Reborn in America, I'm serious about making money.

"What the hell? NT-MS is delaying the release of its new product?"

The Wall Street Journal published a headline story that left many people puzzled: was it caused by a product defect or something else?

Since the emergence of NTOS, now known as WINOS, the global computer industry has entered a period of rapid development; this WYSIWYG interface is extremely user-friendly for ordinary people.

At the time, some people said, "WINOS made computers more accessible to more people, making them more widespread and driving the entire industry forward."

"A hero of the IT industry in this era, he led the progress of the entire era."

"NTOS's role was to accelerate the spread of computers throughout the world."

When the much-anticipated WINOS92 was released, it was unexpectedly delayed, which made many people very unhappy. At that time, some people sent their deepest greetings to the management and project development team of NT-MS, and the women in their family were the ones who received the most greetings.

During this period, these enthusiasts eagerly awaited the new version of Windows, much like later Apple fans eagerly awaited the new iPhone.

The truth behind this delay has not yet been revealed by NT-MS. The main reason is that they received a notification from the Federal Trade Commission that they are under antitrust investigation.

The entire management team is unaware of why they are being investigated, so the new product launch has been temporarily postponed. The company's legal department is currently busy investigating any monopolistic practices the company may be engaging in.

This is very important; as the saying goes, knowing yourself and your enemy is the key to better dealing with them.

When Zhang San received John's call again, he felt very strange. The company was developing rapidly, so why would John have time to contact him, a nobody?

"Hey John, what happened?" Zhang San knew that this CEO, whom he had helped to become, wouldn't contact him for no reason.

"Boss, something's happened. We've received an investigation notice from the Federal Trade Commission."

"WTF, how is this possible? We haven't done anything outrageous in the past two years, we've just been focusing on developing the operating system; John, what have you guys been doing lately?"

Zhang San wasn't involved in management at all; at most, he communicated with the technical team via phone. Although he wasn't physically present, he still held a high position among the NT-MS engineers. His current reaction was normal; if he had participated in management and become deeply involved in everything, the other shareholders would have been uneasy.

"Boss, we were just making a normal acquisition. We didn't do anything. It was all normal business. We don't know what happened."

"It's okay, you contact the other shareholders, and I'll make some contacting connections too." Zhang San hung up the phone, feeling annoyed, especially so early in the morning...

What does Zhang San have to do with it?

He hasn't been in North America for very long, what kind of connections could he possibly have? At most, it's Citibank, those major manufacturers, or Morgan Stanley, but these people probably don't have a very good relationship with the current president.

"Sigh, my acquisition of MS went smoothly all the way, but now I've finally run into... wait, MS? Holy crap~ Could it be MS's fault that I've run into this mess too?"

As he muttered to himself, he finally realized where he had fallen into a hole. As a software developer and programmer, he naturally knew some of the histories of those big North American companies. One of them was that in 1990, Microsoft went through an antitrust investigation, which ended without a trace in 1992 for some reason, probably due to public relations.

He picked up the phone and immediately dialed back, while John on the other end had just hung up when the phone rang; he was surprised to hear Zhang San's voice on the other end, wondering how he could have received news so quickly.

"John, this shouldn't be a big deal. You cooperate with them, find relevant lobbying organizations, and then... this is a clause from MS back then, then split Office out, set up a separate company, and make WINOS a clean operating system."

John immediately understood what was going on; this kind of situation was very common in this country.

Shortly thereafter, NT-MS cooperated with the Federal Trade Commission's investigation and announced that Office would be spun off from NT-MS; at the same time, it discontinued the previous company's system of charging individual licensing fees per processor.

This licensing fee system prevents PC manufacturers from installing competitors' software, thus hindering the development of other software companies.

Finally, an NT-MS spokesperson stated that this was the fault of the former company, and that the current management has been making changes, eliminating all of these practices to revitalize the IT industry and...

"F**K, so that's why. The delay was to cancel these."

In fact, whether this system is removed or not is irrelevant to the major computer manufacturers. They are now shareholders of NT-MS and naturally hope that its stock price will be higher.

Their company's stock price will also be higher, which is unavoidable. Everyone is already tied together, forming an inseparable community of interests, and they won't allow others to target their suppliers.

On the other hand, the Federal Trade Commission also held a press conference, expressing its strong approval of NT-MS's cooperation with the investigation, which is a good sign... In short, you're smart to back down.

Of course you know what's good for you. You just raised the big sword and the big flag, and then you chickened out. Not only did you split up the Office, but you also canceled that system that you didn't know about. You even made excuses for yourself, saying it was from the previous company, that we didn't know about it, and that it was automatically canceled after an investigation. Where can you find someone this obedient?

In the days following the announcement, the Federal Trade Commission moved into NT-MS.

A week later, the two sides held a press conference, signed a memorandum of understanding, and reached a settlement; shortly thereafter, the press conference for the WINOS92 system will be held as scheduled, on the first day after New Year's Day.

The impact of this incident is that other shareholders are now realizing, "Wow, the controlling shareholder is quite capable; they got information so quickly!" They are wondering, "Who's behind this?"

Was it Citibank or another investment bank? They inquired everywhere but couldn't find out, which made them feel that this New Time Company was very mysterious. Who was the person behind it?

This matter has been reported in Hong Kong newspapers and media, and has sparked much discussion.

When Zhang San was watching the news, he saw the news about this anti-monopoly investigation, which sparked a discussion, but Zhang San did not participate in it.

"Wow, this multi-billion dollar company is being investigated too!" Rosamund Kwan exclaimed, her eyes practically gleaming.

"hehe……"