliance has been suspended?"
"Yes, but it does not affect the cooperation between you and me. If Seagram Universal and Vivendi merge, there is no such problem." The spirited old Bronfman raised his glass.
After several months of recuperation in France, the old man's body is much better than before, and finally he found the man who took advantage of him, that is, Messier in front of him, and his psychological pressure was relieved a lot.
"Of course, I wish well." Messier clinked with everyone. Vivendi doesn't have much record and liquor business, and the merger with Seagram Universal doesn't have to worry about touching the red line of monopoly.
"Mr. Ceo." At this time, a senior Vivendi approached and whispered to Messier.
Messier heard this with a weird smile on his face, "Mr. Bronfman, I just got the news that the UU Reading www.uukahnshu.com U.S. Department of Commerce has discovered the latest opinion on the early monopoly of your six major record companies. "
"Oh?" Little Bronfman's face changed and he immediately forced a smile. "What did they say."
"They claim to fine your six record companies 2.1 billion meters. That is to say, New Universal Music, which owns Universal Music and Polygram Records, will bear nearly half of the fine?" Messier asked.
"This is impossible. The resale price of CDs is only maintained. Even if it is classified as a monopoly, it cannot be punished so much." Doug Morris retorted solemnly. "It is estimated that the total fine will not exceed 100 million dollars. Ten years of experience in the recording industry is guaranteed!"