The Goddess Shines on America

At 1:30 pm on August 25th, in the meeting room of a high-end hotel in Los Angeles, John Walker, who had been sitting quietly for a long time, welcomed one of the people he was going to meet today.

"Hello, Mr. Warnock." Walker stood up and said with a smile, "This is really a wonderful meeting. Our names are so similar."

"That's right, Mr. Walker, and we are both called John." John Warnock laughed when he just walked into the door. Both of them are successful people in their forties, and the companies they founded are so similar. Today, they met together for a strange reason, and it is impossible not to marvel at the wonders of the world.

"Where's Miss Wang?" Warnock looked around the room: "Our future big boss is late?"

"She just used the car phone to inform that there was a series of car accidents in the city, and she will be here a little later." Walker patted Warnock on the shoulder, and the two people whose names were easily confused took their seats first.

Warnock stroked his beard and said, "Car phone, it seems that Miss Wang bought a luxury car?"

Walker poured a cup of coffee for his friend: "That's Roger Lawrence writer at DreamWorks, the girl herself just bought a Bugatti. Oh John, you heard me right, she bought a Bugatti."

"If you can develop your career to the present level at this age, it is common sense to buy a supercar." Warnock said with a smile, and scanned the surrounding area.

Warnock, the founder of the listed company Autodesk, and Walker, the founder of Adobe, have similar surnames and even the same first name. Regardless of the small size of the latter's company, both of them are successful people of the same class, but at this moment, they both came here with the same identity.

Walker spoke first: "It seems that our little boss has great ambitions, Mr. Warnock, how did you think of selling Autodesk?"

The direct reason, of course, is that the stocks that had plummeted as early as the "87 stock market crash" were acquired in large numbers, so when he opened his mouth, Warnock sighed because of another reason.

"Tired," he said, "I've always liked the quiet life. Buying a few acres by the Mississippi River, building a cottage, and fishing with my wife. Nothing's better than this. But you see, With the current development of the company, can I be allowed to retire after my success?"

It's a shameful remark. After all, for Walker, he has worked hard for six years and has not let Adobe go public, and the other company's shares were split last year. The so-called people are more popular than people, and Walker can't help but smile bitterly.

"Then," Warnock looked at his watch and said, "The downtown area is only this big, so Ms. Wang must be able to... ah, what am I talking about?"

The door opened again, and a standard high school girl walked into the meeting room.

"I'm sorry to keep you waiting for so long." Delicate women's suit trousers and plain shirts, and even more rarely, her long hair is tied up. This is a subtle attire, but it doesn't feel too old-fashioned after being carefully arranged. Alice He greeted the two of them with a gentle smile.

"Ah, our boss is here!" Warnock stood up with a smile to welcome him, and Walker immediately stood up and held out his hand. The two men are both old enough to be the girl's father, and Warnock's continuous beard gives people a mature feeling. But in the face of the high school girl who entered the room, none of them would show off.

"Sit, sit, sit, it's all because of the damn car accident, and you hit twelve cars in one go! How long have you two been here? Have you run into each other?"

"On the way here, I saw a lot of ambulances rushing over." Walker, who arrived later, was concerned about the situation: "Are there many injured people?"

"Seven or eight are there, and people from the TV station are here. I guess you can watch it on TV tonight." So this topic can be stopped now, and Alice took the tea offered by Walker. After all, he is the current general manager of the company he bought nearly a year earlier, the current second largest shareholder of Adobe, of course he knows her drink preference.

"Then you two," she said with a sip of tea, "I think you all know what the main topic of today's meeting is, right?"

Merger of the two companies.

This decision was within everyone's expectations.

The construction plan of the Alice Building has recently become the latest serial in the "Los Angeles Times". Not long ago, the official announced a new decision, that is, the size of the building will be changed from the original 528 meters, It rose to 632 meters in one breath. This is really not a trivial matter. Throughout the entire cycle, some people from all walks of life expressed their views on this in newspapers, and even many media outlets on the east coast reported relevant information.

After all, nowadays, there are no skyscrapers with a height of 500 meters in the world, let alone 600 meters. Although Manhattan was crazy about this kind of buildings as early as the 1930s, after fifty years, especially after the Great Depression, everyone realized that the simple skyscrapers have nothing to do with economic prosperity. relation. In comparison, Silicon Valley, which is full of low-rise buildings, is the best example.

