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Because this seemingly uncomplicated innovation has brought about a brand new industry with an output value of billions or tens of billions of dollars, which is the ultimate power of technological innovation.

"Of course, I am not against everyone getting the benefits we deserve from the game industry. You can discuss the specific implementation terms yourself. However, what I want to emphasize is that for Ygritte, everyone should have a broader structure , Our goal is the entire Internet, and we should not be blinded by the interests of a single field, hindering our continued innovation and exploration."

Palo Alto, a small conference room at Eaglet's corporate headquarters.

Simon faced Tim Berners-Lee, Jeff Bezos, Carol Bartz, and Alice Ferguson, who had been promoted to the fourth giant of Igret. If you raise objections, you will turn directly to another topic: "The free plan of IE browser needs to be advanced, Jeff, which manufacturers have not yet negotiated?"

In the original plan, after the re-pricing communication with major pre-installation manufacturers and network operators is completed, the IE browser will be officially declared free before May, that is to say, the plan will be officially implemented before the end of April.

Because of the recent market and public opinion situation, Simon did not intend to wait any longer, but decided to implement it simply and neatly.

Several people in the conference room looked at each other, and Jeff Bezos said: "Mainly IBM and Japan's Toshiba and other PC giants. In terms of operators, AT&T's attitude is also quite persistent."

Manufacturers such as IBM are expected by Simon.As for AT&T, as a telecom giant that still maintains nationwide coverage and operation after the 1984 split, AT&T also chose to outsource related services to small operators in various places because of its contempt for emerging Internet access services in the past few years. .

It wasn't until last year that AT&T finally reacted, began to seize the power of outsourcing operators, and personally joined the competition in the field of Internet users.

Although AT&T has fallen far behind America Online, which has a market share as high as 70%, no one dares to ignore the existence of this veteran giant.

Simon doesn't want to know if there are other games involved, whether it's manufacturers or operators wanting to win more discounts, or several big companies in the Westeros system jointly planning to stumbling for AT&T, or some high-level executives deliberately delaying Wanting to get more benefits from the IE browser, he just quickly said: "For both PC manufacturers and network operators, refer to the already negotiated cooperation plan between Compaq and AOL for those who are still hesitating." Businesses have the last three days to think about it. After three days, they either sign up or they don’t have to use our software in the future. I want you to officially declare IE free next Friday.”

Carol Bartz couldn't help but said: "Simon, is it too urgent? The countermeasures we are facing now... well, the pressure of litigation is not that serious?"

Hearing the obvious pause in Carol's words, the others couldn't help but smile.

Obviously, Bartz wanted to talk about anti-monopoly pressure, but because of Simon's punishment some time ago, this pungent female executive was obviously allergic to this word.

It all started with an email.

In a work email to Simon, Carol Bartz described in detail the monopoly advantage that Eaglet’s basic tool software has at this stage, and how to maintain this advantage in the recent market public opinion environment.

Simon agreed with Carroll's point of view very much, and then fined off one-tenth of the female executive's annual salary.

The reason is that Bartz used the word 'monopoly' too much in the email.

Simon then clearly emphasized at a small meeting of the core executives of Igret that no matter whether it is future emails, telephone communications, high-level meetings or even private conversations, it is necessary to clearly avoid using the word "monopoly", because if you don't pay attention, All of these may be used as evidence in the future anti-monopoly investigations by the authorities against Eaglet.

This is not without precedent.

In the 70s, Buffett bought a newspaper named "Buffalo Evening News" in Buffalo, New York. In order to squeeze out competitors and monopolize the Buffalo newspaper market, Buffett asked this newspaper, which did not have a Sunday edition before, to publish The Sunday edition, to combat another Courier-Express that could only barely survive on an exclusive Sunday edition, and these were the only two papers of modest strength left in Buffalo at the time.

To avoid being squeezed out, the Courier-Express sued the Buffalo Evening News for unfair competition in an attempt to monopolize the Buffalo newspaper industry.

This lawsuit was originally very unreasonable, because the core of the federal antitrust law is to encourage competition rather than suppress competition. The Buffalo Evening News is fully qualified to launch a Sunday edition because the newspaper improves the quality of its news service to retain customers as much as possible.

