Chapter 28 Rookie
Song Yang felt a little confused when he suddenly heard that Wang An Company wanted to send someone to double-click the company.
For the technology industry, Wang An and the company he founded are absolutely well-known. They can compete with IBM and even suppress the latter.
The emergence of Wang Laboratories is legendary enough, but what people remember is often tragedy. The final outcome of Wang Laboratories was a tragedy. It suddenly rose like a comet, but fell like a meteor.
The rumors about Wang An that Song Yang heard in his previous life, as well as the media reports, mostly mentioned that Wang An was stubborn and self-willed in his later years, unwilling to localize Wang An in America, and made major errors in his judgment about personal computers.
Of course, what countless people regretted was that Wang An insisted on making Wang An Company a family company and handing it over to the Wang family rather than professional managers. This led to the eventual bankruptcy of Wang An Company, and even destroyed Wang An's lifelong reputation. This incident seemed to have become proof of the unsustainability of family businesses!
But suddenly, he heard the name of Wang An Company again. How could Song Yang not be suspicious? Wang An had filed for bankruptcy a few years ago, and the news was widely circulated around the world at that time.
"Is it the Wang An Computer Company founded by Wang An?" Song Yang asked Irene uncertainly.
Irene nodded affirmatively, but there was also a look of doubt on her face. After all, she had studied the classic case of Wang Laboratories in her MBA at the Houston Business School and had always regarded it as a typical failure. But now Wang Laboratories suddenly appeared again, which surprised Irene.
"Now Wang Laboratories has changed its name to Wang An Global, with Joe Tuss as its president. Wang Laboratories now has more than 20,000 employees worldwide, and annual revenue of more than 3.5 billion US dollars..."
Irene told Song Yang about the information she had collected. Not only was Song Yang stunned, but even Irene was a little confused. This Wang An Company was completely different from the bankrupt Wang An reported by the media. It completely overturned Irene's imagination.
Song Yang snatched the information from Irene's hand. Even though it was only collected temporarily, it was still shocking enough.
It took Song Yang more than half an hour to finish reading the few thin pages of information, but he couldn't calm down. The media reports were selective, or only reported the news they wanted to report, but were unwilling to report or didn't care about what happened afterwards.
Just think about it and you will know that Wang An's company collapsed too quickly. Countless people sighed that Wang An should not have handed over the company to his son. As a result, decades of hard work were destroyed. But what about what happened afterwards?
After Wang An Company filed for bankruptcy, where did the Wang family go? Are the Wang family members who took over Wang An really so despicable? A lean camel is bigger than a horse, and a broken ship still has three pounds of iron. Not to mention the Wang family, which was once as famous as the Rockefeller family and ranked among the top ten richest family in America? Even after bankruptcy, the Wang family still controls astonishing wealth, but it seems as if they have completely disappeared.
None of these media reported anything. They only reported that the company under Wang An's management collapsed due to the bad habits of the family system. But only three years after the bankruptcy, Wang An's company stood up again in another way, but it did not return to the public eye, and there was no media coverage. This made Song Yang's impression of Wang An's company still remain at the time before the bankruptcy.
"Jotus?!"
Song Yang looked at the information of Wang Laboratories' current president, Joe Tuss, and couldn't help but sigh, saying that this man was truly an outstanding person.
Joetus was appointed to take over the position of president of Wang Laboratories in a time of crisis. However, Wang Laboratories ended up being unable to continue. In order to protect the little capital that was left of Wang Laboratories, Joetus directly filed for bankruptcy and began to rebuild Wang Laboratories from the ruins.
Wang An no longer sells computers. Instead, it has transformed itself into a network technology service company, relying on technologies such as computer word processing and email automation left over from the Wang An computer era. It mainly sells software and provides technical services. It is now thriving, with annual revenue of US$3.5 billion. Even though it has not reached the peak of Wang An computers, it is still amazing enough. It's just that it is much more low-key now than before.
"Contact Wang An Company for me!" Song Yang is now more interested in Wang An Company and wants to know what this company, which once shone in the global technology industry, wants to do.
Wang Laboratories responded quickly and were clearly very positive about the cooperation with DoubleClick.
Song Yang originally thought that Wang An Company would send a senior executive to negotiate with DoubleClick Company this time, but what he didn't expect was that Joetus actually came to Houston in person, which surprised Song Yang.
Instead of meeting Song Yang in an office building, Joe Tus chose a private baseball field.
Song Yang, Gallo, Greg and Irene drove to the wealthy area of Houston. Compared with the middle-class community where Greg lived, the wealthy area was basically composed of single-family villas with gardens and swimming pools, and there were even a few manors of astonishing size.
Of course, wealthy areas naturally have their own unique community resources, including bars, high-end restaurants, museums, theaters, hospital health centers, golf courses, etc. There is also one of the best private schools in Houston, and the most important thing is that it is safe enough!
