I lost my vegetative state, and I became the richest man in the world

Chapter 553 Know Yourself, Know Your Enemy, and Win a Hundred Battles!

If the computer hardware is the body of the computer, then the computer software, especially the computer operating system, is the soul of the computer.

Jobs and Woz considered whether to hand over the soul of the computer to the supercomputer software company?

Both Jobs and Woz knew that they must not give their souls to another company, otherwise, Pingguo Company would not be called Pingguo Company.

Even the largest shareholder of Pingguo, the future capital company of Sir Yang, they still feel that they cannot give their souls to supercomputer software companies.

In other words, the two sides have nothing to discuss about this matter.

Jobs and Woz are unwilling to cooperate with Yang Ming.

Yang Ming also doesn't need them to install the Windows system on the Pingguo computer.

Before Jobs and Woz left, Yang Ming told them that Imperial Group would distribute part of the orders to Pingguo Company.

This made Jobs and Woz look very excited again.

. . .

The day after Jobs and Woz left.

Yang Ming's Connor Manor.

Here comes the Big Three of Big Blue.

One is Frank Kerry, the current CEO of IBM.

One is the next CEO of IBM, John Opel.

Another is the next IBM CEO, John Akers.

IBM is now not only the computer giant in country M, but also the global computer giant.

Although IBM Computer Corporation is headquartered in Armonk, New York, it is a little far away from San Francisco and Silicon Valley.Using some connections, they already knew that Sir Yang was not in Xiangjiang, but in Silicon Valley, San Francisco.

Frank Carey, John Opel, John Akers and others held a secret meeting at the IBM headquarters. After discussion, they decided to take over 20 office computers from the Imperial Group.

They immediately flew from New York to San Francisco, and then drove directly from San Francisco to Connor Manor in Silicon Valley.

Yang Ming is in the study.

Lin Dezhong came in and said, "Young Master Yang, there are three people outside, here are their business cards."

business card?

Yang Ming took the business cards of those three people.

It's not easy at first glance!

It is actually the Big Three of IBM's management.

Especially seeing John Akers' business card, Yang Ming smiled.

Isn't this the nobleman of Bill Gates?
Historically, if Bill Gates did not rely on the relationship between his mother and John Akers, it would be really difficult to stand out with Bill Gates.

Now, Bill Gates' nobleman is here.

I don't know if the other party can still become the nobleman of Bill Gates?
These three are big guys.

Whether it is the current IBM or the future IBM, in Yang Ming's view, this blue giant has been influencing the global computer and even semiconductor markets.

Yang Ming went outside.

He saw an old man wearing glasses and thinning gray hair, who was the current CEO of IBM, Frank Carey.

A man who wears glasses, looks much younger, and still has a lot of hair should be John Opel.

The last man who looked younger and was wearing a suit should be John Akers.

Frank Carey seemed very enthusiastic and took the initiative to greet Yang Ming.

"Sir Yang, hello, we came here uninvited."

"Mr. Frank, hello."

Although Yang Ming is a Chinese face, it is really not easy for Frank Carey. It is certainly not easy for a rich man who can casually spend 4 million US dollars to finance Pingguo Company.

When Frank Carey introduced John Opel and John Akers to Yang Ming respectively, Yang Ming greeted them warmly.

The three of them went to the garden.

Now it is much more comfortable here during the day, and there is no need to enjoy the heating in the room.

Lin Dezhong asked for coffee.

At first, Frank Carey chatted there.

Prior to this, the Imperial Group had thousands of office computers from IBM Computer Company, which was regarded as a large customer of IBM Company.

"Sir Yang, thank you very much for your trust in our IBM computer company."

It is precisely because of that that, in Frank Carey's view, IBM and Imperial Group can cooperate further, just like the 20 office computers of Imperial Group this time.

Seeing the way the three of Frank Carey chattered about, Yang Ming felt amused.

Yang Ming was thinking, Frank Carey, and even John Opel, are not Bill Gates' nobles.

But this John Akers is!
The relationship between John Akers and Bill Getz's mother Mary Getz is just like the relationship between Shen Yan and Li Jiacheng's wife Zhuang Yueming in Yang Ming's previous life.

So much so that Bill Gates got help from John Akers.

Li Jiacheng got help from Shen Yao.

However, now they all met Yang Ming.

Yang Ming didn't make a sound, just listening to what they said.

As the saying goes, know yourself and the enemy and win a hundred battles.

These three people didn't know Yang Ming well, but Yang Ming knew these three people quite well.

Frank Carey and John Opel are the last two of the IBM Three Musketeers era.

John Oppel served as CEO of IBM from 1981 to 1985.

Joined IBM as a salesperson in 1949 and was promoted to vice president in 1966.

During his tenure, he created a new era in IBM's history and pushed IBM's personal computer PC to families, schools, and small and medium-sized enterprises.

From 1982 to 1985, IBM captured 56% of the personal computer market.

In 1985, IBM's revenue was US$500 billion, and its net profit hit a record high of US$65.5 billion.

Under the management of the IBM Three Musketeers, during the 1971-year period from 1985 to 15, IBM's revenue increased from US$83 billion to US$500 billion, and its net profit increased from US$10.7 billion to US$65.5 billion. Both revenue and net profit increased by more than 6 times , with an average annual compound growth rate of 13%.

In the 1970s, IBM's net profit was either No.2 or No.3 in the United States.

However, in history, John Akers, Bill Gates' noble man, was a bit out of order.

John Akers served as CEO from 1985 to 1993.

In 1960, he entered IBM as a sales intern.

During his tenure, he specialized in assembly line operations and resource reorganization, and spun off IBM's typewriter, keyboard, and printer businesses into an independent company, Lexmark, which was the beginning of IBM's dehardware.

However, during John Akers’ tenure as CEO, it was IBM’s most failed period. IBM entered a period of 10 years of recession and loss. Due to the company’s huge losses, the stock price fell by 80% in the late 90s and early 75s. The stock price went back to the late 1994s (1960 years ago), making shareholders extremely dissatisfied.

That is to say, the success of John Akers has created the richest man in the world, as well as Microsoft and Bill Gates. However, for IBM, under his management, it has entered the most serious period of recession.

Looking at these three people, who would have thought that the future IBM would be like that?

Originally, he was very confident that he and Bill Gates would be the first to win the Windows system. Now when he saw the three of them again, Yang Ming seemed even more confident.

Frank Carey was still rambling, while Yang Ming was stirring the cup of coffee with a spoon.

For these people, Yang Ming knew that if he wanted to take it down, he had to not only whet their appetites, but also make them fear the existence of their opponents.

"Mr. Frank, Mr. Opel, Mr. Akers, don't be afraid to tell me that the heads of Pingguo, Hewlett-Packard, and even Toyo's computer companies have come to me, especially Pingguo. A while ago, My future capital company has also raised more than 3 million U.S. dollars for Pingguo Company, and is already the largest shareholder of Pingguo Company.”

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