Chapter 885 Carrying on Is the only Way Out

Walking into Palm Company, Wu Tao realized that his trip was unnecessary.

Nowadays, his reputation in the United States has skyrocketed, and he is being pursued by authoritative financial weekly and various media. As a subsidiary of Palm, the morale of Palm employees has been extremely high, and there is no hidden worry at all.

Jeff Hawkins, the company's acting CEO, greeted him with joy, and his tone of conversation was completely different from when he first negotiated cooperation.

Although Jeff and his partner Donna Dubinsky are already working on a smartphone, the future is not yet clear.

In addition, Lotus mobile phones have decided to try to introduce the Palm system in their new generation products, so they have lost the opportunity to fill the gap in the market.

The Palm OS, which fell into the hands of Yuanqi Technology, has indeed received a lot of popularity after proposing free global licensing and promotion, and the corresponding development platform SDK is also gradually improving.

All these are prerequisites for the internationalization of Palm OS.

But now that Wu Tao is here, we still need to know the specific situation. The issue he is most concerned about is the development progress of multi-threading technology in Palm OS.

After all, this is a key factor related to whether Palm OS can compete with the Android system derived from the Linux platform in the future, and it must be paid attention to.

Jeff gave a detailed report on this aspect.

Wu Tao roughly understood it. According to the project plan, this technology can be implemented in the new version of Palm OS next year at the earliest.

After he knew what he was doing, Wu Tao no longer cared about Palm's other businesses.

The specific financial aspect has been reviewed authoritatively by the Los Angeles branch of Tianqi Investment. I believe there will be no mistakes in this aspect.

After leaving Palm, Wu Tao went directly to Yahoo's headquarters, which is not far away.

Different from Wu Tao's high-spirited appearance, Yang Zhiyuan seemed to have suddenly aged more than ten years, which really shocked Wu Tao.

I originally thought that a newbie in the Internet industry like Ding Lei would be confused and decadent when encountering the Great Depression, but I didn't expect that a veteran like Yang Zhiyuan would be like that.

Yahoo was originally one of the iconic companies that started the Internet boom.

"Lao Yang, what's going on with you? If you need anything, just tell me." When asked this question, Wu Tao was already ready to help.

In the current Internet winter, no Internet company is having a hard time, except for the companies under Wu Tao's name that rely on their own investment companies.

Yang Zhiyuan was so worried that he specially called himself over because he was either encountering capital problems or was experiencing development difficulties.

"Brother Wu, since you came to California, I have wanted to visit you and have a chat with you." Yang Zhiyuan opened his mouth and said a few polite words to position himself, "To tell you the truth, Yahoo just said I logged into the Japanese branch, and now the business is in a mess, causing me to have no confidence in Yahoo China."

"...Now we are facing a recession in the entire Internet industry. Yahoo's stock has plummeted. The board of directors has put a lot of pressure on me. The hardships involved are really hard to explain to outsiders."

"I understand." Wu Tao nodded solemnly.

Immediately afterwards, Jerry Yang began to clasp his fists, "Could it be that the Internet industry has really entered the Great Depression? Please give me some advice."

"I don't dare take this seriously." Wu Tao waved his hand and said, "But regarding the current industrial depression, I think that enduring is the only way out."

"...The Internet industry has been endowed with too many legends since its development. It is time to settle down and get back on the road. And this process is the process of survival of the fittest. Although Yahoo feels uncomfortable, it is harder than you Yahoo! More companies!”

"It's easier said than done?" Yang Zhiyuan sighed, stroking his knees, "No one knows how long this depression will last. According to the previous economic cycle, a depression of ten or eight years will not be a big deal."

"Hey~" Wu Tao immediately interrupted: "That's not the case. If you believe me, Brother Yang, this depression will last for a year or two at most, and at least it won't last more than three years!"

Yang Zhiyuan's expression suddenly softened a lot. He took a big sip of coffee and said, "If that's the case, then it's acceptable. But even if it lasts for three years, life won't be easy. You don't know that the board of directors will work every day for three days. Come and watch. If the money is spent without any benefit, it will be judged. If the money is not spent, it will be in vain and it will be judged..."

It turns out that Yahoo is not short of money, it just lacks strategies to survive this period of time.

After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. Wu Tao heard that Ding Lei even sold the villa he just bought in the capital in order to raise funds for transformation and development.

This is obviously not the case with Yahoo.

However, when it comes to the direction and actions of industrial transformation, Wu Tao cannot give Yang Zhiyuan too specific suggestions in this regard.

In fact, in the previous life, Yahoo basically made no big moves during the years of the Internet Great Depression, and it has been settling down to develop and improve.

In the current conversation, Wu Tao could also feel that Yang Zhiyuan's thinking had been limited to the field of portal websites.

Then the rational suggestions he put forward to Ding Lei would be inappropriate in front of Yang Zhiyuan.

So Wu Tao pondered for a long time and then said: "How about Brother Yang, can you try to acquire some high-quality assets and expand the group's business?"

Yang Zhiyuan's heart moved, and then he said: "By the way, I heard that Motorola intends to sell the Iridium satellite project. Can I buy it and take the opportunity to penetrate into the communications industry?"

Wu Tao waved his hand repeatedly, "Please pull him down. There's nothing wrong with staring at this sinkhole."

In the final meeting at Yahoo, nothing concrete was discussed. But fortunately, after listening to Wu Tao's judgment on the depression cycle, Yang Zhiyuan's inner worries faded a lot.

Isn’t it just carrying it? Gritting our teeth, we carried it without saying a word.

Back at the mountainside villa in Irvine, Panis had already sent someone waiting at home.

A group of luxury motorcades lined up in front of Wu Tao's villa, and all the sturdy men in suits and leather shoes stood beside the car with their hands tied.

This is the foundation of the Morgan Consortium.

This scene shows Song Zhuang giving a fatal order to the security team below. No matter what, he cannot embarrass his boss or the Chinese soldiers!

To this end, Wu Tao's entire security team was dispatched and flew to New York to meet with the Morgan family.

In terms of worth and assets, we are not as good as such an established consortium, but we must not be weak in terms of momentum.

Otherwise, it will not only embarrass the boss, but also hinder the boss.

In the room, Molly once again acted as stylist. It was just the dressing room this time that made her enjoy this role extraordinarily.

"Wu, Panis has an average status in the family, so you must be careful this time."

Feeling the other party's concern, Wu Tao couldn't help but feel warm in his heart. Although this trip to the Morgan family is not a dragon's nest and a tiger's den, it is probably not easy either.

But the greater the risk, the greater the reward.

Wu Tao is actually looking forward to this trip to New York.

"Don't worry, Molly. There are a lot of expensive clothes in this room, and I haven't had a chance to wear them yet. Just for this reason, I have to come back safely!"