AOL's series of actions are somewhat confusing to the outside world. Their company has four profit models, the first is dial-up access, the second is advertising revenue, the third is communication value-added, and the fourth is e-commerce.
The most fundamental one is dial-up access. They rely on dial-up access to obtain a large number of users and then integrate resources.
But now that the company wants to enter the broadband market, it is not just about access, it may also be grabbing the business of operators. AOL does not have the technology in this area. If it wants to enter this market, in addition to the advantage of the number of users, there is no
Other advantages.
Although this reform of AOL is just the beginning, it can already make people feel the word "drastic".
Steven Case didn't know that this reform was very risky, but he knew that Yu Dong was right. If the reform was not carried out at this time, they would not be competitive at all in the future.
With the development of broadband and the advent of the Internet 2.0 era, they are no longer comparable to websites such as Deep Space Tribe in terms of news information, instant messaging is no better than Deep Space’s Dongdong, and browsers are no better than Google. They have no core competitiveness at all.
Business cannot be carried out.
What Steven Case has to do now is to ask Deep Space to help them integrate Time Warner's resources, ensure their content output, stabilize advertising revenue, and then gradually transform.
The reason why Steven Case is seeking cooperation with Deep Space Company at this time is because AOL's people can still control the new company, but if it continues, the company's rights may gradually lose control in a few months.
Transferred to the hands of Time Warner personnel, by that time, it would be impossible to do anything Steven Case wanted to do.
After the merger of the two companies, most of the company's key management personnel are the old departments of AOL. The company's chairman is Steven Case himself, the co-chief operating officer is Bob Pittman, and the chief financial officer is Michael Kelly.
The general counsel is Paul Capuccio, the chief business development officer is David Coburn, the head of investor relations is Richard Hanlon, and there are several key vice presidents.
Time Warner has not secured any important positions except for a chief co-operating officer.
However, since March this year, there have been changes in the company's management. For example, Richard, the head of the investment department, has left the company, and Time Warner is still planning to take back all other positions.
Now, with the entry of Deep Space Company, investors have regained some confidence in the new company, Steven Case made a decisive move and directly transferred Richard Parsons to serve as deputy general counsel, and then
Spencer Hayes, the original deputy general counsel, was transferred to the investment department as a deputy manager. By this time, Time Warner's old department had completely left the core of the company.
By this time, Steven Case was planning to sell Turner Broadcasting to Deep Space, and things were going pretty well.
On the management side, except for Vice President Ted Turner, who will have some objections, no one else will stand in the way of this matter. Shareholders have already seen the impact of Deep Space's intervention on the company, so naturally they will not have any objections.
Shareholders don't care whether Turner Broadcasting is in their hands, they only care whether the company can make a profit. Anyway, Deep Space will pay for Turner Broadcasting, and it will be more than what Time Warner paid for the acquisition.
Want more.
What their company lacks most now is money. If they can get eight to nine billion US dollars in cash at once, it can greatly relieve the company's pressure.
In order to get more cash flow, AOL plans to reach a settlement with Microsoft quickly, so that they can raise US$750 million in cash, and they are also preparing to sell 50% of the shares of edy central, hoping to raise funds
In addition, they are also preparing to sell the cddvd manufacturing department to obtain about one billion US dollars in cash. Through these three measures, they hope to obtain a total of three billion US dollars in cash before the first half of next year.
If they can really reach an acquisition agreement with Deep Space Company now and sell Turner Broadcasting to Deep Space Company, these things can be slowed down.
The new company's stock has now fallen by 70%, and its market value has reached an extremely low level. No one knows what will happen in the future. Selling Turner and still making money is the best option.
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After July 10th, Deep Space Company and AOL have been in the whirlpool of public opinion, but as the protagonists, Jimmy and Yu Dong have not had time to care about these recently, because they have more important things to do.
, on July 20th, Jimmy and Britney will get married.
According to Britney's wishes, they will hold a grand wedding.