The result was that Buffett lost the lawsuit.

The reason is that the investment tycoon just made a public statement about the 'bridge toll station' during that time, saying that owning a newspaper that monopolizes a regional market is like owning a bridge toll station, and operators will be able to raise prices at will .

Because of this apparent monopoly of speech, a lawsuit that was easy to win ended in failure.

Although the judge did not prevent the "Buffalo Evening News" from publishing the Sunday edition in the end, in the judgment, it established a series of very strict restrictive measures for Buffett's newspaper. Couldn't hold on.

Buffett’s $3500 million investment in the acquisition of the Buffalo Evening News was the largest investment in that era. At that time, the investment tycoon’s personal net worth was only $7000 million. Berkshire Hathaway.

The reason for this catastrophe was only Buffett's inadvertent words.

Therefore, not just Buffett's case, the most important principle of conduct brought to Simon by more than a dozen life experiences in his mind is that you can do many things, but you must never say them.

It's like the real monopoly of Eaglet Corporation.

Just like the deep-rooted racial discrimination in the United States.

and various others.

There are too many principles of political correctness in Western countries. In Simon's view, it is actually the principle of 'cannot be said'.You probably won't get in trouble if you do it, but if you say it, it's giving someone a handle.

Simon is very satisfied with Bartz, an outspoken female executive who brakes in time, otherwise he plans to deduct another tenth of the other party's annual salary, although according to the equity reward agreement signed at the beginning, it is almost certain that the contract will be worth one billion yuan after the contract is fulfilled. Several core executives of the super rich don't care about the current basic annual salary of hundreds of thousands of dollars, but the attitude of their young boss cannot be ignored.

Following everyone's smiles, Simon quickly restrained his expression and said seriously: "Carly, this matter has nothing to do with the recent public opinion and investigations by the authorities. It is very important for Ygritte if IE keeps charging, even if it Ten years of lawsuits, I still won’t give up on things that I can’t give up easily. However, the most important reason for IE’s free plan, besides making it easier for Eaglet to push our latest technology in real time, is to fundamentally ensure that this browser The global market position of browser software. Now everyone has realized the importance of browser software interfaces. In the Federation, we already have an absolute advantage, and there is no urgent concern for the time being, but on a global scale, In order to prevent the Internet interface from being controlled by Igret, some countries are already considering using government power to ask us to give up the exclusive right of IE. You should know these things better than me. The implementation of the free plan will allow us to lose the exclusive right, Still enough to maintain a strong market position. So, only a week, next Friday I'll see the results. I don't want any of you to delay this for any reason, understand?"

Simon stared sharply at Bezos and the others, and waited for them to nod, then retracted his gaze, looked down at the memo in front of him, raised his head and said to the housekeeper: "Ellie, about Wisconsin Senator Craig Ames accused our logistics distribution center under construction that it should voluntarily give up the tax breaks provided by the local area. Ignore him. However, the recruitment plan of the distribution center needs to be advanced, and someone will contact you for the specific operation of this matter. I know why, so I need your absolute cooperation, OK?"

Alice nodded.

The housekeeper, who has been paying attention to everything that happened recently, of course understands that there is no room for negotiation.

Wisconsin Democratic Senator Craig Ames, who proposed a 'property tax' plan almost exclusively for Simon last month, has not stopped attacking the Westeros system during this period, and will soon The attack points to a tax break package for a massive fulfillment center Amazon is building in Wisconsin.

As one of the seven most important large-scale logistics distribution centers in Amazon's next-stage development plan, once opened, it will directly bring about 1500 long-term jobs to Wisconsin, and the indirect job opportunities created are too numerous to mention.

Moreover, unlike Silicon Valley engineers who require high-threshold professional skills, the recruitment requirements of distribution centers have very loose restrictions on age and education. This is perfectly suitable for a large number of unemployed blue-collar workers in the traditional rust belt, and can provide retirement medical care, etc. Long-term stable job opportunities with comprehensive guarantees are even more rare.

1500 long-term and stable job opportunities can almost support 1500 families.