So the construction of this new skyscraper is really beyond the expectations of too many people, especially the owner of the building is Alice Wang, such a typical Silicon Valley star. Therefore, people have already made countless guesses about the actual use of this building. Considering that Alice has long claimed that this is a self-use building, the move-in of various subsidiaries has become the most preferred event.

Furthermore, Adobe and Autodesk are companies in the computer graphics industry, although their specific fields are different, and mergers are definitely the trend of the times. After all, Alice, a high school student and big capitalist, has great potential for future development. If she has a series of countless business directories under her banner, it will not be easy to manage.

"When it comes to mergers, we need to analyze the current status of our two companies." One is a successful listed company, and the other is a small company with great potential. , but an experienced programmer who can be Alice's father, how to deal with this matter really needs to be carefully considered.

"You two are great seniors, and you are both old people who have witnessed the development of our entire IT industry. Of course, I will never forget this." In any case, let's talk about it first with a respectful attitude.

"Mr. Warnock, worked as a system programmer for the company that produced the world's first large commercial computer, long before PCs and the Internet. And really, I did know, you75 The program "Pervade" I wrote in 2010 can actually check the directory automatically when the game starts, and then copy itself to any directory that has not been copied, or overwrite the existing old version of the game. Although your goal was to promote the game, it must be said that you really pioneered the concept of computer viruses. "

This sarcasm compliment, but only the same kind of people can laugh, but Warnock and Walker are of course the same kind of people. However, Warnock, the perpetrator, couldn't help but be very surprised when the new boss suddenly revealed his experience more than ten years ago. After all, they didn't talk about it when they met before!

Well, yes, today's discussion is about merging. Of course, both companies have already been bought by Alice.

"In addition, John Walker, a graduate of Utah State University, holds a Bachelor of Science degree, a Master's degree in Mathematics, and a Ph. The San Francisco branch of the computer graphics company Evans \u0026 Sutherland developed an interpreter to explain the large-scale three-dimensional graphics database in New York Harbor. It is this experience, coupled with some later careers in the workplace, and some inspiration from Apple Computer, that allows you to Created a company like Adobe. You're on a pretty standard high-speed path, so to speak."

"So, the potential of both companies is huge... Yes, Mr. Warnock, with all due respect, although Autodesk is now a public company, it is still far from its glory days. Adobe has With senior talents like Mr. Walker, the well-accumulated blowout phenomenon is just around the corner.”

"So in terms of corporate mergers, that's my thinking."

The previous series of introductions allowed the founders of the two companies to understand each other's backgrounds. When they saw the rising stars between them as expected, Alice knew it was time to talk about something serious.

"The name of the new company can be simply combined, Autodesk\u0026Adobe, A\u0026A for short... Is this order okay?"

The already listed companies rank ahead of Adobe, which has only launched a product this year. Of course, Walker has nothing to say against it.

"The new company, A\u0026A, is of course integrated in terms of finance and management. All we need to do is to reorganize the financial statements and re-list for a while. However, the original employees of your two companies are still working on the original project. That’s it. The financial and macro management systems are integrated, but in specific business areas, we still have the original two product lines.”

Alice raised her finger and said: "One is the AutoCAD series. As a professional 3D engineering drawing software, it never has to worry about having no market, and based on the professionalism of engineering construction, we also have specific versions that can be produced, and the price is high. .”

"One is the Adobe series, and the PostScript programming language can make us a leader in the field of graphic design and even in the field of online media in many ways. The continuous version update of the same software will allow us to have a super huge industrial chain The same is true for AutoCAD, so although the company is merged macroscopically, internally, we are actually two companies sharing one office.”

The last words were quite funny, and the two middle-aged people laughed happily. But Warnock thought of more, and he couldn't help but glanced out the window. Although the floor here was relatively low, in terms of direction, the Alice Building that was about to rise was right there.

"Then Miss Wang," as a senior programmer who personally developed AutoCAD, he couldn't help asking, "Can you let me see your masterpiece?"

Baidu is a bit confusing. The founders of the two companies seem to be the same person, but they are not. John Warnock and John Walker each have their own development history, and here are two people.