America: My Time

Chapter 1402 John's Attack

Chapter 1392 John's Attack
“Ms. Anne, there’s no need for any reservations. Let’s begin our plan. The hardware spun off from Seagate and Dreamworld will be integrated into Bell Labs, along with the chip company. Without Nvidia and Dreamworld, we need to improve ourselves. Bell Labs will face even greater pressure. After the acquisition and integration are completed, Bell Labs will become the absolute leader in the computer and communications field. We cannot be controlled by others! You should understand that this will not only affect Bell Labs but also the layout in Taiwan. You must hurry, preferably before the end of the year!”

When John decided to give up Dreamworld and Nvidia, he understood that ASUS in Taiwan would definitely be affected. Once those old guys like Rockefeller got their hands on it, they would definitely try to stab him in the back and strangle him. Therefore, Bell Labs needed to focus all its research and development efforts to have its own chips and software.

In this asset restructuring, John did not intend to keep the computer division independent, but rather to integrate it into Bell Labs, making it an asset under Bell Labs and a pillar of the company, thus allowing Bell Labs to diversify its operations. With the continuous development of communications and the expansion of Bell Labs, the need for funding increased significantly, leading John to make this decision to strengthen Bell Labs' capabilities.

Despite the large amount of patent fees Bell Labs collects each year, its own research and development requires very limited assets. Relying solely on revenue from communications is insufficient, and it needs to explore new sources of income.
“Boss, the timeframe is a bit too tight. Just the readjustment of R&D alone will take a lot of time!” Anne Malcasi said with a wry smile. She deeply understood that Bell Labs’ acquisition and integration would inevitably have an impact on her. The integration of personnel alone would take a long time, not to mention the integration and communication in R&D.

“I have no choice. We don’t have much time left. Once Dreamworld and Nvidia complete the sale, the impact will be too great. I need to prepare before then, and I can only trouble you!” John was well aware that as he confronted the old guys like Rockefeller, the situation would become increasingly dangerous, especially in the semiconductor chip field. If something went wrong, his investments in China would be affected, not to mention Taiwan. So he had no choice but to let Bell Labs operate at full capacity. After all, more than ten years had passed, and Bell Labs today was not what it was when he first took over.

Now Dreamworld is no longer under his control because those old guys like Rockefeller are infiltrating it. John's shares are no longer enough to control everything, especially after the hardware was separated. His influence in Dreamworld is getting weaker and weaker. Although John knows that this is a conspiracy by those Rockefeller guys, he has to accept it. After all, he is not really giving up on the computer industry, so he has to persevere no matter how much pressure he is under.

However, John had left a way out for those old guys like Rockefeller in Dream World. It wouldn't be so easy for them to target him. Moreover, John could see clearly from the current situation that these guys intended to completely dismantle Dream World. Even if Morgan wanted to stop them, it would be impossible. In fact, Morgan himself had such thoughts and needs!
In John's eyes, Rockefeller simply didn't want Morgan to have the complete dream world. Morgan, on the other hand, had his own ideas. Since he couldn't have the complete dream world, he would get a part of it. As for splitting it up, their interests couldn't be affected. They would also take the opportunity to carry out new infiltration.

If Rockefeller targeted Dreamworld so aggressively, will Morgan follow suit and target Nvidia? John believes it's inevitable; both of the companies he created will be broken up!

Since neither Dreamworld nor Nvidia could find John's big data system, Bell Labs' intervention at this time would inevitably arouse their suspicion. In fact, even if Bell Labs did nothing, they would still suspect that John's big data system was in Bell Labs.

The boss’s request had to be fulfilled, after all, John had never mistreated Anne Malcasi over the years. Her income was one of the highest in the American workplace, and the fact that a woman could lead such a behemoth as Bell Labs, such an industry giant, meant that her influence was extremely powerful.

With the completion of the General Motors deal and the reduction of John's shares in Dreamworld and Nvidia, those old guys naturally wanted to weaken John's influence as quickly as possible, and once again came up with the idea of ​​breaking up the two companies. However, they soon discovered the trouble John had left them with.

