Rewrite the Technological Landscape

After the last day of the trip, Meng Qian came out of the room and was about to go to the airport, but there was an old friend standing at the door.

"Why are you here?"

"I'm here every year, but this is the first time I see Mr. Meng." Standing opposite Meng Qian at this time is Xiao Boshi's "old friend", a transgender person Gu Sha who lives in Thailand and specializes in selling information.

Only then did Meng Qian realize that there was an issue on the World Social Forum about anti-gay discrimination, "Why didn't you come to me a few days ago."

"Boss Meng is so busy, I don't dare to delay, just come and say hello before leaving."

"Are you still in Thailand?"

"Of course, I have already taken root in Thailand, and there is no place for me to live outside of Thailand."

"Isn't returning home an option?"

"Forget it, there are too many people I don't want to see."

Meng Qian glanced at the time, "Looking for a place to have a drink?"

Gu Sha waved her hand, "Don't delay Mr. Meng, I just came to say hello, I have to catch a plane too."

"Okay, go back to Thailand and make an appointment."

"I got it."

After a brief face-to-face meeting, the two went to their respective directions. Meng Qian boarded his private jet to go to the United States, but he hadn't been there for a while.

Perhaps the biggest change of Meng Qian's trip to the United States this time is that he brought more bodyguards, a total of 100 people, who had already gone to the United States a few days in advance to wait for Meng Qian and made preparations along the way according to Meng Qian's itinerary.

"This is." After the plane took off, Meng Qian took out his computer and was getting ready to work, when he suddenly found a USB flash drive in his bag, "Gusha?"

To be on the safe side, Meng Qian asked He Yating to find a spare laptop that had never been used, and then sent the others away and plugged in the USB flash drive. There was only one video in the USB flash drive, which was a 30-minute video. Meng Qian clicked on it. watch.

After watching patiently for a while, Meng Qian quickly realized what it was, child trafficking, perverted services, this is a video about dark web mining, and the fabric gets bigger and bigger as it goes, including the incident of a certain country manipulating voters through the dark web , criminal evidence of gangsters, weapons trade videos, and even an event that is very familiar to those involved in the aftermath of the project that was established in 2007 are all on the video, that is, the Prism Gate.

"Which year was the Prism Gate exposed? 12? 13?" Meng Qian tried hard to recall but couldn't remember the exact time, but it definitely wasn't 2009 anyway.

After watching the entire video, Meng Qian didn't understand what Gu Sha meant, so he had to ask Xiao Boshi for Gu Sha's contact information first, and then called him after getting off the plane, "You gave me the USB flash drive?"

"Yes." Gu Sha was very straightforward.

"There's nothing special about this video. Why don't you tell me directly if there's anything you want?"

On the other end of the phone was Gu Sha's chuckling voice, "I don't feel safe in Brazil."

"So you feel safe in Thailand?"

"That's right."

Meng Qian didn't want to discuss this matter too much, "Say it, what do you want to do?"

"Since Mr. Meng is willing to join so many non-profit organizations, we would like to invite Mr. Meng to join us."

"Which hacker organization are you from?"

"What does Mr. Meng think?"

"It can't be anonymous."

"I am indeed a member of Anonymous."

Meng Qian froze for a moment, he said it completely casually, and as a person who is in the hacker circle, he actually knows that the Anonymous guys are actually the same thing, which makes Meng Qian continue to ask unconsciously, "Anonymous Is the membership of the party you use to hide your true identity?"

"As expected of Mr. Meng, I can't hide anything from you."

"Don't come here, why do you want me to join?"

"Mr. Meng is so high-profile at the World Social Forum this time. Presumably Mr. Meng will not be a little sheep in the future, right? Mr. Meng can go with us to obtain more information, which is also beneficial to the future development of Dafeng Group Yes, isn’t it? And Mr. Meng has always been most concerned about talents, and we have a lot of talents here.”

"You, what do you want me to do?"

"I told you, join us."

"It's that simple?"

"Joining us is not easy."

Meng Qian doesn't really like the feeling of being led by the nose, "Just such a video doesn't arouse my interest. Let's prepare something more interesting."

Gu Sha smiled calmly, "Okay."

After talking, the two hung up the phone in a tacit understanding, and Meng Qian didn't think about it for the time being.

The plane landed in New York on time, and several cars were already waiting for Meng Qian, who took Meng Qian directly to a hearing.

The hearing was initiated by the U.S. Department of Science and Technology, and the subject was to inquire about the acquisition of Oracle by Dafeng Group.

Dafeng Group's acquisition of Oracle is a normal business activity, and Dafeng Group has always been the one with the highest bid, and the acquisition conditions given are also the best, but now the United States still cares about face, and will always do something wrong if it wants to reject the acquisition of Huaxia Enterprises Hearing or something, come up with relatively reasonable reasons for rejection, so that the public feels that the rejection of the United States is justified.