Their wedding is a combination of Chinese and Western. Britney will first stay in the small building left for them in Luoyuan. On the morning of the wedding day, the welcoming team will set off from Jimmy's villa in the Deep Space Talent Apartment to Luoyuan.
Welcoming the bride in the garden.
After completing the ceremony in Luoyuan, they will have a meal in Luoyuan and then take the bride to the deep space apartment.
In the evening, the wedding banquet was held in the cafeteria of the Deep Space Park. At that time, the bride and groom changed into Western-style dresses for the ceremony.
At first, Jimmy considered whether to hold the wedding at the Jinling Hotel. After all, the hotel is professional. However, after much deliberation, he decided to hold the wedding at the Deep Space Park because the canteen in the park is larger and more meaningful.
In order to make the wedding venue grand enough, the staff began to decorate the deep space canteen twenty days in advance. For this reason, no dining was allowed on the first floor of the canteen for twenty days.
In order to make up for the inconvenience caused to employees, Jimmy also used his own money to subsidize employees. As long as they are company employees, they can enjoy a 50% discount on dining in the canteen during this period. However, tourists from outside cannot enjoy this benefit.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! At first, the employees only knew that a wedding was going to be held, but they did not know who was getting married, so they were all guessing.
The one who can create such a big battle is at least a leader of Jiang Jie's level. If Jiang Jie is higher up, he still has two bosses left.
Jiang Jie is considered young to be able to reach Jiang Jie's level. Other leaders at the same level or branch bosses are basically in their forties, but even Jiang Jie is married.
Of the two bosses, everyone around the world knows that Yu Dong's wife is Cheng Yanqiu. Jimmy seems to be unmarried, but no one is sure.
Some people speculate that it may be a star artist under the company. Of course, ordinary artists will not receive this treatment, but what if they are at the level of Jay Chou and Louis Koo?
It was about a week after the cafeteria was decorated that everyone realized that it was Jimmy who was getting married.
At this time, everyone was curious about Jimmy's wife and who their other boss lady would be. It stands to reason that since they are preparing for a wedding, the bride and groom must come together to prepare, but the bride has never been seen.
Just the day before the wedding, July 19th, many singers came to the park and sang on the stage set up in front of the music hall. There were Jay Chou, Shakira, Britney... one was more famous than the other, and one was more famous than the other.
famous.
Seeing these singers, everyone knows that they must be preparing for tomorrow's wedding. It is indeed the boss's wedding. This battle is huge. All the world-class stars are invited, which is better than the commercial performances of other large-scale events.
Amazing, the most amazing thing is that their other boss lady Cheng Yanqiu will also perform on stage tomorrow, playing the piano piece "Jinghong" for the newcomers.
Although this wedding has not been announced to the public, the news has spread like wildfire. Recently, there have been more and more reporters near the deep space park. When these reporters saw a lot of big-name celebrities rehearsing, they knew they were in the right place, even if they were filming
It’s also good to take photos of these celebrities without going to the wedding venue.
In addition to reporters, there were also many fans who came here to see the venue. Many people asked at the gate guard whether there would be any restrictions on outsiders entering and exiting on July 20th.
The guard said with certainty: "It's not prohibited. Anyone with a Star Card can enter the park tomorrow. However, entry to the cafeteria is not allowed. You have to be mentally prepared. You won't be able to eat in the cafeteria when you come tomorrow."
"Haha, it doesn't matter. There are many restaurants nearby now, so we can just go out to eat."
In fact, it is no longer very cost-effective for tourists to eat in the canteen. In order to reduce the number of tourists eating in the canteen, the Deep Space Company has been gradually increasing the price of canteen meals since last year. By the end of last year, the price had increased by 50%, but even if
In this way, the number of tourists eating in the canteen has not decreased much.
Because the deep space cafeteria is originally too affordable, even if the price is increased by 50%, it is still cheaper than outside. There is no need for tourists to spend more money to eat out. The reduction is actually the people who work nearby and come here specially to eat.