The entire wealthy area is almost a city of its own. You can enjoy the best resources of Houston and even America without leaving the community.
Gallo was driving and saw the community in the wealthy area. His lips began to tremble again, "Song, if you hadn't rejected the 20 million, we could live here today!"
Song Yang felt a little pain on his forehead when he heard Gallo's constant chatter. He didn't know how many times Gallo had said this. "Shut up, I'll let you live here sooner or later. Now drive your car!"
After muttering a few words quietly, seeing Song Yang's unfriendly look, Gallo still drove obediently.
The car drove all the way to a private gymnasium. It was huge with many buildings, golf courses, horse farms and other high-end sports venues. Only in wealthy areas could a stadium of this size be afforded. The baseball field chosen by Joetus was also in this stadium.
After entering the stadium, Song Yang and his companions were taken to a baseball field. At that moment, several stadium staff were practicing with the players. A middle-aged man was waving a baseball bat. Several people in suits and leather shoes were standing around the field. They should be people from Wang An Company. At this moment, they were looking at Song Yang.
The middle-aged man on the court noticed Song Yang and his companions and waved to him. Song Yang said to Greg and Irene, "Stay here and wait for me!"
"I heard that you were from a baseball team?" As soon as they met, Joetus asked about Song Yang's baseball team with great interest.
Song Yang looked at Qiao Tus in front of him. He was tall and looked a little serious. His words were plain but his expression showed confidence. Indeed, if someone was not confident, how could he dare to take over the mess of Wang An Company.
"Pitcher, the best pitcher in the entire Houston High School!" Song Yang said directly. Anyway, he has retired from the baseball team, so no one can refute whether he is the strongest or not.
Qiao Tusi couldn't help but burst into laughter. He took the equipment from the staff at the side and threw it to Song Yang, "Play a few balls with me!"
Song Yang twisted his neck, put on his training suit, and started fighting with Qiaotus. Qiaotus was already middle-aged, and Song Yang thought it would be easy to defeat him. But when the fight really started, Song Yang felt a little uncomfortable. Although Qiaotus was not very flexible, he was very powerful and obviously experienced. Song Yang felt that he had met a tough opponent.
After a few rounds, Song Yang was already sweating, and Qiaotus was not much better, but Song Yang managed to rely on his youth and barely scored more points than Qiaotus.
"Have you ever practiced baseball?" Song Yang couldn't help but ask Joetus after taking off his protective gear.
Joetus, who hadn't felt so happy for a long time, smiled when he heard Song Yang's words, "I once attended the training camp of the New York Yankees baseball team and received an invitation from the American Professional Baseball Minor League!"
Song Yang's face turned dark as he heard this. He couldn't help but curse in his heart that Joetus was not a good guy. He was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. He had played in a semi-professional baseball league, but he actually came to attack a young man like him. It was really unsportsmanlike.
Qiao Tusi took off his gloves, sat down with Song Yang under a parasol, pushed a glass of wine in front of Song Yang, and then looked at Song Yang with a suspicious look, "Song, are you allowed to drink now?"
Listening to Qiaotus teasing his age, Song Yang knew that this guy was a sinister person.
Seeing Song Yang's slightly depressed look, Qiao Tusi laughed again and pushed the wine glass in front of Song Yang, "Song, you are curious, why am I here?"
Outside the court, Gallo, Greck and Irene were all looking at the two people sitting under the parasol. They saw Joetus laughing from time to time, and it seemed that the two were having a good conversation.
Song Yang did not deny it, nodded and said, "I was really surprised to hear that Wang An Company called!"
Joetus also sighed. No matter who mentions Wang Laboratories, they will probably sigh.
"Wang Laboratories has changed now and has withdrawn from all hardware industries."
"Song, you also play baseball . Do you know how to rebuild a baseball team?!" Perhaps because they both played baseball, the usually taciturn Joe Tuss spoke a lot in front of Song Yang.
Song Yang was suddenly pulled onto the baseball by Joetus and he didn't react for a moment.
Seeing Song Yang's expression, Joetus imparted his experience to Song Yang, "When you parachute into a team and become the owner of a team, the best way to rebuild a team is to buy the 'rookie players' who have just emerged. This way, you can make up for the team's weaknesses and have room for appreciation!"
"So, DoubleClick is the 'newcomer'?" Song Yang thought thoughtfully. Joe Tuss brought Song Yang to another field. He was no longer a "player" but a "team owner". Even if the team was very weak, in the eyes of Jim, Joe Tuss and others from AT&T and Netscape, Song Yang was a "newcomer" in the industry.
Qiao Tusi snapped his fingers and asked Song Yang, "So, is DoubleClick willing to join Wang An's team?!"