"Gale Group and Oracle have been deeply involved in patent disputes for many years. At the Shanhai Database conference last year, Herman said that the database business unit of Dafeng Group has entered a period of stable development. We have to wonder whether the acquisition of Oracle by Dafeng Group is more important Mostly because of Oracle's patents, and after this acquisition, will the employment of Oracle employees be guaranteed?"

Meng Qian was very indifferent, "First of all, our company issued a global statement again on New Year's Day this year, and we will still not dismiss any employees because of the financial crisis in 2009, including acquired companies.

Secondly, our patent dispute with Oracle was a few years ago. In recent years, we have been exempting Oracle from a large amount of patent fees. If we really want to be serious, we can use the patent issue to let Oracle enter a larger Dilemma, this is an expression of our respect for Oracle.

What we cherish the most in this acquisition is the talents of Oracle, so your worries are completely unnecessary. "

"Speaking of patent issues, we have a piece of data here. Through the investigation of Microsoft and IBM, we know that once Dafeng Group acquires Oracle, it will achieve technological monopoly in some specific technical fields. This is an issue we have to pay attention to."

"Our Dafeng Group can monopolize a lot of technologies, but have you ever heard of any company that we used technology monopoly to suppress?

ASML’s lithography machine still owes us a large amount of patent fees, and we have not sued it until now. If any company is worried that we will monopolize the database market in the future, they can come to us to sign a licensing agreement now. , as long as the other party does not use monopoly to vicious competition, we will not take the initiative to do such a thing. "

"Mr. Meng, can you talk about the core purpose of this acquisition of Oracle? Dafeng Group offered an 80% premium for this acquisition, which is hard to understand."

"On the one hand, as I said just now, because I like Oracle's talents, on the other hand, our years of competition with Oracle may have made our technology very complementary, so our company believes that once the acquisition of Oracle , will greatly promote the development of the database.

That being the case, it's worth paying a little extra for the acquisition. "

The hearing lasted 90 minutes, and there were more than 30 questions in the whole process. Meng Qian answered them one by one. It can't be said that the answers are classic, but at least they are decent and reasonable.

After the hearing, Meng Qian was taken to a private winery in a low-key manner.

"Thank you Mr. Meng for making this trip in person." Samuel was already waiting for Meng Qian at the winery.

"In fact, everyone knows in their hearts that this kind of hearing is of little significance. What your authorities need is an attitude. Then I will come here in person and give them an attitude."

Samuel poured wine for Meng Qian himself, "Now everyone is very convinced that Dafeng Group is really determined to acquire Oracle, and even people from the military have come to me."

Meng Qian joked with a smile, "Why don't we delay the acquisition of Oracle and continue to ferment and ferment, and you take advantage of the momentum to make a major transformation of the military's system and make a fortune first?"

"Mr. Meng, you are becoming more and more like a businessman."

"I was originally a businessman."

"When I first met Mr. Meng, Mr. Meng didn't feel like that to me."

Meng Qian smiled and stopped the topic, "What's Sunwei's attitude?"

"Microsoft paid a high price."

"Microsoft is really rich."

"Bill Gates has suffered big losses before, so he has always attached great importance to cash flow. From the performance of Microsoft in the financial crisis this time, we can see Microsoft's cash strength."

"But IBM's cash reserves are also not simple."

"We are different from Microsoft. We have many friends." Samuel smiled meaningfully.

It's good that Meng Qian understands it in his heart, and he doesn't go into it, "Will there be any changes in the acquisition of Sunwei?"

"It's not a big problem. Sun Micro was almost destroyed by Microsoft. In addition, we have been allies for so many years. More importantly, Microsoft is a well-known corporate killer. The directors of Sun Micro do not want the company to be destroyed. In the hands of Microsoft."

It is strange to say that Microsoft really bought a company to destroy a company, from Yammer to aQuantiv, from Skype to LinkedIn, and Nokia's mobile phone division, which Microsoft claims to be the most failed acquisition. Some small companies have played a role after being acquired by Microsoft, and large companies are getting colder than each other after they are in the hands of Microsoft.

"Then let's speed up the acquisition of Sun Micro. I always feel that the financial crisis may be over soon."

Samuel understood Meng Qian's urging, and he immediately responded as he didn't intend to plot against Meng Qian in this matter, "I'll find some time, let's go to Sun Micro."

"good."

Meng Qian had dinner with Samuel before returning to the hotel, but on the way back Shao Yibo called, "Mr. Meng, I'm in America."

"Come and meet me at the hotel."

"yes."

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