Just as AT&T will start splitting more than 20 subsidiaries in January 1982, the U.S. Department of Justice's antitrust lawsuit against ibm, which began in 1969, was also on the foreseeable withdrawal schedule.

It is generally inferred from the outside world that this time point is likely to be January 1982.

During the 13 years when the sword of Damocles hung above ibm's head, the blue giant was trembling.

Even the previous CEO Frank Cary split the entire company's business in two, transferring other resources besides mainframes to the General Systems Department in Atlanta, Georgia to deal with the possible split decision by the Department of Justice.

After entering the 1980s, the US Department of Justice's attitude towards AT&T, which has assets of 100 billion US dollars, has eased its attitude towards 10 billion US dollars.

Especially after Reagan took office, all kinds of signs made the senior executives of the Blue Giant begin to convince that they were safe and worry-free.

Taking over 20% of Intel's shares is a test of the reaction of this giant in the computer industry, which is free from the constraints.

Now on Dex, the senior executives of ibm cannot hide their ambitions and say that they want to buy Fangyuan Computer Company, a young man in the industry.

Tang Huan happened to hear this and suddenly felt very funny.

In his opinion, although the ibm, which was released by the US Department of Justice, was like a tiger out of the cage in terms of momentum, unfortunately, its teeth were no longer so sharp in thirty years.

Seeing Tang Huan appearing in a very impressive manner, the entourage beside him even looked at him with sarcastic expressions. The ibm executive who was full of words ran on the train immediately felt like he was on his back. He asked unhappily, "Who are you?"

Tang Huan casually pointed behind him, "Aren't you planning to acquire Fangyuan Computer? I am Tang Huan, the boss of this company."

"So it's you." The other party nodded and said slowly confidently: "The conditions are very simple. Apple computer companies that have been listed can be used as reference."

Don Estelic, who saw this scene on the side, couldn't bear to continue to watch his side as he was so ignorant and arrogant. He was about to step forward to smooth things over and expose the matter, but Bill Lovo gently grabbed it.

Seeing Don Estelic looking at him in confusion, Bill Lovo smiled meaningfully and pointed in a low voice, "Let them fight, maybe your PC department will be taken more seriously than before, and your suggestions will be paid more attention to."

Since the first dex, Tang Huan directed Sheldon Adelson to take advantage of the long-standing conflicts accumulated between large computer companies in the computer industry and successfully invited their top leaders to increase the value of the exhibition, CEOs and presidents rarely visited the scene in person.

The group of ibm executives led by Don Estelic really aroused Tang Huan's interest at first, but when he saw that the other party's knowledge was just like this, he became bored.

"No matter what, I am very grateful for your optimistic view of the value of Fangyuan Computer Company. In fact, I am quite interested in ibm." Tang Huan waved his hand unanimously, which was quite exorcising.

"What does it mean, 'You are quite interested in ibm'? Are you planning to acquire our ibm? Don't you say whether we agree or not? Are you qualified to think about these tens of billions of assets alone?" This man rolled his eyes when he was choked. He was about to make some mistakes, but he saw that Tang Huan had turned his attention to Don Estelic.

"Old friend, do you feel that my personal computer business is getting more and more prosperous?" Tang Huan greeted him enthusiastically.

Don Estelic glanced at Bill Lovo, who was planning to watch the show next to him, and thought to himself that this Tang Huan was not the kind of simple person you thought who liked to waste the spitting stars without any intention. So, they directly transferred their firepower.

"What you mean by prosperity is not to refer to those Japanese companies' second-generation Fangyuan computers." Tang Estelic was naturally very upset about Tang Huan's vague condescendingness, and immediately laughed sarcastically, "I don't know when the price war between Fangyuan computers will begin?"

"This possible dispute is all a minor matter. When doing business, I focus on sincere cooperation and equal benefits." Tang Huan waved his hand disapprovingly, "If ibm wants to produce a second-generation Fangyuan computer, we can't sit down and have a good talk."

"Our own ibm-pc is already excellent enough, so how can we pay attention to your second-generation square computer?" Don Estelic snorted and turned away.

Seeing the ibm group retreat one after another, Tang Huan snapped his fingers, "Don't you know how annoying these guys who came to spy on the intelligence? They didn't say anything about buying things, but they stood here in a big way, blocking other real customers."

Amid the laughter of everyone, Chambers whispered: "Don Estelic has observed carefully. I just got the news that the Japanese manufacturers who have obtained the second-generation Fangyuan Computer Compatible Machine Authorization have been quoted for some models below our similar products during contact with customers."

"No need to be overly nervous. This price squeeze will not have a negative impact on us for at least one year." Tang Huan smiled lightly, "Apple's appleii has begun to be powerless. I estimate that it will be good if it can tie with ibm-pc next year. At that time, these Japanese partners with great cost advantages will rush forward. The greater the market share of Fangyuan computer platform, the more revenue the Zheru software will be."

Speaking of this, Tang Huan turned around and looked at the booths of Zheru and Fangyuan Computers, and smiled with confidence, "We just need to continue to make special computers. Just the industry computers in front of us, the medium-term multimedia computers, and the portable computers are enough to fight for a while."

...

Tang Huan's current priority is to acquire Pacific Bell, so he did not stay on the dex and returned to San Francisco from Las Vegas.

Although Tang Huan did not exert any influence, EA, Fangyuan Computer, Zheru and its satellite companies Adobe, Autodesk, etc. still attracted a lot of attention on Dex and continued to play the role of industry leaders.

Among them, the personal workstation PS-2400 series equipped with photoshop and autocad has become a big hit, and there are endless people coming to consult.