"What? You're saying these patents belong to John personally, not the company? The company only has the right to use them?" After seeing the core secrets of Dream World and Nvidia, and seeing those patents, the old guys were completely dumbfounded.

"Yes, these patents all belong to Mr. John. Dreamworld only has the right to use the graphic images, not the right to license them to others. The same goes for several of Nvidia's patents; the company can use them for free, but cannot license them."

"Damn it, we've all been tricked by that little fox John! No wonder he's sitting back so calmly, completely oblivious to our actions. Now, everyone, tell me what we should do. Our plan is about to fail. We thought we could use the breakup as an opportunity to break John's control over us, but now we're completely helpless!" Rockefeller's face was grim; he hadn't expected this outcome. "Heh, I told you not to make such a foolish decision, but you wouldn't listen. Now it's too late to regret it. You want a breakup? Fine, but only if John sells all his shares. Otherwise, it'll be very difficult for us to do anything. We Morgans have no ideas about it, and we're not under any pressure!" Although the Morgan tycoon was also shocked by John's calculations and schemes, and this scheme had been in place since the very beginning of Dreamworld and Nvidia!

"Actually, we have another option, which is to continue the split, but convert John's shares into shares in the new company, so he has no reason to stop us!"

"Are you kidding me? Do you think you're the only smart one and everyone else is a fool? With the current market value of Dreamworld and Nvidia, it would be a problem if John agreed. You know, the market value of these two companies is constantly rising. Just that alone is difficult for us to achieve. I think everyone should sit down and negotiate with John. Otherwise, your plan will not succeed. You want to maximize your profits, which will harm John's interests, so don't even think about it. Most importantly, if you do this, do you still want to participate in John's internet companies?"

Morgan despised these guys; they were all blinded by profit, each thinking they were the smartest and everyone else was a fool. Not only would John not accept it, but they themselves wouldn't accept it either, and those guys in Japan probably wouldn't accept it either. If John were to join forces with those guys in Japan, their situation would become even more difficult.

“Morgan, you don’t need to worry, your own interests are unaffected, but how can we not worry? John hasn’t made any further promises, what are we supposed to do?”

"This is all your own doing. If you hadn't pulled those dirty tricks, this wouldn't have happened. Does the United Press International incident have anything to do with you? Does General Motors incident have anything to do with you? Does Gulfstream Aerospace incident have anything to do with you? And there's more, but I won't go into details. You're playing dirty tricks, so what? John can't do anything? You should reflect on your own problems instead of pushing all the blame onto John. Don't count on me either. I have a lot of trouble to deal with on my own. You don't have much time left. If you drag this out any longer, next year's acquisition will be in trouble, and those internet companies will have no chance at all."

"Morgan, what do you mean by this? We're also thinking about everyone's best interests!"

"Yes, you're doing this for everyone, but not for me, Morgan. You all know John's situation. If this drags on, those assets will either be acquired by those guys in Japan or fall into the hands of the Europeans. I don't need to worry about that. Given my relationship with John, Morgan's interests won't be affected much. As for you, that's hard to say! I've already told you about John's decision. You make your own choices! Even if you want to split up now, you won't be able to. Don't forget that John still has Bell Labs!"

Mentioning Bell Labs darkened the faces of these old men. This was their biggest mistake. They understood Morgan's intention in bringing up Bell Labs at this time. They could sell Dreamworld and Nvidia, but the companies they acquired might not be the ones they had in mind. Instead, John might snatch them away.

"Okay, you're right. Given your relationship with John, you should know which companies he'll stay with, right? We need a reference point too, otherwise we can't feel at ease!"

"Heh, at this point you're still playing mind games. What's the point? John will only keep one internet search engine, one online bookstore, PayPal, and one cybersecurity company. That's all I know. All other assets will be sold off. You don't want to open source, you just want to rob us. Now John doesn't want to open source anymore either. He wants to wait for others to open source, just like you!"

(End of this chapter)