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   Chapter 611 Tiger Falls Pingyang

   If you take Bell Labs into your pocket, you will not only get a group of top R&D personnel, but also a complete R&D personnel training system.

Bell Labs can train so many Nobel Prize winners, even if it has fallen like this, but since the 1990s, those R&D personnel who came out of Bell Labs can still win five Nobel Prizes in Physics and Chemistry. He won two Turing Awards, and then contributed a large number of top R&D personnel to Microsoft and Google.

It was still Bell Labs that had already declined. After being re-sold twice in a row from the Telephone and Telegraph Group, it was still possible to cultivate so many top titans, the background of Bell Labs, and the ability to cultivate R&D personnel. And know.

Here in Song Yang, if Bell Labs can be taken down, in the future, Alcatel Mobile, America Telecom, ICQ, etc. will at least not have to worry about the talent problem. Bell Labs can contribute a large part of the talent, which cannot be bought with US knives. of!

   Now Songyang's mobile phones, semiconductors, televisions, software development, etc. are all tied to Bell Labs. Otherwise, how can they develop various new technologies and new products so quickly.

  In addition to these obvious things, there are various patents and technologies that are not used now, but will definitely not be out of date in the future, such as video and voice patents, convolutional neural technology, UNIX systems, etc., all of which are owned by Bell Labs.

There are also a lot of top talent, Benjani, the father of the C plus language, which Microsoft is preparing to implement, is now in Bell Labs, and Chambers, the father of the statistical programming language, Colleen, the future head of search at Google Na and others are now squatting in Bell Labs and developing silently.

People like Corinna, Bell Labs, are still grabbing a lot of them. If they can add all these R&D personnel to companies such as Alcatel Mobile, ICQ, PayPal, etc., they will buy Bell Labs. Absolutely no loss!

As for the cost of more than ten or even two billion dollars a year, it is indeed a lot of pressure, but after a few years, it should not be difficult to provide ammunition for Bell Labs when Alcatel Mobile, America Telecom, etc. stabilize. .

Over the past few years, companies such as Microsoft, Apple, IBM, Intel, as well as Johnson & Johnson, Roche, etc. in the pharmaceutical industry will increase their investment in research and development. , In contrast, the research and development expenses invested in Bell Labs are not so eye-catching...

  Sze Tann listened to Song Yang's words, his face was serious, his brows were furrowing, he was thinking, he is not just a researcher, he has to think about the entire Bell Labs and thousands of researchers in this laboratory.

   This kind of decision is not so easy to make. Sze Tann needs to think too much. If it comes out of the hands of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, then Bell Labs can really only rely on Song Yang.

As for Song Yang's promise to pay Bell Labs a dozen or two billion dollars in research and development expenses every year, Sze Tann couldn't help but glance at Song Yang. He had just left the Telephone and Telegraph Group, and Bell Labs might have to wait for a while. hard days.

   But if you can really make it through, when things like Alcatel Mobile, America Telecom, etc. get better, and pay Bell Labs full funding, then Bell Labs will have a much better life than staying under the Telegraph Group.

   "Song, I need your guarantee. After leaving the Telephone and Telegraph Group, you must be able to guarantee the lowest annual R&D funding of Bell Labs!"

   "Bell Labs has the right to develop other projects, except for projects that have cooperated with Alcatel mobile phones, Panda TV, etc., and no one else can interfere with these R&D projects of Bell Labs!"

   "Bell Labs still operates independently and has the right to recruit other personnel. All R&D personnel cannot be targeted..."

Sze Tann put forward a lot of conditions to Song Yang, like Song Yang's foundation, the US knife invested in Bell Labs, Bell Labs has the right to distribute it without the foundation's consent, and the R&D personnel have the right to follow their own ideas for research and development, etc.

   To put it bluntly, Szeten asked Bell Labs to conduct research and development according to his own wishes without interference from Song Yang.

   They are old-school R&D personnel. They believe that R&D should not be influenced by the outside world, so that they can freely express their imaginations. To put it in a bad way, they should not be disturbed even if they are studying that stuff.

This is also one of the reasons why the Telephone and Telegraph Group is reluctant to invest in Bell Labs. After investing so many dollars, the laboratory is not willing to conduct research and development according to their wishes, and only develop those messy things. A great feeling of injustice.

But in the same way, sufficient funding allows unrestricted research and development, which is also one of the main reasons why those top titans regard Bell Labs as a holy land for research and development. It's enough, why don't you want to come here?

Sze Tann looked at Song Yang. This is his request. Bell Labs can develop projects with Song Yang, but outside the project, Bell Labs has to play by itself. If Song Yang can't agree to his request, then Sze Tann felt that it would be better to continue to live under the Telegraph Group, crying and crying, and they had to pay for them there.