However, although the congressman did not ignore all this, he still emphasized that the Westeros system should pay more, such as voluntarily giving up tax breaks and other incentives provided by the local government for this project. Those guys who stand on the moral high ground and force donations from the rich are even more disgusting.

Tax relief plans for emerging companies and large-scale projects are very common in all states in the United States. The preferential treatment received by Eaglet is just a practice. If you voluntarily give up, on the premise that other companies enjoy the relief plan, it is equivalent to an increase. Eaglet's operating costs reduce corporate competitiveness.

In fact, Simon can also cancel the construction plan of the distribution center in Wisconsin. At worst, the tens of millions of dollars he has already invested are in vain, and he can completely afford to lose.However, of course, this kind of impulsiveness can only be thought about. Simon is not an impulsive person. The site selection of the seven logistics distribution centers that Amazon is building has been carefully considered in many aspects, and giving up rashly will even affect Eaglet Electronics. The next evolution of commerce business.

After talking about this, Simon looked at his memo again and started the next topic.

After such a busy day, it wasn't until after six o'clock in the afternoon that Simon took Girl A back to his villa in the Woodside Mountains in the west of the Bay Area from the construction site of Eaglet's headquarters park under construction in Mountain View.

The villa is quite lively.

Nadja Allman and Yasmine Gary experienced a little scare on Monday, and under the arrangement of Simon, they took the man's Boeing 767 private jet to go to Tokyo to do some shopping and relax. They returned from Japan today and learned that Simon If you are in San Francisco, you just fly here.

In addition to the two big goblins, Claire also brought a little goblin to dinner.

Coupled with girl A and the Indian girl Alia who is in charge of Simon's living recently, and girl D Deborah, there are a total of seven women in the mansion owner's villa.

One man and seven women.

If this scene gets out, there will definitely be another buzz in the media.

When Simon arrived home, at least on the surface, the very congenial girls were in the kitchen preparing dinner, and the girls were in full bloom.

After a busy day, Simon went upstairs to take a shower and change clothes. Although there was no order, Alia followed quietly and followed Simon into the master bedroom upstairs.

He only planned to take a shower, and there was no need to turn on the water. Simon told Aaliyah to prepare a change of clothes for himself, and then entered the bathroom.

About ten minutes later, Simon wiped his wet hair, walked out of the bathroom with only a large towel around his waist, and found that Alia, who had prepared her clothes for herself, had not left. Folding and folding to pretend to be very busy.

Because of the long-term practice of yoga, the girl's figure wrapped in a slim white shirt and black trousers when she bent and bowed had a very special, graceful and feminine figure.

Seeing Simon walk out of the bathroom, Alia straightened up quickly, still holding the man's shirt in her hand, and walked over and said, "Boss, um, here you are."

After the girl finished speaking, she felt something was wrong, she quickly turned around and found the prepared men's shorts from the big bed and handed them over. She looked at Simon's exposed strong chest, her face flushed unconsciously.

Simon is not indifferent to the exquisite vases around him, but he will not eat them easily because he may change the working mentality of the girls. After all, once the maid climbs into the bed of the master, it is often difficult to avoid wanting more. Further, even coveted the position of the hostess.

Then there is restlessness at home.

Looking at the Indian girl's reaction, Simon realized that although the girl would not refuse his request, it was obviously not a seduction, so he asked, "Do you have something to tell me?"

Aaliyah was obviously guilty when she heard this, but she nodded subconsciously.

It still seems to be business.

Simon smiled, took the shorts from Aaliyah, grabbed the girl's delicate chin and pinched it, and said, "Turn around first, let's talk about it in the study next door."

Aaliyah turned around obediently, and waited for Simon to put on his panties, then turned around and thoughtfully helped his master put on other clothes.

Chapter 623 Alia's Recommendation (5) (Revised)

Simon got dressed and went to the study next door, and Aaliyah also brought a portfolio.

Handing the portfolio to Simon who was sitting on the single sofa in the reception area, Alia did not go to sit down, but knelt down on the carpet next to Simon's sofa, with her soft body climbing the armrest of the sofa, like a cuddling The cat next to the owner introduced: "This is a piece of information that my family asked me to help recommend. Boss, the other party is very powerful in India. My father can't refuse. You just have to take a look."