, for these people, the money saved by eating in the canteen of the deep space park is no longer worthwhile.
Starting this year, canteens have continued to raise prices. The price is now 80% higher than at the beginning, and is expected to double by the end of the year.
Because of the price increase at the Deep Space Canteen, there are now many restaurants nearby, giving tourists more choices.
The price increase in the canteen only affects tourists, and has no impact on the employees in the park, because the Deep Space Company directly pays according to the price of the canteen. For example, when the food in the canteen was cheap before, the meal supplement was only ten yuan a day.
, now that the price has gone up, I will pay 20 yuan to ensure that the quality of the employees' meals in the canteen will not drop.
After asking clearly about whether they could enter the park, someone asked again, "Brother, what activities will be held at the wedding tomorrow and when will they start?"
The security guard shook his head, "I don't know about that. There's no notice from above. If you want to join in the fun, you'd better come early."
"Uncle, where will their motorcade come from tomorrow?" Another person asked.
The uncle looked at the man, smiled and said, "Is this a comrade journalist?"
The other party smiled and pushed up his glasses, "Yes, yes, brother, you are really good at reading people."
"If you're not a reporter, who cares about where the car comes from? That's right, but I don't know about that either."
Several reporters saw that the security guard couldn't ask anything, so they moved to the side.
"For such a big thing, Deep Space Company doesn't even know how to issue an announcement." A reporter complained.
Another older man smiled and said: "When someone gets married, why should they make an announcement?"
"No, such a big event must be reported, right?"
"This kind of non-profit activity, even if Deep Space Company reports it to the relevant departments, we can't see it because it doesn't require a license. Don't worry about it now. We'll go in later and see if we can dig out any information.
, this boss is getting married, it’s impossible that everyone has never met the boss’s wife.”
"This bride is so lucky. Jimmy is now on the Forbes rich list all year round. Look at this wedding ceremony. Even Shakira and Britney are invited. These two are the two most popular people in the world.
Is she a female singer?"
"Jay Chou is here too, and he is now famous all over the world."
"After all, Jay Chou is a direct descendant of deep space and Cheng Yanqiu's student, so it's not surprising to have him here."
"It's not unusual to invite anyone. This is the Deep Space Company. Are there any stars in the world that they can't invite? For Jimmy's wedding, ordinary stars can't come even if they want to."
"I didn't expect Jimmy's wedding to be held in China."
"I heard that many celebrities have been photographed at the airport. They must all be here to attend Jimmy's wedding."
"Tsk, tsk, it feels like the battle is no smaller than at the annual meeting."
"Only the Deep Space Park in Jinling can host this kind of wedding. No other place can do it... Do you think Jimmy's wife is Chinese?"
"It's very possible, otherwise why would we have a wedding in China?"
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At this time, Yu Dong and Jimmy were standing in the cafeteria. Looking at the results of the wedding decoration, Yu Dong smiled and asked, "How is it? Are you satisfied?"
"Satisfied, of course satisfied. It doesn't look like a canteen at all. It's much more grand than the Jinling Hotel."
Yu Dong smiled, how could it not be grand? Just to decorate this wedding scene, a total of more than 4 million yuan was spent. The entire first floor of the canteen was decorated from top to bottom, inside and out, and the stage alone was
The Swarovski crystals decorated on it cost more than one million.
This is only the decoration cost, and movable equipment such as lights and speakers are not included.
If you want to count the expenses, there are many items. Jimmy will have two sets of clothes tomorrow, one Chinese style and one suit. The customization of these two sets of clothes cost more than 600,000, and Britney will have to change four sets.
The clothes add up to nearly two million.
The stage set up at the entrance of the music hall, the red carpet and flowers covering the entire park... A rough estimate shows that the cost of this wedding has exceeded 20 million yuan.
There are also some seemingly inconspicuous expenses, such as giving out candies to company employees. There are now more than 10,000 employees in the entire deep space park. Each employee is given a box of candies worth one or two hundred, which costs more than tens of thousands on both sides.
Chapter completed!