"I have always admired Buffett's words: I am afraid when others are greedy, and I am greedy when others are terrified. Lei, although Verizon just got a lot of money, I hope to understand that with the current overheating market situation, it has reached the moment when we are beginning to be afraid. Next, besides deepening in the field of mobile communications, I don't want to see Verizon irrational follow-up investment phenomenon in other aspects."

Simon's beating was very straightforward, but Raymond Smith's expression was not at all unhappy. The young man in front of him who carries a series of miracle halos has impressed too many people over the years, and Raymond Smith is also one of them.

"Simon, I understand," Raymond Smith said, "In addition, there is one more thing, Simon, speaking of it, doesn't you think it's a good thing if A. Online and Verizon Telecom could be merged?"

Simon didn't expect Smith to mention this, looked at the man who was 61 years old in front of him but did not look old at all, and smiled and said, "Let's not mention the obstacles in Washington yet. Have Ray talked to Steve about this?"

Raymond Smith nodded, of course, understood Simon's subtext and said: "Actually, my relationship with Case has always been good. And although I am reluctant to admit it, my age... So, if I can merge, I hope to become the chairman and CEO of the new company, and Case will be my deputy. In fact, in my opinion, Case is still not steady enough, and he is young enough, so it should be fine to continue waiting for about 5 years."

If American Online and Verizon Telecom can merge, it will definitely be a strong alliance.

Simon had this idea very early on.

However, ideas are one thing, feasibility is another. One of the more important issues is how to redistribute management's dominance once the two companies merge.

Now it seems that this problem is not big.

Raymond Smith is 61 years old this year. Although at this level, the legal retirement age in the United States is no longer valid, it is impossible to continue working. The time for relegation to the second line is about 65 years old.

However, although the problem of power distribution can be solved, there are still too many obstacles to be overcome to implement it.

After all, the current size of the Westeros system is too large. Even though American Online and Verizon Telecom are companies under the absolute control of the Westeros system, many people obviously do not want to see the two companies merge into one. After all, with the scale of the two companies at this time, once merged, it will be almost stronger than the AT-T of that year.

In addition, there are the most direct interests.

Although the two companies maintain their own strength, they will inevitably cause redundancy and waste of resource investment, they can relatively gain more profits in their respective businesses. Moreover, if they want to develop new businesses such as cable TV, the barriers are smaller.

Considering the integration, Simon is more inclined to merge the two companies if possible.

However, although it is not known that the President of the White House has planned to attack Igrit, as the scale continues to expand, the Westeros system will inevitably face pressure from all parties, which is certainly not controversial.

To put it bluntly, the merger of American Online and Verizon Telecom is not a question of whether Simon wants to or not, but a question of whether he can.

There are too many obstacles.

James Rebel, who had just finished talking with Henry Paulson, the latest CEO who was recently appointed by Goldman Sachs, also came over at this time. The three of them discussed this issue for a moment, but no results were drawn.

Only long-term discussions can be made.
Chapter completed!