Simon felt Aaliyah's cautiousness, just smiled, and didn't mind too much.

In fact, there are many similar things in the family, and he was born in a society of human feelings, and he is used to it. Simon’s red line is that people around him should not lie to him. Once he finds out, he will not give any leeway.

Although she is the top Brahmin in the Indian caste system, Alia's family background is not prominent. Her father is only a law professor at the University of Delhi in India.

There are not many things in the portfolio, a letter and a beautifully bound corporate brochure. A word on the cover of the brochure caught Simon's attention: Wipro.

Wipro Corporation.

In my memory, this is one of the largest software manufacturers in India. The boss of Wipro, Azim Premji, was later the richest man in the Indian software industry, and once occupied the No.3 position on the list of the richest people in India.

The other envelope contained, indeed, a letter from Azim Premki himself.

The entrepreneur, who is now one of the famous rich men in India, briefly introduced the reasons for the incident in his personal letter. The other party believed that Eaglet’s software outsourcing tender for the new year in March did not really take into account Wipro’s Comprehensive strength, he hopes to get an opportunity to make a presentation to Eaglet CEO Tim Berners-Lee in person.

Later, when people mentioned India, a strong software industry was an indispensable topic.

This is actually a kind of misunderstanding.

India's software industry is not strong, but the software outsourcing industry is strong.The difference is probably the gap between Apple and Foxconn.Even for many years after the new century, India's software industry is only providing the most basic software service support for the world's major technology giants, and it has always been at the lowest end of the industry's food chain.

However, due to the huge demand, abundant and low-cost human resources, and the greatest convenience of using English as the official language, the export value of the Indian software outsourcing industry at its peak was close to 80% of India’s total export value, and the total output value once reached [-] billion U.S. dollars. level.

These are actually things to say.

The current Indian software outsourcing industry is still in the early stages of development, and the services it provides are even more low-end, often just simple data classification and content entry. In 1993, the total output value of the Indian software outsourcing industry was less than 5 million US dollars.

In Simon's memory, the acceleration of India's software outsourcing industry benefited from the 'Year [-] bug crisis'.

At the end of the 90s, technology companies around the world provided India with millions of software outsourcing orders in order to modify the Y[-]K vulnerabilities that existed in almost all early software. This crisis also let the whole world see India’s cheap Labor advantages in the software industry.

The Y2000K crisis was just the beginning, and the real outbreak of the Indian software outsourcing industry was after [-].

The bursting of the Internet bubble made it impossible for countless Western technology companies to spend a lot of money. In order to survive, they had to find ways to reduce costs. India, where the average salary of employees is only a fraction of a Silicon Valley engineer, suddenly became popular.

Ygritte at this stage can also be described as rich and powerful.

However, both Simon and Eaglet's core executives attach great importance to cost control. Therefore, since 1992, Eaglet has cooperated with Indian software outsourcing manufacturers ahead of many other technology companies, mainly It is also the most basic software service requirements such as large quantities of data classification, content entry, etc. for portal websites, search engines, and e-commerce businesses under Eaglet.

This part is often just simple tasks such as marking search engine URLs or entering Amazon website product information. If you hire professional software engineers, it will definitely not be worth the loss. Moreover, Silicon Valley at this stage cannot find so many professionals. Lower the standard or hire part-timers , and cannot meet the efficiency problem, and the salary cost is also not low. Choosing to outsource to India is undoubtedly the most important choice.

You know, if this seemingly simple job requires certain professional skills, if it is in the United States, even if it is not in Silicon Valley, where labor costs are very expensive, a monthly salary of two to three thousand dollars will not be able to escape. In India, the annual salary of the same type of employees All under $1000.

Such a gap is not an exaggeration at all.

A comparison makes it clear that China, which is adjacent to India in this era, has a better economic development. The average monthly salary of Chinese wage earners is only 300 to 500 RMB. Even if the annual salary is 5000 RMB, it is less than 700 RMB. Dollar.

This labor cost advantage made Bezos and others attach great importance to the cooperation with Indian software outsourcing manufacturers from the very beginning. With the continuous improvement of Internet infrastructure and the convenience of remote communication, this kind of cooperation is also continuously strengthened.