The momentum of the entire camp of the second-generation square computer is also a beautiful scenery on the dex.

In addition, Zheru's email server system ZeroneExchange color rver has made industry insiders understand that the network and communication mentioned in Tang Huan's speech at Dex is by no means a general empty talk.

However, the actions of Silicon Valley nouveau riche are too efficient, making more and more followers feel overwhelmed.

...

On Tuesday, December 1, 1981, Tang Huan's acquisition of Pacific Bell, a wholly-owned subsidiary of AT&T, was completed in a low-key manner as he asked.

This is the largest asset Tang Huan has bought so far. In order to prevent excessive attention from the outside world and interfere with his plans, he carefully chose to avoid public attention.

In other words, Tang Huan himself also felt very stressed.

But with such a large amount of capital operation, how could the media easily miss the opportunity to report? They have explored the transaction details released by AT&T.

Among the more than 20 subsidiaries owned by AT&T, Pacific Bell has the largest scale, with assets of up to US$14.5 billion, and is known as the jewel in the crown of the Bell system.

AT&T retained 20% of its shares, and the rest was sold to Tang Huan. Among them, Galaxy Communications paid $10 billion in one lump sum, and the payment of the unpaid balance was delayed.

In the view of AT&T, Pacific Bell is just a piece of candy in his pocket. If you want to sell it, it has nothing to do with others, and it is enough for shareholders to support it.

The media gloat about the fact that they were forced to dismantle by the US Department of Justice, and their voices of guilt have always made AT&T annoyed and feared.

The low-key that Tang Huan asked for was just in line with the wishes of AT&T. He honestly made a fortune in silence, so as not to be roasted by others on the fire.

...

The 140 New Montgomery Building, built in 1925, is the headquarters of Pacific Bell. The top-floor office has been prepared for the new boss.

One of the reasons why this company is so expensive is that it contains such fixed assets.

After getting Pacific Bell, there are many things to deal with. The trivial names and trademarks such as Bell have no right to continue to be used, and the major ones such as the future development direction of the company.

For the former, Tang Huan directly wrote a big pen and changed Pacific Bell to Pacific Communications; for the latter, Tang Huan had already had a series of goals, which was the driving force behind this acquisition.

Pacific Communications now has only two major shareholders - Galaxy Communications and AT&T.

In order to reduce his work burden, Tang Huan invited two shareholders of Galaxy Communications, Warren Buffett and Motorola's Christoeux Galvin to join Pacific Communications as executive directors.

Tang Huan made almost no adjustments to the original architecture of Pacific Communications because there was no problem with the company's operation. It was just that the original parent company, AT&T, was the mentality of making a little profit, which gave him an opportunity to take advantage of it.

One of Tang Huan's main actions was to establish a high-level value-added service department under the existing system of Pacific Communications and make it directly responsible for itself.

There is no doubt that this value-added service department will be the executors of the Tang Huanxin Plan, such as callerid - caller ID, email service, etc.

Pacific Communications' business scope is not limited to California, but covers the West Coast of the United States, and even includes a subsidiary of Nevada, where Las Vegas is located - Nevada Bell.

After buying the goods, of course, I had to personally take stock of the money. Tang Huan spent more than two weeks traveling around the country to complete this grassroots research work.

He didn't feel anything, but the accompanying staff was exhausted and complained secretly, and sincerely admired him, "The so-called Silicon Valley nouveau riche is so misleading that it makes them seem like they don't have to work. But in fact, this boss is an energetic workaholic."

After understanding the situation of Pacific Communications, Tang Huan held a meeting at the headquarters again to arrange the company's next work.

Chucks fan Chucks Smith, CEO of Pacific Communications, is an executive of the Bell era, and Tang Huan is quite satisfied with his ability.

One thing that has to be mentioned is that Chuck Smith is an African-American black man, which is relatively rare among American business executives.

Chuck Smith welcomed the caller ID implementation plan brought by Tang Huan, and even felt that the official words "I believe Pacific Bell will develop better and better under the leadership of the new team" published by AT&T, which was not so ridiculous.

But Chuck Smith expressed clear opposition to Tang Huan's free email service, because he believed that the business would not only lose money, but also had a very unclear prospect.

Chuck Smith's concern is not unreasonable, and Tang Huan naturally did not offend this. He smiled and waved his hand, "Then set up an additional new company to try the waters of this business. If you don't have the courage to try, you will not know where the road is. Pacific Communications cannot fix itself in the traditional business model without being enterprising."

They were discussing and reporting, and the people from Time magazine came to visit.

Tang Huan nodded slightly. He heard from public relations consultant Regis McKenna that there was a debate within "Time" whether to consider himself as the 1981 Times' Year's Episode.

Because they also liked another target - Poland's lechwa??sa - Lechwa??sa. He led the 1980 strike of the Lenin shipyard in Gdansk. It was extremely popular, and Poland responded one after another, and Walesa was imprisoned for this.

At this time, Poland was still in the Eastern camp, and the figures who were on strike in socialist countries naturally attracted much attention from the West, and some people in "Time" also favored them.

But the problem is that during this year, Tang Huan, who has been selling personal computers everywhere and endorsing himself, has also had a very considerable influence. The career plans of a large number of young people in the United States have changed, and new characteristics have emerged in the Silicon Valley economy.

Tang Huan even posted an advertisement to the British royal wedding that was broadcast live to hundreds of millions of people around the world. It was extremely whimsical, and this ability to move was even more amazing.

"Time" is really a bit dilemma to serve politics or to cheer for technology.

As the end of the year is getting closer, Times decided to interview Tang Huan nearby first and then make a choice.
Chapter completed!