  Song Yang tapped his fingers on the table. After a while, he said, "I can agree to Dr. Szetten's request, but Bell Labs needs to prioritize the completion of R&D projects with Alcatel Mobile, America Telecom, etc.!"

   A slight smile appeared on Sze Tann's face. He was still a little worried, but he was also looking forward to it. He hoped that Bell Labs would be able to recover under Song Yang's foundation.

Now many big companies have their own laboratories, such as HP Labs, Xerox's Palo Alto R&D Center, Microsoft Research, IBM Labs, etc. They sound great, but they can wait until Bell Labs recovers. Vitality, all tens of thousands of top R&D personnel will be recalled. Then these big companies have laboratories, all of them are younger brothers, a group of Nobel Prize winners in physics and chemistry, plus a group of Turing Award geniuses, so I asked those laboratories, that Compared to Bell Labs? !

  Song Yang signed a bunch of agreements with Sze Tann. In name, Bell Labs is now an independent company, but the Telegraph Group is a major shareholder of Bell Labs.

If you want to buy Bell Labs, you need to get the approval of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, but Sze Tann has to do it too, otherwise he will run away with a group of people, and the Bell Labs that he bought back will be empty. shell.

  Same as last time, Song Yang paid a large amount of R&D expenses to Bell Labs in advance to prove that the North American Global Investment Foundation has the ability to support Bell Labs, instead of babbling.

   "After reaching an agreement with the Telegraph Group, the North American Global Investment Fund will pay Bell Labs a $70 million fee to purchase new experimental equipment, recruit experimental personnel, and... repair this place!"

When Song Yang signed the letter, he said to Sze Tann that Bell Labs had not rested for many years, and when Song Yang was in the hands, at least he had to rest a little to make the place look "higher", otherwise how could he fool around? , No, it is to attract more scientific research talents and jump into the fire pit.

In the headquarters of the Telephone and Telegram Group, Bates looked at Song Yang in front of him and heard Song Yang's intention to take over the burden of Bell Labs. If he didn't want to maintain the demeanor of the head of a large company, Bates probably would have to. laughed.

  The board of directors of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, investors on Wall Street, if someone knew that someone was going to take over Bell Labs, then it is estimated that the share price of the Telephone and Telegraph Group would skyrocket!

Think about it, the profits of billions of dollars per year are wasted, and now you don't have to pay this fee anymore. Of course, you may lose a lot of patents, technologies, and the most advanced concepts in the telecom industry in the future, but... with the annual Compared with the real money of billions of dollars, it is nothing at all.

Looking at Song Yang in front of him, Bates, the head of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, remembered the scene when he first met Song Yang. At that time, Song Yang was still a "lucky one" and set up a line from Chicago to New York. Great profit.

   Before that, it was Song Yang who came to ask for a meeting with the executives of the Telephone and Telegraph Group, and the Telephone and Telegraph Group voted for Song Yang's first advertisement for Double Click Company.

Speaking of which, the Telephone and Telegraph Group is quite related to Song Yang. Song Yang's first pot of gold is inseparable from the Telephone and Telegraph Group. Song Yang really made a fortune and cashed out a large amount of cash, America Telecom, which is also similar to the Telephone and Telegraph Group. related.

  Now Telephone and Telegraph Group is also the second largest shareholder of America Telecom, holding 28% of the equity of America Telecom. Before that, Telephone and Telegraph Group sold the broadband business in its hands to America Telecom, and became the second largest shareholder of America Telecom.

Thinking of these things, and Song Yang from the past, and looking at Song Yang, who is now rumored to be one of the most valuable people in America, and now he is going to take over Bell Labs, Bates is also in the heart. Can not help but give birth to a little sigh.

   "Song, are you going to buy Bell Labs?"

  Bates looked at Song Yang, and it was hard to say what he felt in his heart, but the words that popped out of his mouth had only one meaning, and that was, "I have to pay more!"

   "Bell Labs has a special significance to the Telephone and Telegraph Group. Without Bell Labs, the Telephone and Telegraph Group could not have reached today. It is the relic of Mr. Graham Bell and the jewel in the hands of the Telephone and Telegraph Group..."

   "Five hundred million dollars!"

  Song Yang directly quoted, is Bell Labs worth it? It must be worth it. In terms of price, even if the price is doubled ten times, it may not be possible to buy Bell Labs.

But it also depends on who owns Bell Labs. Now, its gold owner, whether he wants it or not, is willing to ask for it, then Song Yang can't buy it even if the price is high, and if he doesn't want it, that is the most Song Yang. It's just a bargain.

   (end of this chapter)