After several years of explosive growth, coupled with the continuous expansion of the talent gap in Silicon Valley at this stage, Eaglet's total software outsourcing in 1994 is expected to reach 3 million US dollars, although it can be handed over to India for various considerations. Orders from manufacturers only account for 70% of the total outsourcing, but software outsourcing orders exceeding US$2 million are definitely the targets of major Indian software manufacturers with a total industry output value of less than US$5 million in the past year.

After all, getting an order from Eaglet Company not only represents a huge amount of income, but also a potential increase in corporate popularity.With the label of 'Igret's partner', when soliciting business from other technology companies, the chances of reaching cooperation will definitely increase significantly.

Inside the study at Woodside Villa.

After Simon finished reading Azim Premki's personal letter, while flipping through the company brochure carefully prepared by the other party, the thoughts in his mind began to diverge.

If Aaliyah recommended someone else, Simon would only deal with it a little bit and didn't intend to ignore it.

Due to limited time and energy, for Igret and even many other companies within the Westeros system, Simon is only responsible for controlling the general direction and trying not to intervene in specific management decisions.

However, since he was able to become the richest man in the Indian software industry in the original time and space, Azim Premji could make Simon an exception.

In recent years, one of the main secrets of the rapid development and growth of the Westeros system is actually Simon's investment in 'people'.

Whether it is Daenerys Entertainment's "pre-cultivated" film talents based on Simon's memory, or executives such as Jeff Bezos and Raymond Smith in the Westeros system, they are all big hits in Simon's memory. Brilliant characters.These people have proved to some extent that they have the potential to lead the company to glory, coupled with the rich resource support and correct development direction given by Simon, finally created everything that the Westeros system is now.

Azim Premji, apparently, is someone with similar potential.

After making up his mind, Simon's thoughts continued to deepen.

With the outbreak of the Internet industry, the total shortage of scientific and technological talents in Silicon Valley has reached more than 30 at this stage. The result of various technological companies trying to win talents is naturally a substantial increase in industry salary levels.Eaglet is currently recruiting software engineers, and the minimum annual salary has already started at $5.

On the other hand, because of the strict immigration policy restrictions of the United States, a large number of outstanding software engineers from many other countries in the world are blocked from North America.

The inability of these people to enter the United States does not mean that they cannot serve Silicon Valley. The biggest advantage of the information age is that it can narrow the distance between people in terms of communication.Moreover, since Eaglet has a large demand for software outsourcing, many other technology companies that are also suffering from the talent gap in Silicon Valley should also be the same.

In this case, Igret may be able to create a dedicated software outsourcing platform and build a bridge for potential partners in Silicon Valley and around the world, which will definitely be a big deal.

The most important point is that doing so can also create massive job opportunities for the United States and the world.

As far as the current Westeros system is concerned, the more people who have jobs, the stronger the right to speak in the face of the governments of the United States and other countries in the world.For any politician, if tens of thousands of people lose their jobs because of cracking down on the Westeros system, one can imagine what will happen to him.

The five FNG technology giants in memory, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft, have all encountered large-scale antitrust investigations and huge fines in North America and Europe, while Amazon and Apple have rarely encountered similar entanglements. This is not without reason.

The main reason is that Amazon and Apple hold too many people's jobs.

Take Amazon as an example. At the peak of this e-commerce giant, the total number of employees exceeded 50, which is more than the sum of the other four of FNG’s five major technology giants. Moreover, Amazon’s employees cover a wide range of levels. In addition to professional Computer talents, as well as a large number of ordinary workers who are responsible for sorting, transportation, warehousing, logistics, etc. do not require high professional skills.

Not only that, Amazon's e-commerce has brought millions of potential job opportunities to Western countries within its own industrial chain.

It is conceivable that if the authorities in North America and Europe oppress Amazon too much, well, you say that I am a monopoly and want to be fined, then, in order to save money, I can only lay off employees. Is 10 people enough? However, once Amazon suffers a blow, not only the company itself, but also the loss of surrounding job opportunities in the entire e-commerce field is inestimable.